Insane, until you step back and realize the role that “tribes” have played throughout human history. Today, our tribes are our sports teams/affiliations. Look at how much attention we pay to sports, how much money is spent, how star athletes are idolized, even when they commit heinous crimes (Paterno, Vick, numerous others). I’m sure one of the good doctors here could tell us more about the psychological underpinnings of this effect in society.
On the other hand, it may not be all that long before these Millennials channel anger into other forms of violence. Society, in general, is at a breaking point and when you get a mob of people together, the worst is more likely to happen.
bearraid
November 10, 2011 9:43 am
My brother-in-law and his wife are going to the game on Saturday. We’re all Nebraska fans. I told them they’d be better off finding a bar to watch the game, in Lincoln. This is going to be an ugly scene Saturday,
Persnickety
November 10, 2011 9:45 am
So, how many rioting students are in a near-death coma from the police response?
None, you say? Quite a contrast to OWS. Makes you think that those in power have no problem defending those who protect pedophiles, but if you want fairness and justice, death for you!
Stan
November 10, 2011 9:57 am
Faith in humanity?
” The heart of man is deceitful and DESPERATELY WICKED, who can know it”????
Jeremiah 17:9
Never have faith in humanity. Not all humans are as bad as they could be, but we are all evil and selfish.
This Joe Pa is a prime example. He knew about this abomination, yet reguarded his beloved football team as more important than young boys lives.
Darwin's Money
November 10, 2011 10:02 am
College kids are dumb. They’ll sign any petition, show up for any protest without even know what they’re protesting, and defend their school heros even though they turned a blind eye to child rape. Alcohol, crowds and stupidity will always result in what we had last night.
The call last night with my property manager for the college real estate property confirmed just how dumb kids are. More doors ripped off hinges, a broken window and they’re too irresponsible to take out their own trash. Dumb kids.
Darwin
November 10, 2011 11:21 am
Darwin
Get use to your property getting torn apart by college kids. I remember going to parties in college that were in houses not too far from campus and wondering how those kids live in their house. Hopefully, you don’t have crazy, party animals living in your property.
AWD
November 10, 2011 11:53 am
Penn State supports ass-raping pedophiles and those that protect them.
I say yank every dime of their Federal and State funding. I would be disgraced to be from Pennsylvania. Thank goodness I’m not.
flash
November 10, 2011 12:34 pm
Folks, there are our Heroes….
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Kill Bill
November 10, 2011 12:38 pm
Paternolists are worse than Boomers, Nomads and X’ers
Who could have foresaw?
dd
November 10, 2011 1:06 pm
those are your Millenials, Admin. supposedly the good ones. oops.
My Penn State millenial son’s facebook status said “what a bunch of idiots”.
Would you like me to point out that Jerry Sandusky is a Boomer? Does that mean all Boomers are pedophiles?
I guess stupidity about the concept of generations by dd among other dumbasses will never be resolved.
dd
November 10, 2011 1:38 pm
your dogmatic compartmentalism works for you when convenient and is ignored when not.
whatever, call me a dumbass but i don’t think you have any idea what you are trying to say. i’m sure you think you do and i’m sure you are sure that i am a dumbass. most would not agree that i’m not a dumbass. and unlike you i’m not a complainer. wah, my commute. change it.
guys like you are so sure of yourself, it’s comical.
dd
November 10, 2011 1:45 pm
sandusky was born in 1944. if you’re going to be “concept of generations” boy then i’d expect you to at least get the years right.
2 posts ago i said, “most would not agree that i’m not a dumbass” … ok, so maybe i am a dumbass sometimes. like when i type.
but i still think this strict generationational concept, the fourth turning, etc. goes too far. there are definitely valid points in the conversation. and for sure i think our fiat currency and entitlement society will go ka-boom. i have owned gold for years and accumulate more with every paycheck. and the chances are that the next “great leader” will me a millenial.
no argument there. but the rest of the millenials will be playing x-box and tweeting about inanities.
Diogenes
November 10, 2011 3:38 pm
In the meantime…
Here’s some other college kids yesterday:
Colma Rising
November 10, 2011 3:46 pm
Hey dd:
Tell your stank ass ho to quit texting… I don’t do older bitches. All I remember is beer goggles and whiskey dick, so I really don’t know why I keep getting these dirty texts. Tell her it really meant nothing, just pillow-talk.
