coks
Well-Known Member
Someone misses one letter and the entire generation is to blame
AA, you might want to use spellcheck...
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Murdoughnut
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Oh, if anything I think your generation is the least entitled. At least my gen Y peers and I could be guaranteed a job doing something for $35k out of college up through about 2004. I sympathize with kids coming out of school now. The most entitled generation are our current Boomers and the "greatest" generation by far.
Here's what I'm noticing more than anything as a guy who 1) taught college classes for 10 years; 2) is a few months away from a PhD in Higher Ed Curriculum & Instruction, and; 3) has worked in the corporate world for 10 years: Like so many things these days, there's a widening gap with millennials. You're increasingly seeing those like yourself (I presume) and others who understand that their opportunities for success have become more limited, and who've responded by becoming more innovative, working harder, and networking more efficiently. You also have those who've gone the opposite way - giving up and becoming entirely reliant upon others. Far fewer people in the middle. The problem is especially pronounced for millennial men.
Old Pete
Cockpit Authoritarian
Another "millennialism". I have only recently started hearing term, and almost exclusively from millennials. As recessions go, it wasn't much different or more severe that the other 8-12 post wwII recessions, but to the woe be to me generation it's the"Great" recession.
Cptnchia
Dissatisfied Customer
Oh, our interns aren't any better. We just keep a closer eye on what they do.
Murdoughnut
Well sized member
I'll disagree with you here. These kids went into college with the assumption of a decent starting job good for building a career and found nothing. Your generation got $60k a year and a pension to screw a nut onto a bolt on an assembly line. Your generation didn't have to invest * to land a good career. These kids have had to scrap and fight in addition to their educational investment. The deck has randomly been stacked against them - don't blame them for that.
etflies
Keeping calm, Chiving on.
http://stateofworkingamerica.org/great-recession/
http://www.economist.com/blogs/dailychart/2011/07/american-recessions-and-recoveries
http://www.economicshelp.org/blog/7209/economics/comparing-different-recessions/
According to the great wide interwebs links above, your assertion that it "wasn't any different or more severe than the other 8-12 post WWII recessions is categorically false.
Millennials largely graduated college into the worst economy for jobs and hiring since the great depression. Nothing like seeing "Entry level position available, must have 3-5yrs experience" over and over and over.
But sure, you go ahead and sit on high and talk down to us about how we're just being dramatic. It's amusing when the most entitled generation (see, I can paint an entire generation with a broad brush too) in history calls the generation they raised "entitled" without due consideration to facts and acknowledgement of changing circumstances.
And yes, I'll freely acknowledge that many of my generation are pains in the rear end that need to be slapped and learn how to truly apply themselves and work hard.
Hacker15e
Who am I? Where are my pants?
Both Larry and Sergei were born in 1973.
Toobdrvr
Estrellas Asesino
I'm confused. Are you "apart" of the millenials, or "a part" of the millenials? Sorry, I only have a BS in Airplanes....
wheelsup
Well-Known Member
The first wave of millennials got caught in the post-9/11 recession as well as the 2008 'big one'. New hires at my wife's job come out of college making $60k-$70k base, she made $8.50/hr. Huge difference in careers and lifetime earnings when you graduate into a down economy, and even worse so when you get hit with a double whammy.
Hiboglossi
The Most Depressing Person
While I would agree that the recession of 2008 was only somewhat worse than most other recessions in recent decades, I used the term "Great Recession" since it seems to be commonly used by the press to refer to the 2008 recession. Evidently I hit a nerve there...and they say it's we millenials who are delicate and easily offended
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Murdoughnut
Well sized member
They're also the most racist, bigoted, backward think generation of twits still alive. Winning WII only gets you so far. It's like the cat I have that was great until she started pissing on our carpet at age 12. I love you, but it's time to cross that rainbow bridge and move on.
Avgirl
Well-Known Member
Now, that is unbelievably mean and judgmental. Everything we have was made possible by that generation. Instead of being so disrespectful, you should be thankful. They aren't perfect (no generation is), but without that generation, none of us in subsequent generations would even exist.
The animal analogy doesn't make me think of you as a great human being either. All for peeing on the carpet? It is one thing for an animal to be suffering, but another for it to be inconvenient. Granted, you probably haven't been there to see your pet pass away. Maybe you would look at things differently, but I value my animals as family members.
amorris311
Well-Known Member
We would exist. Just maybe under a different set of rules.
Avgirl
Well-Known Member
How so? If your grandfather didn't exist, your parents wouldn't exist, therefore, neither would you...or am I misunderstanding genealogy?
amorris311
Well-Known Member
No you said without that generation we would have nothing. We (USA) lost 10's of thousands of men during WW2. We still exist no matter the outcome. That's all I'm saying. Certain generations bring both good and bad to society. Hopefully the good outweighs the bad.
Murdoughnut
Well sized member
I know you think that demographics are meaningless, but look at who is driving the Trump demogoaugery and get back to me.