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Tue, 29 Dec 2009 16:25:35 +0000 LondonLee http://www.theawl.com/2009/12/the-end-of-the-00s-how-to-lose-your-idealism-in-under-ten-years-by-natasha-vargas-cooper#comment-51744 the Golden Age for pop music and all other eras pale in comparison. As a child of the 70s and 80s this pisses me off no end and it depresses me when I hear 20-somethings going on about The Beatles. Personally I'd take Bowie over Dylan.]]> the Golden Age for pop music and all other eras pale in comparison. As a child of the 70s and 80s this pisses me off no end and it depresses me when I hear 20-somethings going on about The Beatles. Personally I'd take Bowie over Dylan.]]> http://www.theawl.com/2009/12/the-end-of-the-00s-how-to-lose-your-idealism-in-under-ten-years-by-natasha-vargas-cooper#comment-51744/feed 0 http://www.theawl.com/2009/12/the-end-of-the-00s-how-to-lose-your-idealism-in-under-ten-years-by-natasha-vargas-cooper#comment-51713 http://www.theawl.com/2009/12/the-end-of-the-00s-how-to-lose-your-idealism-in-under-ten-years-by-natasha-vargas-cooper#comment-51713#comments Tue, 29 Dec 2009 14:29:19 +0000 kitten_witawip http://www.theawl.com/2009/12/the-end-of-the-00s-how-to-lose-your-idealism-in-under-ten-years-by-natasha-vargas-cooper#comment-51713 http://www.theawl.com/2009/12/the-end-of-the-00s-how-to-lose-your-idealism-in-under-ten-years-by-natasha-vargas-cooper#comment-51713/feed 0 http://www.theawl.com/2009/12/the-end-of-the-00s-how-to-lose-your-idealism-in-under-ten-years-by-natasha-vargas-cooper#comment-51705 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I mean, their parents were the ones who figured out the fundamentals of storytelling with movies and TV, but the boomers, having been raised on those media, were obviously going to be the ones who started examining their psyches and histories with them. I mean, if we're speaking in sweeping generalizations, I think, yeah, the boomers should be an object lesson. (In what, I'm not sure, but something.) But I think that was sort of a doom they couldn't avoid. I mean, at this point their self-lauding has gotten a little obviously silly, but I don't think we see nearly as much of it as we used to, either. Considering this year was the 40th anniversary of Woodstock, I'm actually surprised there wasn't lots more!]]> could do that. I mean, their parents were the ones who figured out the fundamentals of storytelling with movies and TV, but the boomers, having been raised on those media, were obviously going to be the ones who started examining their psyches and histories with them. I mean, if we're speaking in sweeping generalizations, I think, yeah, the boomers should be an object lesson. (In what, I'm not sure, but something.) But I think that was sort of a doom they couldn't avoid. I mean, at this point their self-lauding has gotten a little obviously silly, but I don't think we see nearly as much of it as we used to, either. Considering this year was the 40th anniversary of Woodstock, I'm actually surprised there wasn't lots more!]]> http://www.theawl.com/2009/12/the-end-of-the-00s-how-to-lose-your-idealism-in-under-ten-years-by-natasha-vargas-cooper#comment-51561/feed 0 http://www.theawl.com/2009/12/the-end-of-the-00s-how-to-lose-your-idealism-in-under-ten-years-by-natasha-vargas-cooper#comment-51559 http://www.theawl.com/2009/12/the-end-of-the-00s-how-to-lose-your-idealism-in-under-ten-years-by-natasha-vargas-cooper#comment-51559#comments Mon, 28 Dec 2009 18:28:25 +0000 Maura Johnston http://www.theawl.com/2009/12/the-end-of-the-00s-how-to-lose-your-idealism-in-under-ten-years-by-natasha-vargas-cooper#comment-51559 http://www.theawl.com/2009/12/the-end-of-the-00s-how-to-lose-your-idealism-in-under-ten-years-by-natasha-vargas-cooper#comment-51559/feed 