| The problem with this country 12:05 - Mar 25 with 5069 views | Heathlander |
Is that the people running it are my age. 50ish.
We grew up without too much angst, parents had houses, 70's was a distant memory. We had holidays abroad, colour TV, videos, music was great in the 80s. We had disposable income. Out on the lash most Fridays and Saturdays. No Uni fees. We had it too easy. Never really had to grow up.
Now it's my generation running businesses and the government. No wonder it's a mess. We need proper grown ups to run it like they were back in the day. But we did have it harder then the internet, computer game generation. You wait until they're in charge. It will be carnage. |  | | |  |
| The problem with this country on 12:10 - Mar 25 with 4349 views | chicoazul |
Baby boomers are the ones who vote though, and they own the media and either directly own or their pension funds hold stock in large companies. Baby Boomers ruined this country and continue to do so. May is a boomer, Blair is a boomer. Cameron almost was. They really are the absolute worst. |  |
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| The problem with this country on 12:14 - Mar 25 with 4323 views | Guthrum |
Angry rant (from a lady in her 80s) yesterday, pointing out that the people who introduced tuition fees and student loans all themselves got it for free and received full grants (sometimes with Housing Benefit on top, plus being able to sign on during holidays). |  |
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| The problem with this country on 12:15 - Mar 25 with 4305 views | J2BLUE |
When my generation are running the country there will probably be mass censorship in case, god forbid, someone gets upset.
Colouring books and warm milk on standby. |  |
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| The problem with this country on 12:17 - Mar 25 with 4291 views | Oldsmoker |
Not all of us Baby boomers benefitted from the gravy train.
When I owed money the interest rates were 12% + and when I had some savings the interest rate was 0.5% and worse.
I did have a great time though. My mis-spent yoof lasted into my late 30's and it's only now that not saving for a decent pension has come to bite me in the ar*e.
But still it was good while it lasted and I have few regrets. |  |
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| The problem with this country on 12:26 - Mar 25 with 4266 views | britbiker |
Yeah, can just imagine the next generation of young MPs. Instead of months debating brexit and looking after their own interests we will get months of debates about wording on gender neutrality and who should be able to use what loo. No-one will dare do a live press conference in case they use the wrong wording to describe anything. The keyboard warriors will have a field day finding offence, correcting grammar and setting up on line petitions.
Just look at our Forum posts and times that by a few million people (sorry if people is an incorrect designation this week).
Anyway cant wait for the match Saturday. Up the towen. :-) |  | | |
| The problem with this country on 12:29 - Mar 25 with 4248 views | factual_blue |
| The problem with this country on 12:14 - Mar 25 by Guthrum |
Angry rant (from a lady in her 80s) yesterday, pointing out that the people who introduced tuition fees and student loans all themselves got it for free and received full grants (sometimes with Housing Benefit on top, plus being able to sign on during holidays). |
It was grants plus Supplementary Benefit during the holidays in my day. Although I doubt that people like cameron or clegg even knew what a student grant was. |  |
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| The problem with this country on 12:40 - Mar 25 with 4188 views | J2BLUE |
| The problem with this country on 12:26 - Mar 25 by britbiker |
Yeah, can just imagine the next generation of young MPs. Instead of months debating brexit and looking after their own interests we will get months of debates about wording on gender neutrality and who should be able to use what loo. No-one will dare do a live press conference in case they use the wrong wording to describe anything. The keyboard warriors will have a field day finding offence, correcting grammar and setting up on line petitions.
Just look at our Forum posts and times that by a few million people (sorry if people is an incorrect designation this week).
Anyway cant wait for the match Saturday. Up the towen. :-) |
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| The problem with this country on 12:44 - Mar 25 with 4170 views | Oldsmoker |
Don't despair - well not too much.
Some of the councillors in Bristol have become councillors through some extraordinary routes and not through the Politics at University route.
They got so brassed off with the injustice of society that even though they lack the educational qualifications they are driven people and the closest you could get to a socialist without belonging to the Labour party. | |
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| The problem with this country on 12:48 - Mar 25 with 4154 views | footers |
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| The problem with this country on 12:55 - Mar 25 with 4117 views | homer_123 |
| The problem with this country on 12:26 - Mar 25 by britbiker |
Yeah, can just imagine the next generation of young MPs. Instead of months debating brexit and looking after their own interests we will get months of debates about wording on gender neutrality and who should be able to use what loo. No-one will dare do a live press conference in case they use the wrong wording to describe anything. The keyboard warriors will have a field day finding offence, correcting grammar and setting up on line petitions.
