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Recently, Redditor u/AlmostBarbie reignited the never-dying discussion on the generation gap. On July 18, they made a post, asking, "Gen Z and millennials, what's something you wish the older generations understood?" and millennials especially had a to get off their chest.

Just as millennials grew up negotiating choices in their families and at school, today they want to be and feel significant in their professional and personal lives. Here are the things that matter to them the most.

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Millennials Share 30 Things They Wish Older Generations Understood In This Heartbreaking Viral Thread Just because someone is Family DOES NOT MEAN YOU HAVE TO LOVE THEM. Terrible toxic people should ABSOLUTELY be cut out of your life REGARDLESS of their relationship to you

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Carmen Sandiego
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I've said it twice and will say it a third time, home is where you belong, and family is who you feel at home with.

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Brandy Grote
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Absolutely true. Just because they wanted to give birth to you doesn't mean they're good at raising you, and also doesn't mean you owe them ANYTHING.

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Marlowe Fitzpatrik
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Hmmm... But if they are good parents, support you, feed you good food, raise you right and tolerant and make you happy most of the time? While I don't see it as "owing", I think there's a bit of debt there. Sure, you didn't choose to be there but let's say a little bit of respect is warranted. Again I repeat: if they are good parents! Shitty parents (or shitty relatives) don't deserve respect.

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Nadine Bamberger
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

And family doesn't end with blood either, you can make your own. And you do not have to give any relative a hug or a kiss if you don't want to.

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BetweenTheCracks
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The vast majority of these aren't. But we MUST, **MUST** have divisiveness between generations, for Reasons!!!

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Tami
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

You can sometimes show compassion for someone without letting them mistreat you by setting very clear boundaries. Sometimes, over time, the relationship will improve.

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denzoren
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I have a few close friends that I consider my family. My actual family you ask? They're just acquaintances.

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Beautifulnoodle
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I have been saying this for years. If your friends and family don't love and support you why are they your friends and family?

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I'm 55 and have had to learn this. If members of the family always leave you feeling bad about yourself and life in general, you do NOT have to associate with them. Family does not mean you're obligated to deal with toxicity.

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Lesa McFadden
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I am a Baby Boomer...and I may be atypical...but I believe this!! You have to take care of yourself...that means ending toxic relationships...if that relationship is with a “family” member then so be it. Your family is not defined by dna...it is defined by love and respect.

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BetweenTheCracks
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Most sensible people do. BP for some reason has a fetish with divides between Millennials/Gen Z and the other generations, as if most of these concepts were never considered or believed before ~1989.

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miss miss
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Millennial said this. Figures. Toxic probably means you were deprived of a cell phone

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Not Proud British
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I'm not millenial but I advocate this. Wholly. Not everyone in the older generation are backward looking you know...

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Mazer
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

How does this have anything to do with millennials versus boomers? I’m a boomer and my family members are not allowed in my life

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Jaguarundi
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2 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I no longer speak to several family members due to their outrageous behavior to me and other family. BTW, I was born in 1961.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

But they make you feel so guilty as though I am the epicentre of all problems.

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Memere
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

When family members intentionally hurt you, demean you, & ignore you, they are not "family". I have relatives that if I never see them again, it's absolutely fine with me. And I rarely speak to or see one of my brothers, and that's fine too.

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Leigh C.
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I don't get the "blood is thicker than water" phrase. What is that trying to say? If we dip into blood it's harder to swim away than swimming through water?

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The full phrase is "the blood of the covenant is thicker than the water of the womb", which was often meant to refer to the bonds formed between soldiets on a battlefield--they'd experienced something their mothers would never understand, making their bonds of brotherhood stronger than the one of parent and child. "Blood is thick than water" is a condensed form of the phrase and is less literal now, meaning the metaphorical blood spilled/shared between two otherwise unrelated people is stronger than the connection to a parent (two friends bonding over their experiences with narcissistic parents, for example)

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I unfortunately say this a lot. I am genetically predisposed to loving my brother, but I don't have to like him. What's love got to do with it?

