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Things millennials have been blamed for: a running list (1 Viewer)

Peyton Marino said:
i'll allow it, but only if 'using terribly designed surveys with stupid agendas and vague questions' can be an entry when the 'Things Baby Boomers have been blamed for' thread gets started.

no but seriously, I am sure the "Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation" got this one right.  
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So, who killed more people? George W Bush or Joseph Stalin?

Hell, I don't even like GWB. But, the fact that a third (actually 26%, the article was rounding too high up, should have said over a quarter or close to three out of 10 instead of saying a third) of millennials think he killed more people than Stalin is just dumb. There's no other way to put it. 

The fact that 4 out of 10 surveyed didn't know who Mao was, didn't know who Che was, and a third didn't know who Lenin was, is again dumb. I'm not asking anyone to be a historian here. 

If you have numbers that indicate some other percentage, be my guest and post them. I hope the numbers are wrong. I do. I hope the millennial generation knows the truth and this poll/survey is just off. 

I'm not arguing your economic beliefs. That's a discussion for another time. But arguing historical facts is a recipe for a loss in any debate. Period. 

Also, I fail to see how asking someone the following question:

"True or false: More people were killed under George W Bush's presidency than Joseph Stalin's leadership"

I fail to see how that question is vague in any way, shape, or form. Simple, straight up question.

 
Don't Toews Me said:
So, who killed more people? George W Bush or Joseph Stalin?

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"True or false: More people were killed under George W Bush's presidency than Joseph Stalin's leadership"

I fail to see how that question is vague in any way, shape, or form. Simple, straight up question.
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These are two different questions.  I'm sure you can read them and see that.  The vagueness is what exactly is meant by "killed under"?  Obviously Stalin ordered way more citizens killed.  But "killed under" leaves open the interpretation that we're simply talking any random homicide that took place while Bush was in office.  Or, are we excluding that but including citizens killed in Iraq?  Yes, these different interpretations don't change the answer, but they don't help the credibility of the (poorly designed and biased) survey, either.

The fact that 4 out of 10 surveyed didn't know who Mao was, didn't know who Che was, and a third didn't know who Lenin was, is again dumb. I'm not asking anyone to be a historian here. 
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I agree that more Americans should be well educated w.r.t. history, but I also don't think the problem is specific to this generation.  You know who Mao, Che, Stalin, etc. are because they were (I'm guessing) in power when you were growing up.  You saw/read about them in the news every day.  Even if this does not apply to you, it applies to the majority of baby boomers #####ing about how this generation doesn't know anything.  But, go back to when the baby boomer generation was fresh out of school, and poll them on whether they know about X foreign leader from 40 years ago.  Can you really say for certain >40% of them know the answers?  At the very least, I'm sure you can admit that there's an advantage older generations have when being surveyed about foreign leaders when they grew up while (or shortly after) those leaders were in power.  30 years from now, my peers will be #####ing about how 40% of college aged kids don't know who Kim-Jong Un is in some dumb survey designed to show that college aged kids don't know anything.  But not me.  I am woke.

I'm not arguing your economic beliefs. That's a discussion for another time. But arguing historical facts is a recipe for a loss in any debate. Period. 
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I'm not arguing economic beliefs, either.  I think Communism is deeply flawed and would leave any country that enacted it as an economic system.  I was arguing that there is a problem with something called the "Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation" designing a survey that focuses on Communist leaders.  Maybe the key point we're missing here is that surveys need to be unbiased to be statistically valid.  Well, surveys need to be unbiased to be statistically valid.

 
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“Chocolate is like a paramour with whom you have good moments,” he told a Bloomberg reporter while he enjoyed (or as Bobby Finger would say, enjava-ed) a sweet sip of Starbucks. “But coffee is like the spouse or girlfriend that you want with you every day.”

Breaking news: Millennials want to #### their java.
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my word

 
xulf said:
Classic millennial attitude.  Can't/won't even take responsibility for who and what they are.  Always blaming others for their short comings while simultaneously bashing others.  Going against logic and norms and saying that they are special and unique and shouldn't be grouped with others.
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That's actually baby boomers you are describing.   Sincerely , Gen X.

 
Jrodicus said:
Caillou
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Never really seen it so had to read up on the hatred:

https://m.reddit.com/r/OutOfTheLoop/comments/2mzfyj/why_does_everyone_hate_caillou/

"There are two "seasons" or personalities of Caillou.

Kind Caillou is a little four year old who learns the easy way and the hard way how to be a better sibling and about the world around him. He learns how to be nice to kids who aren't nice to him, how to clean up, try new foods, and how much fun magnets are. He also goes to an apple orchard and I love apples.

B**ch Caillou complains, cries, and is generally a little a**hole of a kid you'd probably trip if he was running around the supermarket. He is rude to his sister, a smart mouth to his parents, and doesn't know a single f***ing thing about sharing his toys."

 
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ShamrockPride said:
Never really seen it so had to read up on the hatred:

https://m.reddit.com/r/OutOfTheLoop/comments/2mzfyj/why_does_everyone_hate_caillou/

"There are two "seasons" or personalities of Caillou.

Kind Caillou is a little four year old who learns the easy way and the hard way how to be a better sibling and about the world around him. He learns how to be nice to kids who aren't nice to him, how to clean up, try new foods, and how much fun magnets are. He also goes to an apple orchard and I love apples.

B**ch Caillou complains, cries, and is generally a little a**hole of a kid you'd probably trip if he was running around the supermarket. He is rude to his sister, a smart mouth to his parents, and doesn't know a single f***ing thing about sharing his toys."
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B*itch Caillou was the Boomer version obviously.  Maybe a self portrait of the developer?

 
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