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stanwyck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-12-04 03:00 PM Original message |
Why do we have so many Lost Boys? |
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kmla (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-12-04 03:02 PM Response to Original message |
1. My vote is for the latter... |
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BigDaddyLove (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-12-04 05:26 PM Response to Reply #1 |
14. Absolutely correct................. |
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fertilizeonarbusto (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-12-04 03:08 PM Response to Original message |
2. one question |
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Skittles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-12-04 03:11 PM Response to Reply #2 |
4. production support is NOT "soul-deadening" |
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fertilizeonarbusto (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-12-04 03:22 PM Response to Reply #4 |
7. i'll give you five bucks for every techie that would admit this |
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Bertha Venation (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-13-04 12:12 PM Response to Reply #4 |
43. glad you said it |
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Skittles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-12-04 03:10 PM Response to Original message |
3. they grew up with instant gratification |
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mdmc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-12-04 03:18 PM Response to Original message |
5. "Grow up" and do what? |
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FunBobbyMucha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-12-04 03:21 PM Response to Reply #5 |
6. So hoping you're joking |
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HEyHEY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-12-04 05:36 PM Response to Reply #5 |
16. how old are you? |
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mdmc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-13-04 09:07 AM Response to Reply #16 |
38. I'm 33 |
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HEyHEY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-13-04 01:44 PM Response to Reply #38 |
50. I was going to say |
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mdmc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-12-04 03:23 PM Response to Original message |
8. after 9-11-01 |
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roguevalley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-12-04 04:05 PM Response to Reply #8 |
9. Life is short for the percentage that die. But for the rest of us, you |
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Nikia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-12-04 04:31 PM Response to Original message |
10. Most jobs are dead end jobs for the undegreed |
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GoddessOfGuinness (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-12-04 04:39 PM Response to Original message |
11. Maybe it's because they've watched |
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Rattlesnake (103 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-12-04 04:43 PM Response to Original message |
12. I did that a few years ago... |
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stanwyck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-12-04 10:22 PM Response to Reply #12 |
21. I find your post |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-12-04 05:01 PM Response to Original message |
13. It's not your imagination |
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bobbieinok (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-12-04 07:17 PM Response to Reply #13 |
20. I think you're on to something here |
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jonnyblitz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-13-04 07:11 AM Response to Reply #13 |
31. wow. excellent post. |
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Cheswick2.0 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-13-04 07:37 AM Response to Reply #13 |
33. how about families with single mothers struggling to make ends meet? |
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Darth_Kitten (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-13-04 08:10 AM Response to Reply #33 |
34. Boys living with single mothers actually learn to respect women... |
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mdmc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-13-04 08:57 AM Response to Reply #13 |
36. good theory |
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Bertha Venation (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-13-04 12:37 PM Response to Reply #13 |
45. Brava. |
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HEyHEY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-12-04 05:34 PM Response to Original message |
15. It's got nothing to do with Columbine |
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mitchum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-12-04 06:46 PM Response to Original message |
17. read "Stiffed" by Susan Faludi |
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Sentath (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-12-04 07:00 PM Response to Reply #17 |
19. good book |
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Beaker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-12-04 06:49 PM Response to Original message |
18. wanna talk about "lost"...? I graduated high school in 1979- |
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populistmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-12-04 11:15 PM Response to Original message |
22. My husband was like this for years |
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Beaker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-13-04 02:21 AM Response to Reply #22 |
26. "Some of us willingly faced reality from the beginning"...? |
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stanwyck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-13-04 07:15 AM Response to Reply #26 |
32. You're right, of course |
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populistmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-13-04 01:40 PM Response to Reply #26 |
49. My definition of reality |
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NightTrain (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-15-04 12:09 AM Response to Reply #49 |
54. You must be incredibly strong! |
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Dogmudgeon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-13-04 12:09 AM Response to Original message |
23. The Ass Masters |
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dawn (876 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-13-04 12:21 AM Response to Reply #23 |
24. Hey! You aren't a loser. |
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Dogmudgeon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-13-04 01:17 AM Response to Reply #24 |
25. Well, it was a rant |
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mdmc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-13-04 09:03 AM Response to Reply #25 |
37. thanks for sharing |
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Bertha Venation (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-13-04 12:45 PM Response to Reply #23 |
46. good rant |
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REP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-13-04 03:17 AM Response to Original message |
27. Over-Coddled, Over-Protected, Bubble-Wrapped Childhoods |
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JVS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-13-04 03:27 AM Response to Original message |
28. It's the economy. |
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grasswire (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-13-04 04:47 AM Response to Original message |
29. I know one |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-13-04 05:16 AM Response to Original message |
30. Here's my take on it.. I actually gave birth to one |
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Oggy (652 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-13-04 08:42 AM Response to Original message |
35. Not just in the US |
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izzie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-13-04 09:43 AM Response to Reply #35 |
39. I believe it has always been with us. All of history. |
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FunBobbyMucha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-13-04 11:11 AM Response to Reply #35 |
40. I will be thoroughly rogered for this, Oggy, |
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Oggy (652 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-13-04 12:32 PM Response to Reply #40 |
44. Biologically |
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FunBobbyMucha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-13-04 12:58 PM Response to Reply #44 |
47. A Pepsi machine I walked past is no longer just a Pepsi machine |
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Oggy (652 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-14-04 06:23 AM Response to Reply #47 |
51. Just remember |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-13-04 11:45 AM Response to Reply #35 |
41. It's not just a Western phenomenon |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-13-04 11:59 AM Response to Reply #41 |
42. Accelerated cost of living has affected lots of "twentysomethings" |
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Bertha Venation (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-13-04 01:06 PM Response to Original message |
48. wonder how much of a "lost boys" phenomenon, if that's what it is, |
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haele (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-14-04 03:42 PM Response to Original message |
52. Several issues that I can see... |
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DrWeird (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-14-04 03:51 PM Response to Original message |
53. No jobs. |
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