Thanks.
dd
November 10, 2011 4:06 pm
colma — that was so dumb.
Admin — keep swinging dude. tire yourself out.
the PSU student body president is a stud. impressive young man. for all the dopes out there we are still producing some really good young people.
dd
November 10, 2011 4:12 pm
Admin, insults aside, when does it all come apart in the fourth turning playbook? seriously, i am asking and not goading. does it happen fast (like a quick and sharp currency collapse, for example), or do we just slowly bleed as we are now until a crescendo?
i like this concept and am giving it a real honest try.
Fourth Turnings generally last 20 years. We are only about 5 years into this one. The actual events are unknown, but the reaction to the events by each generation is what matters. The anger and protests we are seeing from OWS is part of the mood change. My guess is that the financial system is within two years of falling apart. When that happens, the middle class will be wiped out and will take to the streets. I see a bloody revolution in our future. But that is just my best guess.
Anonymous
November 10, 2011 4:41 pm
thanks.
interesting. i wonder how long the current charade can last myself. there is zero question that changes are coming and the mood has changed. there is even less than zero a question that the Fed and financialization of America has already decimated a once lively middle class — if it gets alot worse, i agree, there is no question the people will take to the streets.
i am in the “physical gold and guns” category and i don’t like it. but less people look at me like i’m crazy with every passing day.
Colma Rising
November 11, 2011 2:28 am
BBES
thc0655
November 11, 2011 5:46 am
Is no one here going to complain about the jack-booted thugs (police) repressing the rights of the “students” to “assemble” and engage in “free speech?” Here’s a link that highlights the violence inherent in the system…
the “anonymous” comment 3 above was from me. little experiment.
as dd i get 11 likes, 26 dislikes.
as anonymous i go the other way, 4:1. maybe the content is more agreeable but i doubt it. let the dislikes fly, TBP!
i will say Admin, you have quite a following. the members like your posts almost unequivocably.
Anon-a-mouse
November 11, 2011 3:33 pm
Nearly every competent demographer defines the baby boom as 1946-1964, which means Sandusky is not a boomer and Admin is.
Just because Strauss and Howe make a mistake in defining the baby boom that no one else accepts does not change the facts:
ADMIN IS A BOOMER!
Colma Rising
November 11, 2011 4:03 pm
Anon-a-mouse:
Admin is no fucking Boomstainer.
Just like you fucking curs, you want to drag every innocent, upstanding Xer down with you.
The Strauss And Howe Rule trumps your lesser historians. This is why those born before 1960 and not a minute after will be a part of the generation who’s labor erects gargantuan statues of the Great Strauss and Howe in every major metropolis, and podunk towns as well. A special project for those who attempt to include those born after in their shame will be a statue of Admin himself.
If you resist, you will be mixed in the mortar, your ancient and brittle bones forever sealed as re-bar in these titanic monuments to greatness that would make a pharoah green with envy.
For exemptions, like Howard In NYC’s Honorary Xer status or SSS’ sole “Tweener” exception, you must prove to Jefe Colma that you truly dissolve all claims to, and nostalgic adoration of, the Shallowest Generation, The Destroyers of Worlds, The Baby-Boom generation.
Colma Rising
November 11, 2011 4:13 pm
dd:
I knew it was you, but if you note the “Thanks” instead of your earlier insolence, you may find the true reason for your precious thumb count.
Colma Rising
November 11, 2011 4:26 pm
One correction: Silents are not to be fucked with.
They’re cool. SSS, Muck, Welshman, Novista: Prime examples. You can see it in their posts. Wisdom, love of life, positivity, advice. (OK, SSS, as a Tweener still has boomer tendencies)
You see, this isn’t simply “Age Discrimination”. It’s common sense.
dd
November 11, 2011 9:35 pm
colma, you are a dipshit. total nerd, nice comment, “stank ass ho to quit texting… I don’t do older bitches” ok jerkoff. now back to the kiddie pool and pull up your pants.
also, you don’t know the definition of insolence.
dd
November 11, 2011 9:37 pm
the thanks was for intended for you, colma you broken rubber.
Colma Rising
November 11, 2011 9:49 pm
Cry me a fucking river, dd.
You decry a book, having never even read it. You then ask for more info… classic shoot first, ask questions later.
Instead of jumping out of your birkenstocks to defend some sort of disgusting honor, you should click the Amazon link and order a copy… really, it’s great.
