re: The unluckiest generation in U.S. history

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Millennials will bear these economic scars the rest of their lives, in the form of lower earnings, lower wealth and delayed milestones, such as homeownership.

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Poor, dumb bastards. Sucks to suck.

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Do you want a big bold, underlined disclaimer or something

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I get annoyed by hyperbole. It's my thing. I call it out when I see it.

I'm willing to bet every single millennial that is currently facing economic hardships would still take these economic hardships over a Civil or World War.

I know I would.

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But again, you miss the point. A WAR????? Over what. It would be a quick one and we would be left standing. Fact.

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....what?

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I don’t see it as hyperbole

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this is literally the title

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The unluckiest generation in U.S. history

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when it’s clearly referring to economics

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Again...economics isn't the only thing that affects generations but whatever, I'm just a dumb millennial

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How about folks born in 1915? They suffered two world wars with the great depression in between.

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Someone born in 1915 didn't "suffer" WWI - at least not in the same context as in the OP. They did turn 18 during the depression and then faced WWII - as well as the unprecedented boom that came after it. There were much MUCH worse lots in life than turning 30 in 1945.

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But from an economic perspective, one could make a reasonable argument that millenials have been dealt a rather unlucky hand when compared to the other current, working-aged generations.

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absolutely

For a small amount of perspective at this moment, imagine you were born in 1900. Many would think that that was a pretty simple time of life. Then on your 14th birthday, World War I starts, and ends on your 18th birthday. 22 million people perish in that war, including many of your friends who volunteered to defend freedom in Europe.

Later in the year, a Spanish Flu epidemic hits the planet and runs until your 20th birthday. 50 million people die from it in those two years. Yes, 50 million. On your 29th birthday, the Great Depression begins. Unemployment hits 25%, the World GDP drops 27%. That runs until you are 38. The country nearly collapses along with the world economy. If you were lucky, you had a job that paid $300 a year, a dollar a day.

When you turn 39, World War II starts. You aren’t even over the hill yet, but don’t try to catch your breath. If you lived in London, England or most of continental Europe, bombing of your neighborhood, or invasion of your country by foreign soldiers along with their tank and artillery was a daily event. Thousands of Canadian young men joined the army to defend liberty with their lives. Between your 39th and 45th birthday, 75 million people perish in the war.

At 50, the Korean War starts. 5 million perish. At 55 the Vietnam War begins and doesn’t end for 20 years. 4 million people perish in that conflict. On your 62nd birthday there is the Cuban Missile Crisis, a tipping point in the Cold War. Life on our planet, as we know it, could have ended. Sensible leaders prevented that from happening.

In 2020, we have the COVID-19 pandemic. Thousands have died; it feels pretty dangerous; and it is. Now think of everyone on the planet born in 1900. How do you think they survived all of the above? When you were a kid in 1965, you didn’t think your 65-year-old grandparents understood how hard school was, and how mean that kid in your class was. Yet they survived through everything listed above. Perspective is an amazing art. Refined as time goes on, and very enlightening. So, let’s try and keep things in perspective.

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this is literally the title

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now include the subheading

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now include the subheading

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already addressed that

To Jim Rockford:

There are not enough upvotes to give.