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Aileen Grist
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The blood is thicker than water saying actually says. 'Blood of the covenant (friends) is thicker than the waters of the womb (family). So many people quote part of it to mean the opposite

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Susan Price
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

It's taken me 50 years to learn this one and boy is it a powerful move

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Colleen Rudolph
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Idk you can't just say toxic. Lots of our mentally ill friends and relatives are unquestionably toxic but if we don't take at least a little care of them they can really wreak havoc on the community.

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John Smith
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

here, here, I fully agree. I have a sister that if I ever speak to again it will be too soon.

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Margaret Martin
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Like my Aunt Gladys who (even though I blocked her on FB) was still able to put a LAUGH emoji on my Husband's Medical Fundraiser. & actually left a message on my answering machine saying; "Sorry- I just wanted to hurt you." rotten POS loves to kick me when I'm already down & has been doing it for years. I really wish God or Karma would do their thing.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This one hits hard. So true. Hope people don't put up with too much toxicity before realizing this

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Randolph Croft
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

"Friends are the family you choose for yourself." - someone wise once wrote.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The people I have chosen to be friends with in my life are more of a family to me than my actual family

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The blood of the covenant is thicker than the water of the womb.

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Vivien Cheng
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I've had to make this decision 7 years ago and I have not regretted my choice. I have never been more confident and happy with my life. Choose your circle; blood means nothing.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Want to find out how much your bio family loves you? Come out as any part of the LGBTQIA+ spectrum and see how many stick behind you once the dust settles.

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Diogo Verissimo
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

true. learnt this 8 years ago and ended up not talking with many "family" members.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

There are family members who I love, but don't particularly *like*. In other words, I'd be sad if they died, but I don't particularly want to spend time with them while they're alive.

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Tattii Perez
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

yeap... im on thatright now. My granma blocked my from social media and wont talk to me

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Faramir10
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I hate "the finger" when being lectured. My mom did it to me all the time.

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Natasha
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

You can love someone which means you want what’s best for them but you don’t have to like them. I have several relatives I don’t like but I love. I don’t want them to die a painful death but I don’t want them in my lives either.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

you can love someone without liking them... it always takes two to make something like this... what are you doing to create this situation in the first place? are you doing anything to make it better? don't play the blame game, okay? family separations for a while for a cooling off period are okay. This should not go on for life.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I agree. My "grandfather" is extremely disrespectful to my pronouns (they/them) he always calls me she/her and doesn't listen or tells me to shut up if I try to correct him. He is not my grandfather anymore, but it stings because we had a very close bond when I was a child.

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Daniel (ShadowDrakken)
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This statement is completely wrong. Relatives and family are two different things. You CHOOSE your family.

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Joanie
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Yes. Those closest to you can often hurt you the most.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Toxic people should have limited contact, but don't forget to get out of your comfort zone and interact with family that you may not like much as you might find something interesting to like about them

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Maik
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

"Family" is just the result of horny people having unprotected sex. There's nothing sacred about it.

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Jesus would disagree but everyone agrees with some kid on the Internet. What does the Son of God know anyway?

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Friends are the family you choose for yourself. Family are people you wouldn't have in your home if they weren't related to you. But, they probably say the same thing about you.

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Yes and no... you have to TRY first... yes you have to move away of toxic relationships even if is your family, but you have to try first, that's how a society get shape... if you quit at the first or second attempt, you can imagine the society in the future... this new generations are are not just lactose intolerant, also problem intolerant

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Millennials Share 30 Things They Wish Older Generations Understood In This Heartbreaking Viral Thread Fox News and Talk Radio did to you what you thought video games would do to us.

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Millennials Share 30 Things They Wish Older Generations Understood In This Heartbreaking Viral Thread Your s****y jokes that objectify women or make fun of minorities won’t fly anymore. Get over it.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Someone should take this statement and tape it right into my father's face. He seems to only know 10 jokes, and all of them are either sexist or racist.

