#alexis bloomer

[stephendavid]

Viral Rant Condemning Millenial Generation, (Millenial Journalist) Alexis Bloomer

[saintdollyparton]

That anti-millenial rant from that chick Alexis Bloomer that's gone viral... I had like 2 classes with her at university and they were small classes so I had several conversations with her. Really not surprised she believes all the shit she said considering she voted for Romney in the 2012 election.

[lexvoytek]

Dear Millennials,

I am sorry. I am sorry that the world is blaming you for the shit deal that we got handed. I am sorry that you are mocked for your efforts for education, innovation, and activism. I am sorry that your causes are shamed, your art is dismissed, and your strength is overlooked.

But, I am proud to be a millennial. I am proud that our generation is confronting inequality, and considering equality in ways that generations before us fell short in doing. We have a long road, but we are using the tools that we are mocked for – the internet, hashtags, computers, technology, co-operative funding, music, art, and ultimately our bodies to change the world.

I will not simply say, yes ma’am or yes sir, to pander to a conservative past. If others want to blame me, and us, for the poor state of the world I can tell you that shoe is at least 4 sizes too small for me, and I will not cripple myself to wear it.

Sincerely,

A Millennial

[rylver]

Did you know millennials invented curse words?

[moremistakes]

My Response to the Alexis Bloomer Video

To start off, I just want to say that if you haven’t seen Alexis Bloomer’s video (in which she sits in the front seat of her car and takes a big shit on an entire generation) don’t bother. Save yourself the time and just stick pencils into your ears until they bleed. Anyway, the fact is that Alexis Bloomer’s video shouldn’t have to refuted, the same way Donald Trump shouldn’t have to be refuted. But yet, here we are. To start off, Alexis’s entire video is based off the idea that there’s something inherently wrong with our generation. Not with America or mankind, but with our specific generation. That’s like if I wrote an essay about apples and I only researched “what’s wrong with apples.” There’s nothing wrong with apples, but I’m probably going to find out ThAt SOmE ApPles aRe BrUiseD, aLL aPPlEs MuST bE LaZy aND EnTITLed wHat HAVe apPles DonE fOR Me lATeLy!? Then Alexis, sweet sweet Alexis, comes to the conclusion that “we’re just existing, we’re not really contributing anything to society.” To rephrase this, Alexis believes that no one between the ages of 18 and 35 has contributed anything to society…ever. I honestly can’t believe I have to do this, but here are some examples of millennials contributing more to society than Alexis Bloomer ever will. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/01/05/millennials-changing-world_n_4440539.html http://abcnews.go.com/ABC_Univision/Entertainment/10-millennials-changing-world/story?id=19150886#1 http://www.fastcompany.com/1686624/meet-five-amazing-millennials-who-have-already-changed-world Alexis’s next problem with her entire generation is that we don’t have basic manners. We don’t say “yes ma’am” and “no ma’am,” or even hold doors open for ladies or our elders. I don’t know where Alexis lives, but I live on a college campus chock full of millenials and I can say from first hand experience that people still have manners? Everyone just holds the door open for everyone? I’m sorry someone was mean to her once? Her next fun fact about Generation Y is that we listen to “obscene music that degrades women and pretty much glorifies drugs and crime.” To be fair, she’s not wrong. Some music created by this generation does these things and I’m not saying it’s okay that they do. What I will say is this: saying that our generation is the ONLY generation that glorifies sex, drugs, and violence is ignoring every generation that has come before us. Hasn’t she heard of “sex, drugs, and rock and roll”? The Crystals once wrote a song called “He Hit Me (It Felt Like a Kiss),” so you can only imagine what other awful shit the generations before us sang about. The fact is, we’re a generation in recovery and it’s not our faults. The world has gotten better during our lifetime, not worse. Alexis Bloomer also looks down upon the use of the word “bae” to describe someone that we love. “Bae,” while kind of annoying and overused, actually means “before anyone else,” which is actually kind of sweet. That’s beside the point though, because literally every generation before us has had weird slang words. That’s just how language works. I’m sorry that she doesn’t like one of the words that’s popular now? If she wants we can go back to referring to women we love as the “old ball and chain” or “the Mrs.” Other fun things she calls millenials include “lazy” and “entitled.” Apparently, we just want free college but we don’t want to put in the work. Of course, that’s