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Posted on 8/22/17 at 8:46 am to Seldom Seen
quote:ugh no i didnt.
Uhh, millenials are the ones that voted for Obama.
Why do people have to make it so black and white. did some millenials vote for Obama, sure a ton of the hipster, wanna be the new age hippy movement, liberals did. But a ton of the millenials that are fiscally conservative didnt.
Same goes for eh Xers and Boomers. A ton Voted for Obama and a ton didnt.
Posted on 8/22/17 at 8:47 am to NIH
Bricks, bats, axes, knives... pistols?
Posted on 8/22/17 at 8:50 am to CarRamrod
quote:Well, Obama the man himself, and all other politicians that are fricking up this country, are members of what generations.............
millenials are the ones that voted for Obama.
Oh thats right, boomers and X
Posted on 8/22/17 at 8:51 am to Pecker
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it was an example of a worthless liberal arts degree.
Feel the mf'g BERN!
Posted on 8/22/17 at 8:52 am to GreatLakesTiger24
I don't know why so many people come to the defense of millennials. I guess it's just the same "nothing is their fault" ideology that led to our entitlement/victimized culture in the first place. I'm a millennial, and I hate our generation. I think most of the generalizations about us are spot-on.
Not all of it is necessarily our fault, but all of the coddling and nannying and babying has led to an (overall) weak generation of people - very little grit. As a whole, we are superficial and entitled and lazy. We are careless with money and don't value saving. "Life/work balance" is a relatively new concept that many take too far.
I think America is losing its spine. But, then again, so is the rest of the world.
Not all of it is necessarily our fault, but all of the coddling and nannying and babying has led to an (overall) weak generation of people - very little grit. As a whole, we are superficial and entitled and lazy. We are careless with money and don't value saving. "Life/work balance" is a relatively new concept that many take too far.
I think America is losing its spine. But, then again, so is the rest of the world.
Posted on 8/22/17 at 8:53 am to Supermoto Tiger
quote:Fnny thing is, as a percentage, millennials actually get less liberal arts degrees than boomers and X
it was an example of a worthless liberal arts degree.
It is just another lie fed by boomers and x
This post was edited on 8/22/17 at 8:54 am
Posted on 8/22/17 at 8:55 am to Blob Fish
quote:You sound like a little biotch that needs acceptance from boomers and x so you just posted this arse kissing post
I don't know why so many people come to the defense of millennials. I guess it's just the same "nothing is their fault" ideology that led to our entitlement/victimized culture in the first place. I'm a millennial, and I hate our generation. I think most of the generalizations about us are spot-on.
Not all of it is necessarily our fault, but all of the coddling and nannying and babying has led to an (overall) weak generation of people - very little grit. As a whole, we are superficial and entitled and lazy. We are careless with money and don't value saving. "Life/work balance" is a relatively new concept that many take too far.
I think America is losing its spine. But, then again, so is the rest of the world.
Posted on 8/22/17 at 9:01 am to Blob Fish
quote:
Not all of it is necessarily our fault, but all of the coddling and nannying and babying has led to an (overall) weak generation of people - very little grit. As a whole, we are superficial and entitled and lazy. We are careless with money and don't value saving. "Life/work balance" is a relatively new concept that many take too far.
Maybe its just the circles we travel in, but most of my friends abhor debt, pass on fancy clothes to be able to afford nicer more durable things that last longer.
When I graduated college (2008 & 2010) I paid for most of my school with cash wearing the blue collar, working 40 hours a week, while getting two degrees (one of which was in engineering). Most of the guys I graduated with were doing something similar.
Its true that a lot of them went back to live with their parents, but they also stayed local and worked for a year or two before putting down large downpayments on property. Like I mentioned earlier the big problem they had was after getting married was paying for daycare and a house. Without either a large amount of cash or $100k+ in household income its not feasible to pay for a $250k house and send two kids to daycare.
Frankly I am not sure what they could have done differently to improve their situations.
Posted on 8/22/17 at 9:05 am to LSUFanHouston
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they are blocked by the 55 and 60 year olds who just realized they need to start saving for retirement.
I wonder if those 55-60 year olds maybe delayed savings so they could pay for everything their little ones needed and pay for their little ones schooling.
You probably didn't even consider it.
And those same ungrateful shits will be the first ones to abandon them when they are elderly and sick
Posted on 8/22/17 at 9:05 am to CarRamrod
Knuckles baw
Posted on 8/22/17 at 9:06 am to crash1211
quote:Look who is making excuses now
I wonder if those 55-60 year olds maybe delayed savings so they could pay for everything their little ones needed and pay for their little ones schooling.
You probably didn't even consider it.
And those same ungrateful shits will be the first ones to abandon them when they are elderly and sick
Fact is, Boomers were complete dumbasses when it came to retirement. They thought they could rely on pensions because that is what their parents did, but they didnt react when pensions went awayPosted on 8/22/17 at 9:09 am to NYNolaguy1
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Maybe its just the circles we travel in, but most of my friends abhor debt, pass on fancy clothes to be able to afford nicer more durable things that last longer.
Nicer clothes generally last longer (in other words, are more durable) than their cheap counterparts, so they end up being cheaper over time. Just sayin
Posted on 8/22/17 at 9:16 am to Pecker
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It was an example of a worthless liberal arts degree. The problem is that we have more people going to school now. Everyone believes they need to go to school, even if they aren't particularly good at school. With more students and more worthless liberal arts degrees, there are also more graduates with huge debt they can't repay because they can't get jobs and never considered learning an actual skill.
