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The worst excuse I have seen for broke people not conserving their budget by not cooking for themselves is "It's too expensive!"

Bullshit. You need to learn how to shop and plan for cheaper ingredients. And you clearly do not know how to do math if you cannot see that ordering takeout is more expensive than making it yourself.

Yes, it takes practice. But if you are broke, you cannot afford not learn this skill.

And "we have to support single mothers". Yeah, we have been doing that. And it is only making things worse, as it makes it harder for families to afford having their own children given the welfare state taxing the productive to pay for the single mothers.

Not that I accept the reasoning that it is all economical, as I argue there is not such thing as a "good enough economy" to raise birth rates. But I know it does not help.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=scnYVZyJ280

I give credit where credit is due regarding the fact that focus on careers creates fewer children (though not explicitly stating it is more a problem with women), as well as pushing against the idea that "we should have policies like the Scandinavian countries" as a solution to birth rate issues when those countries are also below replacement rates.

No solutions beyond "changing the culture," but we all know why that is the case.

@irie On the topic of boomers and Israel support, I have to wonder if the likes of AIPAC, Mossad, the Israeli government, and any other Zionist organizations feel any sense of dread when it comes to the ever decreasing support for Israel when their most ardent supporters are dying off while the younger generations are more anti-Zionist than ever.

If I were them, I would be dreading the day that the boomers all die off and support for Israel evaporates.

Those that are incapable of accepting generalized statements of truth regarding any topic will often proclaim that they are doing so due to their superior intellect:

"It's more complicated/It's more nuanced than that."

The purpose of a generalized statement is that it is true for most cases, not for every single case. Exceptions exist, but focusing on the exceptions too much shows that you are actually not intelligent and/or you are pushing an agenda.

@kbsez there is nothing wrong with the picture on the left. Nor is there anything really bad about the picture on the right. Even if you believe that the Nazi's were the most evil people ever, it is stupid to proclaim that something is evil just because it is promoted by "the bad guys."

@Aether this is one major reason that the Left will ultimately fail even if they "win." They rely on a coalition of too many dissonant values to actually have a coherent policy. Simply opposing the Right is not enough to do anything beyond destruction. Everyone has their own standards for what they want to replace the current order, and that is where things get messy.

And I feel no sympathy for the homosexuality here. It is not as if they were not warned.

@mutagenus I understand now why there was non-stop media coverage of "look how crazy Michael Jackson is!" Meanwhile genuine abuse of child actors is ignored and covered up.

Oh, I am supposed to believe so many child actors become messed up adults because "the fame got to them?" No, they were abused by predators in Hollywood. Michael Jackson probably was too.

@Furgar No man needs to care about some random woman's opinion of him, especially at the airport. I am not at the airport to impress people, I am there to travel on a plane.

One lesson I learned from traveling with a co-worker was to travel with maximum comfort in mind. I saw him wearing sweatpants, and it made mean realize that being comfortable for an hours long flight is more important than dressing for strangers so they don't "get the ick."

And who cares how you hydrate? Not me.

Bills in Congress are a lot like women: when they are big, they are not beautiful, no matter how much anyone insists on coupling the terms "big" and "beautiful."

Making a bad choice that is not entirely your fault does not mean the choice was not bad. It is just that you were not making decisions based on correct information. The conclusion you should gather from that is not to double down and claim that you made the right choice and say that others are just jealous, but rather to use the information you now have to help others not repeat the same mistakes.

Taking the double down option just shows that you are no wiser in spite of the experience.

One of the major problems I see with the younger generations is that even though many of them will place blame on the boomers for many of their financial issues (correctly), many of them will still somehow think that going to college was worth it in spite of the crippling debt and wasted years on a degree that gets them no job.

It's okay, you can admit it was the wrong decision. The boomers led you astray there, so you don't have to defend that choice. You were lied to about that too.