Oh and please don't blame me for the first Trudeau...
- bobbyisno1

unfortunately for Canada now... its seems the worst thing that Trudeau "did" was procreate...

Hooray for Gen-X'rs...
- PatC80

Gen-X is probably the best name. It sounds punk rock. Like you should be emaciated, but at least wearing leather and studs and have dangerous hair.

Gen-Z sounds like a vitamin.

Millennial sounds like you should be wearing some type of Jetsons apparel, but you don't even know what the Jetsons are. I also picture a Flock of Seagulls hairstyle, which is equally unhelpful when talking to Millennials!

Boomer sounds old. Like the noise you have to make for them to hear you.

Silent sounds really old. Like the noise they make.

Wow right past your head.

I am not saying you don’t learn new things....

Just because you and your buddies learned how to be imaginative through building LEGO doesn’t mean the next generation has to.

Kind of a perfect example of what I am getting at here.
- Santo_44

I think you need to work on your communications skills here... maybe a bit of "tailoring your message to the audience"... just like DonC wasn't particularly good at getting what he wanted to say to come out of his mouth...

you are going to have to explain "the example" you are trying to show here...

is this Athanasiou guy worth a stab at?

Cherry is from the silent generation, look how that turned out.
And I still believe when he said "you people" he was talking about people that didn't buy poppies, not what colour they are, cause trust me there are a lot of white Canadians that don't buy them.
- bobbyisno1

Well except he said, You people that come here, you love our way of life.

I mean, he stumbled over the words a bit..it went more like ...you people love, youve hfft..that come here, whatever it is...you love our way of life.

I dont think we can say he was just talking about non poppy wearers. esp in context of his 40 years saying stuff

See, i'm googling this shyte and getting the same thing you are.
Gen-x, 1961-81
Boomers 1946-64.
WTF am I.....
- bobbyisno1

That's funny. Wikipedia is equally unhelpful:

Baby boomers, also known as Generation W, the Me Generation or Boomers, are the generation that were born mostly following World War II, typically born from 1946 to 1964

Generation X, commonly abbreviated to Gen X, is the generation following the baby boomers. Demographers and researchers typically use starting birth years ranging from the early-to-mid 1960s and ending birth years in the early 1980s. ... But according to authors William Strauss and Neil Howe (who use a twenty year span from 1961 to 1981 for their birth years)

Millennials, also known as Generation Y, are the cohort of people following Generation X. Researchers and popular media use the early 1980s as starting birth years and the mid-1990s to early 2000s as ending birth years, with 1981 to 1996 a widely accepted definition.

Generation Z, also known as Gen Z or, colloquially, Zoomers, is the cohort of people born after the Millennials. Demographers and researchers typically use the mid- to late-1990s as starting birth years.

I think you need to work on your communications skills here... maybe a bit of "tailoring your message to the audience"... just like DonC wasn't particularly good at getting what he wanted to say to come out of his mouth...

you are going to have to explain "the example" you are trying to show here...
- BorjeFan4Ever

You were just yelling at clouds saying that LEGO these days causes kids not to be imaginative.

Kids don’t play with LEGO much anymore.


*waits for you to yell at clouds saying that kids should be playing with LEGO*

I wasn't allowed Legos, very dangerous for me when my parents stepped on them.

I wasn't allowed Legos, very dangerous for me when my parents stepped on them.
- bobbyisno1

Wow you must be the most unimaginative (frank) out there.

Shame on you for not playing with legos.

"You people that come here … whatever it is, you love our way of life, you love our milk and honey, at least you could pay a couple of bucks for a poppy”

I see this all over my FB page from relatives who are upset about the situation. People want it to be that, but where the did You People come here from? Where were they?

It was directed at immigrants.

If you forgive that because you like Don Cherry, that's fine - it's your prerogative. We've certainly all heard far worse.

Just don't pretend it was something that it wasn't.
- Monkeypunk

oh man, I have used so much restraint over the last week just scrolling by the nonsense trying to defend it. I havent replied to one post. If someone asks me in person about it, I will give my thoughts. I dont think I can relay my thoughts properly in a FB reply. And I bet I get a much different reply in person that I would on FB

Wow you must be the most unimaginative (frank) out there.

