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Link Posted: 1/30/2023 12:54:40 AM EDT
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Wranglestar criticizes Boomers

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What a total entitled dipshit. I'm surprised he isn't doing bong or meth pipe rips in-between his incoherent bullshit.
Link Posted: 1/30/2023 1:12:56 AM EDT
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Made in Japan was a result of WWII, and our attempts to rebuild their country afterward, the profit margins began with “the greatest generation ever”.
Many manufacturing industries just switched from war time production to consumer goods.
Look at companies like Mitsubishi, Yamaha, and others.
Plus let’s not forget who was the consumers, yup, Americans right after the war wanted cheaper goods, from textiles to electronics and they turned to Japan for them.
Same with Germany, it wasn’t boomers buying those products, it was those who fought in the war and their families.
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The worst part about the boomertardians, besides the demands for reparations, are the fractured fairytales of post WWII history. It's like watching the "Un defeats Charlie Chaplin" scene from Idiocracy.

Link Posted: 1/30/2023 1:38:14 AM EDT
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I'll never understand how that tard built the following he did. yhe acts like living on a piece of property a little way from town is some "homesteader" shit. He went full derp during the 2020 Labor Day fires. At this point he has apparently inflated himself to the point he can continually give opinions and generate millions of views.
Link Posted: 1/30/2023 1:51:03 AM EDT
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A bit of an over generalization imo. We have way more chit and funny money flying around than the boomers ever had in their prime. This is a political and economic problem caused by deindustrialization, globalism, and the consumer/service based economic view that started in the 70s when the boomers were just getting started. How is it their fault?

If I have any problem with them, generally speaking of course, it’s the old former hippies who turned into boot licking big government lovers and the tendency of many of them to dislike being called old or gracefully go into retirement. They just keep hanging on to their positions into their 70s and refuse to allow guys in their 40s and 50s take over. Also during covid many of them bought the msm news bullshit hook line and sinker and were afraid to leave their houses or even hug their grandchildren, just weak and pathetic.
Link Posted: 1/30/2023 1:53:14 AM EDT
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I can't really stand that guy anymore.
I unsubscribed from him on UToob.
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So did I. He’s kind of a piece of shit with some fucked up views
Link Posted: 1/30/2023 3:18:26 AM EDT
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This forum was like the proto-example of it too. The first 6 years here it was snow flake this, soy boy that. A month of “OK boomer” had them crying so hard people started getting time outs.
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And then talk about how the younger generations are “snowflakes”.


This forum was like the proto-example of it too. The first 6 years here it was snow flake this, soy boy that. A month of “OK boomer” had them crying so hard people started getting time outs.


It was beautiful.

Weird how none of the soyboy snowflake Millennials have every reacted like they do. The meltdowns are quite reavealing.
Link Posted: 1/30/2023 4:19:52 AM EDT
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I used to watch his channel. Used to watch..
Wranglestar is a bitch.
Link Posted: 1/30/2023 7:57:37 AM EDT
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I can’t wait for all those complaining  about us boomers not giving up our wealth to lead by example.
I’m sure they’ll drop everything to buy their kids whatever they want, and once they hit 65 they’ll all turn over their wealth to their kids and go live in nursing homes.
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We've actually talked about this, and if we build another house we may keep the one we have now for the kids to live in while they start their young families and save up, or we might just give it to one of them if they need it.

My dad scoffed at the idea of "spoiling" them like that.

We were broke as fuck in our 20's and it was a hard fight out. If I can help prevent that situation for my own kids it might be worth doing.
Link Posted: 1/30/2023 8:01:04 AM EDT
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Link Posted: 1/30/2023 8:01:41 AM EDT
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The males and females your generation raised.

The females your generation married.

