Kevin Roose, a writer I largely otherwise respect, went with one of the laziest tropes in today’s writing, saying that the “millennial lifestyle subsidy” of venture-backed startups and their discounted rates was going away. The piece, which manages to somehow blame millennials - apparently the only consumer spending class of the last decade - for taking advantage of the exploitative labor and dangerous monetization of the Uber-For-Everything generation. He even decides to include the half-assed generalization of Kara Swisher calling these apps “
Middle-aged Gen X here. Both Boomers and X'ers got dumped on by the older generations when they/we were young. I know it's irritating, but it will pass.
Also, each generation had its own challenges. If you don't want to be called narcissistic, you might want to consider investing a little emotional labor in understanding the struggles of previous generations. They weren't the same struggles as Millenials, but they were still serious (the draft!), and deserve to be taken seriously rather than airbrushed out of history.
Middle-aged Gen X here. Both Boomers and X'ers got dumped on by the older generations when they/we were young. I know it's irritating, but it will pass.
Also, each generation had its own challenges. If you don't want to be called narcissistic, you might want to consider investing a little emotional labor in understanding the struggles of previous generations. They weren't the same struggles as Millenials, but they were still serious (the draft!), and deserve to be taken seriously rather than airbrushed out of history.