As for your vitriol regarding my comment on the stank ass ho, let me say thank you. I’ve not been texted since yesterday.
One more thing: The Beatles fucking suck.
Colma Rising
November 11, 2011 9:53 pm
Really, dd, other than the generality of a generation, I said nothing personal to you to warrant such an attack.
dd
November 11, 2011 10:02 pm
colma, wtf is wrong with you. are you on the TBP so often that you don’t recall all your insults and at whom they were directed?
beatles, birkenstocks, huh? you’re the one burning brain cells moron, you and i have been through this before: i am not even close to being a baby boomer. slipped over the wire … by about a decade.
vitriol, another word i can help you with, is when you say to me, unprovoked, “tell your stand ass ho to quit texting.”
dd
November 11, 2011 10:13 pm
colma, you are correct in that i have not read the book, the fourth turning. but i have read lots of excerpts and am aware of the major concepts. admittedly, not the same as taking the whole thing in.
i think it’s too general and compartmental, but i do recognize some of the concepts as interesting and likely valid, and i have for some time. it was not at all shoot first, but i admit i’m not fully schooled. i got the answer i expected from Admin, not one word in his answer was remotely unexpected.
i do not have the time or attention span to read the book, i have physical though.
i hate the beatles. so does my Boomer Dad.
Colma Rising
November 11, 2011 10:22 pm
Dd:
Ok, I’ll be nice and reveal the loading of the statement “your stank ass ho”, as I recall the exchange you refer to and your being amused at the inference of “You cock-gobbler”.
First: To whom do you refer to as your “stank ass ho”?
Second: Would anyone you care about appreciate YOUR reference to them as a “stank ass ho”?
As a courtesy, I will ask that you look up the meaning of a “loaded statement/question”.
Colma Rising
November 11, 2011 10:45 pm
DD: Really, you’d enjoy the read if that remotely interests you.
My boomer dad loves the beatles. I love giving him shit about it. I’m jealous that your dad agrees that the Beatles suck.
Really, S&H and generational theory is not a Boomer Bash Fest. Give it a read if you’re interested, as you indicate.
I like to bark “BBES” because few would argue that that generation is pretty crazy, in some sense or another. It drives most TBPers nuts because a mammoth proportion of the readers are individualists AND boomers and they get all riled up almost instantly if you refer to BB’s in seemingly any negative light. Almost in unison.
That cracks me up.
Perhaps you’ve missed my comments on Xers.
dd
November 11, 2011 10:56 pm
got it Colma, you are one funny dude. you were over my head, well done.
i’m going to get the book now.
Colma Rising
November 11, 2011 11:13 pm
Awesome.
dd
November 12, 2011 12:48 am
by “Funny Dude” I mean funny like you got a dick in your ass kind of funny!
dd
November 12, 2011 12:52 am
by “funny dude” I meant like you have a giant dick in your ass funny.
dd
November 15, 2011 1:41 pm
uh, i didn’t write this to you Colma, what kind of jerk impersonates someone else.
Go Big Red
Insane, until you step back and realize the role that “tribes” have played throughout human history. Today, our tribes are our sports teams/affiliations. Look at how much attention we pay to sports, how much money is spent, how star athletes are idolized, even when they commit heinous crimes (Paterno, Vick, numerous others). I’m sure one of the good doctors here could tell us more about the psychological underpinnings of this effect in society.
On the other hand, it may not be all that long before these Millennials channel anger into other forms of violence. Society, in general, is at a breaking point and when you get a mob of people together, the worst is more likely to happen.
My brother-in-law and his wife are going to the game on Saturday. We’re all Nebraska fans. I told them they’d be better off finding a bar to watch the game, in Lincoln. This is going to be an ugly scene Saturday,
So, how many rioting students are in a near-death coma from the police response?
None, you say? Quite a contrast to OWS. Makes you think that those in power have no problem defending those who protect pedophiles, but if you want fairness and justice, death for you!
Faith in humanity?
” The heart of man is deceitful and DESPERATELY WICKED, who can know it”????
Jeremiah 17:9
Never have faith in humanity. Not all humans are as bad as they could be, but we are all evil and selfish.
This Joe Pa is a prime example. He knew about this abomination, yet reguarded his beloved football team as more important than young boys lives.
College kids are dumb. They’ll sign any petition, show up for any protest without even know what they’re protesting, and defend their school heros even though they turned a blind eye to child rape. Alcohol, crowds and stupidity will always result in what we had last night.
