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5 Comics That Reveal What People Think Millennials Are Like Vs What They’re Actually Like
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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Only 5 comics? And we should be impressed? Typical millennial... :-P
People complaining about millennials make for some *pretty* hilarious headlines. "Lazy millennial bowl-haters may be hurting big cereal's bottom line" "Why Aren't Millennials Buying Diamonds, The Economist Asks" ("because we're already struggling with crippling debt and ridiculous wages when we get out of school," answer the millennials)
awwww........each generation thinks their struggles are unique to them
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.
Why do millennials think that any of us that aren't millennials think bout them at all? We too are all too busy trying to make a living & get health care and we've got kids to raise too. Don't assume everything is about you.
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 :(
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....
To be honest, in all 5 cases, I've seen both be true. As a millennial, I see a persisting issue of respect for the working class from people in our age group from people growing up in bourgeois environments, while proselytizing rather extreme Marxist views- while the rest of us struggle to have hope for the week after next, and are too busy working for low wages to bother with socioeconomic grandstanding that the bourgeois kids do to make their daddy angry.
As a citizen of a country that virtually bans full-time employment contracts that do not include 401k plan and health insurance I'm sometimes amazed how young people tend to idolize such solutions. They work in small countries that were already rich before introducing social security. In bigger and less fortunate ones (especially post-communist countries), things are not so bright. First thing - taxation can be crippling, in Central Europe it is usually in the ballpark of 40% for income tax, plus about 20% VAT on all products and services, with the average wage of 1/4 of average US wage. Now imagine introducing such solutions country-wide in USA, where states can vary wildly. Not an easy task, so no wonder changes are slow.
I wouldn't say young adults and children now a days are spoiled, I think we get coddled way too much.
Both left & right pictures are true depending on the individual. Lack of experience was always a problem for the employer( ever since the baby boomer's time), so we have all been there , being underpaid & all... Be positive , have patience ,don't give up hope & everything will work out fine eventually guys ✌✌✌✌✌!
1: If the job market is flooded with stupid people with art degrees, the employer is spoiled for choice. simple reality that you should have considered before you went it a s****y field. 2: Some healthcare options are quite cheap and if you had a cheaper phone or didn't subscribe to premium cable channels and eat out nightly you can afford them. Driving yourself to the hospital, wtf that's called normal. 3: A living wage for a single person is quite low, but she wants an affluent lifestyle, not a living wage. 4: No one has to "accept" anyone, never mind the delusions of the mentally ill 5: How about you work hard and earn what you are demanding at these protests?
Haha yeah right, I work with nothing but 18 to 25 year olds. None of these are true...
I'm a millennial and so is my partner apparently. The difference between the two of us. I went to college and ended up struggling, he worked his way up (there is an age gap) but still he own two properties and I don't live with my parents because he had the deposit. I'm lucky I know but really the point is collage may have put me at a disadvantage
I hate to say this but the picture on the left is a good majority of what younger people are like today. Mommy and Daddy pay for everything so they can go to college. Here's a brand new car for you sweetheart, you can live here rent free, let me pay your car insurance because you need to study. I have had a job since I was 15. I live on my own, I pay for my own car/insurance and apartment, and I have a stable job. Plus starting school soon.. Not everyone is like that picture up there but a good majority.
Every one of these is an indictment of "millennial" thinking. None of them enhance liberty, but require others to provide for their benefit. If you don't see it, then you are a "millennial" and a socialist. Healthcare LITERALLY is not a "right" Employment is LITERALLY not a "right" Any sort of standard renumeration for any employment is LITERALLY not a "right" Your "acceptance" is LITERALLY not a "right"
Only 5 comics? And we should be impressed? Typical millennial... :-P
People complaining about millennials make for some *pretty* hilarious headlines. "Lazy millennial bowl-haters may be hurting big cereal's bottom line" "Why Aren't Millennials Buying Diamonds, The Economist Asks" ("because we're already struggling with crippling debt and ridiculous wages when we get out of school," answer the millennials)
awwww........each generation thinks their struggles are unique to them
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.
Why do millennials think that any of us that aren't millennials think bout them at all? We too are all too busy trying to make a living & get health care and we've got kids to raise too. Don't assume everything is about you.
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 :(
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....
To be honest, in all 5 cases, I've seen both be true. As a millennial, I see a persisting issue of respect for the working class from people in our age group from people growing up in bourgeois environments, while proselytizing rather extreme Marxist views- while the rest of us struggle to have hope for the week after next, and are too busy working for low wages to bother with socioeconomic grandstanding that the bourgeois kids do to make their daddy angry.
As a citizen of a country that virtually bans full-time employment contracts that do not include 401k plan and health insurance I'm sometimes amazed how young people tend to idolize such solutions. They work in small countries that were already rich before introducing social security. In bigger and less fortunate ones (especially post-communist countries), things are not so bright. First thing - taxation can be crippling, in Central Europe it is usually in the ballpark of 40% for income tax, plus about 20% VAT on all products and services, with the average wage of 1/4 of average US wage. Now imagine introducing such solutions country-wide in USA, where states can vary wildly. Not an easy task, so no wonder changes are slow.
I wouldn't say young adults and children now a days are spoiled, I think we get coddled way too much.
Both left & right pictures are true depending on the individual. Lack of experience was always a problem for the employer( ever since the baby boomer's time), so we have all been there , being underpaid & all... Be positive , have patience ,don't give up hope & everything will work out fine eventually guys ✌✌✌✌✌!
1: If the job market is flooded with stupid people with art degrees, the employer is spoiled for choice. simple reality that you should have considered before you went it a s****y field. 2: Some healthcare options are quite cheap and if you had a cheaper phone or didn't subscribe to premium cable channels and eat out nightly you can afford them. Driving yourself to the hospital, wtf that's called normal. 3: A living wage for a single person is quite low, but she wants an affluent lifestyle, not a living wage. 4: No one has to "accept" anyone, never mind the delusions of the mentally ill 5: How about you work hard and earn what you are demanding at these protests?
Haha yeah right, I work with nothing but 18 to 25 year olds. None of these are true...
I'm a millennial and so is my partner apparently. The difference between the two of us. I went to college and ended up struggling, he worked his way up (there is an age gap) but still he own two properties and I don't live with my parents because he had the deposit. I'm lucky I know but really the point is collage may have put me at a disadvantage
I hate to say this but the picture on the left is a good majority of what younger people are like today. Mommy and Daddy pay for everything so they can go to college. Here's a brand new car for you sweetheart, you can live here rent free, let me pay your car insurance because you need to study. I have had a job since I was 15. I live on my own, I pay for my own car/insurance and apartment, and I have a stable job. Plus starting school soon.. Not everyone is like that picture up there but a good majority.
Every one of these is an indictment of "millennial" thinking. None of them enhance liberty, but require others to provide for their benefit. If you don't see it, then you are a "millennial" and a socialist. Healthcare LITERALLY is not a "right" Employment is LITERALLY not a "right" Any sort of standard renumeration for any employment is LITERALLY not a "right" Your "acceptance" is LITERALLY not a "right"