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princessmonstertru
· 5 years ago
[Millennial voice] i'm very witty and clever and that makes me very good at making influential posts on the internet. But unfortionally i lack the grit needed to take any true risk that might cause me to grow into a human being that might some day contribute to society.
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guest
· 5 years ago
Are you... parodying yourself?
princessmonstertru
· 5 years ago
Actually, i'm on the old end of the millennial spectrum depending on which definition of millennial you use.
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jasonmon
· 5 years ago
i love lamp
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guest
· 5 years ago
Can’t we all agree you’re all giving out too much
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guest_
· 5 years ago
Oh lordie. So many people upset over this. Look- it’s mostly true. Most people don’t like to admit unpleasant truths or even confront themselves deeply- but a person pointing out the harsh truth isn’t a personal attack. I own up to it. When I grew up the idea of sitting down with my boss and explaining I was performing poorly because of emotional issues, or telling them something like “this part of my job is stressful and this hurt my feelings...” that sort of communication would label you as weak, unreliable. You didn’t ever let on you were emotionally effected by work or “overwhelmed,” you just said you were tired or pissed off. All in all it wasn’t healthy. It had its perks but it also had its costs. In time we will see the long term effects of this newer style. It’s not perfect either- it will do some things better and some worse. But isn’t the goal to have the next generation improve on what we laid down? They’re the ones that have to live with the long term consequences so...
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guest_
· 5 years ago
... we shouldn’t expect them to be forced to do things the way we are used to. They have to do them their way, there will be problems and the next generation will likely blame things on them too- and that’s fine, as long as they are being blamed for their problems They created doing things their way and not problems created by trying to do things the old ways that weren’t theirs. Of course, kids should also respect that what is normal to them is new or even repugnant to many older folks who have likely lived a certain way longer than the kids been alive. That’s not a free pass to be a jerk of course, but cut the old folks some slack. Someday you’ll likely understand what it’s like to be in their shoes.
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hyperion
· 5 years ago
I like to to think of this as a pineapple on pizza situation. You see it's a big deal, most are upset that it's even a thing. But you know what, it tastes pretty good, and most people are just cowards to try new things. They did in fact lived some times of war, some scary stuff. Yet here we are in modern times behaving wild because some "tropical fruit is on my food". But then again that also proves we are some whining babies. Overall, they do have bragging rights because our generation did cry over pizza vs pineapple. In conclusion, just let them have it, they have as much of a point. Also pineapple goes on pizza
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guest_
· 5 years ago
Pineapple does go on pizza. So I can 100% endorse this. Everyone and every generation has their own challenges, just because they aren’t the same doesn’t mean they aren’t as hard. Picture a WW1, WW2, and Vietnam, vet all at a bar and one starts saying they had it the worst. The W1 vet didn’t have to deal with many of the challenges and the advanced weapons or complex politics and tactics of the others. But he also had far less support, less technology to help him, he faced an almost constant fear of gas with no real protection, and the psychological impact of bloody trench warfare and terrible medical care and science. The W2 vet saw some of the largest and most horrific viceral combat. The nam vet was thrown into a cluster fuck and used as a test rat for toys and drugs and tactics. He faced pshycological stress unique to the time and place. He had new technology but much of it unproven and often worthless. They all had it rough just different rough.
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garlog
· 5 years ago
As long as you don't expect everyone else to regulate your emotional state, then fine.
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guest
· 5 years ago
They r the one who traumatised the new gens actually bc if that repression
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guest
· 5 years ago
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SHUT THE FUCK UP! I'm not really into the whole "kids these days" nonsense, but you fucking millennial just piss, whine, moan, and snivel about fucking everything; everything's unfair; nothing's your fault; everyone before you had it so much easier. Everyone's got problems. Just shut and deal with yours.
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guest
· 5 years ago
Insert "baby boomer voice" above
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ewqua
· 5 years ago
"Just shut and deal with yours" is exactly the reason why there are still so many suicides, especially among men who are told that it's not 'manly' to ask for help regarding mental health issues. I think it's good that people are talking about this.
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bethorien
· 5 years ago
for a physiological standpoint with a lot of things it really isn't the fault of the millennials. Most of the millennial specific problems are caused in no small part by a generation of bad parenting and in smaller part by the quick wave of new tech that such was raised with. Simon Sinek gave a great talk about it that you can probably find on youtube somewhere that has a lot of good explaining some of which I don't really agree with but mostly find to be fairly good.
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ewqua
· 5 years ago
I have an exam in like four days but I will try to remember your comment and watch it when I have the time ^_^
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bethorien
· 5 years ago
:D
guest_
· 5 years ago
@bethorien makes some good observations. While a person is ultimately responsible for themselves, I do ask in the same vein: who raised the millennials? Who was tasked with informing their world view and instilling the with a sense of ethics and priorities? So before you are quick to blame an entire generation for your perceptions of them, where ever could they have learned things from I wonder? As to the perception of the whiny and weak millennial- they weren’t the generation that made drugs and alchohol an epidemic, or who Prozac was invented for. Boomers may have been less vocal daily with their complaints, but they tended to self medicate with drugs or alchohol, and created as well as grew the modern pharmacological practice of mental health. Let that seep in. That the tight lipped boomers may not have voiced their struggles with daily life, but they were crying out for help from any bottle or fad or immaterial thing to fill the hole they felt in themselves and their lives.
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guest_
· 5 years ago
So maybe it isn’t so bad that these kids feel like they can and should ask for help when they need it. We raised a generation telling them to ask for help from an adult, get permission to do things, to communicate their feelings and to try and understand others, to try and play fair and to speak up when they see wrong, and then criticize them for doing what we taught them since grade school. And the “man’s man” is the true coward here. Keeping a tight lip against the emotions he can’t face or communicate. Working a job he hates in a life he never wanted but trying desperately not to show it. Going home to a cigarette and a few beers before physically or emotionally abusing or neglecting his family as a way to cope. It takes strength and courage for these kids to speak up. To be vulnerable and to trust others enough to be open about how they really feel and what makes them insecure or overwhelmed. They are showing weakness and that takes more courage than hiding it.
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