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Some of my earliest socio/political memories as a young child in the '70s was listening to the older generations complaining about how horrible the Baby Boomers were.
And I wonder what the generation of WWII vets and those who lived through The Great Depression were saying about the generation that gave us things like of Woodstock, Hippies, and spitting on veterans.
It's amazing you can criticize a generation that hasn't even had the opportunity yet to get into public office, run companies, or has even been able to buy a house yet.
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Originally Posted by Drewcifer
The same thing those people are now saying about the millenials.
And the same thing parents of those coming of age in the 20s said about them.
Wonder why this is? I've said this for years. Life kicks then right in the rear and they collapse in a pile of rubble. Safe rooms, playdough, doggies and kittens. Look at this site they got rid of the sarcasm emoji 😂
Inevitably, you will be counting on those kids you disparage to keep you alive in your old age.
Better pray they don't remember the things you said now; you could regret them later.
I'm 72, and there was a time when my generation was thought to be exactly the same.
Did anyone actually watch the whole video? I know it is long, but I think he makes some good points about societal values and the place of work in our lives. Taken out of context, some of what he says definitely comes off as millennial bashing, but that isn't the point he's making. He's addressing the old coots who complain about lazy millennials in the work place and saying 'stop your complaining and figure out what changes you can make to work more effectively with millennials."
Did anyone actually watch the whole video? I know it is long, but I think he makes some good points about societal values and the place of work in our lives. Taken out of context, some of what he says definitely comes off as millennial bashing, but that isn't the point he's making. He's addressing the old coots who complain about lazy millennials in the work place and saying 'stop your complaining and figure out what changes you can make to work more effectively with millennials."
The issue I see with this video, and others like it, is the complete ignorance of what Millenials do well. They are innovative and hard working. They tend to be better with their finances, take more chances and fare better with their quality of life.
"The children now love luxury; they have bad manners, contempt for authority; they show disrespect for elders and love chatter in place of exercise. Children are now tyrants, not the servants of their households. They no longer rise when elders enter the room. They contradict their parents, chatter before company, gobble up dainties at the table, cross their legs, and tyrannize their teachers."
- Socrates about the millenials 2500 years ago.
No one knows if Socrates actually wrote this given none of his original work survived.
Nonetheless, older generations have been complaining about the younger generation since forever. Nowdays some mNage to earn a living doing so.
The issue I see with this video, and others like it, is the complete ignorance of what Millenials do well. They are innovative and hard working. They tend to be better with their finances, take more chances and fare better with their quality of life.
I'm not sure the speaker would disagree with you. Personally. I don't. I work with a lot of millennials, and by and large they are great. My only beef is that they sometimes assume us gen xers on the team as old and seem surprised when we are up on technology and have innovative ideas, too. Surprising them can be really fun, though, and we did the same to boomers when we were new in the workforce ,
Funny how the generation that gave us the Iraq war, deregulation of Wall Street, huge tax breaks for the donor class and a massive bailout of Wall Street is praised in glowing terms while the generation that has to pay for all of this drunk partying is ridiculed and mocked.
Something isnt right here.
Yeah. They also did a very poor job in raising their kids.
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