And yet still every year you will make, functionally, less money than the last. You will get poorer and poorer and it took you longer to get settled than the generation before you.
As a younger millenial, please donโt just slip into the same old tired horseshit that the people before you did. Itโs not helping and a lot of millenials are definitely struggling where they shouldnโt have to.
You're making some assumptions here that I won't look for another employer or won't get a promotion. With my promotion and pay raises, my pay did out pace inflation since I started this job in 2019. But, you're correct otherwise.
As a younger millenial, please donโt just slip into the same old tired horseshit that the people before you did
I don't think that's the problem. I think the problem is the same for Gen X and Millenials. Boomers absolutely refused to give up power and would rather die than retire. Feingold died and ruined her legacy, RBG died and ruined her legacy, Pelosi stayed in long enough to lead the democratic party to where it is now (neo conservative), Biden called it quits too late for a true primary basically handing over the country to whom he claimed was an existential threat ruining his legacy, we just elected the oldest person to ever to run for president... We never got our chance to run things. Our voices were crushed by the largest generation to exist. They were the party generation, and I'm afraid Gen Z and Alpha are more the hangover generations. With boomers finally being forced to retire or dying, I think we'll finally have a chance to at least start fixing some of the damage.
And yet still every year you will make, functionally, less money than the last. You will get poorer and poorer and it took you longer to get settled than the generation before you.
No I won't? I get raises above inflation, and I was married with a mortgage in my mid 20s.
Well thatโs a rarity, you must be absolutely raking it in at this point. Most places Iโve heard of tend to not even admit that inflation is real so that any raise they do offer barely, or doesnโt at all, covers inflation and isnโt really a raise at all.
Yeah, these 5 things are at least partially dependent on each other, with some feedback mechanisms. Having healthy coping mechanisms makes it easier to have meaningful relationships. A satisfying career can lead to financial security. So can a meaningful relationship (dual earners with shared expenses tend to be pretty financially resilient). And all of the above can obviously feed into a will to live.
I get some people are hurting, but it probably isn't helpful to try to say that literally nobody has these things. A substantial percentage of us do. Gen Z might be hurting even more, too, so focusing only on millennials is counterproductive.
I was born in 1981 and from what I've seen technically that is the first year people are considered to be millennials. It's kind of a grey area though.
Yeah this is why I disagree with the generation boundaries. I'm technically a millennial but I already owned my first home before the global financial crisis in 2008.
I have 5/5. I've always rejected the idea of traditional goals and instead went out to have fun and enjoy life. Really didn't care; I already was used to nothing and it is liberating. The rest just kind of happened without noticing.
It helps to love yourself and to stay away from stupid.
The object of life is not to be on the side of the majority, but to escape finding oneself in the ranks of the insane.
Nice! Having wonderful family and friends is the ticket for me, I believe. And a lot of hobbies. Tons and tons of interests to keep my mind and body busy.
hmm kinda number 3 (no debt but no savings either), most of number 4 after a few rough years and a coin toss on 5 depending on season, time of day, my mental load and at least one variable i haven't nailed down yet
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I don't even have one of these! ๐ฉ
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What is the oldest you can be and still call yourself a millennial? Google says born in 1980s counts. I'm pretty sure I have all five.
Now excuse me while I avoid work while scrolling Lemmy. ;).
1986 here, and same. A lot of us older millennials have things pretty well figured out by now.
And yet still every year you will make, functionally, less money than the last. You will get poorer and poorer and it took you longer to get settled than the generation before you.
As a younger millenial, please donโt just slip into the same old tired horseshit that the people before you did. Itโs not helping and a lot of millenials are definitely struggling where they shouldnโt have to.
You're making some assumptions here that I won't look for another employer or won't get a promotion. With my promotion and pay raises, my pay did out pace inflation since I started this job in 2019. But, you're correct otherwise.
I don't think that's the problem. I think the problem is the same for Gen X and Millenials. Boomers absolutely refused to give up power and would rather die than retire. Feingold died and ruined her legacy, RBG died and ruined her legacy, Pelosi stayed in long enough to lead the democratic party to where it is now (neo conservative), Biden called it quits too late for a true primary basically handing over the country to whom he claimed was an existential threat ruining his legacy, we just elected the oldest person to ever to run for president... We never got our chance to run things. Our voices were crushed by the largest generation to exist. They were the party generation, and I'm afraid Gen Z and Alpha are more the hangover generations. With boomers finally being forced to retire or dying, I think we'll finally have a chance to at least start fixing some of the damage.
No I won't? I get raises above inflation, and I was married with a mortgage in my mid 20s.
Well thatโs a rarity, you must be absolutely raking it in at this point. Most places Iโve heard of tend to not even admit that inflation is real so that any raise they do offer barely, or doesnโt at all, covers inflation and isnโt really a raise at all.
