I was watching a documentary on the Fyre Festival and I couldn't help -- Chuck Taylor 02/18/2020 3:48PM That Fyre Festival doc was depressing. I followed that up with Bad Blood. -- Seattle .Hoo 02/18/2020 4:32PM RussFest was a much better outing. -- WahooRQ 02/18/2020 5:18PM TDS alert ** -- TomKazanski 02/18/2020 4:47PM It's a weird thing to generalize an entire generation of human beings ** -- Hooddihsm 02/18/2020 3:56PM It is, but there's some sweet irony to it. Generationalism wasn't even a -- WahooRQ 02/18/2020 4:48PM So how did the boomers invent generalism? -- 111Balz 02/18/2020 5:20PM The greatest generation, followed by the worst -- wahoo138 02/18/2020 4:55PM The greatest generation drafted me generation boys -- DanTheFan 02/18/2020 5:29PM But more members of the Silent Generation fought and died in Vietnam than -- WahooRQ 02/18/2020 5:42PM You might want to research that ** -- Hoogle.com 02/18/2020 7:44PM Here's a little chart for you, kid -- southdenverhoo 02/18/2020 6:19PM ...and their average was nineteen..na na na nineteen ** -- Tuckahokie 02/18/2020 6:38PM Which is also not true (although it made for a catchy song). Average age -- WahooRQ 02/18/2020 6:47PM Bummer...Paul Hardcastle was wrong...oh well ** -- Tuckahokie 02/18/2020 6:53PM Now apply an average age of 23.1 to your own numbers, grampa. :) -- WahooRQ 02/18/2020 6:28PM I've always seen the start of the boom given as 1945 fwiw but below -- southdenverhoo 02/18/2020 6:38PM Odd, never seen 1944 as the start and def never seen 1979 as the cutoff for -- WahooRQ 02/18/2020 6:46PM Note wiki has Silent Generation as 1928-1945. -- southdenverhoo 02/18/2020 7:46PM I have read the boom started anywhere from '45 to '48 ** -- Tuckahokie 02/18/2020 6:46PM First combat troops landed in March 1965 -- DanTheFan 02/18/2020 6:14PM If I'm not mistaken, there was no draft until near the end of the war -- -- WahooRQ 02/18/2020 6:21PM That was when they turned the draft into a lottery. Before that, everyone -- Hoogle.com 02/18/2020 7:46PM That's a big negatory. Ever see Bye Bye Birdie? comedy musical inspired by -- southdenverhoo 02/18/2020 6:46PM OK I’m going to correct your terms of service violation -- 111Balz 02/18/2020 9:04PM So consider me mistaken (although the vast majority of men who fought and -- WahooRQ 02/18/2020 6:51PM No, the shit really hit the fan in about 1965, in terms of conscription. -- southdenverhoo 02/18/2020 7:36PM That's wrong. The lottery system began in 1969. -- DanTheFan 02/18/2020 6:35PM According to this source, 70% of US KIA in Vietnam were volunteers. -- WahooRQ 02/18/2020 6:41PM Again, that's just wrong about the draft. -- DanTheFan 02/18/2020 7:09PM Exactly. I always appreciate your command of history ** -- 111Balz 02/18/2020 9:28PM It's interesting but does it matter? Just going to that shit show was bad -- Seattle .Hoo 02/18/2020 6:46PM You could get a good tan over there. ** -- Hoogle.com 02/18/2020 7:48PM My dad was a Silent, BTW. Fought in Korea. ** -- Seattle .Hoo 02/18/2020 6:03PM Yep Iraq was dumb, but we were a volunteer army by then, thanks in part to -- Seattle .Hoo 02/18/2020 6:02PM They did indeed. Go die for the domino theory. ** -- Seattle .Hoo 02/18/2020 5:32PM I certainly don’t think history will agree with that. -- 111Balz 02/18/2020 5:19PM On another note, how hilarious is the Boomer v Millennial feud to any -- WahooRQ 02/18/2020 5:14PM As a late ‘64, I feel like Switzerland ** -- TpkeHoo 02/18/2020 7:33PM Well, better than Maryland ** -- 111Balz 02/18/2020 10:50PM Where do you see that? ** -- 111Balz 02/18/2020 5:21PM