ignoring the fact that the cost of college is double what it was for our parents. On top of that, an undergraduate degree is less valuable than it was for them. I’m not even sure why she thinks we “don’t want to put in the work” since our generation has the highest college enrollment ever. Bloomer also believes that we spend too much time online (okay, that one’s true) and less time actually building relationships. This has apparently led to a world where our online appearance is more important than our offline lives. And the truth is, maybe that’s true for some people, but it’s impossible to make that sweeping generalization about an entire group of people. Alexis also says that we believe that “standing up for what we believe in means going on Facebook and posting a status with [our] opinions.” And yeah, we post opinions on Facebook and Tumblr (just like I’m doing right now) but that doesn’t mean we don’t fight for what we believe in. Just for fun, I pulled two articles of millenials standing up for what is right. http://sgvnowproject.weebly.com/slut-walks--young-feminists-protest-rape--victim-blaming-around-the-world.html http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/hundreds-black-lives-matter-protesters-march-out-mall-america-demand-n485261 Now I will move to Alexis’s grand ending. For starters, Bloomer says that we don’t respect our elders or our country. I’m not even really going to refute this one that hard, because it’s just a sweeping generalization. Sure, some people don’t respect elders and some people don’t respect America. Also (crazy idea!) some elders might not deserve respect and honestly sometimes our country doesn’t either. Also, for some reason Alexis Bloomer thinks that “we mock the men and women that are fighting for us but we praise the people that are fighting each other.” I’m not even sure what this is referring to, because I don’t mock the military or our veterans and I can’t think of an instance when I’ve praised people fighting each other (okay, so I did run to join a fight circle once in high school). But still, I don’t know who she’s hanging around with, but they sound like awful people. Next, Bloomer says that “we’re more divided as a country than ever before” and apparently that’s mostly our faults. Her first statement isn’t wrong; America is very divided, especially politically. However, I have no idea where she came up with the idea that this is a problem created by millenials. None of the presidential candidates are millenials (the oldest millennial only just reached the age minimum) and we didn’t create the political parties. We didn’t create this problem, but we are living with it. Alexis Bloomer also goes on to say that we have more opportunities than the generation before us. Except, of course, we don’t appreciate them. And while this may be partially true, it’s also partially not. It’s no secret that it was easier for our parents to get good-paying jobs. There were more jobs to have and you could qualify for them without a masters or doctorate. College degrees were not necessary and those who went to college were not drowning in debt the way that we are. So yeah, maybe we don’t appreciate everything. My favorite sentence from Alexis Bloomer’s rant is this: “everything that used to frowned upon is now celebrated.” This is A CRAZY THING TO SAY. Just think about it. EVERYTHING THAT USED TO BE FROWNED UPON IS NOW CELEBRATED! I cannot possibly refute this because it’s so fucking stupid. I honestly cannot do it. Next we get some fun Bloomer word play. “Now I guess I see why people call us Generation Y, like why are we so entitled…” That’s right Alexis, it couldn’t possibly be because Y comes after X. Another thing that Bloomer repeats several times is the idea that we were raised better. I hate to be the bearer of bad news but we were literally raised and here we are. If we were raised better, maybe we would be better. The fact is, Alexis Bloomer seems to have struck a chord with the older generations. Almost all of my aunts and neighbors have shared this on Facebook. And maybe that’s just what we do to the generation that comes after us; maybe in 15 years we’ll all develop some sick need to use words like “ungrateful” and “lazy” to describe wrinkleless humans. But it makes me sad to see shit like this. I wonder when the next generation goes from being a sign of hope for the future to being a sign of what’s wrong with the present. The comment section on Alexis’s video is full of old men and women taking a huge shit on their children. Honestly, it’s depressing. All I can say is this: if there’s anything wrong with our generation, it’s Alexis Bloomer.

[horrorhouse]

I agree with a lot of her points here but I my one beef (besides Tim Tebow - who cares?) is the thing about music. I really don’t think the music you listen to defines who you are. I listen to different types of music depending on my mood at any given time.