Just look at our Forum posts and times that by a few million people (sorry if people is an incorrect designation this week).
Anyway cant wait for the match Saturday. Up the towen. :-) |
Just on that last sentence:
Anyway cant wait for the match Saturday. Up the towen. :-)
Should really be
Anyway, can't wait for the match Saturday. Up the Town.
I've removed the smiling face for obvious reasons. |  |
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| The problem with this country on 13:00 - Mar 25 with 4093 views | Marshalls_Mullet |
Have you been asleep?
The people who run the world arent in their 50's.
Page
Brin
Zuckerberg
Musk
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| The problem with this country on 13:04 - Mar 25 with 4074 views | Ryorry |
| The problem with this country on 12:17 - Mar 25 by Oldsmoker |
Not all of us Baby boomers benefitted from the gravy train.
When I owed money the interest rates were 12% + and when I had some savings the interest rate was 0.5% and worse.
I did have a great time though. My mis-spent yoof lasted into my late 30's and it's only now that not saving for a decent pension has come to bite me in the ar*e.
But still it was good while it lasted and I have few regrets. |
"Not all of us Baby boomers benefitted from the gravy train.
When I owed money the interest rates were 12% + and when I had some savings the interest rate was 0.5% and worse."
Same here, I never had enough earnings to buy a house, despite being a young professional, until I got married when I was 35. |  |
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| The problem with this country on 14:19 - Mar 25 with 3941 views | SpruceMoose |
| The problem with this country on 12:15 - Mar 25 by J2BLUE |
When my generation are running the country there will probably be mass censorship in case, god forbid, someone gets upset.
Colouring books and warm milk on standby. |
You sound like you're a ruddy faced 65 year old already mate. |  |
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"Imagine being a heterosexual white male in Britain at this moment. How bad is that. Everything you say is racist, everything you say is homophobic. The Woke community have really f****d this country." | | Poll: | Selectamod |
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| The problem with this country on 14:22 - Mar 25 with 3932 views | Marshalls_Mullet |
I think the so called Internet generation you refer to have it harder than you did, kids should be allowed to dream an have ambition, now they have had them taken away to varying degrees;
- home ownership is unlikely
- uni education would leave them in huge debt
- they've never witnessed a booming economy
- they can't imagine being retired
- good pensions and redundancy packages are a thing of the past
- theyve been taken out of the EU, with no say (if the fecking idiots in charge can see that through)
So, let them try to enjoy their youth... there's not a lot to look forward to... [Post edited 25 Mar 2019 14:24]
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| The problem with this country on 14:24 - Mar 25 with 3933 views | SpruceMoose |
| The problem with this country on 14:22 - Mar 25 by Marshalls_Mullet |
I think the so called Internet generation you refer to have it harder than you did, kids should be allowed to dream an have ambition, now they have had them taken away to varying degrees;
- home ownership is unlikely
- uni education would leave them in huge debt
- they've never witnessed a booming economy
- they can't imagine being retired
- good pensions and redundancy packages are a thing of the past
- theyve been taken out of the EU, with no say (if the fecking idiots in charge can see that through)
So, let them try to enjoy their youth... there's not a lot to look forward to... [Post edited 25 Mar 2019 14:24]
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Not only that, but their entire childhoods will be documented forever more online by demented parents who think everything Jr does is amazing. | |
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"Imagine being a heterosexual white male in Britain at this moment. How bad is that. Everything you say is racist, everything you say is homophobic. The Woke community have really f****d this country." | | Poll: | Selectamod |
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| The problem with this country on 14:29 - Mar 25 with 3913 views | Meadowlark |
| The problem with this country on 12:10 - Mar 25 by chicoazul |
Baby boomers are the ones who vote though, and they own the media and either directly own or their pension funds hold stock in large companies. Baby Boomers ruined this country and continue to do so. May is a boomer, Blair is a boomer. Cameron almost was. They really are the absolute worst. |
The problem apparently seems to be that everything has to be someone else's fault!
Not content with blacks blaming whites, Christians blaming Muslims, Labour blaming Conservative, cyclists blaming car drivers, the poor blaming the rich, vegans blaming carnivores, gays blaming straights and vice versa in all instances we now have one generation blaming another!
Where will it all end?
Personally I think it's all Marcus Evans's fault!  |  | | |
| The problem with this country on 14:30 - Mar 25 with 3908 views | chicoazul |
| The problem with this country on 14:29 - Mar 25 by Meadowlark |
The problem apparently seems to be that everything has to be someone else's fault!
