[Lorric]

Apparently not many people actually read national newspapers anymore.  Though I guess that shouldn't surprise me since the Millenials are all so lazy

Maybe the "millenials" have better things to do with their time than read articles by the previous generation trashing them

[Unknown Target]

Lorric, I think MP-Ryan might have meant that in a sarcastic/joking way.

[Lorric]

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.

[Unknown Target]

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.

[deathfun]

Apparently not many people actually read national newspapers anymore.  Though I guess that shouldn't surprise me since the Millenials are all so lazy

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

 

[Unknown Target]

Relevant:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pUrOaBzxjsQ#t=120

[Beskargam]

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.

[BloodEagle]

Back in my day, we used to rocket-jump all the way to school, uphill both ways, in boiling lava.

[Nuke]

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.

[Scourge of Ages]

I thought millenials were born after 2000. Great, I'm one of 'em too.

[deathfun]

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?

[QuantumDelta]

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.

[MP-Ryan]

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.

[swashmebuckle]

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.

[Nuke]

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"

[Mongoose]

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.

[Androgeos Exeunt]

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.

I saw this image 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.

[deathfun]

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

[MikeRoz]

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"

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...

[Black Wolf]

How about instead of pointing fingers we work to make the Western world competitive again at manufacturing? It can be done...

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.