Carney/Boomers vs Kids/Rest of you

[August1991]

Like Carney, I'm a boomer. I've traveled lived abroad.

Canada is good!

Hey kids, pick your parents better.

[Michael Hardner]

4 hours ago, August1991 said:

Like Carney, I'm a boomer. I've traveled lived abroad.

Canada is good!

Hey kids, pick your parents better.

He is Gen X, the forgotten generation.

[I am Groot]

Carney is the leader for boomers who hate their children and grandchildren.

He gives them free stuff then dumps more heavy loads of debt onto the shoulders of their children and grandchildren to have to repay while boomers laugh their way through retirement.

Edited April 13 by I am Groot

[herbie]

Jeez all ther kids in the family are voting for Carney instead of NDP or Green.
They grew up online, they know bullshit when they see it. They know the difference between left and right and eight and wrong. So they're not impressed with Milhouse Poilievre.

[August1991]

Carney was born in 1965.

Poilievre in 1979.

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Parents? Both picked their wives well.

[Moonbox]

My dog eats kibble.  

My friend's dog eats wet food.  

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We Canadians get along.  

[Nationalist]

On 4/13/2025 at 9:09 PM, herbie said:

Jeez all ther kids in the family are voting for Carney instead of NDP or Green.
They grew up online, they know bullshit when they see it. They know the difference between left and right and eight and wrong. So they're not impressed with Milhouse Poilievre.

My kids will be voting conservative. Many of their friends too.

You're right about one thing though. The young do know bullshit when they see it.

[Barquentine]

35 minutes ago, Nationalist said:

My kids will be voting conservative. Many of their friends too.

My kids will be voting liberal. Many of their friends too. What's you point?

[Michael Hardner]

1 hour ago, Nationalist said:

 You're right about one thing though. The young do know bullshit when they see it.

I don't think so.  If you do, then you must agree with the changes in social attitude that find significantly more support with younger folks.

Adding: a true community weighs the opinion from diverse sources, including the wisdom of age and the optimism of youth.  That's the core of why 'diversity' is important - it's a natural way to mitigate one-sided opinions.

Edited April 16 by Michael Hardner

[herbie]

7 hours ago, Barquentine said:

My kids will be voting liberal. Many of their friends too. What's you point?

Some kids are as dumb as their parents and suddenly believe the BS that Tories have taken a 180 and now stand for the best interests of working people.

[Nationalist]

8 hours ago, Barquentine said:

My kids will be voting liberal. Many of their friends too. What's you point?

It's wishful thinking to assume how people will vote.

[TreeBeard]

3 minutes ago, Nationalist said:

It's wishful thinking to assume how people will vote.

 

 

Also:

 

 

9 hours ago, Nationalist said:

My kids will be voting conservative. Many of their friends too.

 

[Legato]

2 minutes ago, TreeBeard said:

 

 

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My kids and grandkid will be voting....

My eldest grandkid will probably vote for Metallica.

[WestCanMan]

On 4/13/2025 at 6:09 PM, herbie said:

Jeez all ther kids in the family are voting for Carney instead of NDP or Green.
They grew up online, they know bullshit when they see it. They know the difference between left and right and eight and wrong. 

That's utterly stupid, herbie.

You can't pull the "Carney is legit" routine here because every Canadian knows that Carney isn't just a BSer, he's a total liar.

Carney got caught 100% lying about moving Brookfield to the US.

Carney got caught 100% lying about working for Paul Martin to help balance the budget in the 1990s.

Carney got caught 100% lying about his role in guiding Canada's economy during the 2008 recession.

Carney got caught 100% lying about meeting with the JCCC. Not only did he lie, he slandered the Globe and Mail in his lie. There's a picture of him standing right in the middle of the board of the JCCC. 

Carney just got a $250 billion dollar loan for Brookfield, which he just moved to the US, from the Communist Bank of China, and both the US and China are in a trade war against Canada. And those are two of the countries that he doesn't have passports for....What's he doing to screw Canada for the other countries where he's still a citizen? Who the f is he actually working for? Because it's sure as hell isn't Canada. 

Carney's business model is to defraud countries of legitimate taxes, by registering them in the bahamas. How does this not bother leftists who always cry that corporations don't pay enough taxes? 

