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SomeCrazyNerd
STOP TALKING ABOUT GENERATIONS. You're just as annoying as the old "you kids" people. You all suck. Stop whining and generalising.
insertnameherepleaseandthankyou
Wow throw gen z under the bus
Clunky66
Something a millinanal would say.
NoahDimitri
Wow this millennial is being a real baby boomer to gen Z-ers
Jjjaay
She sounds like every generation - idealize their own gen and criticize the younger one.
SomeCrazyNerd
And criticise the older one and blame them for the state of society. Don't forget.
Padawin
Kids are growing up so much quicker these days
GoldenFleece
The myth of progress!
HFocus
Idealize thier generation and criticize both the older and younger ones. Blame historical events on older and blame stupidity on younger.
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ibeatjake
To be fair the internet is pretty powerful at broadcasting stupidity and guess which generation uses the most technology.
pancreas
yea. I'm a millenial and I've heard lots of good things about gen Z. Basically that they tend to be a counter-culture to SJW's.
HelpSmuggler
I'm not sure about that. For the record, I'm economically centrist and politically left ( in the UK) and whilst I definitely see some people
HelpSmuggler
Who would be good people to debate / discuss with, (as in, different views to mine) often they take comments as more of an attack, and as
HelpSmuggler
Such care more about winning an argument that didn't exist, rather than logically proving their point or explaining why they believe xyz
oxidisedgearz
Im gen Z and I can see that. Just in general I don't think anyone likes extremists; it's just where your group draws the line of extremism.
oxidisedgearz
Social Justice is great. Mob mentalities are not great. Same goes for far right groups too imo, theyre just far less unified currently.
DeathMetalEnthusiast
Can we please stop with the arbitrary and meaningless divisions? No one is any better or worse based solely on their birth year
Cuntard
fact. everyone knows your worth is determined by your race, not your age
cluckythehorse
Grimdude
The divide comes from pretty much entirely one side. You rarely see widespread blame placed on any other generations.
DeathMetalEnthusiast
I see stereotyping being done to all generations
Grimdude
There's stereotyping and then there's constantly blaming one generation for everything and always shitting on them.
DeathMetalEnthusiast
Are you talking about people constantly blaming and shiting on millennials? Or people constantly blaming and shiting on baby boomers?
Grimdude
Sure, there's definitely equal amounts of negativity towards both. There aren't articles like every week about millennials ruining something
C141Clay
AAnnd now I hate you too. Get off my lawn. (+1)
oxidisedgearz
unless you were born in 2018 in which case you're probably pretty useless as a human being like 4 months old at most.
oxidisedgearz
Cant even hold a conversation with them I swear
maxbolt
So she wants them to stop ‘insulting’ them by calling them young, but then proceeds to insult Gen Z? Classy.
ActuallyMyNamesMarina
She also insulted millenials.
ObiwontonKenobi
Not all Gen Z are bad. I didn’t grow up surrounded by technology and I sure as hell have never eaten a tide pod.(1/2)
ObiwontonKenobi
It pisses us off when millennials generalize about us just as much as when baby boomers generalize about millenials.
burritodebris
"Stop demonizing younger people! It's the *younger* younger people you should be demonizing!"
Bear271
Why does anybody even associate with generations anymore?
oxidisedgearz
Because sorting people into groups is human nature and is an overall useful practice so long as you remember there are many outliers.
AreThoseMyPants
It's extremely useful in marketing. And since it's used so much, the usage gets adopted elsewhere as well.
captain5
Cuz the 90s was cool yo.
Padawin
because of the age of aquarius
thiswasnice
I love that at the same time she is chastising older generation for being "mean" or whatever she is being "mean" to the younger generation
IWouldLikeToGetOffThisRideNowPlease
Yeah the irony here is delicious
wheezingthejuice
I’ll probably get down-voted, but no one cares what generation you are. Stop complaining, get your shit done and contribute to society.
ItchyBrain
Pay me to do it. I cost more than an unpaid internship.
txtmylife
I'm 50. I don't get taking advantage of college grads by offering "unpaid internshits". My comp is small but we pay for work. Period.
wildatheart499
But why pay college grads so they can live when you could use that money to buy a second or third car?
PersonalDildo
No one cares about your generation but they sure as hell love to scrutinize it
twistedcopper
TheRealGoddamnLochNessMonster
The 2 people who downvoted you dont wanna contribute.
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wildatheart499
Tells people not to care about generations... immediately disses another generation.
TheRealGoddamnLochNessMonster
What did they say?
wildatheart499
Something about Millienials always bitching or something along those lines.
HootSloot
My work has literally sent out guidance on how to work with other generations. A lot of people don't care but some are really fixated on it.
