re: So I just learned that, by definition, I'm a "millenial"...

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Don't worry about it. In about 35-40 years you will be bitchin about how useless the __ generation is and they will be blaming all the current problems on your generation.

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Exactly, but at least millenials have a point this go around. People have blamed the problems in this country on 18-24 year olds for the past century. At some point you'd think they'll get their head out of their collective asses and realize they are the majority yet they've done nothing to change things.

In the 2000 census, there were 61,297,467 people age 5-19 in the US - all "millenials." There were 82,826,479 people age 35-54 - baby boomers - and there were 58,855,725 people age 20-34 - Generation X. Those two groups represented over two-thirds of the voting aged people in this country and had significantly more wealth and power than millenials, yet somehow we're to blame for the past 15 years. They oversaw an attack on American soil that cost nearly 3,000 lives, they sent us into two wars, increased our national debt 232% (inflation adjusted), and currently hold every position of power in this country, but somehow the little shits under the age of 25 are to blame for the direction of this country?

Give me a fricking break. The hypocrisy is outrageous when the biggest complaint against millenials is this myth that we don't have any personal accountability. Generation X and the Baby Boomers need to look in the fricking mirror and recognize the position of this country right now, good or bad, falls squarely on their shoulders.

/rant.