oh wow...new low...making fun of posters for not properly quoting a source? I dont think there is any evidence at all that ghost of chenier was attempting to mis lead anyone and present it as his own piece. He posts in broken English and that piece was well written. Moments later in the thread he admitted as such.
Sounds like nothing more than attempts to bait conservatives into bickering contests where liberal are allowed to say anything and conservatives get banned, suspended, warned etc when they respond in kind.
and it buries the lead which is the piece itself. Its a great awareness piece from one generation to the next.
And here's the truth. Its my generation. gen x(not the boomers) that created the millennial. And here's where we screwed up. We divorced often and we built and bought and lived in bigger homes. We finished our basements and had less children. We moved out to the burbs and had large yards.
So millennials grew up with too much personal space and too much stuff. like rich kids do. Ever had a rich kid as a friend? The kid that had everything and was given everything as a child so they feel entitled to your stuff too and they dont like to share? yeah, me too.
gen x like me gave their children too much space and too much stuff.
Imagine for a second in 1945, a 2 parent 3 children household living in 900sf 2br 1 bath apt. or in a 800sf cape cod or Georgian.
now imagine a 2 parent family with mom and dad living in different homes, 3000sf 3-4 br, 3-4 bath, finished basement and large yard. mom and dad are so busy working to pay for it all and dating to find a new mate that the poor little millennial spends so much time alone that the millennial thinks he or she is adulting at 15 years old. and this poor little millennial has never shared a 10'x10' bedroom with a tiny closet. shared clothes. shared limited food. shared milk. and learned to get along well with others. so the millennial just cant fathom the idea of limited resources and sharing them. And paying for them???? haha...yeah, the millenial just struggles with that too.
And we've ended up with a younger generation that wants it all. wants it now. and is not equipped yet to work for it.
But there is good news on the horizon: great news!!!
1. Boomers are dying and leaving all of the wealth(they hoarded<--those meanies) to the Gen Xers and to the millennials. And the Gen Xers will be dying in 20ish years and the millennials will have it all.
2. The Gen Xers all bought large enough homes that the millennials can live in mommy's fully finished 1000sf basement. there might even be a sundeck and pool in the back yard. The Gen Xers and Boomers that are still alive got nothing better to do so they are even happy to raise the millennials children for them!! Maybe they'll get it right this time around?
No but seriously, millennials. Just wait it out. You're going to get it all anyway.
Now if you were a poor kid like me? Ya best git ta work!!
like i said, its a full rebuild.
