bearister said:

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Boy, if the youth of our country had to mobilize for a world war like The Greatest Generation did, exactly how f@ucked would our country be.

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You got that right.

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bearister said:

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Boy, if the youth of our country had to mobilize for a world war like The Greatest Generation did, exactly how f@ucked would our country be.

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You got that right.

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Okay, Boomer!

Boom goes the dynamite.

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Boy, if the youth of our country had to mobilize for a world war like The Greatest Generation did, exactly how f@ucked would our country be.

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Boy if the Boomers of our country had to mobilize to manufacture a few n-95 masks to protect us in a pandemic, how forked would our country be? Oh wait.

LOL the jealous Gen Xers on this board who missed the cut to be Awesome Baby Boomers by 5-10 years and now pretend like they don't know damn well that Boomers would be known as The Greatest Generation, if only that weren't already taken.

Big C said:

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LOL the jealous Gen Xers on this board who missed the cut to be Awesome Baby Boomers by 5-10 years and now pretend like they don't know damn well that Boomers would be known as The Greatest Generation, if only that weren't already taken.

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Actually, we really do believe you sold out and ruined the planet

Big C said:

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LOL the jealous Gen Xers on this board who missed the cut to be Awesome Baby Boomers by 5-10 years and now pretend like they don't know damn well that Boomers would be known as The Greatest Generation, if only that weren't already taken.

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If "The Greatest" means being the ones who took every scrap of savings and investment from all the prior generations, consumed it for themselves and then decided it wasn't enough and they needed to borrow trillions from their children and grandchildren, then yes the Boomers are the greatest.

Sebastabear said:

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Big C said:

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LOL the jealous Gen Xers on this board who missed the cut to be Awesome Baby Boomers by 5-10 years and now pretend like they don't know damn well that Boomers would be known as The Greatest Generation, if only that weren't already taken.

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If "The Greatest" means being the ones who took every scrap of savings and investment from all the prior generations, consumed it for themselves and then decided it wasn't enough and they needed to borrow trillions from their children and grandchildren, then yes the Boomers are the greatest.

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Everybody younger than Baby Boomers:


a) Don't you feel like simple souls because it is so easy to estimate your age, just by your opinion on this?

b) Aren't you embarrassed to not have a sense of humor about anything that might have the least bit to do with you?

c) Aren't you afraid that your envy of others' obvious virtue might consume you?


Regarding "Baby Boomers", I should've qualified: It's Late Baby Boomers who are really the Most Awesome Generation. Early Boomers (and even "mid-Boomers) are the ones who give the rest of us a bad name. Those effing hippies can suck it.


OK Boomer! (We love the attention. It's like when Chase Garbers hears the boos on the road. It's an acknowledgement of our greatness.)

Big C said:

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Sebastabear said:

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Big C said:

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LOL the jealous Gen Xers on this board who missed the cut to be Awesome Baby Boomers by 5-10 years and now pretend like they don't know damn well that Boomers would be known as The Greatest Generation, if only that weren't already taken.

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If "The Greatest" means being the ones who took every scrap of savings and investment from all the prior generations, consumed it for themselves and then decided it wasn't enough and they needed to borrow trillions from their children and grandchildren, then yes the Boomers are the greatest.

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Everybody younger than Baby Boomers:


a) Don't you feel like simple souls because it is so easy to estimate your age, just by your opinion on this?

b) Aren't you embarrassed to not have a sense of humor about anything that might have the least bit to do with you?

c) Aren't you afraid that your envy of others' obvious virtue might consume you?


Regarding "Baby Boomers", I should've qualified: It's Late Baby Boomers who are really the Most Awesome Generation. Early Boomers (and even "mid-Boomers) are the ones who give the rest of us a bad name. Those effing hippies can suck it.


OK Boomer! (We love the attention. It's like when Chase Garbers hears the boos on the road. It's an acknowledgement of our greatness.)

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If you're asking if I'm envious of you or people in your age bracket, no.

Lucas Lee said:

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Big C said:

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Sebastabear said:

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Big C said:

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LOL the jealous Gen Xers on this board who missed the cut to be Awesome Baby Boomers by 5-10 years and now pretend like they don't know damn well that Boomers would be known as The Greatest Generation, if only that weren't already taken.