>send kids to college to study anything they want
>are surprised when their kids become leftoids due to college
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He's not wrong for the most part. Boomers embraced globalization, offshoring, hyper-consumerism, dual income households, abortions, ridiculous hiring qualifications, mass immigration to lower the cost of labor, the mentality that everyone should go to college, etc. Now, at the end of their lives, they've embraced welfare and ponzi schemes. As a whole, they made decisions that benefited them at the expense of all future generations. This should go without saying, but this doesn't apply to every single boomer. I'm not saying that you personally ruined America. However, when viewed on a generational level, the above assessment is accurate.

I would disagree with the assessment that the so-called "greatest generation" is worthy of that title, though. They voted for FDR numerous times, and once they got into government, they made truly horrendous decisions. My personal perspective is that every single generation since the Civil War has contributed to the decline of America, to varying degrees. What rubs people the wrong way about boomers is that they act as though they're god's gift to the world, refuse to acknowledge that disastrous shit happened and continues to happen under their watch, and believe that every generation after them is a bunch of pussies who don't hold a candle to the hardship they endured.

Gotta love how "Boomers" get blamed for every single thing Beta males and women voters accomplished.


The males and females your generation raised.

The females your generation married.

>send kids to college to study anything they want
>are surprised when their kids become leftoids due to college

Raised?  Almost every GenX'er in my neck of the woods was a latchkey kid by about age 7-8 and had free reign from sun up until the street lights came on (or longer).

Actually that was probably a better parenting model than what we've seen over the last few generations.  Most of the guys in my old group became successful or at least comfortable, less than half went to college and all are very conservative leaning.

Link Posted: 1/30/2023 8:04:04 AM EDT
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Raised?  Almost every GenX'er in my neck of the woods was a latchkey kid by about age 7-8 and had free reign from sun up until the street lights came on (or longer).



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X'er here and that is 100% accurate for me.
Link Posted: 1/30/2023 8:16:41 AM EDT
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Same here.
Link Posted: 1/30/2023 8:41:59 AM EDT
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Link Posted: 1/30/2023 12:37:51 PM EDT
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I've noticed a lot of "stop whining" responses around here lately. (No "g" in "whining" by the way) In my experience, most of the times I've heard someone use a response like that its when someone has no actual response to a valid argument or complaint. It's one step up from an ad hominem attack.

We are pretty much completely polarized and divided. And "our" side is so divided we don't even really have a "side" anymore.

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In some parts of America and Canada, and in the rest of the English speaking world,
Whining is a noise a dog makes, etc.
Whinging is exactly correct for lots of America and Canada call whining.

Just like decimate is used wrong now most places.
Link Posted: 1/30/2023 12:58:57 PM EDT
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I don’t know if I have it in me today.

Boomers had a big beautiful yard and shit all over it, never watered it, never seeded it, sold off the topsoil, sold the mineral rights, etc.
And brought up generations being told that was a great yard and to do it to other yards.
And now bitch about what the youth have done to the yards and complain that the greatest generation that originally made the nice yard is at fault.
Link Posted: 1/30/2023 2:05:29 PM EDT
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I’d imagine the lady thought she was gonna get assraped by a miniature Randy Savage looking mf’er. He’s certified.
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fucking hilarious, you should post more
Link Posted: 1/30/2023 3:28:22 PM EDT
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I don't know if I have it in me today.


Boomers had a big beautiful yard and shit all over it, never watered it, never seeded it, sold off the topsoil, sold the mineral rights, etc.
And brought up generations being told that was a great yard and to do it to other yards.
And now bitch about what the youth have done to the yards and complain that the greatest generation that originally made the nice yard is at fault.
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Link Posted: 1/30/2023 4:08:32 PM EDT
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I'm not a StarfishWrangler fan but he's certainly not wrong in this instance.

If you ask me the majority of Boomers have flat out acted like some kind of occupying power towards the younger generations.

As a Gen Xer, my biggest regret as a generation is that we didn't rise up and put our foot down when we were young.
Link Posted: 1/30/2023 4:38:11 PM EDT
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I don't know if I have it in me today.

