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Generation Snowflake

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  • 27-06-2016 10:40am
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    c68zapdsm5i1ru
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    I've just been reading an article about a new book called 'I find that Offensive' by a 56 year old author writing about 'Generation Snowflake' .

    She says:

    “This generation has been reared to believe that safety trumps all. When they were growing up they were stopped from going out on their bikes because there were ‘probably paedos on every street corner’. In short, they were brought up to believe that everything was scary. This is coupled with the trend of catastrophising every social problem.

    "By giving importance to every perceived slight felt by the younger generation, they grow up unable to deal with the hardships of the world. And when every jibe or insult is treated as a serious offence, it trivialises more important issues."

    Just wondering if people agree or disagree with her.


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    py2006
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    Apparently we are all to be offended by Adele at Glastonbury yesterday.


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    me_irl
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    Sorry, but After Hours is my Safe Space. Please do not post anything like this as it will trigger me.


    f*ck this world


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    timmy_mallet
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    Utter nonsensical generalisation.


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    Moo Moo Land
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    Generation Snowflake? There is truth in that alright. I like it.


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    Winterlong
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    Our parents probably also thought we were soft as ****e too.
    Growing up in houses with running water, electricity, cars and heating.


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    [Deleted User]
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    Harry Fit Roadwork wrote: »
    I've just been reading an article about a new book called 'I find that Offensive' by a 56 year old author writing about 'Generation Snowflake' .

    She says:

    “This generation has been reared to believe that safety trumps all. When they were growing up they were stopped from going out on their bikes because there were ‘probably paedos on every street corner’. In short, they were brought up to believe that everything was scary. This is coupled with the trend of catastrophising every social problem.

    "By giving importance to every perceived slight felt by the younger generation, they grow up unable to deal with the hardships of the world. And when every jibe or insult is treated as a serious offence, it trivialises more important issues."

    Just wondering if people agree or disagree with her.

    First things first, what are her qualifications in sociology, psychology etc?

    If it's just a book of her observations about "things", meh.


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    jigglypuffstuff
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    timmy_mallet wrote: »
    Utter nonsensical generalisation.

    aww, did that offend you snowflake?:o


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    c68zapdsm5i1ru
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    She used to be a mental health social worker, apparently.


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    smash
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    You can even get reprimanded for slapping a waitress on the arse these days. The world's gone nuts!


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    Duggy747
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    A good aul nuclear war will get everyone to harden da fúck up.


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    aaronjumper
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    I think there is a grain of truth to it alright but like everything else it gets blown out of proportion.
    Duggy747 wrote: »
    A good aul nuclear war will get everyone to harden da fúck up.
    Do I get to push the big button though? It's so shiny!


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    me_irl
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    Duggy747 wrote: »
    A good aul nuclear war will get everyone to harden da fúck up.

    The extra limbs might help.


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    the evasion_kid
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    I'd agree,easy to pick out,all you have to do is criticise them and it's like sending out the bat signal,they all arrive to tell you how wrong you are..


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    silverharp
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    its funny that people don't get the irony in the term "micro aggression "

    A belief in gender identity involves a level of faith as there is nothing tangible to prove its existence which, as something divorced from the physical body, is similar to the idea of a soul. - Colette Colfer



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    Fleawuss
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    It will be great when all this hard older generation are dependent on the working younger generations for their health care and pensions: the snowflakes can then say that ye are so hard ye don't need pensions and such. Do without. Harden the **** up.


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    [Deleted User]
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    Deleted User wrote: »
    First things first, what are her qualifications in sociology, psychology etc?

    If it's just a book of her observations about "things", meh.
    Couldn't disagree more.

    Auguste Comte, the father of sociology, dropped out of university with no qualifications.

    It's the same in many fields of the social sciences and the arts. How many of the great architects of the 20th century had architecture degrees? None of the big names, as far as I am aware. I believe Le Corbusier started his career as a watchmaker.

    That's another problem with Generation Snowflake: the notion that a university degree entitles its bearer to respect and authority. No, your ideas rely on their own intellectual rigour, and not on the amount of alphabetic characters you attach to your name.


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    osarusan
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    I lose respect for people who throw about labels like 'snowflake'.


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    cantdecide
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    osarusan wrote: »
    I lose respect for people who throw about labels like 'snowflake'.

    You take that back.


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    RWCNT
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    Where the **** did this "Snowflake" term grow from?


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    FizzleSticks
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    c68zapdsm5i1ru
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    I agree with Fizzlesticks. Often people get offended on behalf of others who actually don't have any problem with the way someone has spoken or acted.
    Some people just love showing off their PC credentials, even when they haven't a clue what they're talking about.


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    Badly Drunk Boy
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    RWCNT wrote: »
    Where the **** did this "Snowflake" term grow from?
    I'm sure it's just about snowflakes being delicate and unique.


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    kneemos
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    py2006 wrote: »
    Apparently we are all to be offended by Adele at Glastonbury yesterday.


    ****ing Adele.


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    Mr. Farage
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    I have a friend who installs and fixes those electric gates in peoples driveways. He started the business in 2005 and even through the recession his business has grown year on year. He now employs 12 people and has plans to expand. So what's that got to do with the OP's post I hear you cry?

    People are more afraid now than they have ever been and the vast majority of the houses installing these gates are normal three and four bedroom houses not country mansions who's owners have been programmed by main stream media to believe ISIS are going to behead them or every second man is a possible pedo. Fear is used as a weapon and we see it everywhere around us. People have health insurance, life insurance, house insurance, travel insurance, gadget insurance etc.. it's like we can't ever take a risk "just in case". We live in a mixed social and private housing estate and the number of parents from the private houses who won't let their kids outside to play is obvious compared to the kids from social housing who spend most of their time you know just being kids.

    Hope things change and people can just learn to stop being so offended and worried about every little thing as life is far too unpredictable and special to spend it worrying.


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    Permabear
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    NiallBoo
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    Ahh...this is one of those delightful topics where everyone believes it's the other folks that are in the wrong and nobody really considers the other persons point of view.
    Everything goes round in circles until everyone's slightly pissed off and more polarised in their opinions.

    Good times.


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    twin_beacon
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    I'm actually waiting for that book to be delivered at the moment, really looking forward to reading it.

    The so called "generation snowflake" seems to be a sub set of the current 18-25 year olds. I have lived with one (thankfully not any more), and I must say it was like living with a child throwing toys out of the pram anything she was under stress, or she came across something that didn't up to her ultra high PC standards.

    Once she lost the plot with me for calling one of my mates a "big girls blouse" when he ran away from a wasp. Apparently the biggest insult I could have given him (a man) was calling him a woman. She wasn't too happy when I told her to man up! :D
    Mr. Farage wrote: »
    every second man is a possible pedo.
    I know what you mean, one of my mates gets strange looks when he brings his daughter to the play ground. he lets her off, and he sits there until she is finished.


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    FizzleSticks
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    #30
    KungPao
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    Sure, you can't even call your dog N*gger any more.

    Even Blackie is too much for some.


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    me_irl
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    RWCNT wrote: »
    Where the **** did this "Snowflake" term grow from?

    A term to ridicule overbearing parents that think their crotchspawn (or semen demon) is going to invent the cure for cancer.


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