0 http://www.theawl.com/2009/12/the-end-of-the-00s-how-to-lose-your-idealism-in-under-ten-years-by-natasha-vargas-cooper#comment-51556 http://www.theawl.com/2009/12/the-end-of-the-00s-how-to-lose-your-idealism-in-under-ten-years-by-natasha-vargas-cooper#comment-51556#comments Mon, 28 Dec 2009 18:05:25 +0000 BoHan http://www.theawl.com/2009/12/the-end-of-the-00s-how-to-lose-your-idealism-in-under-ten-years-by-natasha-vargas-cooper#comment-51556 http://www.theawl.com/2009/12/the-end-of-the-00s-how-to-lose-your-idealism-in-under-ten-years-by-natasha-vargas-cooper#comment-51556/feed 0 http://www.theawl.com/2009/12/the-end-of-the-00s-how-to-lose-your-idealism-in-under-ten-years-by-natasha-vargas-cooper#comment-51549 http://www.theawl.com/2009/12/the-end-of-the-00s-how-to-lose-your-idealism-in-under-ten-years-by-natasha-vargas-cooper#comment-51549#comments Mon, 28 Dec 2009 17:48:55 +0000 missdelite http://www.theawl.com/2009/12/the-end-of-the-00s-how-to-lose-your-idealism-in-under-ten-years-by-natasha-vargas-cooper#comment-51549 every Boomer is a mindless, gas-guzzling consumer, but when it comes to effecting real, lasting social change, the only group that matters is the policy makers. Take an age-range survey of these top dogs and get back to me on how we've benefitted from the heightened social conscience of the Boomers. Was the economic meltdown a figment of my imagination? Or should I get down on my knees and thank god your brown-skinned compatriots can now sit at the front of the bus?]]> every Boomer is a mindless, gas-guzzling consumer, but when it comes to effecting real, lasting social change, the only group that matters is the policy makers. Take an age-range survey of these top dogs and get back to me on how we've benefitted from the heightened social conscience of the Boomers. Was the economic meltdown a figment of my imagination? Or should I get down on my knees and thank god your brown-skinned compatriots can now sit at the front of the bus?]]> http://www.theawl.com/2009/12/the-end-of-the-00s-how-to-lose-your-idealism-in-under-ten-years-by-natasha-vargas-cooper#comment-51549/feed 0 http://www.theawl.com/2009/12/the-end-of-the-00s-how-to-lose-your-idealism-in-under-ten-years-by-natasha-vargas-cooper#comment-51548 http://www.theawl.com/2009/12/the-end-of-the-00s-how-to-lose-your-idealism-in-under-ten-years-by-natasha-vargas-cooper#comment-51548#comments Mon, 28 Dec 2009 17:47:18 +0000 Tulletilsynet http://www.theawl.com/2009/12/the-end-of-the-00s-how-to-lose-your-idealism-in-under-ten-years-by-natasha-vargas-cooper#comment-51548 http://www.theawl.com/2009/12/the-end-of-the-00s-how-to-lose-your-idealism-in-under-ten-years-by-natasha-vargas-cooper#comment-51548/feed 0 http://www.theawl.com/2009/12/the-end-of-the-00s-how-to-lose-your-idealism-in-under-ten-years-by-natasha-vargas-cooper#comment-51540 http://www.theawl.com/2009/12/the-end-of-the-00s-how-to-lose-your-idealism-in-under-ten-years-by-natasha-vargas-cooper#comment-51540#comments Mon, 28 Dec 2009 17:14:46 +0000 HiredGoons http://www.theawl.com/2009/12/the-end-of-the-00s-how-to-lose-your-idealism-in-under-ten-years-by-natasha-vargas-cooper#comment-51540 http://www.theawl.com/2009/12/the-end-of-the-00s-how-to-lose-your-idealism-in-under-ten-years-by-natasha-vargas-cooper#comment-51540/feed 0 http://www.theawl.com/2009/12/the-end-of-the-00s-how-to-lose-your-idealism-in-under-ten-years-by-natasha-vargas-cooper#comment-51526 http://www.theawl.com/2009/12/the-end-of-the-00s-how-to-lose-your-idealism-in-under-ten-years-by-natasha-vargas-cooper#comment-51526#comments Mon, 28 Dec 2009 16:47:29 +0000 Natasha Vargas-Cooper http://www.theawl.com/2009/12/the-end-of-the-00s-how-to-lose-your-idealism-in-under-ten-years-by-natasha-vargas-cooper#comment-51526 