Boomers had a big beautiful yard and shit all over it, never watered it, never seeded it, sold off the topsoil, sold the mineral rights, etc.
And brought up generations being told that was a great yard and to do it to other yards.
And now bitch about what the youth have done to the yards and complain that the greatest generation that originally made the nice yard is at fault.
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I don't know if I have it in me today.

Boomers had a big beautiful yard and shit all over it, never watered it, never seeded it, sold off the topsoil, sold the mineral rights, etc.
And brought up generations being told that was a great yard and to do it to other yards.
And now bitch about what the youth have done to the yards and complain that the greatest generation that originally made the nice yard is at fault.

Those fuckers gave us FDR.  That POS pushed through more socialist shit alone (well with his POS wife too) than probably every boomer combined.

Every generation has their own issues, just grow a pair and move forward.  Throw some old wood on a couple of concrete blocks and send it!    

Or I guess complain about everyone else instead of looking in the mirror if your life is shit.
Link Posted: 1/30/2023 4:46:54 PM EDT
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Just a symptom. Allowing women and non-landowners a vote was the death knell.
Link Posted: 1/30/2023 5:01:36 PM EDT
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Gen vs Gen blame game is dumb.

But those milenials deserve it.
Link Posted: 1/30/2023 5:08:24 PM EDT
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I don’t know who this Stranglewar guy is but if you’re busy pointing fingers at other entire generations (no matter how richly they deserve it), you’re not busy working to fix it.

Pointing fingers is easy. Being paid money (I assume he’s monetizing the video) to point fingers is even easier.
Link Posted: 1/30/2023 5:35:44 PM EDT
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Link Posted: 1/30/2023 5:47:39 PM EDT
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I dunno where else to dump this, so...well...here it be

(No idea how old this cocksucker is, what gen it calls itself, and I guess I really dont GAF)


Link Posted: 1/30/2023 6:44:56 PM EDT
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Those fuckers gave us FDR.  That POS pushed through more socialist shit alone (well with his POS wife too) than probably every boomer combined.

Every generation has their own issues, just grow a pair and move forward.  Throw some old wood on a couple of concrete blocks and send it!    

Or I guess complain about everyone else instead of looking in the mirror if your life is shit.
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I don't know if I have it in me today.

Boomers had a big beautiful yard and shit all over it, never watered it, never seeded it, sold off the topsoil, sold the mineral rights, etc.
And brought up generations being told that was a great yard and to do it to other yards.
And now bitch about what the youth have done to the yards and complain that the greatest generation that originally made the nice yard is at fault.

Those fuckers gave us FDR.  That POS pushed through more socialist shit alone (well with his POS wife too) than probably every boomer combined.

Every generation has their own issues, just grow a pair and move forward.  Throw some old wood on a couple of concrete blocks and send it!    

Or I guess complain about everyone else instead of looking in the mirror if your life is shit.


My life is far from shit.
It’s pay multiples of the median household income in federal income tax each year with a lot of cool things done in the past.

But…
In retrospect-
Young adults in the exact same position I was 30 years ago, 20 years ago-
Let alone if it had been 40 or 50 years ago-
Could have been seriously delayed or even derailed completely if they’re proportional housing, education, etc. Costs were what they are now.



Link Posted: 1/30/2023 7:13:33 PM EDT
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My life is far from shit.
It's pay multiples of the median household income in federal income tax each year with a lot of cool things done in the past.

But
In retrospect-
Young adults in the exact same position I was 30 years ago, 20 years ago-
Let alone if it had been 40 or 50 years ago-
Could have been seriously delayed or even derailed completely if they're proportional housing, education, etc. Costs were what they are now.



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@ramairthree

let's do this!


I don't know if I have it in me today.

Boomers had a big beautiful yard and shit all over it, never watered it, never seeded it, sold off the topsoil, sold the mineral rights, etc.
And brought up generations being told that was a great yard and to do it to other yards.
And now bitch about what the youth have done to the yards and complain that the greatest generation that originally made the nice yard is at fault.

