Cloaca du jour 2,064 Posted April 7, 2019 https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2019/04/07/males-risk-boy-crisis-identity-america-future-addiction-suicide-column/3331366002/ Interesting read...ive said this for a while...times they are a changin Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wiffleball 4,647 Posted April 7, 2019 Yeah well rub some dirt on it. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Frozenbeernuts 1,652 Posted April 7, 2019 One thing false about that article, you do not need physics or chemistry in the least to be a well paid welder. They have nothing to do with each other once the process reaches the actual welder. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
vuduchile 1,941 Posted April 8, 2019 Check this podcast out Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BiPolarBear 476 Posted April 8, 2019 5 hours ago, Cloaca du jour said: https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2019/04/07/males-risk-boy-crisis-identity-america-future-addiction-suicide-column/3331366002/ Interesting read...ive said this for a while...times they are a changin I read the article, and it reminds me of the "what is killing white men": thread we had recently. While some may think, things are easy now, for what ever reason, I think they are far more difficult. There are many cost that people have to bear now that did not exist in the recent past. We have a high employment rate, but most of the jobs are shiot. People realize they are not going to have anything, their whole lives and they give up. Some people, like the White fatties in Montana, shot themselves, while more social types, who actually manage to make a connection with a drug dealer, deal with going nowhere with their lives, with dope. I noticed the plastic roses for sale at convenience store check-out years before my dumb ass realized what was going on. I kept wondering what female in America would want such a cheap ass rose. Then I found out that the glass tube the rose came in was actually a crack pipe. It dawned on me that the crack ho's that saw the plastic rose coming, knew they were going to get high. The guy that brought the dope and the rose got laid about 100% of the time (weather the lucky girl remained conscious, or not). The return on investment is overwhelmingly in favor of the doper, over a clean and sober FTD customer, for sure. The times ain't woke: they're broke. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sderk 1,040 Posted April 8, 2019 1 minute ago, BiPolarBear said: We have a high employment rate, but most of the jobs are shiot. What jobs were you doing at 15, 16, 17, 18, 19 , 20, 21, 22....? I was doing bus boy, hotel room service, waitering, bartending, moving furniture, lawn service, until I found something I could work deeper in if I chose to do so. And I did. So what's the problem again with today's challenges to our youth? Why are you talking about dopers? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RLLD 3,455 Posted April 8, 2019 Social change will always have impacts we cannot forecast. Social change is not necessarily bad, nor is it simply good either. It should happen naturally, in which case negative impacts will be measured and not extreme. The current mode of social change is forced, violent, nasty, not at all healthy.....not simply because of those factors called out in the article, but also too it is NOT healthy for those suffering from mental illness to be placated. it might make people feel good, but in the end it is destructive. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wiffleball 4,647 Posted April 8, 2019 Yeah well, in talking to my teacher friends, a minimum of about 60% of their classes are on psychotropic drugs. Right now we have the first generation of kids who have literally been medicated since they were probably nine years old. I'm sure the cumulative effects that crap have been thoroughly researched and they're probably perfectly harmless. But yeah, the current environment of men are evil and women are glorious is complete and utter b*******. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
peenie 1,691 Posted April 8, 2019 It's a shame that we as a culture spend so much time sitting in classrooms and in our offices...but we can't go back and we can't stop progress. We could discuss manufacturing jobs leaving and the shift to tech and service industry changing the role of men. How salaries have decreased due to women and other groups competing with men as well as the death of unions....the trade deficit. All help in shaping today's man. The bottom line to me is that we're drugging kids to keep them still where in the past that energy would be a benefit to the family. Now you're autistic. Not well thought out but you should be able to get my point. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
iam90sbaby 2,125 Posted April 8, 2019 32 minutes ago, peenie said: How salaries have decreased due to women and other groups competing with men as well as the death of unions....the trade deficit. All help in shaping today's man. FYI, In a true free market of jobs, where there aren’t incentives for hiring the less skilled employee, this would never happen. Just saying. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
vuduchile 1,941 Posted April 8, 2019 3 hours ago, wiffleball said: Yeah well, in talking to my teacher friends, a minimum of about 60% of their classes are on psychotropic drugs. Right now we have the first generation of kids who have literally been medicated since they were probably nine years old. I'm sure the cumulative effects that crap have been thoroughly researched and they're probably perfectly harmless. But yeah, the current environment of men are evil and women are glorious is complete and utter b*******. 60% is a lot of wired kids. Damn. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RLLD 3,455 Posted April 8, 2019 35 minutes ago, peenie said: It's a shame that we as a culture spend so much time sitting in classrooms and in our offices...but we can't go back and we can't stop progress. We could discuss manufacturing jobs leaving and the shift to tech and service industry changing the role of men. How salaries have decreased due to women and other groups competing with men as well as the death of unions....the trade deficit. All help in shaping today's man. The bottom line to me is that we're drugging kids to keep them still where in the past that energy would be a benefit to the family. Now you're autistic. Not well thought out but you should be able to get my point. Quality posting Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sderk 1,040 Posted April 8, 2019 49 minutes ago, peenie said: It's a shame that we as a culture spend so much time sitting in classrooms and in our offices...but we can't go back and we can't stop progress. We could discuss manufacturing jobs leaving and the shift to tech and service industry changing the role of men. How salaries have decreased due to women and other groups competing with men as well as the death of unions....the trade deficit. All help in shaping today's man. The bottom line to me is that we're drugging kids to keep them still where in the past that energy would be a benefit to the family. Now you're autistic. Not well thought out but you should be able to get my point. Who's "WE"? Do you mean you? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
peenie 1,691 Posted April 8, 2019 1 hour ago, iam90sbaby said: FYI, In a true free market of jobs, where there aren’t incentives for hiring the less skilled employee, this would never happen. Just saying. I haven't seen the less skilled worker being hired but rather the worker that can be paid less. Whether it's the woman being chosen over the man, the minority being chosen over the majority, the young chosen over the old or the illegal being chosen over the legal. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
peenie 1,691 Posted April 8, 2019 50 minutes ago, sderk said: Who's "WE"? Do you mean you? No, not me. My child wasn't on any meds but my sister's son has to be given something to help him stay calm during the day. He's a smart child, honor roll always, but he wilds out if gets upset. The drug keeps him focused and less hyper. There are a lot of children taking these sort of medication these days. Adults too. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wiffleball 4,647 Posted April 8, 2019 the black male readers of this article completely stopped reading and lost the point of the whole article, are rather furious and are demanding to know "who you calling boy?" Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wiffleball 4,647 Posted April 8, 2019 1 minute ago, peenie said: No, not me. My child wasn't on any meds but my sister's son has to be given something to help him stay calm during the day. He's a smart child, honor roll always, but he wilds out if gets upset. The drug keeps him focused and less hyper. There are a lot of children taking these sort of medication these days. Adults too. Yeah, and many of them are freaking zombies. Hoo, young boy is hyper in school. Jesus Christ, let's lobotomize him immediately! I'm sure there are valid cases, I'm also sure it's about cases are in the minority given everything we've seen with medical and pharmacological history in the United States. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kutulu 1,551 Posted April 8, 2019 Blame it on my ADD baby Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wiffleball 4,647 Posted April 8, 2019 Loved the South Park episode on anxiety. Man, sometimes those guys just nail it. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RLLD 3,455 Posted April 8, 2019 55 minutes ago, kutulu said: Blame it on my ADD baby Share this post Link to post Share on other sites