Originally Posted by Ben E Lou (Post 3311216)

I'm 51 and have long asserted that the biggest existing cultural divide between generations is the one between GenX and Boomers. We're the first generation to start kindergarten in integrated schools, the first generation to have computers in our schools, the first generation with hip-hop music, and nearly the first generation with a large proliferation of mainstream "R" movies, and, as we discussed at FOFC maybe 3-4 weeks ago, our view of what constitutes humor differs vastly from Boomers as well, but is still quite mainstream for today. Those are all *gigantic* cultural shifts that the generation above us didn't experience. And in many cases, not only did they not experience the tech/race differences, in the case of movies and movies, in most cases they out-and-out rejected it, whereas the average Gen Xer has familiarity with the music and movies of the 2 generations beneath us. I can have a conversation about race, music, movies, or technology with the average 30-year-old, where the average 70-year-old would be completely lost.

Originally Posted by timmynausea (Post 3311241)

These are great points. I hadn't thought much about the relationship the different generations have to race, technology, and culture that way, especially through the lenses of the specific thresholds you talked about, and it's a really profound observation.

Originally Posted by Edward64 (Post 3311242)

The degree differs between generations e.g. between Gen Y and Z are not that wide (or at least I don't think so).

However, I think there was a comparable great divide between the silent/greatest generation vs boomers. The former had the Depression and WW2 to deal with and boomers had rock & roll, Vietnam etc.

Originally Posted by Arles (Post 3311243)

If I could sign a petition that would replace both McConnell and Pelosi, I would do it in a second. But with Biden, Covid and a struggling economy, McConnell is licking his chops. Like the old Heston saying, you will have to pry the senate leadership from his "cold, dead hands".

Originally Posted by Lathum (Post 3311251)

I've had similar conversations with people. I think our generation is also really unique in that we grew up without a lot of the modern technology we use so much now. We remember what it was like to read box scores in the paper the next day, or 2 days later for west coast games. Not be able to DVR shows, go to blockbuster to rent movies, sports highlites on the news, three way calling!! etc...30 year olds can't grasp that way of life yet 70 year old don't embrace a lot of the technology available to them.

Originally Posted by Lathum (Post 3311253)

Have you seen his hands lately?

Originally Posted by Butter (Post 3311254)

I used to love reading the USA Today. The color coding. The detailed stats on the sports pages.

Originally Posted by Ben E Lou (Post 3311248)

Another silly one...


Boomer Women: "A lady never tells her age!"
Gen X Women: "GOOD MORNING, FACEBOOK AND INSTAGRAM!!! TODAY I'M FIFTY AND FLY, BITCHES!!!"

Originally Posted by Butter (Post 3311254)

I used to love reading the USA Today. The color coding. The detailed stats on the sports pages.

Originally Posted by Butter (Post 3311254)

I used to love reading the USA Today. The color coding. The detailed stats on the sports pages.

Originally Posted by Arles (Post 3311243)

If I could sign a petition that would replace both McConnell and Pelosi, I would do it in a second. But with Biden, Covid and a struggling economy, McConnell is licking his chops. Like the old Heston saying, you will have to pry the senate leadership from his "cold, dead hands".

Originally Posted by Lathum (Post 3311261)

Was always the best. I travelled a ton in my early 20s and it was always free at hotels and I would pick it up in airports.

Originally Posted by Lathum (Post 3311261)

Was always the best. I travelled a ton in my early 20s and it was always free at hotels and I would pick it up in airports.

Originally Posted by ISiddiqui (Post 3311265)

Originally Posted by Drake (Post 3311268)

When I was like 12, I would set a portion of my allowance aside just so I could buy a weekly copy of USA Today outside of my mom's office.

Triple bonus during baseball season when they'd print a whole page of current player stats.

Originally Posted by sterlingice (Post 3311271)

Are the PA ballots vote-by-mail only? Is that why they are so confident? Because they have Biden winning in almost every county which is clearly not the case on the map as a whole

SI

Originally Posted by sterlingice (Post 3311271)

Are the PA ballots vote-by-mail only? Is that why they are so confident? Because they have Biden winning in almost every county which is clearly not the case on the map as a whole

SI

Originally Posted by sterlingice (Post 3311266)

What I loved picking up when traveling was USA Today's Baseball Weekly. Those were the best!

SI

Originally Posted by stevew (Post 3311291)

I think we should just settle this election in PA with Lt Gov. John Fetterman in bare shirt combat vs Eric and Donald Jr.

Originally Posted by Kodos (Post 3311262)

I would take a McConnell-Pelosi removal in a heartbeat.

Originally Posted by albionmoonlight (Post 3311289)

PredictIt has Biden with better odds in NV than it has for Trump in NC.

My guess is that the networks are waiting for Biden to surpass Trump in PA and then, with the remaining ballots being expected to be pro-Biden, call it then.

Originally Posted by Drake (Post 3311275)

FOFC is what you get when young dorks grow up to be old dorks.

Originally Posted by JediKooter (Post 3311299)

I used to write down my players stats on grid paper for MicroLeague Baseball for each game, until they came out with the Box Score/Stats disc. I still have some of those pieces of grid paper somewhere.

Originally Posted by stevew (Post 3311291)

I think we should just settle this election in PA with Lt Gov. John Fetterman in bare shirt combat vs Eric and Donald Jr.

Originally Posted by JediKooter (Post 3311299)

I used to write down my players stats on grid paper for MicroLeague Baseball for each game, until they came out with the Box Score/Stats disc. I still have some of those pieces of grid paper somewhere.

Originally Posted by Lathum (Post 3311272)

Remember doing fantasy league results by hand using box scores?

Originally Posted by miami_fan (Post 3311308)

I did this with Hardball on the Sega Genesis.

Originally Posted by ISiddiqui (Post 3311307)

PA SOS apparently just said there are 550k absentee ballots left. At Biden's rate on absentee ballots in PA, he should make up that deficit really quickly.

Originally Posted by kingfc22 (Post 3311322)

At 75% for Biden, he would make up 137K and is currently down by 114K so he better hope this trend continues. Like I mentioned earlier, I just don't see why folks on TV keep talking about some landslide victory in PA for Biden.

Originally Posted by kingfc22 (Post 3311322)

At 75% for Biden, he would make up 174K and is currently down by 114K so he better hope this trend continues. Like I mentioned earlier, I just don't see why folks on TV keep talking about some landslide victory in PA for Biden.