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It's not enough we couldn't just be known as Gen Y but some idiots had to be cute by giving us the stupid "Millennial" designation which has been used to joke and make fun of it ever since. The oldest of us are pushing 40 yet that gets tossed around like we're all still children. You look at the generation before us, Gen X and they may have gotten some criticism from when they were young but they weren't constantly beat over the head with it and had some stupid out of date name to go with them and still be used against them well into adulthood.
It's like being forced to wear a scarlet letter our whole lives no matter how mature, responsible or old we get. Clearly whoever coined the term never thought of how stupid it was and the long-lasting implications. We already had Gen X and thus we would be Gen Y so why the need to add something so stupid that would clearly fast become out of date? And yes, I do know why we were called that; denotes those that would come of age near the turn of the millennium, but still, it just really sounds out of date and old fashioned and I really hate how the term has been used against us as something to bash us for something we had no part in creating.
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It's not enough we couldn't just be known as Gen Y but some idiots had to be cute by giving us the stupid "Millennial" designation which has been used to joke and make fun of it ever since. The oldest of us are pushing 40 yet that gets tossed around like we're all still children. You look at the generation before us, Gen X and they may have gotten some criticism from when they were young but they weren't constantly beat over the head with it and had some stupid out of date name to go with them and still be used against them well into adulthood.
It's like being forced to wear a scarlet letter our whole lives no matter how mature, responsible or old we get. Clearly whoever coined the term never thought of how stupid it was and the long-lasting implications. We already had Gen X and thus we would be Gen Y so why the need to add something so stupid that would clearly fast become out of date? And yes, I do know why we were called that; denotes those that would come of age near the turn of the millennium, but still, it just really sounds out of date and old fashioned and I really hate how the term has been used against us as something to bash us for something we had no part in creating.
Actually, originally Gen X was called the Baby Bust & Millenials were called the Boomlet. Like that better? This all came from the same fine folks who named my generation the Baby Boom. Ya want to go through life with that designation?
I used to think "Gen X" was cool. The novel "Generation X", published in 1991, was about people who were my age at the time. But then demographers decided I was just a boring tale-end boomer.
Right. Millennial definitely sounds better to me. Plus, I think it's fitting. It's the Millennial generation...or their children, that will bring us out of these dark times.
I am guessing it is the lumping of everyone into a group and then the negative stereotyping of that group that annoys. As it should. I actually like the sound of the term Millennial, but of course the definition has been painted and attached as something not positive. That is awful and I do not understand why our culture allows that to happen. I remember when a sub group of my Baby Boom generation was labeled Yuppie. That became a negative. For some reason if one was young, upwardly mobile in job and education and a professional it was "bad". Ouch.
My advice. Move on. Make a mark take a stand and live your best life. Perhaps with your generation truly entering the heavy part of your "warrior years" the differences and advances that most certainly will be made by you, will naturally change the connotation of the term.
I am guessing it is the lumping of everyone into a group and then the negative stereotyping of that group that annoys. As it should. I actually like the sound of the term Millennial, but of course the definition has been painted and attached as something not positive. That is awful and I do not understand why our culture allows that to happen. I remember when a sub group of my Baby Boom generation was labeled Yuppie. That became a negative. For some reason if one was young, upwardly mobile in job and education and a professional it was "bad". Ouch.
My advice. Move on. Make a mark take a stand and live your best life. Perhaps with your generation truly entering the heavy part of your "warrior years" the differences and advances that most certainly will be made by you, will naturally change the connotation of the term.
Bingo.
I know there has always been conflict between generations, it's as old as time, but the bashing has gotten completely out of hand lately.
I remember when the term "yuppie" first came to be. It wasn't an insult, it just meant a young professional, usually a city-dweller. Then, somehow, it was adopted as an indictment of the whole "greed is good" mindset. Something similar has happened to the term "politically correct." It used to mean nothing more than not acting like a racist, sexist asshat. Then it, too, became in insult, and now, for the love of God, it's even used as a weapon against people who do nothing more than call out rude behavior. "Not PC" has become a badge of honor for those who resort to name-calling and personal insults in a way that would make their parents cringe.
I digress a bit with the above, but the point is the same: Baby Boomer isn't a bad thing. Millennial isn't a bad thing. When you attack someone on the basis of their age and nothing more, you are including in that condemnation your parents, your grandparents, your children, nieces and nephews, and grandkids.
As a person born at the very tail end of the Baby Boomer generation (which I don't identify with at all) it seems that all these "generations" have some sort of negative to them. Right now, the Baby Boomers seem to be vilified for being "old", stealing social security, and staying at their jobs too long and now allowing the youngers to flourish.
It happens with everyone.
What I wonder about is why, it seems, the "Millenials" are so bothered by their negative stereotype? Who do they think is pushing the stereotype. I think it's just down to too much time on social media and reading memes too much. If you were off social media, you'd probably be clueless that it's going on. I can assure you that the majority of Baby Boomers are not into social media and aren't pushing that narrative. So it's probably your own age group that's doing it. My parents, squarely into the Baby Boomer generation, have no clue about the Millenial stereotype.
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Originally Posted by Johnpolybious
It's not enough we couldn't just be known as Gen Y but some idiots had to be cute by giving us the stupid "Millennial" designation which has been used to joke and make fun of it ever since. The oldest of us are pushing 40 yet that gets tossed around like we're all still children. You look at the generation before us, Gen X and they may have gotten some criticism from when they were young but they weren't constantly beat over the head with it and had some stupid out of date name to go with them and still be used against them well into adulthood.
It's like being forced to wear a scarlet letter our whole lives no matter how mature, responsible or old we get. Clearly whoever coined the term never thought of how stupid it was and the long-lasting implications. We already had Gen X and thus we would be Gen Y so why the need to add something so stupid that would clearly fast become out of date? And yes, I do know why we were called that; denotes those that would come of age near the turn of the millennium, but still, it just really sounds out of date and old fashioned and I really hate how the term has been used against us as something to bash us for something we had no part in creating.
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