The call last night with my property manager for the college real estate property confirmed just how dumb kids are. More doors ripped off hinges, a broken window and they’re too irresponsible to take out their own trash. Dumb kids.
Darwin
Get use to your property getting torn apart by college kids. I remember going to parties in college that were in houses not too far from campus and wondering how those kids live in their house. Hopefully, you don’t have crazy, party animals living in your property.
Penn State supports ass-raping pedophiles and those that protect them.
I say yank every dime of their Federal and State funding. I would be disgraced to be from Pennsylvania. Thank goodness I’m not.
Folks, there are our Heroes….
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Paternolists are worse than Boomers, Nomads and X’ers
Who could have foresaw?
those are your Millenials, Admin. supposedly the good ones. oops.
Dumbasses cross generations.
My Penn State millenial son’s facebook status said “what a bunch of idiots”.
Would you like me to point out that Jerry Sandusky is a Boomer? Does that mean all Boomers are pedophiles?
I guess stupidity about the concept of generations by dd among other dumbasses will never be resolved.
your dogmatic compartmentalism works for you when convenient and is ignored when not.
whatever, call me a dumbass but i don’t think you have any idea what you are trying to say. i’m sure you think you do and i’m sure you are sure that i am a dumbass. most would not agree that i’m not a dumbass. and unlike you i’m not a complainer. wah, my commute. change it.
guys like you are so sure of yourself, it’s comical.
sandusky was born in 1944. if you’re going to be “concept of generations” boy then i’d expect you to at least get the years right.
Fuck you dd.
Strauss & Howe Boomers 1943-1960.
Did I mention you can go fuck yourself?
2 posts ago i said, “most would not agree that i’m not a dumbass” … ok, so maybe i am a dumbass sometimes. like when i type.
but i still think this strict generationational concept, the fourth turning, etc. goes too far. there are definitely valid points in the conversation. and for sure i think our fiat currency and entitlement society will go ka-boom. i have owned gold for years and accumulate more with every paycheck. and the chances are that the next “great leader” will me a millenial.
no argument there. but the rest of the millenials will be playing x-box and tweeting about inanities.
In the meantime…
Here’s some other college kids yesterday:
Hey dd:
Tell your stank ass ho to quit texting… I don’t do older bitches. All I remember is beer goggles and whiskey dick, so I really don’t know why I keep getting these dirty texts. Tell her it really meant nothing, just pillow-talk.
Thanks.
colma — that was so dumb.
Admin — keep swinging dude. tire yourself out.
the PSU student body president is a stud. impressive young man. for all the dopes out there we are still producing some really good young people.
Admin, insults aside, when does it all come apart in the fourth turning playbook? seriously, i am asking and not goading. does it happen fast (like a quick and sharp currency collapse, for example), or do we just slowly bleed as we are now until a crescendo?
i like this concept and am giving it a real honest try.
dd
Fourth Turnings generally last 20 years. We are only about 5 years into this one. The actual events are unknown, but the reaction to the events by each generation is what matters. The anger and protests we are seeing from OWS is part of the mood change. My guess is that the financial system is within two years of falling apart. When that happens, the middle class will be wiped out and will take to the streets. I see a bloody revolution in our future. But that is just my best guess.
thanks.
interesting. i wonder how long the current charade can last myself. there is zero question that changes are coming and the mood has changed. there is even less than zero a question that the Fed and financialization of America has already decimated a once lively middle class — if it gets alot worse, i agree, there is no question the people will take to the streets.
i am in the “physical gold and guns” category and i don’t like it. but less people look at me like i’m crazy with every passing day.
BBES
Is no one here going to complain about the jack-booted thugs (police) repressing the rights of the “students” to “assemble” and engage in “free speech?” Here’s a link that highlights the violence inherent in the system…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rAaWvVFERVA
the “anonymous” comment 3 above was from me. little experiment.
as dd i get 11 likes, 26 dislikes.
as anonymous i go the other way, 4:1. maybe the content is more agreeable but i doubt it. let the dislikes fly, TBP!
i will say Admin, you have quite a following. the members like your posts almost unequivocably.
Nearly every competent demographer defines the baby boom as 1946-1964, which means Sandusky is not a boomer and Admin is.
Just because Strauss and Howe make a mistake in defining the baby boom that no one else accepts does not change the facts:
ADMIN IS A BOOMER!
