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the only sad thing is people having to work for their money.

ssj-kenobi posted...

RedWhiteBlue posted...

People need to realize that the millennials have been fucked over by baby boomers. All degrees could get you a job. A minimum wage job supported the family. Nothing was expensive. Housing was cheap. No student loan issue. Everything was great.

And then they fucked us over and blame us for not dealing with their greed. Depression is on the rise as result of this and shit parenting.

ikr. Boomers be rubbing their hands gleefully and be like:

let's shame millenials who still live at home in their 20s. why not buy or rent out one of our properties ey millenial? you don't want to be considered a loser do you?

yes millenial, get that mortgage to buy my $400k spare property which I bought in the 70s-90s with my job that didn't even require a that degree weve been pushing you to get while I was the single earner of the family.

what's that, you want training for that job? you gotta get them student loans for college millenial, it's the only way to get a good job. why should we pay for your training millenial? oh you got that college degree now? so did 250 of these other applicants millenial. now who is willing to work for the cheapest and have the most work stacked on them? why should I pay you millenial when I can pay someone in India and China to do it for cheaper?

what's that millenial? you don't have a job, you are living at home? we weren't as lazy as you when we were your age millenial. hang on let us post articles about these millenials who still live in their parents homes

These are all valid points but kind of skirting away from the issue. It's much tougher now than it was back for the boomers, there's no doubt about that. My issue is the people literally doing nothing but mooching off their parents and complaining about the things you brought up but doing nothing to better themselves.
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Tekutso posted...

ssj-kenobi posted...

RedWhiteBlue posted...

People need to realize that the millennials have been fucked over by baby boomers. All degrees could get you a job. A minimum wage job supported the family. Nothing was expensive. Housing was cheap. No student loan issue. Everything was great.

And then they fucked us over and blame us for not dealing with their greed. Depression is on the rise as result of this and shit parenting.

ikr. Boomers be rubbing their hands gleefully and be like:

let's shame millenials who still live at home in their 20s. why not buy or rent out one of our properties ey millenial? you don't want to be considered a loser do you?

yes millenial, get that mortgage to buy my $400k spare property which I bought in the 70s-90s with my job that didn't even require a that degree weve been pushing you to get while I was the single earner of the family.

what's that, you want training for that job? you gotta get them student loans for college millenial, it's the only way to get a good job. why should we pay for your training millenial? oh you got that college degree now? so did 250 of these other applicants millenial. now who is willing to work for the cheapest and have the most work stacked on them? why should I pay you millenial when I can pay someone in India and China to do it for cheaper?

what's that millenial? you don't have a job, you are living at home? we weren't as lazy as you when we were your age millenial. hang on let us post articles about these millenials who still live in their parents homes

These are all valid points but kind of skirting away from the issue. It's much tougher now than it was back for the boomers, there's no doubt about that. My issue is the people literally doing nothing but mooching off their parents and complaining about the things you brought up but doing nothing to better themselves.

One thing this article doesn't account for: People trying to get a job. I was part of this statistic at one point. During that time I was very actively looking for work.
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I am eternally grateful to my mother that she kicked my ass out of the house when I turned 18. I know people in their 30's that still live with their parents and never grew up its just kinda sad. If I had a weak parent that I could mooch off of I could easily have ended up that way. Thank god for tough love.
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"All of you guys" Says the guy coming to GameFAQs for 16 years.
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CrimsonAngeI posted...

"All of you guys" Says the guy coming to GameFAQs for 16 years.

The topic title was a bit trolly. It's more like half of the guys here.

gadgaurd posted...

One thing this article doesn't account for: People trying to get a job. I was part of this statistic at one point. During that time I was very actively looking for work.

Yeah but you probably weren't part of the statistic for very long. You were making an effort to do something. There's an alarming number of millennials latched onto the teet right now.
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I'm 30 and live in long-term housing. No job either(never had a job that lasted more than a couple of months, gave up)
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I love the picture of the adults riding bikes. Not a care in the world.

Tekutso posted...

Yeah but you probably weren't part of the statistic for very long.

Five years, give or take
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IMO, it's not that millennials don't want to work. It's that they want their work to be fulfilling. We've been raised on the idea that you should love your job, so that's what a lot of young people want right out of the gate. But, a lot of millennials don't realize that sometimes (actually most of the time), you've got to work a few crummy jobs before you can have the job you wanted from the start. This hesitation to working a more menial job turns young people off, and so they don't apply for jobs hoping that a golden opportunity will present itself when they're ready.

Also, let's face it, the American work culture is pretty shitty right now. Not only is it just hard to find a job, but the pay is less and the benefits are fewer. We work too many hours (40 hr weeks should really be the upper limit, not the national average). The housing market is shit too, the easiest places to find a home/apartment for a good price are in areas where a lot of industries may not exist (save for a few big cities). People are retiring later in life, and the internet has made it really easier to find a job offer, so employers have a huge surplus of applicants to available positions. And the best way to find a job is through networking, a skill that most of us don't actually learn until it's time for us to find a job.

There's a lot more factors to consider too. Don't even get me started on debt.

Honestly, the system is stacked against us in a way. Yeah, a lot of us are lazy and entitled, but it's not so cut and dry. It's honestly harder for young people now than ever before to get their adult lives started.

(Wow, that's a lot more than I planned to type...)

HylianFox posted...

I'm 30 and live in long-term housing. No job either(never had a job that lasted more than a couple of months, gave up)

And this right here folks is the other side of the coin that the baby boomers talk about. Someone who doesn't actually attempt to work.
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JScriv posted...

Topic title is a bit presumptuous, TC.

More like projection

How many CEmen do you honestly think still live with their parents? Obviously there are some, but they are by far the minority here.
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