AncientSeraph
Generational prejudice is bullshit in any shape. There's such a giant diversity within people, let alone generations and it's all based on 0
AnotherImgurian14
Tbh, the only "problem" with baby boomers is there are too many of them. So they fill up slots that the younger gen should be filling.
AncientSeraph
evidence. Just some figures that are then extrapolated to every person of said generation. It's just another reason for people to bitch.
LadiesInboxMeYourInsecurities
It's a way to keep people separated and fighting each other instead of united and fighting real problems.
Losiestloserface
I bet you believe horoscopes define people as well.
cuntsicle
What if ur the age of a millennial but don't: have anxiety, eat avacodo, hate the government, have student loans, or struggled to get a job?
captain5
Same here bro. Got school paid for (good grades), landed a sweet job after trying for a year, pay my taxes fairly/don't really care abot gov
TheMightySausagesWife
A lot of "lucky bastard" comments mumbled towards you, probably.
Zugzoo
Then you're missing out on avocado. It's really good.
cuntsicle
I mean I've had it but I'm not gonna go out if my way for it
PinkFlyingZebra
You’re an adjusted person
QuartzPigeon
Then you're obviously not a millennial.
RupertR
Then you fall into what I hope is the majority of us.
blainetog
We need to fuck off with this "generation" shit. It's arbitrary and pointless. Just be good to people.
lampylamplamp
It’s hypocritical to complain about the older gen stereotyping & belittling the younger gen while stereotyping & belittling the younger gen
Retsam19
PSA: If you're bothered by generational stereotypes, maybe don't perpetuate them yourself. This is ironically condescending towards Gen Z.
Arksstuff
Every generation is the generation of "none of this is my fault". Your innocence is based on your actions, not your age.
SnugglesaurusRex
Yes many babies started multiple wars in the Middle East and gave tax cuts to the rich at the expense of maintaining and growing the country
SomeCrazyNerd
Yeah I'm so sick of everyone blaming older people for the state of the world and acting like they're soo much more responsible.
Muffdiver9
I'm 28, I'm just trying to feed myself, things were fucked long before I became an adult, whose fault is that if not older generations?
SomeCrazyNerd
It's *mostly* they're fault but it annoys me how much focus people put on this annoying demographic area. And how self-righteous it gets.
Muffdiver9
Frankly it annoys me and many others that we're left to clean up a selfish older generation's mess. That's not an unreasonable sentiment.
SomeCrazyNerd
See more grudges, preachyness and generalisation. I don't think it's a useful area or helpful mentality.
roads88mph
Then boomers are FUCKED.
SuperDogPig
This statement depends entirely on what you think the word innocent actually means.
deathloop
Yeah, the word "innocent" is vague and generally not applicable to anyone over 20. There are a multitude of better words to use.
BoobyPins
How can it be our fault before we've started? We've been blamed since we've been 6 getting participation trophies...
TinyAngryDog
*blamed by the very same generation creating and handing out participation trophies...clearly at 6, we should have slapped those pity
TinyAngryDog
trophies to the ground and found a good factory job or lied about our age to enlist, ya know like in the good old days.
ClassyReposts
I think your theory is proven wrong by baby boomers being the generation of "this is all your fault". They even blame others for not being
ClassyReposts
able to fool them into buying diamonds or golf club memberships...
deathloop
What a crock of shit. It's intellectually lazy via false equivocation, hence the popularity.
deathloop
Everybody wants a goddamn sound bite to smugly shoo away anything complex -- especially social phenomena. And uh... WAKE UP SHEEPLE HAHA
deathloop
And saying that innocence is not based on age is patently false and absurdly vague. You would argue that, statistically, 15 year olds are...
deathloop
Equally "innocent" to fifty year olds? Bullshit bullshit bullshit.
Arksstuff
What you said made basically no sense, you went on a passionate rant with no actual substance, neither being 50 nor being 10 means innocent
Syrmerlin
Well, up to a certain point, it can't be their fault, because they haven't had a chance to fuck shit up yet.
roads88mph
Your innocence is based on your actions, not your age. Unless you're a boomer, then have pity because they're old. Don't remind them of...
roads88mph
...everything they completely destroyed though, whatever you do.
Goku2012
So, many, commas,.
SkeletonRecruiter
Wow! You counted to 3! What a big boy!
Zrkled
Fuckin roasted LOL
Eilonwyy
Yet, grammatically, they are correct.
Meltemi
Grammatically, yes, but in parlance, overuse of commas, due to being separators, can impair sentence flow and, by extension, readability.
alexjonesisagayfrog
Wait how did did I cause the marker to crash when I was like 10?!?!
thechelonianshelmet
You pushed it off the table
DrLophophora
heh
DeathMetalEnthusiast
Most Americans didn't cause the crash. It was major banks and our polititions that allowed it to happen
UGotSarged
And who voted for those politicians that were cool deregulating the shit out of the banks?
roads88mph
More importantly, what generation were both of those categories from?
