Trump's proposed wine tariffs will hurt Americans, not the French

[Nature Boy 2.0 8,378]

16 minutes ago, Bill & Katya said:

Isn’t that a good thing?  Sure, there are studies that say a little red wine may be beneficial health wise, but in general, alcohol consumption dropping would seem a positive.

and according to the article it's because millennials are not drinking as much wine, but lets blame Trump anyway

[Burnt Reynolds 5,058]

22 minutes ago, Bill & Katya said:

Isn’t that a good thing?  Sure, there are studies that say a little red wine may be beneficial health wise, but in general, alcohol consumption dropping would seem a positive.

More like:

 

Uh oh! US wine consumption in 2018 dropped 0.9%, see, look at what a terrible effect on the American populace Trump's (Dec 2019/Jan 2020) wine tariff threats have! 

 

Orange man's trade policies are so bad they even travel back in time to hurt past years.

 

[90DayFinancier 910]

5 minutes ago, Nature Boy 2.0 said:

and according to the article it's because millennials are not drinking as much wine, but lets blame Trump anyway

No, we need to send Layla out as a brand ambassador.

[laylalex 7,300]

Yeah, my friends and I are propping up the wine economy pretty well.

[Boiler 45,972]

2 minutes ago, laylalex said:

Yeah, my friends and I are propping up the wine economy pretty well.

On the cusp with Gen X?

[Ban Hammer 13,492]

let me see if i can channel the anti large capacity magazine/number of firearms owned crowd saying here, with a minor change....

no one needs that much wine!

[laylalex 7,300]

25 minutes ago, Boiler said:

On the cusp with Gen X?

1985. What's the cutoff for Gen X? 

 

I only have one friend who is solidly Gen X, 1979.

[Boiler 45,972]

1984 so a matter of months.

[Dashinka 24,746]

29 minutes ago, laylalex said:

1985. What's the cutoff for Gen X? 

 

I only have one friend who is solidly Gen X, 1979.

85, 87, something like that.  I always hate those "generation" labels as if people born in any 20 year period should all be a similar minds.

[Cyberfx1024 7,980]

13 minutes ago, Bill & Katya said:

85, 87, something like that.  I always hate those "generation" labels as if people born in any 20 year period should all be a similar minds.

 

37 minutes ago, Boiler said:

1984 so a matter of months.

 

43 minutes ago, laylalex said:

1985. What's the cutoff for Gen X? 

 

I only have one friend who is solidly Gen X, 1979.

Nope... 1981 onward is time of Millenials

[laylalex 7,300]

7 minutes ago, Bill & Katya said:

85, 87, something like that.  I always hate those "generation" labels as if people born in any 20 year period should all be a similar minds.

Okay, I had to look. I am a millennial: https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/533632/new-guidelines-redefine-birth-years-millennials-gen-x-and-post-millennials

 

I really don't think I'm of the same generation as Alex's mum (1965) who is apparently Gen X.

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10 minutes ago, laylalex said:

Okay, I had to look. I am a millennial: https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/533632/new-guidelines-redefine-birth-years-millennials-gen-x-and-post-millennials

 

I really don't think I'm of the same generation as Alex's mum (1965) who is apparently Gen X.

Well she could also creep in as a Boomer, have you asked her which one she identifies as?

 

So she had him young.

[Cyberfx1024 7,980]

11 minutes ago, laylalex said:

Okay, I had to look. I am a millennial: https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/533632/new-guidelines-redefine-birth-years-millennials-gen-x-and-post-millennials

 

I really don't think I'm of the same generation as Alex's mum (1965) who is apparently Gen X.

But those of us born early on are also called Xennials because we still grew up in the analog age. 

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xennials

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6 minutes ago, Cyberfx1024 said:

But those of us born early on are also called Xennials because we still grew up in the analog age. 

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xennials

I grew up analogue, actually not quite true, some limited digital aspects, just as well there was no social media around in those days, but do not meet those ages.

[laylalex 7,300]

3 minutes ago, Boiler said:

Well she could also creep in as a Boomer, have you asked her which one she identifies as?

 

So she had him young.

I guess she could. I've never asked her, but my guess is she hasn't thought too much about it. I guess I could ask? And yes, she was almost 20 when she had Al and his sister. Very young. I don't know how she did it, I was a total child at 19. I guess getting married at 18 wasn't as big a deal then as it seems now -- I was 25 and I still think that was too young.