Not content with blacks blaming whites, Christians blaming Muslims, Labour blaming Conservative, cyclists blaming car drivers, the poor blaming the rich, vegans blaming carnivores, gays blaming straights and vice versa in all instances we now have one generation blaming another!
Where will it all end?
Personally I think it's all Marcus Evans's fault! |
Oh everything is DEFINITELY his fault. | |
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| The problem with this country on 15:06 - Mar 25 with 3861 views | Heathlander |
| The problem with this country on 14:29 - Mar 25 by Meadowlark |
The problem apparently seems to be that everything has to be someone else's fault!
Not content with blacks blaming whites, Christians blaming Muslims, Labour blaming Conservative, cyclists blaming car drivers, the poor blaming the rich, vegans blaming carnivores, gays blaming straights and vice versa in all instances we now have one generation blaming another!
Where will it all end?
Personally I think it's all Marcus Evans's fault! |
I've already said it's my generations fault. Marcus Evans is my generation so that is proof if ever it were needed.
People should have put us down. Talking bout my Generation. | | | |
| The problem with this country on 16:05 - Mar 25 with 3811 views | BlueBadger |
| The problem with this country on 12:15 - Mar 25 by J2BLUE |
When my generation are running the country there will probably be mass censorship in case, god forbid, someone gets upset.
Colouring books and warm milk on standby. |
Imagine getting angry about treating people with some basic politeness even if they NOT white, straight people. |  |
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| The problem with this country on 16:30 - Mar 25 with 3769 views | J2BLUE |
| The problem with this country on 16:05 - Mar 25 by BlueBadger |
Imagine getting angry about treating people with some basic politeness even if they NOT white, straight people. |
That's your spin on what I said and not what I said. | |
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| The problem with this country on 16:43 - Mar 25 with 3745 views | LankHenners |
| The problem with this country on 12:26 - Mar 25 by britbiker |
Yeah, can just imagine the next generation of young MPs. Instead of months debating brexit and looking after their own interests we will get months of debates about wording on gender neutrality and who should be able to use what loo. No-one will dare do a live press conference in case they use the wrong wording to describe anything. The keyboard warriors will have a field day finding offence, correcting grammar and setting up on line petitions.
Just look at our Forum posts and times that by a few million people (sorry if people is an incorrect designation this week).
Anyway cant wait for the match Saturday. Up the towen. :-) |
It's very funny that people genuinely think this will happen. Or that being nice to non-cisgender people is something to be feared rather than encouraged (that one's a bit more sad than funny to be fair). |  |
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| The problem with this country on 16:47 - Mar 25 with 3725 views | lowhouseblue |
| The problem with this country on 16:43 - Mar 25 by LankHenners |
It's very funny that people genuinely think this will happen. Or that being nice to non-cisgender people is something to be feared rather than encouraged (that one's a bit more sad than funny to be fair). |
we should just be nice to everyone. there i've said it. |  |
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| The problem with this country on 17:27 - Mar 25 with 3643 views | factual_blue |
| The problem with this country on 12:15 - Mar 25 by J2BLUE |
When my generation are running the country there will probably be mass censorship in case, god forbid, someone gets upset.
Colouring books and warm milk on standby. |
If your milk-warming skills are on a par with your egg-cooking skills, there really is no hope. | |
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| The problem with this country on 17:42 - Mar 25 with 3618 views | WeWereZombies |
| The problem with this country on 12:29 - Mar 25 by factual_blue |
It was grants plus Supplementary Benefit during the holidays in my day. Although I doubt that people like cameron or clegg even knew what a student grant was. |
Cameron and Clegg should be capitalised, still you are young enough to learn I guess. |  |
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| The problem with this country on 17:42 - Mar 25 with 3618 views | Leaky |
| The problem with this country on 12:10 - Mar 25 by chicoazul |
Baby boomers are the ones who vote though, and they own the media and either directly own or their pension funds hold stock in large companies. Baby Boomers ruined this country and continue to do so. May is a boomer, Blair is a boomer. Cameron almost was. They really are the absolute worst. |
Long live the baby boomer's. Have you ever thought we got things in perspective. We lived with in our means. We didn't live on next months pay cheque. We didn't rely on state hand outs. We worked our nuts to provide for out kids. We didn't have nursery's to take care of our children's up bringing we did it our selves. The problem seems to in the 2000's is every one wants to compete on who has the best car, the biggest house, biggest TV learn from the baby boomer's |  | | |
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