Carney's party just got caught trying to pawn Trumpist buttons around at a CPC rally. 

Carney didn't have the ba11s to remove his MP from the ballot after he got caught urging his constituents to turn a CPC candidate in to the gov't of China to collect a bounty. Then after that guy resigned, Carney put a basic Chinese agent in his place. The guy wears Chinese uniforms with his buddies to sing "My Chinese Heart".

 

"Your kids know bullshit when they see it, so they're voting for Carney" 😂

This much is true: a kid growing up in your house would witness endless examples of BS, but if you actually have kids they obviously didn't learn anything from their vast experience with it. 

[Nationalist]

9 hours ago, Michael Hardner said:

I don't think so.  If you do, then you must agree with the changes in social attitude that find significantly more support with younger folks.

Adding: a true community weighs the opinion from diverse sources, including the wisdom of age and the optimism of youth.  That's the core of why 'diversity' is important - it's a natural way to mitigate one-sided opinions.

Why would you think this? If you ask 100 young voters if diversity is good, they'd say it is.

But if you ask the same group if they'd hire a less than qualified person over a very qualified person, just because the unqualified person is a minority, you'd get a different answer.

The whole question of diversity is a smoke show. The only correct answer is, IT DEPENDS.

[WestCanMan]

herbie: "Carney is so legitimate, and such a great guy, that they took him off the campaign trail so that he didn't have to answer more boring questions about his Brookfield lies, meeting with Chinese gov't agents in the JCCC and then securing a loan from the government China for Brookfield, his lies about helping Martin, his lies about being "tha man" during the 2008 recession, the tax havens in Bermuda and the Caymans where he registers companies to avoid paying taxes, his Chinese agents that are running to be MPs, his 9 MPs that all knew about overseas election interference but did nothing..."

 

The "Trudeau is so dreamy" BS all just got replaced by "Carney is such a gangsta, I wanna have his baby juice all up inside me." 

[Nationalist]

1 hour ago, TreeBeard said:

 

 

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And? You don't figure I talk with my kids and their friends?

[Michael Hardner]

22 minutes ago, Nationalist said:

1.  If you ask 100 young voters if diversity is good, they'd say it is.

2. But if you ask the same group if they'd hire a less than qualified person over a very qualified person, just because the unqualified person is a minority, you'd get a different answer.

 

1. "The young do know bullshit when they see it."   And also - "Young voters say diversity is good" 

Therefore "Diversity is not bullshit"  

I'm just laying it out as a syllogism, Philosophy 101 style, for you to take down as you wish.

2. DEI doesn't require "less qualified" people to be hired, though.   

Here are some HR articles:

https://www.hirediverse.ca/blog/what-is-dei

"Diversity hiring doesn’t mean choosing candidates based on identity alone—it means ensuring the hiring process is free of biases that exclude qualified individuals. Historically, recruitment processes have favored certain groups due to factors like nepotism, systemic barriers, and unconscious bias."

https://peoplethriver.com/what-are-the-principles-of-diversity-equity-and-inclusion/#:~:text=The principles of DEI are,ways%2C from recruitment to profitability.

"Eliminating bias and discriminatory practices from the selection process can open up the recruitment process to a wider pool of highly qualified candidates and improve the overall quality of hires. It can also have a positive effect on how potential candidates view the company."

If you think these are lies then why eliminate DEI at all, since HR will just lie and hire unqualified people anyway ?  Or are we just going to NOT hire minorities in case they're unqualified ?  I'm asking honestly here.  In my career I have never met a bona fide "DEI hire" to my knowledge

  

[CouchPotato]

1 hour ago, Legato said:

My eldest grandkid will probably vote for Metallica.

If it was a choice between them and the Liberals, I'd vote for Metallica too.

[WestCanMan]

38 minutes ago, Michael Hardner said:

1. "The young do know bullshit when they see it."   And also - "Young voters say diversity is good" 

Therefore "Diversity is not bullshit"  

I'm just laying it out as a syllogism, Philosophy 101 style, for you to take down as you wish.

