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I can change a tire just fine, thanks. Millennials aren't responsible for raising ourselves, our boomer and gen x parents did that. Your generation started the helicopter parenting, participation trophy, self-esteem without accomplishment bullshit that fucked up a lot of my peers. The endless wars started way before I could vote (not that voting matters as we recently discovered).
By the way, who was it who told us over and over and over "follow your dream! Don't worry about money, just take out 100k in student loans studying whatever you like! Do what you love! You can do anything! You can change the world!" I grew up with that crap in my ear since I can remember. Thankfully it didn't stick (particularly the student loan thing)
>By the way, who was it who told us over and over and over "follow your dream! Don't worry about money, just take out 100k in student loans studying whatever you like! Do what you love! You can do anything! You can change the world!" I grew up with that crap in my ear since I can remember. Thankfully it didn't stick (particularly the student loan thing)
That was 10000% boomers
You nailed a very key shitty thing about Gen X'ers regarding that helicoptering parenting. I was dismayed to find other Gen X parents hovering over their kids at playgrounds and their dogs at dog parks to the point of being totally antisocial.
Yeah, I was pretty lucky having a lot more freedom than others. I had friends who weren't allowed to play in the front yard without supervision, I had friends who weren't allowed to go to sleepovers, I had friends who had to text their parents once an hour in high school. My generation had the shittiest parents that ever existed.
I remember how frustrated I got when we'd play sports in elementary and not keep score. WTF!? That's a huge part of the point. Yes it feel really bad to lose; so bad that you do your best not to feel that way again.
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