The 'Millennial' Generation

[patrick1]

I am 27, so I am just a little older than this generation. But I was talking to someone about my age and after remembering the old days of He Man and WWF wrestling, we discussed politics. We are both conservative. Why, because of Ronald Reagan. Reagan was a childhood hero to many of us.

Ah, but you are not a millenial, no?

Facts about people born in 1990 (i.e. me, Boss Tweed, Akno...)

-GHWB was President when we were born.
-The First Gulf War was just starting/about to start when we were born.
-The USSR existed for one year when we were living.  We do not remember it.
-Ronald Reagan was that one ex-President dude who had Alzheimers.
-Grunge is soooo Gen X.
-Barney has always existed that we remember.
-The first presidential election we remember is 1996, athough we only remember it vaguely, if at all.
-Tickle Me Elmo was our first fad, followed by Tamogachi and Pokemon, then boy bands and now rap (although the last two aren't really 'fads')
-Bill Clinton was the first president that we remember.
-9/11 happened when we were 10 or 11.

Boss, Akno, any other people born in 1990... anyting else you'd like to add?

Wow, I am getting old. LOL

[patrick1]

Most of the younger kids I run into have the following problems:

-Laziness
-I don't care attitude
-Expect to just get a check instead of  earn one
-Thinks they are superior to those older then them
-Have no respect for elders.

In my experience the kids coming out of highschool are sorry. They don't want to work and when they do they just want to cut corners so they can get a paycheck they've barely earned. The reason is because their parents gave them to much growing up.

Every generation believes this of those who follow them, and yet there never seems to be any generation of total degenerates once they grow up.

The 60s generation comes very close to it. Those like Kerry and his ilk. I think this current MTV generation will be a death blow to the US as we know it.

You cannot really blame the younger generation because it is people twice their age creating the mindless and vapid culture.  People who were raised by T.V. and who create programs for those with short attention spans.