As a precocious young child, watching TV (circa 1968, evening news), "Mom, why are they counting the dead soldiers on the TV ?" Mother horrified & in tears. Father (Korean War Vet): "Christ, out of the mouths of children". Mother; "Time for your bath & bed". No more watching TV for awhile.
I am a biological female; born in1943; not technically considered to be a boomer; supposedly part of the "lost generation". However, you could say that I was part of the "duck and cover" generation.
I was 20 years old during the Cuban Missile crisis;, I understand how Russia feels as NATO tries to surround it. I can tell you first hand that the USG didn't take kindly to the idea of Russian missiles parked in Cuba..
The threat of nuclear war was palpable. Did any of you ever see the movie "Fail Safe". That movie gave me nightmares.
I was a civilian employee at the American Embassy in Vietnam (1968-70) along with my brother who was in the army and my cousin who was in the USAF (both officers). I wish I could remember the song that they sang about President Nixon, but I do remember that it ended with "F*ck Dick Nixon.
This was everyone's favorite song back then -- imagine entire groups of GI's singing this song.
I miss the alpha males, but then that's what forever wars are for --to kill off the alpha males of each generation. For my generation it was the Vietnam war.
When I came home to the "real world", I pissed everyone off because I couldn't take anything seriously. I had a neighbor who was complaining about the weeds in his lawn. I suggested that a good dousing of napalm was a perfect remedy for weeds.
Thank you Vietnam for radicalizing me and for teaching me the "benefits" of black humor.
I have watched the country become a shit hole ever since then.
So from a Boomer to the Zoomers" "Don't go! The fight is here at home. Those who support the forever wars are the enemies and traitors within NOT "over there".
So am I a boomer or just a really pissed off old lady?
PS. I would like to thank the US military for the development of my prolific four-letter word vocabulary. I loved to shock all those young chicken hawks itching for war during the run up to the Gulf War II. They would shout all kinds of foul expletives at me thinking that it would somehow scare me. They certainly didn't expect me to have a mouth that the Marines would have been proud of.
Not dead until the fat lady sings.! FIGMO! (Fu*k it, I've got my orders -- NO TO EMPIRE. Take Heart Zoomers -- we are not all dead yet. You might say that we helped to crack open Pandora's Box (the Deep State). Some of us REMEMBER! Kill off the alpha males and those who REMEMBER! P.S., in case you didn't noticed, I'm pissed, and I'm a boomer!
How about we stop naming generations? One more thing to divide us. We are going to get down to ten year generations. I am seventy years old and there are what, four named generations already behind me? 🐂💩
Not at all. Am I correct you are calling me an Estrogen? If so, I laugh. If not, we have wasted too many words here. I will only add that naming generations is the task of marketers and social psychologists vying to be the first to name another generation. That is the definition of estrogenic activity.
so the passage of the 6ill puts anyone ranked Major or under, under @.|. command iffin in direct contact? I don't know how military ranks work across commands. & only this last month have I been moderately, not intensely enough to research what I can ask actual participants, curious.
°Cherishº the part that they gave up lipstick & took up forehead wrinkle cream (for muzzles 8^) & suddenly nobody was getting bj's as tide-me-overs for the last 5 years, good thing incels didn't turn gay, even though I know the concept was to get them to experiment.
To hell w/ their deviltry.
*May God of future generations nod to ward thee & thine*
As a precocious young child, watching TV (circa 1968, evening news), "Mom, why are they counting the dead soldiers on the TV ?" Mother horrified & in tears. Father (Korean War Vet): "Christ, out of the mouths of children". Mother; "Time for your bath & bed". No more watching TV for awhile.
I am a biological female; born in1943; not technically considered to be a boomer; supposedly part of the "lost generation". However, you could say that I was part of the "duck and cover" generation.
I was 20 years old during the Cuban Missile crisis;, I understand how Russia feels as NATO tries to surround it. I can tell you first hand that the USG didn't take kindly to the idea of Russian missiles parked in Cuba..