http://www.theawl.com/2009/12/the-end-of-the-00s-how-to-lose-your-idealism-in-under-ten-years-by-natasha-vargas-cooper#comment-51526/feed 0 http://www.theawl.com/2009/12/the-end-of-the-00s-how-to-lose-your-idealism-in-under-ten-years-by-natasha-vargas-cooper#comment-51522 http://www.theawl.com/2009/12/the-end-of-the-00s-how-to-lose-your-idealism-in-under-ten-years-by-natasha-vargas-cooper#comment-51522#comments Mon, 28 Dec 2009 16:38:56 +0000 Abe Sauer http://www.theawl.com/2009/12/the-end-of-the-00s-how-to-lose-your-idealism-in-under-ten-years-by-natasha-vargas-cooper#comment-51522 http://www.theawl.com/2009/12/the-end-of-the-00s-how-to-lose-your-idealism-in-under-ten-years-by-natasha-vargas-cooper#comment-51522/feed 0 http://www.theawl.com/2009/12/the-end-of-the-00s-how-to-lose-your-idealism-in-under-ten-years-by-natasha-vargas-cooper#comment-51519 http://www.theawl.com/2009/12/the-end-of-the-00s-how-to-lose-your-idealism-in-under-ten-years-by-natasha-vargas-cooper#comment-51519#comments Mon, 28 Dec 2009 16:32:41 +0000 Abe Sauer http://www.theawl.com/2009/12/the-end-of-the-00s-how-to-lose-your-idealism-in-under-ten-years-by-natasha-vargas-cooper#comment-51519 http://www.theawl.com/2009/12/the-end-of-the-00s-how-to-lose-your-idealism-in-under-ten-years-by-natasha-vargas-cooper#comment-51519/feed 0 http://www.theawl.com/2009/12/the-end-of-the-00s-how-to-lose-your-idealism-in-under-ten-years-by-natasha-vargas-cooper#comment-51515 http://www.theawl.com/2009/12/the-end-of-the-00s-how-to-lose-your-idealism-in-under-ten-years-by-natasha-vargas-cooper#comment-51515#comments Mon, 28 Dec 2009 16:21:28 +0000 Lionel Mandrake http://www.theawl.com/2009/12/the-end-of-the-00s-how-to-lose-your-idealism-in-under-ten-years-by-natasha-vargas-cooper#comment-51515 http://www.theawl.com/2009/12/the-end-of-the-00s-how-to-lose-your-idealism-in-under-ten-years-by-natasha-vargas-cooper#comment-51515/feed 0 http://www.theawl.com/2009/12/the-end-of-the-00s-how-to-lose-your-idealism-in-under-ten-years-by-natasha-vargas-cooper#comment-51514 http://www.theawl.com/2009/12/the-end-of-the-00s-how-to-lose-your-idealism-in-under-ten-years-by-natasha-vargas-cooper#comment-51514#comments Mon, 28 Dec 2009 16:18:17 +0000 missdelite http://www.theawl.com/2009/12/the-end-of-the-00s-how-to-lose-your-idealism-in-under-ten-years-by-natasha-vargas-cooper#comment-51514 Leave it to Beaver childhood which is why they do what it takes now to acquire the newest, shiniest toys - even if it means engaging in senseless wars - the very thing they protested against as hippies. I question whether the majority of them ever were anti-war and just merely pro-self in order to save their own ass from roughing it in the jungles of Vietnam. How convenient to rebel against "The Man" and his capitalist values when he wants you to blow up babies and live off of army rations. Not the very same kids who grew up in the 'burbs surrounded by a white picket fence and watching I Dream of Jeannie on the teevee. And yet, look at what these kids have become...]]> Leave it to Beaver childhood which is why they do what it takes now to acquire the newest, shiniest toys - even if it means engaging in senseless wars - the very thing they protested against as hippies. I question whether the majority of them ever were anti-war and just merely pro-self in order to save their own ass from roughing it in the jungles of Vietnam. How convenient to rebel against "The Man" and his capitalist values when he wants you to blow up babies and live off of army rations. Not the very same kids who grew up in the 'burbs surrounded by a white picket fence and watching I Dream of Jeannie on the teevee. And yet, look at what these kids have become...]]