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Psychologically scarred millennials are killing dozens of industries -and it's their parents' fault
Business Insider (via Yahoo) ^ | 05 June 2017 | Kate Taylor

Posted on 06/11/2017 12:58:55 PM PDT by Drew68

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To: philetus

Yep, and nowadays etiquette is endangered, and people in high places have gotten blind to reality. It’s as saddening as it is scary.


21 posted on 06/11/2017 1:42:58 PM PDT by Morpheus2009
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To: Angels27

They have to be one of the first generations of Americans to mutilate themselves in mass.


22 posted on 06/11/2017 1:44:14 PM PDT by Vision (Evil is powerless if the good are unafraid - Reagan)
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And have an attitude about it.


23 posted on 06/11/2017 1:44:41 PM PDT by Vision (Evil is powerless if the good are unafraid - Reagan)
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To: Jeff Vader

I don’t see that things are quite as bad as they were during the Carter years. The reverse problem seems to be true - lots of jobs out there, just no one qualified to fill those jobs - or able to pass a drug test, show up on time, have reliable transportation to work, etc.

We’ve allowed the Socialist Democrat Party and the COMPLICIT RINOs to create this current ‘utopia’ for us.

But then, I think about my Grandpa who had a wife, kid & FIL to support during the Great Depression. He took on any and ALL jobs he was offered - baker, swept streets, cut and delivered wood, farm work, butchering, collected trash, etc.

When things turned around he became a Machinist and it was all roses after that; he helped build parts of the bombs that ended WWII, and also parts of various space craft, back when NASA had a few nickles to rub together. :)

If he could survive and thrive through that, I’ve got NOTHING to whine about; though I still whine from time to time. ;)


24 posted on 06/11/2017 1:48:40 PM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin (I don't have 'Hobbies.' I'm developing a robust Post-Apocalyptic skill set!)
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To: Dr. Ursus

“Red Guards!”

I was wondering about this. Will they lead the “Multi-Cultural Revolution?”


25 posted on 06/11/2017 1:49:43 PM PDT by Corey Ohlis (Visualize Swirled Peas)
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To: Diana in Wisconsin
I was born in 1957. My parents in 1915. I don't recall them ever blaming those who came before them (except FDR) for coming of age in the depth of the depression. When I graduated college it was just at the beginning of Reagan's first term. Few jobs for college grads, but I had one waiting for me as I was already working in my field part time before graduation. No student loan debt. I didn't know anyone who had any in 1981.

Flash forward three decades and I too have almost no savings. The last decade has been a financial disaster for me. I can't find steady work in my field. But I blame no one but myself for not saving more when I could have.

26 posted on 06/11/2017 1:50:51 PM PDT by SoCal Pubbie
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To: Diana in Wisconsin

See, that’s the part I can’t figure out. They whine that the Boomers have made them such awful people, but then it turns out they are people who have continued to support their offspring up to the age of 30 and beyond.


27 posted on 06/11/2017 1:50:58 PM PDT by ichabod1 (I call Obama "osama" because he damaged us far more than Osama bin Ladin ever did.)
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To: Drew68

If a restaurant is making bad tasting, over-priced food, they shouldn’t be trying to find fault with the customer for not wanting to buy it. The last time I had applebees (won a gc) they were microwaving their food packets even back then.


28 posted on 06/11/2017 1:51:44 PM PDT by Trillian
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To: Drew68

The article says boomers focused on short term rewards and Millies want to experience it now. I don’t see the difference.


29 posted on 06/11/2017 1:52:04 PM PDT by Terry Mross (Liver spots And blood thinners.,)
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To: Drew68

I guess I’m a millennial then. I don’t buy most of those things either.

Except I do like nice linen napkins (not paper). And I already have a home.

I don’t buy much really... I have enough stuff. People who are older than millennials who have reached peak stuff have stopped buying a lot of things


30 posted on 06/11/2017 1:52:32 PM PDT by Lorianne
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To: Drew68

I love me some Buffalo Wild Wings. I spent a couple evenings there with Chris Sabo from the Cincinnati Reds. We had a good time. He had about .01 percent Body fat, lol. My neighbor brought me some hot wings from Dayton, Ohio last weekend, the best I’ve ever eaten.


31 posted on 06/11/2017 2:01:13 PM PDT by OftheOhio (never could dance but always could kata - Romeo company)
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To: ConservativeMind

I was thinking that too. The chain restaurants are pretty sucky except Outback. Family owned greasy spoons rule.


32 posted on 06/11/2017 2:02:20 PM PDT by ImJustAnotherOkie
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To: Drew68

Buffalo Wild Wings and Applebee’s are disgusting. I never eat there either. Most such food chains are repulsive and serve crap, like Olive Garden, which just microwaves frozen dinners.


33 posted on 06/11/2017 2:09:24 PM PDT by montag813
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To: Drew68
They don't buy napkins.

Huh? Why would a 25-year old buy napkins, when mommy has them, and Chipotle and Starbucks let you take as many as you like for free?

34 posted on 06/11/2017 2:10:43 PM PDT by montag813
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To: Trillian
One of the Italian-style chains, Olive Garden maybe, stopped using salted water for the pasta.

The reason was so that the guarantee on the cooking vessels wouldn't be voided.

Penny-wise, pound-foolish, their patrons noticed, and became former patrons.

The chain has gone back to using salted water.

35 posted on 06/11/2017 2:11:12 PM PDT by Calvin Locke
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To: montag813
Huh? Why would a 25-year old buy napkins, when mommy has them, and Chipotle and Starbucks let you take as many as you like for free?

Once they made paper towels that you could separate in half, our home never bought napkins again.

36 posted on 06/11/2017 2:13:24 PM PDT by Drew68
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To: Drew68
This article is some of the dumbest and laziest reporting I've ever read

They'll avoid paying full price for clothing, something that is wreaking havoc on retailers like Macy's and Sears.

Um...AMAZON.com....hello? Not just millennials!

They'll avoid investing in the stock market, having seen how investments can go wrong.

Um...stock market at all-time highs, clearly not missing millennial bucks.

37 posted on 06/11/2017 2:14:23 PM PDT by montag813
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To: ImJustAnotherOkie

Funny that, I ate at Longhorn in Dayton, Ohio once. The manager brought the steak out and showed it to me before it was cooked. I suddenly had about six people waiting on me. I started pounding longnecks in observance. I don’t know who they thought I was, I still appreciated the old school presentation. I haven’t seen that style since a young Marine in Memphis many years ago.


38 posted on 06/11/2017 2:15:30 PM PDT by OftheOhio (never could dance but always could kata - Romeo company)
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To: Angels27
Millennials are absolutely the worst generation EVER. I can not stand to be in the presence of just one of them.

Yep. My cousins' kids are all Millennials and I can't stand a single one. ALL rabid liberals. ALL brainwashed against Trump, the Wall, Israel, capitalism, even America itself. And of course, ALL college educated.

39 posted on 06/11/2017 2:16:28 PM PDT by montag813
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To: Drew68

what constitutes full price? there is no such retail condition


40 posted on 06/11/2017 2:22:00 PM PDT by Thibodeaux (the long night is over)
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