What I appreciate here is how it cuts through the lazy stereotypes and actually explains the pressures Millennials grew up with. When you see the mix of recession timing, student debt, and the shift to a fully digital life, their choices stop looking like quirks and start looking like adaptations. I’m 79, and this kind of framing makes the whole generation feel a lot more understandable — not a punchline, just people who had to build adulthood while the ground kept moving under them.
What I appreciate here is how it cuts through the lazy stereotypes and actually explains the pressures Millennials grew up with. When you see the mix of recession timing, student debt, and the shift to a fully digital life, their choices stop looking like quirks and start looking like adaptations. I’m 79, and this kind of framing makes the whole generation feel a lot more understandable — not a punchline, just people who had to build adulthood while the ground kept moving under them.
I have more respect for that generation, that’s for sure.
Respect or sympathy?
Respect. I don’t feel sorry for entire generations.
You're right of course.