Yeah, these 5 things are at least partially dependent on each other, with some feedback mechanisms. Having healthy coping mechanisms makes it easier to have meaningful relationships. A satisfying career can lead to financial security. So can a meaningful relationship (dual earners with shared expenses tend to be pretty financially resilient). And all of the above can obviously feed into a will to live.
I get some people are hurting, but it probably isn't helpful to try to say that literally nobody has these things. A substantial percentage of us do. Gen Z might be hurting even more, too, so focusing only on millennials is counterproductive.
1980, but it's more about the experience. Did you have a computer when you were young? AOL in highschool? Millennial.
I requested AOL floppies so I could wipe them and reuse them for shareware. Does that count? ;)
You wouldn't download a car, would you?
"Never underestimate the bandwidth of a station wagon full of magnetic tapes hurtling down the highway"
Or a pigeon stapled to a USB
I was born in 1981 and from what I've seen technically that is the first year people are considered to be millennials. It's kind of a grey area though.
Yeah this is why I disagree with the generation boundaries. I'm technically a millennial but I already owned my first home before the global financial crisis in 2008.
I have 5/5. I've always rejected the idea of traditional goals and instead went out to have fun and enjoy life. Really didn't care; I already was used to nothing and it is liberating. The rest just kind of happened without noticing.
It helps to love yourself and to stay away from stupid.
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I dunno, I'm probably very lucky. I have all five. ๐คทโโ๏ธ I'm here if anyone wants to talk. (Probably not though, eh. ๐ซ )
One would probably need coping mechanisms for that.
I almost have a couple of these, so I guess you could say I'm doing pretty well for a millennial.
If you feel like you're doing well, don't let anybody, or some list, make you feel otherwise. โค๏ธ
What's your career?
I'm in IT. Web developer consultant at the moment. ๐
That's what I did (retired now). By itself that wouldn't have been enough but I also did theatre for years, which rounded it all out really well.
Nice! Having wonderful family and friends is the ticket for me, I believe. And a lot of hobbies. Tons and tons of interests to keep my mind and body busy.
Even if you had those 5 things for a period of time these will fluctuate. Life makes no promises.
I was promised at least lemons, but frankly if I waited for life to deliver I would have scurvy by now...
I have #5. Itโs called spite when itโs the only one of these that you have.
Fuck me, one would be plenty
I'm just undefined that there aren't more list items to miss.
I have none of the five.
No millennial has a unicorn either (I checked)
I've met a few who did ๐
Everybody... Disregard my previous comment. Missed this guy
Guess you can say I needed more time to... puts on sunglasses... Gradually adjust
I have none of these things ๐ซ
I mean... is this really just limited to millenials? I feel like... this is a lot more common no matter your generation
Every generation seems to think other generations have everything they don't. It's like the People's Front of Judea vs the Judean People's Front.
good point.
1/5 could be worse sorry for bragging
4/5 ain't bad
1985 here. All but the first one. But my coping mechanisms are way healthier now than a decade or two ago so progress!
Imagine having the first four, but still somehow not making it to the fifth
Why do you got to start with such a hard one.
What if my coping mechanism is denial, which means I believe it to be healthy because I'm denying the negative?
2, 3, 5; 4 not required.
Are you sure you are a human?
I have #5! Those boomers are going to have to fight me for it.
I'm just missing the first one, but so what? I've got the rest.
Wouldn't the first four contribute to the fifth?
hmm kinda number 3 (no debt but no savings either), most of number 4 after a few rough years and a coin toss on 5 depending on season, time of day, my mental load and at least one variable i haven't nailed down yet
No milliennial has all six: 1.-5. As above. 6. Uses social media
Does LinkedIn count? If it does, I know a millennial who has all of these.
Nobody who regularly uses LinkedIn has a will to live. They're clearly already soulless, at least
Clinging to #5 Working on #1 (hoping it'll be the doorway to at least some of the other 3)
We're still here, that's already a lot :)
Pick any two
Funny joke, none if us have the last one.
Millenial and 5/5, I'd say it depends where you live ...
Spawn points!
2 and 3ish
One out of five...
Somehow 3 is the only one I have. Would definitely trade it for any of the others if I could guarantee I wouldn't then have none.
1 and 4 are definitely missing from my life.
Same here! I still have a pulse and a willingness to breathe somehow.
Oddly I only have financial security... Any single gay bears out there?
I'm kinda proud, sitting here at 40%...
Miss me on #1, I'm here for weed and my family. The job is barely good enough for 2 but is rockin' 3.
I'm feeling pretty lucky just having #5 even if half my family just kinda assumes I don't.
Do pets count for #4?
Seems like my daughter does. One of the lucky ones I guess.
I have 0 lol
At the very least I've got the things that contribute towards unnecessary stress knocked out.
I have a little bit of everything. Maybe 2/5 total.
I have 2 and 5 sometimes 4, hoping soon to get 3 and a solid 4. I'll never have 1 because that's kinda what's going to make 4 so satisfying.
How many Boomers did you think had that?
Only 1 to go
I'd say I'm at about 50% on the last two. I've never experienced any of the first three though lol