Congressional law is a bit more final than a voter initiative.

This is an odd, feel good measure that they’ll just fight off if passed. Why are we wasting time on this when the actual solution is taxing them at the Federal level first, then by willing states.

I’m more of a dawdler.

Huh, yeah, something I’m sure both Iran and the U.S. are fine with… no s/

TMZ being the last significant media outlet willing to ask a basic question is not what I hoped for. But I’ll take it.

That headline stating “modern influenza originated in Kansas” is bullshit. That is NOT what the article says. The so-called Spanish Flu of 1918 indeed is thought to have crossed over from birds in Kansas. But that is one flu, not the entirety of “modern” flu. Influenza can cross over anywhere at any time from most species. Ascribing human ethnicity or geographical locators associated with human populations is ridiculous.

You guys spend an inordinate amount of time fussing over Boomers. Would they apply wrong for a job? Absolutely. If you went back in time 50 years you’d have a shit time applying for a job, too. Whatever. Times change. Move along.

They’ll vote again for him and his ilk. Being unhappy doesn’t make you admit you’re wrong. Also, the weight of gas prices doesn’t compare to the pleasure of inflicting cruelty on the non-white “others”…

But only after they got treats. It’s damning testimony otherwise.

Something wrong with your party? Stay and fight for the greater good. But nope, three dozen cowards silently walk away.

Only on Lemmy would someone get indignant about pens…. you don’t have to love Sharpie, just accept that the world includes some who do. It’s ok.

I love Sharpie. But I can find something else if they cut some Trump deal.

Yeah inflation is a thing, prices are rising fast. But we’re here on Lemmy casually blaming old people instead of private equity companies, the ultra rich, and greedy mofo’s of any age…

The simplicity is picking some advertiser created “generation” and blaming your problems on them. Boomers are dying off in droves. What will the next group to hate be?

Those jobs never paid well. Stop blaming one specific generation for 10,000 years of civilization not giving you a nice house.

Ok good luck

CNN is next. Ellison just bought Time Warner HBO CNN, even after a half billion dollar loss over at Paramount Viacom CBS. All of those companies need to be broken up and made independent of each other (as they once were).

I said none of that. And the older generation “not standing up to this shit”? Quite a few did. And quite a few in previous generations did as well.

And quite a few people from whatever “generation” you fancy yourself a member also work for a better world.

Republicans simply ignore subpoenas and Congress just shrugs. Trump will never testify. He and his cohorts will never face charges.

And that should enrage us all.

I’ve heard stats presented that way all my life, usually in terms of “immigrants”, “Jews”, “Catholics” , etc. You want to look up some stats? Look at voter turnout amongst young people. Or the population of the United States vs available land, 1960’s to present. Or look up post war economic booms and how they affect things.

Here we are, with decades of low voter turnout, a waning economy that is completely gamed not by an age group but by the wealthy, and too many people to allow the old ways of “growth” to work anymore.

And somehow amidst that we’ve decided that part of our very identity is the range of years in which we were born. Who decided what a boomer or millennial or gen X/Z/Alpha is? Was it a consensus amongst social scientists? Or was it something more useful for marketing strategy?

I reject your comment outright. Everything you said was perpetuated (or not) by the entirety of people living in that/this time. We are all part of this world and othering a group of people, i.e. scapegoating others does jackshit for solving our problems.