Millennials compared to your generation

Bry_Fitness70

What are some of the glaring differences between your generation and Millennials (or vice versa)? This isn't an invitation to bash, I'm just curious about what others have observed. This is anecdotal, so no hurt feelings if any generalizations don't apply to you

A big one I have noticed is energy drinks consumption. Gen X and Baby Boomers largely prefer coffee while it seems like Millenials are buying Monster (or similar brands) drinks (as observed in our work cafeteria).

eccomi_qui

Well for starters we can’t afford houses because of avocado toast

NewlifeinNW

They are younger than me

pudgy1977

eccomi_qui wrote: »

Well for starters we can’t afford houses because of avocado toast

Mmmmm Avocado Toast

JeromeBarry1

My older sisters were married and gone before they were 18.

My younger daughters aren't interested and aren't planning to leave.

eccomi_qui

JeromeBarry1 wrote: »

My older sisters were married and gone before they were 18.

My younger daughters aren't interested and aren't planning to leave.

What kind of dowry are you offering?

Bry_Fitness70

CoffeeAndContour wrote: »

I didn’t walk 5 miles to school during a snow storm.

My parents bought their gorgeous house for $149k yet the ones I’m looking at are more like a mil. How the shiz is that fair?

Also that...I’m a millennial and we grew up in the generation of “fairness” you know attendance awards

People take a lot longer to poop these days. Cause smartphones. 2 bathrooms is now a necessity.

I blame everything on Baby Boomers (maybe not the extended pooping issue), all of the good stuff fell apart under their watch...

NewlifeinNW

CoffeeAndContour wrote: »

I didn’t walk 5 miles to school during a snow storm.

My parents bought their gorgeous house for $149k yet the ones I’m looking at are more like a mil. How the shiz is that fair?

Also that...I’m a millennial and we grew up in the generation of “fairness” you know attendance awards

People take a lot longer to poop these days. Cause smartphones. 2 bathrooms is now a necessity.

Ha! I don't know, my Dad liked to do crosswords while on the toilet. I never understood it.

MonkeyMel21

eccomi_qui wrote: »

JeromeBarry1 wrote: »

My older sisters were married and gone before they were 18.

My younger daughters aren't interested and aren't planning to leave.

What kind of dowry are you offering?

hahahaha, you're my favorite @eccomi_qui

WhereIsPJSoles

You can’t use the phrase “gag me” to both generations without getting wildly different responses.

TheRoadDog

Aside from the technological issues, which makes Millennials more likely to have their noses in their phones and always taking selfies, tweeting, instagramming and texting, I think Millennials feel they are more entitled and don't have to work their way up to a level of comfort that they had at home.

I moved out in 1972, joined the Marines and when I got out 4 years later and got my own apartment, I worked 60+ hours a week. My home was furnished with a bean bag chair, a mattress on the floor, shelving for my stereo on cinder blocks and bricks. I had a hand-me-down TV that my Grandma gave me.

When my daughters moved out, they all had big-screen TV's, new cars, fully furnished apartments, the latest cell phones (which they exchange every time the next generation comes out).

I think the biggest reason that they can affect this step up in comfort is credit. I had no access to credit cards when I was their age, so I had to save up for everything and pay in full. Credit Companies are shoving credit down Millennial's throats now. It's a shame.

Bry_Fitness70

CoffeeAndContour wrote: »

Bry_Lander wrote: »

CoffeeAndContour wrote: »

I didn’t walk 5 miles to school during a snow storm.

My parents bought their gorgeous house for $149k yet the ones I’m looking at are more like a mil. How the shiz is that fair?

Also that...I’m a millennial and we grew up in the generation of “fairness” you know attendance awards

People take a lot longer to poop these days. Cause smartphones. 2 bathrooms is now a necessity.

I blame everything on Baby Boomers (maybe not the extended pooping issue), all of the good stuff fell apart under their watch...

It is a worry (at least where I live) that there may not be enough pension for the next generation because the baby boomers are taking all that too.

That and remaining in the workforce until they almost literally drop. "I don't understand why my 30-something-year-old millennial child can't find a decent paying job and move out of the house, that slacker! Ok, I'm off to work to put in a half-assed effort at the high paying office job I landed without a degree right after high school and have squatted at for 30-40 years with no intention of retiring from anytime soon."

NewlifeinNW

I think people are mostly the same regardless of generation. Superficial things change and every generation likes to think the ones younger than them suck.

WhereIsPJSoles

Those YouTube stars took a chance, man. It paid big for some of them. No different than actors and actresses who have been around forever.

TheRoadDog

TeacupsAndToning wrote: »

TheRoadDog wrote: »

Aside from the technological issues, which makes Millennials more likely to have their noses in their phones and always taking selfies, tweeting, instagramming and texting, I think Millennials feel they are more entitled and don't have to work their way up to a level of comfort that they had at home.

I moved out in 1972, joined the Marines and when I got out 4 years later and got my own apartment, I worked 60+ hours a week. My home was furnished with a bean bag chair, a mattress on the floor, shelving for my stereo on cinder blocks and bricks. I had a hand-me-down TV that my Grandma gave me.

When my daughters moved out, they all had big-screen TV's, new cars, fully furnished apartments, the latest cell phones (which they exchange every time the next generation comes out).

I think the biggest reason that they can affect this step up in comfort is credit. I had no access to credit cards when I was their age, so I had to save up for everything and pay in full. Credit Companies are shoving credit down Millennial's throats now. It's a shame.

I will agree that some people do think they are entitled to things but for the most part I disagree that millennials feel this way. I certainly don't. I think that the issue is that people are now understanding that everyone deserves a fair chance at life and it's become more glaringly obvious that the amount of money millennials are making isn't enough when you compare it to the cost of living.

The cost of getting an education continues to increase. The cost of purchasing a home is absolutely ridiculous - my grandparents, in 1975, purchased a home for $40,000.00. My dad and step mom bought their house (in 1999) for under $150,000.00. If I were to buy the same house today, in the exact same location, I would need $450,000.00 - $500,000.00.

It's very hard not to feel down about this and to desire more. I might pay a lot of attention to my phone but tbh, part of that is because I don't want to think about where I'll be in ten years, because I have no idea.

ETA: In terms of your daughters' tvs, cars, furnished apartments, did you buy those things for them? Because then that's your fault "


My daughter's (3 of them) all were responsible for their own cars, apartments and insurance. We DID help them out with furnishings. The only one we spent the most on was the youngest. She skipped a grade and then went to college at 16. At that age, she couldn't sign anything without our backing.

And, while I know that their level of comfort was paid for by me, I guess I should have said, I am pretty sure my parents' would have helped me too, but they were poor and struggled to make ends meet.

denversillygoose

My generation was never consistently shat on the way millenials are.

Caporegiem

newmeadow wrote: »

*Our jeans were much tighter and pinched in the crotch area.

You've obviously never seen me doing yard work in my cut off jeans.