DeathMetalEnthusiast
Some but not the majority of the population (concetering only 60% voted in 2004)
Muffdiver9
The majority of what caused the crash was started during the Clinton administration, no millennial was voting.
UGotSarged
But 0% of the millennial generation. Not voting was also a choice that lead to this.
calldrdaley
Gen Z will blame millennials for screwing up the economy and will call the next generation idiots. I think. We all know the real enemy tho..
calldrdaley
Most of you will have someone or something in mind and will probably be right in a lot of ways but the real problem lies in ourselves.
calldrdaley
Or better yet, the solution can be found in ourselves and the problem doesn’t really matter at this point. The world doesn’t have to suck.
imgurnaknockuout
Hydra?
Bstone1
I don’t blame Gen X. It’s the Baby Boomers I blame. The generation before the previous one. You know, the ones in government right now.
Bstone1
Additionally, the boomers were the most well off generation due to previous generations, and have been tearing it all down for decades.
BreadyStinellis
There are plenty of gen xers in our government now. The older ones are almost 60. My point is, it's not one generation that screws stuff up.
joemoedee
The mass majority in charge now are Boomers. During their time in charge they’ve effectively ruined everything for their own gain.
CC2332
Oh no, not at all. They just pulled themselves up by their own bootstraps, not like us lazy uppity millennials.
CC2332
To be 60 you'd have been born in 1958, that is DEFINITELY not gen x, gen x didnt start till late 60's at the EARLIEST
BreadyStinellis
Older gen xers are 57, that's what I meant by almost 60. And I used dates according to Wikipedia.
joemoedee
Pew and Gallup both use 65-79 for Gen X, which seems about right.
BameGoycolor
Condom snorting is an actual thing? I thought it was a joke
PrincessAnus
yes but despite what this dumbassays, there was a surge of it in the mid90s too
TipsyNomad
So when can I start blaming the next generation for my problems? Or do I have to wait till Gen X died off
faceplacespace
You can always hold all other generations responsible for everything - there's no restrictions.
RupertR
Or, and just a crazy thought here, don't judge anyone based off their age, sex, religion or race. Judge them by their actions.
B99Reactions
You can probably associate actions to all of those, and its been done multiple times
SavageTacoSupremeOverlord
You...i like you..
RupertR
Lesurous
Oh, one of dem reasonin' types are ya? Bah, if you ain't the same as me, I can't trust ya.
RupertR
You dun did it now ya hear
IThinkYouGotAFineBrainJack
I so tired of being judged by my actions. Why must people judge me by the things I do and not the things I say?
DoxieDig
Pfft, okay
dunersrevenge
But that means the boomers don’t have anything to if they can’t based on that.
BuckyW
Just give them a subscription to local grocery store discount magazines to keep them busy for the next 20 years or so
NurseryRhymeNightmares
I think you a word.
MidlandRedux
Yeah, take another shot instead of thinking about what he said.
RupertR
You aren't being any better by generalizing their whole generation
NullRageGaming
But, how else are facebook and amazon gonna know what adds to show you?
Ungu
Can I judge someone that has a smaller penis than me?
RupertR
You'd have to find someone first, and that's gonna be a struggle to say the least.
XXXploitMe
One of those is not like the others. You aren't responsible for age, sex or race. But you are responsible for your ideologies.
XXXploitMe
If you organize your life around bronze or iron age mythology, I will certainly judge you for it.
sexymeetzey
Can I judge everyone to be assholes regardless of age, sex, race, or religion?
CataclysmicFate
I honestly read this as you judging people's assholes... I was more curious than I'd care to admit at the range on which you scale.
KLUSTENATOR
As long as you're judging each and every person and come up with the consensus, not taking a shortcut blanket approach.
sexymeetzey
Nope, I hate everyone right off the rip. I promise to hate you gay or straight, black or white, Jew or Muslim. I hate you all.
KLUSTENATOR
Then that's no good.
KLUSTENATOR
The epitome of prejudice.
sexymeetzey
No, its the epitome of cynicism. No prejudice here, all are equally hated.
RupertR
As long as everyone starts evenly... in the hole
sexymeetzey
Well then this I can affirm. I promise to hate without prejudice from this day onward.
DidNotInhale
RupertR
PB458
But they are eating Tide pods. Tide. Pods.
RandomCanadianGuy
It's natural selection, pretty soon the only Gen Z'ers are gonna be the ones smart enough to not consume fucking laundry.