The threat of nuclear war was palpable. Did any of you ever see the movie "Fail Safe". That movie gave me nightmares.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fail_Safe_(1964_film)
Here is the ending:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wPgmu85V2tY
I lived through the assassinations of JFK, RFJ, MLK, Malcolm X etc. -- you know the "good old days" when they assassinated all the good men.
This was a popular song back then:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZL81tPHp82g
I was a civilian employee at the American Embassy in Vietnam (1968-70) along with my brother who was in the army and my cousin who was in the USAF (both officers). I wish I could remember the song that they sang about President Nixon, but I do remember that it ended with "F*ck Dick Nixon.
This was everyone's favorite song back then -- imagine entire groups of GI's singing this song.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t6gcxNFc1I0
I miss the alpha males, but then that's what forever wars are for --to kill off the alpha males of each generation. For my generation it was the Vietnam war.
When I came home to the "real world", I pissed everyone off because I couldn't take anything seriously. I had a neighbor who was complaining about the weeds in his lawn. I suggested that a good dousing of napalm was a perfect remedy for weeds.
Thank you Vietnam for radicalizing me and for teaching me the "benefits" of black humor.
I have watched the country become a shit hole ever since then.
So from a Boomer to the Zoomers" "Don't go! The fight is here at home. Those who support the forever wars are the enemies and traitors within NOT "over there".
So am I a boomer or just a really pissed off old lady?
PS. I would like to thank the US military for the development of my prolific four-letter word vocabulary. I loved to shock all those young chicken hawks itching for war during the run up to the Gulf War II. They would shout all kinds of foul expletives at me thinking that it would somehow scare me. They certainly didn't expect me to have a mouth that the Marines would have been proud of.
Fight! Fight! Fight!
Not dead until the fat lady sings.! FIGMO! (Fu*k it, I've got my orders -- NO TO EMPIRE. Take Heart Zoomers -- we are not all dead yet. You might say that we helped to crack open Pandora's Box (the Deep State). Some of us REMEMBER! Kill off the alpha males and those who REMEMBER! P.S., in case you didn't noticed, I'm pissed, and I'm a boomer!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qfZVu0alU0I
Cheers from the politically incorrect, unvaccinated generation aka the duck and cover generation. You must admit that the music was the best!
Another great conversation
It’s easier to blame others than self reflection
The boomers became the system they supposedly protested against and they fast forwarded this bullshit so the people behind us are fucked
https://www.thewaywardrabbler.com/p/the-uaes-neo-venetian-empire?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email
Great piece!
Going to share on Twitter
How about we stop naming generations? One more thing to divide us. We are going to get down to ten year generations. I am seventy years old and there are what, four named generations already behind me? 🐂💩
Only Estrogens say such things.
Only estrogens would get offended being called estrogens. Happy 4th!
You presuppose I'm offended. Again, an Estrogens behavior demonstrated.
Not at all. Am I correct you are calling me an Estrogen? If so, I laugh. If not, we have wasted too many words here. I will only add that naming generations is the task of marketers and social psychologists vying to be the first to name another generation. That is the definition of estrogenic activity.
Go read The Fourth Turning and Generations. They are no mere marketing ploys. And you know that.
The "substack" icon I "made because of you" on MINDS I used as your mask.
https://www.minds.com/newsfeed/1787628453776855040?referrer=flyingaxblade
independence day is better than "the 4th"
so the passage of the 6ill puts anyone ranked Major or under, under @.|. command iffin in direct contact? I don't know how military ranks work across commands. & only this last month have I been moderately, not intensely enough to research what I can ask actual participants, curious.
°Cherishº the part that they gave up lipstick & took up forehead wrinkle cream (for muzzles 8^) & suddenly nobody was getting bj's as tide-me-overs for the last 5 years, good thing incels didn't turn gay, even though I know the concept was to get them to experiment.
To hell w/ their deviltry.
*May God of future generations nod to ward thee & thine*