# Tom Brokaw, I am so tired of your Greatest Generation shtik **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [September 7, 2012, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tom-brokaw-i-am-so-tired-of-your-greatest-generation-shtik/634027 "2012-09-07T19:11:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![JKellyMap](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jkellymap/32/15880_2.png) [@JKellyMap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKellyMap)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2012, 5:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tom-brokaw-i-am-so-tired-of-your-greatest-generation-shtik/634027/61 "2012-09-10T05:56:25Z")
> [@John\_Mace](#): > > You’re just another idiot “Sept Join Date” agro idiot who is going to flame out here by the end of next week, if not sooner. Darned farmer newbies. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Kobal2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kobal2/32/20_2.png) [@Kobal2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kobal2)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2012, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tom-brokaw-i-am-so-tired-of-your-greatest-generation-shtik/634027/62 "2012-09-10T13:37:00Z")
> [@Becky2844](#): > > I thought that was invented by Al Gore. 😛 He’s rarely featured in the porn. Thankfully. ---
**Author:** ![armedmonkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@armedmonkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/armedmonkey)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2012, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tom-brokaw-i-am-so-tired-of-your-greatest-generation-shtik/634027/63 "2012-09-10T16:08:54Z")
If we are to look at it logically, it is my generation (X) that is objectively the “greatest”. Without us, there would be no _Saved By The Bell_, Mountain Dew would not be X-treme, and your precious homes would be without a Big Mouth Billy Bass. Without us, the world would still believe that you could touch Hammer when clearly you can’t. Sure, there were some mistakes. We are responsible for the _Barney the Dinosaur_ atrocity, but we are also responsible for the _Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles_, Spuds Mackenzie and whatever you call those T-shirts that change color with heat - all of which are objectively awesome. ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2012, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tom-brokaw-i-am-so-tired-of-your-greatest-generation-shtik/634027/64 "2012-09-10T17:08:39Z")
> [@PunditLisa](#): > > My generation outlasted stirrup pants and really awful music videos. Hah! My generation outlasted music videos, period. > [@A Monkey With a Gun](#): > > We are responsible for… whatever you call those T-shirts that change color with heat - all of which are objectively awesome. Generra/Global Hypercolor, the best thing to happen to fashion since somebody decided it was alright for men to stop wearing hats\*. \*I assume they cover this in the series finale of _Mad Men._ ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2012, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tom-brokaw-i-am-so-tired-of-your-greatest-generation-shtik/634027/65 "2012-09-10T20:43:59Z")
> [@A Monkey With a Gun](#): > > If we are to look at it logically, it is my generation (X) that is objectively the “greatest”. Without us, there would be no _Saved By The Bell_, Mountain Dew would not be X-treme, and your precious homes would be without a Big Mouth Billy Bass. Without us, the world would still believe that you could touch Hammer when clearly you can’t. Sure, there were some mistakes. We are responsible for the _Barney the Dinosaur_ atrocity, but we are also responsible for the _Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles_. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles were invented by a guy born in 1962. And he was only 22 when he did it. Yeah, it’s been that long. ---
**Author:** ![Kobal2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kobal2/32/20_2.png) [@Kobal2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kobal2)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2012, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tom-brokaw-i-am-so-tired-of-your-greatest-generation-shtik/634027/66 "2012-09-10T23:07:09Z")
> [@A Monkey With a Gun](#): > > If we are to look at it logically, it is my generation (X) that is objectively the “greatest”. Without us, there would be no _Saved By The Bell_, Mountain Dew would not be X-treme, and your precious homes would be without a Big Mouth Billy Bass. Without us, the world would still believe that you could touch Hammer when clearly you can’t. Sure, there were some mistakes. We are responsible for the _Barney the Dinosaur_ atrocity, but we are also responsible for the _Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles_, Spuds Mackenzie and whatever you call those T-shirts that change color with heat - all of which are objectively awesome. Eh, I’ll spot the boomers MC Hammer. He was born in '62, he’s just some old has been. But without us, they never would have learned that it’s OK to eat fish 'cause they don’t have any feelings. Nor that regardless of coercive incentives or conventional morality, expletive you Mr. De La Rocha, esq. won’t do what you tell him. ---
**Author:** ![ralph124c](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/8797f3/32.png) [@ralph124c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralph124c)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2012, 12:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tom-brokaw-i-am-so-tired-of-your-greatest-generation-shtik/634027/67 "2012-09-11T12:46:36Z")
Hey, the WERE the “Greatest Generation”. When you look at how the media is trying to turn a sleazebag like Bill Clinton , into some sort of respected “elder statesman”, it makes me want to be sick. The bum shows up at the DNC, and wags his finger in our faces. All the lipstick on a pig makes no difference. ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2012, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tom-brokaw-i-am-so-tired-of-your-greatest-generation-shtik/634027/68 "2012-09-11T13:37:14Z")
Are there any known diseases whose primary symptom is an endless stream of non sequiturs? ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2012, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tom-brokaw-i-am-so-tired-of-your-greatest-generation-shtik/634027/69 "2012-09-11T13:58:32Z")
**ralph124c** is truly our greatest degeneration. ---
**Author:** ![Damuri\_Ajashi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/898d66/32.png) [@Damuri\_Ajashi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Damuri_Ajashi)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2012, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tom-brokaw-i-am-so-tired-of-your-greatest-generation-shtik/634027/70 "2012-09-11T18:54:29Z")
The only reason people are pissed off at the baby boomers is because there are so many of them and they got politically engaged so early on that many of our policies are formed with them in mind. ---
**Author:** ![woodstockbirdybird](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/woodstockbirdybird/32/7905_2.png) [@woodstockbirdybird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/woodstockbirdybird)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2012, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tom-brokaw-i-am-so-tired-of-your-greatest-generation-shtik/634027/71 "2012-09-11T19:49:33Z")
> [@ralph124c](#): > > Hey, the WERE the “Greatest Generation”. When you look at how the media is trying to turn a sleazebag like Bill Clinton , into some sort of respected “elder statesman”, it makes me want to be sick. You misspelled “Ronald Reagan”. ---
**Author:** ![bup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6bbea6/32.png) [@bup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bup)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2012, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tom-brokaw-i-am-so-tired-of-your-greatest-generation-shtik/634027/72 "2012-09-11T20:20:28Z")
I blame the boomers for being so fucking generation-aware. Boomers thought they were the first to do everything, and they like to talk about themselves, and they compartmentalize people into this generation bullshit. Fuck the boomers. I wish I was younger so I could get a few more years of peace after you die off, talking about yourselves the whole time. ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2012, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tom-brokaw-i-am-so-tired-of-your-greatest-generation-shtik/634027/73 "2012-09-11T20:26:36Z")
> [@bup](#): > > I blame the boomers for being so fucking generation-aware. Boomers thought they were the first to do everything, and they like to talk about themselves, and they compartmentalize people into this generation bullshit. > > Fuck the boomers. I wish I was younger so I could get a few more years of peace after you die off, talking about yourselves the whole time. Get a job. ---
**Author:** ![Gangster\_Octopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a8b319/32.png) [@Gangster\_Octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gangster_Octopus)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2012, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tom-brokaw-i-am-so-tired-of-your-greatest-generation-shtik/634027/74 "2012-09-11T20:40:40Z")
People try to put us down, just because we get around. Why don’t you all fade away and not try to dig what we all say. I’m not trying to cause a big sensation, I’m just talking about my generation. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tom-brokaw-i-am-so-tired-of-your-greatest-generation-shtik/634027.md?page=3)