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Someone Rounded Up All The Industries Millennials Are ‘Killing,’ And Here’s How Millennials Responded
Millennials have stopped spending money on houses, motorcycles, and dates at expensive restaurants, and the world is falling apart because of it.
After decades of comfortable income, the hard-working CEOs of countless major industries are suffering serious losses due to a disturbing rise in social consciousness and financial awareness among today’s young adults. A shocking wave of reports by Business Insider shows a direct connection between the shameless frugality of millennials, and the slow decline of vital industries such as golf, napkins, and Buffalo Wild Wings. They’re even refusing credit cards now. Don’t they know debt is just a part of life?
Society as we know it is crumbling at our feet, and all these morally depraved hipsters can do is gripe about ‘living wages’ and ‘local businesses.’ Why can’t they just be good little spenders like their parents were? For the companies these heathens are selfishly dismantling, there’s nothing left to do but desperately market the products they’ve always sold, and hope that someday soon, the millennials will come back to the light.
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And how did these ‘killer’ millennials respond to it all?
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Allison G. 8 years ago
Millenials are doing what every generation before has done: changing the way the world works.
Stille20 8 years ago
Who cares? Millennials are killing golf? So what? Millennials aren't buy diamonds? (I read that elsewhere) That's probably for the best. Why are we worried about wing restaurants closing?
Tabbi024 8 years ago
My thoughts, why we make such unimportant things to a big problem in our lives?
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John L 8 years ago
If Baby Boomers are guilty of killing all these businesses, and more, then the blame should go to the ones who beget, and raised them. Can you guess which generation that was?
John L 8 years ago
Oops, I screwed up. I meant "If Millenials are guilty of...". And I gave away the correct answer. My Bad. 😞
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Talor McPherson 8 years ago
Baby Boomers killed Mom & Pop Shops to bring in large corp stores (go into any city and you will be surrounded by the same 20 store that you have in your own town, it's sad). Millennials are bringing small business and skilled crafts back... Each generation does things differently than the last and I'm sure the Millennials will blame the kids that come after us for something.
Margaret Harper 8 years ago
They complain that we don't spend enough, and then complain when we want decent wages.
Hans 8 years ago
Just the phrase "Group XYZ is killing industry ABC" is utterly stupid. At least in market economies people do not kill industries. Rather, only those industries survive that keep on reinventing. And this good, for it secures grow in welfare for all through technological progress. I am pretty much fed up with whining CEOs. It always is the same. 1st step: "This Tesla/Uber/Amazon/Napster/you name it is ridiculous. People will always need fuel-based cars/own cars/bookstores/CDs/you name it. We do not need to change because some stupid startup has stupid ideas for hipsters." 2nd: "Uh oh they make business, sue them! We have the patents, we have the lawyers!" 3rd: "Uh oh they get serious market share. Regulators, help us! This is...not right! We were always big!" 4th: "We get out of business! Who could have known! Now think of the stockholders...erm...well, all the poor employees that we exploited...erm, I mean we now sadly need to fire them because we did not see the evil tide of economy!"
Hans 8 years ago
Hubris is the only matching term for these CEOS, and for the "journalists" reporting on these issues as well.
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Sarah Skinner 8 years ago
As a Gen-X marketing consultant for small businesses, this post just made my day! The Millennial response is SO on target - our economy is completely messed up right now and Baby Boomer-led corporations refuse to recognize their role in that. No matter how hard things get, just remember, people are more powerful than money.
Srh Lemmo Mclean 8 years ago
Well said! We are suffering from our elders' mistakes right now. It takes time to turn business around/nothing great happens overnight.
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Allie Orona 8 years ago
So funny. It's not like we're paid enough or, you know, can afford these luxuries along with our college debt and rent/mortgage. You can tell me that we're killing these industries, sure, but how about you actually do something about it - such as pay us a realistic amount? Not expect 10 years of experience for a 23 year old? Consider college debt?
