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2016 Postmortem

Kalidurga

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1. Old enough to be alarmed by some trends I am seeing

Reply to snot (Original post)

Sun Apr 17, 2016, 06:56 PM

Apr 2016

For example when I moved to Minnesota the average temperatures in the winter were 7 degrees colder. A candidate like Donald Trump would have been booed off stage 20 years ago. A decade ago maybe a few years more than that, even RepubliCONs had some compassion for people with disabilities and now there are Democrats that think disabled people cost too much. There's a lot more, but I am really really tired right now. I have o'd on watching #PopeGate.

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Bernie supporters: What generation are you? [View all] snot Apr 2016 OP

Old enough to be alarmed by some trends I am seeing Kalidurga Apr 2016 #1

Technically I am in that weird period of time that I can claim generation X and Y. LostOne4Ever Apr 2016 #2

Raging Sagittarius Aerows Apr 2016 #13

Uh-oh... there goes that meme that we're all 23-year-olds. Fawke Em Apr 2016 #3

No, there goes the meme that all 23 year old Sanders supporters have time to waste on DU... anotherproletariat Apr 2016 #5

I swear, ap Aerows Apr 2016 #11

Just being realistic...but thanks for looking out for me! nt anotherproletariat Apr 2016 #12

A realist sees the glass as neither half full Aerows Apr 2016 #14

That's part of what I was wondering about . . . snot Apr 2016 #17

Gen-X middle aged feminist woman, so I guess that makes me a Bernie bro myrna minx Apr 2016 #4

Proud late 90s baby! nt RepubliCON-Watch Apr 2016 #6

89'er! Joob Apr 2016 #7

Born 1961. I WANT FREE STUFF!!! elias7 Apr 2016 #8

Gen X. Like, whatever. n/t QC Apr 2016 #9

1979. Missed being a 1980s baby by 2.5 weeks. n/t Chan790 Apr 2016 #10

Born in 1980 here. bobbobbins01 Apr 2016 #15

So far this looks pretty much like DU's usual demographic. surrealAmerican Apr 2016 #16

All we're going to see here once again is that DU is relatively old. JackRiddler Apr 2016 #18