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If "The Greatest" means being the ones who took every scrap of savings and investment from all the prior generations, consumed it for themselves and then decided it wasn't enough and they needed to borrow trillions from their children and grandchildren, then yes the Boomers are the greatest.

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Everybody younger than Baby Boomers:


a) Don't you feel like simple souls because it is so easy to estimate your age, just by your opinion on this?

b) Aren't you embarrassed to not have a sense of humor about anything that might have the least bit to do with you?

c) Aren't you afraid that your envy of others' obvious virtue might consume you?


Regarding "Baby Boomers", I should've qualified: It's Late Baby Boomers who are really the Most Awesome Generation. Early Boomers (and even "mid-Boomers) are the ones who give the rest of us a bad name. Those effing hippies can suck it.


OK Boomer! (We love the attention. It's like when Chase Garbers hears the boos on the road. It's an acknowledgement of our greatness.)

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If you're asking if I'm envious of you or people in your age bracket, no.

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I'm envious of the cheap education and easy job prospects they had handed to them by their parents' generation.

As an Xer I'm enjoying riding the wave of wealth from resources the boomer gen had. I don't really have any boomer hate. The heavy war on drugs and racial and sexual orientation and gender traditionalism are two areas that always sort of puzzled me that they made it through the boomer reign.

You can't fault them for being born on a great field of green.

Long live each generation (including boomers), as they go, so will I.

Lucas Lee said:

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Big C said:

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Sebastabear said:

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Big C said:

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LOL the jealous Gen Xers on this board who missed the cut to be Awesome Baby Boomers by 5-10 years and now pretend like they don't know damn well that Boomers would be known as The Greatest Generation, if only that weren't already taken.

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If "The Greatest" means being the ones who took every scrap of savings and investment from all the prior generations, consumed it for themselves and then decided it wasn't enough and they needed to borrow trillions from their children and grandchildren, then yes the Boomers are the greatest.

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Everybody younger than Baby Boomers:


a) Don't you feel like simple souls because it is so easy to estimate your age, just by your opinion on this?

b) Aren't you embarrassed to not have a sense of humor about anything that might have the least bit to do with you?

c) Aren't you afraid that your envy of others' obvious virtue might consume you?


Regarding "Baby Boomers", I should've qualified: It's Late Baby Boomers who are really the Most Awesome Generation. Early Boomers (and even "mid-Boomers) are the ones who give the rest of us a bad name. Those effing hippies can suck it.


OK Boomer! (We love the attention. It's like when Chase Garbers hears the boos on the road. It's an acknowledgement of our greatness.)

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If you're asking if I'm envious of you or people in your age bracket, no.

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methinks you doth protest too much

Big C said:

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Lucas Lee said:

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Big C said:

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Sebastabear said:

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Big C said:

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LOL the jealous Gen Xers on this board who missed the cut to be Awesome Baby Boomers by 5-10 years and now pretend like they don't know damn well that Boomers would be known as The Greatest Generation, if only that weren't already taken.

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If "The Greatest" means being the ones who took every scrap of savings and investment from all the prior generations, consumed it for themselves and then decided it wasn't enough and they needed to borrow trillions from their children and grandchildren, then yes the Boomers are the greatest.

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Everybody younger than Baby Boomers:


a) Don't you feel like simple souls because it is so easy to estimate your age, just by your opinion on this?

b) Aren't you embarrassed to not have a sense of humor about anything that might have the least bit to do with you?

c) Aren't you afraid that your envy of others' obvious virtue might consume you?


Regarding "Baby Boomers", I should've qualified: It's Late Baby Boomers who are really the Most Awesome Generation. Early Boomers (and even "mid-Boomers) are the ones who give the rest of us a bad name. Those effing hippies can suck it.


OK Boomer! (We love the attention. It's like when Chase Garbers hears the boos on the road. It's an acknowledgement of our greatness.)

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If you're asking if I'm envious of you or people in your age bracket, no.

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methinks you doth protest too much

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You're the one who asked.

Big C said:

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Sebastabear said:

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Big C said:

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LOL the jealous Gen Xers on this board who missed the cut to be Awesome Baby Boomers by 5-10 years and now pretend like they don't know damn well that Boomers would be known as The Greatest Generation, if only that weren't already taken.

