Poll of the Day > As a millennial I guess i am WOEFULLY out of touch with my own generation.

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http://www.businessinsider.com/millennials-are-killing-list-2017-8

lol what a garbage article
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Depending on whose list you go by, I'm either from the last gasp of Gen X or an OG millennial. I think there needs to be one between the two though, as I feel like neither :/
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TheCyborgNinja posted...

Depending on whose list you go by, I'm either from the last gasp of Gen X or an OG millennial. I think there needs to be one between the two though, as I feel like neither :/

Likewise. It's annoying.

I have seen my age group lumped in to a non-millennial "Generation Y", depending on who's asking.
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I too feel the same.
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I'm a proud Generation PotDer.

Just kidding, I hate us all.
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Instead, younger consumers are turning to convenient options with minimal cleanup that can be eaten on the go, from yogurt to fast-food breakfast sandwiches.

Light yogurt sales fell 8.5% in the year ended in September 2016, dropping $200 million from roughly $1.2 billion to $1 billion, according to Nielsen data.

Wider yogurt industry sales declined 1.5%, the fourth consecutive year of falling sales.

lol
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Kinda difficult to go out and spend money when there are no well-enough-paying jobs out there.
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Generations don't really exist, the term was only invented to sell books. thanks adam conover
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One of the things that I find curious about these "Millennials are ruining everything because they live so differently!" articles is that they're frequently written by boomers and pay absolutely no attention to the fact that boomers are *also* living very abnormally compared to generations past and that's having some major effects on the system.

For instance, back when the silent generation was coming of age, the general pattern of home ownership was pretty set - you buy a small starter home in your early 20s, upgrade to a larger family home in your mid-20s-to-early-30s as the kids started popping out, keep that house for 20-30ish years until the kids moved out, then retire and downsize into a smaller house in an older neighbourhood in your early-to-mid 60s before moving into a nursing home or dying within about 5 years of retirement.

Boomers aren't following the script, though. Boomers are frequently staying in large houses even into retirement and that, coupled with significantly longer lifespans (with people now expecting to live 20 years past retirement age at least), is gumming up the system. Boomers are buying and keeping big family houses, which drives up prices. That means young couples can't afford family homes, so many are staying childless and living in smaller accommodations; and since THEY'RE not upgrading either, that means young graduates can't afford even basic starter houses in many areas, so they are forced to rent.

It's easy to blame things on just one generation, but remember that influence flows from wealth and the boomers have more wealth than any other generation at the moment.
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Not to mention that "Small starter homes" don't even exist anymore.
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The problem with millennial articles is that most generalizations are complete bullshit or overlook something important. And, on a more basic level, the entire generation system doesn't really work any more due to disparities in the speed at which people have kids. It made sense for boomers and maybe even gen xers, but the innate problems have basically killed the system.
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Tropic_Sunset posted...

Instead, younger consumers are turning to convenient options with minimal cleanup that can be eaten on the go, from yogurt to fast-food breakfast sandwiches.

Light yogurt sales fell 8.5% in the year ended in September 2016, dropping $200 million from roughly $1.2 billion to $1 billion, according to Nielsen data.

Wider yogurt industry sales declined 1.5%, the fourth consecutive year of falling sales.

lol

I noticed that too. Also, Sears and Kmart are not known for high dollar, name brand clothing. I think there are a lot more problems with Sears, Kmart and other stores than blaming millennials.

It is just a weird list because I've seen another list saying eating meals at home is something more that older generations do or did.

Who buys paper napkins for use at home? We only got those for parties or holidays and that was only when I was a kid. Maybe I just didn't grow up in a fancy enough house but I can't remember seeing paper napkins at anybody's house. Paper towel makes more sense. ( maybe because I drop things all the time) as it did with my parents generation.

Sales of liquid fabric softeners fell 15% in the US from 2007 to 2015, The Wall Street Journal reported. The market leader Downy fell 26% in the same period.

According to Downy maker Procter & Gamble's head of global fabric care, millennials "don't even know what the product is for."

Fabric Softener

What is so hard to understand about that? I mean yea I don't use it a lot, but at least I know what it actually does.
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So basically overpriced, inconvenient, or outdated businesses are starting to struggle? Who would have thought?
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I thought this article was going to be about the annoying sjw college students

I mean people can buy/eat/etc whatever they want

Bunch of killers
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people 18 to 24 are not milenials anymore they are Generation Z

Millennials didn't kill brunch, brunch being completely pointless killed brunch.

