"The entitlement generation"

Anonus · 2015-10-11 23:17:52

Where did this shit come from?

Also, I kind of dread when in 20-30 years, members of our generation start attacking the generation after us

Imipolex G · 2015-10-11 23:20:11

Nothing ever changes, does it

Anonus · 2015-10-11 23:21:15

nope

I think the same things were said about "Generation X"

Odradek · 2015-10-11 23:21:55

Entitlement is the best way to dismiss legitimate grievances and concerns.

Obā-san · 2015-10-11 23:29:23

people who buy into a narrative that arbitrary "generations" of people are fundamentally different from others are morons and i would not listen to them

Imipolex G · 2015-10-11 23:31:35

this is just standard "old man yells at cloud" stuff

Anonus · 2015-10-11 23:38:06

:3 said:
people who buy into a narrative that arbitrary "generations" of people are fundamentally different from others are morons and i would not listen to them

I don't necessarily, but it just seems like so much reactionary, RL flamebaity content is brought to my attention

Calica · 2015-10-11 23:38:34

:3 said:
people who buy into a narrative that arbitrary "generations" of people are fundamentally different from others are morons and i would not listen to them

Anonus · 2015-10-11 23:38:48

also there's a lot of bitching about smartphones and "whining" and I think "like you aren't thinking 'where was this stuff when I was your age'" or "don't all young people whine"

glennmagusharvey · 2015-10-11 23:43:39

I don't think this generation is the entitlement generation.

If anything this is the lack of faith generation.

Aliroz · 2015-10-12 15:20:49

This generation is awful and I hate it.

One-Winged Eagle · 2015-10-12 15:33:19

What even exists in this world that is worth believing in?

All the great dreams are dead, and the dreams that remain are about surviving and navigating a peace and a place within this chaotic world.

Obā-san · 2015-10-12 15:33:43

I believe in cats

Haven · 2015-10-12 15:37:53

One-Winged Eagle · 2015-10-12 15:38:33

All the great dreams are dead, and it was a just and deserved death.

We would all do well without foolish and evil dreams.

Obā-san · 2015-10-12 15:46:35

that is bologna, there is no greater possible dream than cats

One-Winged Eagle · 2015-10-12 15:52:20

It's a small dream, and perhaps still a worthy one.

Small's good. Small's doable.

There is no room for evil in small.

Alduin · 2015-10-12 15:56:33

:3 said:
people who buy into a narrative that arbitrary "generations" of people are fundamentally different from others are morons and i would not listen to them

Apocalypse Cow said:
this is just standard "old man yells at cloud" stuff

Alduin · 2015-10-12 16:08:14

Hint: you don't get to condemn any generation for being "emo" if your generation had Sandman.

Bee · 2015-10-12 16:35:42

http://mentalfloss.com/article/52209/15-historical-complaints-about-young-people-ruining-everything

Obā-san · 2015-10-12 16:46:18

Youth were never more sawcie, yea never more savagely saucie

eriophora zia · 2015-10-12 16:56:47

Zeether · 2015-10-12 17:13:10

This is why I hate the word "millenials"

Yarrun XIX · 2015-10-12 17:31:44

Kamen Fucker #2 said:
What even exists in this world that is worth believing in?

All the great dreams are dead, and the dreams that remain are about surviving and navigating a peace and a place within this chaotic world.

Only some of them are dead. Some merely sleep.

The distinction is almost inconsequential, but only almost

Princess Alice · 2015-10-12 17:36:11

Ray Charles said:

Hint: you don't get to condemn any generation for being "emo" if your generation had Sandman.

This is beside the point but...that last one. It's always bizarre when people treat the Gregorian calendar as some universal thing, when each society has had their own way of counting years.

Haven · 2015-10-12 17:59:43

I just like how it goes from trivial media preferences to "the earth will be a barren lifeless rock within eight thousand years".

Odradek · 2015-10-12 18:06:05

Well yeah, because they won't be the first generation to act on global warming, or the last generation to refuse to act.

Odradek · 2015-10-12 18:06:46

The Walktapi that inherit this earth will not use the same numeral system.

Odradek · 2015-10-12 18:10:12

Torgo said:
The Walktapi that inherit this earth will not use the same numeral system.

Walktapi are octopi that can walk on land.

LOAD Cherry · 2015-10-12 18:21:44

Torgo said:

Torgo said:
The Walktapi that inherit this earth will not use the same numeral system.
Walktapi are octopi that can walk on land.

So you're saying the Splatoon vision of the apocalypse was right all along?

glennmagusharvey · 2015-10-12 18:27:21

CC Reisz said:

Torgo said:

Torgo said:
The Walktapi that inherit this earth will not use the same numeral system.
Walktapi are octopi that can walk on land.
So you're saying the Splatoon vision of the apocalypse was right all along?

This seems like a fun apocalypse.

Odradek · 2015-10-12 18:27:34

Possibly.

Anonus · 2015-10-12 19:38:39

Ray Charles said:

Hint: you don't get to condemn any generation for being "emo" if your generation had Sandman.

The Disney Channel existed in the '90s

Princess Alice · 2015-10-12 19:42:15

I like how that's the one you pick out

Tanya · 2015-10-12 20:26:03

Entitlement generation has a lot less titles than I care for.

Anonus · 2015-10-16 02:11:59

Drew Magary noted the "Millennial Pledge" in his latest Dick Joke Jamboroo, so I was compelled to go read it and treat it like a checklist.

• I am entitled to nothing.

I feel entitled to very little.

• I will show up on time.

I do.

• I will not shun comedians or college commencement speakers just because I don't agree with them.

I don't encounter any.

• Just once, I will try driving without texting.

The thought of doing anything but focusing on the actual driving scares me!

