Pretty sure this is why people hate my generation

"Textured Soy Protein" (texturedsoyprotein) 02/24/2016 at 11:29 • Filed to: None

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I’m sorta kinda a millennial. I’m 33, so I’m really too old to be a millennial, but too young for Gen X. That doesn’t stop my age-group peers from making insufferable choreographed wedding and baby photo announcements. I have nothing but contempt for these people.

Shane MacGowan's Teeth > Textured Soy Protein 02/24/2016 at 11:31

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Really? No hatred? Not even a little?

Come on... let it flow through you.

ly2v8-Brian > Textured Soy Protein 02/24/2016 at 11:32

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Different Strokes for different folks.

MonkeePuzzle > Textured Soy Protein 02/24/2016 at 11:32

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ugh, fit attractive people in beautiful surrounds with smiling faces. UGH

Jcarr > ly2v8-Brian 02/24/2016 at 11:34

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Yeah, this seems pretty tame.

Galileo Humpkins (aka MC Clap Yo Handz) > Textured Soy Protein 02/24/2016 at 11:35

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Such a bunch of self serving, conceited dickwads — and it’s only getting worse with each generation. Contempt is an understatement for me, and it’s not just specific to baby or wedding announcements.

This is coming from a 32 year old but go ahead and cue the ‘old man yells at cloud’ meme or similar. I take great pride in my curmudgeon nature.

Steve is equipped with Electronic Fool Injection > Textured Soy Protein 02/24/2016 at 11:35

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That, along with this:

is stuff I file under, “Stupid shit white people do when they haven’t had enough misfortune in their lives.”

Jcarr > Textured Soy Protein 02/24/2016 at 11:35

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This is what I made when my wife got pregnant (our last name is Carr if that isn’t obvious). BTW, for reference, I’m 32.

ly2v8-Brian > Jcarr 02/24/2016 at 11:36

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I wouldn’t do this, but I certainly get it. Having a kid is kind of a big deal.

TheHondaBro > Galileo Humpkins (aka MC Clap Yo Handz) 02/24/2016 at 11:37

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It’s getting to the point where people will make Facebook accounts for their unborn children.

Spaceball-Two > Textured Soy Protein 02/24/2016 at 11:38

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I’ve seen way worse and am guilty of something similar.

CounterTorqueSteer > Textured Soy Protein 02/24/2016 at 11:38

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You know why else people hate “your generation”? Unnecessary hate for other people and things that have absolutely no effect on your life.

Galileo Humpkins (aka MC Clap Yo Handz) > TheHondaBro 02/24/2016 at 11:38

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That depresses me. Immensely.

BeaterGT > Jcarr 02/24/2016 at 11:39

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This is actually clever.

Zohaibman72 > MonkeePuzzle 02/24/2016 at 11:40

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Even worse, they’re breeding.

Jcarr > BeaterGT 02/24/2016 at 11:41

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Thanks, it was a rare stroke for me.

Luke's Dad Sold His 2000TL To Get a Sienna > Textured Soy Protein 02/24/2016 at 11:41

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At 21, I think I’m a millenial, but I act like I’m 65. I yelled at someone at my old high school (a high school senior) for ignorantly saying people burn fossil fuels for fun. He can say that when he finds a way to replace the 90% of our power consumption that comes from fossil fuels with renewables but until then, that ignorant little shit deserves to be publically shamed.

The Transporter > Textured Soy Protein 02/24/2016 at 11:41

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Do you remember the first time you used the Internet? Did you play Oregon Trail on an Apple IIe with a green monochrome screen? You do? Then you’re not a millenial.

Andy Sheehan, StreetsideStig > Textured Soy Protein 02/24/2016 at 11:43

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I don’t have a problem with this stuff. I’d rather see my feed full of posts like this, celebrating life, than pointless political arguments.

cazzyodo > Textured Soy Protein 02/24/2016 at 11:43

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My aunt had custom wrapped Hersey’s chocolate saying “HEREHEIS” instead with various baby related information replacing everything chocolate.

This was, oh God...7 years ago maybe? I’m not sure exactly cuz I haven’t seen my aunt in forever (possibly related to this baby thing but possibly not).

Patrick Nichols > Textured Soy Protein 02/24/2016 at 11:43

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I think that makes you Gen Y, where I think of millennials as being 1995 on. IMO, the defining characteristic is that growing up with the rapid change in technology, whereas the 1995 and later kind of were raised with very similar tech. I’m on the face at ‘93, but my classes in school were always the experimental generation of trying out new technology before figuring it out. My generation generally got cell phones in high school, where millennials all got phones in middle school or earlier.

