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Me either, I find it strange that we do ours 3 days early.

I did notice an abundant of asshats being fire hazards all over the place this year. (My neighborhood is a collection of high rises, setting fireworks off in the street *do not* clear the buildings.)

My dog, as big as he is, tries to crawl behind the toilet in the basement washroom if there is a storm.

and here I was to think that Wrath was a common vice.

I interpreted the question to be relating to Designer Human Beings. Genetic Engineering, and parents tailoring their children.

Maybe I just know too many achievement whores.

Spare parts. Ever seen 'The Island' ?

Perhaps it's my exposure to society, but I find more and more people outright demanding things they're not entitled to, and [if] denied, they do nothing but basically throw a temper tantrum about it.

The trend I've witnessed seems to be people younger than I, so I put the 'next' generation, perhaps the term is too relative.

Not that it relates to the OP, but what's wrong with kids?

I'm sure it mustn't be just me who notices the entitlement issues the younger generation has. It's all "I deserve. I demand. I'm entitled. I'm owed." - Not that they're entitled to nothing, I just find more and more... children... who are much to old to have [such a] false sense of entitlement.

I may not get to choose what I want, but I can choose to pursue it or not, we don't _always_ do what we want, sometimes we avoid doing something we want to do because it's not acceptable to do so.

As much as people like to think that Athletes are overpaid, people don't seem to realize that they need to, in a few short years, make enough money to sustain them for the rest of their lives.

I mean... it's almost greed that instead of sustaining their lifestyle they go out and blow all their money on fancy cars and houses.

The paycheque is high so when they blow out their knee/shoulder/hip, they can afford to live the rest of their life. Athletes put a lot of strain on their bodies and they can't last [in a profession] as long as someone who makes 42k a year sitting a a desk 9 - 5.