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Generation Z is ditching the corporate grind in spades. According to a new study by Credit Karma, among Gen Z U.S. adults ages 18+, 60% say traditional 9 to 5 jobs are "soul-sucking," with 43% saying they have no desire to work a traditional 9 to 5 job at all. While there’s been no discussion of whether or not this trend applies more to women than to men, much of the discussion about this topic suggests women are leading the charge—which makes sense, since social media, a largely female space, is in part why young women don’t want to work...

Schoolboys Lighting Cigarettes With 100 RMB Cash Bills by Fauna on March 22, 2010 From Mop: Another cash “Cigarette Lighting Gate” once again appears on Mop On March 15 Consumer Rights Day, Mop netizens published another “Cigarette Lighting Gate” topic topics:”Yet another cash ‘Cigarette Lighting Gate’!” Is it a stunt or a mental problem? Earlier last year, cash “Cigarette Lighting Gate” had already wildly spread on the internet. On 2010 March 15, Consumer Rights Day, the photographs Mopper netizens posted were a new “Showing Off Wealth Cigarette Lighting Gate”. Seen in this group of photographs are two to three youth,...

It was all going so well. The dresses, the brains, the Vogue cover shoot – everything so far about Michelle Obama has left us wide-mouthed in admiration. It seemed there was no end to her fabulousness. Then Mr and Mrs Brown came to stay. Unflattering: the White House released only one photograph of Michelle Obama and Sarah Brown together Like all good guests, Sarah Brown arrived bearing gifts for the children, Malia and Sasha. And they were really nice presents. A bit of thought had clearly gone into choosing them: Top Shop dresses (with matching necklaces) and a selection of...

Of all the holidays in the year, Thanksgiving is perhaps most incompatible with the moral dispositions of Generation Y. It is not that we refuse to partake of the turkey and mashed potatoes, nor that we refrain from watching the football games on television. Rather, we are ungrateful for most everything we have. We are a thankless generation. I may sound like a pessimist, but my premise is basically positive. My generation is materially blessed beyond what any other generation before us has ever had. A typical, middle-class 18-year-old is endowed with a fairly new car with a fancy stereo...