Is anyone else tired of all the "baby boomer" garbage?

[AndrewR]

Seriously, there are plenty of other people in the US who aren't baby boomers, and every single day there's some news article or magazine article or TV show about baby boomer retirement or this or that. Enough already -- can we have a baby boomer cable channel where they can all sit around and talk about themselves 24/7?

What set me off was that the last issue of Money magazine was entirely devoted to baby boomer retirement. I'm 34 and not anywhere near retirement so it was completely useless. An article -- fine. An entire issue? Come on.

Ok, so I'm hungry and ticked off right now. Sue me.

 

[rivan]

Baby boomers have a whole mess of money for people to market to. Expect more of it.

 

[spidey07]

Originally posted by: rivan
Baby boomers have a whole mess of money for people to market to. Expect more of it.

Bingo. The greatest generation is also the wealthiest.

 

[Feldenak]

Originally posted by: spidey07

Originally posted by: rivan
Baby boomers have a whole mess of money for people to market to. Expect more of it.

Bingo. The greatest generation is also the wealthiest.

The "Greatest Generation" has already retired...the Baby Boomers are their children.

 

[imported_weadjust]

There are alot more baby-boomers buying money magazine than a 34 year old know it all little whipper snapper. Beats Andrewr with cane.

 

[dawks]

A really big concern is who is going to replace these people when they retire. There is simply not enough trained professionals to meet demand in the next few years since the baby boomers had relatively fewer kids. It's going to be a big headache for corporations in the future. Its no joke.

 

[torpid]

I'll take baby boomer news stories over high school internet craze stories.

 

[JS80]

you'll be singing a different tune when these people start voting to steal even more of your hard earned money

 

[loup garou]

So what's the latest scoop on Anna Nicole?

 

[PingSpike]

Originally posted by: JS80
you'll be singing a different tune when these people start voting to steal even more of your hard earned money

Not that different...won't it just be a moderately more angry tune?

 

[ShotgunSteven]

1. Set up BoomSpace.Com for all the Boomers to blog and whine.
2. Sell advertising for denture cream and Depends.
3. Profit!

 

[Amused]

It's amazing any of them are even alive. They somehow survived high fat diets, high smoking rates, high rates of drug abuse, no seat belt laws, no helmet laws, no nanny-state laws period. Their parents didn't have welfare, food stamps or Medicaid.

How the fsck are they even here???

 

[Ricochet]

Originally posted by: torpid
I'll take baby boomer news stories over high school internet craze stories.

QFT. The pop culture media has always centered around the young and "fabulous". Teenagers and early-twenties "adult" seem to think the world revolves around them. This is laughable. The media bombarded us with "news" about Britney Spears, Lindsey Lohan, Paris, etc. The baby boomers are the least of our problem.

 

[torpid]

Originally posted by: Amused
It's amazing any of them are even alive. They somehow survived high fat diets, high smoking rates, high rates of drug abuse, no seat belt laws, no helmet laws, no nanny-state laws period. Their parents didn't have welfare, food stamps or Medicaid.

How the fsck are they even here???

Illogical. The next generation is still pretty young. Only a while from now will we know if those things were pointless or not when we compare the life expectancy of baby boomers to the next couple of generations.

 

[Amused]

Originally posted by: torpid

Originally posted by: Amused
It's amazing any of them are even alive. They somehow survived high fat diets, high smoking rates, high rates of drug abuse, no seat belt laws, no helmet laws, no nanny-state laws period. Their parents didn't have welfare, food stamps or Medicaid.

How the fsck are they even here???

Illogical. The next generation is still pretty young. Only a while from now will we know if those things were pointless or not when we compare the life expectancy of baby boomers to the next couple of generations.

No, what is illogical are the fear tactics used by the nanny-staters to push these things. According to their fear mongering, no one from the previous generations should even be alive.

