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1 hour ago, Bateshorn said:

The older Gen X that came of age under Reagan have never really waivered from the GOP.  They've always been there.  Unfortunately/fortunately, as a Gen X, I can confidently say: It probably doesn't matter since their are hardly any of us to begin with.  

Gen X: nobody gives a fuck about you except for your quality taste in music. 

SIGH.

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The older Gen X that came of age under Reagan have never really waivered from the GOP.  They've always been there.  Unfortunately/fortunately, as a Gen X, I can confidently say: It probably doesn't matter since their are hardly any of us to begin with.  
Gen X: nobody gives a fuck about you except for your quality taste in music. 

I’m right smack in the middle of Gen X. Hey, if America/The World burns down in my lifetime, we’re gonna have a hell of a soundtrack queued up.

“That’s great it starts with an earthquake, birds and snakes, an aeroplane, Lenny Bruce is not afraid…”

Jesus, the lyrics to that song are chillingly prescient given today’s climate. Michael Stipe knew what was coming.
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1 hour ago, Bateshorn said:

The older Gen X that came of age under Reagan have never really waivered from the GOP.  They've always been there.  Unfortunately/fortunately, as a Gen X, I can confidently say: It probably doesn't matter since their are hardly any of us to begin with.  

Gen X: nobody gives a fuck about you except for your quality taste in music. 

Yeah but nobody can throw down a 'party mix' like we can.

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Posted
5 minutes ago, Hugo Stiglitz said:

I bet Jimmy Carter was president when a lot of posters here were born.

LBJ admin here, yo..

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5 minutes ago, C-Man said:


I’m right smack in the middle of Gen X. Hey, if America/The World burns down in my lifetime, we’re gonna have a hell of a soundtrack queued up.

“That’s great it starts with an earthquake, birds and snakes, an aeroplane, Lenny Bruce is not afraid…”

Jesus, the lyrics to that song are chillingly prescient given today’s climate. Michael Stipe knew what was coming.

You pair that with the destructive nihilism of Welcome to the Jungle and Johnny Cash reimagining Hurt into an epilogue and you are starting to cook with some real Gen X gas.  

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1 hour ago, Bateshorn said:

I can't put any data to it, but I actually think Covid has killed off a statistically significant portion of the GOP voter base, and it's effecting outcomes at the polls. 

https://www.npr.org/2023/07/25/1189939229/covid-deaths-democrats-republicans-gap-study

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More specifically, the researchers say, their adjusted analysis found that "the excess death rate among Republican voters was 43% higher than the excess death rate among Democratic voters" after vaccine eligibility was opened.

 

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Just now, Snake Diggity said:

Port strike and Iran attacking Israel are not good developments for Harris.

Can anyone else hear Trump yelling that this would have never happened if he was president.  He would have cut a deal with the port workers, a great deal, probably the best in history for both sides.  Same with Iran, Israel, Hezbollah and Hamas.  They would all be close friends now if Trump was president.  He would probably also say we wouldn’t have hurricanes anymore if you would just vote for him.  Millions of people will hear this and say, yeah that makes sense to me, he has my vote.  

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Just now, Beantown Express 2.0 said:

Can anyone else hear Trump yelling that this would have never happened if he was president.  He would have cut a deal with the port workers, a great deal, probably the best in history for both sides.  Same with Iran, Israel, Hezbollah and Hamas.  They would all be close friends now if Trump was president.  He would probably also say we wouldn’t have hurricanes anymore if you would just vote for him.  Millions of people will hear this and say, yeah that makes sense to me, he has my vote.  

This is me acting like a conspiracy nut, but I actually think Trump is the cause of both events.  The head of the port workers union is a Trumper.  And Netanyahu almost certainly prefers Trump to Harris, if for no other reason than he knows Trump is completely ineffectual and will do nothing to push back on his agenda.

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shit, I guess I never looked it up before. Carter for me too. Here's what he did on the day of my birth:
November 27 – President Carter attends the National League of Cities' 1978 Congress of Cities in Monsanto Hall at the Cervantes Convention Center during the morning.[276]
November 27 – President Carter attends a briefing on the budget for the board of directors of the National League of Cities in Room 122 at the Cervantes Convention Center in St. Louis, Missouri, delivering remarks on the evolution of the relationship between the administration and members of the board and answering questions from those in attendance.[277]
November 27 – President Carter receives the Family Unity Award at the Mormon Tabernacle in Salt Lake City, Utah and delivers remarks.[278]
November 27 – President Carter issues a statement on the assassinations of San Francisco Mayor George Moscone and Supervisor Harvey Milk.[279]
November 27 – In a statement, President Carter says he has been asked by Governor of Utah Scott M. Matheson "to review the findings of earlier Federal studies in Utah on the effects of exposure to radioactive particles on health and to determine whether or not a more comprehensive study is indicated."[280]
November 27 – President Carter announces the appointment of nine individuals for membership on the American Battle Monuments Commission.[281]

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1 minute ago, BehoId, The Underminer! said:

The entire history of the U.S. in four presidents.