> http://www.theawl.com/2009/12/the-end-of-the-00s-how-to-lose-your-idealism-in-under-ten-years-by-natasha-vargas-cooper#comment-51514/feed 0 http://www.theawl.com/2009/12/the-end-of-the-00s-how-to-lose-your-idealism-in-under-ten-years-by-natasha-vargas-cooper#comment-51513 http://www.theawl.com/2009/12/the-end-of-the-00s-how-to-lose-your-idealism-in-under-ten-years-by-natasha-vargas-cooper#comment-51513#comments Mon, 28 Dec 2009 16:03:45 +0000 missdelite http://www.theawl.com/2009/12/the-end-of-the-00s-how-to-lose-your-idealism-in-under-ten-years-by-natasha-vargas-cooper#comment-51513 refreshed itself, dumping it into the netherlands of Wordpress. WTF?]]> refreshed itself, dumping it into the netherlands of Wordpress. WTF?]]> http://www.theawl.com/2009/12/the-end-of-the-00s-how-to-lose-your-idealism-in-under-ten-years-by-natasha-vargas-cooper#comment-51513/feed 0 http://www.theawl.com/2009/12/the-end-of-the-00s-how-to-lose-your-idealism-in-under-ten-years-by-natasha-vargas-cooper#comment-51507 http://www.theawl.com/2009/12/the-end-of-the-00s-how-to-lose-your-idealism-in-under-ten-years-by-natasha-vargas-cooper#comment-51507#comments Mon, 28 Dec 2009 15:36:30 +0000 SarahHeartburn http://www.theawl.com/2009/12/the-end-of-the-00s-how-to-lose-your-idealism-in-under-ten-years-by-natasha-vargas-cooper#comment-51507 http://www.theawl.com/2009/12/the-end-of-the-00s-how-to-lose-your-idealism-in-under-ten-years-by-natasha-vargas-cooper#comment-51507/feed 0 http://www.theawl.com/2009/12/the-end-of-the-00s-how-to-lose-your-idealism-in-under-ten-years-by-natasha-vargas-cooper#comment-51506 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As they age, they are only getting worse. " Like every generation they've hardened. But what's important is that they're more numerous than those before and after, and that has allowed them to have a disproportionate impact, in the states. They are a cork on progress, cynically feathering their nests at the expense of both past and future generation. Their moral collapse into mass consumerism, pop psychology, and zero sum polictics in the 1970's and 80's, has lead to the suburban wasteland, populated by lip service the 60's ideals, overwieght gluttons, rotting strip malls and a host of traumatized youth acting out the pathologies of their parents. School shooters are boomer child phenomena. Perhaps, as they finally begin to kick off in the nest few years we'll have the opportunity to effect real change, freed of the paranoid constraints of aging populace. But I doubt it. The dead weight of tired and self-important generation will slowly drag us into the mire. Perhaps we should all read "Il gattopardo" and accept the reality of the twilight the US.]]> Their ideological hangups are infecting every aspect of life. As they age, they are only getting worse. " Like every generation they've hardened. But what's important is that they're more numerous than those before and after, and that has allowed them to have a disproportionate impact, in the states. They are a cork on progress, cynically feathering their nests at the expense of both past and future generation. Their moral collapse into mass consumerism, pop psychology, and zero sum polictics in the 1970's and 80's, has lead to the suburban wasteland, populated by lip service the 60's ideals, overwieght gluttons, rotting strip malls and a host of traumatized youth acting out the pathologies of their parents. School shooters are boomer child phenomena. Perhaps, as they finally begin to kick off in the nest few years we'll have the opportunity to effect real change, freed of the paranoid constraints of aging populace. But I doubt it. The dead weight of tired and self-important generation will slowly drag us into the mire. Perhaps we should all read "Il gattopardo" and accept the reality of the twilight the US.]]