magley64

Progressive here. Under $100/yr

Sure, which is why most classifications of generational differences don't have hard dates of demarcation

You tried... Their damn phones We're fixing this problem, self-driving cars are coming, then being on the phone isn't a problem anymore.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Millennials

Well then you're using the term wrong...

I'll grant you anomalies, great parents can raise a shitty kid, shitty parents can raise a good one, but if your position is that a whole generation is shit, it's the generation raising them that didn't do their job.

Get your neighbors to raise better kids

You want better kids, you should've raised better kids.

I was born in 84, so there is some debate over which generation I actually belong to... I experienced the world before the Internet was widely used, I was around before cell phones were common... But these were certainly common after I reached my teenage years. But you're absolutely right about who is to blame. If gen x or boomers are pissed, then Millennials should've had better parents. Also, this happens every generation. "Kids these days" is a phrase uttered by every generation about the next.

Only short men in your restaurant?

Only available in yellow-orange.

Wrong thread

Some quick back of the napkin math shows the keystone has the potential to dump 400 gallons of bitumen per second. The people building it forecast 2 pipeline bursts every 10 years... And we all know they're going to give the lowest possible estimate.

I prefer the term alt-write

What's a turbin?

Neither? Or you are a determinist but not a pussy...

So I take it you're not a determinist?

I don't think I own any flags...

I said nothing about either of those in that post.

If the penalty for driving it was prison, yes. That would deter me from ever driving it again. That's a deterrent, something I would otherwise be willing to do, I'm no longer willing to do because of new consequences. I would oppose such a law as stupid and frivolous, but as long as it was law, it's not worth the risk. If it were something I cared more about, I'd be more apt to risk it, but it would certainly deter me.

Freedom in this context means "not locked in a cage" And by all means point out my contractions...

Prison is a deterrent for anyone who values freedom... I could give a shit about laws, and break them constantly. I'm in no way "law abiding" and I'm okay with that. If there were a new law saying "anyone caught driving a Camaro will go to prison" I'd unload my car without a second thought... A Camaro matters less to me than my freedom in general.

Shouldn't be. My personal view on prison is twofold. 1. Deterrent, people like freedom, they're less likely to act poorly if their freedom can be removed temporarily. 2. Segregation of dangerous individuals. Some of the people can't be trusted to live in a civilized society.