[RD] Individualism of Responsibility: shifting the burden to consumers

[Syno]

Imagine millennials trying to pull off D-Day.

They would land on the beach waving their down with fascism signs and bleating about how unfair the world is and look for some fascists to swarm. Only to find out they're landing in Delaware.

Assuming the GPS on the I phone worked, the 3 who bothered turning up to invade (the rest stayed at home to protest about being in the army/and or to stoned) they find out the real fascists shoot back.

Of the 3 who turned up 2 wander off to find some organic kale and complain about global warming caused by the Sherman tanks.

The last poor bastard runs up the beech, gets shot dead and the rest blame him for failing some sort of purity test and/or being pro fascist for not trying hard enough.

Keep your hands above the table where we can see them, buddy.

 

[Truthy]

Lmao dude @Zardnaar you're basically a millennial too. You ready to start snapgramming your participation toast?

 

[Zardnaar]

According to Wikipedia,



Millennials were likely fighting in the Iraq War (March 2003 - December 2011) from the beginning.

They would still do better than Trump in charge of Germany.

They would have a big beautiful Siegfried line in the West that's yuuuge. Reichstag would have Trump logo on it.

He would get his military parade though. Goring, Himmler, Goebbels etc would all be fired though.

 

[aimeeandbeatles]

....WTH?

 

[Zardnaar]

Lmao dude @Zardnaar you're basically a millennial too. You ready to start snapgramming your participation toast?

Hey I miss the cutoff by three years. Generation X .

 

[Birdjaguar]

Imagine millennials trying to pull off D-Day.

They would land on the beach waving their down with fascism signs and bleating about how unfair the world is and look for some fascists to swarm. Only to find out they're landing in Delaware.

Assuming the GPS on the I phone worked, the 3 who bothered turning up to invade (the rest stayed at home to protest about being in the army/and or to stoned) they find out the real fascists shoot back.

Of the 3 who turned up 2 wander off to find some organic kale and complain about global warming caused by the Sherman tanks.

The last poor bastard runs up the beech, gets shot dead and the rest blame him for failing some sort of purity test and/or being pro fascist for not trying hard enough.

Stop being ridiculous. My parents generation (those who fought in WW2) grew up in an entirely different context with different expectation on them. The millennials are a world apart from them in every way. You cannot pluck folks out of one environment they have always been in, put them down in a totally foreign one and expect similar performance as the natives. Just plain silly.

 

[aimeeandbeatles]

I...don't even know what train of conversation led up to that.

 

[Truthy]

Hey I miss the cutoff by three years. Generation X .

That's curious. Coulda sworn you were born in the 20s. Shocked you missed that cutoff by more than 50 years

Stop being ridiculous. My parents generation (those who fought in WW2) grew up in an entirely different context with different expectation on them. The millennials are a world apart from them in every way. You cannot pluck folks out of one environment they have always been in, put them down in a totally foreign one and expect similar performance as the natives. Just plain silly.

I think this is buying into the premise too much BJ. Aimee pointing out that millennials have been the entire Afghanistan and Iraq ground wars I think is in the right direction.

 

[Zardnaar]

That's curious. Coulda sworn you were born in the 20s. Shocked you missed that cutoff by more than 50 years

Had to wait for better music, 90s rocked.

 

[Arwon]

I...don't even know what train of conversation led up to that.

Old person think young people are bad because they have the audacity to not get maimed, killed or given PTSD by being conscripted into total warfare

 

[Zardnaar]

Old person think young people are bad because they have the audacity to not get maimed, killed or given PTSD by being conscripted into total warfare

Na it's because they don't stay off my lawn.

 

[Valka D'Ur]

I tried that but sticking my head out of the window of my Corolla in order to see where the sun was kept getting me in trouble, and was useless at night.

Try pulling over and looking up. I know you can't see Polaris from your latitude, but you do have circumpolar constellations down there.

 

[Arwon]

You're aware you can't see stars in cities, right?

 

[Zardnaar]

I can.

Find southern Cross and head in opposite direction.

It's easier outside cities true. Light polution.

I've only been lost once really, night, heavy fog, unfamiliar city. Thought we were heading south but ended up going west. Visibility was zilch.

Nope twice. Simikar conditions visibility 10 metres.

 

[Valka D'Ur]

You're aware you can't see stars in cities, right?

Is there some reason for this snark? You didn't specify that you were driving in cities; in that case I'd expect you to be able to navigate by street signs (unless whoever planned your city was like mine, outside the downtown core; some of the newer subdivisions must have been laid out by someone who was drunk at the time because they make no sense).

Of course I'm aware that stars are hard to see in cities. It's been over 10 years since I had a really good night of stargazing. I count myself lucky to see the Moon and Jupiter once in awhile, given that there's a tremendous amount of light pollution right outside my window.

 

[Lexicus]

capitalism can still exist alongside legislation that forces companies to treat workers like humans and not destroy the planet, with minimal impact to our spending habits on buying stupid things.

In theory, yes, in reality, no, because if capitalism is left intact the organized capitalists will always end up conspiring to destroy or circumvent the laws that are supposed to moderate it.

 

[AmazonQueen]

In one sense though universities are an example of consumerisation.
Make education a matter of what the individual gains and therefore should pay for rather than how society will benefit and therefore the student should be supported.
Student grants in those countries that had them weren't cut so that higher education could be extended to more people. The cost of doing that pales compared to overall public spending. They were cut so corporations and the rich could pay less tax.

 

[hobbsyoyo]

Imagine millennials trying to pull off D-Day.

They would land on the beach waving their down with fascism signs and bleating about how unfair the world is and look for some fascists to swarm. Only to find out they're landing in Delaware.

Assuming the GPS on the I phone worked, the 3 who bothered turning up to invade (the rest stayed at home to protest about being in the army/and or to stoned) they find out the real fascists shoot back.

Of the 3 who turned up 2 wander off to find some organic kale and complain about global warming caused by the Sherman tanks.

The last poor bastard runs up the beech, gets shot dead and the rest blame him for failing some sort of purity test and/or being pro fascist for not trying hard enough.

For sure, the millenials that fought in Fallujah were a bunch of *******.

Edit: Aimee beat me to it

 

[rah]

(unless whoever planned your city was like mine, outside the downtown core; some of the newer subdivisions must have been laid out by someone who was drunk at the time because they make no sense).

Actually some of that 'make no sense' is specifically planned. The design is so people that don't live there won't be familiar with the layout and not be able to use the area as a shortcut. This drives down traffic congestion through out the community and improves the quality of life there.

 

[Farm Boy]

I shop Amazon and am fine with it.

Recalculating.

Get it?

Hayo

Oh lord.

Actually some of that 'make no sense' is specifically planned. The design is so people that don't live there won't be familiar with the layout and not be able to use the area as a shortcut. This drives down traffic congestion through out the community and improves the quality of life there.

What, the suburban layout pox? Enormous residential dead zones?