# We shall overcome **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 1, 2011, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-shall-overcome/566068 "2011-01-01T18:47:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2011, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-shall-overcome/566068/21 "2011-01-04T18:03:46Z")
> [@Airman\_Doors\_USAF](#): > > Coming for us? You came, you saw, you conquered, and you left us so deep in the hole we’re halfway to China. But hey, congratulations. Only a few more years, if we’re lucky, and the party’s over so we can get to work fixing things. > > Really, you didn’t expect us to be happy about it, did you? Hey bub, don’t include me in your delusion. I was a working schmuck right up to the end. ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2011, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-shall-overcome/566068/22 "2011-01-04T18:36:17Z")
> [@Hypno-Toad](#): > > For your amusement: [The Baby Boomer Death Counter.](http://www.boomerdeathcounter.com/) More than 10% of you are DEAD already. More than 2,500 in the last 24 hours. And the rate is increasing. > > Sing along with the Hypno-Toad: Ten little, nine little, eight little boomers… Oh great. There’s a Canadian version. And it says that Boomers in Canada were later, from 1946 to 1966. I can’t escape. ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2011, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-shall-overcome/566068/23 "2011-01-04T18:46:53Z")
> [@Sunspace](#): > > Oh great. There’s a Canadian version. And it says that Boomers in Canada were later, from 1946 to 1966. > > I can’t escape. Paranoia strikes deep Into your life it will creep ---
**Author:** ![Fuzzy\_Wombats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Fuzzy\_Wombats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fuzzy_Wombats)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2011, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-shall-overcome/566068/24 "2011-01-04T18:50:09Z")
> [@Airman\_Doors\_USAF](#): > > Coming for us? You came, you saw, you conquered, and you left us so deep in the hole we’re halfway to China. But hey, congratulations. Only a few more years, if we’re lucky, and the party’s over so we can get to work fixing things. > > Really, you didn’t expect us to be happy about it, did you? I couldn’t agree more. Don’t let the door hit you on the way out, Boomers. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Makeitstop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/bb73d2/32.png) [@Makeitstop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Makeitstop)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2011, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-shall-overcome/566068/25 "2011-01-04T19:48:20Z")
> [@Hypno-Toad](#): > > For your amusement: [The Baby Boomer Death Counter.](http://www.boomerdeathcounter.com/) More than 10% of you are DEAD already. More than 2,500 in the last 24 hours. And the rate is increasing. > > Sing along with the Hypno-Toad: Ten little, nine little, eight little boomers… Seven little, six little, five little boomers… Funniest thing I’ve seen on these boards in a long time. I love the NOT DEAD YET counter. Only ~76 million to go! Makes me wonder: Just who is going to be the literal _ **last** _ baby boomer? What poor soul is going to be put on a mantle as the last of a most hated group of people with similar birthdates, to be ridiculed and hovered over as his or her last seconds on Earth tick away? ---
**Author:** ![Airman\_Doors\_USAF](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e36b37/32.png) [@Airman\_Doors\_USAF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Airman_Doors_USAF)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2011, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-shall-overcome/566068/26 "2011-01-08T02:17:53Z")
> [@Chefguy](#): > > Hey bub, don’t include me in your delusion. I was a working schmuck right up to the end. Delusion? I think not. What generation have the last three Presidents been from? What group comprises the largest part of Congress? Who runs the banks and other financial organizations in the country? You guessed it. It’s not us 30-40 somethings, that’s for sure. If you don’t wish to be included in the contempt, it would probably help if you a) didn’t taunt us like you did in the OP, and b) didn’t say “we” when discussing it. You put yourself in that group, so you get everything that comes with it. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2011, 4:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-shall-overcome/566068/27 "2011-01-08T04:53:12Z")
> [@Airman\_Doors\_USAF](#): > > Delusion? I think not. What generation have the last three Presidents been from? What group comprises the largest part of Congress? Who runs the banks and other financial organizations in the country? You guessed it. It’s not us 30-40 somethings, that’s for sure. > > If you don’t wish to be included in the contempt, it would probably help if you a) didn’t taunt us like you did in the OP, and b) didn’t say “we” when discussing it. You put yourself in that group, so you get everything that comes with it. Man, you take shit way too seriously. Lighten the fuck up. ---
**Author:** ![Jonathan\_Chance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jonathan_chance/32/701_2.png) [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2011, 1:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-shall-overcome/566068/28 "2011-01-08T13:22:42Z")
No, he doesn’t. Hey, nice generation. Be a shame if something…happened…to it. ---
**Author:** ![Xema](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/9de053/32.png) [@Xema](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Xema)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2011, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-shall-overcome/566068/29 "2011-01-08T16:31:02Z")
> [@Chefguy](#): > > Today is the day that the oldest baby boomers start turning 65 at the rate of 10,000 per day. This will continue for the next 19 years. 10,000 per day for 19 years is almost 70 million. [This site](http://www.infoplease.com/yearbyyear.html) says the US population increased from 141.4 million in 1946 to 194.3 million in 1965 - a net increase of around 53 million. Of these, some are no longer with us. Googling suggests that around 27% of the population doesn’t make it to age 65, which means that of those 53 million, around 39 million will reach retirement age. So, who makes up the 31 million difference? Immigrants (and should they count as baby boomers)? ---
**Author:** ![Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/le_ministre_de_l_au-dela/32/12181_2.png) [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Le_Ministre_de_l_au-dela)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2011, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-shall-overcome/566068/30 "2011-01-08T16:51:22Z")
I find when I’m 64 far more significant than when I’m 65. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-shall-overcome/566068.md?page=1)