RupertR
Cause they are the only generation to do stupid shit? Plus that's only like 1% of them.
yarow12
What if I told you I could predict your actions based on your age, sex, religion, or race?
fermtenn
I mean you're not wrong. It's not comfortable, but it's not wrong. Facts don't care about your feelings
RupertR
I'd say you could make educated guesses but not legit predictions
FaoySamfs
Millenials can be as young as 17 based on the guys who actually labeled the generation. Birth ranges 1980 - 2000
AngelGiuffriaNigNug
If you actually read their work instead of cribbing sound bytes to try and sound smart, you’d know that they picked a tentative date...
AngelGiuffriaNigNug
With plans to amend it after the generation came of age.
Threeleggedpelican
I came down to the comments to say the same thing.
SnxLorde
I was gonna say, I'm 21 and none of that Gen Z shit applied. But then again, most of the generational shit is BS so there's that.
BaronAlexander
Pew Research would be the standard for defining generations, and they set the cutoff at 1996 recently. 22 is the youngest (sauce in reply).
BaronAlexander
http://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2018/03/01/defining-generations-where-millennials-end-and-post-millennials-begin/
ILikePugandFrenchiePictures
The definition I find says reached adulthood in "early 00
ILikePugandFrenchiePictures
"early 00's"... So that means born 82-88, I'd say.
thankgodfordeaddinosaurs
Generational ranges aren't fixed and vary based on different organizations. It's not an exact science.
DeathMetalEnthusiast
It's not science at all. It's arbitrary and meaningless
FaoySamfs
It's not science, it's a new sociological construct. I am using the measure put forth by the guys who coined the phrase in their book.
ActuallyMyNamesMarina
New? Uhm...
morganfreemanslarynx
Are you serious? I'm 32 and hardly regard myself a "millennial ". Is this an actual thing...?
BaronAlexander
Millennials are 22-37 currently. You're definitely a millennial. As a 29 year old, welcome to the club :).
ActuallyMyNamesMarina
Probably because you've heard older generations bitching about a small number of your current generation and said "this isn't me."
FaoySamfs
Term was coined in 1987, went into a book called Generations: The History of Americas Future.
SomeDetroitGuy
GenXers are amused at the idea that THIS economy was the one that was ruined, not the Great Recession or the recession of the late 90s.
GrabEmByTheEmbassy
I was going to post something like this but, as a Gen Xer, I gave up caring a long time ago.
Freightshaker
I love the feeling of the apathy flowing over me. :)
faceplacespace
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YgSPaXgAdzE
Freightshaker
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hTWKbfoikeg
ILikePugandFrenchiePictures
Shh... Stupid 20-somethings who couldn't find work because they are the "even stupid people deserve to go to college" generation and now
ILikePugandFrenchiePictures
they think they should make 6 figures with no experience or marketable skills/knowledge don't want to know how wrong they are.
ActuallyMyNamesMarina
My god you're bitter as fuck.
UnpreparedAndUnproductive
I think the sentiment is more of “the average young person shouldn’t NEED to make 6 figures to afford paying for their education”
Chaimgoldbergenstein
"but my liberal arts degree is just as valuable as your STEM degree!!!!!!"
ActuallyMyNamesMarina
Are you sure YOU aren't a millenial with how bitter you are?
B99Reactions
the millenial part is wrong though, trying to imply they're perfect and trying to survive
AreThoseMyPants
"The generation of adhd and anxiety"? I wouldn't call that as implying perfection.
B99Reactions
Implying nothing is actually their fault but a condition
AreThoseMyPants
Try as I might, I am unable to see such implication anywhere.
ILikePugandFrenchiePictures
"I can't afford a house because of my parents" is insane. The government lets you put as little as 3.5% down now, Interest rates are
ILikePugandFrenchiePictures
about as close to zero as you can get. Owning a home has NEVER been more attainable if YOU DON'T WASTE YOUR MONEY. Mortgage payments are
AreThoseMyPants
Were you intending to reply to someone else? You're not quoting the picture, nor me.
TheBeautifulUnicorn
I’m sick of it. Millennials are not 37. If you are 37 you used maps and pay phones growing up. You know the sound of dial up.
ActuallyMyNamesMarina
None of that has any bearing on the definition of millennial.
IWouldLikeToGetOffThisRideNowPlease
I’m 25 and I grew up on dial up and cassettes and all them goodies
FishSausages
"We don't conform to societal standards" - literally every generation since 1900
InsanestFox
I can't afford to conform to societal standards, that shit's expensive"
Padawin
Hahaha! Truth
CadeII
If not a single person conforms, isn't that a societal standard?
RaynWisp
SouthPark covered that... "I'm such a non conformist, I won't conform to your non conformist ways"
zim57398
"Wow, I think we just got put in our place."