TL;DR: Gen Y has adopted modern technology, while millennials grew up with it.

Though to go along with your point, a lot of people in Gen Y will use fairly outdated (facebook) social media too much for corny shit.

EL_ULY > Textured Soy Protein 02/24/2016 at 11:45

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A survey or study said millennials are not buying cereal because after they’re done, the have to wash the bowl. Cereal sales are down and are trying to find a way to adapt to the trend, possibly selling cereal in individual portions

Textured Soy Protein > The Transporter 02/24/2016 at 11:48

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Yes to both of these questions!

PushToStart > EL_ULY 02/24/2016 at 11:49

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Pshhht, I just eat that shit right out of the box. No bowls

JEM > Textured Soy Protein 02/24/2016 at 11:50

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While I find a lot of this stuff to be annoyingly trite (41yrs Gen X FWIW) This was posted to r/motorcycles and got like 3,000 upvotes including mine:

Anon > Textured Soy Protein 02/24/2016 at 11:50

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I think the reason I’ve avoided getting into portraits is because I live in the southern US and all of the photographers around here are forced into doing cringy shit that I wouldn’t want to put my name on.

Textured Soy Protein > CounterTorqueSteer 02/24/2016 at 11:51

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I don’t hate them, I have contempt for them. Contempt is a milder form of dislike. I don’t have enough energy for hate.

iSureWilll > The Transporter 02/24/2016 at 11:51

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Do you know how many oxen it takes to cross the Missouri River?

Answer: Trick Question. You got dysentery and died.

The Transporter > Textured Soy Protein 02/24/2016 at 11:51

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People hate on millennials and they deserve it. But do you know who else deserves to get hated on? The generation that raised millennials to be self-centered douchebags.

spanfucker retire bitch > Textured Soy Protein 02/24/2016 at 11:52

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Pretty sure that is the most inoffensive thing I have ever seen anybody bitch about when it comes to “millenials.”

Tripper > Textured Soy Protein 02/24/2016 at 11:53

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Yea F people that are happy, no way they should be allowed to celebrate big life steps.

spanfucker retire bitch > Patrick Nichols 02/24/2016 at 11:54

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They (whoever they are) have pretty much defined millenials to be anyone born on or after ‘87 or ‘88.

Yeah, makes no fucking sense to me either. I wasn’t classified as a millenial until I was in like high school.

TheBloody, Oppositelock lives on in our shitposts. > TheHondaBro 02/24/2016 at 11:54

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My cousin did that for her twins, then “they” friended me which I promptly ignored. She then asks me why I didn’t accept their friend and was genuinely pissed that I didn’t. Thankfully we don’t speak much anymore.

Textured Soy Protein > Andy Sheehan, StreetsideStig 02/24/2016 at 11:54

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I already unfollowed or unfriended all the habitual political rant types.

450X_FTW > The Transporter 02/24/2016 at 11:54

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THANK YOU. Seriously the other day on the morning shift I tried to make this point out because I’m 30, did those things you mentioned yet everyone just defaults to “nope you’re millenial because of your age”

Textured Soy Protein > Tripper 02/24/2016 at 11:55

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Celebrating big life steps is great! Celebrating like this is stupid.

450X_FTW > TheHondaBro 02/24/2016 at 11:55

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Having one for their pets is bad enough.

Chris_K_F drives an FR-Slow > spanfucker retire bitch 02/24/2016 at 11:56

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Awesome, I just made the cut in ‘88... -_-

TheHondaBro > 450X_FTW 02/24/2016 at 11:56

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Ugh, my cousin made one for his cat.

spanfucker retire bitch > Chris_K_F drives an FR-Slow 02/24/2016 at 11:57

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‘89 here. I grew up believing I was somewhere between Gen Y and Gen X, only to be classified later in life as a Millenial.

It’s not fair I tells ya! It’s not fair!

zeontestpilot > Textured Soy Protein 02/24/2016 at 11:57

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I thought it would be funny, if my wife was pregnant again, we dropped random hints and whatnot, like having 4 video game controllers next to each other, or 4 hot wheels.

OPPOsaurus WRX > Textured Soy Protein 02/24/2016 at 11:58

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10 years from now:

Highlander-Datsuns are Forever > Textured Soy Protein 02/24/2016 at 11:59

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Gen X for life.