> http://www.theawl.com/2009/12/the-end-of-the-00s-how-to-lose-your-idealism-in-under-ten-years-by-natasha-vargas-cooper#comment-51484/feed 0 http://www.theawl.com/2009/12/the-end-of-the-00s-how-to-lose-your-idealism-in-under-ten-years-by-natasha-vargas-cooper#comment-51477 http://www.theawl.com/2009/12/the-end-of-the-00s-how-to-lose-your-idealism-in-under-ten-years-by-natasha-vargas-cooper#comment-51477#comments Mon, 28 Dec 2009 13:45:22 +0000 SarahHeartburn http://www.theawl.com/2009/12/the-end-of-the-00s-how-to-lose-your-idealism-in-under-ten-years-by-natasha-vargas-cooper#comment-51477 http://www.theawl.com/2009/12/the-end-of-the-00s-how-to-lose-your-idealism-in-under-ten-years-by-natasha-vargas-cooper#comment-51477/feed 0 http://www.theawl.com/2009/12/the-end-of-the-00s-how-to-lose-your-idealism-in-under-ten-years-by-natasha-vargas-cooper#comment-51476 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Yes, the title sounds hokey, but trust me, it will open your eyes.]]> this book. Yes, the title sounds hokey, but trust me, it will open your eyes.]]> http://www.theawl.com/2009/12/the-end-of-the-00s-how-to-lose-your-idealism-in-under-ten-years-by-natasha-vargas-cooper#comment-51451/feed 0 http://www.theawl.com/2009/12/the-end-of-the-00s-how-to-lose-your-idealism-in-under-ten-years-by-natasha-vargas-cooper#comment-51450 http://www.theawl.com/2009/12/the-end-of-the-00s-how-to-lose-your-idealism-in-under-ten-years-by-natasha-vargas-cooper#comment-51450#comments Mon, 28 Dec 2009 12:51:46 +0000 belltolls http://www.theawl.com/2009/12/the-end-of-the-00s-how-to-lose-your-idealism-in-under-ten-years-by-natasha-vargas-cooper#comment-51450 http://www.theawl.com/2009/12/the-end-of-the-00s-how-to-lose-your-idealism-in-under-ten-years-by-natasha-vargas-cooper#comment-51450/feed 0 http://www.theawl.com/2009/12/the-end-of-the-00s-how-to-lose-your-idealism-in-under-ten-years-by-natasha-vargas-cooper#comment-51447 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Mon, 28 Dec 2009 12:31:12 +0000 joeclark http://www.theawl.com/2009/12/the-end-of-the-00s-how-to-lose-your-idealism-in-under-ten-years-by-natasha-vargas-cooper#comment-51436 Generation X. They were alluded to in Coupland’s little-known magazine article that preceded the book. (“[T]hey do not get along with members of the Baby Boom.... [I]f the possibility exists of separating the two groups, it is not a bad idea.”)]]> Generation X. They were alluded to in Coupland’s little-known magazine article that preceded the book. (“[T]hey do not get along with members of the Baby Boom.... [I]f the possibility exists of separating the two groups, it is not a bad idea.”)]]> http://www.theawl.com/2009/12/the-end-of-the-00s-how-to-lose-your-idealism-in-under-ten-years-by-natasha-vargas-cooper#comment-51436/feed 0 http://www.theawl.com/2009/12/the-end-of-the-00s-how-to-lose-your-idealism-in-under-ten-years-by-natasha-vargas-cooper#comment-51435 http://www.theawl.com/2009/12/the-end-of-the-00s-how-to-lose-your-idealism-in-under-ten-years-by-natasha-vargas-cooper#comment-51435#comments Mon, 28 Dec 2009 12:31:05 +0000 andrew graham http://www.theawl.com/2009/12/the-end-of-the-00s-how-to-lose-your-idealism-in-under-ten-years-by-natasha-vargas-cooper#comment-51435 http://www.theawl.com/2009/12/the-end-of-the-00s-how-to-lose-your-idealism-in-under-ten-years-by-natasha-vargas-cooper#comment-51435/feed 0 http://www.theawl.com/2009/12/the-end-of-the-00s-how-to-lose-your-idealism-in-under-ten-years-by-natasha-vargas-cooper#comment-51434 http://www.theawl.com/2009/12/the-end-of-the-00s-how-to-lose-your-idealism-in-under-ten-years-by-natasha-vargas-cooper#comment-51434#comments Mon, 28 Dec 2009 12:30:33 +0000 El Matardillo