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Millennials Share 30 Things They Wish Older Generations Understood In This Heartbreaking Viral Thread When I’m depressed that doesn’t mean you need to give me lectures on what’s wrong with me so I can improve

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The worst lecture I received was how they had life far worse than me, felt more depressed and yet never behaved like me. How I am weak and allowed circumstances and recent media hype over mental illness to make me feel sick deliberately!

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Millennials Share 30 Things They Wish Older Generations Understood In This Heartbreaking Viral Thread Yeah, we know. You rode in the back window of a car that had no seatbelts, you got measles, rode bikes with no helmets, and still turned out just fine.

Just because you happened to be in the group of people who survived doesn’t mean any of these were a good idea.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Those "In my days things were better" people. NO things were not better, just different AND we have better medicines, technology, transport etc. YES you did fine without them but we are doing better WITH them !

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Millennials Share 30 Things They Wish Older Generations Understood In This Heartbreaking Viral Thread Customers ARE NOT always right.

The original phrase reeks privilege, and self entitlement.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The original phrase is "The customer is always right in matters of taste"

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Millennials Share 30 Things They Wish Older Generations Understood In This Heartbreaking Viral Thread That video games dont cause mass shootings. Things like neglect, bullying,a bad home life, and your s****y parenting are what causes mass shootings

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Blaming something else is a rather old issue. It was Dungeons & Dragons in the 80s. Rock music before that.

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Millennials Share 30 Things They Wish Older Generations Understood In This Heartbreaking Viral Thread You can’t put yourself through college by working at the supermarket anymore.

Our generation is the biggest in US history, so competition for jobs is much harder than it was for Boomers, which causes wages to flatline.

Add to this that housing and food costs are at all time highs and it’s pretty bleak for us, even many of those who have good jobs at Fortune 500 companies cannot afford to purchase homes.

I would really just like Boomers for ONCE just to acknowledge how difficult it is today vs. when they were coming up. It’s a different world and they just can’t see it. It’s very frustrating because most of them still think that anybody willing to swing a hammer 40 hours a week can make a living in America and it’s just not true anymore.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Wait until the boomers all die and the housing market crashes because of the massive surplus.

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Millennials Share 30 Things They Wish Older Generations Understood In This Heartbreaking Viral Thread That $15/hour in 2021 does not give you the same purchasing power that it did in 1985. When I hear an older person say "I used to get by just fine on $15/hour", I wanna slap them.

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Millennials Share 30 Things They Wish Older Generations Understood In This Heartbreaking Viral Thread Throughout our schooling, we had to write research papers using online sources, and our teachers really stressed the importance of being able to identify a credible source before citing it. Don't be offended when you send us an article from Americanpatrioteagle.ru and we dismiss it outright.

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2 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Learning about credible sources is a great skill to have. A former friend of mine has been posting 10 times a day on Facebook since joining. Lots of dubious "facts" and "news". I kept pointing out inaccuracies and fact-checking sites. After several years, they wrote that they'd like to start consulting fact-checking sites. I was long disengaged by then. I can live with the occasional mistake (I've made them, too), but not a daily barrage that requires fact-checking by the audience.

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Millennials Share 30 Things They Wish Older Generations Understood In This Heartbreaking Viral Thread I feel damn resentful when older folks tell me I should stay home with my kids. Like, yeah I’d love to if we could afford it, which we can’t. They act like it’s a choice to go back to work, when for a lot of moms, it’s not a choice.

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Millennials Share 30 Things They Wish Older Generations Understood In This Heartbreaking Viral Thread "I was spanked as a kid and I turned out fine."

No, you didn't. You're a narcissist, get mad easily, joke about hitting your own children and even they're sick of your bull crap to the point that they cut you off. F**k you.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Dang - somebody's got an agenda / jumping to conclusions. I was spanked as a child, and I don't get mad easily, never joke about violence, and have never once hit my own kids. You'll have to ask others about my narcissism and if they're sick of my crap, but even if I'm guilty of those things you've got some work to do to convince me it's because of my childhood abuse.

