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Hard News: A few (more) words on The Hobbit, in reply to Kyle Matthews,
I must say Kyle you have certainly worked yourself up into a tizzy about all this. But lets hone in on your target shall we.
First off broadly they are from the post WWII spurt of progeny. I wish birth control had been acceptable then, there were an awful lot of "bottle babies".
I dont want to dredge up the whole 1950's again so lets skip to the period you seem most interested in the 80's. When the BB's were hitting their stride financially and according to you where it all went bung.Quite a few received a well funded education, graduated from university without student loans,
Quite a few....quite a few, you say, point me in the direction of some figures please. Well funded education? As Joe said if you didnt have a scholarship you had to work part time jobs and holiday jobs. But who the fuck wanted to sit through uni there was a big wide world out there to explore. So at this point comes the first thinning of the herd. Those who didnt stay in university and those who left the country.
So there's me gone as well from your target. But lets move on.As higher income earners, lower taxes and user-pays works out pretty well. It created tremendous wealth, a lot of which we’ve seen go into the property market
So your target had to be in living in New Zealand, have benefited from a free education, be in the higher income brackets,( what 60,000+?) and looking to make a bit of cash on the side from property development.
Seems to be narrowing down pretty fast already. In fact I would say you could almost make a list of names from tax records etc and you would have your culprits. It would make it much easier for all concerned. Just scapegoat them, which is obviously what you want to do, except your pretending otherwise.And just for your info during the 80's I spent most of that time being ripped off as a roadie in Australia. The NZ band I went there with imploded, and I worked mainly for gigging bands around Sydney. One in particular who couldnt find their niche, but who released crap singles which failed. So much for us all being artists. Anyway they eventually found their audience(years later) in the 3-6 yr old market. But they had a crook for a manager, another kiwi - go figure - who groaned every time he parted with money. So the pay was crap and I was scamming the system. So fucking report me!
And what did I earn during all that time, I reached the dizzying heights of $26000 per annum in 1987, when I actually found a job.
So I know your not talking about me cause I dont fit your profile. If you want to go after those born in the same broad category as me go ahead. But dont use the term baby boomer, because that is not who you are targetting. It is the objects of your emnity, name names, so we can all know who fucked up. Its the least you can do.
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Hard News: A few (more) words on The Hobbit, in reply to recordari,
Had my fill of that.
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During the following 25+ years - their peak earning years when people pay the most in income tax, they did not fund the care of their elders as per the social contract that had built up for several decades. Within a few years their parents and grandparents were having to sell their homes to fund their hospital care.
Do you want to tell me what I should have eaten for breakfast as well.
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Oh Fuck it on this thread, let me add high irony.Or am I............http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oHqUipinDyw
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Hard News: A few (more) words on The Hobbit, in reply to BenWilson,
What about the 1940s
Hey nobody said we were perfect awright.
Well not when I was listeninnng.
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Yep. But hey enough of the dick jokes .
There is hope.
Birkenstock-wearing, tree-hugging hippies, it seems, had a point sez the bald colonel.
"retrofitting a nation will give full employment"
Has anyone else thought of this? -
Hard News: A few (more) words on The Hobbit, in reply to recordari,
(Is a word)
Not a word play? Dont make me spell it out. I'll laugh too hard.
Whoops, did I mean to say that? -
great matches between all teams, upsets, courageous performances, new stars, friendships made, cultures experienced, goods purchased in massive quantities, sold-out stadiums, infrastructure that doesn’t collapse, parties that never stop, heated debates, a feeling of excitement that drags even the most dour stay-at-home out to stick their hands in the air.
I further propose that in the midst of all this, two people fall in a glorious love.
Just as long as they are two macho rugby types expressing their more sensitive caring side.
It would made a( ...well .......lets wait till it comes out to pass judgement) movie. -
Hard News: A few (more) words on The Hobbit, in reply to BenWilson,
Mustn’t insult the oldies,
Hey do your best!
The BB's come in all varieties of mental makeup, as any generation/people do. Just pick your target, may sure its the right one and fire away. And make sure there is more to your insult that the accident of their birth date.
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I think it would actually be a very good place to start for people not to label someone a paranoid schizophrenic (which is actually a tricky diagnosis to make when you’re a mental health professional in the room) on the basis of fuck all squared.
But because of recent evolution many, many people are schizotypal.
It's a fabulous lecture if you have an hour and a half.
It would probably help if we kept this in mind more often.