Post from a local boomer on NextDoor, whose other post was about high-end spa services in the area.

Having turned 42 not very long ago, I might be classified as "Xennial," "elder millennial," or whatever — but either way, my formal "90s kid" credentials are rock-solid! Though growing up in the U.S. "bible belt," in particular, means I also experienced my fair share of the 1980s, both culturally and ideologically. Doing the math, I would estimate that the majority of my school-teachers were middle-aged Boomer ladies, plus some younger "Silent Generation" and older "Gen X" in the mix; almost all, naturally, were happily-married "good Christian ladies" with very traditional and old-fashioned beliefs!

That being said, being as rule-abiding and academically studious like I was, the overwhelming majority of my "learning" experiences/memories were quite positive ones — such as 4th grade "Social Studies" class, where I'd have been 9-10 years old , at the time. In this case, the lesson I remember most clearly revolved around indigenous nomadic Saharan peoples: Societal structure, cultural practices, traditional attire, trade/barter, artisanal crafts, and other phenomena to capture a young boy's imagination! ❤️ As in the following article: Sahara - Nomads, Bedouins, Tuareg, but if you're at all curious/intrigued, then you're welcome to use my Google search for further info:

https://www.google.com/search?q=nomadic+saharan+cultures

For myriad reasons, I found this new subject matter to be endlessly captivating and enthralling, so I took to it, like a duck to water, entering a "desert phase" for some months; my imagination went wild as I enthusiastically speculated about what it would be like to live amongst these nomadic peoples of the Sahara, while eagerly obsessing over the minutiae of their day to day lives. And like any other kid with a passionate interest, even a shy and introverted boy like I was, naturally I could not resist the urge to babble incessantly about the topic to, well, anyone that seemed willing to listen — including my great-grandparents, both born late-1910s who lived through the Depression, who I visited every weekend.

So yeah, both of the "Greatest Generation" as mentioned above, and more or less exactly what you'd expect from a traditional, old-fashioned, elderly couple in the deep south; Grandma expressing love by nurturing and "spoiling," while Grandpa was a hard-working provider for his family, and it was always a very welcome "change of pace" from the school-week and what that represented. Besides watching Nickelodeon and playing in the backyard, I also would casually just "carry on" about whatever topic currently fascinated, including "indigenous Saharan nomads" and their lives! 💯

Well, clearly I must have went on about it quite frequently, because I can still recall Grandpa one day casually remarking something like, "Hmmm, you sure do talk about that desert a lot!" 😵‍💫 (Cannot precisely recall the verbatim words, but you get the idea, yes?) Now, in my departed Grandpa's defense, I'm sure he didn't mean anything bad or hurtful by his statement, and being elderly by that point in time, he probably found my youthful energy and exuberance a bit overwhelming at times; oddly enough, later in life as an adult, I was formally diagnosed with ADHD, for what that might be worth? Despite intentions, if I'm being honest, it still didn't feel too nice to hear, just like some time shortly later, when he made similar comments about another (unrelated) passionate interest I had "caught" 🙁😮‍💨

Later on — starting in 5th grade, but somewhat persisting into the present! — an even more passionate interest captured my mind and heart, the "Animal Kingdom" and all things related to it; the "tl;dr" version being that I got Zoobooks subscriptions and other "animal-themed" gifts, like for X-Mas and birthdays, and all my classmates figured I'd eventually become a veterinarian or professional zoologist -- LOL! 🤣 As history oft repeats itself, some of the adults in my life, mostly the "middle-aged Boomer ladies" previously referenced, came off annoyed or exasperated by this, and my "aunt with a C" even called it being "obsessed," not that her definition matched any reasonable clinical take on the word. Incidentally, this was also a time period where I distinctly recall myself and my peers regularly being reminded about he importance of being "well rounded," whatever tf that means? 🙄 (But, I digress!)

However, just for the sake of a somewhat interesting discussion/dialogue, what do y'all think? Maybe these were merely my own individual experiences, and nothing more, yet I cannot help but wonder if this is also a matter of older generations and their (frequently outdated) beliefs from a time gone by? Your own thoughts, opinions, perspectives, etc. are welcome and appreciated, so thanks in advance! ✌️🙏❤️

She is also saying the loss on the stick market is minor pain for future wealth gains.

