Smoove wrote:
As john utah so aptly put it (channeling David Byrne): same as it ever was.
Great freaking song!! Thank you for acknowledging.
Smoove wrote:
As john utah so aptly put it (channeling David Byrne): same as it ever was.
Great freaking song!! Thank you for acknowledging.
john utah wrote:
Harambe wrote:This gen is better educated, healthier, and more productive than ever before. We don't feel the rush. There's a lot of time ahead of us.
I think you might want to tap the brakes on that last sentence, about millennials being superior in some way. That's absurd. People are people. Times change but the human condition doesn't change much looking at the big picture. You'll have winners and slackers in every generation.
The trend is for people to get married later in life. That's been going on a very long time, way before millennials got to be marrying age.
Everything I said is true -- except it's hard to find data on health (generation is too young for traditional health endpoints). By and large you'd expect our generation to reap the most from heathcare advances though.
But we do work hard and are better educated than ever before:
https://hbr.org/2016/08/millennials-are-actually-workaholics-according-to-researchhttp://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2015/03/19/how-millennials-compare-with-their-grandparents/ft_millennials-education_031715/People are people but demographics change over time.
We are healthier today than 200 years ago. We are better educated, etc. No reason why this isn't still improving.
Harambe wrote:
john utah wrote:I chuckle at the youngsters. Ok, son.
Print your comments out now. Put them in an envelope and open it in 20 years. You will laugh at your former self. Trust me.
What do you disagree with? Everything I said is well established.
Thankful I live in a generation where I CAN attain novel experiences regularly. I don't need to grind out at a job to provide.
It's more nuanced. It's not that what you're saying is "wrong". It's just that life is not as easy/simple as you think it is when you are young. I'm gen x, not a boomer, so not too old, but I can tell you that you will understand what I'm talking about when you are my age. The path is not as straightforward as you think. There are countless tradeoffs and compromises in life. There are countless variables that you're not considering in your current viewpoint. There are setbacks and roadblocks that you don't anticipate. All of this is compounded when / if you choose to have a family, which most people do, even if they don't think they will when they are young. I will also say that most young people, myself included, grossly underestimate how awesome it is to have a family and how much it can change your perspective.
the old saying---
What has been will be again, what has been done will be done again; there is nothing new under the sun.
john utah wrote:
the old saying---
What has been will be again, what has been done will be done again; there is nothing new under the sun.
Fair enough. I am not trying to write off any lifestyle. Just trying to explain how our generation has a unique opportunity to live 'unconventional' lifestyles in the eyes of older generations.
I have no doubt my priorities will change. I try not to be naive and stubborn, but that is often a losing battle.
LRC get a nice cross-section of age-ranges, so I like seeing people's viewpoints.
Jesus dude. I moved to South Dakota from Florida 6 years ago. This post had my laughing out loud.
So freaking true it's disgusting.
Harambe and John Utah having a thoughtful and civilized discussion, cats and dogs living together . . . utter chaos!
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i agree with this sentiment. you sometimes can't anticipate what life will throw at you. i used to think like this, when i was younger. then i lost a lot of my health, and a stable home became the most important thing in the world to me. things change, priorities change, YOU change. you just never know. travel used to be my number one priority, i haven't travelled for years now. it just isn't feasible on the medication i'm on and other limiting factors. it doesn't mean i can't enjoy my life - it just means things are very different and things that weren't important to me before, are now. everything shifted. and i never could have anticipated this.
It's very simple. You can combine travelling and job. I don't see any problems with it. Because I have the job I can do in every part of the world where exists internet. Moreover, I'm planning to start my own business - it will help me to save more time. Not so long ago I've found an interesting blog and I've found several interesting ideas for business. I think soon I will open international company or something like that. Take a look, maybe you will find some interesting ideas too:
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