Poll of the Day > Why are the people in my generation so freaking inept?

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Look at this shit you're guilty of: http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2015/02/03/7-reasons-millennials-are-the-worst-generation/
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I'd rather not click on a Brietbart link, thanks.
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Pretty accurate
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It's sad people put more effort into creating satire as opposed to actual news now :/

They Think Colbert Should Be President.

According to the latest Fusion poll, Hillary Clinton handily defeats all comers among millennials. But their real preference is for Stephen Colbert, host of The Colbert Report, who spends his time playing a mock-up of the worst stereotypes about conservatives. 19 percent of millennials say that they’d like to see him as president, versus 17 percent each for Jon Stewart and Tina Fey. Dave Chappelle clocks in at a competitive 15 percent.

They Don’t Know Anything About Politics.

Seventy seven percent of millennials couldn’t name a senator from their home state, according to the Fusion poll. But they do love the government – 57 percent say that government is helpful rather than harmful. In fact, according to a Reason Foundation poll from 2014, millennials hate both political parties but somehow have a higher opinion of Congress than any other age group, and 42 percent favor socialism over capitalism.

They Don’t Know Anything About Money.

According to a 2013 Bank of America/USA Today survey, millennials say they’re smart with their cash. They’re not. Over half admit they’re “living from paycheck to paycheck,” according to CNBC.com, and “many are still living with or living off their parents.” More than one in three still draw cash or resources from mom and dad. But one in three are also saving for vacations, and they’re saving for vacations rather than homes. But good news: over 80 percent say they’ll be richer than their parents.

They Disproportionately Oppose Vaccination.

According to a recent YouGov poll, young people oppose vaccination more than any other age group. One in five millennials believe that vaccines cause a*****, a scientifically-disproven nostrum trotted out by idiots in Marin County. A plurality of millennials therefore believe that government should not mandate vaccinations for diseases like measles, mumps, and whooping cough, as opposed to large majorities of those of older generations who actually remember what the world was like when people died of polio.

They Smoke.

These medical geniuses also smoke more than other generations. According to Ipsos, 23 percent of millennials admit to smoking, more than 35-54 year olds or even those aged 55+. More than one in three young people admit to hiding their cigarette use from others. Because they’re responsible and all.

They’re Lazy.

A 2014 YouGov poll shows that 69 percent of Americans think those under 30 are lazy. Even a majority of young people, 55 percent, say that their generation is lazier than past generations. Overall, 31 percent of people aged 18-29 think adults over 30 are harder workers than they are. Sixty percent of Americans think that millennials lack purpose. It’s hard to argue when millennials are still whining about student loans and Obamacare at age 26, which is probably why 57 percent of people under 30 agree that they lack purpose.

They’re High on Self-Esteem.

Thanks to their perennial adolescence, helped along by parents, media, and government, millennials believe they’re smarter than they are, and certainly wait to involve themselves in social institutions like marriage, which would require them to stop being selfish jackasses. As sociologist Jean Twenge writes, millennials are uninterested in the society around them, less likely to help the environment, less likely to “say they wanted a job that was helpful to others or was worthwhile to society.” Twenge skews left, by the way.

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I bet we could find about the same things said about the hippies if not worse.

LMFAO
Researches based on longitudinal studies instead of shit polls show youths of different generations are all very similar in that they are all highly varied as one would expect to see in normal humans.
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and certainly wait to involve themselves in social institutions like marriage, which would require them to stop being selfish jackasses.

... huh?
Is he saying that marriage is something altruistic? Or for people with low self-esteem?
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VeeVees posted...

LMFAO
Researches based on longitudinal studies instead of shit polls show youths of different generations are all very similar in that they are all highly varied as one would expect to see in normal humans.

Yeah I feel that lumping entire generations into a single personality is completely asinine. Whoever believes that dribble doesn't know anything about anything.
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I'd rag on breitbart, but this isnt really that bad for them, so eh.

They're a lot worse when they complain the new budget is 400 pages longer than your average bible though.

I think social media plays a large part. There's a much greater obsession with being the center of attention nowadays so fewer people want to be the average blue collar worker bc it's not cool or interesting

darn millennials!!! *shakes fist*
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Honestly I call bullshit on all of this!
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Let's add that it's the generation of the eternally offended as well

Wait... do people actually buy into this nonsense? This fake news seems really targeted to a group of people who allegedly hate fake news...

certainly wait to involve themselves in social institutions like marriage, which would require them to stop being selfish jackasses

I mean, I'm a 33 year old Brit and I never want to marry because I don't see the point in it. If you love someone, why does a ring and a piece of paper need to be required to prove it?
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Sarcasthma posted...

