Wow, first we have people responding to threads with negative posts about the people posting; now we have members creating threads about how they don't like other members?? I don't know the exact age of the one who started this thread, but I'm almost positive it's another idiot 'Millennial'.
Now for those who don't know what Millennials are, you are in for a little education...
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- Millennials, or the Millennial Generation,[1] also known as Generation Y, are the demographic cohort following Generation X. While there are no universally agreed upon dates for when the generation starts and ends, commentators typically use a range beginning as early as the late 1970s to the early 2000s.
- Strauss and Howe's research has been influential, but also has critics. Jean Twenge, the author of the 2006 book Generation Me, considers Millennials along with younger Gen Xers to be part of what she calls "Generation Me" .Twenge attributes confidence and tolerance to the Millennials but also a sense of entitlement and narcissism based on personality surveys that showed increasing narcissism among Millennials compared to preceding generations when they were teens and in their twenties. She questions the predictions of Strauss and Howe that this generation will come out civic-minded.
- Surveys by the University of Michigan's Monitoring the Future study of high school seniors (conducted continuously since 1975) and the American Freshman survey, conducted by UCLA's Higher Education Research Institute of entering college students since 1966 showed the proportion of students who said being wealthy was very important to them increased from 45% for Baby Boomers (surveyed between 1967 and 1985) to 70% for Gen Xers and 75% for Millennials. The percentage who said it was important to keep up to date with political affairs fell, from 50% for Boomers to 39% for Gen Xers and 35% for Millennials. "Developing a meaningful philosophy of life" decreased the most, across generations, from 73% for Boomers to 45% for Millennials. "Becoming involved in programs to clean up the environment" dropped from 33% for Boomers to 21% for Millennials.
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This being said, I felt a short review of some of his past posts were in order before I make a rash judgement about him. After reviewing, it was clear to me that this posting was in order, and that his leaving our group has just increased our group's reputation. For those of you who live near Jersey, keep watching your 10:00 news; as you'll probably end up eventually seeing this "Gen Me" make his 15 minutes of fame by appearing as a bug stain on the side of a light pole.
Edsts, go back to school, focus on spelling and grammar, earn some respect for those much older than you who have "been there - done that" more times than you could comprehend, and take my posting as a wake up call as opposed to being offended by it; because I really do hope I'm reaching you before it's too late.
