Walter H Price wrote: No pressure at all in the 50's ,60's and 80's , warped attitude we have it piss easy today in comparison.
Walter H Price wrote: My grandfathers were down the docks at 13 worked 2 and 3 manual labor intensive jobs all their adult lives , my dad was on and off short contracts (1 or 2 months at a time) for 6 years in the mid eighties to early nineties because there was literally no jobs , couldn't get approved for a mortgage or car loan , with a masters degree.
Bit cynical wrote: Yes they have.
El_Duderino 09 wrote: » Crying after an interview is a good example of the generation gap. Jobs are much less stable and more competitive that the older folks probably realise. We now make whole series of tv shows about job interviews like the apprentice and dragons den. Shows where people compete for a job and get spoken to like crap and even when they don't get the job they still have to eat a sh1t sandwich and smile while they're doing it. Older folks have never experienced that pressure to get a job. Never mind the fact that those older folks might have never experienced a decade of stagnant or falling wages and increasing cost of living. Try saving for a house and family under those circumstances and see how you feel after an unsuccessful job interview. Never mind the fact that these older folks have had their fun with the economy, bought a garish McMansion they couldn't afford and raised their children in it before giving it back to the bank. Hey grandad, put all your thoughts on generation snowflake into your blog and WhatsApp me the address. Then I can never ever read it because it seems that in spite of all their smugness, the older chaps don't have a clue either. The geniuses who were fully matured in the Celtic tiger should be delighted their children are taking a different path to themselves because they didn't exactly cover themselves in glory when they held the reigns.
seamus wrote: » Every generation is told that they're soft and weak and not as good as their predecessors. It's all nonsense. The "snowflake" stuff is the swan song of people in the throes of a mid-life crisis who can't accept that they're no longer in tune with the world.
Firefox11 wrote: » Ah now, I was brought up in the 70's and 80's and we were tough as old boots. :P
Fluffy Cat 88 wrote: » Generation X myself. I remember older folk telling me how easy my life was compared to theirs back in the day. And so it continues. Transport; Walking - bicycle - one car family - multi car family. Communication; Phone box - house phone - mobile phone - smart phone. Research; Older generation - encyclopedia - encarta - google. Every generation has more convenience than the previous one. But at least mine didn't have social media and cyber bullying. Back in my day blah.....
El_Duderino 09 wrote: » You'd think they would have an ounce of empathy for the young people in the equivalent position today. But nope ... 'Rabble rabble I never complained about (insert list of complaints) when I was in their position. Rabble rabble'.
Jelle1880 wrote: » Actually for the last 2 or 3 generations life was getting easier. Wages went up, a ton of people could easily buy a house, one or more cars, get several children,... and lead a comfortable life. My generation (early 30's) seems to be the one that is now being confronted with a ****ed up economy, caused by the spending spree of previous generations who seemingly didn't anticipate what effect they would have on later generations. You're right that the future generation will likely be hit even harder with this, but my point still stands that generations moving away from the ways of their parents/grandparents/... is perfectly normal. It always happens.
Rainman16 wrote: The term refers to people reaching adulthood in the 2010s, The generation after millennials. This generation are characterised as being soft and overly sensitive, lacking resilience and ability to deal with the harshness of the real world. They value safety because they have been raised to fear everything around them, they have social behaviour issues, due to growing up in the age of "social media" they are unable to communicate with others without the use of technology.
marienbad wrote: I can't believe in this information age people can still be so clueless .
Senna wrote: Yes, they didn't complain, they just got on with it, the problem now is every though gets expressed, but who give a ****, what do you want? a hug?
Arcade_Tryer wrote: » For the average person, now is the greatest time in the history of this planet to be alive. If some people want to refer to the generation which most reflects this global society as the snowflake generation, then sign me up as a snowflake. How sad that so many middle aged white men feel the need to drag down everything that dares threaten their way of life. From the fan boys of childish egomaniacs like Trump and Putin on boards, to the posters who forage through threads on sexism and rape culture desperate to convince themselves and anybody who'll listen that it's all a wild conspiracy. How tiring it must be to hold so much anger for a world which on average has treated us so well. Never has so much anger and so much fury been put to so little use or societal benefit. But rather destruction and debasement. 2016. The year human nature reminded us that it can never change. Even if society can. Slowly.
Alt Right Guy wrote: Crying after a job interview is a good thing? WTF? Man up ffs!
suicide_circus wrote: The middle aged white men you refer to are largely the ones who have created the conditions for this to be the greatest time in history to be alive. They have built the wealth, technology, universities etc.
marienbad wrote: But know this - whatever challenges face them they are quite simply the best educated , best prepared ,most prosperous tranche ever to come out of Ireland . Whether their futures lie in Ireland is another question but they are the most likely to overcome those obstacles that any before . And that didn't happen by accident .
marienbad wrote: Now as for those 'generalisation' I referred to , how about - ''Older folks have never experienced that pressure to get a job'' or ''older folks might have never experienced a decade of stagnant or falling wages and increasing cost of living'' . It is unbelievable that someone as educated as you could post this stuff .
marienbad wrote: Stop harking back to the Celtic Tiger , some of us have a much longer view and believe me the worst of the worst in that implosion is insignificant compared to Ireland in the 50's - 70's . By the way those of us from those years were no great heroes either , we just got on with it as everyone else was in the same boat . And your generation will do exactly the same .
wakka12 wrote: » I don't know about that, as somebody who's part of this generation I think a lot of the social media vanity and safe spaces and sjw and entitlement is quite objectively pathetic
RollieFingers wrote: » Do safe spaces actually exist in Ireland? I'm in DIT, pretty sure there's none on campus, certainly never heard anyone mentioning one or even saying one is needed!
Grayson wrote: » I think the idea is that the campus itself is supposed to be a safe space. So hate speech etc is not allowed on campus. The problem the right has with this is that because they're not allowed promote sexism or racism then they say that their rights are being infringed. But they're not really. I can't think of a workplace (outside of the BNP offices or Breitbarts headquarters) where anyone can get away with that stuff.
Senna wrote: » Yes, they didn't complain, they just got on with it, the problem now is every though gets expressed, but who give a ****, what do you want? a hug?
RollieFingers wrote: » Not saying that elements of such behaviour aren't to be found, but it's really not that widespread. Majority of people just there to get a degree or go on the piss.
marienbad wrote: » This is what I mean -, your post is so full of ill-informed generalisations as to be meaningless. I'll go through a few in a minute but first let me say I am under no illusions about how tough this so called 'snowflake ' generation are going to have it , what between climate change and the casualization of labour etc . But know this - whatever challenges face them they are quite simply the best educated , best prepared ,most prosperous tranche ever to come out of Ireland . Whether their futures lie in Ireland is another question but they are the most likely to overcome those obstacles that any before . And that didn't happen by accident . Now as for those 'generalisation' I referred to , how about - ''Older folks have never experienced that pressure to get a job'' or ''older folks might have never experienced a decade of stagnant or falling wages and increasing cost of living'' . It is unbelievable that someone as educated as you could post this stuff . Stop harking back to the Celtic Tiger , some of us have a much longer view and believe me the worst of the worst in that implosion is insignificant compared to Ireland in the 50's - 70's . By the way those of us from those years were no great heroes either , we just got on with it as everyone else was in the same boat . And your generation will do exactly the same . I look forward to reading your blog , hopefully it won't be too smug
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