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Millennials Share 30 Things They Wish Older Generations Understood In This Heartbreaking Viral Thread Your job is not your life, you shouldn't sacrifice time with friends and family let alone your mental wellbeing just for a paycheck

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Catch 22 there. Hard to have time for your friends and family if you can't put food on the table or keep the utilities on. :(

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Millennials Share 30 Things They Wish Older Generations Understood In This Heartbreaking Viral Thread That just because I don't want to be called something doesn't mean I'm a baby. People are allowed to have boundaries and things they don't feel comfortable with

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

It also swings the other way. If you hear me call my son "Monster Face," it doesn't mean he will grow up with a complex. It's a term of endearment. My sister flipped out at this. I was called "Monster Face" by my mom's entire side of the family. I called them names too like "Old lady." If it's an inside fun ribbing, don't call it out as cruel unless you're in on it or you see or hear the other person protest.

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Millennials Share 30 Things They Wish Older Generations Understood In This Heartbreaking Viral Thread Just because we're more aware of our mental health and allow ourselves to feel what we want to feel, it doesn't make us weak or "snowflakes". If anything, it makes us better at coping with, well, everything!

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

"Snowflake" is a word almost exclusively used by people who truly are very insecure; similarly as they use "liberal" as an insult to mask they own lack of tolerance towards others.

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Millennials Share 30 Things They Wish Older Generations Understood In This Heartbreaking Viral Thread Dad: “Just go in and ask for a job and keep going every day until they give you one.” Or “This random kid I was talking to at Wegmans (20 years ago) started in the mailroom and worked his way up and he’s making $x hundred thousand per year.”

Me: “They just tell you to submit a resume online and never respond.”

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This worked when I was in college 2000-2004, but it doesn't work anymore. They get angry with you if you come in. "Apply online"

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Millennials Share 30 Things They Wish Older Generations Understood In This Heartbreaking Viral Thread Texting is much more convenient, sometimes even better, than making a phone call.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

So so so many times it's easier to actually talk to the other humans, scary as that can seem. With texting there's no tone, nuance and my sarcasm is much better while talking.

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Millennials Share 30 Things They Wish Older Generations Understood In This Heartbreaking Viral Thread Unless you are extremely gifted and have a way to demonstrate it, social class is becoming more locked in than it has been in generations.

The social mobility that started to become available in the first half of the 20th century, but amplified much more so in the 40's, 50's and 60's started to decline in the 80s and by the 2010s was is straight up freefall.

If you do not have parents that are willing and able to support your social and financial progress from childhood through higher education (or through training in a steady trade) you are at very real risk of falling through the cracks of this society through no fault of your own.

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2 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The US has a system of equality where the more you own, the more equal you are and the more civil rights you have.

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Millennials Share 30 Things They Wish Older Generations Understood In This Heartbreaking Viral Thread That electronics don't rot your brain,and that vaccines ARE effective.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I think boomers - the smallpox generation - are well aware of the efficacy of vaccines. It's younger people (mainly in the usa) who seem to think otherwise.

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Millennials Share 30 Things They Wish Older Generations Understood In This Heartbreaking Viral Thread Just because I know where/how to find the answer to something doesn't mean I "think I'm smarter than you."

I'm just trying to save both of us from wasting time.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Or when someone knows more about some topic. It's natural, we all develop bigger knowledge about something. I know more about history, you know more about space. IT'S NORMAL

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Millennials Share 30 Things They Wish Older Generations Understood In This Heartbreaking Viral Thread There was hope in your time. You felt like you could change the world. Nowadays, our economy is f****d, our environment is f****d, our privacy is gone, our governments are pitting us against one and other, and the planet is going to kill us off within the next century regardless of what we do about it.

So don't look down on us as "weak" or call us "entitled" if we're a little pissed off and/or depressed about it, ok?

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Finally someone who gets it. It isn't left vs. right. It's society vs. government. Stop falling for the idea that we should be pissed at each other. Wrong!

