Gotta Love Millennials

Unfortunately, the truth is, that people like that are gonna run this country someday, if not already. Newer generations no longer need hard work or enduring service to accomplish being wealthy or famous and that's terrible, but it's todays reality. They sit around and social network and can somehow afford a tesla, while the older generations are still milling away at their same jobs for 20+ years angry and tired. What's even worse is that each generation that comes before, molds the next. Instead of criticizing an entire generation of folks, look to the source. "If you don't like the eggs, just shoot the chicken"

Sincerely,

90s kid.

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Unfortunately, the truth is, that people like that are gonna run this country someday, if not already. Newer generations no longer need hard work or enduring service to accomplish being wealthy or famous and that's terrible, but it's todays reality. They sit around and social network and can somehow afford a tesla, while the older generations are still milling away at their same jobs for 20+ years angry and tired. What's even worse is that each generation that comes before, molds the next. Instead of criticizing an entire generation of folks, look to the source. "If you don't like the eggs, just shoot the chicken"

Sincerely,

90s kid.

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Yup,
60’s kid.
 
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I work with (I guess? He is mid 20s) a millennial. He works really well when he feels like it but he is quite possibly the moodiest SOB I have ever dealt with.
 
I am perplexed by people who produce no product. They surround themselves with people who produce no product and spend the day congratulating each other on their illusion of occupation....Jeff Cooper
Ruh-ro... That’s pre millennial, prolly meaning my age (mid 50’s).
 
I'm a millennial and I work my ass off.

You probably do. Two things: (1) When your cohort earns you a reputation, deserved or undeserved, you own it and may or may not be able to change it. Life's not fair. Too bad. (2) The great news: You, as a positive outlier, will be a standout among your lessers, which is an advantage right out of the box. ...and don't let anybody convince you you're abandoning your "heritage" by just being that extremely marketable outlier. :D Enjoy and exploit your "leg up"!! :)
 
I'm a millennial and I work my ass off.

Keep the fire lit bro and hone your skills, work ethics, standards, etc. and choose your loyalties wisely as time goes on.

You're gonna really need those values later.
 
I am perplexed by people who produce no product. They surround themselves with people who produce no product and spend the day congratulating each other on their illusion of occupation....Jeff Cooper
Sounds like the average business guy talking about cybersecurity jobs. This mentality caused cutbacks in cyber the past two months, and is going to bear some really, really nasty fruit in the next year, year and a half. :p
 
If you have a millennial child, it’s your fault.
Unless they raised themselves.


Singer has sweet tone.
I’ve 3, they each wanted to move out ~16 to claim their own territory and woman, married early, intelligent (much more so than I) driven, productive, etc.
Home schooling, farm living, high expectation & examples, with much support and encouragement worked well for them.
My wife did an excellent job!
 
I won't join in on the bashing, but some observations:

The millennials that are good workers are far too self conscious about making mistakes and the subsequent criticism. I grew up screwing up everything and ate a lot of sht for doing it. Turned out it was good for me.

The millennials that are good workers are lacking a lot of fundamental tool and dexterity abilities. Teach your kids to swing a damn hammer.

Millennials have a very strong sense of fairness that is pretty misguided and wrong headed in the corrupt AF world they've inherited.

The boomers I've worked over/under/with that are crap are some of the sorriest POSs that ever graced this planet and I hope a few are starving right now.
 
Time changes the process of earning/making/providing a living. Every generation faces the same delima and so far no generation has a handle on it nor will they ever.
 
I feel that, for the most part, the angst most feel for millennials is warranted at face value. But we also have to remember that these kids didn’t just appear out of nowhere. So if “these darn kids” are so messed up, it’s really the generation that’s before them that messed up.

And if you go back in time, I would hazard to say there has never been a generation that didn’t bemoan the shortcomings of the next generation. Times change, experiences change, and the world is molded around the next generations based on these changes.

While it’s easy to look at the few and judge the whole, it is just as easy to look at the whole and judge the few.

I was reminded of the “times a changing” recently with all this “stay at home” stuff and my current work situation. I am home, with my computer, multiple screens, and a remote access. I can do everything here that I once had to do in the office. Heck, my cell phone has more computing power than the Apollo spacecraft. I recall my dad telling me how “business was done” when he was going through the ranks as a VP of sales for a number of national companies. What once would have taken him a team of 200 sales reps, merchandisers, and secretaries has now been automated. Shipping, logistics, support, and so forth has all been streamlined and companies continue to do so. Spread that “streamlining” across all sectors of business, and you have effectively made dinosaurs of the old ways.

