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originally posted by: reldra
originally posted by: intrptr
a reply to: americanbuffalo1
I am disappointed with my fellow Americans. We have devolved into a nation of spoiled, entitled children. This country is in distress and WE DID IT TO OURSELVES!!! Being apathetic and selfish, acting out in our own self interests, allowing the corrupt to lead us, blindly believing we are better than anyone else - American Exceptionalism-.
Wait till the generation of adult children 'raise' the next generation. They were never taught how to behave, imagine what their kids will be like.
You forgot "Now, get off my lawn."
originally posted by: intrptr
originally posted by: reldra
originally posted by: intrptr
a reply to: americanbuffalo1
I am disappointed with my fellow Americans. We have devolved into a nation of spoiled, entitled children. This country is in distress and WE DID IT TO OURSELVES!!! Being apathetic and selfish, acting out in our own self interests, allowing the corrupt to lead us, blindly believing we are better than anyone else - American Exceptionalism-.
Wait till the generation of adult children 'raise' the next generation. They were never taught how to behave, imagine what their kids will be like.
You forgot "Now, get off my lawn."
Generation X doesn't see the value of owning manicured lawns. At least they're getting that part right.
Their kids won't be able to afford them.
originally posted by: olaru12
originally posted by: intrptr
originally posted by: americanbuffalo1
a reply to: intrptr
Part of the systemic dysfunction of living in the wealthiest country on earth.
Systemic is right. Trickle down dysfunction brought upon us buy the very wealthy at the top of corporations, banks and the gubment.
The wealth is at the top, the workaday struggle to keep them wealthy.
See what happens when capitalism is unregulated; And the corporate Oligarchy decides social policy in conjunction with almost unlimited political power.
And so the solution is to elect a corporate billionaire CEO to lead us out of this mess?
The irony is delicious.
originally posted by: BeefNoMeat
a reply to: americanbuffalo1
"....a pot smoker ex-governor...", how does that at all relate to his ability to lead, shape policy, unite the country, etc., etc? The last 3 presidents would've never taken the oath with that complete and utterly, ridiculous nonsense as a prerequisite for POTUS. What does smoking pot "do" that disqualifies one for being president?
That remark in your OP is so transparent and pathetic, I am sure it's lost on you the irony of suggesting as much, when the thread title is "American citizens need to grow up". How about you do so more 'growing up' and come back with some substance and a topic that can be taken seriously after reading the first 60-80 words of your OP? I won't hold my breath that intelligence spontaneously imparts on/visits your grey matter, but in the small chance it does, I'll be more inclined to read more of your posts.
originally posted by: Bluntone22
originally posted by: olaru12
originally posted by: intrptr
originally posted by: americanbuffalo1
a reply to: intrptr
Part of the systemic dysfunction of living in the wealthiest country on earth.
Systemic is right. Trickle down dysfunction brought upon us buy the very wealthy at the top of corporations, banks and the gubment.
The wealth is at the top, the workaday struggle to keep them wealthy.
See what happens when capitalism is unregulated; And the corporate Oligarchy decides social policy in conjunction with almost unlimited political power.
And so the solution is to elect a corporate billionaire CEO to lead us out of this mess?
The irony is delicious.
What a load of crap.
Social programs giving everything to anybody with their hand out caused an entitlement mentality. Gimme my fair share!
It matters not one whit whether the parents are present or not, either. Electronics are convenient babysitters, and parents today use them with impunity.
As of April 2016, a total of 57 studies have investigated the relationship between fluoride and human intelligence, and a total of 38 studies have investigated the relationship fluoride and learning/memory in animals. Of these investigations, 50 of the 57 human studies have found that elevated fluoride exposure is associated with reduced IQ, while 37 of the 39 animal studies have found that fluoride exposure impairs the learning and/or memory capacity of animals. The human studies, which are based on IQ examinations of over 12,000 children, provide compelling evidence that fluoride exposure during the early years of life can damage a child’s developing brain.
Impact of fluoride on neurological development in children
Prozac (which contains fluoride)
Fluoride’s ability to damage the brain is one of the most active areas of fluoride research today. Over 300 studies have found that fluoride is a neurotoxin (a chemical that can damage the brain).
originally posted by: DigitalVigilante420
I look forward ty growing old and authoring a thread just like this one. Every generation hates the next one...
When I was your age...uphill in the snow both ways!
I agree though it's been ongoing and is nothing new it's just more widespread and apparent thanks to the very same Internet we curse those damn millennials for using.
This thread made me smile
This pattern repeats every 28 months. In the 1960s scientists coined it the
“quasi-biennial oscillation.” The record of these measurements, made by
weather balloons released in the tropics at various points around the globe,
dates to 1953.
The pattern never changed – until late 2015. As the year came to a close,
winds from the west neared the end of their typical descent. The regular
pattern held that weaker easterly winds would soon replace them. But then
the westerlies appeared to move upwards and block the downward movement of
the easterlies. This new pattern held for nearly half a year, and by July
2016 the old regime seemed to resume.
“The quasi-biennial oscillation is the stratosphere’s Old Faithful,” said
Paul Newman, Chief Scientist for Earth Sciences at NASA’s Goddard Space
Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland, and lead author on a new paper about the
event published online in Geophysical Research Letters. “If Old Faithful
stopped for a day, you’d begin to wonder about what was happening under the
ground.”
originally posted by: worldstarcountry
a reply to: blend57
teach your kids not to waste their twenties partying. And instead take that decade being serious about real life, always putting away money for their future, to leverage themselves against the fiat system, to recognize the thought control. To not BUY into the consumer lifestyle. To build success with service to our community in mind always. To get involved in their community at the civic level and network with others in their city who have chosen a similar path.
The one recurring behavioral anomaly I have been studying is he wanton across the board waste by several generations of their third decade of existence (the 20's). Our population is taking this most productive decade of our existence, and channeling it into a YOLO experience. Foreigners have realized this, and take advantage of our educational institutions for specialized learning and take it back to their home lands to benefit their communities.
Not enough of our people are doing the same to reproduce the results here at home.