I think I'm a Millenial? I dunno.
I'm 20 years old, almost 21, Male, Also White-Enough (I probably wouldn't have been 40-50 years ago, but whatevs), Straight, Alternating between optimistic and hopeful, and angry and distrustful of the world. I finished high school, barely, but haven't done much in college. I'm too distrustful of school to really participate in the ways that I need to make anything of it - I tend to find school a disturbing experience, and escape from it as much as I can, I.E. I show up to class and then spend the entire time staring at the wall, or reading a book. I've done a lot of reading, though. I have managed to teach myself some programming, though how good I am at it is questionable. I've worked one job, at a grocery store paying minimum wage, for about 3-4 months? Something like that. I've never done any kind of drugs, unless you count reading as a drug, in which case I'm a junkie. I've also never learned to drive - There's nowhere I really want to go, and on the rare occasion there is I'd rather take the bus or even just walk/bike.
I still live with my parents, though I'm considering getting a job in tech help and maybe getting an apartment with some friends, thinking that a change of environment might benefit me. I've had a number of various projects, none of which I've finished to any meaningful degree, for whatever reason. You can find a couple of them in my signature. I really should be able to just sit down and make something, but I can't seem to pull myself together enough to do so. I'm divided between wanting to change the world for the better, and wanting to sit back and just watch it burn, with a significant dose of all consuming apathy.
I've never had any kind of meaningful romantic relationship, being too nervous and distrustful to really approach people, and too socially inept to accomplish much when I do. I'd like to change that, but as I said - I'm my own worst enemy.
Most of my friends are in similar situations - having barely finished high school, they subsist on low end jobs. Barely any of them are making much attempt at further education. About half of them are in some kind of relationship.
We all come from a relatively small town middle class background. I don't think any of us have had much experience with crime or gangs, and fairly innocuous experiences with drugs. Most of us are preoccupied with games and other such distractions. Honestly when I was younger I never much thought about the future, I was more interested in escaping the world. All things considered, though, I can't really say I'm surprised by how things're turning out. I wish they were better, but I'm not surprised.
And yeah, I'd say the social compact s definitely broken. We don't trust our society, and we don't expect to rely on it. I doubt many of us will have children, though we're a little young to make such predictions with certainty.
Also- I don't know what all this nonsense about "everyone gets a trophy" is based on, but it looks like bullshit to me.
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Topic: How's your generation doing? (Read 44762 times)