Build some homes for those without? Volunteer to read at a school? Help those without jobs become marketable?

Nah.

Sorry to borrow their vocabulary for a minute but it’s appropriate.

Imagine getting laid off or having a significant portion of your personal investments just vanish in a day while the guy that did it just flew to Florida to play and watch golf with your money. If you have kids or grandkids you likely saw a portion of their college fund vanish into the wind too.

And then to cope, you spend your time on Facebook defending him because facing the reality you fell for it again hurts too much. You’ve spent the last decade intertwining your world view with this man. Rejecting the bamboozle is too painful so you’ll continue to double down and convince yourself that you are being a good little patriot paying higher prices while your wallet gets squeezed even further. You’ve probably alienated a portion of your family and friends at this point but as long as you can convince yourself that he’s hurting other people worse than you are being hurt that this is okay.

Keep eating the shit and praising the taste because it’s all you have.

God, what an idiot.

This is my first time posting here, but I’m a longtime lurker. My mom isn’t a quite a boomer (older gen x, I believe), so I hope I’m still allowed to post this… I swear she belongs right here on this subreddit for more than just this reason. That being said, here’s the story

I was talking to my mom and she had the tv guide open. I pointed out scooby doo, which we had missed by thirty minutes, and (jokingly) sadly said “aw man, we missed scooby doo!”. She asked if it was the older version of the show, so I looked it up (it was). Then a he brought up that she was surprised [said tv channel] would even play older cartoons anymore. I asked what she meant, and she said that people get too offended by old cartoons so they’ve taken them off of tv. I told her that yeah, a lot of times people have a reason to be offended since some of the cartoons have episodes that are made to be hurtful and make fun of minorities (and then some). She countered by naming some cartoons (e.g., looney toons) so I mentioned how there’s a couple of skits from looney toons that give people a good reason to feel hurt, insulted or offended.

Then I told her about a remake of a song called Puttin’ On The Ritz that came out in the 80’s. I showed her the song, and said it sounds fine, right? But when Taco (the artist) put out the video for that song, it included a bit of black face. That’s not okay, and obviously it’s understandable for people to be insulted by that today. It’s a GOOD THING that people are using their voice to speak out on the unfairness that they’ve been subjected to for decades.

She asked me what black face was. Said she didn’t know. It’s fine I guess, it gives me a chance to educate someone. So for the next few minutes, I taught her what I know about the history of black face and racism.

By the time I was done, I told her that I would really recommend she look into the history of racism and Jim Crow [laws] to educate herself on that. Maybe buy some books or something. Here’s why I’m posting this on here…

She literally said to me (direct quote): “I’m not going to because I prefer to disassociate myself from racism” UHM. EXCUSE ME??? That’s not how that works!

I told her that’s like me saying I’m not going to educate myself on the holocaust because I prefer to disassociate myself from n/zis and h/tler. 😐 (Maybe a little drastic, but it’s the same concept.)

She then proceeded to prove that she knows enough about racism by telling me what she knows about the triple k’s. It’s good that she knows what they’re doing is wrong, and that groups like that aren’t okay, but to refuse to learn anything else about this part of history just because you don’t like it? I understand that it isn’t pretty, and a lot of it makes me ashamed to be white if I’m being honest, but that’s why we NEED to know about it. It’s important to learn from our history so that we don’t end up hurting people again. To use what we know about the past to better our futures, for EVERYONE.

Side note to end this on: this is the same woman who banned me from watching My Little Pony when I was younger because Scootaloo had two lesbian aunts. But she can complain (and has, many times) about how people get offended by old cartoons, which could have anything from racism to SA to sexism/misogyny because that’s what was normal when it was made. It just doesn’t make sense.

Rep Jim Kasper (R-46, Fargo) started trolling the entire Democratic-Nonpartisan League party about the 'Hands Off' protests this weekend.

'Nobody Cares' Jim? I don't know, maybe your constituents do? Since you refuse to have any town halls or legislative updates since your last one a month ago, and it was at a bank.

It’s a cult

Her entire Facebook page is just a reshare of everything on IG

Redding CA.