Section 31 posted:

You hate your children?

A Strange Aeon posted:

How much should they charge?

A Strange Aeon posted:

How much should they charge?

Beef Turret posted:

ChickenWyngz posted:

The guy who wants to quit his job and become an artist/musician/game Dev in e/n is pretty millennial

Toadstrieb posted:

I'm genuinely not sure if you're trolling me or not, but what we are asking is, "do millennials suck, and why?", and I'm answering that question in a way that's relevant to what's been in the thread recently, ie, this dude and his art project.

Are you trying to defend him? Because his work isn't even really what I'm honing in on, its the way in which it is in itself emblematic of the problem with millennials--they're easily duped and they like to be duped.

To break it down further, some would argue that a lack of critical insight and ability to be easily pandered to are two criteria for being poo poo people.

Let me argue for you though and go a step further to assert, as I bet you are, that "nothing matters" , so it's dumb to get upset about anything, culture included, OR perhaps you're one of those quasi-nihilists who's actually a closet positivist and is excited by anything you see, as long as you don't have to be critical of it.

I really hope you have more to say than that, but I'm also pretty sure you'll just shitpost again.

notZaar posted:

Everybody in gbs is pretty millennial, except maybe for genesplicer and other Olds

MeLKoR posted:

I remember the Cold War.

waitwhatno posted:

Hopper posted:

Please tell me this is not real?

Chomp8645 posted:

It's probably fake if for no other reason than I can't imagine any institution encouraging people to run on the stairs.

Hopper posted:

Please tell me this is not real?

Section 31 posted:

You hate your children?

plain blue jacket posted:

I'm glad you can decipher what toad is saying because to me it seemed like incoherent nonsense.

Booblord Zagats posted:

Like a toe learned to dress itself

Ocean Book posted:

he's saying that businesses pretend to buy into cultural or subcultural identity markers to promote sales among targeted demographics. Also he seems to think this is something that is happening uniquely to millennials, who are completely oblivious to it

Ocean Book posted:

Sorry for this late reply.

I have really strong values I hold dearly, and a distaste for the commercialization of the world is one of them. I agree with your points about how corporations use a veneer of affability to hide an alienating production process.

However I think that you thinking that millenials are somehow unaware that corporations manipulate them is extremely funny. There isn't a person in america over the age of 14 who isn't aware of the truthbombs you are dropping

plain blue jacket posted:

no millenials are all stupid and easily tricked. I know this as a fact because I am 40 and have a bad back.

blarzgh posted:

The biggest and maybe only real difference is that Millennials think "respect" means "giving/getting what you want." Older generations taught and learned that 'respect' means earning the trust and appreciation of others through hard work and honesty. To older generations, 'acceptance' as a part of life, in part because there will always be things that can't be changed, and in part because the value of the struggle is most often greater than the value of avoidance. Suffering through some hardships makes you better in the end. To Millennials, its a concept that's been inverted.

Millennials reject that notion, that anyone should ever have to face discomfort, failure, or disappointment of any kind. The leaders of their zeitgeist grew up never being told, "no" and the rest latch on to the notion, in response to whatever particular discomfort they'd like to avoid. The natural immutability of some things, like simple biology, or the inability to control other people's minds, causes the majority of the mental gymnastics in their philosophies.

I think older generations learned that occasional disappointment makes people stronger and better, and sometimes someone is going to tell you, "no." Millennials didn't.

blarzgh posted:

Older generations taught and learned that 'respect' means earning the trust and appreciation of others through hard work and honesty.

Awesome Welles posted:

lol if anyone actually believes this

ethanol posted:

did you walk into an open manhole while texting

blarzgh posted:

The biggest and maybe only real difference is that Millennials think "respect" means "giving/getting what you want." Older generations taught and learned that 'respect' means earning the trust and appreciation of others through hard work and honesty. To older generations, 'acceptance' as a part of life, in part because there will always be things that can't be changed, and in part because the value of the struggle is most often greater than the value of avoidance. Suffering through some hardships makes you better in the end. To Millennials, its a concept that's been inverted.

Millennials reject that notion, that anyone should ever have to face discomfort, failure, or disappointment of any kind. The leaders of their zeitgeist grew up never being told, "no" and the rest latch on to the notion, in response to whatever particular discomfort they'd like to avoid. The natural immutability of some things, like simple biology, or the inability to control other people's minds, causes the majority of the mental gymnastics in their philosophies.

I think older generations learned that occasional disappointment makes people stronger and better, and sometimes someone is going to tell you, "no." Millennials didn't.

blarzgh posted:

The biggest and maybe only real difference is that Millennials think "respect" means "giving/getting what you want." Older generations taught and learned that 'respect' means earning the trust and appreciation of others through hard work and honesty. To older generations, 'acceptance' as a part of life, in part because there will always be things that can't be changed, and in part because the value of the struggle is most often greater than the value of avoidance. Suffering through some hardships makes you better in the end. To Millennials, its a concept that's been inverted.

Millennials reject that notion, that anyone should ever have to face discomfort, failure, or disappointment of any kind. The leaders of their zeitgeist grew up never being told, "no" and the rest latch on to the notion, in response to whatever particular discomfort they'd like to avoid. The natural immutability of some things, like simple biology, or the inability to control other people's minds, causes the majority of the mental gymnastics in their philosophies.

I think older generations learned that occasional disappointment makes people stronger and better, and sometimes someone is going to tell you, "no." Millennials didn't.

Decrepus posted:

I find that my old lovely co-workers assume they should be respected even though they suck at their jobs and should have been put out to pasture long ago.

blarzgh posted:

Older generations taught and learned that 'respect' means earning the trust and appreciation of others through hard work and honesty by not being born a negro, irish, or chinese.

ethanol posted:

did you walk into an open manhole while texting

Runaktla posted:

Sylink posted:

Moridin920 posted:

Awesome Welles posted:

plain blue jacket posted:

Decrepus posted:

blarzgh posted:

Darth123123 posted:

ye of little faith in the levels self absorbtion of millienials
http://abcnews.go.com/US/university-utah-installs-texting-lane-stairs/story?id=31837460

plain blue jacket posted:

you truly are the puppetmaster