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7/18/2017 4:57pm
7/18/2017 4:57pm
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7/24/2017 10:02am
Not to generalize...but I went out to dinner the other night with four young females (friends of friends). This is a business conference in San Diego and we had a chance to go out on the town. They didn't know it. but I am old enough to be a Dad in this group.
I am sucking down a massive Margarita, One of these girls orders a drink and a beer- the others? water. They were all vegetarian. Conversation skills? Not so much. Very serious. One chick said her Uber driver was telling her that he grows weed-- "made her very uncomfortable." I told them I had a medical pot card and got an awkward silence (this is freaking California). One says "All my friends want to work for Sierra Club." Ugh.
My sense is these kids were raised in households where they were warned that everything (meat, alcohol, weed, CO2) will kill them.
Not that they had some responsibility to be fun or something, but damn...what a bore these kids were. My young nieces are the same way. We went to the beach and they wouldn't go near the water. Why? No lifeguard. It's no wonder that young people aren't into doing something as dangerous and environmentally insensitive as racing motocross!
I am sucking down a massive Margarita, One of these girls orders a drink and a beer- the others? water. They were all vegetarian. Conversation skills? Not so much. Very serious. One chick said her Uber driver was telling her that he grows weed-- "made her very uncomfortable." I told them I had a medical pot card and got an awkward silence (this is freaking California). One says "All my friends want to work for Sierra Club." Ugh.
My sense is these kids were raised in households where they were warned that everything (meat, alcohol, weed, CO2) will kill them.
Not that they had some responsibility to be fun or something, but damn...what a bore these kids were. My young nieces are the same way. We went to the beach and they wouldn't go near the water. Why? No lifeguard. It's no wonder that young people aren't into doing something as dangerous and environmentally insensitive as racing motocross!
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https://www.careerplanner.com/Career-Articles/Generations.cfm
Sucky people exist in every generation for the exact same reasons since the dawn of time.
In the end it doesn't matter what generation you are because there was boring and cool people before Millennial was even a thing and there's going to be boring and cool people long into the future.
If you find them boring just find other people you can associate with it. It's that simple really. They might of been boring to you but I'm sure they enjoyed being amongst themselves since they had stuff in common.
To say all Millenials are boring from one simple interaction is pretty ignorant in my opinion and I'm not just saying that because I'm one of them.
That would be like saying people that grew up in the late 60's and 70's are all pot smoking, acid dropping hippies which couldn't be further from the truth.
I think the problem is incomes these days aren't high enough to facilitate being fun. I work 6 days a week to get by, and thats as a sales manager at a dealership. Pretty tough to have much fun when you're always worried about whether you're going to be able to pay the bills.
Pit Row
Millennials are people who were born between the year 1980 and 2000. According to Nestpick, Millennials are "often defined by their affinity with technology, their entrepreneurial mindset, and their revitalising effects on cities. For all their positive attributes, this demographic is also well-documented for their highly expectant standards, and will not stay long in a location that does not match their criteria."
The study
Nestpick has deemed Amsterdam the best city in the world to live and visit if you are a millennial. It won over Berlin and Munich.The Berlin-based company chose 16 categories to assess each city by including scores for employment, start-ups, tourism, housing, transport, health, access to contraception, food, internet speed, Apple stores, gender equality, immigration tolerance, pro-LGBT, night scene, beer and festival ranking. Amsterdam scored high across the board, but if millennials are looking for a cheap beer, they’re better off going to Eastern Europe.
Top 10 cities
1. Amsterdam, Netherlands
2. Berlin, Germany
3. Munich, Germany
4. Lisbon, Portugal
5. Antwerp, Belgium
6. Barcelona, Spain
7. Lyon, France
8. Cologne, Germany
9. Paris, France
10. Vancouver, Canada
"Millennials travel more at a younger age than any of their preceding generations; this gives them the possibility to find the perfect city for their personal needs," said Ömer Kücükdere, Managing Director at Nestpick. "With ageing populations, cities must cater to the Millennial demographic in order to sustain a thriving economy."
Sorry Couldn't Resist...
Anyway, teach them to wrench, and appreciate their work. Teach the kids as much as possible, and definitely let them push their limits.
Yeah, sure, it took an undergraduate degree, some intense US government scrutiny, and 16 weeks under the tutelage of USMC drill instructors to get there, but still, it was rarely boring. Tedious? Taxing? Grueling? Oh, hells yeah! But not boring.
The older generation constantly bashes us, and i agree some deserve it but there are shit heads in every generation. I graduated high school in 07, try starting your adult life in a dead-as-a-doornail economy. Didnt matter how eager or willing i was no jobs were available and if you got hired somehwere full time for 10 bucks an hour you better thank your lucky stars
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