DanimalHouse > Textured Soy Protein 02/24/2016 at 11:59

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This is the only announcement like these that I’ve ever found acceptable (in fact, hilarious).

I fear it started this revolution.

Sir_Stig: and toxic masculinity ruins the party again. > iSureWilll 02/24/2016 at 11:59

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double trick question, you didn’t hire the guide and you all drowned of dysentery.

450X_FTW > TheHondaBro 02/24/2016 at 11:59

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everyone has that one weird cousin.

BigBlock440 > The Transporter 02/24/2016 at 11:59

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I did both those things, but I’m pretty sure I fall squarely into the millennial range.

TheBloody, Oppositelock lives on in our shitposts. > Tripper 02/24/2016 at 12:01

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Nothing wrong with celebrating life steps, celebrating life steps by trying to gain validation of said life steps through social media “likes” is obnoxious.

Lets face it, the probability of this picture ending up on Reddit for sweet sweet karma points is extremely high.

CalzoneGolem > Textured Soy Protein 02/24/2016 at 12:01

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I just hate everyone all the time for no reason. It is much easier.

Nibbles > Textured Soy Protein 02/24/2016 at 12:01

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Guess what? You’re an Xer .

If Hahvahd says it’s true, then so be it.

duurtlang > Textured Soy Protein 02/24/2016 at 12:02

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I just ignore that kind of trope. Not having a facebook account is a great way to shield yourself from it. I’m 33 too by the way.

Patrick Nichols > spanfucker retire bitch 02/24/2016 at 12:02

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Right now we are but I feel like once the people that decide this shit are part of these generations there will be a better distinction. I feel like there will be some major divides. For example I would classify Gen Y as those who were not yet adults, but still remember 9/11 very clearly.

MontegoMan562 is a Capri RS Owner > Textured Soy Protein 02/24/2016 at 12:02

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I have no problem with these. I’ve even taken part in one of them before, it’s fun to announce major life steps in a creative way.

Man, it must suck to dislike fun.

BigBlock440 > Patrick Nichols 02/24/2016 at 12:02

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Gen Y is the millennial generation

EL_ULY > PushToStart 02/24/2016 at 12:02

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ME TOO!!!! Or do it Craig style

Chris_K_F drives an FR-Slow > spanfucker retire bitch 02/24/2016 at 12:02

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Yep, sucks when you get lumped in with an awful social group.

It must be how all the Subaru guys who owned Bugeyes and Blobeyes, before the first Gymkhana videos came out and every vaping bro with a flat brim Monster hat started buying WRXs like crazy, must feel.

The Transporter > 450X_FTW 02/24/2016 at 12:03

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“Millenial” has become a catch all phrase used by older people to describe younger people that engage in behavior that they don’t understand. Understandable since the generation doing the finger pointing was completely understood by their parents.

Sir_Stig: and toxic masculinity ruins the party again. > Steve is equipped with Electronic Fool Injection 02/24/2016 at 12:03

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Calm down, babies are fun and people should have fun while they still have the energy. Also, not just white people do this.

Signed, a guy married to a pregnant latina.

iSureWilll > Patrick Nichols 02/24/2016 at 12:03

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Only some kids in my high school had phones. Others had beepers.

Textured Soy Protein > JEM 02/24/2016 at 12:04

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That one works, because motorcycles are cool, and it’s only one picture, not a stupid collage with dumb poses and implied self-promotion of the parents’ supposed athleticism.

My citroen won't start > Textured Soy Protein 02/24/2016 at 12:04

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Wait until they actually have the kid. “Look at Gandalfrin all dressed up eating some shit" eleventeen times a week.

450X_FTW > The Transporter 02/24/2016 at 12:06

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Agreed, WW2 survivor generation didn’t understand why their kids would do something other than they are told, why they smoked the pot, or why the listen to satan worshipers like KISS. Then that generation didn’t understand that their kids might be born gay, and they can’t force them to live differently. And that generation still isn’t quite sure how to upload videos to facebook.

Textured Soy Protein > MontegoMan562 is a Capri RS Owner 02/24/2016 at 12:06

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I like having fun. Cheesy self-aggrandizing “look at us, we’re athletes ” cornball crap like this is not my idea of fun.

Sir_Stig: and toxic masculinity ruins the party again. > TheBloody, Oppositelock lives on in our shitposts. 02/24/2016 at 12:07

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Or they just thought it would be a cool way to announce they were pregnant in the age of social media?