Those fuckers gave us FDR.  That POS pushed through more socialist shit alone (well with his POS wife too) than probably every boomer combined.

Every generation has their own issues, just grow a pair and move forward.  Throw some old wood on a couple of concrete blocks and send it!    

Or I guess complain about everyone else instead of looking in the mirror if your life is shit.


My life is far from shit.
It's pay multiples of the median household income in federal income tax each year with a lot of cool things done in the past.

But
In retrospect-
Young adults in the exact same position I was 30 years ago, 20 years ago-
Let alone if it had been 40 or 50 years ago-
Could have been seriously delayed or even derailed completely if they're proportional housing, education, etc. Costs were what they are now.




First world problems....

Education costs were zero here because it was never even a fucking option.  Plenty of us grew up poor as shit and figured out how to be successful with what we had and the environment available.  Guess what, plenty of young folks are doing the same thing today.    

Unfortunately, everyone focuses on the bitches - no matter what generation they are.  Yep, every generation has their own "woe is me" groups blaming everyone and everything else for their lot in life.      
Link Posted: 1/30/2023 7:39:54 PM EDT
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I'm not a StarfishWrangler fan but he's certainly not wrong in this instance.

If you ask me the majority of Boomers have flat out acted like some kind of occupying power towards the younger generations.

As a Gen Xer, my biggest regret as a generation is that we didn't rise up and put our foot down when we were young.
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The latchkey kids became latchkey adults.
Link Posted: 1/30/2023 11:58:57 PM EDT
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I can't stand that whiny bitch, never could make it through one. of his videos.
Link Posted: 1/31/2023 12:00:13 AM EDT
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He started out as a weirdo, he just hid it better in the beginning.
Link Posted: 1/31/2023 12:02:25 AM EDT
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I used to watch his channel. Used to watch..
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Never heard of him until this.   Matt from Matt's Of Road Recovery is orders of magnitude better than this whining baby.
Link Posted: 1/31/2023 12:03:21 AM EDT
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I've noticed a lot of "stop whining" responses around here lately. (No "g" in "whining" by the way) In my experience, most of the times I've heard someone use a response like that its when someone has no actual response to a valid argument or complaint. It's one step up from an ad hominem attack.

We are pretty much completely polarized and divided. And "our" side is so divided we don't even really have a "side" anymore.

Well done, fellas.
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We found wranglerstars account boys.
Link Posted: 1/31/2023 12:43:02 PM EDT
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First world problems....

Education costs were zero here because it was never even a fucking option.  Plenty of us grew up poor as shit and figured out how to be successful with what we had and the environment available.  Guess what, plenty of young folks are doing the same thing today.    

Unfortunately, everyone focuses on the bitches - no matter what generation they are.  Yep, every generation has their own "woe is me" groups blaming everyone and everything else for their lot in life.      
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@ramairthree

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I don't know if I have it in me today.

Boomers had a big beautiful yard and shit all over it, never watered it, never seeded it, sold off the topsoil, sold the mineral rights, etc.
And brought up generations being told that was a great yard and to do it to other yards.
And now bitch about what the youth have done to the yards and complain that the greatest generation that originally made the nice yard is at fault.

Those fuckers gave us FDR.  That POS pushed through more socialist shit alone (well with his POS wife too) than probably every boomer combined.

Every generation has their own issues, just grow a pair and move forward.  Throw some old wood on a couple of concrete blocks and send it!    

Or I guess complain about everyone else instead of looking in the mirror if your life is shit.


My life is far from shit.
It's pay multiples of the median household income in federal income tax each year with a lot of cool things done in the past.

But
In retrospect-
Young adults in the exact same position I was 30 years ago, 20 years ago-
Let alone if it had been 40 or 50 years ago-
Could have been seriously delayed or even derailed completely if they're proportional housing, education, etc. Costs were what they are now.




First world problems....

