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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

(Anonymous) 2016-04-08 03:20 pm (UTC)(link)
The answer is right there in your question.

"not been given the opportunity to grow up"

This is a passive attitude. The active attitude would be, "I am going to TAKE opportunities. I am going to MAKE opportunities." Because the world is not going to GIVE you anything, and yes, expecting it to is infantile. Children rely on others. Adults take ownership of their feelings, their actions, and their lives.

Re: Infantilization of an entire generation

(Anonymous) 2016-04-08 06:54 pm (UTC)(link)
Ah, yes, ye olde bootstraps argument.

Re: Infantilization of an entire generation

(Anonymous) 2016-04-08 08:07 pm (UTC)(link)
You're kind of proving AYRT's point if you actually think that's the bootstrap argument. Or if you think the bootstrap argument can actually be applied to the vast majority of American Millenials, really.

Re: Infantilization of an entire generation

(Anonymous) 2016-04-08 08:20 pm (UTC)(link)
Get real. I'm not talking about financial security. I'm talking about emotional maturity, and you know it. Please tell me what is stopping millennials from growing up. Please explain to me how they haven't been "given an opportunity" to grow up. University is the classic opportunity to grow up, and they squander it, collapsing in a state of emotional distress when someone disagrees with them. If you need a safe space to protect you from ideas, you are a definitive infant.