 

[effowe]

What pisses me off are those commercials that play some old hippie track like "Inna Godda Davida" or some rock song from the late 60's, then goes on to talk about financial planning and preparing for retirement. They're showing all this trippy background stuff in it too, pretty weak sauce.

 

[Wreckem]

Originally posted by: spidey07

Originally posted by: rivan
Baby boomers have a whole mess of money for people to market to. Expect more of it.

Bingo. The greatest generation is also the wealthiest.

Dont forget they will also bankrupt this nation.

 

[Amused]

Originally posted by: Wreckem

Originally posted by: spidey07

Originally posted by: rivan
Baby boomers have a whole mess of money for people to market to. Expect more of it.

Bingo. The greatest generation is also the wealthiest.

Dont forget they will also bankrupt this nation.

Babyboomers are the CHILDREN of the "Greatest Generation"

 

[Wreckem]

Originally posted by: Amused

Originally posted by: Wreckem

Originally posted by: spidey07

Originally posted by: rivan
Baby boomers have a whole mess of money for people to market to. Expect more of it.

Bingo. The greatest generation is also the wealthiest.

Dont forget they will also bankrupt this nation.

Babyboomers are the CHILDREN of the "Greatest Generation"

I know that, I was just telling him baby boomers are going to bankrupt this nation.

 

[vi edit]

Originally posted by: Amused
It's amazing any of them are even alive. They somehow survived high fat diets, high smoking rates, high rates of drug abuse, no seat belt laws, no helmet laws, no nanny-state laws period. Their parents didn't have welfare, food stamps or Medicaid.

How the fsck are they even here???

From a medical standpoint, a lot of them are still alive because of blood pressure, cholesterol, and various other drugs and technological interventions that can somewhat counteract the years of abuse they've put on themselves.

 

[Amused]

Originally posted by: vi_edit

Originally posted by: Amused
It's amazing any of them are even alive. They somehow survived high fat diets, high smoking rates, high rates of drug abuse, no seat belt laws, no helmet laws, no nanny-state laws period. Their parents didn't have welfare, food stamps or Medicaid.

How the fsck are they even here???

From a medical standpoint, a lot of them are still alive because of blood pressure, cholesterol, and various other drugs and technological interventions that can somewhat counteract the years of abuse they've put on themselves.

High blood pressure and cholesterol are genetic conditions that may, or may not be aggravated by behavior.

 

[torpid]

Originally posted by: Amused

Originally posted by: torpid

Originally posted by: Amused
It's amazing any of them are even alive. They somehow survived high fat diets, high smoking rates, high rates of drug abuse, no seat belt laws, no helmet laws, no nanny-state laws period. Their parents didn't have welfare, food stamps or Medicaid.

How the fsck are they even here???

Illogical. The next generation is still pretty young. Only a while from now will we know if those things were pointless or not when we compare the life expectancy of baby boomers to the next couple of generations.

No, what is illogical are the fear tactics used by the nanny-staters to push these things. According to their fear mongering, no one from the previous generations should even be alive.

Why can't they both be illogical? Seems to me they are.

 

[AndrewR]

Originally posted by: weadjust
There are alot more baby-boomers buying money magazine than a 34 year old know it all little whipper snapper. Beats Andrewr with cane.

I should have done my research into the magazine's demographic before subscribing.

You'd have to catch me to hit me with the cane anyway, old timer!

 

[AndrewR]

Originally posted by: rivan
Baby boomers have a whole mess of money for people to market to. Expect more of it.

Oh, I know -- just another mindless ATOT rant. It's been a long day.

 

[AndrewR]

Originally posted by: effowe
What pisses me off are those commercials that play some old hippie track like "Inna Godda Davida" or some rock song from the late 60's, then goes on to talk about financial planning and preparing for retirement. They're showing all this trippy background stuff in it too, pretty weak sauce.

Yes, those Ameriprise commercials contribute to my attitude. "You're going to rewrite the book on retirement!" Who cares?!? Just do it if you want to!