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JohnMcCant2008 (464 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-17-08 09:58 AM Original message |
I said to a friend last night "Remember when the "american dream" was to just be comfortable ---> |
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skooooo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-17-08 10:00 AM Response to Original message |
1. I think the shift started in the 1980s... |
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madokie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-17-08 10:01 AM Response to Original message |
2. it depends |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-17-08 10:01 AM Response to Original message |
3. I can remember having moments like that by the time I was eight |
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marmar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-17-08 10:02 AM Response to Original message |
4. The way things are going, the American Dream is going to be to eat twice a day..... |
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JohnMcCant2008 (464 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-17-08 10:12 AM Response to Reply #4 |
7. I really have faith now that we (the nation) will pull out of this even if we have to |
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TechBear_Seattle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-17-08 10:07 AM Response to Original message |
5. Remember when consumption was a horrible, lingering way to die? |
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LynzM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-17-08 10:10 AM Response to Original message |
6. I'm 28 and I agree with you. |
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demnan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-17-08 10:14 AM Response to Original message |
8. When I was a kid |
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moggie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-17-08 10:14 AM Response to Original message |
9. Remember when kids stayed off your lawn? |
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JohnMcCant2008 (464 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-17-08 10:18 AM Response to Reply #9 |
11. and don't even get me STARTED about the kids and their damn rock and roll records! |
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moggie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-17-08 10:46 AM Response to Reply #11 |
13. You know what I look forward to? |
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JohnMcCant2008 (464 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-17-08 10:55 AM Response to Reply #13 |
14. this thread just reminded me that 4 months ago, my 19yo daughter babysat our little one so my wife |
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moggie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-17-08 11:02 AM Response to Reply #14 |
15. Did she tell you to be home by midnight? |
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Lorien (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-17-08 10:17 AM Response to Original message |
10. I'm 43 and I was thinking the same thing several years ago |
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Tandalayo_Scheisskopf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-17-08 10:25 AM Response to Original message |
12. Used to be... |
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Javaman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-17-08 11:07 AM Response to Original message |
16. actually the concept of the "american dream" started off as an ideal. |
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