Why 'Gen Y' should cry

[Martinus]

This doesn't ring true.  My impression is that the generation just leaving school and university now, while saddled with (student) debt, are a lot more financially sensible than their older brothers and sisters, or mums and dads.

Are you implying that kids these days aren't the worse possible generation EVER? Pfft.

[Josquius]

The children now love luxury; they have bad manners, contempt for authority; they show disrespect for elders and love chatter in place of exercise. Children are now tyrants, not the servants of their households. They no longer rise when elders enter the room. They contradict their parents, chatter before company, gobble up dainties at the table, cross their legs, and tyrannize their teachers.

[The Brain]

The children now love luxury; they have bad manners, contempt for authority; they show disrespect for elders and love chatter in place of exercise. Children are now tyrants, not the servants of their households. They no longer rise when elders enter the room. They contradict their parents, chatter before company, gobble up dainties at the table, cross their legs, and tyrannize their teachers.

The same has been said through all ages.

[Baron von Schtinkenbutt]

Chronic credit card debt is the mark of a complete fucking idiot.

Define "chronic" in this context.

[JonasSalk]

Kidz theze dayz.

[Ed Anger]

As a member of Generation X, all I have to say is boo fucking hoo.

I agree with my esteemed brother.

[Eddie Teach]

The same has been said through all ages.

And it's always been true. 

[Baron von Schtinkenbutt]

As a member of Generation X, all I have to say is boo fucking hoo.

As a member of the X-Y border, I agree and laugh at the spoiled brats getting their due.

[Monoriu]

Almost the exact same things were said about my generation when I grow up.  But I do agree that the next generations will have a tougher life than say the baby boomers. 

[Admiral Yi]

I might have mentioned it before, but I read some where that 60% of American high school kids expect to be professional athletes, actors, or musicians once they enter the work force.

I also learned (from a different source) that the average American teen sends 50 text messages a day.

[Martinus]

I might have mentioned it before, but I read some where that 60% of American high school kids expect to be professional athletes, actors, or musicians once they enter the work force.

So that's pretty much like high school kids everywhere, any time.

[Admiral Yi]

So that's pretty much like high school kids everywhere, any time.

Huh?  In my graduating class zero percent thought they would be pro athletes, musicians, or actors.

[garbon]

Recall for those latter two that Marti went to arts & crafts school.

[Scipio]

As a member of Generation X, all I have to say is boo fucking hoo.

I agree with my esteemed brother.

For, as I believe the youth now say, shizzle.

[Barrister]

As a member of Generation X, all I have to say is boo fucking hoo.

I agree with my esteemed brother.

For, as I believe the youth now say, shizzle.

The irony is that today's youth probably have no idea what you're saying - it's only us Gen Xers that know from Snoop Dogg.