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Stephanie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-12-08 01:19 AM Original message |
Generation Jones |
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WCGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-12-08 01:24 AM Response to Original message |
1. That's cool... |
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drmeow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-12-08 01:29 AM Response to Reply #1 |
2. I'm with you |
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babylonsister (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-12-08 01:37 AM Response to Original message |
3. That's me, too. I cannot be categorized, and I love it! I don't like |
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Greyhound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-12-08 01:40 AM Response to Original message |
4. Pretty well sums up my feelings. |
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Breeze54 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-12-08 01:58 AM Response to Original message |
5. We even have our own website!! |
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Stephanie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-12-08 08:34 AM Response to Reply #5 |
9. That's cool |
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Breeze54 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-12-08 03:52 PM Response to Reply #9 |
30. I'd read about Generation Jones when trying to find info about Gen X & Y... |
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BurtWorm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-12-08 09:28 AM Response to Reply #5 |
13. We have our own logo? |
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Birthmark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-12-08 03:21 AM Response to Original message |
6. I've always watched the Boomer generation... |
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Perry Logan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-12-08 05:46 AM Response to Original message |
7. The preceding generation has always badmouthed us. Why not the next generation, too? |
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SpiralHawk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-12-08 05:58 AM Response to Original message |
8. We are all Generation Smith |
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ellie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-12-08 08:53 AM Response to Original message |
10. I read about this |
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BurtWorm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-12-08 09:21 AM Response to Original message |
11. Why Jones? Why not Lipshitz? |
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Breeze54 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-12-08 04:23 PM Response to Reply #11 |
36. Because we're "Jonsin'"... read more at link. |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-12-08 09:26 AM Response to Original message |
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Beausoleil (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-12-08 10:12 AM Response to Original message |
14. What is a "boomer" supposed to feel like? |
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BurtWorm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-12-08 10:23 AM Response to Original message |
15. I suspect this is the creation of a right-winger |
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devilgrrl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-12-08 11:17 AM Response to Reply #15 |
16. You are awesome! |
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kineneb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-12-08 12:25 PM Response to Reply #15 |
20. but he/she still has a point |
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BurtWorm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-12-08 12:29 PM Response to Reply #20 |
21. Why are we named after a Counting Crowes song? |
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Stephanie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-12-08 02:00 PM Response to Reply #21 |
22. Let's get a better name. |
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BurtWorm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-12-08 02:07 PM Response to Reply #22 |
23. I was just listing a whole bunch of cultural touchstones of our generation with my brother |
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Stephanie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-12-08 02:20 PM Response to Reply #23 |
24. The Brady Generation |
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BurtWorm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-12-08 02:26 PM Response to Reply #24 |
25. Generation Marcia Marcia Marcia! |
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Breeze54 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-12-08 04:32 PM Response to Reply #23 |
38. Counting Crows (4 of the 5 band members are Jonesers) |
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kineneb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-12-08 06:36 PM Response to Reply #38 |
63. more for list: don't forget Abba... even if they were "disco"... |
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Breeze54 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-12-08 04:13 PM Response to Reply #22 |
33. Here's an explanation from that website... Because we're "Jonesin'" |
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BurtWorm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-12-08 04:27 PM Response to Reply #33 |
37. I can't relate to most of that shit. |
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Breeze54 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-12-08 04:35 PM Response to Reply #37 |
41. You don't relate to ANY of that? What year were you born? |
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BurtWorm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-12-08 04:50 PM Response to Reply #41 |
43. Richard Hell and the Voidoids? |
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Breeze54 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-12-08 04:55 PM Response to Reply #43 |
44. LOL...yeah, I know - but there are some I remember... |
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BurtWorm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-12-08 05:02 PM Response to Reply #44 |
49. Of course! |
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Breeze54 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-12-08 05:09 PM Response to Reply #49 |
53. Are you my brother? |
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kineneb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-12-08 06:43 PM Response to Reply #49 |
65. I passed! recognized all on you list |
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BurtWorm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-12-08 07:49 PM Response to Reply #65 |