Sir_Stig: and toxic masculinity ruins the party again. > Textured Soy Protein 02/24/2016 at 12:08

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You could say that about literally any part of car culture. Any.

Sir_Stig: and toxic masculinity ruins the party again. > zeontestpilot 02/24/2016 at 12:08

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RABBLE RABBLE

Sir_Stig: and toxic masculinity ruins the party again. > Textured Soy Protein 02/24/2016 at 12:10

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Contempt is worse than hate.

whatisthatsound > Textured Soy Protein 02/24/2016 at 12:11

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If they met running, or they love running together this makes just as much sense as other things you liked in the comments below. I have friends who met running a marathon and if they did something similar it would make sense.

Tripper > TheBloody, Oppositelock lives on in our shitposts. 02/24/2016 at 12:11

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Do you know these people? So what if they are doing it for validation?(pro tip: They’re probably not. Just excited to tell the world about their baby) and the way that they have done it, is pretty common these days.

Getting upset about other peoples posts, that’s obnoxious.

Tripper > JEM 02/24/2016 at 12:12

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This is awesome

Ash78, voting early and often > Textured Soy Protein 02/24/2016 at 12:13

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All I did was update my LinkedIn skill set to include “Impregnator.” Thankfully, only my wife endorsed me for that skill.

I don’t want to sound like a hater, but I also don’t like the indiscriminate broadcasting of this kind of stuff to thousands of people. We always keep it among close family and friends. But we’re both not fans of mass electronic self-promotion.

The fallout if something bad should happen during the pregnancy seems like it would be a lot harder to take if you had already shotgunned all the news to the whole world. There’s a good reason why the traditional idea was just to formally announce the birth, not the pregnancy.

CounterTorqueSteer > Textured Soy Protein 02/24/2016 at 12:14

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Didn’t you just recently post a cliche before/after photo of your weight loss accomplishment? It felt pretty good to announce something you were proud of, didn’t it?

Sir_Stig: and toxic masculinity ruins the party again. > Textured Soy Protein 02/24/2016 at 12:14

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That one works, because motorcycles athletes are cool, and it’s only one picture, not a stupid collage with dumb poses and implied self-promotion of the parents’ supposed athleticism dangerous hobby.

It works both ways, chillax bud.

Nibby > Textured Soy Protein 02/24/2016 at 12:15

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Live and let live.

Patrick Nichols > BigBlock440 02/24/2016 at 12:17

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People say it is yes, but it really shouldn’t be. It’s a blanket term that people overuse to describe atleast 2 separate groups. None of it makes sense right now because the people that decide these types of labels don’t understand the differences because they themselves are a part of another generation.

If you want to call Gen Y the hipster generation or some other title that has some basis in things that a major part of the group does, fine. But there are major differences in the way we act from the latter part of the alleged millennial generation and the world we grew up in.

Desu-San-Desu > Textured Soy Protein 02/24/2016 at 12:24

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If she sneezed just right, her chin could sink an aircraft carrier.

Baeromez > The Transporter 02/24/2016 at 12:26

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Yes, and yes. I’m 26 though. I’ve always considered the 80s to be the cutoff decade. Born in ‘89? Not a Millennial. Born in ‘90? Millennial.

duurtlang > BigBlock440 02/24/2016 at 12:27

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According to that graph I’m generation X, generation Y and a Millenial.

Tripper > Sir_Stig: and toxic masculinity ruins the party again. 02/24/2016 at 12:29

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Yea, really unsafe of those parents to let their unborn baby ride a motorcycle;) shame on them.

Baeromez > Patrick Nichols 02/24/2016 at 12:30

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No no no no. The cutoff is 1990. Filthy Millennial scum.

BigBlock440 > Patrick Nichols 02/24/2016 at 12:30

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Generations are roughly 20 year spans, and their name comes from what defines them. Being born around the turn of the millennium is where millennial comes from, not from electronics. Gen Y was used because nobody knew what would define the next generation yet and people wanted a name for them, just like people use ‘Gen Z’ for the current generation. Just because you don’t like the people born at the same time as you, doesn’t mean that you weren’t both born into the same generation. It’s a label to say “people born between these dates”, that’s all. It really doesn’t mean anything, don’t take it too personally.

Textured Soy Protein > CounterTorqueSteer 02/24/2016 at 12:32

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You’re right! The act of announcing an accomplishment, in and of itself, doesn’t bug me at all, because I just did it.

