Tuesday, December 19, 2006
Forgive me my rants...
I walked out for a SAMMY and saw a BOOMER driving around in a Prius. The event triggered this rant.
The BOOMERS have a spent 50+ years behaving like gluttons. Why have they all of sudden become conservationists? Why do they now advocate and preach Environmentology™? The only reason BOOMERS care about conservation now is that it preserves what they've spent a lifetime hoarding. The message, at least as I see it, is this: Even though we've spent a lifetime f**king things up WE need to be responsible for what's left. It's really code for- we're going to live ALOT longer than previous generations and we need you to make sacrifices so we can all hit the shuffleboard court, tour the Costa Rican rainforests, and eat at Denny's for dinner @ 3:00 PM. And it's just not environmentology™ either. The BOOMERS will lurch leftward as they seek European style protections as the Yers, all full of BOOMER applied insulation, will sing Kumbaya as it happens. Head for the hills. No. Really. Head for the hills.
Dislaimer: I'm using sweeping generalities and I don't care.
The BOOMERS have a spent 50+ years behaving like gluttons. Why have they all of sudden become conservationists? Why do they now advocate and preach Environmentology™? The only reason BOOMERS care about conservation now is that it preserves what they've spent a lifetime hoarding. The message, at least as I see it, is this: Even though we've spent a lifetime f**king things up WE need to be responsible for what's left. It's really code for- we're going to live ALOT longer than previous generations and we need you to make sacrifices so we can all hit the shuffleboard court, tour the Costa Rican rainforests, and eat at Denny's for dinner @ 3:00 PM. And it's just not environmentology™ either. The BOOMERS will lurch leftward as they seek European style protections as the Yers, all full of BOOMER applied insulation, will sing Kumbaya as it happens. Head for the hills. No. Really. Head for the hills.
Dislaimer: I'm using sweeping generalities and I don't care.
Labels: generational conflict
