Maybe it’s similar to when kids of alcoholics become teetotalers. You see abhorrent behavior by your parent and you go the opposite way.

Baby Boomers had everything handed to them and they squandered it, fucking over multiple generations in the process.

This is basically what my mother said, too. The author of the book talks about the inability of the sociopath to think or plan ahead or to have empathy for others. I think that is a significant marker of that generation—particularly when we look at debt, entitlements, social security, the environment, etc. It’s…

I’m a baby boomer by 2 months and I don’t even know how there’s a straight faced argument to the contrary to be made. Baby Boomers had everything handed to them and they squandered it, fucking over multiple generations in the process.

Right....because a clear backpack would TOTALLY have stopped the expelled student carrying an AR-15 onto campus.

That sounds like fun for the girls carrying pads and tampons around.

Clear bags make me furious. Some retailers require their employees to use them. You can put a makeup bag in your clear bag and poof- no more clear bag, but if you suddenly need to buy a box of tampons- there they are for everyone to see. Honestly, if a kid wanted to bring something illegal to school, they could wrap…

Clear bags are stupid. Is everything in the bag going to be clear? No everything will not be clear.

The only way to stop a bad guy with a gun is to make him wear a clear backpack.

I was listening to NPR last week and heard this story about this book, A Generation of Sociopaths: How the Baby Boomers Betrayed America.

I totally agree with the last paragraph. This we can learn.

Thanks, Short.

NO COLLUSION, FAKE NEWS!

I’ve never had a salesman add anything to the sale of a vehicle, not once, not ever, hell I’ve never even had one that didn’t function as an obstacle to buying the car. I have on the other hand walked away from a few dealers because the salesman either wouldn’t stop laying, or tried way too hard to sell me something I…

The fact that there are shitty customers out there who delight in getting a dealer down to the last penny and then rubbing it in their faces (yes, I’ve seen this behavior) does not change the fact there are also practices out there to maximize profit off of the weakest sucker that walks onto the lot and turns things…

The irony of your comment is that if they made a law to make everyone pay full price, then there would no longer be a need for salesmen. Build it online and buy it. Be careful what you wish for.

You know the beauty of buying bananas? I don’t have a salesperson trying to sell me bananas. I know I want bananas. I know I want 6 bananas. I know the condition of the bananas I want. I don’t need some idiot telling me I really want 4 apples.

A better analogy for your eating out scenario is that 2 bars who sell the same beer . One costs $5 and the other $7. The customer who chooses to pay $5 for their beer is not doing it to harm the server at the restaurant who charges $7. Is is the restaurant who is harming the server by not being competitive.

I’m not “beating up” anyone. I have a job to do if you don’t like that job you don’t have to cooperate. No one forces anyone to do anything in this business.

This is a system the dealerships created. It’s not the customer’s fault you don’t make much money when they get the best deal. If you don’t want to sell them a car at a certain price you have the choice not to. Just like the customer has the choice to take a better offer elsewhere.