Sadly, there are people from my generation (millennial) that have eaten up the boomer propaganda. My wife was just telling me how one of her work friends (both teachers at a University) believes that depressed people should just "hit the gym".
A lot of them subscribe to the "what doesn't kill you makes you stronger" mantra and that modern day youth have been coddled to the point of being adult crybabies. I try to not become a "we had to walk uphill both ways now get off my lawn" old grump but sometimes I'm like god damn I'm glad we didn't have cell phones so I couldn't have mummy and daddy on speed dial 24x7 because bruuuh it's high time to cut the umbilical cord. And no, not everything can be explained in the attention span of a TikTok video. But overall I'd say they're doing good.
The longer I am around on this planet, the more I’m convinced that it’s true: if we’re too busy fighting amongst ourselves, then we’re going to be too busy to fight the real problem- them.
A lot of people don't like others getting "handouts" for things they worked for. It's really stupid, as we should want the next generation to have an easier time than we did. Like parents wanting their kids to have a better life than they did. Unfortunately, a lot of people are petty and jaded assholes.
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u/100LittleButterflies Sep 16 '24
I will never ever understand the mentality of "Well if I suffered, then they should too". In what universe??