http://www.theawl.com/2009/12/the-end-of-the-00s-how-to-lose-your-idealism-in-under-ten-years-by-natasha-vargas-cooper#comment-51434 http://www.theawl.com/2009/12/the-end-of-the-00s-how-to-lose-your-idealism-in-under-ten-years-by-natasha-vargas-cooper#comment-51434/feed 0 http://www.theawl.com/2009/12/the-end-of-the-00s-how-to-lose-your-idealism-in-under-ten-years-by-natasha-vargas-cooper#comment-51433 http://www.theawl.com/2009/12/the-end-of-the-00s-how-to-lose-your-idealism-in-under-ten-years-by-natasha-vargas-cooper#comment-51433#comments Mon, 28 Dec 2009 12:26:46 +0000 andrew graham http://www.theawl.com/2009/12/the-end-of-the-00s-how-to-lose-your-idealism-in-under-ten-years-by-natasha-vargas-cooper#comment-51433 http://www.theawl.com/2009/12/the-end-of-the-00s-how-to-lose-your-idealism-in-under-ten-years-by-natasha-vargas-cooper#comment-51433/feed 0 http://www.theawl.com/2009/12/the-end-of-the-00s-how-to-lose-your-idealism-in-under-ten-years-by-natasha-vargas-cooper#comment-51432 http://www.theawl.com/2009/12/the-end-of-the-00s-how-to-lose-your-idealism-in-under-ten-years-by-natasha-vargas-cooper#comment-51432#comments Mon, 28 Dec 2009 12:25:49 +0000 zidaane http://www.theawl.com/2009/12/the-end-of-the-00s-how-to-lose-your-idealism-in-under-ten-years-by-natasha-vargas-cooper#comment-51432 http://www.theawl.com/2009/12/the-end-of-the-00s-how-to-lose-your-idealism-in-under-ten-years-by-natasha-vargas-cooper#comment-51432/feed 0 http://www.theawl.com/2009/12/the-end-of-the-00s-how-to-lose-your-idealism-in-under-ten-years-by-natasha-vargas-cooper#comment-51431 http://www.theawl.com/2009/12/the-end-of-the-00s-how-to-lose-your-idealism-in-under-ten-years-by-natasha-vargas-cooper#comment-51431#comments Mon, 28 Dec 2009 12:24:00 +0000 HiredGoons http://www.theawl.com/2009/12/the-end-of-the-00s-how-to-lose-your-idealism-in-under-ten-years-by-natasha-vargas-cooper#comment-51431 http://www.theawl.com/2009/12/the-end-of-the-00s-how-to-lose-your-idealism-in-under-ten-years-by-natasha-vargas-cooper#comment-51431/feed 0 http://www.theawl.com/2009/12/the-end-of-the-00s-how-to-lose-your-idealism-in-under-ten-years-by-natasha-vargas-cooper#comment-51430 http://www.theawl.com/2009/12/the-end-of-the-00s-how-to-lose-your-idealism-in-under-ten-years-by-natasha-vargas-cooper#comment-51430#comments Mon, 28 Dec 2009 12:19:27 +0000 LolCait http://www.theawl.com/2009/12/the-end-of-the-00s-how-to-lose-your-idealism-in-under-ten-years-by-natasha-vargas-cooper#comment-51430 The Wonder Years, Forest Gump, pretty much everything else ever made about the late '60s/early '70s) that has been extremely toxic to American inertia. If revolution and graceful upheaval was done so perfectly the first time around, what's the point in ever trying to do it again? All the kids I know raised by old hippies have kind of turned sour and really... downward-looking as they've stumbled through their twenties, because, I think, they're realizing that the old strategies don't really apply anymore and, even worse, that they're antiquated. Subaru driving, co-op shopping Mom & Dad aren't as quite as free thinking as these kids had been raised to believe. The Boomers got arrogant and rested on withering laurels and demanded that we always harken back to their successes (real and imaginary). Thus the future looked ever bleaker in comparison. Thus cynicism. Thus Gawker. Thus The Awl. Weird.]]