This Millennial Rant Deserves A Trophy For Being Most Wrong

[DonCoquixote]

http://www.cracked.com/blog/that-anti-millennial-rant-bs-cracked-destroys-meme/?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=newsletter-weekly-20170118


this reflects an attitude I see a lot of nowadays . Just imagine if half the predictions about the "pepsi" generation turned out to be true.

[TDale313]

1. ChchchChanges...

"And these children that you spit on
As they try to change their worlds
Are immune to your consultations
They're quite aware of what they're going through"

[hueymahl]

2. My experience employing millennials is they are all over the place

Just like other generations, some are hard workers, some are not.

The one generalization I will make is an awful lot of them come off as entitled. I get a lot of "the world owes me this" type attitudes. That and a short attention span, which I think is a direct outgrowth of growing up with phone in their hand. So I guess that is two generalizations.

[ck4829]

3. This whole "millennials this, millennials that" reeks of fascism, it really does

* A worship of the past
* Calling the present generation weak, but saying it's not their fault, but the fault of their parents
* Thinking the solution is more authority, more policing the thoughts and actions of the young adults
* And of course "Everyone gets a trophy", a perception only possible because THEY see everything as a competition or life as a struggle

[RadiationTherapy]

4. I am especially tired of this from those Clinton supporters who blame instead of

motivate.

[leftynyc]

9. If keeping a degenerate out isn't enough

motivation to get off your ass and vote, there aren't enough hoops those clowns wont make people jump through.

[otohara]

10. Wish I Had Not Seen All The Hillary Hate They Passed Around

and pledges of #NeverHillary over and over again...on my Facebook page

How they turned on my son when he came out for Hillary after being a Sanders supporter...I might be more forgiving
but it was unfuckingbelivable the comments, the memes, the hate.

These are kids I've known for years - some since they were kids...it was quite disheartening.

I deactivated out of disgust.

[crazycatlady]

5. I just wanted to clarify about those trophies

As someone born in the 80s, I remember getting those things. They were on display on a shelf in my bedroom for awhile, but have long since disappeared. But I want to break something to you. We didn't ask for them. Most of my classmates (including myself) thought they were silly. It was the parents/coaches (mostly baby boomers) who gave them to us.

A few years ago I was in a thrift shop. I saw a shelf of participation trophies next to various wedding favors (trinkets personalized with the couple's name and wedding date). Looking at that shelf made me realize what a waste of money both are.

[Tommy_Carcetti]

6. Every previous generation thinks the current generation is lazy and self-entitled.

Not sure why the Gen Xers (of which I qualify) and Boomers think Millennials are something different. Their parents all said the same exact things about them. And their parents said the same thing about those parents.

While I'm not a Millennial and some current trends of theirs confuse me, I honestly don't get all the ridiculous animosity that gets sent their way.

[Buckeye_Democrat]

7. How would he know?! I doubt he spent any time observing classrooms, but rather

spent most of his time figuring out how to get rich from marketing some kind of CRAP.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simon_Sinek

Simon O. Sinek (born October 9, 1973) isa British/American author, motivational speaker and marketing consultant. He is the author of three books including the 2009 best seller, Start With Why: How Great Leaders Inspire Everyone to Take Action (2009).

[Skittles]

8. I am very leery of the blaming-generations bullshit

millennials overall, their work habits are different from mine but are they better or worse - not really, just different - I think we learn from each other, rather than trash each other