Current Events > Millennials are going to go down as the generation that never grew up

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What do you guys think?

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I think boomers have a stronger claim to this.

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Kind of agree tbqh

I'm 30 this year, and I think back to my parents and friends' parents in their 30s, and they just seem so much more "grown up" than I feel. I'm married, have a mortgage, will start trying for kids in the next few months, and yet I still don't feel as "grown up" as my parents seemed when I was younger. It's odd.

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I think the extent to which people stereotype millenials has gotten absurd.

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Even Gen Z recognizes this. It's hilarious.

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Most people never grow up regardless of generation.

PMarth2002 posted...

I think the extent to which people stereotype millenials has gotten absurd.

As a millennial myself, only boomers are worse, and honestly not by much at this point.

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I work more hours than my parents and grandparents did.

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TreyFlowers posted...

I'm 30 this year, and I think back to my parents and friends' parents in their 30s, and they just seem so much more "grown up" than I feel. I'm married, have a mortgage, will start trying for kids in the next few months, and yet I still don't feel as "grown up" as my parents seemed when I was younger. It's odd.

Are you sure that's just not young-you thinking adults are any more particularly "together" as a whole than younger people are, and then that affecting how you see yourself now?

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I think we're the first generation who is still this invested in stuff we liked and watched as children yeah.

In a sense it's a good thing because who cares about being 'too mature' for liking stuff you like. But it also means way less new stuff.

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Dragon239 posted...

Are you sure that's just not young-you thinking adults are any more particularly "together" as a whole than younger people are, and then that affecting how you see yourself now?

I don't know. I think it's because I still play video games, go to the pub/bar with friends regularly, whereas all my parents seemed to do was work and stress.

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TheOtherMike posted...

Most people never grow up regardless of generation.

I agree but there is a difference here in that millennials in general just cant seem to get over childish hobbies lol

I'm a millennial so I can say this

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VigorouslySwish posted...

I agree but there is a difference here in that millennials in general just cant seem to get over childish hobbies lol

I'm a millennial so I can say this

Internet is largely to blame for this, I think. It's made it easier to stay in contact with your childhood hobbies whereas older generations were more or less forced to "get over it" because they didn't have these easy distractions.

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Our economic prospects were kneecapped just as many of us should have been coming into our own. I don't think people were talking about millennials being particularly stunted or childish before 2008. That started in the aftermath of the Great Recession as we got wrecked by an economy of low employment, sparse or excessive hours, low worker and low worker power. We were also saddled with extreme amounts of student loan debt that we took in the expectation of a stable economy. These factors combined to make home ownership, or even moving out a pipedream for many of us.

The Great Depression generation had WWII and the New Deal to revive them and help them live normal lives. They had unions, college wasn't required. We've had the Great Recession, bailouts to further income inequality, a stagnant recovery, and now Covid and another recession when many of us are supposed to be reaching our peak incomes. It's not good, fam.

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I work with a dude in his 50's who's definitely never grown up. Millennialls have had to struggle/fight more than their parents

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MutantJohn posted...

I work with a dude in his 50's who's definitely never grown up. Millennialls have had to struggle/fight more than their parents

Most millennials can sit back and do nothing for the rest of their lives and live off welfare/live with parents that'll feed their bad habits...

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Darkrobotisback posted...

Most millennials can sit back and do nothing for the rest of their lives and live off welfare/live with parents that'll feed their bad habits...

Have you ever been on welfare lol it's not a lot of money, you're gonna end up living in a terrible ghetto

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define 'grew up'

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OK boomer

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P4wn4g3 posted...

OK boomer

I'm 31

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TreyFlowers posted...

Kind of agree tbqh

I'm 30 this year, and I think back to my parents and friends' parents in their 30s, and they just seem so much more "grown up" than I feel. I'm married, have a mortgage, will start trying for kids in the next few months, and yet I still don't feel as "grown up" as my parents seemed when I was younger. It's odd.

I'm 30 and almost share this sentiment. Though also.
1. Do we have evidence that our predecessors didn't also feel this way? I have heard countless older people talk about how quickly life goes by and how 'unprepared' they felt.
2. We're still not sure how Zoomers will turn out. Even if it is true that we're experiencing something different than previous generations, we can't be sure that the next generation won't do the same thing or be worse.

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Millennials gonna be in the retirement home with Deathly Hollow and cartoon character tattoos.

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When it comes to 'not feeling like you've grown up compared to your parents when they were your age' in all likelihood they probably felt the same.

We're all just making up shit as we go along and are anxious if we're doing the right thing. That isn't specific to any generation.

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Darmik posted...

I think we're the first generation who is still this invested in stuff we liked and watched as children yeah.

In a sense it's a good thing because who cares about being 'too mature' for liking stuff you like. But it also means way less new stuff.

Lots of old people watched football and baseball as children and are still very invested in them now.

legendary_zell posted...

Our economic prospects were kneecapped just as many of us should have been coming into our own. I don't think people were talking about millennials being particularly stunted or childish before 2008. That started in the aftermath of the Great Recession as we got wrecked by an economy of low employment, sparse or excessive hours, low worker and low worker power. We were also saddled with extreme amounts of student loan debt that we took in the expectation of a stable economy. These factors combined to make home ownership, or even moving out a pipedream for many of us.

The Great Depression generation had WWII and the New Deal to revive them and help them live normal lives. They had unions, college wasn't required. We've had the Great Recession, bailouts to further income inequality, a stagnant recovery, and now Covid and another recession when many of us are supposed to be reaching our peak incomes. It's not good, fam.

