This forum needs a "like" button. ^ Well said.

 

Does anyone else wish you had to pass a test before you could have a child? I feel like that would help greatly in some cases......haha

 

Angel Adams has 15 kids and 12 of them live with her. 3 baby daddies. She claims "Somebody needs to be held accountable" and blames the government

 

Now. Here is an idea that EVERYONE in this thread will very-likely agree on. Bravo...

 

Not necessarily. Take the Driver's License test for instance. A lot of people who pass it drive like crap.

 

werd....

I'm not going to elaborate because my elaboration could be taken incorrectly by certain folks that choose to read it that way...

 

 

Onemanarmy hit right on the head..That video is great husband goes to jail now someone needs to pay..

 

The crappy part... we are paying and we'll continue to pay...

Depending on what numbers you run and what state the wife, kids and dude jailing costs are going to cost tax payers between $15-25k a MONTH!

 

An extremely good point. The DMV handbook is written in 32 different languages. (Its some crazy number....) The road signs are in one langauge. The math is not on our side as drivers.

A test designed by the same flawed government to grant prego-privelages to folks could be just as terrible. hahaha

 

My dad went in... he's at that age where they say hey buddy why don't you come on in to renew your license.

Guy says... cover your left eye... my dad says... it is. LOLZ!!!! My dad is recovering from a detached retina. He's got an eye patch over his left eye.

The dude gave him an extension on his license. Dude says I'll give you a few months. My dad looked down.. he's good until next year. Haaaaa.

 

I think it's kinda funny that I didn't even dig in to any of the deeper areas of a downward trend that I've watched... wongr would love those...

But hey... seems like it's general knowledge. This was an interesting read.

Jean Twenge, the author of the 2006 book Generation Me, considers Millennials along with younger Gen Xers to be part of a generation called Generation Me.[33] This is based on personality surveys that showed increasing narcissism among Millennials compared to preceding generations when they were teens and in their twenties.[citation needed] She questions the predictions of Strauss & Howe that this generation will come out civic-minded, citing the fact that when the War on Iraq began military enlistments went down instead.[34] Though it should be understood that for Strauss & Howe, civic-minded pertains to a strong sense of community, both global and local. Civic in this sense means cosmopolitan, in direct opposition to nationalism.[citation needed] Twenge attributes confidence and tolerance to the Millennials, as well as a sense of entitlement, narcissism and rejection of social conventions.
William A. Draves and Julie Coates, authors of Nine Shift: Work, Life and Education in the 21st Century, write that Millennials have distinctly different behaviors, values and attitudes from previous generations as a response to the technological and economic implications of the World Wide Web.
Surveys by the University of Michigan's Monitoring the Future study of high school seniors (conducted continuously since 1975) and the American Freshman survey, conducted by UCLA's Higher Education Research Institute of entering college students since 1966 showed the proportion of students who said being wealthy was very important to them increased from 45% for Baby Boomers (surveyed between 1966 and 1982) to 70% for Gen X and 75% for Millennials. The percentage who said it was important to keep up to date with political affairs fell, from 50% for Boomers to 39% for Gen X and 35% for Millennials.
Strauss & Howe believe that each generation has common characteristics that give it a specific character, with four basic generational archetypes, repeating in a cycle. According to their theory, they predicted Millennials will become more like the "civic-minded" G.I. generation.[35] Strauss and Howe's research has been influential, but also has critics.[36]
"Developing a meaningful philosophy of life" decreased the most, across generations, from 73% for Boomers to 45% for Millennials. "Becoming involved in programs to clean up the environment" dropped from 33% for Boomers to 21% for Millennials.[37]
Fred Bonner believes that much of the commentary on the Millennial Generation may be partially accurate, but overly general and that many of the traits they describe apply primarily to "white, affluent teenagers who accomplish great things as they grow up in the suburbs, who confront anxiety when applying to super-selective colleges, and who multitask with ease as their helicopter parents hover reassuringly above them." Other socio-economic groups often do not display the same attributes commonly attributed to Generation Y. During class discussions, he has listened to black and Hispanic students describe how some or all of the so-called seven core traits did not apply to them. They often say the "special" trait, in particular, is unrecognizable. "It's not that many diverse parents don't want to treat their kids as special," he says, "but they often don't have the social and cultural capital, the time and resources, to do that."[38]
Millennials are sometimes called the "Trophy Generation", or "Trophy Kids,"[39] a term that reflects the trend in competitive sports, as well as many other aspects of life, where mere participation is frequently enough for a reward. It has been reported that this is an issue in corporate environments.[39] Some employers are concerned that Millennials have too great expectations from the workplace.[40] Studies predict that Generation Y will switch jobs frequently, holding far more than Generation X due to their great expectations.[41]
Millennial characteristics vary by region, depending on social and economic conditions. It is generally marked by an increased use and familiarity with communication, media, and digital technologies. In most parts of the world its upbringing was marked by an increase in a neoliberal approach to politics and economics; the effects of this environment are disputed.[42][43]
The 2007–2012 global financial crisis has had a major impact on Millennials because it caused historically high levels of unemployment among young people. The problem is particularly acute in Europe, and led to speculation about possible long term economic and social damage.[44]
In the United States, Generation Y has led a trend towards irreligion that has been growing since the 1990s. 32 percent of Americans born between 1983 and 1994 are irreligious, as opposed to 21 percent born between 1963 and 1982, 15 percent born between 1948 and 1962 and only 7 percent born before 1948.[45]

 

^Holy smokes....that other post is a READ! I don't like statistics though...they make my head hurt once they go beyond the simple math. haha


No offense to pops but, I'm staying away from Farmer's Markets in your area. ;]

 

I noticed the lack of vision when handing him a tool from the patched eye side as he grasped for it and missed. I realized I should be placing it in his hand instead of making him reach for it. But he generally drives very slowly anyway.

 

Not a bad idea. He was trying to do something last night and slammed my mom's light over her island. She was like... give me that... break my light I'll kill yah. She loves her light.