WHHarrison: 1173-1841

Grover Cleveland 1837-1908

LBJ: 1908-1973.

Any of the living presidents.  Carter: 1924-present, Obama, Clinton, Biden, GWB. or wood.

Damn. Harrison was old. 

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9 minutes ago, BehoId, The Underminer! said:

The entire history of the U.S. in four presidents.

WHHarrison: 1773-1841

Grover Cleveland 1837-1908

LBJ: 1908-1973.

Any of the living presidents.  Carter: 1924-present, Obama, Clinton, Biden, GWB. or wood.

Ironic

Posted
2 hours ago, locodos said:

 

The only thing that kicked my ass like that was Dengue and it damned near put me down.  

So, did you ever make it back to Haiti?

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Posted
34 minutes ago, Longhorn_Fan68 said:

Amy would be fun in bed. I don't know about the other.

But after you finish,  there's a reasonable chance that Shumers rips your head off and eats it.

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2 hours ago, Nice Guy Eddie said:

I'm in the middle of the GenX age range and it wouldn't surprise me that GenXers are on the Trump side. Many are scared of the future and retirement is rapidly approaching. When you have uncertainties of your economic future, it's easy to fall prey to lies that today and the future will be financially worse under Harris.

Social media has proven that people are more likely to engage with negative than positive. Saying, "Harris will destroy America" hits emotions more than "Trump will improve the economy." Many Gen X women love their Facebook. 

How? Trump was horrific for the economy. His policies drove our economy into the ditch and then he destroyed the world economy with his covid policies. He is a chaos agent and is terrible for anyone worried about the future. 

 

 

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3 minutes ago, Longhorn94 said:

How? Trump was horrific for the economy. His policies drove our economy into the ditch and then he destroyed the world economy with his covid policies. He is a chaos agent and is terrible for anyone worried about the future. 

 

 

But you see, Commie-la is going to raise taxes on anyone making over $400k. I mean, my spouse and I barely break $100k but it could one day affect us!

- those morons 

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Just now, Js1 said:

But you see, Commie-la is going to raise taxes on anyone making over $400k. I mean, my spouse and I barely break $100k but it could one day affect us!

- those morons 

first step on their way to being a billionaire and Kamala is standing in their way!

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3 minutes ago, Hugo Stiglitz said:

Trump’s 2017 tax legislation was horrible for working class folks.  (Eliminated the home office tax credit and unreimbursed business expenses)  It was a heist by the rich (again) that the press predictably failed to articulate.

is that not still the current code?

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17 minutes ago, Macanudo said:

So, did you ever make it back to Haiti?

Jamacia...  back in the day.  But it occasionally circulates in the US.  Fun fact, the second time around it's MUCH more dangerous.  So fuck mosquitos and fuck the Bone-break Fever

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2 minutes ago, Longhorn_Fan68 said:

is that not still the current code?

Yeah, which it would have been nice to have seen some Dem effort to roll back but you know, the senate parliamentarian would veto or some other dumb shit reason.

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11 minutes ago, Hugo Stiglitz said:

Trump’s 2017 tax legislation was horrible for working class folks.  (Eliminated the home office tax credit and unreimbursed business expenses)  It was a heist by the rich (again) that the press predictably failed to articulate.

Don't forget the middle class tax "cuts" that expire next year, while the corporate ones do not expire ever. 

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Posted
6 hours ago, G650 said:

The last time I had it i was 6 years old. It was the sickest I've ever been in my life.... till I got Covid this year. Nothing else I've ever had comes close to those two events.

I've got Covid now for the second time.  Not as bad as the first, but fuck me this thing sucks.  Took 3 days for the brain fog to lift.

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2 hours ago, SydneyCarton said:

Can you elaborate on this? For starters I believe most millenials are Boomer kids, not Gen X kids (their second families). But I'm curious what you mean. 

I mean something seems to happen to people's brains after they lose an argument to someone they consider themselves above. The messenger is more important than the message. They are above you so they have to be right. It causes them to dig deeper and lean even harder into the cognitive dissonance 

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1 minute ago, cmontexas said:

I mean something seems to happen to people's brains after they lose an argument to someone they consider themselves above. The messenger is more important than the message. They are above you so they have to be right. It causes them to dig deeper and lean even harder into the cognitive dissonance 

And you think this is somehow specifically a Gen X thing...why?

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1 minute ago, SydneyCarton said:

And you think this is somehow specifically a Gen X thing...why?

Not specifically. But theyre at the age currently where a lot of them have adult children figuring out life for themselves and pushing back on the bs their parents believe.

In 10 years my millenial cohorts will be going through the same thing with their ipad kids



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