2. DEI doesn't require "less qualified" people to be hired, though.   

Here are some HR articles:

https://www.hirediverse.ca/blog/what-is-dei

"Diversity hiring doesn’t mean choosing candidates based on identity alone—it means ensuring the hiring process is free of biases that exclude qualified individuals. Historically, recruitment processes have favored certain groups due to factors like nepotism, systemic barriers, and unconscious bias."

https://peoplethriver.com/what-are-the-principles-of-diversity-equity-and-inclusion/#:~:text=The principles of DEI are,ways%2C from recruitment to profitability.

"Eliminating bias and discriminatory practices from the selection process can open up the recruitment process to a wider pool of highly qualified candidates and improve the overall quality of hires. It can also have a positive effect on how potential candidates view the company."

If you think these are lies then why eliminate DEI at all, since HR will just lie and hire unqualified people anyway ?  Or are we just going to NOT hire minorities in case they're unqualified ?  I'm asking honestly here.  In my career I have never met a bona fide "DEI hire" to my knowledge

  

Diversity hiring/selection/recruitment means "Whites and Asians need not apply."

[Legato]

1 hour ago, CouchPotato said:

If it was a choice between them and the Liberals, I'd vote for Metallica too.

A couple of weeks ago I drove him to his piano lesson.

I Had Metallica on the radio, he said who's that, turn it up.

Now he's hooked.

[CouchPotato]

11 minutes ago, Legato said:

A couple of weeks ago I drove him to his piano lesson.

I Had Metallica on the radio, he said who's that, turn it up.

Now he's hooked.

For a decade or more I notice that a lot of kids like music that is quite old. I don't think music has really changed much since the 90s. There isn't a big industry for rock music anymore, but kids still love it. I mean Metallica has been around for over 40 years now. It wasn't very common to like 40 year old bands when I was younger. In the 1900s we had big changes in music every decade. Now there is no generation gap.

I have a great nephew who is going to see Metallica at the end of this month. He loves Nirvana, too.

Edited April 17 by CouchPotato

[Legato]

8 minutes ago, CouchPotato said:

For a decade or more I notice that a lot of kids like music that is quite old. I don't think music has really changed much since the 90s. There isn't a big industry for rock music anymore, but kids still love it. I mean Metallica has been around for over 40 years now. It wasn't very common to like 40 year old bands when I was younger. In the 1900s we had big changes in music every decade. Now there is no generation gap.

I have a great nephew who is going to see Metallica at the end of this month. He loves Nirvana, too.

You are right about all that. Your nephew is lucky man seeing them live.

[WestCanMan]

11 minutes ago, CouchPotato said:

For a decade or more I notice that a lot of kids like music that is quite old.

Do you blame them:

That's one of drake's biggest songs, and he's one of the top modern artists.

I don't even sound that bad in the shower. 

Edited April 17 by WestCanMan

[Nationalist]

1 hour ago, Michael Hardner said:

1. "The young do know bullshit when they see it."   And also - "Young voters say diversity is good" 

Therefore "Diversity is not bullshit"  

I'm just laying it out as a syllogism, Philosophy 101 style, for you to take down as you wish.

2. DEI doesn't require "less qualified" people to be hired, though.   

Here are some HR articles:

https://www.hirediverse.ca/blog/what-is-dei

"Diversity hiring doesn’t mean choosing candidates based on identity alone—it means ensuring the hiring process is free of biases that exclude qualified individuals. Historically, recruitment processes have favored certain groups due to factors like nepotism, systemic barriers, and unconscious bias."

https://peoplethriver.com/what-are-the-principles-of-diversity-equity-and-inclusion/#:~:text=The principles of DEI are,ways%2C from recruitment to profitability.

"Eliminating bias and discriminatory practices from the selection process can open up the recruitment process to a wider pool of highly qualified candidates and improve the overall quality of hires. It can also have a positive effect on how potential candidates view the company."

If you think these are lies then why eliminate DEI at all, since HR will just lie and hire unqualified people anyway ?  Or are we just going to NOT hire minorities in case they're unqualified ?  I'm asking honestly here.  In my career I have never met a bona fide "DEI hire" to my knowledge

  

Huh...seems you forgot the end of my post.

"The whole question of diversity is a smoke show. The only correct answer is, IT DEPENDS."

the very idea that DEU does not favour minority over merit...is pure bullshit. Unmitigated slop. I've taken the DEU course...not by choice...and this idea that DEI is not bigoted and stupid to the core...is just a beaten lie.

And don't be a plank...merit is colour blind and you know it.