My point is that if you have a worthwhile degree and aren't lazy, you can find a job.
You touched on a couple of things here, most importantly:
You don't got to college to get a job.
But you're missing some big pieces.
The whole conflation of "college" and "work", lead by the massively irresponsible boomers, is largely to blame for EVERYTHING going on with both the job market and education, and therefore the millenial quandry. When you make that connection what happens? The following:
1) If College is the only way to get a job, then, for altruistic purposes you MUST open paths for everyone to get to college
2) You increase the load on colleges to grow at unsustainable rates as previously non-growth oriented businesses
3) Colleges therefore raise prices
3) You impose on the government to "provide" the capital to bridge the gap of new prices, but not to just the old college educated population....
4) You MUST INCLUDE everyone....
5) Prices rise for everyone
6) And now you have created a new debt load for young adults, while at the same time stigmatizing blue collar labor, and anyone without a degree, forcing more into the system
7) Rinse, repeat
8) Now, you've codified "correct measurements" for recruiters who can easily sift through the mound of resumes that they receive from all of the "new workers" and use things like "Major" to judge people...
We've seen this play out. Not only that, the idea of the "worthless liberal arts degree" is misguided. That is precisely what college is for, to study, in depth, things of interest, and provide the world with intellectual pursuits of value, not to get a job.
As recent as 1979, the Business Degree was an Associate's degree ONLY. There was no "scholarship." There doesn't have to be, the Business degree is a massive sham, that is now the largest population of students on campus.
Oh and guess what...
ly 27 percent of college grads have a job related to their major
We've specialized our majors, increased health, business and engineering degrees over the last 2 decades, and yet nearly 73 percent of graduates work in a field outside of their major.
This post was edited on 8/22/17 at 9:17 am
Posted on 8/22/17 at 9:25 am to GreatLakesTiger24
I did not read the article, but check interest rates on mortgages in 1980 compared to today and tell me why I should feel sorry for anyone claiming home ownership is tough in 2017.
Posted on 8/22/17 at 9:29 am to GreatLakesTiger24
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More millennials, notes a recent White House report, face far longer period of unemployment and suffer low rates of labor participation. More than 20 percent of people 18 to 34 live in poverty, up from 14 percent in 1980.
fricking useless
F-You 45-35 crowd, you brought these dick skinners into the world, and this how you raised them.
Shittiest parents ever, my generation has been.
Posted on 8/22/17 at 9:30 am to dualed
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How about accounting for how millennials drive for success is complete shite compared to past generations?
Posted on 8/22/17 at 9:36 am to Breesus
Breesus, not defending some people's poor choices, but let's look at New Orleans. Where are you going to find a reasonably priced house in a not shite area in NOLA? Looking at areas with decent public schools you are severely limited in your choices. So you can send your kids to pricate school at the cost of college tuition to save money on your house.
So do people make poor choice buying $500k houses straight out of college? Yes. But let's be honest about how difficult it is to find a reasonably priced home in a reasonably good area. It's why I've been commuting from Hammond to various places in BR and the south shore for the last decade.
So do people make poor choice buying $500k houses straight out of college? Yes. But let's be honest about how difficult it is to find a reasonably priced home in a reasonably good area. It's why I've been commuting from Hammond to various places in BR and the south shore for the last decade.
Posted on 8/22/17 at 9:40 am to bamafan1001
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Boomers and Xers complain about millenials...all the while they voted for bigger and bigger government with more and more regulation to stifle competion in their market.
The big government Keyensian types they voted in artificially kept interest rates staggeringly low which allowed them the opportunity to buy tons of property and amass fortunes while the government burned money on their precious social causes...too bad millenials didnt have the foresight to purchase property in middle/high school.
Then when the piper came a calling for Xers and Boomers to pay for their reckless gravy train in 2008, they were bailed out by those big government spenders they had voted in...guess who will have to pay that bailout bill?
Im not defending snowflakes, period. Not every millenial is a snowflake though. I think most millenials have done well to make it in this new kind of job market and the sane among us that werent brainwashed by the SJW Xers and Boomers before us will do our best to clean this mess up.
Nah, all your data is irrelevant. Millennials are just lazy and Xers and Boomers are not at fault for raising them/creating the world they live in. Try again you lazy shite eating pipsqueak the older generation just worked way harder than you
Posted on 8/22/17 at 10:13 am to elprez00
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Breesus, not defending some people's poor choices, but let's look at New Orleans. Where are you going to find a reasonably priced house in a not shite area in NOLA? Looking at areas with decent public schools you are severely limited in your choices. So you can send your kids to pricate school at the cost of college tuition to save money on your house.
So do people make poor choice buying $500k houses straight out of college? Yes. But let's be honest about how difficult it is to find a reasonably priced home in a reasonably good area. It's why I've been commuting from Hammond to various places in BR and the south shore for the last decade.
Wait, you mean to tell me that Boomers both want Late Gen Xer/Millenials to make affordable decisions on housing markets and buy cheap, small houses essentially in the boonies due to suburban expansion and improvement, while at the same time chasing high power, urban/developed city/white collar jobs that typically exist near pricey/competitive housing markets?
Nooooooooo.
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