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re: Clichés About Millennials That Are Wrong
Posted on 3/6/15 at 6:01 pm to CaptainPanic
Posted on 3/6/15 at 6:01 pm to CaptainPanic
We are more like the Greatest Generation than their shitty offspring were.
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Posted on 3/6/15 at 6:02 pm to lsunurse
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And younger generations will bitch about the older ones. Everyone thinks their generation is the better one.
Well, it's pretty much a fact that the Baby Boomers have single handedly destroyed what their parents built up.
Posted on 3/6/15 at 6:09 pm to ShortyRob
The funny part of this list is it is totally missing the most glaring difference between generations.
Namely, The sheer percentage of young people who grew up so wedded to their technology that their bodies are pathetic at age 22.
I don't necessarily mean fat either, I mean, f'n weak. Young folks, please take a look at your average 45-50 year old. YOU think he's broke as frick and, you're generally right. NOW, realize that as a rule, everyone falls off and you aren't going to believe me, but it's just absolute fact that my generation did A LOT more with their bodies on a routine basis when they were young than you did.
So, if you think the average 45-50 year looks broke as frick, that shite should petrify you cause your average 45-50 year old was in FAR better shape at 20 than the average 20 year old today. I mean, it's just not even fricking close. Medical science may go a better job of keeping your arse alive as you age but here's another piece of bad news, being "alive" doesn't mean that your muscles don't atrophy. They will. And, they do so at a relatively predictable rate. The trick to being mobile when you're 50 is having your peak before the fall off be pretty high. This IS going to be a problem in 25 years.
I went to watch a local HS football game last year and I was like, "um, what in the frick happened to HS where half of them are built like they're middle aged"?
Namely, The sheer percentage of young people who grew up so wedded to their technology that their bodies are pathetic at age 22.
I don't necessarily mean fat either, I mean, f'n weak. Young folks, please take a look at your average 45-50 year old. YOU think he's broke as frick and, you're generally right. NOW, realize that as a rule, everyone falls off and you aren't going to believe me, but it's just absolute fact that my generation did A LOT more with their bodies on a routine basis when they were young than you did.
So, if you think the average 45-50 year looks broke as frick, that shite should petrify you cause your average 45-50 year old was in FAR better shape at 20 than the average 20 year old today. I mean, it's just not even fricking close. Medical science may go a better job of keeping your arse alive as you age but here's another piece of bad news, being "alive" doesn't mean that your muscles don't atrophy. They will. And, they do so at a relatively predictable rate. The trick to being mobile when you're 50 is having your peak before the fall off be pretty high. This IS going to be a problem in 25 years.
I went to watch a local HS football game last year and I was like, "um, what in the frick happened to HS where half of them are built like they're middle aged"?
Posted on 3/6/15 at 6:12 pm to ShortyRob
But, my last post notwithstanding, there really is too much "your generation sucks, no YOUR'S does" in the world. My first post in this thread bears repeating because it addresses BOTH halves of that problem.
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The rest are iffy but I'm sorry, #3 is SUPER true and it truly baffles me. I would fully expect their explanation to be correct but I swear to God, I'm continually stunned at how folks raised on tech seem to be completely oblivious to the fact that their online shite is public. It's like they are so comfortable with modern tech that they think that being on FB, Twitter or any of a myriad other social media is like playing in their backyard.
I mean frick. I don't know a soul my age who bought the bull shite about Snapchat being a safe way to send shite.
As for the rest, meh. #2 is sort of true from what I've seen and it even shows in their "fact" portion. The millennial concept of "fair" bears no resemblance whatsoever to my definition of fair. In millennial land, two people in the same week are late to work by an hour twice. Person A has literally NEVER had an issue prior and is a great producer. Person B is an average producer who has had many minor issues before.
In millennial land, both deserve the SAME punishment or negative consequences for the offense this week.
Now, just so you know I'm not playing Mr. Old man here, I could write a pretty compelling list of what the frick is wrong with my generation at work too. Too much of what I call "old man" thinking and attachment to "when I did X,Y or Z" shite.
I think BOTH groups have issues. I think young folks tend to think any old guy giving them advice is just being "typical old man" and fail to consider that, ya know, occasionally 20 years of experience is useful.
On the other hand, old guys typically confuse a lack of experience for stupidity.
Fact is, 25 year olds and 45 year olds possess the same intellects. Today's 25 year olds, I would hope, believe that over the next 20 years, they'll get wiser(note, I said wiser, not smarter). Meanwhile, 45 year olds need to remember that they had some good ideas when they were 25 and so do today's 25 year olds.
Posted on 3/6/15 at 6:12 pm to CaptainPanic
I always find it comforting that my generation (X) is the one never talked or complained about.
We can just sit back and watch the millennials and boomers fight to the death.
We can just sit back and watch the millennials and boomers fight to the death.