Pyoormental
They don't. That's kinda how society evolves and the previous generation begins to disapprove of the next one. Just sayin
magicalmysterytour
I think that's what he said
FishSausages
Not exactly, but yes. Moreover, if every generation is so rebellious, who keeps buying these minivans?
JapAnus
*since the greek era
AnotherImgurian14
Which one?
Ayylmaoman
http://www.bartleby.com/73/195.html Socrates was complaining about this type of shit. People not conforming is not unique to modern times
AnotherImgurian14
I know, I was being a smart ass. There has been several Hellenistic ages.
malbec
“Free Love ‘64!”
BungusAmungus
Well societal standards have changed significantly over the last 100 years so in a way.
jjm152
No,nonono man, this time it's for realies.
waidhere
Literally every generation since sex was invented.
FishSausages
Flappers, beatniks, hippies, punks, metal heads, goths, emos, hipsters. They all had kids, and all their parents "just don't get it"
OptimusPantry
Besides, millennial culture (in the media at least, the only place where anyone ever talks about being a millennial) is all about how (1)
OptimusPantry
we'd love to confirm to societal standards regarding steady jobs and home ownership but can't got the old fogies 'ruined the economy'. We (2
OptimusPantry
can't have it both ways. (3)
donkeymoney
Societal Standards: GIT OFF MUH LAWN!
Rample7
To be fair things like buying a tv or a house and getting married and owning a credit card are major social standard that are being broken.
Lulabel73
As an gen x I find millennials to be the most conforming. A bunch of fomos
idrathernot8888
Asking for a friend what's a gen x
Lulabel73
We are between the baby boomers and millennials.
idrathernot8888
Ahh 40-60 year olds?
Lulabel73
Pretty much.
Genini
Every one of them. It's almost eerie how it happens every time.
HFocus
Unpopular opinion: Gen Z is trending more conservative than the generations before it. I know because I am Gen Z.
FishSausages
What form, tho? Fiscal conservatism is dead. Gun rights? Pro life? "Traditional marriage?" Trickle down? Prayer in school? (Jesus only)
GaySocialistLiberalMuslimCommieAtheist
That IS a fact... that old conservatives have yet to source in any way shape or form... but sure you know better. Your gut knows!
SavageHoax
Is your username supposed to be ironic or do you really see nothing wrong with calling yourself a communist?
GaySocialistLiberalMuslimCommieAtheist
Go read my bio
AnotherImgurian14
Ssshhhhh, don't let them know. Let my fellow millennials shoot themselves in the foot.
GaySocialistLiberalMuslimCommieAtheist
Shhhhh don't ask for any proof or it shatters old conservatives lies about new generations...
chickenXtendies
Obviously anecdotal, but I see the exact same thing. It might in part have to do with the fact that a lot of gen z are immigrants, who grew
Sionas
I see the generational divide and conquer strategy is still working.
nietzchebomb
Classics never die
MidlandRedux
Corporatists gotta love this. They ruin the economy and instead of organizing politically against them, millennials whine about “Boomers.”
Gumeron
To be fair the older of the millennials don't actually think they are, they believe they're gen x due to misinformation by the media
Gumeron
Also minimum age to run for senator is 30, while house representative is 25. Millennials have just entered the age to fight politically
MidlandRedux
Not to be picky, but Americans can vote at 18 and volunteer as activists at any age.
Gumeron
True, but they can now vote one of their own into office instead of having to vote for a mature, boomer, or gen Xer.
AlienPumaSpaceTrain
I was born in 1988. I grew up with ninja turtles, Nintendo NES, MS DOS, and 9/11. I'm no god damn "what's a computer" saying millennial.
oxidisedgearz
Nintendo NES is like saying PIN number. Otherwise yeah. I'm pretty sure nobody liked the "what's a computer" advertisement(s).
Mirawatts
Ugh, I don't give a fuck about generations. They're just arbitrary titles.
squishcat
There is a lot of divide and conquer strategies out there.
warick
As long as we get to Logan's Run the boomers, I'm happy with everyone else.
diehardlance
Why is everyone so obsessed with having a name for their generation
Sesquey
Every generation does it, why stop now? /s
TooDumbForRickandMorty
What am i then, im in college, so im not suffering from my loans yet but i didnt grow up with an ipad we had light brite and pokemon cards
steveracer
I'm Gen X, glad to be left out of this fight.
oxidisedgearz
Damn Gen Xers always being passive. Debate is the only real way to solve problems! In my day we.........
smellyboots
Labels touted by lazy journalists are worthless, stop reading their articles and do something worthwhile with your time.
Grimdude
Been pretty one sided really. Rarely do you see widespread blame placed on any other generation than millennials
Namotatop
To be honest, I see 10 times more hate on baby boomers everywhere I look. I barely hear anyone hating on millenials.