• Just once, I will try eating without texting.

Already do.

• I will not consider the cilantro on my taco to be a vegetable.

I don't get cilantro on my tacos.

• I will learn to laugh at everything, especially myself.

I feel threatened easily and worry people hate me...

• When meeting someone for the first time, I will always look him or her in the eye.

I have problems with that, and should improve there.

• I will not burn bridges.

I try not to.

• I will not burn overpasses.

ha ha

• Each year, I will pen at least one thank-you note, using what's left of my cursive writing skills.

I keep forgetting about my calligraphy pens >_<

• I will be resourceful, creative and authentic.

I try.

• I will vote. Always.

I try.

• I will (mostly) swear off smut.

I don't look at smut that often anyway.

• I will not be smut.

what does this mean?

• I will learn all my siblings' names (even the younger ones).

I have not seen my half-sister in years, and know her name.

• I will not spend an entire weekend exploring my own mouth with a coffee straw.

I hate coffee.

• I will learn to pick my battles.

I have trouble with this.

• When I don't get my way, I will learn to roll with it.

I try..

• I will not go on a job interview in shorts and flip-flops, even if "this job is so beneath me."

I hate flip-flops.

• Nothing is beneath me.

I guess I think this.

• I promise not to misuse the word "literally." As in "I am literally dying of hunger" or "You are literally being so rude."

I don't misuse it!

• If my first-born is a boy, I promise not to name him Uber.

I'm not having kids. And this is a classic out-of-touch sentiment.

• When I finally move out of my parents' home, I will not take all their vodka and half their towels.

Sure.

• I will not use crowd-funding to pay for my first car.

That's a scary thought for more than one reason!

• If I can't afford car insurance, I won't spend $20 a day on coffee.

I hate coffee.

• I won't give only gift cards for Christmas.

Already don't.

• I won't sneak texts during funerals even if it's "totally boring and the dead guy is just lying there anyway."

Sure.

• At holiday dinners, I will leave my phone in my room.

I don't go to family's places for holidays.

• All those T-shirts? I will wash them.

Sure.

• I will not use pepper spray to season a burrito.

I don't really eat burritos.

• I will not run up my credit cards.

Scared to.

• I will save 10% of everything I earn.

If I can.

• If I hate my new job, I will not fake my own death. I will give a full two weeks' notice like grown-ups usually do.

Sure.

• I will force myself to finally make a phone call.

...what kind of phone call?

• In high school or college, I will get a part-time job. Even if it's beneath me.

I want to, but I'm nervous.

• Again, nothing is beneath me.

alright alright

• Well, most things are not beneath me.

yeah

• I promise not to text anything of life-changing significance: a marriage proposal, a divorce decree, a positive result.

What's wrong with texting? It's a form of communication! This reminds me of that "video games are bad" shit adults have been spouting all my life.

• When I get my way, I will be grateful and not assume that I will always get my way.

I'll try.

• I will always remember Aristotle's quote: "It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it."

What do you think I'm doing?

• At least once a week, I will hug my mom the way I hug my friends every single time I see them.

I don't have any IRL friends, but I don't hug my mom enough.

• I will do nice things just because.

I'll try.

• I will live each day.

I do that already.

• I will sleep each night.

Some days I don't get to sleep until after the sun rises, which I already feel upset about.

• I am entitled to nothing but that.

This "entitled" stuff is dumb!

lee4hmz · 2015-10-16 04:07:12

so, confirmed for more "you kids get off my lawn" crap, then?

Haven · 2015-10-16 04:17:03

I will not spend an entire weekend exploring my own mouth with a coffee straw.

What does this even mean?

Salix Babylonika · 2015-10-16 04:18:42

• I will not be smut.

what does this mean?

don't take naughty pictures of yourself.

Which again is clearly something that no generation prior to this one has ever done.

Tachyon · 2015-10-16 10:44:53

list is stupid

picking my battles

Haven · 2015-10-16 17:33:38

Like is it a millennial thing to just take a coffee straw and poke it around your mouth for the better part of 48 hours? Or is it a euphemism for caffeine addiction, but if so, why specifically the weekend and why put it like that?

Also I feel like "all the vodka and half the towels" is incredibly specific, like it's what his kids did to him or what he did to his parents and he's projecting.

Princess Alice · 2015-10-16 17:34:25

What even is a coffee straw? Who drinks hot drinks through a straw?

Salix Babylonika · 2015-10-16 17:34:43

I think it's just "don't go to Starbucks"

Tanya · 2015-10-16 17:36:00

Salix Babylonika · 2015-10-16 17:42:09

Harley Quinn said:
What even is a coffee straw? Who drinks hot drinks through a straw?

it's a thing you use to stir creamer or sweetener or what have you into your coffee

Salix Babylonika · 2015-10-16 17:42:54

demo said:

whyyyyyyyyyy would you post this

I'm so angry now.

aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaagh

Aliroz · 2015-10-16 18:39:17

Eye contact is unsettling, texting while driving is a thing that causes people to die, and showing up to a job interview in flip flops is strange because wouldn't you show up wearing clothes AND flip flops?

Anonus · 2015-10-16 18:40:26

Flip flops are awful things, at least to me

I hate the stupid thing between the big toe and the one next to it

Fossilmaiden · 2015-10-16 18:40:31

I will not put pepper spray and cilantro on my siblings.

Tanya · 2015-10-16 18:45:06

The "millennial" pledge has a lot more to it.

Of course, it starts off with a lie, the person writing this is 58 years old.

Literally "Old man yelling at cloud"

One-Winged Eagle · 2015-10-16 18:46:37

I will kill a thousand of my elders and drink their tears before I die.

"The entitlement generation"

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