Shame on you for not playing with legos.
- Santo_44

But I did, how do you think I knew that it was very dangerous for me when my parents stepped on them.
Also I had a bad habit of not putting them all away.

I think you need to work on your communications skills here... maybe a bit of "tailoring your message to the audience"... just like DonC wasn't particularly good at getting what he wanted to say to come out of his mouth...

you are going to have to explain "the example" you are trying to show here...
- BorjeFan4Ever

Based on his comments after the incident and reaction. I think the words come out exactly how he meant it.

If cherry isnt apologizing or walking anything back, why is everyone trying to do it for him. own it

But I did, how do you think I knew that it was very dangerous for me when my parents stepped on them.
Also I had a bad habit of not putting them all away.
- bobbyisno1

I was kidding.

Lego is great.

on a scale from 1-10 how much should we panic

I wasn't allowed Legos, very dangerous for me when my parents stepped on them.
- bobbyisno1

Some how they stepped on it, but it was my ear that hurt.

kind of a direct analog for "sophisticated Boomer labeling"...

"no one cares" only triggers you if you care.... so either you're being to sensitive or what matters to you (which is okay) simply is inconsequential to everyone else.
- BorjeFan4Ever

Lol
Hes so easy to get going

on a scale from 1-10 how much should we panic
- daeth

I haven't stopped since April 23 of last year. I'm at a 14 now.

I haven't stopped since April 23 of last year. I'm at a 14 now.
- Monkeypunk

whoa, that's like chihuahua meeting a new person for the first time levels of panic.

You were just yelling at clouds saying that LEGO these days causes kids not to be imaginative.

Kids don’t play with LEGO much anymore.


*waits for you to yell at clouds saying that kids should be playing with LEGO*
- Santo_44

nope... sorry I didn't explain myself well. I wasn't yelling at anyone... merely observing that earlier use of Legos allowed and encouraged a different(not better nor worse) type of imagination... and that kids in the 80s who had Legos had "planned kits" as opposed to simplistic blocks like what I had.

whether kids today play with legos I have no idea - I assume that since Lego is still in business that someone does... maybe its not for kids... its just in boardrooms for bored millenials

Hey Mike. On a separate note I haven't really heard much debate on the whos better? Connor McDavid or Auston Matthews? like we did all last year.... Maybe because there isn't really a debate at least so far this year right?
- Thoroldbhawks

I dont believe there ever was debate.
Mcd is simply on a another level
Mcpants is not there.

That could change i suppose

Wow right past your head.

I am not saying you don’t learn new things....

Just because you and your buddies learned how to be imaginative through building LEGO doesn’t mean the next generation has to.

Kind of a perfect example of what I am getting at here.
- Santo_44

But perhaps they do? Just because the next generation is doing something different than the previous generation doesn't mean that's necessarily progress. It could also be a step back in cognitive development (as an example).

whoa, that's like chihuahua meeting a new person for the first time levels of panic.
- daeth

Don't mention new people. That makes it a 15.

I was kidding.

Lego is great.
- Santo_44

All kidding aside, never actually built anything
Just left them laying around, cause there were bugs and frogs and snakes and things to catch outside.

"You people that come here … whatever it is, you love our way of life, you love our milk and honey, at least you could pay a couple of bucks for a poppy”

I see this all over my FB page from relatives who are upset about the situation. People want it to be that, but where the did You People come here from? Where were they?

It was directed at immigrants.

If you forgive that because you like Don Cherry, that's fine - it's your prerogative. We've certainly all heard far worse.

Just don't pretend it was something that it wasn't.
- Monkeypunk

Meh. So what if he did. There's nothing wrong with asking immigrants to buy and wear poppies to support the vets and families that have vets who died for the freedom they left their country and came here to have.

Some how they stepped on it, but it was my ear that hurt.
- Garnie

I know, but I took it like a man, they couldn't...