Grimdude
That's incredibly hard to believe
Namotatop
Well, everyone I know in real life, including baby boomers and older, complains more about baby boomers than millenials. And when's the last
Namotatop
time a post criticizing millenials on the internet really was taken serious?
Pl3thor1c
This shit has been happening for thousands of years, millenials were just the first to have social media to whine about it.
apatheticVigilante
Eh... for as long as the concept of generations existed, people have used it to talk shit on younger people. Generations are arbitrary.
K8lyn8654
lmao, baby boomers are blamed for nearly every problem there is
Grimdude
You can pretend this is true, but there aren't weekly articles about how boomers have ruined almost every market
K8lyn8654
No, only much more meaningful things like it being taught in school that boomers ruined the country. Also, im a millenial
Grimdude
Well to be fair, there are legitimate issues with how the recent generations handled the economy. That's just accurate history keeping
Andalite
I'm a millennial and grew up with active shooter drills. Don't really see the problem with teaching kids to be safe. My parents taught me
Pawnderlust
When I graduated it had become a normal thing but when I was in grade 8 it didn't exist
captnsteverogers
to kill bears using an apple core and a tablecloth while naked.
QuartzPigeon
username checks out indeed
Rheios
I miss the follow up in here but: Andalite, good name. What were your thoughts on the way Rachel ended up at the end of the series.
idkalan
I'm a millennial & I grew up in South LA, school shooter drills were nonexistent bc most of the times school was safer than the neighborhood
idkalan
As you were more likely to get shot on your way to school than at school.
aloadofbarnacles
It's one thing to teach kids to be safe in emergencies, but the fact that we have to have drills for school shootings is fucking sad.
Andalite
A school shooting is an emergency though
aloadofbarnacles
I meant natural disasters and the like... so you completely missed the point.
Andalite
Natural disasters are unlikely to be the only life threatening emergency people will deal with in their entire lives. It's good for people
Andalite
to be prepared for as many eventualities as possible
lilmookie
I had to hide under my desk cause of quakes (and maybe a stray nuke)
ramshead91
I'm 27 and active shooter drills started at my high school the year after I graduated.
AmotsEinhorc
I'm a British millennial, I grew up with tea and bad teeth.
Andalite
I have bad teeth, but I have to pay for dental care. Do you have to pay for that there as well?
AmotsEinhorc
Most do. I'm a NHS patient so I pay about 1/4 of private.
AmotsEinhorc
Cost me £100-150 for a root canal and filling. Couple other wee bits.
beardedbeerdeer
No, he doesn't have a teeth license.
SkepticalFriend
Apparently I'm in gen z now and grew up with dial up and bikes.
GodEmperor0fMankind
My dad grew up with nuclear bomb drills.
ifavoritethingstoshowmywifewhenigethome
Duck and cover
squintish
I think the active shooter drills are probably about as effective as duck-n-cover. They make you feel like there's something you can do.
ThisIsCray
I'm sorry you had to learn that. It's a disgrace that a society expects that of their children to be safe in a teaching environment.
AnotherImgurian14
It's better than being on constant alert 24/7 for an raid of bandits, invaders, and the like. "Rape and pillage" is nonexistent in the West.
Andalite
Nah, don't be. The world isn't a safe place and whether it's a gun, knife, or a truck, my safety is up to me and I'm the one in charge of it
Andalite
It's good that I learned it in school over many years, rather than in a single horrible, terror-filled moment with no knowledge to draw on.
Andalite
how to fight back to protect myself, how to stay safe in dangerous neighborhoods, and what to do if I got hurt when by myself. What's wrong
captnsteverogers
eating your own feces.
Andalite
*with eating your own feces. If you're gonna try to troll, you could at least not fuck it up
Andalite
with doing whatever's necessary to keep our children safe?
ClassyReposts
Who even made the point you are fighting? Kinda really missing the point here...
fdoyl001
The problem is that were *not* doing whatever's necessary, instead lying, telling them that hiding and locking the door will keep them safe
Cowfister
We were the last generation taught to stand up for ourselves.
Andalite
Going by what a lot of these people are saying, maybe the generation before us was. Maybe some of us are just the outliers that were taught
Andalite
by people who don't expect the world to be sunshine and puppies
bosskcradossk
There hasn't even been like one generation after millennials. This is such a sweeping statement. everyone thinks their gen is most important
BombCyclone
Hah! My generation sucks! So many Gen Xers are so fucked in the head. The baby boomers caused this by being handed everything on a platter1/
cinematicheart
Millennials should be divided pre and post columbine. We had tornado drill not active shooter drills.