Education costs were zero here because it was never even a fucking option.  Plenty of us grew up poor as shit and figured out how to be successful with what we had and the environment available.  Guess what, plenty of young folks are doing the same thing today.    

Unfortunately, everyone focuses on the bitches - no matter what generation they are.  Yep, every generation has their own "woe is me" groups blaming everyone and everything else for their lot in life.      


Nobody here gives a crap about the weak ones.
Now, the hard working, motivated, high potential ones-
Getting derailed by the current landscape.  That’s the issue.
Yes, plenty are doing the same thing today.
But plenty more are flailing that could be crushing it under Gex X let alone boomer circumstances.

I couldn’t afford education costs either.
Instead of being a bitch saying it was never an option I made it through undergrad on the GI Bill after an enlistment in Ranger Bn.

I know some young guys that would go that route if they could.
But the shit ass society/culture they- through no choice of their own-
Put them on bullshit meds and stuff nobody would have done to X-ERs or Boomers when we were little.
And they can’t enlist.

There are laws keeping them from doing the exact same jobs I did in HS and jr. High to save up money.

The cost to get a truck to start their own business is proportionally twice as much.

The pay on some of the entry level jobs is suppressed by illegal labor.

There are a lot of young adults and young families that would be doing just fine or even crushing it under the typical circumstances 35 or 55 years ago-
But they are flailing.
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Nobody here gives a crap about the weak ones.
Now, the hard working, motivated, high potential ones-
Getting derailed by the current landscape.  That's the issue.
Yes, plenty are doing the same thing today.
But plenty more are flailing that could be crushing it under Gex X let alone boomer circumstances.

I couldn't afford education costs either.
Instead of being a bitch saying it was never an option I made it through undergrad on the GI Bill after an enlistment in Ranger Bn.

I know some young guys that would go that route if they could.
But the shit ass society/culture they- through no choice of their own-
Put them on bullshit meds and stuff nobody would have done to X-ERs or Boomers when we were little.
And they can't enlist.

There are laws keeping them from doing the exact same jobs I did in HS and jr. High to save up money.

The cost to get a truck to start their own business is proportionally twice as much.

The pay on some of the entry level jobs is suppressed by illegal labor.

There are a lot of young adults and young families that would be doing just fine or even crushing it under the typical circumstances 35 or 55 years ago-
But they are flailing.
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I don't know if I have it in me today.

Boomers had a big beautiful yard and shit all over it, never watered it, never seeded it, sold off the topsoil, sold the mineral rights, etc.
And brought up generations being told that was a great yard and to do it to other yards.
And now bitch about what the youth have done to the yards and complain that the greatest generation that originally made the nice yard is at fault.

Those fuckers gave us FDR.  That POS pushed through more socialist shit alone (well with his POS wife too) than probably every boomer combined.

Every generation has their own issues, just grow a pair and move forward.  Throw some old wood on a couple of concrete blocks and send it!    

Or I guess complain about everyone else instead of looking in the mirror if your life is shit.


My life is far from shit.
It's pay multiples of the median household income in federal income tax each year with a lot of cool things done in the past.

But
In retrospect-
Young adults in the exact same position I was 30 years ago, 20 years ago-
Let alone if it had been 40 or 50 years ago-
Could have been seriously delayed or even derailed completely if they're proportional housing, education, etc. Costs were what they are now.




First world problems....

Education costs were zero here because it was never even a fucking option.  Plenty of us grew up poor as shit and figured out how to be successful with what we had and the environment available.  Guess what, plenty of young folks are doing the same thing today.    

Unfortunately, everyone focuses on the bitches - no matter what generation they are.  Yep, every generation has their own "woe is me" groups blaming everyone and everything else for their lot in life.      


Nobody here gives a crap about the weak ones.
Now, the hard working, motivated, high potential ones-
Getting derailed by the current landscape.  That's the issue.
Yes, plenty are doing the same thing today.
But plenty more are flailing that could be crushing it under Gex X let alone boomer circumstances.