> The Wonder Years, Forest Gump, pretty much everything else ever made about the late '60s/early '70s) that has been extremely toxic to American inertia. If revolution and graceful upheaval was done so perfectly the first time around, what's the point in ever trying to do it again? All the kids I know raised by old hippies have kind of turned sour and really... downward-looking as they've stumbled through their twenties, because, I think, they're realizing that the old strategies don't really apply anymore and, even worse, that they're antiquated. Subaru driving, co-op shopping Mom & Dad aren't as quite as free thinking as these kids had been raised to believe. The Boomers got arrogant and rested on withering laurels and demanded that we always harken back to their successes (real and imaginary). Thus the future looked ever bleaker in comparison. Thus cynicism. Thus Gawker. Thus The Awl. Weird.]]> http://www.theawl.com/2009/12/the-end-of-the-00s-how-to-lose-your-idealism-in-under-ten-years-by-natasha-vargas-cooper#comment-51430/feed 0 http://www.theawl.com/2009/12/the-end-of-the-00s-how-to-lose-your-idealism-in-under-ten-years-by-natasha-vargas-cooper#comment-51429 http://www.theawl.com/2009/12/the-end-of-the-00s-how-to-lose-your-idealism-in-under-ten-years-by-natasha-vargas-cooper#comment-51429#comments Mon, 28 Dec 2009 12:11:26 +0000 katiebakes http://www.theawl.com/2009/12/the-end-of-the-00s-how-to-lose-your-idealism-in-under-ten-years-by-natasha-vargas-cooper#comment-51429 By 2008 I shrugged at any symbolism that act held; I was completely disillusioned and numb and just wanted to get to my WiFi connection. This line is a dagger.]]> By 2008 I shrugged at any symbolism that act held; I was completely disillusioned and numb and just wanted to get to my WiFi connection. This line is a dagger.]]> http://www.theawl.com/2009/12/the-end-of-the-00s-how-to-lose-your-idealism-in-under-ten-years-by-natasha-vargas-cooper#comment-51429/feed 0 http://www.theawl.com/2009/12/the-end-of-the-00s-how-to-lose-your-idealism-in-under-ten-years-by-natasha-vargas-cooper#comment-51427 http://www.theawl.com/2009/12/the-end-of-the-00s-how-to-lose-your-idealism-in-under-ten-years-by-natasha-vargas-cooper#comment-51427#comments Mon, 28 Dec 2009 12:08:27 +0000 Zack http://www.theawl.com/2009/12/the-end-of-the-00s-how-to-lose-your-idealism-in-under-ten-years-by-natasha-vargas-cooper#comment-51427 http://www.theawl.com/2009/12/the-end-of-the-00s-how-to-lose-your-idealism-in-under-ten-years-by-natasha-vargas-cooper#comment-51427/feed 0 http://www.theawl.com/2009/12/the-end-of-the-00s-how-to-lose-your-idealism-in-under-ten-years-by-natasha-vargas-cooper#comment-51426 http://www.theawl.com/2009/12/the-end-of-the-00s-how-to-lose-your-idealism-in-under-ten-years-by-natasha-vargas-cooper#comment-51426#comments Mon, 28 Dec 2009 12:04:50 +0000 HiredGoons http://www.theawl.com/2009/12/the-end-of-the-00s-how-to-lose-your-idealism-in-under-ten-years-by-natasha-vargas-cooper#comment-51426 http://www.theawl.com/2009/12/the-end-of-the-00s-how-to-lose-your-idealism-in-under-ten-years-by-natasha-vargas-cooper#comment-51426/feed 0 http://www.theawl.com/2009/12/the-end-of-the-00s-how-to-lose-your-idealism-in-under-ten-years-by-natasha-vargas-cooper#comment-51424 http://www.theawl.com/2009/12/the-end-of-the-00s-how-to-lose-your-idealism-in-under-ten-years-by-natasha-vargas-cooper#comment-51424#comments Mon, 28 Dec 2009 11:58:33 +0000 HiredGoons http://www.theawl.com/2009/12/the-end-of-the-00s-how-to-lose-your-idealism-in-under-ten-years-by-natasha-vargas-cooper#comment-51424 http://www.theawl.com/2009/12/the-end-of-the-00s-how-to-lose-your-idealism-in-under-ten-years-by-natasha-vargas-cooper#comment-51424/feed 0 http://www.theawl.com/2009/12/the-end-of-the-00s-how-to-lose-your-idealism-in-under-ten-years-by-natasha-vargas-cooper#comment-51423 http://www.theawl.com/2009/12/the-end-of-the-00s-how-to-lose-your-idealism-in-under-ten-years-by-natasha-vargas-cooper#comment-51423#comments Mon, 28 Dec 2009 11:57:12 +0000 petejayhawk http://www.theawl.com/2009/12/the-end-of-the-00s-how-to-lose-your-idealism-in-under-ten-years-by-natasha-vargas-cooper#comment-51423 