You forgot to mention sex or drugs! What kind of generational freakout essay is that? Twentysomethings these days... they've got no proper appreciation of the

You forgot to mention sex or drugs! What kind of generational freakout essay is that? Twentysomethings these days... they've got no proper appreciation of the classical literary styles. ;) At least the OP's got the correct form, and he mixes in the confessional I-was-once-an-insider I-saw-the-light-on-the-road-to-Damascus trope, which is always a crowd pleaser.