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If "The Greatest" means being the ones who took every scrap of savings and investment from all the prior generations, consumed it for themselves and then decided it wasn't enough and they needed to borrow trillions from their children and grandchildren, then yes the Boomers are the greatest.

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Everybody younger than Baby Boomers:


a) Don't you feel like simple souls because it is so easy to estimate your age, just by your opinion on this?

b) Aren't you embarrassed to not have a sense of humor about anything that might have the least bit to do with you?

c) Aren't you afraid that your envy of others' obvious virtue might consume you?


Regarding "Baby Boomers", I should've qualified: It's Late Baby Boomers who are really the Most Awesome Generation. Early Boomers (and even "mid-Boomers) are the ones who give the rest of us a bad name. Those effing hippies can suck it.


OK Boomer! (We love the attention. It's like when Chase Garbers hears the boos on the road. It's an acknowledgement of our greatness.)

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Yeah, Not a big fan of hippies in your generation. First clue that people grow out of their poser liberal beliefs when they actually have something to lose. Didn't take long from free love to it's all about me. My generation had to navigate marketing of greed, society feeding our insecurities, lack of parental guidance, absence of participation trophies, no easy access to data, and pollution to create the new technological revolution and wealth (at least for some) through hard work and not taking anything for granted. I was giving up on future generation based on how delusional millennials are, always playing the victim card and blaming others for their failures while demanding their Starbucks coffee but Generation Z with their renewed
sense of hard work and community gives me hope. If COVID-19 doesn't destroy the economy for them, I think they will be our best generation yet.

The first hippie. Nat King Cole and George Benson both covered his song Nature Boy.




FEATURE: A Strange Enchanted Boy EDEN'S ISLAND


https://bcxists.wordpress.com/2012/03/02/a-strange-enchanted-boy/
https://www.google.com/amp/s/bcxists.wordpress.com/2012/03/02/a-strange-enchanted-boy/amp/







With Nat King Cole in 1947

calbear93 said:

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Big C said:

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Sebastabear said:

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Big C said:

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LOL the jealous Gen Xers on this board who missed the cut to be Awesome Baby Boomers by 5-10 years and now pretend like they don't know damn well that Boomers would be known as The Greatest Generation, if only that weren't already taken.

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If "The Greatest" means being the ones who took every scrap of savings and investment from all the prior generations, consumed it for themselves and then decided it wasn't enough and they needed to borrow trillions from their children and grandchildren, then yes the Boomers are the greatest.

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Everybody younger than Baby Boomers:


a) Don't you feel like simple souls because it is so easy to estimate your age, just by your opinion on this?

b) Aren't you embarrassed to not have a sense of humor about anything that might have the least bit to do with you?

c) Aren't you afraid that your envy of others' obvious virtue might consume you?


Regarding "Baby Boomers", I should've qualified: It's Late Baby Boomers who are really the Most Awesome Generation. Early Boomers (and even "mid-Boomers) are the ones who give the rest of us a bad name. Those effing hippies can suck it.


OK Boomer! (We love the attention. It's like when Chase Garbers hears the boos on the road. It's an acknowledgement of our greatness.)

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Yeah, Not a big fan of hippies in your generation. First clue that people grow out of their poser liberal beliefs when they actually have something to lose. Didn't take long from free love to it's all about me. My generation had to navigate marketing of greed, society feeding our insecurities, lack of parental guidance, absence of participation trophies, no easy access to data, and pollution to create the new technological revolution and wealth (at least for some) through hard work and not taking anything for granted. I was giving up on future generation based on how delusional millennials are, always playing the victim card and blaming others for their failures while demanding their Starbucks coffee but Generation Z with their renewed
sense of hard work and community gives me hope. If COVID-19 doesn't destroy the economy for them, I think they will be our best generation yet.

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Anybody that categorizes the entirety of a generation within a sweeping statement or two is generally wrong.

