Millennial about to turn 41.
I’m tired.
I’m not particularly fond of my fellow Americans anymore.
And I don’t have an ounce of patriotism left.
This country can go ahead and fuck itself. Which it appears to be doing pretty thoroughly. Dumbest fucking country in the history of the world if you take into account its wealth and influence compared to its quality of life and happiness index.
Weighing how much effort/money it would take to get Canadian citizenship and whether I have that kind of energy left in me.
Hey, you can always move to EU. Decent healthcare and stuff. It’s not perfect by any means, especially now but it’s so much better than the shit I see happening around. Makes me feel happy I was born here.
Man, I felt this so hard. Every word of it.
My only two cents beyond that, I fear Canada is too close.
I’m an ‘84 baby like you and recently I’ve been trying to remember when the last time I actually felt national pride.
I keep thinking maybe in the general upswell of national pride post 9/11 but that was probably mostly mob mentality and juvenile ignorance.
I am proud to be a Minnesotan though! When I’m abroad in the country the other Americans I meet seem generally decent but it just doesn’t feel like home if I’m outside of my state.
'81 baby here. My parents told me I’d jam along to Reagan’s “Born in the USA” ads in my underoos with a tiny plastic guitar. I think that’s the last time I felt national pride.
I had a discussion about this very thing with a Boomer, who proceeded to state they essentially went through more and including the shared recessions that myself as a millennial went through. Gas shortages of the 70s, wars, protests, etc, failing to grasp the point that was being made that their generation has had all the opportunities. They closed it out with, oh well maybe you should work harder and save more… yeah okay, hard to do that when I am overtaxed, inflation is on the rise, were likely entering Great Depression 2.0 thanks to Donvict, can’t afford a house when a mortgage would be cheaper than renting where I am at, but sure yea I will just work til I drop with little living in between, that’s the fix, its not the system, its me. Their “I got mine” attitude is astounding dismissive and part of the issue with their generation. Not all of them, some of them get it, but a large majority look at millenials and the younger generation as being lazy and that’s why there is such a massive homeless population problem. Not that wages have not grown proportionally with the cost of living, its just that we don’t work hard enough. I half joked that the greatest thing that could have happened was that COVID wiped a large swath of their generation off the map, it would save Social Security, free up housing, bring down the burden on healthcare, lower GOP voting base of angry bigot whites that hold on to the belief that America is only right if it is white, a large part of politicians that have made a career out of it would be removed ushering in a new more modern means of thinking into politics, and we might actually make some progress in this country. But nope, now we have angry Karens and racist Kyles who blame immigrants for all their problems rather than looking at the disparity between American generations.
Millennials were also the generation that got to watch the surface web turn into an abandoned mall.
Good times.
Agreed.
But I still debate whether or not unrestricted internet access as a older kid/teen was a good thing or not haha. I’m sure we’ve all clicked links we regretted or went to those sites (rotten, or other shock sites). If we didn’t see all that shit growing up, would we be different? I’m not sure, but would be interesting to see some research on this (there may be some already, I haven’t looked).
Anyways, I recently found a great website for lemon-themed recipes. It’s www.lemonparty.org, check it out!
Ah yes, the site for learning more about trump’s upcoming plans. Good share.
Early 2000s internet was so good. I don’t know that it’s possible to go back there. You needed it to be a little bit wild west, you needed to say “Hey, if I click this website, am I going to regret it?” But folks were generally real (except apparently the girls I talked to in AIM chat rooms, but hey, I survived).
While being called lazy
Will Smith is a bitch’s bitch
I’m turning 42 this summer. I’m considered an “elder millennial”.
I’m 46 this year, which apparently makes me a Xennial. I had the tail end of public hysteria around the cold war to deal with too.
I’m 50 this year, which makes me a bit on the younger side of Gen X, and it weren’t no joy ride for us, either.
Boomers really robbed us all.
Elder Millennial sounds like a main quest giver.
I’m tired, boss
I feel like I live in interesting times, and understand why it’s used as an insult
GNU Terry Pratchett
I just turned 33. I’ve had grey hairs since 29.
You can’t see the grey hairs if you shave your head.
Grey beard hairs were sad but people said they made me look wiser. Grey chest hairs were weird. Grey pubes were kind of terrifying. The only properly colored hair on me is on my back now, and there didnt used to be hair back there. Its itchy.
Life is all a big joke. Still wouldnt go back to being young though in the current world if a genie gave me the choice. eff that.
That’s normal isn’t it. Every hair on your head you can keep is a win
Yes, I remind myself that each gray is at least there. I have a wonderful, full head of hair, and I never take it for granted by shaving it off. It’s an insult to all of my bald and balding friends.
And every hair on your back, shoulders and ass is step towards being Chuck Norris.
33, will be 34 not long after the Switch 2 launches…
At this point I welcome death, I feel like I’ve earned Valhalla at this point.
“All you need to do to succeed is go to college!”
“Cool, how do I afford it?”
“Well yeah looks like the guy your mom married makes too much money for you to deserve any form of help. Try working more!”
“Cool, I spent the last few years burning myself out for a degree while working full time and supplementing with sex work. I’ll have nightmares about a motel for the rest of my life, but now I can have a full time job and work towards owning a house now? I even promised to be a teacher, that’s a job with a huge shortage right and I shouldn’t have just grabbed a cheap online BA because there are no requirements anymore?”
“Uhh, lol no we actually want unqualified babysitters. Better than being a gross tranny.”
The fact that my ex husband spent my thirtieth birthday with someone he gave $5k too, three months before kicking me out and emptying my bank account, the fact that I live in a state where even if I were cis the resources for survivors of DV are non existent, the fact that I don’t know if my drivers license is valid anymore….
I’m not even thirty three and I’m exhausted. I can deal with my life sucking or the world sucking, but not both at the same time.
I wish i could give you a big hug. You deserve and need it.
I keep telling myself: could be worse. Could also be better, but could be worse 🤷😬
Not sure who I’m trying to convince haha.
And it will be. Buckle up, comrade.
Will be 36 this year. All I can say is: BRO! Wtf?! gestures vaguely
I’m tired, boss
