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@DelusionPosting Dunno
I've never done anything that resulted in me being held at gunpoint.
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Sarcastic Hawke
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@AtkinHaydn
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เข้าร่วม Mart 2022
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@MrGeraldRoland You mean the generation that can't comprehend they were the generation that created the "snowflake" environment in schools and allowed all the political correctness to appear?
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the cognitive dissonance of boomers is remarkable.
theyll say shit like "oh the country was better and used to be ran better when i was a kid" and then theyll pretend to fail to connect the dots that theyre the ones who've been running the bloody country.
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@SeanMcwill57664 @BeithirMax @rising_alba Exactly but supposedly no Boomer ever voted for her but somehow she won?
They will never admit they voted in the issues themselves and will blame the younger generation
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@AtkinHaydn @BeithirMax @rising_alba Thatchers neo Liberalism and deindustrialization caused massive problems.
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Reform is going to put White boomers first. The Green party is going to put young brown people first.
Only Restore will put young White people first.
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@SeanMcwill57664 @BeithirMax @rising_alba You'll find these sort of people never admit issues arose because of themselves.
Remember none of them voted for Thatcher cause they all hated her but she won 3 elections somehow.
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@BeithirMax @rising_alba Mass migration began in the 90s before I was born what are you talking about
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@rising_alba This is true
Both Reform/Greens are fighting over the non working blocs who just wants gibs
Neither have a plan to save and rebuild the nation
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This is why I say Dragon Age was never "Always Woke"
Because the second people with that ideology took control they removed EVERYTHING from the series and turned every Faction, Character and Piece of Lore into a 2020s Californian Starbucks
God Empress of Mankind@nuhre_
Remember when the Tevinter Imperium was a mage-ruled society where magisters held absolute power, slavery was institutionalized and openly practiced, and blood magic wasn’t taboo but political currency? And in Veilguard it’s getting framed like some misunderstood, slightly
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@LemanWalters Because it isn't about the pension.
It's the fact the younger generation dared insinuate that Boomers aren't flawless and that the system they propped up since post WW2 has actually ruined society.
This is why you see the unhinged responses.
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I’m sure there’s selection bias going on because of the kind of baby boomer who likes sitting on Twitter but there really is a shocking knee-jerk defensiveness when it comes to this stuff. The original post isn’t even that ornery.
Rosie@rosie_eats
My only response to boomer housing discourse is that my nan on her final salary teachers pension gets the same monthly income I get as a teacher on the inner London pay scale
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Boomers aren't angry at the younger generation for wanting to alter pensions
They are angry that the younger generation has dared insinuate that Boomers weren't flawless and that the "superior" system they created is actually destroying things.
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@Rab_Dickson1 They were never told no Rab. They were told they were special. They weren’t. They are the participation medal generation. Must be hard now as an adult to realise you’re just one of 8 billion and no-one thinks you’re different.
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@Landeur Because it's not about the pension anymore.
You've criticised a system the Boomer believes is theirs and that has bruised their ego.
Boomers believe they are the flawless pinnacle of humanity and everything they did/created/supported is perfect and above criticism.
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Means-test pensions at £1,000,000 assets and remove the triple lock. Tie pension increases to inflation only.
This is perfectly reasonable, but if you dare to suggest it then people will comment suggesting you should be sent to Ukraine and die in a trench.
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The reason Boomers are so defensive of the pension system (and the post ww2 liberal system in general) is because to admit there is fault with it would require them to admit they weren't the flawless pinnacle they believe they are.
This is why the debate turns venomous.
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@Landeur It's because you've assumed the Boomer is flawed and not the pinnacle of humanity.
The pension must continue because otherwise it would mean it's faulty and would require the Boomer reevaluate the whole system they propped up.
This is why they become unhinged loons.
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You are one of the least patriotic people I've ever spoken to.
You are now salivating over condemning your grand children to 'five prayers per day' because some people dared to question the current pension system.
Completely unhinged.
Tinebob@Tinebobagain
@RClolwat They will. I tell you why. Restore’s little morons are alienating the older vote. People won’t vote for a party that hates them. That’s how they are seeing it. 15 million votes, gone. Bravo. Enjoy your prayers 5 times a day. Idiots.
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It's not that Boomers hate data.
Boomers hate the idea they aren't flawless.
Listen to how they describe themselves and the describe their parents/children.
They are the pinnacle whilst everyone else is/was useless or lazy.
That's the real battle in this discussion.
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This is part of the issue.
They think their parents were backwards idiots and their kids are lazy idiots.
The next part of the issue is they think they are flawless so will never admit any issues which arose was because of them or their actions.
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@mulronie These are the same people who all say they never voted Thatcher but she won 3 elections somehow.
You can't point out anything that might show them that they weren't always 100% better than everyone else.
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The "we worked hard and paid in all our lives" crowd have collective amnesia about their peak earnings years
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@dron_econ Because they have huge egos.
Remember they think they're the pinnacle of humanity and every other generation past and present are/were useless and lazy.
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The Boomer replies I'm this making endless excuses is hilarious. I swear that this is the generation least able to take any responsibility (hence the current state of the country).
Ben Ramanauskas@BenRamanauskas
You got significant tax relief on your mortgage payment through (MIRAS) in the 80s and 90s on a property which was far cheaper than homes today.
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@RealBlackIrish He tried to make out he fought in WW2 then said he joined the army in 1954 and then said he was born after the war to me.
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@ScottGoetz_ Because they think they're the pinnacle of humanity. Their parents were idiots who weren't progressive and their kids are lazy and useless.
They are always right and nothing bad ever came from anything they did. You say otherwise and you get attacked.
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Never will understand why old people get so viciously angry when it is explained to them they bought houses at a good time and it would be nice if similar conditions existed now. I suppose it is just insecurity at the idea owning a home really wasn’t a grand achievement for them.
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@flowerpotweller @SandyofSuffolk It's because Boomers have an incredibly huge ego and honestly believe they are the pinnacle of humanity.
Every other generation else is/was useless and lazy in their eyes.
Once you understand this you understand why they easily destroyed the West.
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This @SandyofSuffolk blocked me ages ago. She’s now resurfaced to tell young people that they shouldn’t marry, shouldn’t eat, shouldn’t holiday, should commute for 3 hours, and should live in a shithole. If we forsake any of this, we are lazy.
The epitome of the eternal boomer.
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Boomers really think they stormed the Beaches of Normandy.
Until you understand this generation views itself as the pinnacle of humanity and everyone else was/is useless you'll never understand why they destroyed the West so easily.
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@VerhofstadtQ Yeah we know you hate the younger generation.
We cotton on to it after your generation imported millions of foreigners and cried that you might get called racist
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Further to the pensions argument this morning:
I take some comfort from knowing that whilst I may lose some of my expected state pension, the people 30 years my younger, who are happy with my situation, will probably get fuck all when they hit 70 and beyond.
They deserve it.
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