tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8034399454083305947.post5890449802024821309..comments2024-03-24T07:50:56.426-04:00Comments on Vaulting and Vellum: Transitional GenerationsVaultinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13686632678496609427noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8034399454083305947.post-960251773276079742011-03-11T09:32:47.846-05:002011-03-11T09:32:47.846-05:00Do you think Gen X or the Millennials (or more rec...Do you think Gen X or the Millennials (or more recent generations? Are you a Millennnial if you're 12 now?) are impatient for their predecessors to get out of the way? It's never really occurred to me, though I suppose they'll be sticking around longer in real terms if we do manage to raise the average life expectancy into the hundreds...Vellumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14141550387013181309noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8034399454083305947.post-1102247575243019842011-03-11T09:21:13.636-05:002011-03-11T09:21:13.636-05:00Except I'm pretty sure the WWII generation was...Except I'm pretty sure the WWII generation was frustrated as hell about how long it took them to kick out the WWI generation, and those folks were pissed at how long it took to kick out the previous generation, and on down the line. <br /><br />I'm pretty sure every young(er) person has looked at older folks and thought s/he could do a hell of a lot better.<br /><br />And you know what, there's no "do over" about your generation, and the people before and after you didn't choose theirs, either.<br /><br />The OP thinks, like so many white men, that the world should be handed to him on a silver plate, and it wasn't, and boo hoo.Bardiachttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11846065504793800266noreply@blogger.com