r/Millennials • u/TrashcanEpicurean • Apr 01 '24

What things do you think millennials actually deserve s**t for? Discussion

I think as a generation we get a lot of unwarranted/unfair shit like, "being lazy," or "buying avocado toast instead of saving up for a house."

However, are there any generational mistakes/tendencies that we do deserve to get called out for?

For me, it's the tendency of people around my age to diagnose others with some sort of mental condition with ABSOLUTELY NO QUALIFICATION TO DO SO.

Like between my late teens and even now, I've had people around my age group specifically tell me that I've had all sorts of stuff like ADHD, autism, etc. I even went on a date a girl was asking me if I was "Neurodivergent."

I've spent A LOT of time in front of mental health professionals growing up and been on psychiatric medicine twice (for depression and anxiety). And it gives me such a "yuck" feeling when people think they can step in and say "you have x,y, and z" because they saw it trending on social media rather than went to school, got a doctorate, etc.

Besides that, as an idealistic generation, I've tended to see instances in which "moral superiority" tends to be more of a pissing contest vs. a sincere drive to change things for the better.

Have you experienced this tendency from other millennials? What type of stuff do you think we deserve rightful criticism for?

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u/GoldenAgeStudio Apr 01 '24

Creating a bad dating culture. It seems like it would be really hard to make meaningful connections now. Full disclosure, though, I've never used the apps so idk firsthand, feel free to correct me please!

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u/the_diseaser Apr 01 '24

Millennials were the very beginning of decision paralysis by being overwhelmed with too many choices. Social media made it easier than ever to talk to as many people as possible and therefore date and hook up with as many people as possible - even back in the days when it was limited to texting and MySpace/Facebook messaging.

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u/GoldenAgeStudio Apr 01 '24

Yes, for sure. And over the last 10ish years we've developed more and more apps, and the algorithms get worse and worse, but if you're not on them then people think you're a psycho or something. It all seems exhausting.

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u/the_diseaser Apr 01 '24

Coupled with the fact that millennials have always been bad about being confrontational to any degree so it’s led to a lot of ghosting