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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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Neurotic_Octopus
Community Member
8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I'm a scientist and this is still true.

Casandra Nițescu
Community Member
8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

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.

Anna Thouvenin
Community Member
8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

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 :)

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Megan Johnson
Community Member
8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

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.

CultOfBambi
Community Member
8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

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.

Simon Ritchie
Community Member
8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

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.

Shauday Smith
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8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

"the millennial in my life..." you should know more than one millennial... one person does not represent an age.

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Prism Spark
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7 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

im an artist, and i know many many millenial artists that live the first way to a T.

myplane150
Community Member
8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Isn't this how it's always been? Why complain. Pay your dues and get hired.

catherine waite
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8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

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

Jonathan Simmonds
Community Member
4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

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.

PHIL D
Community Member
8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

pick your career/major wisely and if you choose a highly competitive field with limited opportunities then don't cry when you have difficulties.

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    Talise Snyder
    Community Member
    8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    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

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    Carolanne Milot
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    8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    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

    Valentina
    Community Member
    8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    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.

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    Helping Panda
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    8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    And it's the reality for a LOT of people in the US, not just millennials...

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    CultOfBambi
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    8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    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!!!

    Nayru
    Community Member
    8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    France is a good country afterall :)

    Lalita
    Community Member
    8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    well the left one is half truth. People DESERVES free healthcare. With or without a job.

    Tracey Martens
    Community Member
    8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    You don't deserve anything but freedom. You work for everything else - true story.

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    Luc Mailloux
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    8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    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.

    Just a Purpler
    Community Member
    8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    To be honest, I think both of these have truths to them

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    Pamda Panda
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    8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    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.

    Just a Purpler
    Community Member
    8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    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.

    Rezo Kaishauri
    Community Member
    8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I love how her hair becomes duller color on the right. :P

    Helping Panda
    Community Member
    8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Again, these two are not mutually exclusive.

    Prism Spark
    Community Member
    7 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Sure. Don't live in California or NewYork.

    PHIL D
    Community Member
    8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    she thinks she wants a living wage but she actually wants a lavish lifestyle. try this honey... get a roommate, cheaper phone, no cable, turn the thermostat down and stop eating out. also your designer clothes and jewelry are luxury items.

    Klapaucjusz Doryfalski
    Community Member
    8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I think this is more class based thing than generational

    Bruce Kunde
    Community Member
    8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I'm sorry my experience is they think the left frame

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    Claire
    Community Member
    8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    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

    Just a Purpler
    Community Member
    8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    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....

    Beck Sparks
    Community Member
    8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Literally means there is a figurative as well as a literal meaning. For example, "The sun is literally the light my life."

    ミミ ナイエヒ
    Community Member
    7 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Cute.... but.... I think the second would have been bitter if it said "I literally just wanna take a god damn p**s, okay???"

    endelbendel
    Community Member
    8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Fits the alphabet soup gender identity crowd.

    Sa Pa
    Community Member
    8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    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.

    Catt O'Neil
    Community Member
    8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    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

    Helping Panda
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    8 years ago

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    I don't see much of a difference between the two...

    River Smith
    Community Member
    8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    being able to pee is the same as being a delicate flower? i'm confused tell me more

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    Stille20
    Community Member
    8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Both are going on and this is defiantly not limited to Millennials

    Bruce Kunde
    Community Member
    8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    If they're reading Al Franken all hope is lost

    Gem Cameron
    Community Member
    8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This series is just portraying two different stereotypes.

    Full Name
    Community Member
    8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Slacktivism outweighs real activism 100 fold.

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