66. By the way, those weren't necessarily songs, bands, shows, movies I liked |
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devilgrrl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-12-08 04:55 PM Response to Reply #43 |
45. Generation Jones refers to our generation's Conservatives.... |
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Breeze54 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-12-08 04:58 PM Response to Reply #43 |
46. Richard Hell and the Voidoids? Where'd you see that?? |
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BurtWorm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-12-08 05:03 PM Response to Reply #46 |
50. Must not exist, then. |
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Breeze54 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-12-08 05:06 PM Response to Reply #50 |
52. LOL! You're right though... we need a better name! |
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Breeze54 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-12-08 05:03 PM Response to Reply #22 |
51. I think you're right! I just saw all the RW crap on that site... argh! |
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kineneb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-12-08 06:22 PM Response to Reply #22 |
62. how 'bout the "Watergate Generation"? |
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Breeze54 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-13-08 12:38 AM Response to Reply #62 |
68. No way.... sorry but I'd rather not be linked to that moron! |
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devilgrrl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-12-08 02:29 PM Response to Reply #21 |
26. How about Generation Alex Keaton? |
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devilgrrl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-12-08 02:31 PM Response to Reply #26 |
27. Generation Ann Coulter |
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Greyhound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-13-08 12:44 AM Response to Reply #26 |
69. He was a GenXer. n/t |
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devilgrrl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-12-08 02:35 PM Response to Reply #21 |
28. If I based my generation on kids I grew up with, I'd call it "Generation Bob Jones" |
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BurtWorm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-12-08 02:39 PM Response to Reply #28 |
29. Generation Jim Jones. |
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SmokingJacket (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-12-08 11:41 AM Response to Original message |
17. I think of my parents as Boomers, born in '44 and '45. |
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kineneb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-12-08 12:06 PM Response to Original message |
18. born in '58, HS class of '76, not really boomer, or gen-x |
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WitchyWoman57 (51 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-12-08 04:00 PM Response to Reply #18 |
31. Same here! |
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Breeze54 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-12-08 04:18 PM Response to Reply #31 |
34. Well, now you have a place! |
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Zorra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-12-08 12:25 PM Response to Original message |
19. Obama lived in Indonesia during the late 60's-early 70's, one of the most vital |
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AnnieBW (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-12-08 04:33 PM Response to Reply #19 |
40. That's what I like about Obama |
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Zorra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-12-08 05:02 PM Response to Reply #40 |
48. Interesting. Do you still consider yourself a "cool conservative"? n/t |
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AnnieBW (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-12-08 10:02 PM Response to Reply #48 |
67. I was one of the liberals being bashed |
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Breeze54 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-12-08 05:14 PM Response to Reply #19 |
56. What gen. does he say he's 'connected' to now? Gen. X? |
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mitchtv (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-12-08 04:07 PM Response to Original message |
32. Born in '44 war baby |
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Breeze54 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-12-08 04:20 PM Response to Reply #32 |
35. That makes you officially a boomer! |
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Gormy Cuss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-12-08 04:32 PM Response to Original message |
39. Sheesh. Some people will go to any length to distance themselves from Clinton. n/t |
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Breeze54 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-12-08 04:37 PM Response to Reply #39 |
42. I've never related to Bill Clinton. |
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Gormy Cuss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-12-08 05:13 PM Response to Reply #42 |
55. It was a joking comment about the candidate, not her husband |
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Breeze54 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-12-08 05:18 PM Response to Reply #55 |
57. I didn't relate on a social level |
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Chovexani (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-12-08 04:59 PM Response to Original message |
47. This is meaningless nonsense |
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Breeze54 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-12-08 05:11 PM Response to Reply #47 |
54. Go away... we're having fun. |
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Chovexani (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-12-08 06:10 PM Response to Reply #54 |
59. Sorry, I'm Gen X, we're supposed to be cynical. |
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Breeze54 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-12-08 06:14 PM Response to Reply #59 |
60. lol...yeah, but us of the Invisible (Jonesin') Gen. taught you how! |
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Chovexani (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-12-08 06:36 PM Response to Reply #60 |
64. Hee! |
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blues90 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-12-08 05:35 PM Response to Original message |
58. It's all so insane |
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Breeze54 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-12-08 06:17 PM Response to Reply #58 |
61. Hey, are you Jonesin'? lol... |
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