VeryGooster
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Joel Stein? :lol pass.
I think at any time where Black people did not have full rights have no right to call themselves the greatest generation.
What age is this "baby boomer" generation? All my supervisors, managers and foreman are all in their 40`s early 50`s The CEO is even in his mid fiftys.
In these conversations "baby boomer" always seems to be used to describe anyone over the age 30.
This can apply to any generation of Americans. The youth of today didnt fuck up the economy, send jobs overseas, and rack up trillions of national debt. I probably won't even get a scrap of the social security I've been paying into when I retire, thanks old people.
I've always found "Greatest Generation" to be a particularly ironic name. First off, if we go by the criteria that they're great because they sacrificed great things during war time, well...why not the WW1 generation? Or the Civil War generation (United States)? Or the generation that fought the Revolutionary War? Also consider for a second that the "Greatest Generation" is the Reagan generation; the one that sank the nation into huge debt while implementing economic policies that would have devastating long term effects.
Baby boomers = People born from 1945-1966 (or there about)
Kind of ironic, really, that the generation that was able to put itself through college without incurring crippling debt, and was able to work itself in the middle class even if they didn't have a degree, criticizes the children who grow up in a generation filled with bank scams, an ever-soaring cost of living, a glut of high-requirement low-pay jobs, and an embittered older generation that got their's, so screw all the rest.
It's great that you were able to afford rent on minimum wage in the '80s, Mom and Dad. I can't afford rent in anything but the worst part of town with a full time job, a BA in a so-called "smart" field (something marketable), and a tech career. Tell me again how I view you as a "meal ticket" and I'll be sure to put you in the very best nursing home my money can buy: a box on the side of the road.
Millenials are born after 1980 I think
And there are equally numerous articles that say that millenials are more hard working, thriftier, and optimistic than any other generation.
Well that rules out just about every generation. But at the same time you could argue that no generation could call itself the greatest if gays still don't have equal rights. Society is always getting more progressive.
Yeah, the generation that's taking unpaid internships in record numbers is lazy and entitled... Have we just forgot the fucking definition of those words now or does it not matter?
shhh, let the old people have their time to gripe. they'll watch Columbo and we can feed them oatmeal. They'll be knocked right out after Columbo.
We should start measuring generations by tv detectives.
Matlock generation
Columbo generation
Horatio Caine generation
haha i like this...
although I hope Horatio Caine isn't this generations anything, I'd rather watch these 10 episodes over and over again.
What age is Me technically?
Don't forget 'not ambitious' as though a single person could feel both entitled to things yet have no ambition for them at the same time.
I can admit it. Compared to my grandparents I've had it like a king from day0. I could live as a jobless bum and still buy iphones if I so chose. It's fucked up beyond measure.
I agree. This generation is full of self-entitled non-ambitious people. The blaming of others for the problems of a generation is good evidence of it.
A person can be both entitled and unambitious at the same time. It's a lethal combination too. Expecting handouts and the easy road without no inkling to benefit themselves through hard work. I'm not saying that's the case, just that it is indeed possible.
I'm very disappointed in your generation. Something is lacking. Let's call it heart.
"No hustle either, Skip."
That's right, Daryl.
Author is a Me Me Meauthor is trying to get his " me me me generation " to stay in history before the Y generation. AH ! Battle of the words
Sometimes you get the sense that these magazines' cultural writers have very little experience with the entire American culture, and prefer to make their grand analyses based on what people they know in the gentrified parts of cities like New York and Los Angeles were talking about at brunch last weekend. The type of young person that magazine writers come across most frequently are magazine interns. Because the media industry is high-status, but, at least early on, very low pay in a very expensive city, it attracts a lot of rich kids. Entitled, arrogant, spoiled, preening those are the alleged signature traits of Millennials, as diagnosed by countless magazine writers. Those traits curiously align perfectly with the signature traits of a rich kid. Have you seen your intern on Rich Kids of Instagram? If so, he or she is probably not the best guide to crafting the composite personality of a generation that fought three wars for you.
Lord that's good.
i tasted that. it was like biting into a delicious brownie.
Basically the thesis was, "Millennials are aimless and without conviction and basic skills, because their baby boomer parents were too self-involved to raise them properly." So... Hopefully Time's amazing data resources touched on the cause, and not just the results?
The combination of technological distraction and a generation raised by disengaged parents who constantly searched for shortcuts (baby genius videos, vapid distraction programming like Teletubbies) instead of solutions (swimming lessons, teaching basics like reading at home ASAP, discussions on moral and even political topics at early ages to develop a moral bedrock) has led to some very real problems. You can't just blame the kids for being aimless when they never had an opportunity.
Where are all the articles that talk about how selfish, stupid, and awful baby boomers are, and how they've basically fucked over the entire world?
Nah, let's keep bitching about these awful millenials and their cell phones and FaceSpace.