Good point. Shit's not been that great.

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I'm not entirely sure I buy this too much

Also if the definition of "never growing up" means "still maintaining an interest in some things they were interested in as kids" than that's pretty dumb

I'm in my late 20s and basically everyone I know is getting married, buying houses, and/or having kids. Seems pretty grown up to me

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Wii_Shaker posted...

I think boomers have a stronger claim to this.

You can pin boomers with a lot of shit, but not this. As a generation they were old before 40.

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vigorm0rtis posted...

You can pin boomers with a lot of shit, but not this. As a generation they were old before 40.

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TreyFlowers posted...

Kind of agree tbqh

I'm 30 this year, and I think back to my parents and friends' parents in their 30s, and they just seem so much more "grown up" than I feel. I'm married, have a mortgage, will start trying for kids in the next few months, and yet I still don't feel as "grown up" as my parents seemed when I was younger. It's odd.

I think it's because where you're at right now is where a lot of boomers were at by 25 (and I don't mean this as an insult as this is sort of the norm now).

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They might go down as the final generation since Millennials aren't having kids. :v

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Boomers were bangin out kids a lot earlier than millennials, thats for sure

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Most come home from work barely cook and stream videos.

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Austin_Era_II posted...

Most come home from work barely cook and stream videos.

What's crazy about this is that it's true regardless of the person's skill or education level. I have a handful of friends who make 4 times as much as me and they're still eating boxed mac and cheese and 5 dollar Hot and Readys on the regular while binging The Office for the Nth time.

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I think I feel this way also because a lot of the millennial generation severely lacks skills that are simply a part of life

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TC you've been charged with

3 counts of painting with the same brush
4 counts gross indecent generalizations
4 counts blowing hot air
2 counts typing words but simultaneously saying nothing

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I enjoy cooking and will do more as my kids get older. The weeks they aren't here I cook more. I don't know what the rush is to watch tv and be lazy. A decent meal at most takes under 40 mins from prep to finish.

And I find many dislike going to work and just wanna be rich when most rich people actually worked hard to get where they are.

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Austin_Era_II posted...

I enjoy cooking and will do more as my kids get older. The weeks they aren't here I cook more. I don't know what the rush is to watch tv and be lazy. A decent meal at most takes under 40 mins from prep to finish.

And I find many dislike going to work and just wanna be rich when most rich people actually worked hard to get where they are.

You have kids but made a topic about a 20 year old girl blocking you on GameFAQs? jeez

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Who gives a shit.

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Darmik posted...

When it comes to 'not feeling like you've grown up compared to your parents when they were your age' in all likelihood they probably felt the same.

We're all just making up shit as we go along and are anxious if we're doing the right thing. That isn't specific to any generation.

In other words, parents are just kids having kids ya know.

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The real problem is that fewer children are being born, people do not have stable relationships, and no one cares about long term relationships only the next hook up.

Zoomers are going to be even worse though.

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AmericaTheBrave posted...

Even Gen Z recognizes this. It's hilarious.

We'll see if they do better
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Whatever millennials are, gen z is going to be way worse. The same economic shit millennials have had to encounter is just going to intensify.

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Flockaveli posted...

Millennials gonna be in the retirement home with Deathly Hollow and cartoon character tattoos.

My experience in the rec center locker room tells me this is not something unique to millennials.

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legendary_zell posted...

Our economic prospects were kneecapped just as many of us should have been coming into our own. I don't think people were talking about millennials being particularly stunted or childish before 2008. That started in the aftermath of the Great Recession as we got wrecked by an economy of low employment, sparse or excessive hours, low worker and low worker power. We were also saddled with extreme amounts of student loan debt that we took in the expectation of a stable economy. These factors combined to make home ownership, or even moving out a pipedream for many of us.

The Great Depression generation had WWII and the New Deal to revive them and help them live normal lives. They had unions, college wasn't required. We've had the Great Recession, bailouts to further income inequality, a stagnant recovery, and now Covid and another recession when many of us are supposed to be reaching our peak incomes. It's not good, fam.

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VigorouslySwish posted...

I'm 31

Ok boomer

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Yeah, sounds about right. Every generation gets stereotyped one way or the other. That's not to say the stereotype doesn't have truths to it, but it tends to get over exaggerated because not everyone fits those stereotypes.

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Social Security and Medicare have been extremely unhelpful. A $25 trillion debt as well. All of this is damaging to financial independence. But nobody wants to talk about it and refers to it as the third rail because NIMBY. "Don't take MY benefits away! I worked for those!!" even though by and large, they didn't, it pays out more than they ever put in (particularly the city-bankrupting union pensions). The average retiree is actually getting richer due to these programs, we even pay out to the wealthiest individuals, and the ratio of current workers to retiree has dropped drastically from something like 30:1 to 3:1. People are having tons of fees taken out of their paychecks to subsidize benefits programs that will not exist by the time they get old. I would not hesitate to call it generational theft. Late socialism has failed and has left a massive debt in its wake.

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Generations are meaningless

Winners will outshine losers. When they were born is irrelevant. And I know plenty of millenials that are kicking ass

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Nothing sadder or more bitchmade than millenials hating on other millenials using the same tired ass Time Magazine talking points everybody's already heard.

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Millennials would definitely go down as the generation that never grew up, if Boomers wrote the history books. But the thing is... they won't be around to write about us. It's gonna be Gen Z or Alpha's story to tell.

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