I couldn't afford education costs either.
Instead of being a bitch saying it was never an option I made it through undergrad on the GI Bill after an enlistment in Ranger Bn.

I know some young guys that would go that route if they could.
But the shit ass society/culture they- through no choice of their own-
Put them on bullshit meds and stuff nobody would have done to X-ERs or Boomers when we were little.
And they can't enlist.

There are laws keeping them from doing the exact same jobs I did in HS and jr. High to save up money.

The cost to get a truck to start their own business is proportionally twice as much.

The pay on some of the entry level jobs is suppressed by illegal labor.

There are a lot of young adults and young families that would be doing just fine or even crushing it under the typical circumstances 35 or 55 years ago-
But they are flailing.


Blah, blah, blah....just a bunch more excuses.

The only person responsible for your lot in life is in the fucking mirror.  

A lot of us were more interested in getting paid and amassing wealth than sitting in a classroom getting lectured by some liberal.  



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My primary goal in life was not amassing wealth.

And yet I have been paying over twice the median annual household income in federal income tax for over the past decade.

Yes, I had liberal college professors.

One earned her Ph.D. tracing Viking myth and legends and oral histories that had been passed from Normans and recorded by 14th century troubadours and trouveres in Occitan and in old Provençal French, translating it back into Norman, and the root northern Germanic / Old Norse, and then into English while keeping the original meter. She was brilliant.  Her anti-war protesting in the 60s were of zero impact in the classroom.

I also had a comparative religion professor who was a master of the rise and fall of empires and religion’s role in their rise and fall.  He was a socialist that believed in universal healthcare and basic income decades before it was in the common lexicon.  With zero impact on my worldview.

I had a Biology professor who was also a socialist who was a proponent of special programs for minority education to pull their best and brightest into magnet schools. Zero impact on my knowledge of Biology.

On the other hand, I had an Armenian Physics professor who barely made it here as a child with pretty extreme views regarding a specific ethic/religious group, a Swiss German P-Chem professor who hated Nazis and Communists, a Cuban Biochem professor who hated communists, and a WWII infantry officer vet English professor and Shakespeare world renown expert who was the best teacher of anything I have ever had who was of the country club, yachting, golf, tennis, WASP variety and investing/capitalist type.  I also had a Calculus Professor and a Classics Professors, and a Zoology one that all seemed very not cool with the proto-woke, politically correct nonsense that was starting to creep in.

It’s possible to be educated, make money, etc. concurrently.
And a true education is not just a tech school for a job.
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Everyone has different goals.  

It's possible to be educated without a college degree as well.  A true education never ends...  

No idea what a tech school is like, but have firsthand experience with college "professors".

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That guy can and does dispense some knowledge.  

Damn, Cody can be such a bitch.  

Boo Hoo, I didn’t inherit anything!!! You built a huge channel and made a fortune.  You got a free Yanmar tractor for fucks sake.
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My primary goal in life was not amassing wealth.

And yet I have been paying over twice the median annual household income in federal income tax for over the past decade.

Yes, I had liberal college professors.

One earned her Ph.D. tracing Viking myth and legends and oral histories that had been passed from Normans and recorded by 14th century troubadours and trouveres in Occitan and in old Provençal French, translating it back into Norman, and the root northern Germanic / Old Norse, and then into English while keeping the original meter. She was brilliant.  Her anti-war protesting in the 60s were of zero impact in the classroom.

I also had a comparative religion professor who was a master of the rise and fall of empires and religion’s role in their rise and fall.  He was a socialist that believed in universal healthcare and basic income decades before it was in the common lexicon.  With zero impact on my worldview.

I had a Biology professor who was also a socialist who was a proponent of special programs for minority education to pull their best and brightest into magnet schools. Zero impact on my knowledge of Biology.

