Same age bracket, same sentiment in my peer group. Even in Alberta where health-care and other social nets exist, and un-(or under)-employment is rare, much is

Same age bracket, same sentiment in my peer group. Even in Alberta where health-care and other social nets exist, and un-(or under)-employment is rare, much is the same. We've seen ads for cars and suits and fertilizer for so long that we're immune to any of it. Our parents lived in such a radically different time in terms of the economy, technology, societal norms, that we can't relate to each other, even though we'd like to. We "young folk" share a collective skepticism, so we advertise products and services to each other when we find something that works or makes sense to us. We don't care about crashing markets and fiscal cliffs because we don't have years of retirement savings. We don't buy newspapers or watch the evening news; News is received through twitter, facebook, or real conversations, if and when there is any news. It's not that we don't want to pay for things. We just don't want what you're selling, or the format it comes in, or the commitments that come with it.