Many people think of millennials as spoiled kids who were born into privilege and have every opportunity handed to them on a plate, but as you can see from these perceptive and thought-provoking comics by Karina Farek for CollegeHumor, that's simply not the case. The truth is that many millennials face just as many problems as the rest of us, from struggling to find employment in an increasingly competitive job market to trying to earn enough money to pay the rent each month. Do these comics resonate with you? Then let us know in the comments below!
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i'm sick of this attitude that being an artist isn't a "real" job. As long as you can affort rent and food and feel happy about what you do for a living, then what is the freaking problem?! Being an artis is like a billion times more fun than sitting in an office 8 hours a day 5 days a week. Heck, I wish I could be an artist myself even though I know it doesn't pay super well (at least for most people), but I'm not talented enough for something like that.
Maybe you just haven't found what you're talented at. Some people got famous for drawing in dust, you can think of something different, it's not just painting and singing :)
Load More Replies...Unpaid internships to get experience are nothing new. I did that 20 years ago. Then I got a real job, albeit low-paying, but a job where I could gain more experience and start working my way up. Nothing is instantaneous.
This is nothing new - internships and apprenticeships have been around since forever. Do millennials think they should be exempt? Just asking... Most of the 'youngsters' I know accept that there are dues to be paid and this kind of thing builds character.
The millennial in my life doesn't work because he's a musician. The left side of this comic is dead on in his case.
"the millennial in my life..." you should know more than one millennial... one person does not represent an age.
Load More Replies...im an artist, and i know many many millenial artists that live the first way to a T.
Isn't this how it's always been? Why complain. Pay your dues and get hired.
I had to do unpaid work to get into employment and it just kills out looking at the people around you who are getting paid an are no better than your self. It's hard to fell good about your self
What? Work for free? Sod that, we boomers wouldn't be so stupid! You pay me or you get stuffed was our attitude. Millennials need to grow a pair, that's the difference.
Yeah. My mom has a lot of friends who are younger than her and one is this woman is her late twenties and she is trying to get a masters but she has to teach to pay for it and her job just covers her tuition so she doesn't have much left and she doesn't have health insurance. A few months ago we went to her birthday party and my mom and a bunch of her friends had all chipped in to raise money so she could get some and she started crying and it was so sweet. And sad. <3
Load More Replies...That moment you're canadian and you remember you neighbors still don't have basic health care... I'm so sorry for those in need, health is a right not a privilege
Health is right, guaranteed by the State and funded by taxes, not a privilege in Europe as well. In the US heath is a business.
Load More Replies...And it's the reality for a LOT of people in the US, not just millennials...
Load More Replies...I feel for Americans on this one - in Europe and the UK this isn't an issue - for any age group. Free healthcare for all!!!
well the left one is half truth. People DESERVES free healthcare. With or without a job.
You don't deserve anything but freedom. You work for everything else - true story.
Load More Replies...Sounds about right. I'm 25, have a decent job, but may have to move back in with the parents in order to free up rent money for insurance. Ahh, growing up.
With the exception of the lobster, the right panel could also just say, "I need this." How are you supposed to apply for jobs and schedule interviews if you don't have access to the internet at the very least. Or seriously, try telling a potential employer that you don't have a phone. Also, cash? Yea. For rent/mortgage payments, student loans, etc.
I feel like both of these depict millennials. I mean it's not even necessarily that I DESERVE them, it's that in today's society, it is almost impossible to live without money, computers, and phones (and lobsters too, why not haha). So yeah, to an extent, I feel like I should deserve them if society will punish me for not having them.
To my mind the left side is looking for special treatment; the right is just looking to be treated like a human and not persecuted
Ugh... There are people with the attitude of the picture on the left though (though it's not all of us millennials!).... I can not roll my eyes back far enough to express my annoyance....
Literally means there is a figurative as well as a literal meaning. For example, "The sun is literally the light my life."
Trans bathrooms are fine. But don't replace normal bathrooms with trans bathrooms. Seriously, some guy could pretend to be trans and sneak into a bathroom with women or girls. Can't we have 4 bathrooms? Male, Female, MtoF, FtoM. It would be so simple. But people decide for all bathrooms to be for all people. It's very dangerous that way.
Here's the thing if your born a woman your a woman. Doesn't matter if you have surgery or identity as a man because in the end when you take
being able to pee is the same as being a delicate flower? i'm confused tell me more
Load More Replies...Only 5 comics? And we should be impressed? Typical millennial... :-P
Calm down, guys. I'm pretty sure the comment was a joke. Look - there's even a smiley at the end. :-D
Load More Replies...awwww........each generation thinks their struggles are unique to them
Sometimes it is. For example, people who grew in 50's and 60's wonder why student's loan is so big of a problem and ask whether students do get a odd job to collect the money for their tuition, unaware that in the last 40 years, tuition costs increased fivefold and it usually in the ballpark of an average wage (i.e. to support himself, a prospective student should have not a gig at serving tables, but an average full-time professional job). Positions requiring high skills are already manned by people who graduated 20 years ago, and simple job that could act as springboard have been already outsourced abroad. None of this were order of the day back then, when India was still a British colony and China was enigmatic commieland, so there was plenty of jobs around. Times change, and politicians are rarely ready for this.