ButteryButtsButterflyCups
didn't any other school have code red drills? code red meant stay in class. it was for any general reason, for example a kid faints in 1/2
ButteryButtsButterflyCups
didn't any other school have code red drills? code red meant stay in class. it was for any general reason, for example a kid faints in 1/2
ButteryButtsButterflyCups
the stairwell right before passing period. the code red would be called so we don't trample the kid. it was a non emergency drill 2/2
briloveschickennuggets
We had code reds and code blues. Red was for someone on campus who isnt supposed to be there or when theres a robbery or something very 1/2
briloveschickennuggets
nearby. a code blue was a medical emergency. code red we sat in the class in the dark, door locked, hiding. code blue, just locked the door
cinematicheart
We didnt have them but honestly the way my school was they wouldnt have known a kid was passed out in the stairwell. Halls were always empty
BreadyStinellis
We did not have those. Altho we did have have locally notorious father/son bank robbing team go past our schools on a low speed chase back
BreadyStinellis
In '92. We just shut the blinds and sat on the floor for a while.
Opportunist
Why not both? (I hate how that is relevant)
Andalite
Not every state is likely to have tornadoes.
cinematicheart
We didnt need tornado drills My school was down in a gully and surrounded by hills. I dont think a tornado was even possible but we had them
Andalite
I guess it's good they're at least ready for it in case they ever find themselves in that situation
cinematicheart
Im sure now they do have both. Sad times.
ElbowDeepInMythicalCreatures
Also have lockdown drills(paramedic), fire drills, search and seizure drills(police dogs)
HCMonk
You don't trust the government, yet get a student loan?
Grimdude
This is a pretty stupid comment, not sure how it's 50 positive.
EIonMusk
Better question, you don't trust the government, but you think only they should have guns? (Not you specifically, I don't know you)
HFocus
Student Loans are the worst form of debt. Avoid them or get a degree that can pay them off.
AlmightyThor117
A lot of student loans were moved to the private sector including Sallie Mae, for a while, I think the government stepped back in after the
AlmightyThor117
Corruption became so rampant
Mrdaihatsu
"If you can't trust the government, who CAN you trust?". Yahoo Serious
GeraldFord
I’d give you more upvotes if I could
gregorclegane
I don't trust anyone, paid for my college fees off the sweat of my brow. No loans bitches
freddeStar
Don't trust big banks but took a loan to get my house. Fuck you, BofA. (JK! Don't raise my rates! Just trying to be internet cool! )
TheMightySausagesWife
The schools don't tell you its from the govt. They put it in as part of your complete financial aid packet and you can't negotiate much.
SexDrugsBirdsandRocknRoll
That's fuckin stupid. Don't take loans if you don't know where they're coming from, do the smallest amount of research on your own.
TheMightySausagesWife
You know all those terms and conditions where if you don't agree to all of them, you can't use the app/site/service? That's uni in the US
SexDrugsBirdsandRocknRoll
I went to college in the US, and I took out loans. I knew where they were coming from
TheMightySausagesWife
As did a lot of people on here.
TheMightySausagesWife
"Tuition will be $15k per year. $2k is grants, $1k is scholarship, $4k is subsidized, and $8k is unsubsidized. Sign here"
tehflan
I started college in 2011 and it was abundantly obvious from the agreement I signed that my loans were coming from the government. Anyone/
tehflan
/not understanding that has no one but themselves to blame for not paying attention, and probably doesn't deserve a higher education.
Lamplord
In their defence, you try going to school without one.
wiilyc22
Done
HCMonk
I was being fallacious. Of course, they have you by the balls.
hks003
Go to a cheaper school? An English lit degree you'll wind up using to teach high school English doesn't require Yale...
bosskcradossk
college is about 800% more expensive than the 70s, housing way more expensive, and wages about the Fucking Same
hks003
Yeah, I realize that. I graduated in 2014, not 75. But if you're in a position where you have to have loans, choose a cheaper school. 1/?
hks003
The "prestige" of a big name school isn't worth the debt with the exception of things such as law and medical degrees. I went to a cheap 2/?
tehflan
I went to a state school for an engineering degree, worked part time, and still needed thousands of dollars in student loans each year.
hks003
But with am engineering degree, you won't have any problem paying that off. It should be like buying a, $300-$500 a month for 3-6 years. 1/2
hks003
Then you have an engineering degree making good money.
tehflan
The point is you can't just get a cheap enough degree to not need student loans unless you're fortunate enough to have other help.
69Voltage
Stop trying to change the minds of old people. They’re too busy yelling at kids to get off of their lawns
StephenDaniels
Hear, hear. I'm maybe months away from everyone younger than me being a whippersnapper.
sirhcdraw143350
What the fuck is "avocado toast"? Old fuckers must eat that to keep the condoms sliding thru.