DrChocolate posted...

people 18 to 24 are not milenials anymore they are Generation Z

? I'm 27.
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Most of these can be chalked up to not having the expendable income.

Except who would choose napkins over paper towels? Paper towels are better in like, every way.
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acesxhigh posted...

Generations don't really exist, the term was only invented to sell books. thanks adam conover

I don't think you fully understand the crucial importance of labelling and pigeonholing people on the basis of quite arbitrary criteria.
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TheCyborgNinja posted...

Depending on whose list you go by, I'm either from the last gasp of Gen X or an OG millennial. I think there needs to be one between the two though, as I feel like neither :/

I've mentioned this before, but the old generational cohort system is kind of outdated now, because the increasing importance of media and pop culture over historical events in society has sort of accelerated the pace of zeitgeist development.

In other words, in the old days a cohort that spanned 20-30 years made sense, and would likely have a similar outlook and demographics, but in modern times 10 years is about the longest you can cap a group and still get them to identify well with each other.

If anything, the Internet's usual trend of dividing people up as "80s kids", "90s kids", and "00s kids" is probably a better system at this point.

Especially when, as you pointed out, most people can't agree on an official definition of what the older generation groups are and when they start/end anyway.


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Am I a millenial as a person born in 1999?
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Boomers: "Why don't millennial like the things I like?! How dare they!"

Most of the things on that list are crap or unnecessary.
Younger people are becoming more aware of these things. That's all.
I'm an old dude, and except for beer and American football, I don't buy into any of that stuff.
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as well as the fact that they're drinking less alcohol than older generations more generally.

Welp, looks like I'm making up for the rest of my generation
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How dare millennials not have more money when wages are lower than ever!
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kids will be kids. i just found out i'm a millennial last week, but i was born in the 80s. How is that possible. i thought i was Generation Y.


How can a generation be 37 years old and still be consider a teenager in highschool?
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Riveting news, businesses that sell stuff that a large demographic of people don't want are failing.
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rexcrk posted...

Kinda difficult to go out and spend money when there are no well-enough-paying jobs out there.

The trick is to spend other people's money (with their consent).
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http://time.com/247/millennials-the-me-me-me-generation/
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Millenials are killing journalists' ability to write articles that aren't shit.
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Don't blame the customers, blame the industries for failing to adapt.
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Some elders have complained about youth and the youth complained about their elders since time began. Nothing new. The old forget what it was like to be young and the young don't think they will ever get old.

ernieforss posted...

kids will be kids. i just found out i'm a millennial last week, but i was born in the 80s. How is that possible. i thought i was Generation Y.


How can a generation be 37 years old and still be consider a teenager in highschool?

Wiki says millenials are another name for gen y.
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papercup posted...

Don't blame the customers, blame the industries for failing to adapt.

LOLOLOL @ Homeownership

THIS JUST IN: People can't afford to buy houses and thus less people are buying houses?!
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qN5zw04WxCc
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Duck-I-Says posted...

Boomers: "Why don't millennial like the things I like?! How dare they!"

Boomers don't even know or care that millennials exist.

Most of the complaints you hear about millennials are coming from the younger Gen Xers and the oldest of the Gen Y crowd (who themselves are technically millennials now, which goes back into the whole "the terminology is hopelessly flawed" discussion).


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They listed yogurt as a contributor to cereal's downfall but then later names yogurt as an industry that is failing.
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acesxhigh posted...

Generations don't really exist, the term was only invented to sell books. thanks adam conover

Wait which episode is that from? I thought I'd seen them all... :(

JOExHIGASHI posted...

They listed yogurt as a contributor to cereal's downfall but then later names yogurt as an industry that is failing.

Clickbait articles aren't known for quality or consistency.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BGrfhsxxmdE
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I hate all these articles about millennials.

Like young people don't act out? Like hippies weren't a thing? Personally I don't even know anyone who fits the attitudes people try to ascribe to me.

Then there is all the people trying to call millennials lazy when we literally don't have the opportunities previous generations had. Nothing better than going into a job interview for an entry level position and seeing my competition is someone 20-30 years older than me with prior experience in the field.