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(New Zealand Herald) Unlikely "All about me" attitude fades at age 33, say researchers who have never met any baby boomers   (nzherald.co.nz) divider line 30
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eddyatwork
2011-12-23 09:31:52 AM
This fails to explain the senior citizens who overwhelmingly vote republican to protect Social Security.
 
The Stealth Hippopotamus [TotalFark]
2011-12-23 10:02:28 AM
Or women
 
markie_farkie [TotalFark]
2011-12-23 10:38:21 AM
 
unyon [TotalFark]
2011-12-23 10:46:44 AM
No, it changes when you have kids, regardless of what age that is at. Something about being responsible for the well being of another helpless human, I think.
 
dahmers love zombie [TotalFark]
2011-12-23 11:23:18 AM
Submitter has obviously not met my youngest sister in law.
 
Slives [TotalFark]
2011-12-23 11:53:19 AM
unyon: No, it changes when you have kids, regardless of what age that is at. Something about being responsible for the well being of another helpless human, I think.

Yea,
But then after 5-10 years of kids, you start to the point of 'I am tired of doing everything for and about kids'.
Then you want to get selfish again, but you usually have the wisdom to restrict yourself while the kids still depend on you.

Once the kids move out, all bets are off.
 
El Freak [TotalFark]
2011-12-23 12:37:56 PM
Or Republicans.
 
Eternal Virgin
2011-12-23 12:43:28 PM
Or Women
 
buck1138
2011-12-23 01:02:46 PM
Or Jesus
 
eriphila
2011-12-23 01:15:01 PM
absolute gold, subby

and in some folks - like my parents - it intensifies when they have kids.
 
star_topology
2011-12-23 01:16:36 PM
Or anyone from the Facebook Generation.

Just wait, it's going to be worse.
 
Why Yes I Am A Wizard
2011-12-23 01:16:59 PM
Or Religious Boomer Women

Ever notice the most rabid bigoted willfully ignorant Boomer age women seem to be the "grassroots" of crazy in American Politics?
 
FirstNationalBastard [TotalFark]
2011-12-23 01:19:44 PM
unyon: No, it changes when you have kids, regardless of what age that is at. Something about being responsible for the well being of another helpless human, I think.

Yeah, then the attitude becomes "EVERYONE HAS TO MAKE SURE MY KID IS THE CENTER OF THE UNIVERSE! IT IS THE MOST SPECIAL. YOU SHALL CHANGE EVERYTHING FROM TELEVISION TO THE ROTATION OF THE EARTH BECAUSE I SAID YOU WILL DO IT FOR MY CHILD."

So, the selfishness remains... it just gets transferred a bit.

/your child isn't special, and is stupid.
 
Fano
2011-12-23 01:24:03 PM
unyon: No, it changes when you have kids, regardless of what age that is at. Something about being responsible for the well being of another helpless human, I think.

Then it becomes all about...

oh, I see FNB has it covered.
 
Lord Binky
2011-12-23 01:24:39 PM
Guess I'm 7 years ahead of the curve right now.
 
Tellingthem [TotalFark]
2011-12-23 01:27:32 PM
Why Yes I Am A Wizard: Or Religious Boomer Women

Ever notice the most rabid bigoted willfully ignorant Boomer age women seem to be the "grassroots" of crazy in American Politics?

Jesus my aunt is like this. She has gone to extreme liberal lately. Any little article about republicans she forwards me. could be like something "Congressman plants roses in yard." And she is "OUTRAGED! THEY ARE DESTROYING AMERICA!" "WE NEED A REVOLUTION!" Makes the conservative side of my family seem sane.
 
futalfufu
2011-12-23 01:31:45 PM
Woohoo! I'm gonna be a better person in 2 weeks!
 
Mugato [TotalFark]
2011-12-23 01:40:46 PM
The most self absorbed biatches in my office are parents. True, they're usually talking about their kids but the kids are really just an excuse for them to talk about themselves.
 
busy chillin'
2011-12-23 01:58:47 PM
It's easier to go through life once you get over yourself.
 
CujoQuarrel
2011-12-23 02:21:28 PM
El Freak: Or Republicans.

Or Democrats
Or Libertarians
 
tedbundee
2011-12-23 02:31:55 PM
or people.
 
Ishkur [TotalFark]
2011-12-23 03:05:01 PM
"Every man, until the age of 25, occasionally thinks that under the right circumstances, he could become the baddest motherfarker in the world." ~ Neil Stephenson
 
meathome
2011-12-23 05:16:53 PM
They obviously haven't met my gf's aunt. Nearly 70 and it's still all about her (or at least should be if you ask her, which nobody does).

The amusing part is that she often wonders (aloud to everyone else, when at a family event) why she was never able to find a nice guy and settle down, etc.

/gf is scared to death each time that I'll be the one to answer her aunt's question
//even the gf's family keeps her at arm's length... a lesson learned about what happens when it's "all about you"
 
SomeoneDumb
2011-12-23 08:54:27 PM
busy chillin': It's easier to go through life once you get over yourself.

Or, have lived long enough to have had one.
 
chitownmike
2011-12-23 09:32:05 PM
Reading tfa, this is crap, get to the end, daily mail, well that explains it
 
bingethinker [TotalFark]
2011-12-24 07:15:49 AM
I guess Subby is still mad his boomer parents made him move out of the basement and get a job.
 
Katolu
2011-12-24 09:15:00 AM
bingethinker: I guess Subby is still mad his boomer parents made him move out of the basement and get a job.

More likely he's angry they've raped and pillaged his country.
 
bingethinker [TotalFark]
2011-12-25 07:45:25 PM
More likely he's angry they've raped and pillaged his country.

It kind of scares me that some people are ignorant enough to believe this.
 
Freschel
2011-12-26 02:03:52 AM
bingethinker: More likely he's angry they've raped and pillaged his country.

It kind of scares me that some people are ignorant enough to believe this.

THIS
 
The_Dread_Pirate_Westley
2011-12-26 02:45:17 PM
unyon: No, it changes when you have kids, regardless of what age that is at. Something about being responsible for the well being of another helpless human, I think.

I see by your statement you never met my mother.
 
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