Every generation is the same, filled with some people that are selfish, some people that give back, some people that are driven, some people that are lost, etc. There is no one narrative for any one generation. People say the depression/WWII generation was the greatest, well what about the antiwar protesters, are they included, what about the McCarthy witch hunts? Generations, like life, are never clear and always muddled together.

golden sloth said:

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calbear93 said:

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Big C said:

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Sebastabear said:

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Big C said:

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LOL the jealous Gen Xers on this board who missed the cut to be Awesome Baby Boomers by 5-10 years and now pretend like they don't know damn well that Boomers would be known as The Greatest Generation, if only that weren't already taken.

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If "The Greatest" means being the ones who took every scrap of savings and investment from all the prior generations, consumed it for themselves and then decided it wasn't enough and they needed to borrow trillions from their children and grandchildren, then yes the Boomers are the greatest.

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Everybody younger than Baby Boomers:


a) Don't you feel like simple souls because it is so easy to estimate your age, just by your opinion on this?

b) Aren't you embarrassed to not have a sense of humor about anything that might have the least bit to do with you?

c) Aren't you afraid that your envy of others' obvious virtue might consume you?


Regarding "Baby Boomers", I should've qualified: It's Late Baby Boomers who are really the Most Awesome Generation. Early Boomers (and even "mid-Boomers) are the ones who give the rest of us a bad name. Those effing hippies can suck it.


OK Boomer! (We love the attention. It's like when Chase Garbers hears the boos on the road. It's an acknowledgement of our greatness.)

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Yeah, Not a big fan of hippies in your generation. First clue that people grow out of their poser liberal beliefs when they actually have something to lose. Didn't take long from free love to it's all about me. My generation had to navigate marketing of greed, society feeding our insecurities, lack of parental guidance, absence of participation trophies, no easy access to data, and pollution to create the new technological revolution and wealth (at least for some) through hard work and not taking anything for granted. I was giving up on future generation based on how delusional millennials are, always playing the victim card and blaming others for their failures while demanding their Starbucks coffee but Generation Z with their renewed
sense of hard work and community gives me hope. If COVID-19 doesn't destroy the economy for them, I think they will be our best generation yet.

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Anybody that categorizes the entirety of a generation within a sweeping statement or two is generally wrong.

Every generation is the same, filled with some people that are selfish, some people that give back, some people that are driven, some people that are lost, etc. There is no one narrative for any one generation. People say the depression/WWII generation was the greatest, well what about the antiwar protesters, are they included, what about the McCarthy witch hunts? Generations, like life, are never clear and always muddled together.

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Of course there will be exceptions but I think events that occur, culture that is adopted, economic situation providing either over abundance or insecurity And parental involvement, and how connected people are will shape a majority attitude and behavior that defines a generation (but not necessarily any one person in that generation). You would agree that the baby boomer generation is not the same as Generation Z, right?

Lucas Lee said:

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Big C said:

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Lucas Lee said:

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Big C said:

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Sebastabear said:

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Big C said:

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LOL the jealous Gen Xers on this board who missed the cut to be Awesome Baby Boomers by 5-10 years and now pretend like they don't know damn well that Boomers would be known as The Greatest Generation, if only that weren't already taken.

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If "The Greatest" means being the ones who took every scrap of savings and investment from all the prior generations, consumed it for themselves and then decided it wasn't enough and they needed to borrow trillions from their children and grandchildren, then yes the Boomers are the greatest.

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Everybody younger than Baby Boomers:


a) Don't you feel like simple souls because it is so easy to estimate your age, just by your opinion on this?

b) Aren't you embarrassed to not have a sense of humor about anything that might have the least bit to do with you?

c) Aren't you afraid that your envy of others' obvious virtue might consume you?


Regarding "Baby Boomers", I should've qualified: It's Late Baby Boomers who are really the Most Awesome Generation. Early Boomers (and even "mid-Boomers) are the ones who give the rest of us a bad name. Those effing hippies can suck it.


OK Boomer! (We love the attention. It's like when Chase Garbers hears the boos on the road. It's an acknowledgement of our greatness.)

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If you're asking if I'm envious of you or people in your age bracket, no.

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methinks you doth protest too much

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You're the one who asked.

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rhetorical question

golden sloth said:

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calbear93 said:

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Big C said:

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Sebastabear said:

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Big C said:

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LOL the jealous Gen Xers on this board who missed the cut to be Awesome Baby Boomers by 5-10 years and now pretend like they don't know damn well that Boomers would be known as The Greatest Generation, if only that weren't already taken.

