If I ever see any of these people I’m going to give them a card instead of a donation that says “Check your Millennial privilege” or something similar.
I really don’t think it’s generational. These guys were around when i was a teen. You really only saw them (US)in Seattle, Portland, Austin, SF…”traveler-friendly” cities. Gutter punks rarely made it abroad.
Are these guys really crusty? Do they sleep on the streets? Ride the rails? Hitchhike?
I’m just curious, having not seen any, if they conform to my idea.
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Millennials have been dealt a pretty crappy hand. The first generation to be worse off than their parents, plus they get accused of being privileged.
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Jesus christ can all you guys STFU now. This thread has outlived the joke.
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I don`t feel sorry for them. Way too politically correct.
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I think this is only conditionally true. Certainly a kid born in Leipzig in 1935 bore a better than even chance of being worse off than his parents in, say 1960, even if his parents died during WWII. I think there are a nearly infinite number of other examples, too.
The generation born in 1935 were still better off than their parents over time. In terms of general economic indicators.
Maybe true for the worldwide (outside the US) generation of those born in 1935, but I don’t believe it’s true for those born in east Germany. I think there are any number of other contraindicative examples as well.
And for the record, I don’t believe that US millennials will be worse off than their parents, not in the long run. Now, if millennials opt for any flavor of “democratic” socialism, then all bets are off. I find it difficult to believe that American millennials would wind up doing something so stupid, however. Like their parents, and the generations before, they’ll wake up eventually and recognize just where the golden goose finds it eggs.
From my perspective, I think male millennials are worse off. Off all of my male friends since Around middle school. I see maybe 25% of them doing pretty well for their age. Some joined the military and came back fucked up. Drug and alcohol addiction is prevalent and significant numbers wayyyy disproportionate to females with many OD deaths. I’ve known maybe close to 10 suicides for men, 1 women. Many of the guys I know have simply checked out of life and gave up basically.
Women I see doing pretty well compared to the men. And from my perspectives, much happier.
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As things stand right now, on November 14, 2018, in the USA there is no better time to land a very good job. The US has reached another of those points in time where you have to seriously fuck up if you don’t make money. I don’t know about you, but even here in Taiwan I am being bombarded by headhunters seemingly begging me to come back to work in the US.
Any millennial who approached university with a level head and got out with skills that can be applied in the tech economy (and this includes even soft majors like anthropology, sociology, etc, that have practical use in tech) should be able to find a good job right now.
I am sorely tempted to return to the US. There is a butt load of cash being left on the table if I don’t.
I haven’t looked at the job market in the US. But actually many of my female friends who left for Europe have returned with jobs back in the states.
Idk how many Millennials you know, but that’s basically my peers in my age bracket. And for some reason, a significant number of my male friends are struggling. Depression is prevalent, I care to wager around 20-30% of the guys I know have had drug and alcohol abuse. Lots of opiates. When we were young, it was like the real bad neighborhoods. Now it’s like everyone.
I’ve never seen so many people check out of life. Some of them were even doing well and for some reason just said fuck it one day and stopped working and dropped from society. Many of them have given up on dating. They’re miserable alone but more miserable with another women.
They’re young. My generation went through something similar, it’s a thing in wealthy nations.
There is a ton of money to be made now in the US. They are fools, and frankly loser types, if they don’t find a way to tap in. The US job market is, as my dear departed dad would say, hotter than a fresh fucked sheep in a pepper patch.
But that’s the thing, many of them don’t want to tap in or were and dropped off saying it’s just not worth it.
Man it is really not comparable when you factor in the opiate epidemic. Once you fall into that hole you either never come out, or you spend the rest of your life staring into it trying to keep yourself from jumping back in.
Any addiction is difficult to overcome, but the way opiates rewire your brain…you’re never the same. It doesn’t matter how young you are. It’s some game over shit, and it’s everywhere.
Hopefully their parents can place a foot in their ass, then. Holding a job may not be as easy as lounging in your parents’ basement - and frankly you do have to have the skill to slough off stress - but if you’re willing to commit to work then right now you should be able to find a good job.
I had three very good friends of mine die of overdoses at age 27 (we were all 27 or 28), this is not new. Again, it’s a first-world problem. If they can find a way to talk their way into an interview they just may end up wearing shirts that button up the front and driving something with four doors.
Did you clean your room today Andrew?
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Maid did lol. You can pay 350$ usd to have a live in maid in Malaysia. Idk how they survive on this kind of salary, sending it back to their families in their home country.
What would Peterson say about that?
I guess that counts as getting your chaos in order.
No it’s not. It’s an American problem. Other first world countries don’t have this problem.
Yes they do.
And it’s a worldwide problem. Rates are rising just about everywhere.