Millennials

[Bruce Wayne]

Yoof of today.

 

[Groucho]

What even is one?

People who were born after I started work.

 

[Moomin]

With the potential of World War 3 upon us these millennials will be our front line against Russia and China.

Think I'll be defecting to China and starting up a new business of skinnings millennials sleeve tattoos to make t-shirts with.

 

[The Cowboy]

Yoof of today.

Only an old fogie would say 'yoof'. It's 'yute' these days, fam.

 

[hallamblue]

Like any generation, you can't say Millennials are anything. They are all individuals. My eldest is 13. He works hard at school, he's polite and the teachers all love him. He is also a caring human being who values others and respects their opinion. That said, he's also a narky git who shouts a lot. People are complex, and stereotyping a whole generation helps nobody. Sorry for the serious post I know the thread is tongue in cheek.

 

[Naisy'sCharitableLeanings]

Sense of entitlement off the charts, want everything now and to hell with earning it. Thanks to social media, they have knowledge a mile wide but an inch deep. Work ethic nowhere near that of older generations. Apart from that, they're sound.

Nicely summed up right there

 

[Naisy'sCharitableLeanings]

Like any generation, you can't say Millennials are anything. They are all individuals. My eldest is 13. He works hard at school, he's polite and the teachers all love him. He is also a caring human being who values others and respects their opinion. That said, he's also a narky git who shouts a lot. People are complex, and stereotyping a whole generation helps nobody. Sorry for the serious post I know the thread is tongue in cheek.

Don't think your son counts as a millenial. It's the group in their early to mid twenties - the Childline generation that knows its rights, but not its responsibilities, and thinks that everything life has to offer is its God given entitlement.

 

[Bruce Wayne]

Only an old fogie would say 'yoof'. It's 'yute' these days, fam.

Really? Yute? What does that even mean? Bloody yute of today, butchering our language.

 

[The binman chronicles]

Don't think your son counts as a millenial. It's the group in their early to mid twenties - the Childline generation that knows its rights, but not its responsibilities, and thinks that everything life has to offer is its God given entitlement.

Amazingly the common definitions consider anyone born on or after 1982 count as a millennial. I thought it was late nineties. Every day is a school day...

 

[Blue Cheese]

Sadly lacking in respect and discipline. Most of them are horrible little shits.

 

[Mikey_Fitzgerald]

Gen X and Millennials can do one

Generation Y represent!!!

 

[orly]

People who were born after I started work.

835am???

 

[Baines' left foot]

Generally smarter than previous generations and are more caring about the environment and future of our planet, unlike the "I'll be dead by then" attitude of older generations.

 

[Kiwi]

Sense of entitlement off the charts, want everything now and to hell with earning it. Thanks to social media, they have knowledge a mile wide but an inch deep. Work ethic nowhere near that of older generations. Apart from that, they're sound.

I can't say that my work ethic differs to that of any generation that I know thank you?
Every generation faces different burdens.
I'm looking at multiple years worth of a full salary to put down as a just a deposit, and many more years to fully own that house. I'm facing a significant burden of student loan which prior generations did not face on entering the workforce. I'm facing an increasingly bizarre and broken political and monetary system which previous generations have broken and which offers no support to my values. My taxes will only rise from this point to support the financial burden of the retirement and healthcare of those generations prior. You say this as though the future we look forward to is a positive one, yet it is one with concerning right wing despots and madmen in power. And it was the previous generations that got us to this point.
Thanks guys

 

[hallamblue]

Don't think your son counts as a millenial. It's the group in their early to mid twenties - the Childline generation that knows its rights, but not its responsibilities, and thinks that everything life has to offer is its God given entitlement.

The point still stands. I have a number of Millennials who work for me. Some are hard-working and diligent, some are lazy and disrespectful. I think parents have to take some responsibility.