How to live without irony (or: why Hipsters are poisonous)

Started by Syt, November 21, 2012, 02:11:50 AM

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garbon

#30
November 21, 2012, 01:46:43 PM
Quote from: Syt on November 21, 2012, 01:45:13 PM
Quote from: Grey Fox on November 21, 2012, 01:32:33 PM
Lawyer, Asshole, Ex-Cops, Crazy Republican, Crazy Republican #2, Yi, etc.

I'm not saying Gen Assburgers is better. I'm just saying Generation X sucks.

Them's fighting words.

His individual characterizations were pretty spot on.
"I've never been quite sure what the point of a eunuch is, if truth be told. It seems to me they're only men with the useful bits cut off."
I drank because I wanted to drown my sorrows, but now the damned things have learned to swim.

PDH

#31
November 21, 2012, 02:01:36 PM
Quote from: garbon on November 21, 2012, 01:46:43 PM
His individual characterizations were pretty spot on.

The Yi one is pretty damning.
I have come to believe that the whole world is an enigma, a harmless enigma that is made terrible by our own mad attempt to interpret it as though it had an underlying truth.
-Umberto Eco

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"I'm pretty sure my level of depression has nothing to do with how much of a fucking asshole you are."

-CdM

Ed Anger

#32
November 21, 2012, 02:30:33 PM
Goddamn right I'm an asshole. I worked hard for it. Get a job, you punks.
Stay Alive...Let the Man Drive

derspiess

#33
November 21, 2012, 02:35:41 PM
Gen-X was assumed to be a slacker generation early-on, but IMO we're a lot more hardworking (i.e., useful) than the generation that came before and after us.  Assholes, ex-cops, Crazy Republicans, and Yis can be very useful.  You want us up on that wall.
"If you can play a guitar and harmonica at the same time, like Bob Dylan or Neil Young, you're a genius. But make that extra bit of effort and strap some cymbals to your knees, suddenly people want to get the hell away from you."  --Rich Hall

Barrister

#34
November 21, 2012, 02:36:41 PM
Quote from: derspiess on November 21, 2012, 02:35:41 PM
Gen-X was assumed to be a slacker generation early-on, but IMO we're a lot more hardworking (i.e., useful) than the generation that came before and after us.  Assholes, ex-cops, Crazy Republicans, and Yis can be very useful.  You want us up on that wall.

You left out the lawyers. <_<
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Ed Anger

#35
November 21, 2012, 02:37:49 PM
Quote from: Barrister on November 21, 2012, 02:36:41 PM
Quote from: derspiess on November 21, 2012, 02:35:41 PM
Gen-X was assumed to be a slacker generation early-on, but IMO we're a lot more hardworking (i.e., useful) than the generation that came before and after us.  Assholes, ex-cops, Crazy Republicans, and Yis can be very useful.  You want us up on that wall.

You left out the lawyers. <_<

Lawyers go against the wall, not on it.
Stay Alive...Let the Man Drive

derspiess

#36
November 21, 2012, 02:41:16 PM
Quote from: Barrister on November 21, 2012, 02:36:41 PM
Quote from: derspiess on November 21, 2012, 02:35:41 PM
Gen-X was assumed to be a slacker generation early-on, but IMO we're a lot more hardworking (i.e., useful) than the generation that came before and after us.  Assholes, ex-cops, Crazy Republicans, and Yis can be very useful.  You want us up on that wall.

You left out the lawyers. <_<

I know.  But I suppose I'd make an exception for prosecutors :hug:
"If you can play a guitar and harmonica at the same time, like Bob Dylan or Neil Young, you're a genius. But make that extra bit of effort and strap some cymbals to your knees, suddenly people want to get the hell away from you."  --Rich Hall

CountDeMoney

#37
November 21, 2012, 02:41:25 PM
I attended a leadership training course once that touched on generational differences in the workplace.  Funny, funny stuff.