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If "The Greatest" means being the ones who took every scrap of savings and investment from all the prior generations, consumed it for themselves and then decided it wasn't enough and they needed to borrow trillions from their children and grandchildren, then yes the Boomers are the greatest.

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Everybody younger than Baby Boomers:


a) Don't you feel like simple souls because it is so easy to estimate your age, just by your opinion on this?

b) Aren't you embarrassed to not have a sense of humor about anything that might have the least bit to do with you?

c) Aren't you afraid that your envy of others' obvious virtue might consume you?


Regarding "Baby Boomers", I should've qualified: It's Late Baby Boomers who are really the Most Awesome Generation. Early Boomers (and even "mid-Boomers) are the ones who give the rest of us a bad name. Those effing hippies can suck it.


OK Boomer! (We love the attention. It's like when Chase Garbers hears the boos on the road. It's an acknowledgement of our greatness.)

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Yeah, Not a big fan of hippies in your generation. First clue that people grow out of their poser liberal beliefs when they actually have something to lose. Didn't take long from free love to it's all about me. My generation had to navigate marketing of greed, society feeding our insecurities, lack of parental guidance, absence of participation trophies, no easy access to data, and pollution to create the new technological revolution and wealth (at least for some) through hard work and not taking anything for granted. I was giving up on future generation based on how delusional millennials are, always playing the victim card and blaming others for their failures while demanding their Starbucks coffee but Generation Z with their renewed
sense of hard work and community gives me hope. If COVID-19 doesn't destroy the economy for them, I think they will be our best generation yet.

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Anybody that categorizes the entirety of a generation within a sweeping statement or two is generally wrong.

Every generation is the same, filled with some people that are selfish, some people that give back, some people that are driven, some people that are lost, etc. There is no one narrative for any one generation. People say the depression/WWII generation was the greatest, well what about the antiwar protesters, are they included, what about the McCarthy witch hunts? Generations, like life, are never clear and always muddled together.

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Yeah, I mean, did I need to just come out and say I WAS KIDDING ABOUT THE RELATIVE MERITS OF DIFFERENT GENERATIONS*?!? I am a "Late Boomer", but I had no control over when I was born, nor any control over most others of my generation, so "generational pride" is kind of ridiculous. It would be like me saying I'm proud of being white. I am neither proud nor ashamed of that; it's just the way I was born. We are born in a certain time and place, of a certain ethnicity. What do we do with our lives after that?


* I was kidding except for Millennials, of course, who obviously suck

Hopefully Bearister doesn't chime in with a Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young record.

Anarchistbear said:

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Hopefully Bearister doesn't chime in with a Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young record.

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Yeah, once the music videos appear, the thread has jumped the shark.

Anarchistbear said:

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Hopefully Bearister doesn't chime in with a Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young record.

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^^^ UHF (1989)



[Bearister scary "already in the house" clip goes here]

# shark jumped

Anarchistbear said:

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Hopefully Bearister doesn't chime in with a Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young record.

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Big C said:

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Lucas Lee said:

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Big C said:

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Lucas Lee said:

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Big C said:

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Sebastabear said:

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Big C said:

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LOL the jealous Gen Xers on this board who missed the cut to be Awesome Baby Boomers by 5-10 years and now pretend like they don't know damn well that Boomers would be known as The Greatest Generation, if only that weren't already taken.

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If "The Greatest" means being the ones who took every scrap of savings and investment from all the prior generations, consumed it for themselves and then decided it wasn't enough and they needed to borrow trillions from their children and grandchildren, then yes the Boomers are the greatest.

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Everybody younger than Baby Boomers:


a) Don't you feel like simple souls because it is so easy to estimate your age, just by your opinion on this?

b) Aren't you embarrassed to not have a sense of humor about anything that might have the least bit to do with you?

c) Aren't you afraid that your envy of others' obvious virtue might consume you?


Regarding "Baby Boomers", I should've qualified: It's Late Baby Boomers who are really the Most Awesome Generation. Early Boomers (and even "mid-Boomers) are the ones who give the rest of us a bad name. Those effing hippies can suck it.


