[Jessica.]

Last line of the "news" article btw.

"We should all aspire to improve our public spaces so that all members of society feel comfortable and able to contribute fully."

[Livia]

Originally Posted by Jessica.

People born in 1998 are not Millennials either. Also plenty of 17 year olds go to university.

Everybody has a different interpretation of what a millennial is. And I can say with my hand on my heart, no one I started uni with was under 18. Mind you, you did have to have good grades back then.

[Livia]

Originally Posted by Jessica.

Last line of the "news" article btw.

"We should all aspire to improve our public spaces so that all members of society feel comfortable and able to contribute fully."

Good luck with getting that sorted when half the buildings in the country open to the public are not wheelchair accessible.

[JoshBB]

Originally Posted by Jessica.

Last line of the "news" article btw.

"We should all aspire to improve our public spaces so that all members of society feel comfortable and able to contribute fully."

I agree with that, but the focus on clapping just feels like weird priorities and an overemphasis on who it actually harms

[Livia]

Originally Posted by Dia.

A lot people see Gen Z as late 90s (such as 1997-????), meaning the oldest Gen Z people will be 21 now. Millennials are seen as 22-36, which is why its so ridiculous that we're still being called out for crap.

What's ridiculous are all the new pigeon holes we try to fit people in.

I'm in my 30s now. When I was a young person, it was young people being called out. It's just a different label.

[Crimson Dynamo]

Originally Posted by Jessica.

Last line of the "news" article btw.

"We should all aspire to improve our public spaces so that all members of society feel comfortable and able to contribute fully."

:waves jazz hands2:

[Oliver_W]

Let's all take a moment to apologise to Dia, labels attached to people based on age are obviously very important to her, and we must remember to get them exactly right 100% of the time.

[smudgie]

Strewth

[Tom4784]

Just another pointless story to give older people an excuse to grumble about 'millenials'.

It's a pointless change to do but it's even more pointless to react so badly to it, who are the actual snowflakes really? The people who have tried to implement this change or the people reacting to it by getting upset?

[Crimson Dynamo]

Originally Posted by smudgie

Strewth

Can you wave that finger a bit slower as its creating a draught and I dont want a cold

[MB.]

Originally Posted by Livia

Unless you're a genius, you're at least 18 before you go to uni. And the people this is aimed at are people at university. So yes, they are millennials.

Originally Posted by Livia

Everybody has a different interpretation of what a millennial is.

In which case, you clearly haven't a clue what a millennial is and isn't

(the most accurate definition is anyone born between 1981 and 1996. 37-year olds are millennials. Freshers, or at least 18/19-year old ones, aren't. People with an intrinsic resentment for anybody younger than them should probably ought to brush up on their terminology before another generation comes along, although they'll probably still call that lot millennials too)

[smudgie]

Originally Posted by LeatherTrumpet

Can you wave that finger a bit slower as its creating a draught and I dont want a cold

Ooops, just as well I didn’t do the jazz hand then

[Crimson Dynamo]

Originally Posted by Dezzy

Just another pointless story to give older people an excuse to grumble about 'millenials'.

It's a pointless change to do but it's even more pointless to react so badly to it, who are the actual snowflakes really? The people who have tried to implement this change or the people reacting to it by getting upset?

So its the fault of older people if they point out that young people sometimes make themselves look like ar$es?



lol

[Crimson Dynamo]

Originally Posted by MB.

In which case, you clearly haven't a clue what a millennial is and isn't

(the most accurate definition is anyone born between 1981 and 1996. 37-year olds are millennials. Freshers, or at least 18/19-year old ones, aren't. People with an intrinsic resentment for anybody younger than them should probably ought to brush up on their terminology before another generation comes along, although they'll probably still call that lot millennials too)

what do you think about the ban, the subject of the thread?

[Tom4784]

Originally Posted by LeatherTrumpet

So its the fault of older people if they point out that young people sometimes make themselves look like ar$es?



lol

It's a non-story that's only been made a story so that older people can go 'Grrr! Millenials!'

That's the long and short of it.

[Crimson Dynamo]

Originally Posted by Dezzy

It's a non-story that's only been made a story so that older people can go 'Grrr! Millenials!'

That's the long and short of it.

Its been picked up by just about all media outlets


dont ever get a job in sales and marketing

[Crimson Dynamo]

MB why are you answering for Dezzy in post 41 and why cant i quote that post of yours????

[Crimson Dynamo]

oh that post is deleted

what is going on?

[MB.]

Originally Posted by LeatherTrumpet

MB why are you answering for Dezzy in post 41 and why cant i quote that post of yours????

Because I deleted it when I realised I'd quoted the wrong post

In short, I was saying that if you do wish to grumble about "young people" and "millennials" doing completely non-newsworthy things like this as often as you do, you may as well learn that the two aren't interchangeable synonyms, because it'd be like me calling you Irish whenever somebody Scottish makes the news for.... I don't know, burning their toast or whatever

[Crimson Dynamo]

Originally Posted by MB.

Because I deleted it when I realised I'd quoted the wrong post

In short, I was saying that if you do wish to grumble about "young people" and "millennials" doing completely non-newsworthy things like this as often as you do, you may as well learn that the two aren't interchangeable synonyms, because it'd be like me calling you Irish whenever somebody Scottish makes the news for.... I don't know, burning their toast or whatever

Non Newsworthy?

Sorry but if you think that this story is non newsworthy then you have no grasp of the word newsworthy

that isnt me dragging you, that is genuine advice

[MB.]

Also, Jeremy Vine being all "well young people certainly weren't scared of loud noises during the Somme!!!!" about this makes me laugh that he's still considered to have any merit as a broadcaster

[Tom4784]

Originally Posted by LeatherTrumpet

Its been picked up by just about all media outlets


dont ever get a job in sales and marketing

Because older people are easy to cater to when it comes to media consumption, see: every tabloid ever.

Posting about evil millenials or lefties trying to sabotage brexit and you'll get plenty of clicks from an older crowd that looks for reasons to be outraged. It's the same crowd the consistently spreads the whole 'muslims are trying to kill Christmas' bull**** fake news articles that get shared every year.

Easy clicks from an easy audience.

[Jessica.]

Originally Posted by Dezzy

Because older people are easy to cater to when it comes to media consumption, see: every tabloid ever.

Posting about evil millenials or lefties trying to sabotage brexit and you'll get plenty of clicks from an older crowd that looks for reasons to be outraged. It's the same crowd the consistently spreads the whole 'muslims are trying to kill Christmas' bull**** fake news articles that get shared every year.

Easy clicks from an easy audience.

I couldn't have said it better myself. You get the point across perfectly.

[MB.]

Originally Posted by LeatherTrumpet

Non Newsworthy?

Sorry but if you think that this story is non newsworthy then you have no grasp of the word newsworthy

that isnt me dragging you, that is genuine advice

I mean, there are important world events, wars, natural disasters and political crises unfolding as we speak, and then there are a bunch of students doing jazz hands instead of clapping to help deaf people feel a bit less left out

I wonder which they'll use to headline the 6 o'clock news

[MB.]

Originally Posted by Dezzy

Because older people are easy to cater to when it comes to media consumption, see: every tabloid ever.

Posting about evil millenials or lefties trying to sabotage brexit and you'll get plenty of clicks from an older crowd that looks for reasons to be outraged. It's the same crowd the consistently spreads the whole 'muslims are trying to kill Christmas' bull**** fake news articles that get shared every year.

Easy clicks from an easy audience.

I feel like I just accidentally stepped into a Daily Express office