We're the only generation that uses and answers the fucking phones in the workplace anymore.  Baby boomers will have no problem walking down the hall and talking your ear off in the doorway, but Generation Assburgers would prefer to communicate solely by email and text, because they're fucking morons afraid of human interaction.

Hell, I even had one send me an email while I was listening to the phone ring waiting for him to pick up, asking me what I wanted.  :lol:  Fucking Assburgers.

Barrister

#38
November 21, 2012, 02:44:40 PM
Quote from: CountDeMoney on November 21, 2012, 02:41:25 PM
I attended a leadership training course once that touched on generational differences in the workplace.  Funny, funny stuff.

We're the only generation that uses and answers the fucking phones in the workplace anymore.  Baby boomers will have no problem walking down the hall and talking your ear off in the doorway, but Generation Assburgers would prefer to communicate solely by email and text, because they're fucking morons afraid of human interaction.

Hell, I even had one send me an email while I was listening to the phone ring waiting for him to pick up, asking me what I wanted.  :lol:  Fucking Assburgers.

I cant' stand people who call me when there office is on the same floor of the same building as mine.  Just walk over and talk to me!  Email is acceptable only as long as its to ask "are you in your office" or can be answered in one sentence.

I guess I'm old-school that way.  I have a Blackberry, but it's pretty much receive-only mode (I haven't even activated my BB voicemail).
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Caliga

#39
November 21, 2012, 02:46:20 PM
I'm Generation X but I prefer email over the phone.  Your generalization: FLAWED. :cool:
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Barrister

#40
November 21, 2012, 02:49:06 PM
Quote from: derspiess on November 21, 2012, 02:41:16 PM
Quote from: Barrister on November 21, 2012, 02:36:41 PM
Quote from: derspiess on November 21, 2012, 02:35:41 PM
Gen-X was assumed to be a slacker generation early-on, but IMO we're a lot more hardworking (i.e., useful) than the generation that came before and after us.  Assholes, ex-cops, Crazy Republicans, and Yis can be very useful.  You want us up on that wall.

You left out the lawyers. <_<

I know.  But I suppose I'd make an exception for prosecutors :hug:

I stand with my Gen X lawyer brothers.   :mad:
Posts here are my own private opinions.  I do not speak for my employer.

CountDeMoney

#41
November 21, 2012, 02:49:35 PM
Quote from: Barrister on November 21, 2012, 02:44:40 PM
I cant' stand people who call me when there office is on the same floor of the same building as mine.  Just walk over and talk to me!

Oh yeah, go no problem taking a walk.  My only rule is, if my door's closed, me busy.  If not, come on in and pull a log up to the campfire, Sparky.

derspiess

#42
November 21, 2012, 02:50:32 PM
Quote from: Barrister on November 21, 2012, 02:49:06 PM
Quote from: derspiess on November 21, 2012, 02:41:16 PM
Quote from: Barrister on November 21, 2012, 02:36:41 PM
Quote from: derspiess on November 21, 2012, 02:35:41 PM
Gen-X was assumed to be a slacker generation early-on, but IMO we're a lot more hardworking (i.e., useful) than the generation that came before and after us.  Assholes, ex-cops, Crazy Republicans, and Yis can be very useful.  You want us up on that wall.

You left out the lawyers. <_<

I know.  But I suppose I'd make an exception for prosecutors :hug:

I stand with my Gen X lawyer brothers.   :mad:

As you wish.
"If you can play a guitar and harmonica at the same time, like Bob Dylan or Neil Young, you're a genius. But make that extra bit of effort and strap some cymbals to your knees, suddenly people want to get the hell away from you."  --Rich Hall

katmai

#43
November 21, 2012, 04:08:06 PM
All i get is an etc.....

Fat, drunk and stupid is no way to go through life, son

garbon

#44
November 21, 2012, 04:20:40 PM
I just had to cut my study results looking at the opinions of Late Boomers vs. Early Gen Xers. :x
"I've never been quite sure what the point of a eunuch is, if truth be told. It seems to me they're only men with the useful bits cut off."
I drank because I wanted to drown my sorrows, but now the damned things have learned to swim.
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