Tobias Meiner 8 years ago
Most of these problems aren't new, but if something changed within the last two decades, it is the opportunity to learn new skills. People who will enter workforce in the next few years were born in the world (let's limit the issue to the US for now) where virtually everyone has access to new technologies and can learn to use it very early. Roughly 50 years ago programmers had to go to the university to learn practical programming. People born at the beginning of this century most likely have the access to the computer and more tutorials and training material than they could possibly read throughout their life, not to mention the possibility of real-time communication and collaboration with people over the world that facilitate learning. Seriously - half a century ago a vision of 20-years old programmer with notable portfolio was laughable, today people around 20 are creating state-of-the art games and utilities. Things change.
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Heather Brown 8 years ago
The majority of Gen X is also not big on c**p fast food, pollution, and s****y beer.
Allison G. 8 years ago
Millenials are doing what every generation before has done: changing the way the world works.
Stille20 8 years ago
Who cares? Millennials are killing golf? So what? Millennials aren't buy diamonds? (I read that elsewhere) That's probably for the best. Why are we worried about wing restaurants closing?
Tabbi024 8 years ago
My thoughts, why we make such unimportant things to a big problem in our lives?
Load More Replies... John L 8 years ago
If Baby Boomers are guilty of killing all these businesses, and more, then the blame should go to the ones who beget, and raised them. Can you guess which generation that was?
John L 8 years ago
Oops, I screwed up. I meant "If Millenials are guilty of...". And I gave away the correct answer. My Bad. 😞
Load More Replies... Talor McPherson 8 years ago
Baby Boomers killed Mom & Pop Shops to bring in large corp stores (go into any city and you will be surrounded by the same 20 store that you have in your own town, it's sad). Millennials are bringing small business and skilled crafts back... Each generation does things differently than the last and I'm sure the Millennials will blame the kids that come after us for something.
Margaret Harper 8 years ago
They complain that we don't spend enough, and then complain when we want decent wages.
Hans 8 years ago
Just the phrase "Group XYZ is killing industry ABC" is utterly stupid. At least in market economies people do not kill industries. Rather, only those industries survive that keep on reinventing. And this good, for it secures grow in welfare for all through technological progress. I am pretty much fed up with whining CEOs. It always is the same. 1st step: "This Tesla/Uber/Amazon/Napster/you name it is ridiculous. People will always need fuel-based cars/own cars/bookstores/CDs/you name it. We do not need to change because some stupid startup has stupid ideas for hipsters." 2nd: "Uh oh they make business, sue them! We have the patents, we have the lawyers!" 3rd: "Uh oh they get serious market share. Regulators, help us! This is...not right! We were always big!" 4th: "We get out of business! Who could have known! Now think of the stockholders...erm...well, all the poor employees that we exploited...erm, I mean we now sadly need to fire them because we did not see the evil tide of economy!"
Hans 8 years ago
Hubris is the only matching term for these CEOS, and for the "journalists" reporting on these issues as well.
Load More Replies... Sarah Skinner 8 years ago
As a Gen-X marketing consultant for small businesses, this post just made my day! The Millennial response is SO on target - our economy is completely messed up right now and Baby Boomer-led corporations refuse to recognize their role in that. No matter how hard things get, just remember, people are more powerful than money.
Srh Lemmo Mclean 8 years ago
Well said! We are suffering from our elders' mistakes right now. It takes time to turn business around/nothing great happens overnight.
Load More Replies... Allie Orona 8 years ago
So funny. It's not like we're paid enough or, you know, can afford these luxuries along with our college debt and rent/mortgage. You can tell me that we're killing these industries, sure, but how about you actually do something about it - such as pay us a realistic amount? Not expect 10 years of experience for a 23 year old? Consider college debt?
Tobias Meiner 8 years ago
Most of these problems aren't new, but if something changed within the last two decades, it is the opportunity to learn new skills. People who will enter workforce in the next few years were born in the world (let's limit the issue to the US for now) where virtually everyone has access to new technologies and can learn to use it very early. Roughly 50 years ago programmers had to go to the university to learn practical programming. People born at the beginning of this century most likely have the access to the computer and more tutorials and training material than they could possibly read throughout their life, not to mention the possibility of real-time communication and collaboration with people over the world that facilitate learning. Seriously - half a century ago a vision of 20-years old programmer with notable portfolio was laughable, today people around 20 are creating state-of-the art games and utilities. Things change.
Load More Replies... Heather Brown 8 years ago
The majority of Gen X is also not big on c**p fast food, pollution, and s****y beer.
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