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PatSeg

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2. I don't know

Reply to Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin (Original post)

Sun Jul 12, 2026, 02:52 PM

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That is painting a generation with a very broad brush, something I've seen a lot of in recent years. I'm a boomer and I am far from rich, I live off of Social Security. Most of my boomer friends aren't very well off either, many struggling to pay rent and medical bills.

Maybe the professor needs to get out in the real world and meet actual people. I've really grown tired of generation wars, with everyone casting the blame somewhere else and often on entire generations. Personally, I prefer to deal with people as individuals, not as part of a particular generation.

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