Melissa Dinsmore

[Melissa Dinsmore @kansastwin]

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[DOQ @doqholliday]

If you're a boomer in your 60s and 70s and you own property and are well off but your children are struggling and can't even buy a home, what the hell are you doin?

Your time is over.

It's their time. Help them.

Be a good parent, do whatever it is you need to do... sell the house if you need to, give them some kickbacks to help buy their first home, etc.

Life is short. Be a good parent and don't squat on stuff that doesn't matter.

Give them their time.

[Supersonic Redhead🛫 @Supersonic_Red]

There’s a generation a lot of people forget exists. We were born at the tail end of the Boomers, but we are not culturally the same as people born in the 40s and early 50s. We are Generation Jones.

And honestly, it explains a lot.

We grew up in a world that still felt fundamentally analog, but we were young enough to be dragged headfirst into the digital revolution. We are the bridge generation between rotary phones and smartphones, between slide rules and AI, between Walter Cronkite and algorithm driven media.

We remember when there were only a few television channels and the entire country watched the same thing at the same time. We also adapted to the internet, email, forums, social media, streaming and now artificial intelligence. We lived before and after the technological singularity hit everyday life.

That is not a small thing.

People born in the 40s came of age in a post World War II America that was still industrial, deeply hierarchical and institutionally stable. Their formative years were shaped by the Cold War, Vietnam, the civil rights era and a society where information moved slowly.

Generation Jones came later. We inherited the aftermath of all of that.

We were the kids who watched Watergate destroy blind trust in government. We watched manufacturing begin to collapse. We saw divorce rates explode. We were the first truly latchkey generation in massive numbers. We learned independence early because many of us had to.

We grew up with one foot in old America and one foot in whatever this new thing was becoming.

We played outside until the streetlights came on but we also learned DOS commands. We learned cursive and keyboarding. We had card catalogs and Google searches. We went from vinyl records to cassette tapes to CDs to MP3s to streaming in one lifetime.

We remember maps. We remember memorizing phone numbers. We remember life before GPS and before every human interaction became filtered through a screen.

And because of that, I think Generation Jones developed a very unique perspective. We are adaptable because we had no choice but to adapt. We learned technology as adults instead of being born into it. We remember a slower world but were forced to survive in a rapidly accelerating one.

That creates a very different mindset than either older Boomers or younger Gen X and Millennials.

A lot of us also reject the caricature people now associate with “Boomers.” We were not buying houses for the cost of a sandwich in 1965. The interest rate on my first house was over 14% and that was after buying down a point. Many of us got hit by recessions, outsourcing, pension collapses and economic instability just like younger generations did. We watched promises evaporate in real time.

We understand older generations because we were raised by them. We understand younger generations because we had to evolve alongside them.

That’s why the Jones generation often feels culturally homeless. We are rarely discussed, rarely defined and usually lumped into categories that don’t actually fit us.

But we exist.

We are the human transition point between the industrial age and the digital age.

And frankly, there will probably never be another generation quite like us again.

[Melissa Dinsmore @kansastwin]

@elonmusk Cool dude!

[Melissa Dinsmore @kansastwin]

@w_terrence I agree with you.

[NewSpring Church @newspringkansas]

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[Melissa Dinsmore @kansastwin]

@ItsPatRiot_ @ick_real My granddaughter is Elsie Helen

[Melissa Dinsmore @kansastwin]

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[GRANDPA’s FREE ADVICE @GOP_is_Gutless]

Ok, I still love my democrat friends and family but, you see it your way and I see it my way.

I'm not you and you're not me.

You see Trump’s arrogance, I see Trump’s confidence.

You see Trump’s nationalism, I see Trump’s patriotism.

You hear Trump’s unsophisticated words, I hear Trump’s honesty.

You see Trump’s racism, I see Trump’s words being misconstrued and twisted by the media daily to fit their narrative.

You see Trump as a Republican, I see Trump as a Patriot.

You see Trump as a dictator, I see Trump as a leader.

You see Trump as an Authoritarian, I see Trump as the only one willing to fight for our freedoms.

You see Trump as childish, I see Trump as a fighter, unwilling to cave in to the lies.

You see Trump as an unpolished politician, I see Trump as a breath of fresh air.

You think Trump hates immigrants, I know Trump is married to an immigrant.

You see Trump putting an end to immigration in America, I see Trump welcoming immigrants to America LEGALLY.

You see Trump’s cages at the border, I see Obama’s cages at the border.

You see Trump with a struggling economy, I see Trump with an amazing economy until the Democrats shut it down.

You see the violence in the streets and call it “Trump’s America”, I see the violence in the streets of Democratic run cities who have refused Trump’s help and call it “Leftist America.”

You wanted someone more Presidential, I’m happy we HAVE someone who finally doesn’t just talk the talk but actually walks the walk.

You and I? We see things very differently!

GOD BLESS AMERICA!

Please Repost if you agree.

I agree 100%!!

[Speaker Mike Johnson @SpeakerJohnson]

On this Palm Sunday, President Trump shared his letter from Franklin Graham explaining the only path to Heaven is through Jesus, our Savior.

[Melissa Dinsmore @kansastwin]

@marklevinshow So true

[Mark R. Levin @marklevinshow]

That’s funny

[I am Ken @Ikennect]

I agree with John Fetterman, Everyone agreed on this before Trump did it.

Also a massive F*** You to commie ho @kaitlancollins

[John Kennedy @SenJohnKennedy]

The Biden administration put our national security at risk by letting millions of illegal immigrants into our country unvetted.

But Democrats are prepared to just roll the dice and leave DHS shut down.

I’m not saying Republicans are perfect—but the other side is crazy.

[Curious Kris🌿 @kls2020]

@ZeekArkham @IsaiahLCarter Dems peddling voter suppression have lost the argument. They’re out of excuses for not mandating election integrity measures.
It’s nonsensical.

[ⁿᵉʷˢ Barron Trump 🇺🇸 @BarronTNews_]

🚨 JUST IN: Marco Rubio just went off for nearly 12 straight minutes dismantling the fake news narrative around President Trump’s strikes on the Iranian regime. Calm. Detailed. In command of every fact. He didn’t dodge a single question. You can tell he lives this stuff. He’s built for moments like this. Right now he looks exactly like what a Secretary of State should look like. 🇺🇸🔥

[Melissa Dinsmore @kansastwin]

@elonmuskTRENDS 7

[Collin Rugg @CollinRugg]

NEW: Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent roasts Gavin Newsom at the World Economic Forum, calls Alex Soros his “billionaire sugar daddy.”

“Governor Newsom, who strikes me as Patrick Bateman meets Sparkle Beach Ken, may be the only Californian who knows less about economics than Kamala Harris.”

“He's here this week with his billionaire sugar daddy, Alex Soros…”

“My message to Governor Newsom is the Trump administration is coming to California. We are going to crack down on waste, fraud and abuse.”

[The Vigilant Fox 🦊 @VigilantFox]

Stephen A. Smith SNAPS on Gavin Newsom, tells him to SHUT HIS MOUTH about President Trump overseas.

Newsom has been trashing on Trump in Davos, and Stephen A. Smith has had enough.

“I’m NOT DOWN with that at all. Say whatever you want here… fine. But I’m one of those people, when we go somewhere else, it’s America first.”

“Our problems are our problems. But we ain’t taking dirty laundry outside.”

“You don’t go on a world stage to disrespect your own house, which is the United States of America. I don’t like that at all, not even a little bit.”

[Melissa Dinsmore @kansastwin]

@elonmusk Idiotic! Just get it done!