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I'm a millennial. I don't hate boomers, but I do hate them when they start complaining about my generation and fail to realize how much easier they had things.
And to top it all off, us millennials are stuck paying taxes to cover boomer social security and pensions. At this rate, us millennials might not have social security by the time we are ready to retire.
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"How much easier they had things" -- that is simply untrue (see earlier posts above). Millennials got very soft "family rules and regulations" compared to the boomers. For ex., most boomers had weekly chores, for no money, something very rare among millennials. The job market: Right after the 1960s boom, the market couldn't absorb all the boomers who came of working age in the 1970s. Many college grads I knew had clerical jobs. I was a secretary for years.
Second paragraph: Sorry, but the boomers covered (and are still covering) the Greatest Generation's Social Security and Medicare payments. "The Greatest" were the first generation to fully receive these entitlements. Yes, state/government pensions are being replaced by 401(k)s in some cases, but not totally yet. That last point of yours remains mostly false. About student loans: true, a debacle, and some of the blame goes to boomer parents.
Boomers and millennials are as different as chalk and cheese, so it's no surprise they complain about each other.
I'm a millennial. I don't hate boomers, but I do hate them when they start complaining about my generation and fail to realize how much easier they had things.
Boomers are generally more conservative, whereas millennials are more liberal, so this is problem #1. Boomers entered the job market when jobs were plentiful, and when having a college degree wasn't necessary for success, housing was cheap, and the overall cost of living was lower.
Millennials entered the job market between 9/11 and a recession/housing crisis. Our boomer parents told us "you have to go to college because getting an education is the most important thing". Many of us shouldn't have gone to college, but instead should have gone to a trade school. Our parents told us not to worry about our field of study, but instead "just study what you enjoy". Now we are mocked for having $100K in debt from an art degree.
In 2019, you pretty much have to live in a medium or larger city to get a good job. These cities have astronomical housing prices, so being able to afford a house in these places is out of the question. Even if housing prices are more reasonable, being able to save for a downpayment is out of the question.
Because so many of us are stuck paying student loans and high rent prices, we cannot afford to buy a home or even start a family.
And to top it all off, us millennials are stuck paying taxes to cover boomer social security and pensions. At this rate, us millennials might not have social security by the time we are ready to retire.
Lastly, boomer politicians have little understanding of technology, something millennials are very passionate about.
Unfortunately, many millennials don’t see it that way, they’d prefer to go to college and get a useless degree. Many have the attitude that they are too good to get their hands dirty. Whether or not they were taught this by their parents I don’t know, but I sure see a lot of it.
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I'm just curious to know why you judge this generation as snowflakes, weak, lacking in maturity and why you question eveything we do, as if the world is the same place as it was 30 years ago.
Thank you.
Actually, I see more complaints from Millennials about Boomers.
Unfortunately, many millennials don’t see it that way, they’d prefer to go to college and get a useless degree. Many have the attitude that they are too good to get their hands dirty. Whether or not they were taught this by their parents I don’t know, but I sure see a lot of it.
Many millennials have been radicalized by thug culture, gay culture, drug culture without even knowing it. Why get your hands dirty when the Notorious BIG has nice cars, clothes, the women, all you have to do is rap, or sell drugs, or join a gang for the respect because those ******* white people that vote democrat that live in the nice part of the city you live in act elitist all the time.
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Were Baby Boomers the ones who act like spoiled entitled children, threw away all traditional social constraints and definitions of decency in favor of drugs and flag-burnings and radical socialism?
Same complaint the WW2 generation made about them that boomers do about millennials
(Ignoring for the moment that it's absurd to say "a generation is like this" or "that". You get all types within a generation, especially those that are contemporaneous with each other.
Were Baby Boomers the ones who act like spoiled entitled children, threw away all traditional social constraints and definitions of decency in favor of drugs and flag-burnings and radical socialism?
Same complaint the WW2 generation made about them that boomers do about millennials
(Ignoring for the moment that it's absurd to say "a generation is like this" or "that". You get all types within a generation, especially those that are contemporaneous with each other.
The leftist ones yeah, spoiled draft dodging pieces of ****s that'd rather do lsd and drive across the continent to woodstock.
And yet, the boomer generation also somehow produced (and elected) Trump.
Just goes to show that generational statements mean very little.
As a Boomer, I am personally ashamed of this.
Well...at least our music is good....
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