We've all heard that old song and dance, that millenials are spoiled, stupid, lazy, whiny, entitled, and overall worthless. I have to ask, is it really true? Is my generation really the worst one in all of history?
Is my generation really the bad generation?
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Funny Simpsons reference aside, I would like a serious answer. Appreciate the levity, but no parody answers please.tippy2k2 said:Yes. Just like the generation that will be next and the generation that will be next and the generation that will be next.
In essence...
When I hear about how shockingly over-sensitive today's college students are, about pretty much anything, I find myself wondering WTF is going on.
...And then I look up the definition of that generation, and we're both millennials.
So I dunno.
All I know is that I made it through college about 8 years back and now things look much different.
...And then I look up the definition of that generation, and we're both millennials.
So I dunno.
All I know is that I made it through college about 8 years back and now things look much different.
Seconding tippy2k2, the next generation is always terrible, and when they grow up they will say the same about the one after that. People have been saying this sort of thing for millennia.
In part, this is because millennial are generally failing the standards set by the generation before them, because it's not the generation before them and things have changed.
"When I was your age, I had X, Y and Z." isn't so impressive if you tack "Because of A, B and C which no longer really apply" on after it.
In part, this is because millennial are generally failing the standards set by the generation before them, because it's not the generation before them and things have changed.
"When I was your age, I had X, Y and Z." isn't so impressive if you tack "Because of A, B and C which no longer really apply" on after it.
Good times make you soft and honestly it might not seem like great times but they are. Global warming is far off in the distance and the greatest threat the news can scare us with is terrorism which actually becoming a victim of is like the odds of winning the loterry, and only kill a few handfuls of us outside of actual warzones...
Meanwhile our grandparents had to live under the threat of fucking nuclear war and before that things like the great depression and actual armies invading, armies being a lot worse than one nutter with a machine gun.
So easy life makes us soft and undisciplined, the older generation sure can work hard wuthout complaining, but they also had to harden their hearts to others in a way we didnt have to, giving our generation a lot more kindness and empathy, and we also care a lot more about the enviroment so its a mixed bag.
Meanwhile our grandparents had to live under the threat of fucking nuclear war and before that things like the great depression and actual armies invading, armies being a lot worse than one nutter with a machine gun.
So easy life makes us soft and undisciplined, the older generation sure can work hard wuthout complaining, but they also had to harden their hearts to others in a way we didnt have to, giving our generation a lot more kindness and empathy, and we also care a lot more about the enviroment so its a mixed bag.
If you're looking for no parody answers, you're on the wrong website.DarklordKyo said:
But either way...
It's not a joke answer; every single generation says that the one after it is the worst. Each generation gets it easier as technology advances (Insert your favorite "Back in MY day, we had to X while these damn kids get to Y) while also rebelling against the previous generation (Damn kids show no respect to their elders and the way we USED to do things!).
The Baby Boomers bitched about Generation X who bitched about Generation Y who bitched about Millennials who will ***** about whatever stupid name the next generation ends up with.
"Good times make you soft"Fieldy409 said:
This may be just 'cause I was near the beginning of the millennial generation, but everything was Dot Com bust around high school, and the 2008 recession when I was graduating.
I know that I spent a while, with a Master's degree in computer science, working for $7 an hour on my undergrad college's website, because tens of thousands of much more experienced people than me were being thrown out of there old jobs that I was now competing for. Things got *better* after a few years, but it was definitely a rocky start.
I also grew up broke-as-fuck (as in, my folks were barely hanging in there), but that had more to do with my dad's failed business than the general economic climate in the 90s. Well, at least we were better off than my grandfather's generation. He used to tell me stories about how he used cereal boxes for shoes. I didn't go *that* far, but I sure remember having very wet and very cold feet in the winter because my shoes were disintegrating, we couldn't afford much heat, and we couldn't afford much food, either.
...Though that's probably (part of) what separates me from those in the 2nd half of the generation.
Im generalising heavily admittedly. Overall this is the best time to be alive but some individuals are still going to go through real character building shit like you had by the sounds of it.gsilver said:
It seems to be especially bad when it comes to the topic of my generation though, to the point where there are even millenials that think that millenials are trash.tippy2k2 said:
But it never happened though, the cold war was basically nothing its like our generation complaining that we have to live in fear of terrorist attacksFieldy409 said:
pretty sure generations that included the Crusaders were worse. So no, nowhere even close to the worst. I think every generation is better than the last one in some aspects, but worse in others.
I hear stories from teachers how parents threaten to sue the school over the most ridiculous of reasons like their kid being caught cheating, or how they got a B+ instead of an A. Or how the child does whatever they want because the parents do not discipline and rely on teachers to install discipline for them because parents are more interested in being their kid's best friend rather than a parent.
That said, the new generation are much more tolerant of LBGT. But when Bernie said the new generation is the least prejudice generation, that was 100% full of crap. This is the same generation that turned a social AI into a genocidal racist after interacting with them for a short time. All that has been done is shift whom we are prejudice against. It has just been shifted from race/sexual orientation to religion/political party.
So no, your generation overall is probably average.
I hear stories from teachers how parents threaten to sue the school over the most ridiculous of reasons like their kid being caught cheating, or how they got a B+ instead of an A. Or how the child does whatever they want because the parents do not discipline and rely on teachers to install discipline for them because parents are more interested in being their kid's best friend rather than a parent.
That said, the new generation are much more tolerant of LBGT. But when Bernie said the new generation is the least prejudice generation, that was 100% full of crap. This is the same generation that turned a social AI into a genocidal racist after interacting with them for a short time. All that has been done is shift whom we are prejudice against. It has just been shifted from race/sexual orientation to religion/political party.
So no, your generation overall is probably average.
Okay but it was a threat, it never happened if some of America experiaced a nuclear attack then yeah that would be horrible but the Americans of the Cold War didn't really faced in hardshipsgsilver said:
Well, we don't lynch nearly as many people as the "greatest generation," but I think we're alright.
Honestly, fuck anyone who complains about millennial. The last several generations ruined our planet and enforced dictatorships on third world nations. Now we have to deal with their terrorism. And we're entitled for being mad as hell about it? Fuck 'em.
Honestly, fuck anyone who complains about millennial. The last several generations ruined our planet and enforced dictatorships on third world nations. Now we have to deal with their terrorism. And we're entitled for being mad as hell about it? Fuck 'em.
Some people get pissy that millennials don't do what they do, IE, buying our own houses and supporting a family. Ignoring the fact that with a shrinking job market and many jobs being outsourced and a ton of other things, these things are not fucking feasible anymore.
People who complain about millennials are basically people who don't accept that the world has changed.
Also some people also complain that milenials are too PC, something that is a direct result of us not growing up in a time where segregation was widely accepted. Among other things.
People who complain about millennials are basically people who don't accept that the world has changed.
Also some people also complain that milenials are too PC, something that is a direct result of us not growing up in a time where segregation was widely accepted. Among other things.
I can't wait for the inevitable generation that crops up right as the humanity faces its own extinction. It will without a doubt be blamed for everything without regard to anything that led up to whatever our doom is.
As a "Gen Xer", I can assure you this isn't something new. I was one of the ones trashing my generation "back in the day".DarklordKyo said: