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Off-Topic Discussion => General Discussion => Topic started by: An4ximandros on September 20, 2013, 11:18:57 pm
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Ahahahah... (https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=M4IjTUxZORE)
The comment ****storm is the best part.
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Oh wow
Reminds me of my father who keeps mentioning "Your generation is full of entitled idiots who think **** will just be given to them"
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Another trash vid in youtube.
Well to be fair, almost everything in youtube is trash.
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Yeah... I'm so sorry for only asking for help with medical, educational and travel expenses and getting good grades in school and winning merit scholarships and stuff. I totally didn't work my ass off so I could build myself a better life. Sorry for thinking it would be given to me when I turned 18.
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Oh wow
Reminds me of my father who keeps mentioning "Your generation is full of entitled idiots who think **** will just be given to them"
if they want us to be more productive maybe they should stop shipping out jobs to china.
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oh wait, that was the reason for the video. derp.
and wheres that nuclear apocalypse i was promised?
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ITT/Youtube video:
Everyone sucks.
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Lol.
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Another trash vid in youtube.
Well to be fair, almost everything in youtube is trash.
A lazily cynical response. Do you actually have any meaningful criticisms of the video?
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Sorry no I don't. I'll let myself out of your thread.
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I liked the irony in the video tbh :P It pandered to my dry sense of humour.
The comment section is poison.
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we need to start a revolution. everybody find an old/rich/political person, zap em with a tazer, then take an 8-foot pole and impale them. line the streets with their dying corpses (if they die during the impaling process youre doing it wrong). then we detonate a nuke in every major city. then we launch a space mission to find the biggest asteroid we can move, and collide it with the earth. that should solve everyone's problems.
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I like how the summary of the vid is "we can't find jobs it's too hard, you are an asshole for not recognizing that"
(http://images.wikia.com/halo/images/9/9f/Trollface_emoticon.png)
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I like how the summary of the vid is "we can't find jobs it's too hard, you are an asshole for not recognizing that"
(http://images.wikia.com/halo/images/9/9f/Trollface_emoticon.png)
Actually, a better description of the summary is that the Baby Boomer generation has the gall to complain about millenials, while the baby boomers were responsible for the factors that have skyrocketed national debt levels due to unsustainable tax regimes, housing market explosion and subsequent crash which tanked the global economy, outsourcing of the jobs with high pay/pension/benefits which the boomers now complain millenials aren't taking (despite the fact that they're gone), and also continual policies that favor economic growth over environmental stability.
The video authors forgot to mention one of the biggest problems millenials face today: the few really good jobs that the boomers got with virtually no education are now still held by the boomers, because their debt levels are also insane and they can't afford to retire due to the economic havoc they've wreaked.
Yes, I have met some very entitled millenials - but I also notice that the Baby Boomer generation takes no responsibility for the consequences of their policies that have royally screwed their children.
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may i note that this is the first time i've ever even heard the word "millenial, " and furthermore that i see no actual evidence that this supposed war/blame/whatever the hell you call whatever it is the video is complaining about between the generations actually exists, despite being a part of one of them. there are ****wits of all ages. pretending that the era you were born in plays any role at all on your net worth to the world is just plain retarded.
so my take on the video is "we want attention and to feel enlightened and superior."
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my mom, a boomer, has lived on welfare and then disability her entire life, despite having fairly well off parents. she has never produced anything of value, with the exception of 3 rather useless, mentally unstable children. shes had housing, medical, food stamps, and not one but two mobility scooters at over 2-3k each, the works all paid for by the us taxpayers. what about the millenials who need those services? denied! can not have! get a ****ing job you worthless bum! the ****ing boomers milked the system dry, and there is nothing left for us. and on top of that we got to pay for their social security, which guess what, were not gonna get. and of course many of them will die with huge debts that we will end up having to pay. i for one say we rush them to their graves in a rash of bloodshed and torture.
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may i note that this is the first time i've ever even heard the word "millenial, "
Apparently you live under a rock, because "generation war"-type material is regularly featured in the business/investment sections of many major newspapers in Canada (http://www.theglobeandmail.com/search/?q=millenial), the US (http://www.washingtonpost.com/newssearch/search.html?st=millenial&submit=Submit+Query), and Britain (https://www.google.ca/search?q=the+guardian+millenial&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a&gws_rd=cr&ei=Ik9AUrrcDJHe4APrk4DoDA) (can't link to the Guardian's search feature directly).
There is a very real perception among older generations, particularly in the business community, that "millenials" are lazy, self-centered, entitled, and narcissistic. Of course, anyone with an ounce of perspective realizes that the previous generations referred to the 'boomers' in exactly the same manner. Regardless, I can certainly see why members of the millenial generation take significant offense to those generalizations.
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I have to say I'm with Klaus; I've never heard of "Milenials" before. I have, however, heard of "Generation Y", which is apparently the same thing, from my cousin; who himself is part of "Generation X".
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may i note that this is the first time i've ever even heard the word "millenial, "
Apparently you live under a rock...
lol, perhaps he just doesn't live in the same country / environment you and I do?
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I've never heard it before either. I've heard baby boomers loads of times, but never millenials. I've heard other things used to describe it, such as "generation me", "generation Y" and the "selfish generation".
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Apparently not many people actually read national newspapers anymore. Though I guess that shouldn't surprise me since the Millenials are all so lazy :P
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Apparently not many people actually read national newspapers anymore. Though I guess that shouldn't surprise me since the Millenials are all so lazy :P
Maybe the "millenials" have better things to do with their time than read articles by the previous generation trashing them :)
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Lorric, I think MP-Ryan might have meant that in a sarcastic/joking way. :)
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Lorric, I think MP-Ryan might have meant that in a sarcastic/joking way. :)
Yes, I understand. That's what the smiley is for, I'm just having fun too. :yes:
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Ah, ok. :) So back on topic; this whole millenials vs. boomers thing could be used as a tool to divide the populace to make them more pliable. I'm not saying it is being used that way, but I am saying that it seems to be having a similar effect in some cases; some people or organizations (looking at you, New York Times), like to belittle one generation or the other, so rather than coming together to solve the issues, it's more about throwing blame one way or the other.
In doing so, we are kept from tackling the real issues; corporate citizenship, unfair distribution of wealth, etc. Instead boomers are lumped into a "them" and millenials into an "us". In the end it's ultimately self-defeating though, because there are very, very few people that would be willing to put their parents or their children on trial in public, which is what this whole argument boils down to in the end.
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Apparently not many people actually read national newspapers anymore. Though I guess that shouldn't surprise me since the Millenials are all so lazy :P
There was actually an article in the Vancouver Sun (three piece thing) which was discussing Millennials (also referred to as various other titles) and the problems they face coming into the work force
They also brought up a new title "Generation Screwed"
They're your office interns, retail checkout clerks, and disembodied drive-thru voices asking if you want fries with that - and they're set to be the single most powerful group of Canadians since the baby boomers. Once dubbed "the hero generation," Millennials were supposed to save us all with their idealism, tech-savvy and high levels of education. Then the recession hit, an employment logjam took hold, and they were re-christened "Generation Screwed" - most of us forgetting that even caped crusaders need the time, resources and proper conditions to transform.
http://www.vancouversun.com/life/Generation/8861748/story.html
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Relevant:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pUrOaBzxjsQ#t=120
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I'm surprised that not that many people have had an older person (baby boomer and generally male I've noticed) call the the millennials (generally referring to me/you/the person they are talking to) lazy or entitled. I've certainly had that happen before. In hyperbole, you get the "In my day we walked uphill both ways through blizzards in the heart of the time vortex, you kids have it easy rabble rabble". Perhaps it's just been my surroundings, but this is old news to my friends and I.
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Back in my day, we used to rocket-jump all the way to school, uphill both ways, in boiling lava.
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in my day we lived in the school's hvac system because it sucked less than going home.
according to wikipedia, millenials were people born '82-2000ish. i was born in 81 so im kind of too old to be one of you lazy entitled bastards.
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I thought millenials were born after 2000. Great, I'm one of 'em too.
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I thought millenials were born after 2000. Great, I'm one of 'em too.
With that name, yeah it'd make sense
But what use is it to yell at thirteen year olds that they aren't doing their part to better society?
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It's basically aimed towards people who were 'coming of age' at or near the millennium, originally, but has since been extended to encompass everyone else that got fecked by the crash.
Edit;
Noticed my sig has a tangential relation to the thread. :P
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Back in my day, we used to rocket-jump all the way to school, uphill both ways, in boiling lava.
Funny, I did that to avoid attending school (well, university). Tribes FTW.
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It's also our fault for failing to leverage the advantages we do have as a generation. If we all just refused to give our parents free tech support until they retired, the situation would balance itself out.
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i never give my family tech support. if you do, demand cash: "what im doing normally costs about $600 but il give you the cut rate of $350 because your'e family"
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Man I'd love to do that, but being unemployed and living at home without paying rent, I really don't have any leverage to do so. :p
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Back in my day, we used to rocket-jump all the way to school, uphill both ways, in boiling lava.
Funny, I did that to avoid attending school (well, university). Tribes FTW.
Hooray. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W1ZtBCpo0eU)
I saw this image (http://9gag.com/gag/a3YBrZe) on 9GAG a week or so ago that lampshaded this whole issue about the older generation saying the younger generation being useless. It was a Morpheus image with the lines "WHAT IF I TOLD YOU" and "OUR GENERATION WAS RAISED BY YOURS".
It really is interesting, though, when you find that the previous generation is just so unwilling to let go.
EDIT: Ah, found that image. Good thing for that auto-favourite system whenever you up an image while logged in.
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Not surprising
They are still working in order to survive
We're like the scourge trying to pry their standard of living from their cold dying hands
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I like how the summary of the vid is "we can't find jobs it's too hard, you are an asshole for not recognizing that"
(http://images.wikia.com/halo/images/9/9f/Trollface_emoticon.png)
Actually, a better description of the summary is that the Baby Boomer generation has the gall to complain about millenials, while the baby boomers were responsible for the factors that have skyrocketed national debt levels due to unsustainable tax regimes, housing market explosion and subsequent crash which tanked the global economy, outsourcing of the jobs with high pay/pension/benefits which the boomers now complain millenials aren't taking (despite the fact that they're gone), and also continual policies that favor economic growth over environmental stability.
The video authors forgot to mention one of the biggest problems millenials face today: the few really good jobs that the boomers got with virtually no education are now still held by the boomers, because their debt levels are also insane and they can't afford to retire due to the economic havoc they've wreaked.
Yes, I have met some very entitled millenials - but I also notice that the Baby Boomer generation takes no responsibility for the consequences of their policies that have royally screwed their children.
Hipsters driving their foreign-built hybrid cars and talking and texting on their Chinese-built iPhones complain about outsourcing. Hilarious. They have no problem buying foreign when it comes to their shiny gadgets, but condemn their parents for doing the same thing with labor?
How about instead of pointing fingers we work to make the Western world competitive again at manufacturing? It can be done... (http://www.theverge.com/2013/9/11/4717796/made-in-america-a-look-inside-motorolas-moto-x-factory)
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How about instead of pointing fingers we work to make the Western world competitive again at manufacturing? It can be done... (http://www.theverge.com/2013/9/11/4717796/made-in-america-a-look-inside-motorolas-moto-x-factory)
Heh. My initial instinct on reading that was "Well, I've gotten used to buying stuff from China, but bugger supporting the American economy!"
Swings and roundabouts. :p
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I like how the summary of the vid is "we can't find jobs it's too hard, you are an asshole for not recognizing that"
(http://images.wikia.com/halo/images/9/9f/Trollface_emoticon.png)
Actually, a better description of the summary is that the Baby Boomer generation has the gall to complain about millenials, while the baby boomers were responsible for the factors that have skyrocketed national debt levels due to unsustainable tax regimes, housing market explosion and subsequent crash which tanked the global economy, outsourcing of the jobs with high pay/pension/benefits which the boomers now complain millenials aren't taking (despite the fact that they're gone), and also continual policies that favor economic growth over environmental stability.
The video authors forgot to mention one of the biggest problems millenials face today: the few really good jobs that the boomers got with virtually no education are now still held by the boomers, because their debt levels are also insane and they can't afford to retire due to the economic havoc they've wreaked.
Yes, I have met some very entitled millenials - but I also notice that the Baby Boomer generation takes no responsibility for the consequences of their policies that have royally screwed their children.
Hipsters driving their foreign-built hybrid cars and talking and texting on their Chinese-built iPhones complain about outsourcing. Hilarious. They have no problem buying foreign when it comes to their shiny gadgets, but condemn their parents for doing the same thing with labor?
How about instead of pointing fingers we work to make the Western world competitive again at manufacturing? It can be done... (http://www.theverge.com/2013/9/11/4717796/made-in-america-a-look-inside-motorolas-moto-x-factory)
The problem is, this is just a small case, and not super repeatable. For instance, Tesla opened a plant in Texas or something with 2,500 workers. Sounds great, right? Compare that to the amount of workers auto factories USED to require. It's a drop in the bucket.
Lots of production IS coming back to the US, but most of it is coming back to automated factories. The fact of the matter is that widespread, low-skill, low-education labor is being replaced by machines, and no amount of name-calling is going to bring it back, at least not on the scale that we "need" it to be. There is simply not enough planet.
That being said, as fuel prices rise, you are going to see more production come back to the US, as the cost of overseas shipping gets prohibitive to our current model of global production.
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what people dont realize about electronics is that its a multinational effort. take your typical motherboard and you will find components sourced from 50 countries. none of the smaller parts will say so, but if you look at all the chips (at least the ones still large enough to have readable characters on them), some of them will have "made in *" on them seldom do they all come from the same place. you might get more chinese parts in chinese motherboards, but not every type of component is made in china.
i buy made in usa products whenever feasable. made in usa furniture is actually cheaper and better quality than imports. my coffee table is american made. on/under my desk there is my ch controllers. they have a made in the usa stamped on the bottom. they probibly still contain some non american made parts just because america doesn't make every kind of part.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9-SQGOYOjxs
Watch the vid :P Mute it if you can't stand it cuz you're a bad, but watch it.
Embed no likey :<
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9-SQGOYOjxs
Watch the vid :P Mute it if you can't stand it cuz you're a bad, but watch it.
Rise Against! Yes!
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Saw this on Reddit;
"[Baby Boombers]The generation that stole from their children after being given everything from their parents."
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So while it's fun to play the blame game, and I'm sure there's lots we could throw around, is there anything our people could do? Start a movement for accountability in government? Put everyone in the Federal govt. for the past 30 years on trial? Seriously. The other option is we just wait for 30 more years for them to cycle out, not be tried, keep their influence and their holdings, and deal with the damage they're causing for the rest of our natural lives - and then some.
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Start a movement for accountability in government? Put everyone in the Federal govt. for the past 30 years on trial?
:wakka::wakka::wakka:
...deal with the damage they're causing for the rest of our natural lives - and then some.
This. This is what we'll end up having to do.
gg no re