OK Boomer! (We love the attention. It's like when Chase Garbers hears the boos on the road. It's an acknowledgement of our greatness.)

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If you're asking if I'm envious of you or people in your age bracket, no.

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methinks you doth protest too much

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You're the one who asked.

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rhetorical question

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Ignored for a week until you stop replying to GB4L

Matthew Patel said:

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Big C said:

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Lucas Lee said:

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Big C said:

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Lucas Lee said:

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Big C said:

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Sebastabear said:

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Big C said:

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LOL the jealous Gen Xers on this board who missed the cut to be Awesome Baby Boomers by 5-10 years and now pretend like they don't know damn well that Boomers would be known as The Greatest Generation, if only that weren't already taken.

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If "The Greatest" means being the ones who took every scrap of savings and investment from all the prior generations, consumed it for themselves and then decided it wasn't enough and they needed to borrow trillions from their children and grandchildren, then yes the Boomers are the greatest.

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Everybody younger than Baby Boomers:


a) Don't you feel like simple souls because it is so easy to estimate your age, just by your opinion on this?

b) Aren't you embarrassed to not have a sense of humor about anything that might have the least bit to do with you?

c) Aren't you afraid that your envy of others' obvious virtue might consume you?


Regarding "Baby Boomers", I should've qualified: It's Late Baby Boomers who are really the Most Awesome Generation. Early Boomers (and even "mid-Boomers) are the ones who give the rest of us a bad name. Those effing hippies can suck it.


OK Boomer! (We love the attention. It's like when Chase Garbers hears the boos on the road. It's an acknowledgement of our greatness.)

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If you're asking if I'm envious of you or people in your age bracket, no.

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methinks you doth protest too much

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You're the one who asked.

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rhetorical question

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Ignored for a week until you stop replying to GB4L

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GB4L is one of my alter egos. I give mine different personalities.

Big C said:

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Matthew Patel said:

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Big C said:

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Lucas Lee said:

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Big C said:

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Lucas Lee said:

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Big C said:

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Sebastabear said:

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Big C said:

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LOL the jealous Gen Xers on this board who missed the cut to be Awesome Baby Boomers by 5-10 years and now pretend like they don't know damn well that Boomers would be known as The Greatest Generation, if only that weren't already taken.

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If "The Greatest" means being the ones who took every scrap of savings and investment from all the prior generations, consumed it for themselves and then decided it wasn't enough and they needed to borrow trillions from their children and grandchildren, then yes the Boomers are the greatest.

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Everybody younger than Baby Boomers:


a) Don't you feel like simple souls because it is so easy to estimate your age, just by your opinion on this?

b) Aren't you embarrassed to not have a sense of humor about anything that might have the least bit to do with you?

c) Aren't you afraid that your envy of others' obvious virtue might consume you?


Regarding "Baby Boomers", I should've qualified: It's Late Baby Boomers who are really the Most Awesome Generation. Early Boomers (and even "mid-Boomers) are the ones who give the rest of us a bad name. Those effing hippies can suck it.


OK Boomer! (We love the attention. It's like when Chase Garbers hears the boos on the road. It's an acknowledgement of our greatness.)

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If you're asking if I'm envious of you or people in your age bracket, no.

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methinks you doth protest too much

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You're the one who asked.

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rhetorical question

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Ignored for a week until you stop replying to GB4L

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GB4L is one of my alter egos. I give mine different personalities.

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I am Spartacus!

dimitrig said:

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Big C said:

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Matthew Patel said:

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Big C said:

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Lucas Lee said:

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Big C said:

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Lucas Lee said:

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Big C said:

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Sebastabear said:

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Big C said:

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LOL the jealous Gen Xers on this board who missed the cut to be Awesome Baby Boomers by 5-10 years and now pretend like they don't know damn well that Boomers would be known as The Greatest Generation, if only that weren't already taken.

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If "The Greatest" means being the ones who took every scrap of savings and investment from all the prior generations, consumed it for themselves and then decided it wasn't enough and they needed to borrow trillions from their children and grandchildren, then yes the Boomers are the greatest.

