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From here... Jeordam Send a noteboard - 26/10/2018 06:04:06 PM

I would say right off the bat, that I am not outraged. I very intentionally try and not use hyperbolic language. Mild Irritation? Sure. Frustrated? Sure. Outraged? Not in the least.

I'm not as old as Damookster (so my perspective may be different), but what I'm seeing is huge swaths of people who haven't faced a real challenge, yet are crumbling at the minor obstacles that they are facing. This is disheartening, because I then wonder what will happen when they do face a real challenge. When they take their places of leadership in this country (and society), will they crumble again when so much more is expecting them to stand fast?

Can't find a job after you got a $100k degree in Women's Studies, African American History, or Social Media Communications? The jobs you do find won't pay you $15.50 an hour? Your school loans are downing you? You can't buy your own home when you want to? Someone challenges you by saying "There are only two genders, and one cannot switch from one to the other by 'Identifying' as the other."...and you can't deal with it and need a Safe Space? Or better yet, you get to vote in and participate in a General Election...and your candidate looses, despite all the cards stacked in her favor.

And now you're getting PTSD? Ok...

My emotions on the subject won't change the situation. However, their emotions on the subject just reinforce the fact that my characterization of you was correct in the first place.

~Jeordam

ex-Admin at wotmania (all things wot & art galleries)
Saving the Princess, Humanity, or the World-Entire since 1985
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25% of millennial college students claim PTSD from the 2016 election - 23/10/2018 01:24:10 AM 908 Views
Apparently - 23/10/2018 02:12:54 AM 542 Views
Yeah I thought some of my labels might be wrong. - 23/10/2018 02:42:26 AM 425 Views
25% of baby boomers will share anything on the internet *NM* - 23/10/2018 04:55:23 AM 201 Views
do you have PTSD from the election too? *NM* - 23/10/2018 05:35:18 AM 221 Views
Probably not but I am sure Joel does. Mwahahahaha. - 23/10/2018 02:04:32 PM 409 Views
One misses his brevity. *NM* - 23/10/2018 04:25:24 PM 231 Views
No I don't have PTSD from the election. - 23/10/2018 07:07:21 PM 388 Views
So is it only the college students who are pathetic? - 23/10/2018 01:14:28 PM 410 Views
apparently this study was focused on college students - 23/10/2018 01:45:35 PM 432 Views
*shrugs* - 23/10/2018 02:53:40 PM 430 Views
We don't. I certainly don't. *NM* - 23/10/2018 04:23:55 PM 223 Views
If it helps, I came across an article recently... - 23/10/2018 06:49:22 PM 439 Views
I'm not sure we do. - 23/10/2018 07:14:46 PM 428 Views
Did you tell mook that? Seems he has trouble telling the difference. - 23/10/2018 07:34:16 PM 449 Views
and your point is....? - 23/10/2018 07:50:41 PM 395 Views
Sucks to be them. Losers. - 23/10/2018 02:03:38 PM 419 Views
Nope these are Gen Z (mostly) - 23/10/2018 07:16:46 PM 404 Views
That's not what that link says. - 23/10/2018 06:44:21 PM 462 Views
But it did suggest they are more likely to be diagnosed PTSD in the future as a result - 23/10/2018 06:51:47 PM 416 Views
And? That would be the case for any kind of 'event-related distress'. - 23/10/2018 07:08:13 PM 415 Views
Easy target because so many of them are horrible. *NM* - 23/10/2018 07:30:05 PM 232 Views
Easy target because every generation likes to pick on the youngsters of the next generation. - 23/10/2018 08:09:58 PM 416 Views
Bah! - 23/10/2018 08:13:23 PM 409 Views
It is what all the news accounts of the study say however. - 23/10/2018 07:48:56 PM 406 Views
So what you're saying is, you should be blaming the liberal media instead of liberal students? - 23/10/2018 07:57:53 PM 391 Views
It is a race to the bottom - 23/10/2018 08:11:39 PM 410 Views
just blame the libs. it's easier *NM* - 23/10/2018 08:12:30 PM 232 Views
Is it true though? - 23/10/2018 09:04:10 PM 432 Views
blame whomever you want... - 23/10/2018 09:08:14 PM 403 Views
I blame the "destructive spirit" - 23/10/2018 10:17:52 PM 457 Views
What's the mental disorder for failure to understand blended with glee at other's suffering? - 23/10/2018 09:51:00 PM 407 Views
It must be a heavy burden - 23/10/2018 09:54:56 PM 421 Views
The first noble truth is life is suffering - 23/10/2018 10:24:09 PM 415 Views
Roland, are you trying to redeem me... - 23/10/2018 11:45:42 PM 407 Views
Nope - 24/10/2018 12:14:06 AM 393 Views
My daughter got married on the 14th. That was full of joy. - 24/10/2018 12:59:10 AM 398 Views
Not really - 23/10/2018 11:13:26 PM 438 Views
You are such a sanctimonius prick - 23/10/2018 11:42:04 PM 419 Views
I seem to have hit a nerve - 24/10/2018 01:05:47 AM 431 Views
You misunderstand - 24/10/2018 01:15:55 AM 425 Views
Re: You misunderstand - 31/10/2018 03:01:11 PM 429 Views
Mookie please don't put words in my mouth / project my intentions onto others - 24/10/2018 01:16:52 AM 414 Views
Fair enough. I won’t use you as a reference again. *NM* - 24/10/2018 01:24:00 AM 230 Views
Feel free to use me as a reference - 24/10/2018 01:31:53 AM 399 Views
some suffering deserves ridicule - 29/10/2018 07:45:50 PM 386 Views
Really? - 31/10/2018 03:03:36 PM 399 Views
At least from where I'm sitting.... - 26/10/2018 04:31:35 PM 403 Views
Bingo - 26/10/2018 04:43:07 PM 426 Views
How will your "outrage" change the situation? - 26/10/2018 05:44:00 PM 386 Views
From here... - 26/10/2018 06:04:06 PM 410 Views
It won't. - 26/10/2018 06:04:52 PM 386 Views
Jeo, Mookie, lets go back some steps. - 26/10/2018 07:43:08 PM 398 Views
And that is the problem. Where you sit doesn't afford you enough insight, apparently... - 31/10/2018 02:58:12 PM 374 Views
Aaaaaahhhh......things begin to focus. - 31/10/2018 05:29:25 PM 371 Views

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