The_Inquisitor
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Was on twitter this evening and this beauty of an article popped up in my feed:
http://www.latimes.com/home/la-hm-erskine-20151010-column.html
That's about half of his article. I think this article sums up the attitude I see against my generation. And honestly it deeply upsets me because my friends and I all work very hard, in spite of how hard the economy has been the past decade. The fact we live our lives in somewhat different of a manner is not something to be used against us, but a natural course of how society evolves. Certainly felt like a cheap shot I would not expect the LA Times to publish.
http://www.latimes.com/home/la-hm-erskine-20151010-column.html
I admire and adore the millennials. Obviously, it's because I am one.
That doesn't mean that we millennials, ages 18 to 34, can't do better. Below is a pledge all of us should take publicly, as per a bar mitzvah or a wedding, signifying a ceremonial crossing into adulthood.
Not that I recommend adulthood. But like broken hearts or hip replacements, we all eventually have one.
"The Millennial Pledge":
• I am entitled to nothing.
• I will show up on time.
• I will not shun comedians or college commencement speakers just because I don't agree with them.
• Just once, I will try driving without texting.
• Just once, I will try eating without texting.
• I will not consider the cilantro on my taco to be a vegetable.
• I will learn to laugh at everything, especially myself.
• When meeting someone for the first time, I will always look him or her in the eye.
• I will not burn bridges.
That's about half of his article. I think this article sums up the attitude I see against my generation. And honestly it deeply upsets me because my friends and I all work very hard, in spite of how hard the economy has been the past decade. The fact we live our lives in somewhat different of a manner is not something to be used against us, but a natural course of how society evolves. Certainly felt like a cheap shot I would not expect the LA Times to publish.