George Floyd Trial.

[StCapps]

Millennials are just figuring out what their specific challenges are going to be, and how to overcome them.

and doing a worse job of it than any previous generation

while having mostly easier challenges to overcome than previous generations

yet whining like they are hardest challenges ever to overcome of any generation

[Hanarchy Montanarchy]

Believe what you like. If you want to live in a delusion of self-defeat and project that onto our whole generation, then you will certainly fail.

Good luck.

you're the one projecting your situation on the whole generation and excusing any failures as the result of their victimhood or being younger than you

I have no such delusion that all millenials are like me, in some ways I am like them, in other ways I am not

nor do I have a delusion that I need to white knight for millenials if someone attacks them for justified reasons, just because I am a millenial too


I ain't blaming anyone other than myself for my failures in life

I look in the mirror from time to time

most millenials never do and instead point fingers at everything and everyone other than themselves

you are doing just that in a lame attempt to defend a generation that is clearly fucked up

I'm not projecting anything. I am providing a counter-example. Most of the people I know in my cohort are also doing quite well for themselves.

If you want to complain about millennials, and claim they are somehow more broken than any other generation, be my guest. It certainly isn't a problem-solving attitude, but whatever. You do you.

[StCapps]

Most of the people I know in my cohort are also doing quite well for themselves.

most of the people you know in your cohort are not indicative of the generation then

the stats show your anecdotal evidence is an outlier, not the norm

no matter how much you protest to the contrary

[Hanarchy Montanarchy]

Millennials are just figuring out what their specific challenges are going to be, and how to overcome them.

and doing a worse job of it than any previous generation

while having mostly easier challenges to overcome than previous generations

yet whining like they are hardest challenges ever to overcome of any generation

You keep claiming they are doing worse and complaining more.

There are libraries full of books of past generations complaining - not sure where the second claim is coming from, and it sounds like bullshit.

As for the first claim - I remember all the claims about how terribly gen-x was doing compared to elder generations. They were called the slacker generation, if I recall correctly. But, they got their shit together, and you can too, buddy.

[Smitty-48]

The fact that we were wrong about the upper middle-class dream doesn't mean that wasn't the dream that was sold. I'm just saying it took a minute to figure that out and find a different way to succeed.

I am living the upper middle class dream now, this is the land of milk & honey now

but back in the 80's, I wouldn't even have dreamed of this, it would have been too unrealistic

The upper middle class dream is still very achievable. That is my whole point.

To be clear, I am not saying there weren't hurdles and difficulties for boomers and gen-x. Just different hurdles. Millennials are just figuring out what their specific challenges are going to be, and how to overcome them.

like I say, it never even occurred to me when I was younger

I didn't buy a computer and go on the internet until 2006

so I just lived my own life without being part of a hive mind

I thought I was doing great, because I had young pretty girls wanting to be my lover and take care of me

it was only after I got married that I even conceived of the destination I have arrived at

[Hanarchy Montanarchy]

Most of the people I know in my cohort are also doing quite well for themselves.

most of the people you know in your cohort are not indicative of the generation then

the stats show your anecdotal evidence is an outlier, not the norm

no matter how much you protest to the contrary

K

Wallow away, don't listen to counter-examples.

More lucre for the winners.

[StCapps]

Millennials are just figuring out what their specific challenges are going to be, and how to overcome them.

and doing a worse job of it than any previous generation

while having mostly easier challenges to overcome than previous generations

yet whining like they are hardest challenges ever to overcome of any generation

You keep claiming they are doing worse and complaining more.

There are libraries full of books of past generations complaining - not sure where the second claim is coming from, and it sounds like bullshit.

As for the first claim - I remember all the claims about how terribly gen-x was doing compared to elder generations. They were called the slacker generation, if I recall correctly. But, they got their shit together, and you can too, buddy.

I can get my shit together, sure

many millenials are another story entirely

past generations complained about things

millenials complain far more than they ever did

other generations getting their shit together

does not mean that millenials will do the same at similar success rates

[StCapps]

Most of the people I know in my cohort are also doing quite well for themselves.

most of the people you know in your cohort are not indicative of the generation then

the stats show your anecdotal evidence is an outlier, not the norm

no matter how much you protest to the contrary

K

Wallow away, don't listen to counter-examples.

More lucre for the winners.

I ain't wallowing

nor am I ignoring the success of some millenials

I am just calling millenials on their bullshit

something most millenials refuse to do

something you refuse to do

[Hanarchy Montanarchy]

I am living the upper middle class dream now, this is the land of milk & honey now

but back in the 80's, I wouldn't even have dreamed of this, it would have been too unrealistic

The upper middle class dream is still very achievable. That is my whole point.

To be clear, I am not saying there weren't hurdles and difficulties for boomers and gen-x. Just different hurdles. Millennials are just figuring out what their specific challenges are going to be, and how to overcome them.

like I say, it never even occurred to me when I was younger

I didn't buy a computer and go on the internet until 2006

so I just lived my own life without being part of a hive mind

I thought I was doing great, because I had young pretty girls wanting to be my lover and take care of me

it was only after I got married that I even conceived of the destination I have arrived at

Yep. Marriage is great. Makes you try.

Computers are bad. Make you give up.

That pretty much concludes my thoughts on generational antagonism.

[Martin Hash]

Most of the people I know in my cohort are also doing quite well for themselves.

most of the people you know in your cohort are not indicative of the generation then

the stats show your anecdotal evidence is an outlier, not the norm

no matter how much you protest to the contrary

K

Wallow away, don't listen to counter-examples.

More lucre for the winners.

You have a pretty low bar to call yourself a “winner.” That’s not me being an asshole, you just have never mentioned anything winnerish about yourself. I take winner’s opinions more seriously.