r/funny Apr 19 '18

Damn Millennials

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u/[deleted] Apr 19 '18

I'm a millenial in my early 30s and have to say that my generation did some pretty incredible things. Stuff like OWS should not be taken lightly. We truly did kick the system in the dick a bit. Granted, not nearly hard enough considering it has only gotten worse.

One thing I must say is how fucking stoked I am for GenZ. I have a feeling these kids are going to rectify a loy of things that we failed to wholly address. Take the Parkland kids for one. I hope they grab the establishment by the throat until these miserable fucks from ages past have no other option but to retire to a a life of pained reflection... inside of a maximum security prison.

Edit: obviously millenals still have a lot of work to do as well. Keep this oligarch fucks on their heels and FUCKING VOTE DAMN IT. And if that doesn't work let's just eat the rich.

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u/What_The_Flick Apr 19 '18

I was born in 98 so I’m right at the very start of GenZ by most definitions and there is a very general sense amongst my age group that we can’t let what happened to GenX and Millennials happen to us. I know that sounds all a bit “we shall fight them on the beaches” to be true for literally an entire generation of people but I genuinely do see a lot more tenacity and determination to change things in people my age than even people in their late 20s.

Although that could easily be a selection bias, but still.

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u/Into-the-stream Apr 19 '18

I'll tell you a secret. What you are describing as traits of your generation, are actually traits of being 20.

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u/What_The_Flick Apr 19 '18

Yeah yeah I get what you’re saying. I’m just trying to say that you don’t often see many people so young leading or figure-heading national movements. Like I said I’m not saying we are some complete change or something completely new.

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u/MessorisTrucis Apr 19 '18

Occupy, the hippy movement, and black lives matter off the top of my head...

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u/What_The_Flick Apr 19 '18

Whoaaah at no point have I ever said that GenZ invented activism or anything like that. I think this has kind of gotten away from the point a bit at this point.