Very interesting video on the ideas of how and why this generation think and do the things they do.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HSY5pJ8bycs

Well worth the 15 minutes.

It's actually pretty good.

wow, 2:35 to 3:05 is full of truth.

Fair and truthful overall. Although it's pretty counter productive to generalize an entire generation.

Which is it? Is Gen Y a bunch of narcissists or is all sense of self-worth completely destroyed?

(01-05-2017 12:15 PM)WalkThePlank Wrote:  Fair and truthful overall. Although it's pretty counter productive to generalize an entire generation.

When talking about *an entire* generation you have to generalize. Otherwise we need to have 75,400,000 conversations. One for each and every American millennial.

I think he is dead on. The technology part goes further than just young people though. "Smart Phones" have become an addiction to damn near everyone. I fully admit I spend way too much time on mine...doing damn near nothing of importance.

(01-05-2017 12:41 PM)Fo Shizzle Wrote:  I think he is dead on. The technology part goes further than just young people though. "Smart Phones" have become an addiction to damn near everyone. I fully admit I spend way too much time on mine...doing damn near nothing of importance.

Hey, those candies aren't going to crush themselves!

If I drive home without a seatbelt and crash, I might survive, but generally it is not a good idea. We all speak generally all the time. Stop diverting the topic with bullschit arguments. Fact of the matter is genarally, boomers did a schit job raising the millennials. Us latch key Gen X kids that were supposed to be all phucked up from abandonment wound up much better off than this overly protected, coddled group of pu$$ies... in general. Some of them, I assume, are good people.

(01-05-2017 12:41 PM)Fo Shizzle Wrote:  I think he is dead on. The technology part goes further than just young people though. "Smart Phones" have become an addiction to damn near everyone. I fully admit I spend way too much time on mine...doing damn near nothing of importance.

and before that people spent too much time in front of the TV doing nothing of importance. Before that it was the radio, etc.

(01-05-2017 12:19 PM)EigenEagle Wrote:  Which is it? Is Gen Y a bunch of narcissists or is all sense of self-worth completely destroyed?

I'd imagine when you are in your 30s, have no place of your own, and haven't the faintest prospect of ever making your own family, your sense of self-worth goes to schit; however, narcissism is certainly a root cause of the situation. How many times do you hear "I wouldn't live there" "I'm worth $60k because I have a degree" "I worked a lot of hours and deserve a promotion" "That job is beneath me". That attitude in one's 20s ultimately leads to the person in their 30s with no self-worth.

I do agree with most of what this gentlemen is saying.

Ultimately it comes down to this.

No matter what your upbringing was or what has or has not happened to you in life there comes a time when no one but you are responsible for your actions, your well being, and your happiness. Gadgets or phones have nothing to do with it.

(01-05-2017 12:44 PM)fsquid Wrote:  

(01-05-2017 12:41 PM)Fo Shizzle Wrote:  I think he is dead on. The technology part goes further than just young people though. "Smart Phones" have become an addiction to damn near everyone. I fully admit I spend way too much time on mine...doing damn near nothing of importance.

and before that people spent too much time in front of the TV doing nothing of importance. Before that it was the radio, etc.

Correct, it isn't the technology itself. It is the inability to relate and interact with people. Too many never learned. Now you have you tube videos and linkedin articles on schit like how to talk to your boss or conference room ettiquette. Are you kidding me?

(01-05-2017 12:43 PM)EverRespect Wrote:  Fact of the matter is genarally, boomers did a schit job raising the millennials. Us latch key Gen X kids that were supposed to be all phucked up from abandonment wound up much better off than this overly protected, coddled group of pu$$ies... in general. Some of them, I assume, are good people.

Weren't most of you Gen Xers raised by Boomers?

(01-05-2017 01:03 PM)QuestionSocratic Wrote:  

(01-05-2017 12:43 PM)EverRespect Wrote:  Fact of the matter is genarally, boomers did a schit job raising the millennials. Us latch key Gen X kids that were supposed to be all phucked up from abandonment wound up much better off than this overly protected, coddled group of pu$$ies... in general. Some of them, I assume, are good people.

Weren't most of you Gen Xers raised by Boomers?

I was raised by Boomers, but a lot of my peers were raised by parents from the so-called "Silent Generation" (born from the 20s to the early 40s). Not to mention, our grandparents, aunts and uncles from "The Greatest Generation" as Tom Brokaw refers to; played a heavy hand in our upbringing as well.

Just think about how bad the next generation will be!

As soon as you think something is wrong with the current generation, it's a sure sign that you are old and grumpy.

(01-05-2017 12:31 PM)Bull_Is_Back Wrote:  

(01-05-2017 12:15 PM)WalkThePlank Wrote:  Fair and truthful overall. Although it's pretty counter productive to generalize an entire generation.

When talking about *an entire* generation you have to generalize. Otherwise we need to have 75,400,000 conversations. One for each and every American millennial.

I'm aware of that...but not everyone fits the generalization. It's basically like another version of identity politics.

(01-05-2017 12:44 PM)fsquid Wrote:  

(01-05-2017 12:41 PM)Fo Shizzle Wrote:  I think he is dead on. The technology part goes further than just young people though. "Smart Phones" have become an addiction to damn near everyone. I fully admit I spend way too much time on mine...doing damn near nothing of importance.

and before that people spent too much time in front of the TV doing nothing of importance. Before that it was the radio, etc.

But...The TV is still a giant part of everyones life. Now we diddle the phone while watching it.