[Brillopad]

https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/576242...t-rant-tumblr/

When will these youngsters get it through their heads that few people have things handed on a plate. All generations struggle. But this latest fad of blaming previous generations does seem to suggest a refusal by some of the millenial generation to take responsibility for their life choices and instead pass the buck. Are they the generation that have had too much too soon and now expect it all without waiting and saving? Do parents need a rethink?

The comments section made an interesting read.

[MB.]

...this is the same paper that just yesterday called millennials "snowflakes" for correctly understanding the plot of the novel Frankenstein

[Smithy]

Someone has actually been paid to write an article about a ****ing tumblr post jfc

[smudgie]

Never handed anything on a plate in my life, however my two kids will be inheriting loadsa money when we pop our clogs.

[Brillopad]

Originally Posted by smudgie

Never handed anything on a plate in my life, however my two kids will be inheriting loadsa money when we pop our clogs.

I’m sure you have taught them well Smudgie and they keep up the good work.

[smudgie]

Originally Posted by Brillopad

I’m sure you have taught them well Smudgie and they keep up the good work.

not too sure about that Brillo..we might just have to blow it all on ourselves to save them from wasting it.

[Oliver_W]

Tumblr is full of stuff like this, and it contains garbage like there being more than two genders and which has blogs giving anorexics methods to avoid eating without getting caught; who cares about some kid who's not making anything of his life venting on the net?

I doubt anyone has a high opinion of The Sun, but it's embarrassing even for them they wrote an article about a blog post which even the writer will probably cringe at in a couple of years.

[Brillopad]

Originally Posted by smudgie

not too sure about that Brillo..we might just have to blow it all on ourselves to save them from wasting it.

Sounds good to me.

[Beso]

One thing i always remember from childhood is my mum and dad getting up each morning for work...my dad making the 4 of us xmas presents...and the joy i felt when i found my orange i got every year at the bottom of my xmas sock.....

Kids nowadays have far far too much to moan about...

[Oliver_W]

“We’re only 25, we didn’t get in to the war in 2001 (we were 11 years old)

Maybe his failures are due to his mathematical skills?

[MB.]

Originally Posted by Oliver_W

Maybe his failures are due to his mathematical skills?

The post in question dates back to 2015, so really we should be asking why on earth The Sun are using a three-year old Tumblr post to advance their agenda

[MB.]

I can't find the original post (convenient that The Sun doesn't provide any links or screenshots, eh?), but here it is reblogged in October 2015:

http://aevynne.tumblr.com/post/13129...our-generation

[Oliver_W]

Originally Posted by MB.

The post in question dates back to 2015, so really we should be asking why on earth The Sun are using a three-year old Tumblr post to advance their agenda

I'm a little relieved haha, and I hope the blogger is in a better place now!

[DemolitionRed]

I was paid by the state to go to uni. My kids are having to pay substantial amounts.
My first apartment cost me an affordable Ł45K. If one of my kids wanted to buy that apartment today it would cost the Ł350k
As a kid I had the pleasure of being to play outside. Now roads are too busy and parents too afraid to let them out of their site.
I will be able to get a state pension when I'm 66-67. My children will never get a state pension.
I worked hard when I was young which allowed me to play hard. My kids will have so much debt that they will never afford that same luxury.
As a child and teenager I never heard of food banks. My kids know various families who have to use them.

[Beso]

Originally Posted by DemolitionRed

I was paid by the state to go to uni. My kids are having to pay substantial amounts.
My first apartment cost me an affordable Ł45K. If one of my kids wanted to buy that apartment today it would cost the Ł350k
As a kid I had the pleasure of being to play outside. Now roads are too busy and parents too afraid to let them out of their site.
I will be able to get a state pension when I'm 66-67. My children will never get a state pension.
I worked hard when I was young which allowed me to play hard. My kids will have so much debt that they will never afford that same luxury.
As a child and teenager I never heard of food banks. My kids know various families who have to use them.

Move to the scottish borders..lifes grand compared to this south east cesspit.

[James]

I think life is better now than it was.

[Beso]

Originally Posted by James

I think life is better now than it was.

James, its a hassle for me to pm etc on my phone...can you change my name to parmy please...its what i get called on the forum anyway...kinda softens me a bit.

[jet]

Originally Posted by James

I think life is better now than it was.

I agree.

[smudgie]

Originally Posted by James

I think life is better now than it was.

I have to agree.
There is hardship now, but there always was and probably always will be.

[Smithy]

Originally Posted by James

I think life is better now than it was.

He’s not saying life is worse now, he’s saying how much more difficult it is to even live now bc of examples in the post below

Originally Posted by DemolitionRed

I was paid by the state to go to uni. My kids are having to pay substantial amounts.
My first apartment cost me an affordable Ł45K. If one of my kids wanted to buy that apartment today it would cost the Ł350k
As a kid I had the pleasure of being to play outside. Now roads are too busy and parents too afraid to let them out of their site.
I will be able to get a state pension when I'm 66-67. My children will never get a state pension.
I worked hard when I was young which allowed me to play hard. My kids will have so much debt that they will never afford that same luxury.
As a child and teenager I never heard of food banks. My kids know various families who have to use them.

[jet]

Originally Posted by Smithy

He’s not saying life is worse now, he’s saying how much more difficult it is to even live now bc of examples in the post below

It was difficult to live when I was young too, but I didn't moan endlessly about it. The majority of young people have always been the worst off financially, it's par for the course. I accepted that I would have to work long hard hours and build for the future. I was in my mid 40's before I was comfortably off. There have been financial hardships in every generation - to a greater or lesser degree - but young people now seem to think that life is static and because they see things as tough now that they will never get any better.

[Kizzy]

Originally Posted by James

I think life is better now than it was.

Not if your my daughters generation who at 22 was saddled with more debt than most people my age accrue in a lifetime just for higher education.

[MTVN]

It's swings and roundabouts really. Yes we have to pay for university but many more people now have the opportunity to go than when it was free, 50% now go whereas it used to only be 10%. Yes we'll probably have to work longer than our parents but we're also likely to lead longer and healthier lives. Yes lots of people now use foodbanks but go back twenty/thirty years and that option would not even have been there for those that were struggling.

[Kizzy]

Originally Posted by MTVN

It's swings and roundabouts really. Yes we have to pay for university but many more people now have the opportunity to go than when it was free, 50% now go whereas it used to only be 10%. Yes we'll probably have to work longer than our parents but we're also likely to lead longer and healthier lives. Yes lots of people now use foodbanks but go back twenty/thirty years and that option would not even have been there for those that were struggling.

Who's we, did you pay to go to uni?

It wasn't the dark ages 20-30 yrs ago, people of my generation live as long as is humanly possible too :/

The reason they weren't there is there was no call for them, unless there was some dire emergency! There have always been agencies for those in need but at the scale they are now and affecting so many UK wide? Unprecedented! It's shameful

[MTVN]

Originally Posted by Kizzy

Who's we, did you pay to go to uni?

Yes

How old do you think I am