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Millennials Share 30 Things They Wish Older Generations Understood In This Heartbreaking Viral Thread That I’m not a lazy entitled CHILD. I’m in my mid 30s and most of my peers that are younger than me are smart and hardworking as well. It’s productivity and efficiency that matters, not the amount of time you spend at work.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

There's a story here in Germany called "the seven lazy ones". It's about seven men, who are known to be incredibly lazy. Eventually, they left the town to find work. Years later, they came back and start improving things immensely: they build a dam to protect the town from floods, they build a pathway and houses for themselves and dig a well. But no matter what they do, the neighbors always find a way to keep calling them lazy because they're making life easier and obviously only lazy people would want an easier life.

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Millennials Share 30 Things They Wish Older Generations Understood In This Heartbreaking Viral Thread That the cost of education far outpaced inflation and wage growth in the US. If I had a dime for each boomer who lectured me about working my way through school like they did, I might almost be able to buy a house!

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Rather show to them how tuition fees are handled elsewhere in the world and you might get an idea about what is wrong...

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Millennials Share 30 Things They Wish Older Generations Understood In This Heartbreaking Viral Thread That technology exists to enable people to work from home, and just because they do doesn't mean they are sat watching Netflix

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David Beaulieu
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

It doesn't mean that, but admit it. You are on BoredPanda and Netflix more than you would be in the office.

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Millennials Share 30 Things They Wish Older Generations Understood In This Heartbreaking Viral Thread That it is reasonable to not want kids and enjoy life with your spouse.

I can’t have kids, buy a house, and go on vacation even with my $100k+ salary. At least, not if I want to have money saved for emergencies.

Either older generations played it looser with less savings, or s**t was different.

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Eduard Korhonen
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

$100k a year and you can't do those things? What the f**k ARE you spending your money on? Few people reading this will have much sympathy for someone earning a vast amount more than they are

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Millennials Share 30 Things They Wish Older Generations Understood In This Heartbreaking Viral Thread Apparently sleeping till 11 AM makes you lazy regardless of whether or not you had to work until 12:30 AM at your s****y Wendy's location.

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WilvanderHeijden
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Not exclusively a boomer thing, though. There's still very little regard for people working in nightshifts.

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Millennials Share 30 Things They Wish Older Generations Understood In This Heartbreaking Viral Thread Kids use computers/phones for more than just playing video games and scrolling through social media. I basically live on my computer. My best friends are online. My favorite activities are coding and making games. But no, my parents assume the devil computer is rotting my brain and making me stupid. As a wise man once said: phone bad, book good.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Ask the same people if back in 1960 they were writing with charcoal on stones or went for the convenience of pencil and paper.

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Millennials Share 30 Things They Wish Older Generations Understood In This Heartbreaking Viral Thread That “just get a better job” is not all that easy

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#29

Millennials Share 30 Things They Wish Older Generations Understood In This Heartbreaking Viral Thread That not everything can be solved with immediate aggression. That being patient and thinking on the right thing to say rather then saying what comes to mind first goes a lot further

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This was one of the first things they tried to teach me at the hospital. I kept calling it 'plotting' and they didn't like that. It's one of my most used pieces of advice, every time I get an email from head office, I click reply, delete the addressee and type my angry response. Then delete the email and start anew with a more measured and planned response.

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Millennials Share 30 Things They Wish Older Generations Understood In This Heartbreaking Viral Thread That we're not that lazy and we have a good reason to be depressed, cynical, and pesimistic. People like my grandma always talk how "at your age i was married, had a house, and 2 kids blah blah" not realising they did all that on 1 paycheck, while simultaneously complaining how money isnt worth anything nowadays and they just went grocery shopping and spent 25 % of their income while chanting "dont worry, its gonna get better". How can you not put those two together

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

1) Your grandma got married and had kids at your age because she didn’t have a lot of other options...but because it was necessarily what she would have otherwise chosen.... those good old days weren’t always so good if you dig a little deeper. Anyone who wants to go back to the “good old days” is either living in a fantasy world or they like a world where white men were the only ones with any rights (it’s not been so many years ago that a woman couldn’t get credit in her name without a male counter-signer). 2) Your grandma didn’t send her kids to school every day worried that today might be the day some sick person will target their school for a mass killing. 3) While her generation should have been worried about climate change and its effect on the future of this planet, she was not faced with the urgency that your generation is.

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