Posted on 3/6/15 at 6:13 pm to mattz1122
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Tell me about the 40-yr-olds talking about whose dick they've sucked since it seems to be something you keep track of.
Idk, I don't post in the Im threads
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And LOL at considering this as typical social media. Where's my profile where I can post random shite about myself and thousands of pics?
If you click your username it goes to something that this site literally calls a profile
And everything posted on here is pretty much "random shite" and usually about their own selves. There's also been annual "post pics of yourself threads"
I'm not sure what line you are trying to draw for what makes this not a social media site because that's exactly what it is.
Posted on 3/6/15 at 6:13 pm to Prominentwon
quote:Hell, I'm losing track. I'm 48 which I'm pretty sure places me after baby boomers, but, I also don't feel Gen X either? Am I just a tweener?
I always find it comforting that my generation (X) is the one never talked or complained about.
Posted on 3/6/15 at 6:14 pm to ShortyRob
The average male is taller than the avf male 30 years ago. The athletes now are stronger and faster than 30 years ago as well.
The avg HS football team today would stomp mud holes in the HS football teams of 30 years ago.
Great job of making generalizations.
The avg HS football team today would stomp mud holes in the HS football teams of 30 years ago.
Great job of making generalizations.
Posted on 3/6/15 at 6:15 pm to wildtigercat93
Posted on 3/6/15 at 6:16 pm to wildtigercat93
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I'm not sure what line you are trying to draw for what makes this not a social media site because that's exactly what it is.
I hope you're being intentionally dense. The 15-character-limit fields on our profile pages and the absence of our real names, b-days, occupations, etc. prevent us from having anything substantively personal that would comprise a typical social media page.
Posted on 3/6/15 at 6:16 pm to SuperSaint
quote:Of course they're taller. And yes, athletes are bigger and faster.
The average male is taller than the avf male 30 years ago. The athletes now are stronger and faster than 30 years ago as well.
But, even your biggest goober when I was growing up was outside playing, riding his bike, running, etc etc.
quote:Absolutely
The avg HS football team today would stomp mud holes in the HS football teams of 30 years ago.
quote:You think exceptions disprove the reality that this generation has a MUCH higher rate of folks who've led almost completely sedentary lives? I mean, really? Your generation is so much fatter than mine was at that age, it's literally a national crisis.
Great job of making generalizations.
Posted on 3/6/15 at 6:17 pm to ShortyRob
Gen X is generally born between 1965-1984
I was born in 82 so identify with both X and millinials.
I was born in 82 so identify with both X and millinials.
Posted on 3/6/15 at 6:18 pm to mattz1122
It's definitely not self marketing or whatever y'all are calling it
I have no problem with social media or any generation
I have no problem with social media or any generation
Posted on 3/6/15 at 6:19 pm to mattz1122
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I hope you're being intentionally dense. The 15-character-limit fields on our profile pages and the absence of our real names, b-days, occupations, etc. prevent us from having anything substantively personal that would comprise a typical social media page.
But it's still a social media site just as Facebook/twitter and the like. Just because there's not an abundance of specific personal information on the surface doesn't mean it's not social media. I'm not sure how you could argue otherwise.
Posted on 3/6/15 at 6:19 pm to ShortyRob
quote:well of course they have grew up in a different time. I know all through the 80s I spent almost all day outside running the streets. 90s as well.
You think exceptions disprove the reality that this generation has a MUCH higher rate of folks who've led almost completely sedentary lives? I mean, really? Your generation is so much fatter than mine was at that age, it's literally a national crisis.
Posted on 3/6/15 at 6:20 pm to ShortyRob
quote:Hell, the Army had to completely overhaul physical training at Basic Training because of the level of fitness of the average recruit and the fact that so many of them were getting hurt in basic. Kids were showing up having really never done anything physical in their lives.
You think exceptions disprove the reality that this generation has a MUCH higher rate of folks who've led almost completely sedentary lives? I mean, really? Your generation is so much fatter than mine was at that age, it's literally a national crisis.
This is a pretty well examined area. Sure, I wouldn't want to have my HS football team play a comparable team today. But, if you grabbed 30 average joes from my HS, I'd absolutely put em up against the average joes from that school today.
Posted on 3/6/15 at 6:20 pm to wildtigercat93
But you're not promoting or marketing yourself irl by posting here
Posted on 3/6/15 at 6:21 pm to SuperSaint
quote:Ah, so somehow, despite the 15 year age gap, my wife and I are BOTH gen x!
Gen X is generally born between 1965-1984
Posted on 3/6/15 at 6:21 pm to wildtigercat93
No. This site and message boards are a hell of a lot different than FB, MySpace, Twitter.... Come on...
This post was edited on 3/6/15 at 6:22 pm
Posted on 3/6/15 at 6:22 pm to SuperSaint
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No. This site and message boards are a hell of a lot different than FM MySpace, Twitter.... Come on...
How exactly?
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