#millenial discourse

[nefarious247]

Yknow, if you think about it, Baby Boomers and Millenials should be allies. Best buds.

Millenials used to work 35 hours a week and be able to live off of that, now Medicare and SSI aren’t enough for them to survive. I dig that, my old friends. I’m mad about that too cause it’s affecting my grandparents, who are one of you.

Millenials work 40+ hours a week and can’t live off of that money. Most don’t qualify for Medicare or government aid. I dig that, my same-age friends. I’d love to be on my own but I literally can’t afford to. I’m mad about that cause I wanna live my life.

Millenials and Baby Boomers should team up and start a revolution against Deborah, Susan, and all the other white, upperclass jerks who are holding capitalism by the throat and commanding it only to benefit the rich and young-ish.

Let’s go guys. Viva la Revolution.

[snailstew]

Thinking about it, in terms of Those Dumb Millennials being a Thing; What older generations are really doing is trying to treat us as some kind of subculture, no? Whatever about our skills, qualifications and capabilities, the source of their haughtiness is cultural; towards our culture ((though in fairness: What else is there to target?)). When Hebdige wrote about the hegemony/mainstream reacting to subcultural groups, one of their methods for undermining these groups and therefore regaining control and a say in what was the "norm" was to defuse them. Defusion can happen a couple of ways, but the one I’m recognising is where a spectacle is made of the offending group: This group is ridiculous and therefore it is good, logical common sense to dismiss them. You wouldn’t want to be like those weirdos/failures. —And there's something ringing true for me in thinking about all this and thinking about the seemingly constant nitpicking and scrutiny our generation is under. Pretty shitty? Because news flash asshole, we’re not a subculture, we’re the new culture, we’re out there, inheriting the world day by day, while you appear to be kicking and screaming as time continues to move on. Anyway; This has been a thought.

Now if you'll xcuse I've got an avocado to smash