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Re: Why Millennials Can’t Grow Up

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Post by joelrunyon »

spodek wrote: post #13

It seems every generation discovers the same new problems of every generation before it. And as each earlier generation matures, it describes the new generation disparagingly. This article described the movie The Graduate, which everyone felt described a generation coming of age in the 60s. Pick other movies and books for other times. Take it far enough back and you have this quote " Our youth now love luxury. They h…

Hey Josh,

I actually agree with your quote - but a surprising number of your posts / comments / submissions are or have links / references to your site.

That's not inherently bad (I'm not against self promotion at all), but it sort of comes across like your contribution to the site is one big promotion for your site rather than focused on the contribution to the community.

Hopefully this isn't too out of line - but I thought I'd mention it as I've seen a few of your posts in the past couple of days referencing that site multiple times & realized they were all yours.

Re: Why Millennials Can’t Grow Up

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Post by sp332 »

res0nat0r wrote: post #30
sp332 wrote: post #22

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Ever wonder why people in third-world countries generally don't grow up to be successful like boomers did? Did you always think it was because they weren't tough enough ? Actually, it's because the boomers had an awesome environment to grow up and have a career in. That environment doesn't exist anymore because the economy has tanked. Boomers literally have no idea how good they had it.

So you are stating that the hardships of a college student in the USA right now even remotely comparable to a poor person trying to get along in a third world county?

Nope, I'm saying you have to have a really good environment (i.e. "help") to be that successful.

Re: Why Millennials Can’t Grow Up

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Post by abduhl »

sp332 wrote: post #22
abduhl wrote: post #10

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Life is hard. Help, you assholes. Are you serious with this statement? This is exactly the attitude that the article and all of the others like it are referring to. Life is hard. Be harder.

Ever wonder why people in third-world countries generally don't grow up to be successful like boomers did? Did you always think it was because they weren't tough enough ? Actually, it's because the boomers had an awesome environment to grow up and have a career in. That environment doesn't exist anymore because the economy has tanked. Boomers literally have no idea how good they had it.

Yes, and the millennials have an awesome environment to grow up and have a career in. The tech industry has one of the lowest barriers to entry ever seen. The more advanced science fields are making dramatic strides, all you need is the education and motivation to get into the industry.

Quit looking backwards with green tinted glasses and consider how good you yourself have it right now. Take some goddamn responsibility for your own life decisions.

Re: Why Millennials Can’t Grow Up

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Post by winstonx »

wambotron wrote: post #12

I'm thirty but I do notice many of my coworkers and other folks my age cannot grow up. It's not even just a matter of getting a job. Most of the folks I know are still partying all the time as if they're at a high school kegger. I'm not sure of the exact cause, but I do think people having children later in life (late 30s, early 40s for many people I know) coupled with the fact that most of them are only having one c…

> I'm thirty but I do notice many of my coworkers and other folks my age cannot grow up. It's not even just a matter of getting a job. Most of the folks I know are still partying all the time as if they're at a high school kegger.

I'm thirty but I do notice many of my coworkers and other folks my age have grown too lame to party. If parties are fun, why stop?

Re: Why Millennials Can’t Grow Up

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Post by umsm »

spodek wrote: post #13

It seems every generation discovers the same new problems of every generation before it. And as each earlier generation matures, it describes the new generation disparagingly. This article described the movie The Graduate, which everyone felt described a generation coming of age in the 60s. Pick other movies and books for other times. Take it far enough back and you have this quote " Our youth now love luxury. They h…

I'll discuss the first point in the article:

He mentions that the current generation thinks it's moving faster. And he cites some inventions (the train, the telegraph, the radio, the telephone).

Well, didn't all of these "inventions" happen in THE SAME generation?

We're not talking about 5 generations between the inventions, many of them happened within years of each other. This certainly allow me to believe that technology changes people.

Look at the dinner table. Who even eats together at the dinner table? It's not a "normal" thing to do in many "modern" cultures. Even when they do, many don't even speak anymore, but instead they are on their smartphones / tablets.

I happened to know very the members of my family from the previous generation. And, to tell you the truth, things have changed A LOT within the last 100 years. Work is different, life is different, even relationships are different.

The "new problems" you refer to may be what is inherent for humans. To show disrespect, to contradict parents, etc. are all things that every young generation has to deal with. Parents are not new and neither are children.

What's different may be how the generations deal with these inherent traits. What people considered to work in the 1900's probably won't work nowadays.

Re: Why Millennials Can’t Grow Up

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Post by winstonx »

rewind wrote: post #15
Aqueous wrote: post #5

Yay! Another article where the older generation shits on a younger generation. Is it possible - and this is just me talking here - that maybe our generation isn't composed of a bunch of emotional weaklings who can't bear the stress of life, but that you guys fucked it up pretty badly for us? Your self-interested conservative personal responsibility do it yourself policies bankrupted the economy because you were aslee…

Yay! Another comment where the younger generation blames the older generation. You see the problem with this type of argument, right?

The older generation effects the younger generation.

Re: Why Millennials Can’t Grow Up

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Post by winstonx »

LetMeListen wrote: post #27

I'm 21, do not have a college degree, work for 7.50hr, and feel exactly like this with the exception that I have to deal with it on my own because I neither have the time or money to spend on therapy. I've learn to deal with things and keep it moving because no one else is going to lend you a hand unless you have something to give in return; that's how I see it anyways.

Find a friendship :-)

Re: Why Millennials Can’t Grow Up

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Post by [deleted] »

abduhl wrote: post #33
sp332 wrote: post #22

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Ever wonder why people in third-world countries generally don't grow up to be successful like boomers did? Did you always think it was because they weren't tough enough ? Actually, it's because the boomers had an awesome environment to grow up and have a career in. That environment doesn't exist anymore because the economy has tanked. Boomers literally have no idea how good they had it.

Yes, and the millennials have an awesome environment to grow up and have a career in. The tech industry has one of the lowest barriers to entry ever seen. The more advanced science fields are making dramatic strides, all you need is the education and motivation to get into the industry. Quit looking backwards with green tinted glasses and consider how good you yourself have it right now. Take some goddamn responsibil…

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Re: Why Millennials Can’t Grow Up

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Post by sp332 »

abduhl wrote: post #33
sp332 wrote: post #22

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Ever wonder why people in third-world countries generally don't grow up to be successful like boomers did? Did you always think it was because they weren't tough enough ? Actually, it's because the boomers had an awesome environment to grow up and have a career in. That environment doesn't exist anymore because the economy has tanked. Boomers literally have no idea how good they had it.

Yes, and the millennials have an awesome environment to grow up and have a career in. The tech industry has one of the lowest barriers to entry ever seen. The more advanced science fields are making dramatic strides, all you need is the education and motivation to get into the industry. Quit looking backwards with green tinted glasses and consider how good you yourself have it right now. Take some goddamn responsibil…

The tech industry has one of the lowest barriers to entry ever seen

Why does no one tell the millenials then? If I wasn't already in tech before college, I would have no idea that it was a good career move (Computer Science is a very small department). Where do you get information to make a good decision?

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