This thread is confusing. The OP hates the people in the video yet is pretty much co-signing everything that they said
Alright, my point is this. Yes, we know the boomers f*cked up everything...
but we really need to stop playing the blame game cause it goes BOTH WAYS. NOTHING IS CHANGING!
The economy is not going back to what it was. At the same time, I will admit my generation is steeped in unrealistic expectations of the world especially in the face of an everchanging reality.
I'm just sick of this generation's mentality of getting by by doing as little possible. While it's alright to feel someway about jobs disappearing, if you majored in something stupid and not practical like 17th Century Literature, Sanskrit, or Lesbian Studies and expect to find a $45,000 job right out of school, you are fooling yourself. I believe in working towards one's passions, but it's all about risk versus reward. Frankly, there should be more reward than risk in anything one does. If there isn't, there is no point.
Case in point: The creative class that all of the major cities are burying themselves trying to cater to. Yes, I know that industry has been shipped out but this is not sustainable. Also, I think about the overwhelming amout of art and creative majors that came out of college last year. More than the sciences, math, tech, and other applied trade degrees combined!
Here in Bushwick, Brooklyn, there are just way too many people I see that think they are going to beat the odds and eventually make it in the music industry, fashion industry, as an artist, as a musician or something creative like that. Those industries ae undergoing such an overhaul and really there's nothing long lasting about them and the window of failure compared to success is OVERWHELMING.
Those people in this generation would rather work some job that's "fun" or "cool" than do something that actually makes money. There are some that even scoff and look down on people that actually work REAL jobs that require skill and don't have any sort of glamour. In reality, I think it's because they have been living this reality (more like fantasy world) and lifestyle of low expectations that were fostered by enabling parents who gave them praise for every bowel movement they made and participation trophies for just showing up.
I think the quote that applies most to this generation...my generation...is this one from the Simpsons. This is from the episode when Bart buys a guitar and wants to be a rock star...
Homer: Son, come here. Of course I'm not mad.
If something's hard to do, then it's not worth doing. You just stick that guitar in the garage next to your short-wave radio, your karate outfit, and your unicycle, and we'll go and watch TV.
I see way too much of this. This is why most people this generation would rather do something simple that doesn't require any effort and makes the bare minimum than do something truly challenging where the rewards all around can be great. Facing adversity and challenges (and overcoming them) BUILDS CHARACTER! How can anybody know how good they can be at something if they don't even try! Not only that, but getting into a profession where it's challenging and there are things that can be learned that can go a long way teaches so much in terms of self-worth and personal value. It isn't even about money.
But no...if it's too hard, or if it involves alot of information and big words and having to get licensed or certified, or if it takes too much time out of the day or if you have to wake up at 6 in the morning to get to work at 8 or have to be there for more than 8 hours or if there's no computer at work that you can mess around on tumblr/twitter/instagram...it's just not worth doing. That's an excuse and a cop out. That's why I think people like that are PATHETIC! They can't even fail cause they never bothered to TRY!
The PETER PAN generation!
So yes, I can get mad at Anakin who would rather work as an intern at the SUPER KEWL HIP AND TRENDY Fashion Magazine #456 that's about to shut it's doors down in 4 months cause they're going bankrupt and let's mommy and daddy pay his rent and bills as well as Bob who's now in the upper management of his company who dropped out of college and got a good paying job when he was 22 in 1979.
How long can we play the blame game for and whine about our predicament? That's why we look pathetic IMO. F*ck that. You can either change and step yourself up to make a difference or you can whine and continue to sound like a broken record. Frankly, I'm going to make a difference and make lemonade out of the lemons that life gives me.
This is what I was trying to say, but I don't think anyone would even get it.
And please don't equate my disgust of the people in this video with anything further than that cause that is not me at all...you will know I criticize damn near everybody when I feel they are worth it.
