attack of the dash commentary
Oct. 3rd, 2022 10:10 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
madimpossibledreameralso maybe this will label me as a terrible millennial but I have to ask: what is so terrible about 'adulting?' what is wrong with humor laughing and crying at how you managed to overcome your insecurities, depression, and burnout to manage to do one productive thing? I've read the statistics on millennials being the burnout generation, on the increase in depression and such. (maybe some people would say 'well obviously the issue is that you haven't treated your mental health' but a) it's hard to find the right therapist, look at horror stories online and b) in some situations your mental health isn't covered because the US is terrible and c) millennials do not have the money or time to be taking off of work for this stuff)
this is the main thing that bothers me. the rest is whatever. we escape in stories because frankly the real world sucks, and it's hard to change that when you're the 'burnout generation.'
maybe it's the word. maybe it's too 90's or Buffy for people. maybe 'being responsible' is what they want us to use. which, to be fair, it's boring and tedious to say, so it fits the subject matter. adulting sounds so much more adventurous, like you're going off to slay the demons of the everyday.
on harry potter: JK Rowling is terrible, but there's context I think that fits here. I wish I could remember the video on Youtube but someone was saying that maybe her fans created her, because there were all these critics, Christian parents and groups and conservative people who wanted to ban the books, and the fans rallied around her and told her not to listen to criticism time and time again. but maybe it goes both ways. maybe fans took it to heart because they fought Christians and conservatives to read it, so there's more investment there. idk. I wasn't super invested after book...five? I skipped a book because of angst and only read the end because I wanted to know how it ended. the answer is: it was disappointing. I think her editors stopped trying or were told to stop trying. please cancel her and make sure it's only fan creations that continue to exist, because fan communities can do so much better than so many of these problematic creators.
also, avocado toast is not a millennial thing. the answer to why we are too poor to afford houses is not that we're constantly going out to eat. the answer is: we're too poor to afford houses. the economy trashing us twice might have something to do with that. but no, because america and pre-nation beliefs that everything bad that happens to you must be a moral failing, it's because of a character flaw.
people need to get better at critical thinking.
sorry, I shouldn't be taking this seriously. the people writing attack pieces probably aren't taking their job seriously at least. the tik toks are probably more goofing off than anything; I haven't watched them because I don't have tik tok. some of them don't even know who millennials are and are just assuming that everyone older than them is a millennial. I just...I guess I'm slightly disappointed, because zoomers are supposed to be the ones taking mental health more seriously, so seeing them making fun of mental health is just depressing. or maybe they just have fourth doctor humor because they know we're all doomed. that I get.
this is the main thing that bothers me. the rest is whatever. we escape in stories because frankly the real world sucks, and it's hard to change that when you're the 'burnout generation.'
maybe it's the word. maybe it's too 90's or Buffy for people. maybe 'being responsible' is what they want us to use. which, to be fair, it's boring and tedious to say, so it fits the subject matter. adulting sounds so much more adventurous, like you're going off to slay the demons of the everyday.
on harry potter: JK Rowling is terrible, but there's context I think that fits here. I wish I could remember the video on Youtube but someone was saying that maybe her fans created her, because there were all these critics, Christian parents and groups and conservative people who wanted to ban the books, and the fans rallied around her and told her not to listen to criticism time and time again. but maybe it goes both ways. maybe fans took it to heart because they fought Christians and conservatives to read it, so there's more investment there. idk. I wasn't super invested after book...five? I skipped a book because of angst and only read the end because I wanted to know how it ended. the answer is: it was disappointing. I think her editors stopped trying or were told to stop trying. please cancel her and make sure it's only fan creations that continue to exist, because fan communities can do so much better than so many of these problematic creators.
also, avocado toast is not a millennial thing. the answer to why we are too poor to afford houses is not that we're constantly going out to eat. the answer is: we're too poor to afford houses. the economy trashing us twice might have something to do with that. but no, because america and pre-nation beliefs that everything bad that happens to you must be a moral failing, it's because of a character flaw.
people need to get better at critical thinking.
sorry, I shouldn't be taking this seriously. the people writing attack pieces probably aren't taking their job seriously at least. the tik toks are probably more goofing off than anything; I haven't watched them because I don't have tik tok. some of them don't even know who millennials are and are just assuming that everyone older than them is a millennial. I just...I guess I'm slightly disappointed, because zoomers are supposed to be the ones taking mental health more seriously, so seeing them making fun of mental health is just depressing. or maybe they just have fourth doctor humor because they know we're all doomed. that I get.
