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So, why are you young people such slackers?
Posted on 12/16/14 at 2:49 pm
Posted on 12/16/14 at 2:49 pm
Posted on 12/16/14 at 2:51 pm to Zach
Because you old bastards didn't plan for your retirement, built up a lot of debt, and now can't leave the workforce.
Posted on 12/16/14 at 2:52 pm to Zach
We feel entitled to our way of life, as our parents have coddled us our entire existence, and we don't want to earn our way
Did I do it right?
Did I do it right?
Posted on 12/16/14 at 2:52 pm to CherryGarciaMan
You just described my son's failure to launch
Posted on 12/16/14 at 2:53 pm to Zach
I wish we could send messages to dead people because by the time we are your age, mine would just read, "told ya!" with a nice picture of my arse to go with it.
Posted on 12/16/14 at 2:55 pm to CherryGarciaMan
Who knows. Maybe if my parents had a basement I would have lived in it until age 30. But New Iberia ain't got no basements. It's a water table thing. Hell, our tombs are above ground.
Posted on 12/16/14 at 2:56 pm to Zach
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Who knows. Maybe if my parents had a basement I would have lived in it until age 30. But New Iberia ain't got no basements. It's a water table thing. Hell, our tombs are above ground.
True. No basements.
Posted on 12/16/14 at 2:57 pm to Zach
Well, baby boomers were supposed to start retireing in force 5-6 years ago, opening up many positions for gen x'rs to fill, who would inevitably need to be replaced by millennials. Boomers chose not to retire so those x'rs are still stuck in those same jobs, and the millennials are stuck. They have too much debt from the skyrocketing costs of higher-ed to not start their careers immediately, but that first rung on the career ladder is missing because all of the rungs are currently occupied, waiting for the boomers at the top to retire so everyone can start climbing up again.
Posted on 12/16/14 at 2:58 pm to Zach
Too much time spent protesting and bitching rather than studying or working.
This post was edited on 12/16/14 at 3:00 pm
Posted on 12/16/14 at 2:59 pm to Zach
So...just have to ask in case I missed it somewhere in the article...
Are college students lumped in with these statistics?
Can't say I recall myself or many of my friends really raking the cash in during college.
Are college students lumped in with these statistics?
Can't say I recall myself or many of my friends really raking the cash in during college.
This post was edited on 12/16/14 at 3:00 pm
Posted on 12/16/14 at 3:00 pm to CapitalCityDevil
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cracked?
They back each argument with a source.
3 in particular cites that 80 percent of students (college and high school) work part time at the very least.
Hardly what I would call lazy.
This post was edited on 12/16/14 at 3:08 pm
Posted on 12/16/14 at 3:02 pm to Jimbeaux28
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You just described my son's failure to launch
sorry, but sounds like a parenting problem
Posted on 12/16/14 at 3:05 pm to Zach
I must be in the extreme minority because I'm pretty fricking successful for my age. And I work my arse off, but living any other way wouldn't be rewarding or gratifying to me.
Posted on 12/16/14 at 3:09 pm to Zach
If you are smart, motivated, and educated in something society wants, it is nearly impossible for a millennial not to eventually find a solid job.
If you are kind of a slacker frick up or educated in something worthless, the economy sucks for you.
The difference is that, a few decades ago, a lot of those idiots managed to land good jobs too. Think about all of the dumbass friends your dad works with and how they managed to end up in a nice house in the burbs despite having no higher education and generally being a dumbass. Didn't matter. Showed up and got along with others. Gained experience over time and are here to stay.
There are not near as many entry level paths to great careers out there at the moment for those people. I suspect that will drastically change over the next 10 years.
It is just flat out more imperative to have higher education for entry level stuff these days.
If you are kind of a slacker frick up or educated in something worthless, the economy sucks for you.
The difference is that, a few decades ago, a lot of those idiots managed to land good jobs too. Think about all of the dumbass friends your dad works with and how they managed to end up in a nice house in the burbs despite having no higher education and generally being a dumbass. Didn't matter. Showed up and got along with others. Gained experience over time and are here to stay.
There are not near as many entry level paths to great careers out there at the moment for those people. I suspect that will drastically change over the next 10 years.
It is just flat out more imperative to have higher education for entry level stuff these days.
This post was edited on 12/16/14 at 3:11 pm
Posted on 12/16/14 at 3:12 pm to kingbob
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Well, baby boomers were supposed to start retireing in force 5-6 years ago, opening up many positions for gen x'rs to fill, who would inevitably need to be replaced by millennials. Boomers chose not to retire so those x'rs are still stuck in those same jobs, and the millennials are stuck.
Is that really true? Are there more people over the age of 65 working today than there were 30 years ago? I doubt it.
Posted on 12/16/14 at 3:14 pm to UGATiger26
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Are college students lumped in with these statistics?
It's the age group regardless of college. People went to college back in the day. I admit that I had to ride my horse but I got to class on time.
Posted on 12/16/14 at 3:14 pm to Zach
Uh yes. I personally know many who've put off retirement due to fear of financial instability.
Posted on 12/16/14 at 3:16 pm to tigerbandpiccolo
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I must be in the extreme minority because I'm pretty fricking successful for my age. And I work my arse off, but living any other way wouldn't be rewarding or gratifying to me.
This raises a good point. If young people today are generally lazy; and that which is rare is valuable; then young people who work hard will become extremely valuable. In a free market economy you will do very well.
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