So, how'd you pick your screen name?

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[–]MenAreFragileBabies 3 insightful - 4 fun3 insightful - 3 fun4 insightful - 4 fun -  (4 children)

I thought it was a good representation of the reason I am here in the first place.

[–]theFriendlyDoomer[S] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

Haha. I tend to agree, though I think our analysis as to why might differ in some places.

I was really close to my grandfather who was of the silent generation. And being around a person of such character really shows me what's wrong with these "fuck your feelings" dudes. There was once people who lived by "fuck my feelings" and tried to make life better for others. Granted, he was New Deal Democrat, but the dude was tough, always available to help, and really positive and constructive. The idea of harassing strangers or looking for a forum to whine about his life and changes around him would never occur to him.

Also tied into the post-WWII changes are 1) car culture 2) the explosion suburbs 3) the nuclear family. . . There are all sorts of men who want to be little dictators of a nuclear family, but they wouldn't want to be part of an extended family, where grandma and grandpa, siblings and cousins, lived near by (or upstairs) and expressed opinions on parenting and performed other acts of social regulation. What we have is a consumerism-driven isolation of people, moving toward the direction of more dependence on the system.

[–]MenAreFragileBabies 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

I actually mostly agree with your analysis, which both pleases and surprises me TBF. Maybe we can all get along after all.

[–]theFriendlyDoomer[S] 3 insightful - 2 fun3 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

To be fair, I'm not one of the national socialists or former The_Donald refugees.

Instead, I'm homesteading here so I can start cloning subs when the two weeks is up. I just want a backup plan in case the madness spreads. I'm a free thinker trying to be as accurate as I can (hence the Doomer), but I want life to be pleasant (hence the friendly).

[–]bald-janitor 1 insightful - 2 fun1 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

No