re: Study Finds American Millennials To Be Some Of The World's Least Skilled People

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How do you get experience in the right field when you need experience to get in the field in the first place?

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My point exactly. I chewed out a big wig about this very issue. It was basically me telling him that he came to LSU multiple times, bitching and moaning about he needed people, and when they are there, he refused to hire them because of lack of experience

Millennials;lol

Staring at glowing objects all the time and narcissim of FB etc. It rots the mind.

Glad I grew up in the pre Internet / smartphone age. Just before, so I have a solid foundation for this theory. Friends and colleagues in both gen x and millenials.

When I was riding the metro in Paris recently it was remarkable how many young people were reading old fashioned books and newspapers or talking to each other. Not buried in their phones.

My advice to millenials. Take a trip somewhere without your phone. Leave it at home. Take a camera. It's "exhilarating."

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can't believe this was put on the internet, which millenials created.

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That's interesting, here are the 20 people who it is generally believed to have developed the infrastructure for the internet as we know it, looks like the youngest one is in their late 50s now.

The problem with Millenials is they are too soft and expect everything to be handed to them. Not surprising that soccer became a very popular sport in the U.S. as this group grew up. You were raised in a juice box world where everybody wins a trophy. You are tech savvy but ignore the world around you making you very unobservant and lacking of problem solving abilities. You have always had mommy and daddy helicoptering around you, ready to swoop in and solve your problems whenever things went wrong. You never learned to resolve conflicts with your peers because of this protectionism. Your Boomer parents built a cocoon around you and made sure you were proected. Take a look at yourselves now.

The Boomers suck just as bad. While I applaud the segment of that generation that gave their all in service in Vietnam even they will admit the other half of their generation were a bunch of slackers. Idealistic, yes, but purely impractical and lacked the ability to get shite done. These people would rather sit around a campfire and sing kumbaya. Peace & love, man. Now you guys have been calling the shots since the Clinton administration, wow, what a great job you've done. Entitlement spending out of control. Social security headed towards the toilet, but don't worry you'll get your benefits. Look at the fricking mess you have left for us to clean up.

I am a member of the current "greatest generation", Generation X. We observed and learned from our grandparents, the Greatest Generation. When it came time for America to answer the call during the First Gulf War this group didn't burn their draft cards, hell no, this group stepped up, and then re-upped years later the 2nd time around. What makes us better than the Boomers and the Millenials as a group is that we have been forced to earn everything we get. We weren't raised in an everybody gets a trophy society, we actually kept score and had winners and losers. We're educated as most of us went to college when it was actually affordable to do so. We're tech savvy, heck, the tech boom wouldn't have happened through the 90's if it wasn't for us. Tech savvy yet still grew up in an environment where you had to pay attention to your surroundings and actually, I don't know, talk with people. Work ethic, boom, got it. Tech skills, boom got it. Problem solving abilities, boom got it. Gritty because we've had to carry the load having been sandwiched between the "Me" generation and the "Huh?" generation. That pretty much describes Generation X.

That should add a few more pages of bloat to this thread.

I laughed.

I'm in what feels like the minority when this topic comes up because I don't have an issue with people being on their phones/tablets places.

Right now, I'm sitting in an airport using my phone typing this message.

I don't want to talk to these people. I hate people. I don't have social issues. When I want to talk to someone, I do. Never had a problem making friends or meeting men. I have no desire to chat with a stranger, technology or not.

Why would I sit here and look around at people when I can read, join in discussions online, learn things, be entertained, etc.?

Using the Internet is no different than bringing a book. It is a form of entertainment to take your mind away from where you are.
I learn all kinds of things online.

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Baby Boomers:

Put a man in space and on the moon

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Not exactly. The boomers were still in middle school when we first put a man into space and were just getting into college when we went to the moon.

Truth be told, it was mostly the "Greatest Generation" that got us into space and put a man on the moon. just add that to their list of accomplishments that include winning World War II.

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Baby Boomers:

Put a man in space and on the moon

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This actually fits, though. Trying to take credit for something another group has done. How Boomerish.

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SoDakHawk

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Golf clap bro. Preach on fellow x'er.