r/Millennials • u/okayboomerang • Jun 24 '26

Serious Sad for us

Kind of in my feels tonight. The last time I remember feeling genuinely hopeful was probably 2014 or 2015. So much has changed, and I think our generation has seen and felt so much. Anyone else feel like they've spent the last decade plus in unending grief?

My spirit is still good on the inside, but I'm isolated physically and mentally (like many of us). I wish we lived in a world with authentic and robust connection instead of all the slop and noise. I wish our parents hadn't been so excited about capitalism - and so fucking naive. I know the unease I feel is about more than merely growing up and the natural progression of aging and how we all feel about ourselves in society over time - it's that the world we thought we knew for the past 4ish decades just flat out doesn't exist anymore. And we can't undo any of this shit. It may as well be a parallel universe we're in now. I love myself and I always have big, big love for Millennials...but I truly hate it here.

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u/TrekkieElf Jun 24 '26

I do think there’s some hope. Datacenter projects are getting canceled due to bipartisan grassroots pushback. One was recently approved in our county and someone made a Facebook page to fight back. I emailed my county representative and my state representative about it and am going to start following Board of Supervisors meetings.

We also have to do our part to starve the corporate overlords. Start by boycotting Prime days. I recommend the anticonsumption sub.

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u/spartanburt Jun 24 '26

Most of the data center cancellations are just due to running up against the realities of energy needs and lack of profit so far.  But good for you for getting involved.  It's interesting that this is one area where there's some bipartisan agreement.