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once the snowflake generation has melted away(hopefully sooner rather than later).
What will replace it?
Thaw generation? Slush generation?
I am in more of a hurry for the selfish and racist older tory/brexiter generation to go.
What will replace it?
Emotionally-repressed stiff upper lip generation? Or have we done that?
Snowflake generation? You mean a generation of people who seem to actually give a crap about others?
I'm with the other poster, the sooner the aging racists and xenophobes shuffle off this mortal coil the better
The Self-id generation. Man, woman, cat, dog, lamppost. Biology won't matter, only feels. The human race will disappear up its own arse hole inventing new pronouns.
The human race will disappear up its own arse hole inventing new pronouns.
Other bodily orifices are available.
Don't oppress the kids with your anal-centric worldview.
They can disappear into whichever hole they most identify with in whichever direction they find most pleasing.
Having two pre teen girls who live via tic tok, I do wonder about this myself.
"the sooner the aging racists and xenophobes shuffle off this mortal coil the better"
. . . or do we change into racists and xenophobes as we age?
once the snowflake generation has melted away
Or new Victorianism... From about 1840-ish, the British changed from being riotous cruel, bloodthirsty and objectionable to become one the most polite, prudish, and reserved nations in the world...which they then ruthlessly exploited to create the largest empire the world's ever seen...
Careful who you piss off...
Snowflake generation? You mean a generation of people who seem to actually give a crap about others?
Don't be fooled by them. They only give a crap about themselves...if others don't agree with them they spit their dummies out and instead of arguing the point through thoughtful and considered debate, they attempt to take the you out by inventing some sort of word engine in 'ist' and getting others to gang up on you so your differing point of view is ignored leaving great swathes of the population feeling unable to express their true feelings and points of view in public. Its this behaviour that has crept into the political classes (due to our current generation of politicians who are nowhere near in the same league as their predecessors), created the current mood of popularism, divided politics and ultimately the rise of extreme political parties on both the left and the right and in the UK Brexit.
Good riddance to them.
Who are the snowflakes?
The people who are so deeply wounded by a little autistic girls telling us to fix the planet?
Or the sorts of people so prone to melting that they can't face making a cake for a gay person?
Or people who would refuse to share a toilet with someone who used to have different genitals?
Or men who feel threatened when women aren't actively disadvantaged in the workplace?
Or people lashing out at a world of identity politics now that it extends beyond their own identity?
Who are you talking about?
Member of snowflake generation here and proud of it. Anyway, I always considered the real snowflakes to be the fat angry balding men who choose to get outraged at Christmas cards saying “Happy Holidays”.
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Don’t be fooled by them. They only give a crap about themselves…if others don’t agree with them they spit their dummies out and instead of arguing the point through thoughtful and considered debate, they attempt to take the you out by inventing some sort of word engine in ‘ist’ and getting others to gang up on you so your differing point of view is ignored leaving great swathes of the population feeling unable to express their true feelings and points of view in public. Its this behaviour that has crept into the political classes (due to our current generation of politicians who are nowhere near in the same league as their predecessors), created the current mood of popularism, divided politics and ultimately the rise of extreme political parties on both the left and the right and in the UK Brexit.
I always find that people who use the term 'snowflake' are whiney complainers.
Snowflake generation? You mean a generation of people who seem to actually give a crap about others?
Then
I’m with the other poster, the sooner the aging racists and xenophobes shuffle off this mortal coil the better
Sounds very caring to me.
Each succeeding generation thinks it’s better than the previous one. The current situation has been repeatedly played out before, but people are too young to realise it
I find that the funniest thing about people that use the term "snowflake" without irony is their thin skin and inability to:
a) Not get offended at anyone with even a slightly different opinion to them.
b) On a similar note, appreciate the merits of any differing opinion.
c) Remember who made the younger generation as they are.
So, can we have a definition of snowflake please? That way I know what level of disdain to hold you in.
Snowflakes are amazing. Simple yet complex, regular yet unique. How they form demonstrates many fundamental properties that shape the universe.
Torminalas
Very well said.
The generations aren’t really all that different when you dig down into the reality of it all. The only real difference is that one generation is looking forward to the future and are optimistic whilst the other looks forward to the future and is terrified by what they see so seek to turn the clock back to some ideal time around the 50s when times were better. Forgetting all about the actual terror of a Cold War, the possibility of impending nuclear war, the ‘harmless’ casual racism and the fact people in this country were still living is shit conditions far worse than now and were still dying from easily preventable diseases. I call them the happy days generation, as that is all they can see.
There is no snowflake generation, it's a term invented by bastards to denigrate people who actually care and want to make the world a better place. So yeah, come and call me a snowflake, see if I give a shit. I wish the world was full of snowflakes instead of selfish bastards who want to **** everything over for profit.
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once the snowflake generation has melted away(hopefully sooner rather than later).
What will replace it
Bitter trolls desperate to score points wherever they can to make up for some form of repressed inadequacy they're too emotionally inept to acknowledge?
Or dragons. I'm hoping for dragons.
scotroutes
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The Self-id generation.....
And yet if someone were to accidentally conflate British and English, or forgets that Scotland is special due to the wording of a 300 year old document that makes it completely different to Wales and NI. Your self identification as Scottish rather than british suddenly becomes rather important doesnt it?
if others don’t agree with them they spit their dummies out and instead of arguing the point through thoughtful and considered debate, they attempt to take the you out by inventing some sort of word engine
Such as calling people Snowflakes?
