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coffee_addict Member (Idle past 477 days) Posts: 3645 From: Indianapolis, IN Joined:
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Long time lurker here. I had to create an account to comment on this topic.
Speaking as a millennial myself, I do observe many of the things that older folks complain about. The first thing I do in the morning when I wake up to get ready for work is turn on the news and watch/listen to it while I make coffee and breakfast. I like to keep myself informed of recent events. And yet I've found that most of my peers simply don't watch or care about the news at all. Anyone remember the Haiti earthquake that killed tens of thousands? You couldn't go anywhere without hearing people talking about it. And yet, I honest to god ran into a few millennials who had no idea it happened. When I ask my peers why they're not interested in the news, they always say the same thing: it has absolutely nothing to do with them. That's not all. I work at an engineering firm. We would "grade" each other's work to double/triple check each other's work. I've found that more often than not my peers would just do something in a hurry and submit their reports without making sure of the quality. It's annoying to catch the most obvious mistakes. This isn't college anymore, people! You don't do something in a hurry, turn it in, and pray that you got partial credit. I've also observed financial irresponsibility in most of my peers. It's like watching a train wreck happening in slow motion but there is nothing I can do about it. For example, my boyfriend and I recently took his sister and her boyfriend out to dinner. I happen to know that the boyfriend recently lost his car because he couldn't afford the payments. He's currently sleeping at my boyfriend's sister's parents' living room couch. While we were eating, he bragged that he's been saving up to buy some fancy belt from Italy. He showed me on the phone and the price tag was $3600. I didn't even know fashion belts could cost that much I've also seen someone of my age blow through $70k she inherited in a year. She eventually got kicked out of her apartment and had to move back to her mother's place. Her boyfriend left to go to Colorado to find work. He spent his entire first paycheck buying weed and posted it on facebook to brag. I've found myself preferring to converse with older people more than people my own age because at least they know what the hell is going on around them instead of being oblivious to what's going on out there. I can't wait to see what the next generation is like. Ever seen the movie Idiocracy? Sometimes, I feel like that's the direction we're heading.
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jar Member (Idle past 394 days) Posts: 34026 From: Texas!! Joined: |
Welcome home. Pull up a stump and set a spell.
Anyone so limited that they can only spell a word one way is severely handicapped!
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ringo Member (Idle past 411 days) Posts: 20940 From: frozen wasteland Joined:
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jar writes:
It's a plot to keep the wetbacks out.
It looks like the future supply of quick stop night shift workers and grass cutters is assured.
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caffeine Member (Idle past 1024 days) Posts: 1800 From: Prague, Czech Republic Joined:
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I've found myself preferring to converse with older people more than people my own age because at least they know what the hell is going on around them instead of being oblivious to what's going on out there. In all this bewailing of the ignorance of the modern American, I feel the figures are being missed. Average scores on literacy for 16-65 year olds in the US - 270Average scores on literacy for US Millenials - 274 Average scores on numeracy for 16-65 year olds in the US - 253Average scores on numeracy for US Millenials - 255 Average scores on PS-TRE for 16-65 year olds in the US - 277Average scores on PS-TRE for US Millenials - 284 So in the US, on all categories in this test, the stupid and ignorant Millenials did better than their informed elders that you prefer speaking to. The assertions in the article the OP quotes seem to be false.
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Jon Inactive Member
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The first thing I do in the morning when I wake up to get ready for work is turn on the news and watch/listen to it while I make coffee and breakfast. I like to keep myself informed of recent events. And yet I've found that most of my peers simply don't watch or care about the news at all. The biggest problem here is that there is very little in the way of decent news. Of the multitude of news programs on in a day, I find only about four of them worthwhile. The same goes for newspapers. Most of what you find on local news stations and in local papers is just crap: gossip, vanity news, etc. People are right to point out that these stories have no relevance to them whatsoever.
I've also observed financial irresponsibility in most of my peers. It's like watching a train wreck happening in slow motion but there is nothing I can do about it. For example, my boyfriend and I recently took his sister and her boyfriend out to dinner. I happen to know that the boyfriend recently lost his car because he couldn't afford the payments. He's currently sleeping at my boyfriend's sister's parents' living room couch. While we were eating, he bragged that he's been saving up to buy some fancy belt from Italy. He showed me on the phone and the price tag was $3600. I didn't even know fashion belts could cost that much I've also seen someone of my age blow through $70k she inherited in a year. She eventually got kicked out of her apartment and had to move back to her mother's place. Her boyfriend left to go to Colorado to find work. He spent his entire first paycheck buying weed and posted it on facebook to brag. Why do you think that is?Love your enemies!
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coffee_addict Member (Idle past 477 days) Posts: 3645 From: Indianapolis, IN Joined: |
caffeine (probably an addict anyway) writes:
quote: Forgive me, but I did not say they are more ignorant than their elders. In fact, I think... I know that millennials are more educated as a group. What I said was from my personal experience people in my own age group don't seem to care about current events or history.
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coffee_addict Member (Idle past 477 days) Posts: 3645 From: Indianapolis, IN Joined: |
I saw a news report not too long ago that say youths these days stay home with their parents a lot longer than youths of past generations. This fits in quite well with my personal observation.
And it's understandable that youths these days stay at home longer. We just had a really bad recession. But even successful millennials tend to stay at home a lot longer these days. Take a friend of mine, for example. He's an office manager at a medical office and he's staying at home with his parents. Oh yeah, his girl friend also stays there. Or take my case, for example. I'm an engineer and my boyfriend is still in school studying accounting. We just moved out of my parents' house and into our own house just 5 months ago. Yeah, I'm shameless about it
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Jon Inactive Member |
What's the alternative to living with parents?
And it's understandable that youths these days stay at home longer. We just had a really bad recession. But even successful millennials tend to stay at home a lot longer these days. Recession or not I think that's often a smart move.Love your enemies!
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Jon Inactive Member |
What I said was from my personal experience people in my own age group don't seem to care about current events or history. Neither of which are measured by caffeine's standards.Love your enemies!
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coffee_addict Member (Idle past 477 days) Posts: 3645 From: Indianapolis, IN Joined:
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And that's exactly my point.
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Minnemooseus Member Posts: 3941 From: Duluth, Minnesota, U.S. (West end of Lake Superior) Joined: Member Rating: 10.0
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YOU REALLY SHOULD HAVE A SOURCE LISTED FOR THAT INFO!!!
Anyway, once upon a time, a much younger Moose was doing the college entrance exam thing (ACT tests, as I recall, in my case). I scored quite well in the various areas - I think I was 75 percentile at worst, and I might have been up in the 90 something percentile for some. The university actually excused me from having to take the freshman composition classes because of my high scores. I turned out be be a terrible college student, but I was really good at the entrance exams. Probably because I wasn't stressed out because I didn't think they were very important, to get into where I was headed. Or maybe my brain went bad after doing the entrance exams. MooseProfessor, geology, Whatsamatta U Evolution - Changes in the environment, caused by the interactions of the components of the environment. "Do not meddle in the affairs of cats, for they are subtle and will piss on your computer." - Bruce Graham "The modern conservative is engaged in one of man's oldest exercises in moral philosophy; that is, the search for a superior moral justification for selfishness." - John Kenneth Galbraith "Yesterday on Fox News, commentator Glenn Beck said that he believes President Obama is a racist. To be fair, every time you watch Glenn Beck, it does get a little easier to hate white people." - Conan O'Brien "I know a little about a lot of things, and a lot about a few things, but I'm highly ignorant about everything." - Moose
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