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As a millennial, this is why my generation is pathetic. I'm not sure where I read this, but a quote that really resonates with me as a millennial who went out

As a millennial, this is why my generation is pathetic. I'm not sure where I read this, but a quote that really resonates with me as a millennial who went out and found / fought for nearly all their opportunities "I love being a millennial, because it's so easy to be better than most of my generation".

holografix 8y ago
I’d invite that person to consider how much of her/his success is due to luck and I’d draw parallels with the peasant who working twice as much and providing more grain is allowed a bit more privilege. I’m all for meritocracy. But only if the game is fair.
- ericd 8y ago
  It's more than a bit hyperbolic to compare our current economic setup with that of medieval serfdom. The difference in economic mobility is extreme. Yes, we have some issues we need to sort out - NIMBYs and zoning laws tamping down on new housing supply in cities, and a broken healthcare market are the largest ones. But it's dangerous to forget that the system we have is overall overwhelmingly better for most people than what came before the 1900s, let alone before the 1400s.
test6554 8y ago
As a millennial, I feel like if I were not in a technology field, I would be screwed. But as it stands, I bust my ass doing what I love, and society happens to value the work I love to do. It would be comforting for me to attribute my good fortune to being a badass or super talented, but I know that my chosen field is just highly valued. I know some people who have followed their dreams and it has led them straight into the poor house doing years of unpaid internships all for a job that is rare, but still only one or two steps above minimum wage. But I do think there's an attitude and professionalism problem. The term "funemployed", the way beards, tattoos, and casual drug use are coming back in style. The oversharing. And the fact that somehow the generation that grew up with computers still has way too many people on the wrong side of the digital divide.
Gibbon1 8y ago
> why my generation is pathetic. Your generation is not pathetic. Your generation has had the deck well stacked against you economically before you were born.
- arcaster 8y ago
  Found the millennial who majored in art and took out ludicrous student loans. Good luck blaming others for your problems... Poor you.
  - Gibbon1 8y ago
    No you found the middle aged guy that was able to pay for an engineering degree by working a part time job. And graduated with 10k in the bank.

holografix 8y ago

I’d invite that person to consider how much of her/his success is due to luck and I’d draw parallels with the peasant who working twice as much and providing more grain is allowed a bit more privilege. I’m all for meritocracy. But only if the game is fair.

ericd 8y ago
It's more than a bit hyperbolic to compare our current economic setup with that of medieval serfdom. The difference in economic mobility is extreme. Yes, we have some issues we need to sort out - NIMBYs and zoning laws tamping down on new housing supply in cities, and a broken healthcare market are the largest ones. But it's dangerous to forget that the system we have is overall overwhelmingly better for most people than what came before the 1900s, let alone before the 1400s.

test6554 8y ago

As a millennial, I feel like if I were not in a technology field, I would be screwed. But as it stands, I bust my ass doing what I love, and society happens to value the work I love to do. It would be comforting for me to attribute my good fortune to being a badass or super talented, but I know that my chosen field is just highly valued. I know some people who have followed their dreams and it has led them straight into the poor house doing years of unpaid internships all for a job that is rare, but still only one or two steps above minimum wage. But I do think there's an attitude and professionalism problem. The term "funemployed", the way beards, tattoos, and casual drug use are coming back in style. The oversharing. And the fact that somehow the generation that grew up with computers still has way too many people on the wrong side of the digital divide.

Gibbon1 8y ago

> why my generation is pathetic. Your generation is not pathetic. Your generation has had the deck well stacked against you economically before you were born.

arcaster 8y ago
Found the millennial who majored in art and took out ludicrous student loans. Good luck blaming others for your problems... Poor you.
- Gibbon1 8y ago
  No you found the middle aged guy that was able to pay for an engineering degree by working a part time job. And graduated with 10k in the bank.