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We’re Making Life Too Hard for Millennials
NYT Sunday Review ^ | July 31, 2015 | Steven Rattner

Posted on 08/06/2015 12:30:35 PM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin

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To: Diana in Wisconsin
“To others, they are narcissistic, lazy and self-centered”

By others he means anyone who has to deal with them and/or work with them on a regular basis.

And what is this “we” shit. “We” don't make things difficult for millennials, they do it to themselves. We didn't tell them to demand to get whatever they want instantly, avoid any useful work, play on their cell phones all day, get dozens of tattoos, get high all the time, contract STDs and vote for Obama.

If they have anyone to blame it is the dumbed down high schools that let them slide whenever they wanted, Universities who poisoned their minds with leftist garbage and did not teach them any useful skills and the Obama Administration which is destroying the middle class.

61 posted on 08/06/2015 2:24:26 PM PDT by detective
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To: notdownwidems

It’s pointless to talk about generational failures and then say “well I didn’t do that”.

No individual did! It was a collective failure. Sure, we can pretend there was no failure, so nobody takes the blame, but that won’t change the reality.


62 posted on 08/06/2015 2:31:49 PM PDT by Boogieman
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To: Diana in Wisconsin

What are they going to do when the crap hits the fan, cry in the streets or something.

Life is hard. Life is not fair.

duh!


63 posted on 08/06/2015 2:37:46 PM PDT by GeronL (Phony Crony Trump is a Chump, Cruz is for real, 100%)
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To: Diana in Wisconsin

lol


64 posted on 08/06/2015 2:38:29 PM PDT by GeronL (Phony Crony Trump is a Chump, Cruz is for real, 100%)
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To: altsehastiin

Actually it was the Silents (those who came to maturity in ‘46 to ‘60.). They were always the inferiors to the WWII generation. Their whole lives they could not compare to their slightly older siblings.

This is the generation of McCain— the only generation not to have a President.

They mucked everything up because they always wanted to be loved like the Greatest Gens.


65 posted on 08/06/2015 2:41:32 PM PDT by Vermont Lt
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To: VanDeKoik

The key there is online lynch mobs.

They burned down Fergusen. The 67-68 riots burned down cities.

They are pikers without balls. Except the ones fighting our wars. I would rather not get them angry.


66 posted on 08/06/2015 2:43:40 PM PDT by Vermont Lt
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To: Diana in Wisconsin

They are probably the first generation raised by minimum wage daycare workers, and devoid of a moral background such as a church.


67 posted on 08/06/2015 2:45:42 PM PDT by Vermont Lt
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No individual did! It was a collective failure. Sure, we can pretend there was no failure, so nobody takes the blame, but that won’t change the reality.

I don't pretend there was no failure, I just don't take any responsibility for it because I ACTED RESPONSIBLY!

I had nothing to do with people having abortions, or economic irresponsibility, etc. etc. I DIDN'T DO THAT
68 posted on 08/06/2015 2:47:09 PM PDT by notdownwidems (Washington DC has become the enemy of free people everywhere)
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To: notdownwidems

You cannot enter into a discussion of “generational sociology” and think about it personally. Trends are statistical things, and you can be on the far end of the bell curve.

If you take your personal traits and lock them up for a second, you can see some interesting things.

If you are going to argue well established traits because they don’t apply to YOU, you a missing the whole point of the science. Stamping your foot is not an effective discussion tool.


69 posted on 08/06/2015 2:52:22 PM PDT by Vermont Lt
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If you are going to argue well established traits because they don’t apply to YOU, you a missing the whole point of the science. Stamping your foot is not an effective discussion tool.

I'm rubber and you're glue, whatever you say bounces off me and sticks to you!
70 posted on 08/06/2015 2:54:38 PM PDT by notdownwidems (Washington DC has become the enemy of free people everywhere)
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To: Diana in Wisconsin

When they hauled down the Confederate Flag and forced religious groups to obey the immoral standards set by the millennials, the day finally came that we crossed over to a cesspool of society that the millennials...and only them...deserve.

They can’t remember or know about how good life was before 1964 because they were never told of it...only lies and propaganda.


71 posted on 08/06/2015 3:20:35 PM PDT by DH (Once the tainted finger of government touches anything the rot begins)
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To: AustinBill

Yes they will.


72 posted on 08/06/2015 3:29:07 PM PDT by zek157
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To: oh8eleven

I am not far behind you. But things have changed. Good luck finding a company that will keep you around 35 years and give you a pension these days (Unless you work for the govt). We reaped the benefit of the post WWII boom years. You could move out on your own after HS, survive on one income, work your way through college, and have job stability. It is harder today. It really is.


73 posted on 08/06/2015 10:24:22 PM PDT by informavoracious (ABORTION: SOMETHING INSIDE US IS DYING)
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To: Boogieman

Nice try. You just keep skirting the truth and making excuses to support your bias.


74 posted on 08/07/2015 5:38:13 AM PDT by oh8eleven (RVN '67-'68)
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To: oh8eleven

Whatever, you cannot change the fact that it’s going to come down to the next generation to try to fix this mess now, because the boomers failed to do so, or even to make any attempt at it.


75 posted on 08/07/2015 6:14:10 AM PDT by Boogieman
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76 posted on 08/07/2015 6:20:02 AM PDT by oh8eleven (RVN '67-'68)
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To: oh8eleven

That’s the best you can come up with?


77 posted on 08/07/2015 6:22:02 AM PDT by Boogieman
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To: Vermont Lt

Exactly. We can’t even have a discussion about these things around here, because every single time, people take it personally for some reason and start thumping their chests.


78 posted on 08/07/2015 6:24:19 AM PDT by Boogieman
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To: notdownwidems

There are literally thousands of threads on FR. Most of them hold no interest for most people.

Why would you take the time to argue such a weak point on a thread that you clearly have spent no time understanding.


79 posted on 08/07/2015 6:28:01 AM PDT by Vermont Lt
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To: informavoracious
It is harder today. It really is.
Paying for college is obviously much more expensive, but you can still go in the service to take advantage of the GI Bill. There are other things that are "easier" or better.
Two-four percent mortgages; transportable retirement accounts; food stamps; 10 year auto warranties (and cars that last 10 years); and soon, you can make $15/ hr to flip burgers!
80 posted on 08/07/2015 6:29:03 AM PDT by oh8eleven (RVN '67-'68)
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