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Case ([personal profile] case) wrote in [community profile] fandomsecrets2016-04-07 06:49 pm

[ SECRET POST #3382 ]


⌈ Secret Post #3382 ⌋

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Re: Infantilization of an entire generation

[personal profile] lady_dragoon 2016-04-08 01:37 pm (UTC)(link)
Another Old Fogey here.

Yes. And I think the reason for this is because millennials have grown up in an era dominated by constant internet access. When I was growing up, the internet wasn't available until I was well into my late teens. So I was forced to mature and grow out of infantile behavior because the folks around me would not tolerate that shit past a certain age.

People who spent the bulk of their young adult life (ages 13-18) in the era of constant, readily available internet access didn't have that pressure. Even if the people around them in meatspace won't tolerate their behavior, they have a readily available connection to an army of enablers from around the world. If mum and dad tell them they need to stop being an entitled snotbag, they can just run to their online friends for validation of how uniquely oppressed they are (because Insert SJW Special Snowflake Buzzword Salad Here).

Millennials may have inherited a bleak economic future, but they've also inherited the kind of spoiled, obnoxious worldview that their generation is too special and deserving to be forced to do the highly unpleasant shit that comes with being a functional adult.