On the other hand, I had an Armenian Physics professor who barely made it here as a child with pretty extreme views regarding a specific ethic/religious group, a Swiss German P-Chem professor who hated Nazis and Communists, a Cuban Biochem professor who hated communists, and a WWII infantry officer vet English professor and Shakespeare world renown expert who was the best teacher of anything I have ever had who was of the country club, yachting, golf, tennis, WASP variety and investing/capitalist type.  I also had a Calculus Professor and a Classics Professors, and a Zoology one that all seemed very not cool with the proto-woke, politically correct nonsense that was starting to creep in.

It’s possible to be educated, make money, etc. concurrently.
And a true education is not just a tech school for a job.
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IMO, true education is mostly gone from formal/institutional post-secondary education.

In part due to the push to democratize access to and "success" in institutional post-secondary education. In part due to the credentialism-spiral.
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Lol at the snowflakes crying in the 37 pager.   Maybe this thread is your safe space.

Muh generational wealth!  

@tagteamleader  

Link Posted: 2/10/2023 9:49:36 AM EDT
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That guy can and does dispense some knowledge.  

Damn, Cody can be such a bitch.  

Boo Hoo, I didn’t inherit anything!!! You built a huge channel and made a fortune.  You got a free Yanmar tractor for fucks sake.
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Wish I could get a free tractor for my youtube channel
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In part due to the push to democratize access to and "success" in institutional post-secondary education. In part due to the credentialism-spiral.
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My primary goal in life was not amassing wealth.

And yet I have been paying over twice the median annual household income in federal income tax for over the past decade.

Yes, I had liberal college professors.

One earned her Ph.D. tracing Viking myth and legends and oral histories that had been passed from Normans and recorded by 14th century troubadours and trouveres in Occitan and in old Provençal French, translating it back into Norman, and the root northern Germanic / Old Norse, and then into English while keeping the original meter. She was brilliant.  Her anti-war protesting in the 60s were of zero impact in the classroom.

I also had a comparative religion professor who was a master of the rise and fall of empires and religion’s role in their rise and fall.  He was a socialist that believed in universal healthcare and basic income decades before it was in the common lexicon.  With zero impact on my worldview.

I had a Biology professor who was also a socialist who was a proponent of special programs for minority education to pull their best and brightest into magnet schools. Zero impact on my knowledge of Biology.

On the other hand, I had an Armenian Physics professor who barely made it here as a child with pretty extreme views regarding a specific ethic/religious group, a Swiss German P-Chem professor who hated Nazis and Communists, a Cuban Biochem professor who hated communists, and a WWII infantry officer vet English professor and Shakespeare world renown expert who was the best teacher of anything I have ever had who was of the country club, yachting, golf, tennis, WASP variety and investing/capitalist type.  I also had a Calculus Professor and a Classics Professors, and a Zoology one that all seemed very not cool with the proto-woke, politically correct nonsense that was starting to creep in.

It’s possible to be educated, make money, etc. concurrently.
And a true education is not just a tech school for a job.


IMO, true education is mostly gone from formal/institutional post-secondary education.

In part due to the push to democratize access to and "success" in institutional post-secondary education. In part due to the credentialism-spiral.


Yes.
In 1940 a traditional four year degree graduate made up only about 5% of adults, and the average cognitive ability was about 1sd above the mean higher than it is now.  There were essentially no graduates below 1sd above the mean.
Now it’s almost 40% of adults.  With about 40% below 1sd above the mean.  Many incapable of and with no math higher than a basic high school freshman algebra or statistics class.

Degree creep has seen, say,  engineering  tech go from a year certificate, to associates, to bachelors.
Or physical therapist from bachelors to DPT.
And MBAs meaning highly intelligent math versed to programs with not GMAT or math pre-reqs.

Nobody is going to knock out a serious degree that is not bright, but there sure are a lot of not serious degrees now.

In a non-production, non-manufacturing, non-wealth generating economy higher education has become much like re-selling stuff made in China, re-selling mortgages, residential rentals, etc.  Simply a way to make a lot of money for some.
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