http://www.theawl.com/2009/12/the-end-of-the-00s-how-to-lose-your-idealism-in-under-ten-years-by-natasha-vargas-cooper#comment-51423/feed 0 http://www.theawl.com/2009/12/the-end-of-the-00s-how-to-lose-your-idealism-in-under-ten-years-by-natasha-vargas-cooper#comment-51422 http://www.theawl.com/2009/12/the-end-of-the-00s-how-to-lose-your-idealism-in-under-ten-years-by-natasha-vargas-cooper#comment-51422#comments Mon, 28 Dec 2009 11:56:22 +0000 mike d http://www.theawl.com/2009/12/the-end-of-the-00s-how-to-lose-your-idealism-in-under-ten-years-by-natasha-vargas-cooper#comment-51422 http://www.theawl.com/2009/12/the-end-of-the-00s-how-to-lose-your-idealism-in-under-ten-years-by-natasha-vargas-cooper#comment-51422/feed 0 http://www.theawl.com/2009/12/the-end-of-the-00s-how-to-lose-your-idealism-in-under-ten-years-by-natasha-vargas-cooper#comment-51421 http://www.theawl.com/2009/12/the-end-of-the-00s-how-to-lose-your-idealism-in-under-ten-years-by-natasha-vargas-cooper#comment-51421#comments Mon, 28 Dec 2009 11:56:21 +0000 Matt http://www.theawl.com/2009/12/the-end-of-the-00s-how-to-lose-your-idealism-in-under-ten-years-by-natasha-vargas-cooper#comment-51421 http://www.theawl.com/2009/12/the-end-of-the-00s-how-to-lose-your-idealism-in-under-ten-years-by-natasha-vargas-cooper#comment-51421/feed 0 http://www.theawl.com/2009/12/the-end-of-the-00s-how-to-lose-your-idealism-in-under-ten-years-by-natasha-vargas-cooper#comment-51420 http://www.theawl.com/2009/12/the-end-of-the-00s-how-to-lose-your-idealism-in-under-ten-years-by-natasha-vargas-cooper#comment-51420#comments Mon, 28 Dec 2009 11:54:55 +0000 Melissa Gira Grant http://www.theawl.com/2009/12/the-end-of-the-00s-how-to-lose-your-idealism-in-under-ten-years-by-natasha-vargas-cooper#comment-51420 http://www.theawl.com/2009/12/the-end-of-the-00s-how-to-lose-your-idealism-in-under-ten-years-by-natasha-vargas-cooper#comment-51420/feed 0 http://www.theawl.com/2009/12/the-end-of-the-00s-how-to-lose-your-idealism-in-under-ten-years-by-natasha-vargas-cooper#comment-51415 http://www.theawl.com/2009/12/the-end-of-the-00s-how-to-lose-your-idealism-in-under-ten-years-by-natasha-vargas-cooper#comment-51415#comments Mon, 28 Dec 2009 11:46:31 +0000 Moff http://www.theawl.com/2009/12/the-end-of-the-00s-how-to-lose-your-idealism-in-under-ten-years-by-natasha-vargas-cooper#comment-51415 yeah -- but it seems like back when they were coming of age, they were operating as best they could under what little knowledge they had (on both sides). Or in other words: They were no more clueless or full of it than any other generation; they just had the bad luck to be born when they did. Which does not mean I'd go to work for any of them either, ever again.]]> yeah -- but it seems like back when they were coming of age, they were operating as best they could under what little knowledge they had (on both sides). Or in other words: They were no more clueless or full of it than any other generation; they just had the bad luck to be born when they did. Which does not mean I'd go to work for any of them either, ever again.]]> http://www.theawl.com/2009/12/the-end-of-the-00s-how-to-lose-your-idealism-in-under-ten-years-by-natasha-vargas-cooper#comment-51415/feed 0 http://www.theawl.com/2009/12/the-end-of-the-00s-how-to-lose-your-idealism-in-under-ten-years-by-natasha-vargas-cooper#comment-51413 http://www.theawl.com/2009/12/the-end-of-the-00s-how-to-lose-your-idealism-in-under-ten-years-by-natasha-vargas-cooper#comment-51413#comments Mon, 28 Dec 2009 11:38:56 +0000 lawyergay http://www.theawl.com/2009/12/the-end-of-the-00s-how-to-lose-your-idealism-in-under-ten-years-by-natasha-vargas-cooper#comment-51413 http://www.theawl.com/2009/12/the-end-of-the-00s-how-to-lose-your-idealism-in-under-ten-years-by-natasha-vargas-cooper#comment-51413/feed 0