lierdumoa:

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snorlaxatives:

a big difference i’ve noticed between myself and my parents (and i think it’s definitely a generational thing in general) is like when we’re at a public place and something goes wrong i’ll keep my frustration internalized while my parents always vocalize it. like i was just at target with my mom and we couldn’t use a coupon for whatever reason and my mom starts going off like “they need to make it more clear when and on what products this can be used for” yada yada yada and i’m just standing there like… it’s not that serious let it go madre life goes on

I think it’s more that when we get older we’ve went to so many situations that were shitty or unfair or stupid or whatever (because, like, time) that at some point we had to decide it’s not helping to stay quiet so we learned to speak up.

No. This is definitely an entitlement thing, and not an “fed up with the world thing.” People who complain tell themselves they complain because they’re “fed up” but really, getting “fed up” is a privilege and a luxury. A service worker who’s living month to month and knows that they could get fired at any moment, for any reason, and end up homeless, cannot afford to get “fed up.”

I know because as a POC – I noticed that white people were more likely to complain about things than POC. Take going to a restaurant. My parents would complain if there was an actual code violation like “there is a lipstick mark on this water glass you handed me” but if it was something minor like “this meat is kind of dry” we’d grumble about it quietly to ourselves. It was always very shocking to us when we’d go out to a restaurant with my parents’ white friends and those friends would be like “WAITER TELL TELL THE COOK HE’S PUTTING TOO MUCH SALT IN THE SOUP.”

People who complain do so because they believe that their concerns are valid, and that the world values their input. 

Millennials have internalized the idea that they’re disposable.

Millennials don’t complain about that shit because they’ve been conditioned to believe complaining won’t get them anything but censure. The younger generation’s done more unpaid labor, whether through volunteering or through unpaid internships, than the previous two generations. Imagine being afraid to get fired from a job that doesn’t even pay you? That’s the scam unpaid internships are running.

The younger generation has a more limited and competitive job market than the previous two generations. People with degrees from prestigious schools are more likely than ever to be stuck working service jobs because funding/pay has gone down in industries across the board. There are fewer scientific research jobs, and those that remain are lower paid. The same goes for journalism or any kind of writing or editing job. My sister graduated from to the 3rd most prestigious law school in the US about 7 years ago, and  she remarked on how shocked her professors were at how few of their students were able to find jobs upon graduation, compared to previous years. The quality of students hadn’t gone down – it was the job market that had shrunk considerably.