So while we sit and judge a generation that “creates nothing and gets paid for it” we can look at them as failures, or as magicians. Just consider some “professional you tubers”. They found a niche, made a name for themselves, and are getting paid for it. My acceptance of the validity of their methods or product doesn’t negate their accomplishment.

Someone upstream mentioned how sensitive kids are these days. Who can blame them? Their lives are broadcast for the world to see. Every mistake they make in school is in danger of “going viral” for all to see. Every social interaction they have, every awkward moment while dating, every sports play they attempt is being filmed, documented, and scrutinized for maximum effect. Even if we forbid the use of “social media” for our own children, they are still impacted by it by proxy.

And these kids didn’t create this monster. The framework for it was set into place, and now they have to live with it.

As the maxim goes “a lie makes it around the world before the truth has put on his shoes” is more accurate today than ever with today’s “push of an icon” world. (Phones don’t really even have buttons anymore!”)


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Millennial here, celebrating 14 years of marriage to the one and only woman I really want. I've got 5 children ranging from age 12 to several months old, have fed and clothed them all from infancy on a single income while their sweet mom has raised them and attended their education. We are the definition of a nuclear family and we wouldn't have it any other way, and most importantly we aren't alone, nor are we outliers. Don't get swallowed up in cynicism about Millennials, if you're here to criticize them you're either one of them or one of the generations that created them.
 
Both my daughters can drive nails, drive a stick shift (youngest almost fights if she has my truck before giving it back), oldest is stay at home mom, dabbles in leather work, weaving, sewing, ect. Great mom.
Youngest is one grade from Masters degree, without my help. Gainfully employed.
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Next time someone posts a meme about marines eating crayons I’m going to lose my mind. Start posting pictures of Marines On the battlefield and demand for them to show me where the crayons are. I mean how dare you make fun of them and say they eat crayons.

And that’s just for starters. I’m going full PC warrior.
 
Exactly why I don't go full blown jerk when some of the blatant cop bashing generalizations are up on the site.

There are so many times that exaggerations and generalizations meant to be humorous get completely lost when the "funny switch" gets turned off at will.
 
Next time someone posts a meme about marines eating crayons I’m going to lose my mind. Start posting pictures of Marines On the battlefield and demand for them to show me where the crayons are. I mean how dare you make fun of them and say they eat crayons.

And that’s just for starters. I’m going full PC warrior.
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I have met and worked with useless individuals from all generations! Quite strange how wound up people get about any other given age group of people. I am a millenial that is 38 with a great job, still on my first wife, and my oldest kid graduates high school next year. At some point I am going to start bitching about the kids I raised and how much better my generation was. When do I get to be the angry old guy yelling at the clouds?
 
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One of my younger cousins who is 32, spent a couple months in jail at 19. Decided he didn't wanna repeat that particular experience & took his bony ass to college & now runs his mom's dialysis clinic (3 clinics in KC & St Lousi), as well as running his own mobile mechanic business with his 30 y/o kid brother. Little shits do everything from small engine repair, to tire changes to engine rebuilds/swaps on site. They've built a 700hp turbo Lexus, a 468 BBC '85 Monte Carlo & a LS-1 powered Jeep CJ7. The 32 y/o's wife is a 26 y/o BSN/RN working on a dual Master's in Nursing and Business Administration & is very sweet & funny. The 30 y/o's girlfriend is 24 & is the only mother his 6 y/o daughter has ever known & they have a 6 month old daughter. She stays at home & takes care of the girls & tends to the home while he works. Also a very sweet & very genuine young lady. They're all very active- motorcycles, skiing, hunting, just being outside & the 32 y/o just bought 70 acres in CO a few months ago. Good, hardworking, driven kids.

One the other hand, a 35 y/o cousin, my oldest uncle's (mean, nasty drunk) firstborn shot his girlfriend with a 7mm Rem Mag in the parking lot of a Lowes at 1230pm one December Saturday afternoon. His dirtbag 31 y/o brother & his wife stole their 33 y/o brother's & wife's identities & ran up several thousand dollars in crap from Walmart & Tractor Supply. Fortunately, the 33 y/o works his ass off, stays out of trouble & is driving big trucks & his wife is a BSN/RN. She can be a little uppity sometimes- she thinks I'm a bad influence, but has come to accept & expect that when get together, it's gonna get a little rowdy. :D They're doing well & raising 6 & 2 y/o girls in the home he built on 5 acres at the end of my grandparents' driveway.

Every generation has its share of dirtbags & I ain't got time to hate. The window lickers that can't put down their phones & don't know what gender they are give the rest of them a bad name. I'm a 1969 model Gen-Xer & we've certainly produced our share of winners.
 
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