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Maybe it was just deinal, but, according to what I saw today, I count as "Generation X." Sure, I'm the tail end of it and it's a lot like astrology, when you're at the end you're really not that much like the ones before you, but, still...
Apparently the kids born between 1980 and 1990 are being called "millennials" as well as "Gen Y" (not enough time to spell out the whole word, y'see).
Don't get me wrong; I don't outright dislike "Gen Y". In all honesty, I fit better with them, get along with them more (generally) and so on. I just get classified as an X.
What does worry me about Gen Y is their blind optimism. They may be more cynical, or at least cautious, than their parents, but that's not saying much: their parents are idiots. (YOU tell ME who elected Jimmy Carter as well as gave us 8 years of "President Bubba")
That same nonsensical gibberish that gave us 8 years of Arkansas' "finest" is threatening to follow up with Illinois this time around.
The kids have hope.
The kids want change.
The kids also like someone closer to their own age who can "rap" with them and speak on their level (that level being barely a step beyond monosyllabic).
Hope is good.
Change is good.
But hope alone is meaningless. Change for its own sake is ill-defined and more destructive than not. What kind of change? Hope in what? The internet generation is lapping up the sales pitch without paying attention to the actual product.
If you're just looking to feel good about yourself, go volunteer somewhere, help your neighbor, take actual, genuine, direct action. And if that sounds like too much work, you can always hire a hooker. You'll feel good (maybe- for about a minute) and you'll help the economy (almost).
Now that the two "major" parties have wittled down to their anointed, the "chosen one" from each side is switching gears and watering down what little of a message there may have been, offering vague generalities to gain influence with the other side. Call me crazy, but I'd be feeling betrayed right about now. It's not about integrity; it's about getting elected. But the masses stay put. They have hope. They want change. Nevermind what government actually DOES or it HOW it goes about DOING it; no. All they know is they're not satisfied at the moment and they're willing to try anything that looks like it's different, comes in a shiny new package, has 0 calories and claims to be "carbon neutral."
God help us all.
Apparently the kids born between 1980 and 1990 are being called "millennials" as well as "Gen Y" (not enough time to spell out the whole word, y'see).
Don't get me wrong; I don't outright dislike "Gen Y". In all honesty, I fit better with them, get along with them more (generally) and so on. I just get classified as an X.
What does worry me about Gen Y is their blind optimism. They may be more cynical, or at least cautious, than their parents, but that's not saying much: their parents are idiots. (YOU tell ME who elected Jimmy Carter as well as gave us 8 years of "President Bubba")
That same nonsensical gibberish that gave us 8 years of Arkansas' "finest" is threatening to follow up with Illinois this time around.
The kids have hope.
The kids want change.
The kids also like someone closer to their own age who can "rap" with them and speak on their level (that level being barely a step beyond monosyllabic).
Hope is good.
Change is good.
But hope alone is meaningless. Change for its own sake is ill-defined and more destructive than not. What kind of change? Hope in what? The internet generation is lapping up the sales pitch without paying attention to the actual product.
If you're just looking to feel good about yourself, go volunteer somewhere, help your neighbor, take actual, genuine, direct action. And if that sounds like too much work, you can always hire a hooker. You'll feel good (maybe- for about a minute) and you'll help the economy (almost).
Now that the two "major" parties have wittled down to their anointed, the "chosen one" from each side is switching gears and watering down what little of a message there may have been, offering vague generalities to gain influence with the other side. Call me crazy, but I'd be feeling betrayed right about now. It's not about integrity; it's about getting elected. But the masses stay put. They have hope. They want change. Nevermind what government actually DOES or it HOW it goes about DOING it; no. All they know is they're not satisfied at the moment and they're willing to try anything that looks like it's different, comes in a shiny new package, has 0 calories and claims to be "carbon neutral."
God help us all.
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