The Silent Generation didn't really, though. They were the previous "small" generation, then Boomers, (then Gen X was the next "small" generation). Pretty unfair to blame them for the Baby Boomers' actions.

And what's confusing is how anyone can possibly think this was ever the norm for most people. I just can't believe so many people seem to think sit-coms were reality. You had to be in the minority to ever have this luxury, to ever travel like this (at least in the USA) ever in your life. Most of the people I've ever known who were born in the USA of any age have still never been outside the USA unless they are financially well off, employer sent them for business, or in the military. Certainly most of the Silent Generation , like these ladies, only traveled abroad if they were in the military.

I find it odd that anyone was ever promised that.

There’s not enough actually uplifting news I guess.

younger generations suffering is such a myth. Did you know younger people contribute 20% of their paycheck to a 401k every month? Did you know that all of the grow in luxury sales last year came from gen z? Just because young people can’t afford to buy a 4 bedroom house doesn’t mean they are suffering, they are spending & earning a lot of money. The average gen Z has $20,000 saved for retirement already lol

Do you also think that Putin invading Ukraine isn't aggression, but the US funding them is just because of distance?

Or do you think that Finland and Sweeden joining NATO is Western aggression because they are closer to Russia than the US?

I'm just reminding people to have a bit of perspective and read the news with calm. A lot of news about China elicit a strong "yellow peril" vibe.

A more interesting take on this topic could be the following: Yes, illegal fishing and overfishing are a global problem, so what are we doing to solve it? A pragmatic answer could be: let's not eat so much fish.

I see it in most of the threads. I guess it's a little higher percentage here. It's like people can't turn off the pessimism even for a second. It's super unhealthy.

Or maybe they were Karens. No way to know.

funny how its chinese aggression in the south china sea and not the us thousands of miles away from their coast being aggressive. countries in the region rely on us money and tow the line at their masters bidding

80 For Brady Part 2: 81 for Brady

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$60 a year so you can retire when you are 300 years old.

>"We don't travel first class. And so when we have other ladies, especially who say, 'Oh, I would love to travel with you two,' the first thing I always do is look at their hands. If they are well-manicured, they do not want to travel with us," Hazelip said.

One is a physician and the other is a documentary photographer. They probably have a decent amount of money to fund the trip but it sounds like it's not exactly a pleasure cruise. It's way less privileged for two retirees using their life's savings and lifelong experience to do something like this rather than some Zoomer using their parents' money and (wilfully) unemployed free time to do the same thing.

I'm not sure if you're justifying this, but it seems like it. It's illegal fishing. They also have 17% of the world's population. So they're fishing 33% more than their population. Are they also able to just take 25% of whatever they want?

All the younger generations haven't been doing well financially due to the boomer generation fuck ups, COVID arrived and to save boomers lives we all had to isolate and stop living, millions of people's lives got worse with no income but not the retired boomers getting their retirement money.

Boomers got vaccinated first because of the higher risks and it meant that when cruises were allowed again they were all booked out for months, so while younger generations were struggling to get back on their feets after stopping their lives to save boomers, boomers went on holidays and cruises are the worst way of travelling for the environment.

So I can understand people being bitter to seem more elderly just having it so good while fucking up everyone else lives

[edit] fuck ups implies they made mistakes, it's more egoistical nature. Until recently they had the majority for all voting as they were more in numbers so they got people elected who would increase housing value because they wanted their houses value to increase even if it meant making housing unaffordable for younger generations, they also chose not to increase minimum wage because they were worried about their own lifestyle would have increased costs and they weren't affected by the non increase. Amongst other things.

Flying used to be super expensive and in their 20-30's as women (1960's they would have been expected to do the things society expected them to be doing at that age. So unless super wealthy you were not living that life. Many countries were not open for such travel anyways. Being a "jet/country hopping nomad" is a recent thing in terms of social acceptance and availability of resources for the average person to do such trips. At 81 you aint got the time to waste trying to learn a new language and absorbing culture of the locals and daydreaming of what life could be. You have already outlived your peers and got nobody to impress...

Lifelong friends. Real gal pals.

What are you on about...?

>don't sit in that chair. Get out and see the world!

What in the fuck makes them think I'm financially capable of just getting up and out to see the world?

I just wanted to point that out as funny. I'm super happy for them and I wish them the best of luck in their endeavors. Who knows, maybe they'll bring me a souvenir?

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How did you even finance that? Curious cause I am considering it.

So I can't sail in the sea? They own the sea more now?

This is poor quality content. 👎👎👎 It's not uplifting news to watch boomers do something like this.

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What do they have to do with anything in this context?

They were two wars of ideological struggle. One to contain what was believed to be a totalitarian dictator while the other was to contain a terrorist state. Both tried to install democratic governments in their respective regions, and only one succeeded. They were not wars of conquest, although neither were really good for the US or the invaded party, if you exclude Kuwait, as they were liberated as a result of the invasion of Iraq.

Regardless, my opinion of those wars don't change the fact that the countries in the South China Sea see the United States as a valuable strategic partner in containing Chinese aggression in the region, and vice versa.