Anon-a-mouse:
Admin is no fucking Boomstainer.
Just like you fucking curs, you want to drag every innocent, upstanding Xer down with you.
The Strauss And Howe Rule trumps your lesser historians. This is why those born before 1960 and not a minute after will be a part of the generation who’s labor erects gargantuan statues of the Great Strauss and Howe in every major metropolis, and podunk towns as well. A special project for those who attempt to include those born after in their shame will be a statue of Admin himself.
If you resist, you will be mixed in the mortar, your ancient and brittle bones forever sealed as re-bar in these titanic monuments to greatness that would make a pharoah green with envy.
For exemptions, like Howard In NYC’s Honorary Xer status or SSS’ sole “Tweener” exception, you must prove to Jefe Colma that you truly dissolve all claims to, and nostalgic adoration of, the Shallowest Generation, The Destroyers of Worlds, The Baby-Boom generation.
dd:
I knew it was you, but if you note the “Thanks” instead of your earlier insolence, you may find the true reason for your precious thumb count.
One correction: Silents are not to be fucked with.
They’re cool. SSS, Muck, Welshman, Novista: Prime examples. You can see it in their posts. Wisdom, love of life, positivity, advice. (OK, SSS, as a Tweener still has boomer tendencies)
You see, this isn’t simply “Age Discrimination”. It’s common sense.
colma, you are a dipshit. total nerd, nice comment, “stank ass ho to quit texting… I don’t do older bitches” ok jerkoff. now back to the kiddie pool and pull up your pants.
also, you don’t know the definition of insolence.
the thanks was for intended for you, colma you broken rubber.
Cry me a fucking river, dd.
You decry a book, having never even read it. You then ask for more info… classic shoot first, ask questions later.
Instead of jumping out of your birkenstocks to defend some sort of disgusting honor, you should click the Amazon link and order a copy… really, it’s great.
As for your vitriol regarding my comment on the stank ass ho, let me say thank you. I’ve not been texted since yesterday.
One more thing: The Beatles fucking suck.
Really, dd, other than the generality of a generation, I said nothing personal to you to warrant such an attack.
colma, wtf is wrong with you. are you on the TBP so often that you don’t recall all your insults and at whom they were directed?
beatles, birkenstocks, huh? you’re the one burning brain cells moron, you and i have been through this before: i am not even close to being a baby boomer. slipped over the wire … by about a decade.
vitriol, another word i can help you with, is when you say to me, unprovoked, “tell your stand ass ho to quit texting.”
colma, you are correct in that i have not read the book, the fourth turning. but i have read lots of excerpts and am aware of the major concepts. admittedly, not the same as taking the whole thing in.
i think it’s too general and compartmental, but i do recognize some of the concepts as interesting and likely valid, and i have for some time. it was not at all shoot first, but i admit i’m not fully schooled. i got the answer i expected from Admin, not one word in his answer was remotely unexpected.
i do not have the time or attention span to read the book, i have physical though.
i hate the beatles. so does my Boomer Dad.
Dd:
Ok, I’ll be nice and reveal the loading of the statement “your stank ass ho”, as I recall the exchange you refer to and your being amused at the inference of “You cock-gobbler”.
First: To whom do you refer to as your “stank ass ho”?
Second: Would anyone you care about appreciate YOUR reference to them as a “stank ass ho”?
As a courtesy, I will ask that you look up the meaning of a “loaded statement/question”.
DD: Really, you’d enjoy the read if that remotely interests you.
My boomer dad loves the beatles. I love giving him shit about it. I’m jealous that your dad agrees that the Beatles suck.
Really, S&H and generational theory is not a Boomer Bash Fest. Give it a read if you’re interested, as you indicate.
I like to bark “BBES” because few would argue that that generation is pretty crazy, in some sense or another. It drives most TBPers nuts because a mammoth proportion of the readers are individualists AND boomers and they get all riled up almost instantly if you refer to BB’s in seemingly any negative light. Almost in unison.
That cracks me up.
Perhaps you’ve missed my comments on Xers.
got it Colma, you are one funny dude. you were over my head, well done.
i’m going to get the book now.
Awesome.
by “Funny Dude” I mean funny like you got a dick in your ass kind of funny!
by “funny dude” I meant like you have a giant dick in your ass funny.
uh, i didn’t write this to you Colma, what kind of jerk impersonates someone else.
the book is on order.