I called it a cliche when I did it, and made an intentionally stupid face in the “after” photo. The message being, yes I know what I’m doing is a cliche, but hey I’m proud anyway.

That was a conscious choice, because I dislike too-sincere cornball stuff like this.

BigBlock440 > duurtlang 02/24/2016 at 12:35

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Yeah, when classifications are arbitrary, people will arbitrarily make new ones.

Baeromez > EL_ULY 02/24/2016 at 12:36

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Remember the 90's?

EL_ULY > Baeromez 02/24/2016 at 12:38

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We’d get these in the mail! So radness

Tripper > EL_ULY 02/24/2016 at 12:40

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Oh my god! I had totally forgotten about getting those in the mail as a kid. That was the best!

Patrick Nichols > BigBlock440 02/24/2016 at 12:40

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I admit that I’m on the border of what should be Y and Millenials, just like there is overlap in your diagram. In another reply I mentioned that the defining events are yet unknown, but I offered up having real memory of 9/11 as being the cutoff (again some overlap). If you want to use millenial as describing the millenium, I’d argue it is those that spent the majority of their childhood (born to preteen) in the 2000s.

I have no problem hating parts of my generation, the generation before me, or the generation after me. There are downsides to every generation, but the generations are most certainly different.

Generations aren’t decided by a set amount of time, they are a product of how quickly the world is changing around them. Technology and industry have made the generations more distinct in shorter periods of time and will probably continue to to an extent. If generations are a function of a change in culture, they can’t be all nailed down to specific time frames all equal in time.

Patrick Nichols > Baeromez 02/24/2016 at 12:41

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I admit I’m on the cusp (autocorrected to face for some reason)

MPA > Textured Soy Protein 02/24/2016 at 12:42

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Jokes on them - their baby is not going to have legs!

RiceRocketeer Extraordinaire > Textured Soy Protein 02/24/2016 at 12:52

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Also, whatever happened to letting your kid be whatever he/she wants to be? What if the kid turns out to be yet another lazy shit, or (knock on wood) has a disability that precludes athletic activities?

Seriously ...

Just pop the stupid kid out and get it over with.

(Also grumpy and 33)

DoYouEvenShift > Textured Soy Protein 02/24/2016 at 12:53

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Im a millenial, and this annoys the crap out of me too. Its neat for the first people that did it, now its just the “me too” crowd following a trend.

StndIbnz, Drives a MSRT8 > JEM 02/24/2016 at 12:57

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Thats fucking awesome.

DoYouEvenShift > The Transporter 02/24/2016 at 12:58

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The same people that dont keep score at sporting events.

DoYouEvenShift > BigBlock440 02/24/2016 at 12:59

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Same here, but mostly because our school was poor.

DoYouEvenShift > duurtlang 02/24/2016 at 13:03

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Count me into the no Facebook club.

qbeezy > Textured Soy Protein 02/24/2016 at 13:08

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I’m 28 so I’m a millennial I guess lol. But the way I see it, there’s a lot more in this world to be upset/angry/disappointed about. Congrats to them. No harm no foul.

Sir_Stig: and toxic masculinity ruins the party again. > Tripper 02/24/2016 at 13:21

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Just imagine you delivered papers and were the person delivering those. Sunny D for days!

ttyymmnn > Textured Soy Protein 02/24/2016 at 13:30

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I hate your generation for those shorts.

190octane > BigBlock440 02/24/2016 at 13:35

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I’m in late ‘81 but I consider myself Y/Millennial because my characteristics align a lot closer to Y than X.

I was going to post something that showed the generations but you already did it.

The last unselfish generation was the silent generation. Baby boomers brought in a whole era of self importance and selfishness but they just didn't have the ways to show it that we have now.

KusabiSensei - Captain of the Toronto Maple Leafs > Textured Soy Protein 02/24/2016 at 13:48

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It used to be:

Call best friend and tell them of big announcement

Call parents and tell them big announcement

Tell co-worker big announcement

Wait 72 hours.

Now it’s more complicated and I can’t keep track of how you are supposed to do it.

Although mine would probably be two cars and a Kozy Koupe.

unclevanos (Ovaltine Jenkins) > Patrick Nichols 02/24/2016 at 13:57

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Being born in 93 puts in you both generations I think, it doesn’t help much. You grow up with windows 98 or ME, go through middle school with a cell phone, and graduate high school with the first android phone. I’m also too old and cranky to use bookface, so mostly everybody’s posts are hidden.