NotABadLookingNarcissist
But they're active voters.
JustDontCare
I used to say my goal in life was to be a grumpy old man and yell at kids on my lawn. How naive I could never afford a lawn.
thelovechildofhitlerandstalin
Alkuam2
Kovahjin
My dad is changing his mind alright... changing it even further down the road towards the self destruction of his generation.
Deanscream
Young punks.
Ungu
And hitting kids with jumper cables.
Nostradamuswaswrong
I wish I had a lawn...
hifive2wifei
And you’re still on it.... why?!?
GreenYawgmoth
And clouds. Can't forget yelling at clouds!
Alkuam2
DoublevBomb
SlagathorDeb
I... uh... I actually did that. I mean, I yelled at these kids to get off my lawn because they kept hitting my garage door and... I'm old.
WhatTheDormouseSaid
Every generation sucks
Winterboer
"Every generation sucks but ours!"
thornlord
Play "My Generation" and "Old Man" for these people complaining since they were written by the fucking bloomers.
svenelven
This... Just this...
Downvote4Love
DoublevBomb
STOP KILLING US WITH YOUR CARS
iKev7
And setting the economy on fire
playerzer2
They are also completely selfish, vote selfishly, lobby selfishly, drive selfishly and act like absolute assholes at shops
nousernamesleftforthekids
Yeah but their generation could AFFORD a lawn...
ohmygodimonfirewhyarentyouhelping
Yep and if not at people on their lawns they're yelling at clouds
MidlandRedux
Keep that holy war going! It’s obviously more satisfying than following the news and voting.
JustSomeGuyNamedScott
Maybe if you weren't on their lawn, they wouldn't yell at you.
wildatheart499
And people wonder why kids stopped playing outside to many grumpy old people XD
69Voltage
But my Pod went over his fence! I need my Pod
FurtiveGlancer
Old people killed the planet and elected that turd Trump - millennials didn't...
oxidisedgearz
I mean Hillary was/is a turd too though less so imo. The two party system&winner take all+electoral college system are the real turds here.
Winterboer
I know plenty of millennials who voted for Trump here in Oklahoma.
exponant
More millenials should have voted then. http://www.electproject.org/home/voter-turnout/demographics
GetOffMyLawnYa
Hey!
Grudgebearingmidget
Seriously? Everyone else missed it:
JapCarRealGood
Yasss
69Voltage
That’s who I was thinking of
roosterofdoom2112
GET OFF MY DAMN LAWN !!!!
StatiPandaBandit
Okay damn! These days you can't shit anywhere in peace.
orangatuan
I DIDN'T SET OFF YOUR HAM ALARM !!!!
HungryPumpkn
WHAT DO YOU MEAN PAM WORKS ON A FARM ?!!!
Winterboer
"Listen old man, you don't wanna fuck with me!"
DropDeadFread
I don't like when people park in front of my house. Is that weird?
XxVoidCowboyxX
is your House infront of a parking lot? then not...
pdFarmD
Nah.Ive taken down every plate# of those whove done this the last 10 years and I SWEAR I will strike down vengeance in this life or the next
donkeykongsbanana
DonaldTrumpsFlaccidHairpiece
Hey, I'm a millenial, and I yell at kids to get off my damn lawn...
MrDuckie
Same here!!
Shitposting2017
I’m a millennial an the only lawn I own is in my pants
JamieSmyth
Mine is more like the Australian outback...
Averagefirefighter
I am in the same boat, damn kids.
OnePotatoTwoPotatoThreePotatoFloor
Must be nice to have a lawn...
JamieSmyth
my building has a car park which....evolved into a lawn. My landlord just dumped a bunch of gravel on top of a patch of grass and called it
JamieSmyth
a "car park". Now it's overgrown and we can't cut it because the gravel keeps destroying lawn mower blades.
DeltaBladeX
I miss the place I used to rent. It had both back and front lawn. I had green outside my windows. Now I look at concrete and cars.
JamieSmyth
I never thought I'd miss real, actual concrete. Not the gravel my landlord thinks is "just as good" as concrete.
DonaldTrumpsFlaccidHairpiece
It is. I try to keep it decent looking, but damn kids be tearing it up with their bikes.
thejoeymonster
You should totally farm your lawn.
DonaldTrumpsFlaccidHairpiece
Why would I do that? I like my lawn as-is.
celestedrake
It's my parent's lawn for me. But I don't mind kids crossing...I mind that one neighbor crossing with a truck for lawn equipment. Well, (1)
celestedrake
my dad minds. I don't really care about the lawn and wish we could live in a desert or tundra. (2)
celestedrake
On second thought, if they bother my dog or cats I would mind. And we live next to a school, so that is possible...(3)