Load More Replies...In today's climate, I am shocked Millennial's are able to function at all and it isn't their fault either. It is our economy that is holding them all back. No available jobs and the ones that are out there either demand years of experience, demand college degrees or worse yet, do not pay a livable wage. Add to that, the high costs of rent, food and other necessities and it's no small wonder so many "kids" are still living at home or having to move back home with their parents!
Interestingly, the whole "they think they're entitled" thing was said about Gen X ... and baby boomers ... and the Flappers ... and probably everyone back to ancient Greece.
Yup, exactly. Also, it is funny when people say "the youth nowadays", as if young people from the outback, city-dwellers, artisans and students had the same problems. Also, it gets pretty hilarious when Americans try to use such labels to denote people outside US. Yes, sure, people born in the Communist country who witnessed the great political mess-up of early 90's and entered the workforce in new, free-market economy face the same problems as kids who were born in times of Carter and began working during Clinton's administration :)
Load More Replies...Where's the rest? This can't be all. I'm a boomer but I'm tired of all the c**p Millennials get. It's not their fault they can't afford to live on their own. My nieces are millennials and are busting their asses just to get by.
I feel like these pictures are describing two different types of millennials. There definitely are some millennials who have attitudes like those depicted on the left side... But as a millennial myself, I definitely feel most of our on the right half. And also, sometimes millennials are a bit of both sides. For example, yeah I won't deny I wish I had easier access to better phone's and faster internet access sometimes, but like, man it is HARD to afford stuff :(
*are (sorry to any grammar police patrolling the comments)
Load More Replies...Not affording healthcare and not being able to pay rent seems more like a US thing than a Millennial thing to be honest.
There's always the exception to the rule. It only takes a few to make everyone else look bad...ie) the Hippies of my generation who went many steps too far....
Only 5 comics? And we should be impressed? Typical millennial... :-P
Calm down, guys. I'm pretty sure the comment was a joke. Look - there's even a smiley at the end. :-D
Load More Replies...awwww........each generation thinks their struggles are unique to them
Sometimes it is. For example, people who grew in 50's and 60's wonder why student's loan is so big of a problem and ask whether students do get a odd job to collect the money for their tuition, unaware that in the last 40 years, tuition costs increased fivefold and it usually in the ballpark of an average wage (i.e. to support himself, a prospective student should have not a gig at serving tables, but an average full-time professional job). Positions requiring high skills are already manned by people who graduated 20 years ago, and simple job that could act as springboard have been already outsourced abroad. None of this were order of the day back then, when India was still a British colony and China was enigmatic commieland, so there was plenty of jobs around. Times change, and politicians are rarely ready for this.
Load More Replies...In today's climate, I am shocked Millennial's are able to function at all and it isn't their fault either. It is our economy that is holding them all back. No available jobs and the ones that are out there either demand years of experience, demand college degrees or worse yet, do not pay a livable wage. Add to that, the high costs of rent, food and other necessities and it's no small wonder so many "kids" are still living at home or having to move back home with their parents!
Interestingly, the whole "they think they're entitled" thing was said about Gen X ... and baby boomers ... and the Flappers ... and probably everyone back to ancient Greece.
Yup, exactly. Also, it is funny when people say "the youth nowadays", as if young people from the outback, city-dwellers, artisans and students had the same problems. Also, it gets pretty hilarious when Americans try to use such labels to denote people outside US. Yes, sure, people born in the Communist country who witnessed the great political mess-up of early 90's and entered the workforce in new, free-market economy face the same problems as kids who were born in times of Carter and began working during Clinton's administration :)
Load More Replies...Where's the rest? This can't be all. I'm a boomer but I'm tired of all the c**p Millennials get. It's not their fault they can't afford to live on their own. My nieces are millennials and are busting their asses just to get by.
I feel like these pictures are describing two different types of millennials. There definitely are some millennials who have attitudes like those depicted on the left side... But as a millennial myself, I definitely feel most of our on the right half. And also, sometimes millennials are a bit of both sides. For example, yeah I won't deny I wish I had easier access to better phone's and faster internet access sometimes, but like, man it is HARD to afford stuff :(
*are (sorry to any grammar police patrolling the comments)
Load More Replies...Not affording healthcare and not being able to pay rent seems more like a US thing than a Millennial thing to be honest.
There's always the exception to the rule. It only takes a few to make everyone else look bad...ie) the Hippies of my generation who went many steps too far....