I'd rather not click on a Brietbart link, thanks.

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enterthemadrox posted...

certainly wait to involve themselves in social institutions like marriage, which would require them to stop being selfish jackasses

I mean, I'm a 33 year old Brit and I never want to marry because I don't see the point in it. If you love someone, why does a ring and a piece of paper need to be required to prove it?

Vow of commitment. Tax advantages.
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Bump.
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enterthemadrox posted...

certainly wait to involve themselves in social institutions like marriage, which would require them to stop being selfish jackasses

I mean, I'm a 33 year old Brit and I never want to marry because I don't see the point in it. If you love someone, why does a ring and a piece of paper need to be required to prove it?

For legal reasons, yes. If you aren't married and one of you dies, the other could actually be shut out of inheriting the house or money or possessions by the family of the deceased, even if a will exists.
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I agree, most millennials are garbage people.

It just helps us that aren't shine.

Keep being shitty fellow millennials.
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Millennials are cool guys. Way better than every generation before them as not as stupid and immoral as the generation after them.
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MrMelodramatic posted...

Millennials are cool guys. Way better than every generation before them as not as stupid and immoral as the generation after them.

Every gen thinks their's is the best and that the last gen was bad.
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TyVulpine posted...

MrMelodramatic posted...

Millennials are cool guys. Way better than every generation before them as not as stupid and immoral as the generation after them.

Every gen thinks their's is the best and that the last gen was bad.

Yeah but my generation thinks it better than the other generations.
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TyVulpine posted...

MrMelodramatic posted...

Millennials are cool guys. Way better than every generation before them as not as stupid and immoral as the generation after them.

Every gen thinks their's is the best and that the last gen was bad.

I think every generation has their strengths and weaknesses. Millenials are far more knowledgeable than any previous generation thanks to the internet but millenials, by and large, lack character compared to older generations

Literally posting a Breitbart article. Go away ICOYAR.
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OhhhJa posted...

but millenials, by and large, lack character compared to older generations

you forgot to put "thanks to the internet" after :/
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Junpeiclover posted...

OhhhJa posted...

but millenials, by and large, lack character compared to older generations

you forgot to put "thanks to the internet" after :/

We all know the sad truth anyway

Millennials seem to have an issue with looking down their nose at other people.

*COUGH*THISTOPIC*COUGH*
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Junpeiclover posted...

OhhhJa posted...

but millenials, by and large, lack character compared to older generations

you forgot to put "thanks to the internet" after :/

In my day, we had to use the encyclopedia to research stuff! (Which was horribly out of date. I had to use it in high school, back in 1991-95, and the encyclopedia set was from around 1983, when Reagan was president...)
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JTekashiro posted...

Wait... do people actually buy into this nonsense? This fake news seems really targeted to a group of people who allegedly hate fake news...

Odd because the South keeps being offended that they are losing their runners up rag.

Am I going to listen from a site that puts Trump up as a prophet?

Because we all know Trump is soo smart.

Also, I like how Conservatives hate common core so much. It's pretty funny watching old men rage over 3rd grade subjects.

DarkwingDidi posted...

Sarcasthma posted...

I'd rather not click on a Brietbart link, thanks.

I think it was Jane Austen who once said, "It's a truth universally acknowledged that Millennials suck."

(Granted, the idea of generational cohorts as a thing basically stopped existing around Generation X. The entire continued use of "generations" -- which no longer refers to actual generations of the population -- is both silly and arbitrary.)

They Don’t Know Anything About Politics. Seventy seven percent of millennials couldn’t name a senator from their home state, according to the Fusion poll. But they do love the government – 57 percent say that government is helpful rather than harmful. In fact, according to a Reason Foundation poll from 2014, millennials hate both political parties but somehow have a higher opinion of Congress than any other age group, and 42 percent favor socialism over capitalism.

I can see it.
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Solid Sonic posted...

breitbart

Yeah no thanks champ
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jamieyello3 posted...

Also, I like how Conservatives hate common core so much. It's pretty funny watching old men rage over 3rd grade subjects.

Who actually likes common core?
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