Kenneth Kirk PC

@luinalaska Respectfully disagree. It is morally wrong to demand someone else give up what they have earned, so you can have it (not you personally, but generationally). BTW I do give money to my kids and grandkids and enjoy doing so. But that's MY choice. They don't demand it.

It is morally wrong to not pass generational financial security to your own children if you have the means to do so. It is also selfish and stupid.

@TheCinesthetic Tom Hanks comes to mind (mainly because my grands love the Toy Story franchise).

Name a celebrity film actor who is a high caliber voice actor

@luinalaska A lot of the responses to this, conflate "it's good to give to your kids/grandkids" (100% agree) with "You are morally wrong not to give". Those are very different statement, especially coming from those who would wish to receive.

@luinalaska The reason boomers don't want to give up homes, is we were raised on the idea of deferred gratification; if you delay spending in younger years, you can enjoy life later on. So we did, and now young people who don't want to wait, tell us to sell the homes we raised our kids in?

You’re totally right. No one can or should force a boomer out of their 4 bedroom house to make space financially and quite literally for the next generation. True. Most generations understood wealth in more linear terms. Grandpa to son to grandson. The hope and expectation was that the children had the benefit of their lineage. No one can make the boomers less selfish. History will be unkind. So will statistics. But you are technically correct. No one can force them nor should we try. The legacy is earned and it will be lasting.

@shesbonky Once again Boomers have you beat. We had to do that with scrolls that we had to unroll, and then write the essays with a quill pen on papyrus.

ma'am, respectfully, genX did all that with no internet access we hand wrote those 12-pages using fucking encyclopedias and zima siphoned in a sprite bottle

@DrNeilStone I had that issue for a while. I would suddenly start getting "looks automated" messages. Ironically, it was Grok that helped me figure out what I was doing wrong.

I can post, but being blocked from replying to other people's posts Anyone else? What's going on..

After a certain age, your parents slowly become your children. They ask simple questions, repeat stories, and depend on your patience the way you once depended on theirs. Very few understand this role reversal. What looks like innocence or inconvenience is really time coming full circle. Don't correct them harshly. Don't rush them. Care for them the way they once protected you. This is not a burden. It is repayment, quietly wrapped as love.

@TomHicks2LCF And our first bout of the night: Straw man vs. Straw man!

“Daddy, what are Arminians?” “They are the people who believe God wants to save everyone but fails.”

One thing that’s funny to me is how we often act as if a QB isn’t very good if he is projected to be a “backup” in the NFL! This stuff is nuts to me… We are lucky to have 32 really good starting QBs in the league at any one time, being one of the next 32-64 best QBs in the world is incredible! QBs out there, many of us projected as “backups” & were ecstatic to be one, knowing we either had a great job or we were getting an opportunity to prove we could possibly be more! Every job has a #2 or #3 behind them, perfectly ok to at least start as one of those individuals!

@PineTreeGOP I want one of those hats like Popeye Doyle wore in The French Connection. What are those called?

As I’m in the market for a new hat, I’m torn between a homburg or a boater. Any opinions one way or the other? While not quite a “Vox Populi Vox Dei” moment, I’m curious to hear what others think.

When the government picks winners, lobbyists win. When markets pick winners, customers win.

@BeingJWood Because it doesn't prove citizenship. Glad to help.

Republicans don’t think your driver’s license is an acceptable for of identification to vote. Can anyone figure out why?

@Sassafrass_84 Slight disagreement with the end: if they can't show where the money went, the department should still be funded. But the responsible individuals should go to jail.

This is not a hard concept to grasp. 👇

@DrunkRepub Hey, you Gen-Xers were the latchkey kids, and children of divorce. Silent Gen had WWII and Korea 60's boomers had draft and Vietnam 70's boomers had stagflation ... Millennials have student loans Gen-Z had Covid in school

Gen Z is always bitching about how they can’t afford anything and I get it. They kinda got screwed. But every generation has its own downsides. My grandparents grew up during the f***ing Great Depression! I’m a Gen X kid. My dad taught me how to ride a bike by holding the seat at the top of a hill with sticker bushes at the bottom and said “when you turn away before the sticker bush you’ll be riding your bike.” He’d let go and face first I’d go into the bushes. Took 6 or 7 tries before I dodged them. No helmet, no nothing. Just pain. And in college we didn’t have DoorDash; we had to put on clothes, walk out into the elements, and actually drive to Wendy’s. HUNGOVER! Point is I agree you guys got screwed, but feeling sorry for yourself won’t fix anything. Time to put on your big boy pants and roll with the punches. Yes life isn’t fair, but at least you aren’t storming the beaches of Normandy. I mean in real life, not on Call of Duty.

Estate planning isn’t just documents. It’s strategy.
It’s nuance.
It’s knowing what *not* to do.

@TechOperator I blame the schools.

Did you know that half the population has below-average intelligence?

@james_xond "I'd like a refund on this fire extinguisher. I've had it for 10 years and haven't used it yet."

Should car insurance give money back at the end of the year if you haven’t had any accidents??

@MacrinaJP @luinalaska Okaaaay... can you tell us what you claim is a lie?

@KennethKirkPC @luinalaska Funny. My parents are boomers, my dad is also a boomer attorney. So I know first-hand what a lie this is.

@EastTNMama "I and Velma ain't dumb!" (from West Side Story)

I just want people who are smart to stop saying “my wife and I” or “my husband and I” when it’s supposed to be me. This one is so very easy to fix. If you would say me you say my wife and me. —She and I went to work. He told my wife and me. I went to work. He told me. Let me help

@OrevaZSN I'm glad somebody said something. I had a passive-aggressive printer for years, and everybody kept telling me that's impossible.

Don’t EVER let your printer know you’ve waited until the last minute and you’re in a hurry, because it can sense fear.