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Millennials Can’t Believe The 34 Things They Were Taught As Kids That They Now Know Are All Wrong
As kids, there were all sorts of things adults told us with utmost confidence that many of us never questioned. After all, adults seemed to know everything, so it seemed logical to take what we were told at face value. But as an adult, it’s pretty easy to see just how wrong some folks were.
Someone asked millennials to share what they thought was the biggest lie ever told to their generation and netizens didn’t hold back. So get comfortable as you scroll through, upvote the ones you agree with most and be sure to add your own thoughts and experiences to the comments below.
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#5
Hard work will be rewarded.
Technology will make the future better.
Turns out they were just breeding a generation of labor batteries.
#7
Quicksand is a common thing and knowing how to escape it will likely save your life one day.
#8
That millennials created participation trophies. You son of a b***h, I was 7 in 1988 when my summer baseball team placed second to last in league play and every player was literally awarded a trophy. I PROMISE you, at the age of seven I did not have the resources to order trophies for myself and all my teammates.
#9
Take out student loans to pay for your degree, and you'll definitely get a job making enough to pay off the loans.
#11
If your a good driver and don’t have any claims your insurance rates will decrease over time.
#15
"You need to have a 4 year degree so you don't end up a trash collector." So now the job market is saturated with bachelor's degrees for things that used to need a high school diploma, and trash collectors make $30 an hour.
#17
If you work hard and do everything right, you will have the freedom to live the way you please, without fearing for your safety and necessities.
#19
Don’t talk to strangers on the internet. Don’t get in a strangers car.
Today- use the internet to hail an uber so I can get into a stranger’s car.
ETA- but really though stranger danger was really overblown when we were kids and has made society more insular and crappy. .
#21
Hard work will pay off.
If you're a good person, a good thing will happen.
If you're loyal to a company, they'll be loyal to you.
Money can't solve all your problems. ( This is one the biggest, I've yet to have a problem I wouldn't solve with just a little bit more money)
A good education will get you a good job.
If you don't react to bullys, they'll go away.
No harm in asking.....(Yeah, coming from that guy here, nobody likes that guy)
Adult's know what they're doing (turns out no one does)
High school is the best days of my life.
Honorable mentions, quick sand, amnesia, Bermuda triangle.
#24
A few off the top of my head as a 40-year-old (U.S.):
America is the greatest country in the world.
Iraq had something to do with 9/11.
That we all would be living a better life than our parents because of technology and how great our country is.
Our freedom is better than the freedoms of other countries.
Y2K.
That the 2nd AMENDMENT should never be AMENDED.
Marilyn Manson had ribs removed to s**k his own d**k.
#25
It’s not so much we were given bad advice, the world just changed at such a dramatic rate that the advice was outdated. What worked for our parents was no longer relevant.
Personal computers did not even exist when my parents went to college. By the time I was in college, everyone had a super computer in their pocket.
I would argue Millennials are the most equipped generation for change. A.I. is just another thing that is going to change life and we will just adapt with it.
#29
That you couldn’t eat a vegetable or fruit seed because a plant will grow inside of you (curious to read if this was something too in other countries).
#30
“Just work hard and you’ll have everything you want”
I work my a*s off on a daily basis and I am poor and chronically depressed.
#34
That the United States was built on a system of checks and balances and that the President was not a king.
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