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Everybody younger than Baby Boomers:


a) Don't you feel like simple souls because it is so easy to estimate your age, just by your opinion on this?

b) Aren't you embarrassed to not have a sense of humor about anything that might have the least bit to do with you?

c) Aren't you afraid that your envy of others' obvious virtue might consume you?


Regarding "Baby Boomers", I should've qualified: It's Late Baby Boomers who are really the Most Awesome Generation. Early Boomers (and even "mid-Boomers) are the ones who give the rest of us a bad name. Those effing hippies can suck it.


OK Boomer! (We love the attention. It's like when Chase Garbers hears the boos on the road. It's an acknowledgement of our greatness.)

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If you're asking if I'm envious of you or people in your age bracket, no.

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methinks you doth protest too much

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You're the one who asked.

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rhetorical question

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Ignored for a week until you stop replying to GB4L

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GB4L is one of my alter egos. I give mine different personalities.

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I am Spartacus!

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Dimitrig, I was just thinking of you. I was just walking my dog and my neighbor had a Joe Biden sign. Score one for Joe! He's caught Mitt! Can Bernie be far behind?

OaktownBear said:

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dimitrig said:

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Big C said:

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Matthew Patel said:

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Big C said:

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Lucas Lee said:

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Big C said:

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Lucas Lee said:

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Big C said:

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Sebastabear said:

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Big C said:

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LOL the jealous Gen Xers on this board who missed the cut to be Awesome Baby Boomers by 5-10 years and now pretend like they don't know damn well that Boomers would be known as The Greatest Generation, if only that weren't already taken.

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If "The Greatest" means being the ones who took every scrap of savings and investment from all the prior generations, consumed it for themselves and then decided it wasn't enough and they needed to borrow trillions from their children and grandchildren, then yes the Boomers are the greatest.

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Everybody younger than Baby Boomers:


a) Don't you feel like simple souls because it is so easy to estimate your age, just by your opinion on this?

b) Aren't you embarrassed to not have a sense of humor about anything that might have the least bit to do with you?

c) Aren't you afraid that your envy of others' obvious virtue might consume you?


Regarding "Baby Boomers", I should've qualified: It's Late Baby Boomers who are really the Most Awesome Generation. Early Boomers (and even "mid-Boomers) are the ones who give the rest of us a bad name. Those effing hippies can suck it.


OK Boomer! (We love the attention. It's like when Chase Garbers hears the boos on the road. It's an acknowledgement of our greatness.)

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If you're asking if I'm envious of you or people in your age bracket, no.

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methinks you doth protest too much

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You're the one who asked.

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rhetorical question

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Ignored for a week until you stop replying to GB4L

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GB4L is one of my alter egos. I give mine different personalities.

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I am Spartacus!

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Dimitrig, I was just thinking of you. I was just walking my dog and my neighbor had a Joe Biden sign. Score one for Joe! He's caught Mitt! Can Bernie be far behind?

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Bernie will be shaming the blacks for not supporting Uncle Tom Clyburn and Charlie from Flowers from Algernon next.

woooah, play'n *both* of Bs toubbies,, overlaid at the saame tiime. # gruvy

BearGoggles said:

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BearChemist said:

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It was you saying OC has virtually no Covid. Turns out just in the last 24 hours there are 158 reported cases, per the link you posted. So who is moving the goal post?

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Orange County has around 3.2M people and around 82 deaths/4000 cases. In terms of cases/deaths per 100,000 of population, OC has very little covid. That is what I was referring to. Incredibly low on the hospitalization/death rate and no evidence of growing spread.

Compare that to LA county around 10M people which has 36,000 cases/17000 deaths, San Diego 3.2M/5500/208, Riverside 2.4M/5600/242, San Bernardino 2.1M/3300/150.

In the Bay Area:

SFO 800,000 people /2026 cases /36 deaths
Alameda 1.67M/2300/82
Santa Clara 2M/2400/135
San Mateo 730,000/1575/66
Contra Costa 1.15M/1100/33

If you were picking one of these areas to live in, where would you live if COVID risk was your only concern?

In So Cal populated areas, far and away OC is the place to live in terms of COVID risk. And to my larger point, there is literally no reason OC should not reopen with precautions at an accelerated rate, without absurd requirements like "no covid deaths for 14 days."

