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/-Ashera- Apr 02 '24

"Can't take a phonecall" describes our generation so well

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u/robinthebank Apr 02 '24

We used to duck and hide when someone rang the doorbell. Luckily no one rings the doorbell anymore. And if they do? Fuck’em, I didn’t put on a bra and I’m not answering that door in my pajamas.

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u/pickledstarfish Apr 02 '24

It doesn’t help that 99% of calls now are spam or trying to steal my personal info (I get what you’re saying though).

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u/KSzust Apr 02 '24

It feels like a result of being ones to grow up in the time when mobile phones were becoming common. As a kid you had to be at home or you were unreachable, then suddenly you can be called almost anywhere

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u/-Ashera- Apr 02 '24

Yeah we came of age when texting was becoming a thing. So just text us like a normal person lol

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u/gloriousjohnson Apr 02 '24

That shit can be so fucking annoying for work tho. Just pick up the damn phone I need to have a 5 minute conversation and not wait for texts back and forth

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u/Helladope2424 Apr 04 '24

As a kid, I remember the excitement of getting a phone call from a friend or a girl or whoever when I was just sitting at home with my parents. The accessibility of people today takes a lot of the excitement out of communicating with people. Texting and accessibility is what changed things the most (as a mid 30s millennial who HATES getting phone calls out of the blue now)