“the sooner the aging racists and xenophobes shuffle off this mortal coil the better”
. . . or do we change into racists and xenophobes as we age?
I’m pretty sure this is an urban myth. I do not see any evidence of people changing their political perspective as they age.
I’m pretty sure this is an urban myth. I do not see any evidence of people changing their political perspective as they age.
Just look at the demographics of ukip and momentum.
"Celui qui n'est pas républicain à vingt ans fait douter de la générosité de son âme; mais celui qui, apres trente ans, presévère, fair douter de la rectitude de son esprit"
-attributed to various French academics, journaists and politicians circa 1875
Which was rephrased:
"a man who has not been a socialist before 25 has no heart. If he remains one after 25 he has no head."
- king Oscar of Sweeden, 1923.
Wasn't the phrase first used in Fight Club?
Just look at the demographics of ukip and momentum.
The path from liberal to conservative maps nicely to a generation who accrued wealth by sitting in their easily bought houses whilst enjoying their job security.
It certainly doesn't map very well to post boomer generations who have not seen wages rise in a decade whilst housing costs spiral. They want to eat the rich and rightly so.
I think I've migrated in the opposite direction as I've got older TBH.
I always find that people who use the term ‘snowflake’ are
whiney complainers.Fat, angry, crabbit ****ers.
Wasn’t the phrase first used in Fight Club?
Google tells me it was linked to supporters who wanted to abolish slavery in America.
No wonder Trump likes to use it.
Edit: Ooops! It was the other way around. 😳
Anecdote vs statistics. Jesus was a socialist and look what the establishment did to him......
How you view recent history probably depends where you lived and what your parents did. If you were in a town reliant on coal or steel then the 70s and 80s probably seemed like the end of civilisation. Anywhere else it was the era of free love, britain being the center of the cultural universe, followed by the decade of conspicuous consumption and a stockbrokers ferrari/porche crashed in every hedgerow.
Environmentally there were problems with acid rain killing entire forrests and CFCs created a hole in the ozone layer.
Then the house price crash of the early 90s happened. Then those same people watched as their losses turned into double digit growth for the next 15 years and three labour governments with both private and public sector growth.
Then we had a global financial crash and global warming became the environmental issue. At some point (hopefully) those issues will be sorted too. Whilst wages for 20somethigs are lower than they were for the last generation i hope thats not a trend that will continue.
So yes boomers had it good with growth propped up by worldwide demand and north sea oil. But thats not quite the whole story.
Wasn’t the phrase first used in Fight Club?
The first rule of ...
I like the term "snowflake." It's a handy shibboleth for identifying empathy-deficient shitrags who don't like being called out for being offensive. See also, "triggered."
Most of them also seem unfamiliar with concepts like blizzards and avalanches.
Each succeeding generation thinks it’s better than the previous one.
It's the other way around, is in not? Every generation thinks it's better than the following one. If the Millennials (some of whom are in their 30s now, let's not forget) and Gen-Z'ers are "amounting to nothing," maybe just maybe it's because we've spent the last three decades telling them how shit they are?
"snowflake.”
I always laugh when someone mentions that term "snowflake" because it took me a while to understand the meaning when I first encountered it in politics related news.
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It’s a handy shibboleth for identifying empathy-deficient shitrags who don’t like being called out for being offensive
I see what you done.
From about 1840-ish, the British changed from being riotous cruel, bloodthirsty and objectionable to become one the most polite, prudish, and reserved nations in the world…which they then ruthlessly exploited to create the largest empire the world’s ever seen…
Though the East India Company, both the worlds first multinational and pre-cursor to the British Empire (TM), was well established before 1840. In some ways we ARE now much more like we were in the pre-Victorian era with Amazon and Google where we had the East India Company and Blackbeard.
Somebody on here once explained that "snowflake" was coined because those people saw themselves as unique, rather than because they were delicate and fragile. Another word (c.f. "troll") misused in common internettage.
There's nothing more British than looking down scornfully on others. It's what get's people up in the morning! The levels of petty snobbery have got to be unmatched by any other nation on this planet.
The inciters/shit stirrers, shills and opportunists should be the ones under the most extreme scrutiny.
Come on op, what did you say?
It's obvious you've said something deeply offensive, and someone had told you to stfu, and your now just sulking and calling people snowflakes.
What will replace it?
Snowflakes don't breed. Look at London for a generation into the future. And then South Africa for after that.
. . . or do we change into racists and xenophobes as we age?
judging by reports from my partner who works with dementia patients - some seem to become shocking rascists...
I like the term “snowflake.” It’s a handy shibboleth for identifying empathy-deficient shitrags who don’t like being called out for being offensive. See also, “triggered.”
See also "free speech" or "censorship"
When what they really mean is they want to say whatever horrible shit they like without having their views challenged.
See Nigel Farage and his views on free speech and jokes vs the reality of his ilk being the butt of a joke made by Jo Brand
This thread is a troll and I claim my £5.
Somebody on here once explained that “snowflake” was coined because those people saw themselves as unique, rather than because they were delicate and fragile.
Yeah, I think the first time I ever heard it was in the context of "special snowflake" meaning unique, now the "special" bit has been flipped to kind of mean the opposite, "I suppose you think your special" sort of thing.