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Genuinely curious to see if BearGoggles has changed his view on Orange County's response to COVID and whether they should have been allowed to reopen sooner. Based on what I'm seeing from the LA Times and elsewhere, Orange County may not be the best place to live in terms of COVID risk.

Unit2Sucks said:

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BearGoggles said:

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BearChemist said:

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It was you saying OC has virtually no Covid. Turns out just in the last 24 hours there are 158 reported cases, per the link you posted. So who is moving the goal post?

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Orange County has around 3.2M people and around 82 deaths/4000 cases. In terms of cases/deaths per 100,000 of population, OC has very little covid. That is what I was referring to. Incredibly low on the hospitalization/death rate and no evidence of growing spread.

Compare that to LA county around 10M people which has 36,000 cases/17000 deaths, San Diego 3.2M/5500/208, Riverside 2.4M/5600/242, San Bernardino 2.1M/3300/150.

In the Bay Area:

SFO 800,000 people /2026 cases /36 deaths
Alameda 1.67M/2300/82
Santa Clara 2M/2400/135
San Mateo 730,000/1575/66
Contra Costa 1.15M/1100/33

If you were picking one of these areas to live in, where would you live if COVID risk was your only concern?

In So Cal populated areas, far and away OC is the place to live in terms of COVID risk. And to my larger point, there is literally no reason OC should not reopen with precautions at an accelerated rate, without absurd requirements like "no covid deaths for 14 days."

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Genuinely curious to see if BearGoggles has changed his view on Orange County's response to COVID and whether they should have been allowed to reopen sooner. Based on what I'm seeing from the LA Times and elsewhere, Orange County may not be the best place to live in terms of COVID risk.

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The problem is not that Orange County opened too soon. The problem, as it is everywhere, is mask use.

Let the people who refuse to wear the masks die. The gene pool will thank us.

sluggo said:

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rkt88edmo said:

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Well it's Newsome and the county health heads. There is zero upside for a county health official to push for a quicker reopening. It's all risk for them as far as I can tell.

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I am pushing for the Bay Area to implement state Stage 2, which Newsom approved last Friday. We are stuck in Stage 1 right now for no reason that I understand.

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Because London Breed's name recognition is completely tied to this pandemic. And once everything goes back to being fully open, no one is going to care about her again until she tries to parlay it into a higher office.

So she's not going to let that level of attention go without a fight.

Matthew Patel said:

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sluggo said:

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rkt88edmo said:

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Well it's Newsome and the county health heads. There is zero upside for a county health official to push for a quicker reopening. It's all risk for them as far as I can tell.

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I am pushing for the Bay Area to implement state Stage 2, which Newsom approved last Friday. We are stuck in Stage 1 right now for no reason that I understand.

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Because London Breed's name recognition is completely tied to this pandemic. And once everything goes back to being fully open, no one is going to care about her again until she tries to parlay it into a higher office.

So she's not going to let that level of attention go without a fight.

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Told you
https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/Mayor-Breed-on-CNN-We-are-living-in-COVID-for-15415545.php

Read an interesting article from the Chicago Fed about the impact of COVID and timing of reopenings on the economy. It splits the country into early and late reopening states based on whether the states reopened nonessential businesses before or after May 10.

The Fed uses data to show how mobility initially was higher for the early reopening states and now has dropped again to match the later reopening states. It also shows how closely spending tracks between the two sets of states.

Here is the Fed's conclusion:

Quote:

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Conclusion

Our analysis documents the relationship between the timing of states' reopening and health outcomes (Covid-19 cases and deaths) and consumer responses (mobility and business revenues). Relative to states that reopened later, early reopening states experienced a faster recovery of business activity in the short termfor example, increased mobility in reopened states is reflected in increased consumer spending at restaurants. However, these gains may have come at the expense of an eventual increase in Covid-19 cases and deaths. The recent resurgence in Covid-19 cases, particularly in early reopening states, appears to have stalled or reversed this trend in both mobility and consumer spending.

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My conclusion now, as it was months ago, is that the claims that the SIP orders were killing the economy were misplaced. The virus was the problem - not the choice to remain in SIP. As we can all see from the more recent economic data, allowing COVID to run wild is bad for the economy.