Millennial", why does that word make me grit my teeth?

Oorrrrrr……..you could invest in a night guard.

Or possibly, work to develop some tolerance, perspective, and a sense of humor, instead of blaming all of your angst and worn-down tooth enamel on "those entitled millennials".

I admit: I don't get the Pokemon Go craze. It does seem to have been pretty harmless, and has peaked and pooped out now, anyway. Since you slyly posted no link, I can't check to see whether some selfish Pokemon chasers actually were assholes to some veterans, or whether that's just another tea party fable.

Millenials, according to several recent surveys, are selfless optimists looking to make a positive difference in the world. Late Boomers like myself find Millenial's creative enthusiasm endearing and inspiring. That is the real secret of Bernie Sanders' base for which you express such gratuitous contempt; it is the weathered and battle-tested idealism of the 1960s and 1970s meeting the tech-savvy, globally-connected and info-rich inheritors of the earth (the parts of earth still livable 50 years from now).

Like it or not, PP, the youth are your future. Unless you're going to freeze-dry and reincarnate your geriatric corpse to yell at some unimaginable future mixed-race, clean-energy-using, 2050 generation to get orff yer gawdammed lawn, the youth are our best bet. They'll probably be happy to support you in your golden years, assuming that you are not successful in your efforts to privatize social security and raid those pension funds of those demonic unionized teachers and postal carriers, that is…

 

 

This seems to be the source of your toothache right here. Looks to me like the angry man that knocked over the Pokemon players’ awning was over-reacting just a tad. The “Go” players weren’t defacing gravestones or pissing on plots.

He probably forgot, but most of those veterans buried at the memorial were cut down in their youth. I’d bet most enjoyed some drugs, drink, sex, rock n’roll, , and whatever the crazy kids of their generation indulged in. If their spirits linger, they’d grin indulgently at the antics of the “crazy kids” of today.