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[–]Horror-SwordfishI don't get how flairs work 15 insightful - 1 fun15 insightful - 0 fun16 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

Maybe it's just because I'm a Millennial, but I don't think this is Millennials and I'm a little frustrated by people continuing to blame Millenials for Gen Z's crazy bullshit. I know that generation lines are hazy and hard to define but Pew says that Millenials are 1981 - 1996, so the youngest Millennials would be 25. As far as I can tell, this stuff is mostly happening in colleges, which would be firmly the realm of Gen Z.

I don't doubt that more Millennials are saying they're LGBT than previous generations, because our generation was the one in which it really become socially acceptable to be gay, but most of the "it's a fad" stuff is surely 18 - 24 year olds, and younger.

These are the kids that I remember thinking about when I was in high school, coming up into elementary school when sports became a "nobody wins, everyone gets a participation trophy" affair. I remember thinking, "Wow, those kids are going to grow up and be so entitled and think they're so special with no good reason for it." And here we are.

[–]strawberrycake 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

I’m a millennial too (late 20s) but this really is our fault. Our generation started this shit and is the one that is perpetuating it in institutions outside of academia.

[–]DimDroog 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Honestly, I believe it has its roots/tentacles in Postmodern bullshit, like Judith Butler, and Michael Foucault.

I hate it. Millennial's will out grow it. The stench of Postmodernism will still linger after everyone has moved on.