<p>Our generation is way too PC. Cookie Monster from Elmo is now the Veggie Monster because people blamed the show for making their kids fat by being a bad role model. In some places, if you say “Merry Christmas” instead of “Happy Holidays” in school, you get in trouble. And yes, as someone else previously said, stuff like ditching class once or pulling a non-dangerous senior prank is grossly blown out of proportion. This pressure for kids to be PC takes away a lot of the careless freedom that HS and MS kids once had. Combine that with all the pressure for little girls to be cosmetically sophisticated at a very early age.</p>
<p>This stemming from a speaker at NYU by any chance? There was a whole bunch of research into the stereotypes of our generation.</p>
<p>I was born in 91. What I think is that we are somewhat characterized by living through
all these changes. Like someone said, I did wake up for sat cartoons, and I used to play sports in an empty field all day everyday. But at the same time, I saw all the ridiculous things that have changed since then. I haven’t gone to the library intent on spending on all day and doing some huge project in a long time. In fact, I may have never done it when I really think about it. At best, the library was a quieter place to study than my house, but never more connected.</p>
<p>Our generation has things that are both better and worse than previous generations.</p>
<p>Better:
More connected
Faster, easier access to information
More mobile
More freedom and control (more women’s rights, less pressure to be traditional, etc)
Less prudish
Medical/scientific/educational advancements</p>
<p>Worse:
Too PC
More and more people blow tiny things out of proportion
More pressure for perfection
People don’t go outside and stuff as much as they once did</p>
<p>Generation of crops. That’s all we are. We work for society in our small little part and society works for us. Strongest survive and get a good education and then a good job, and society will pay you back well.</p>
<p>truth for any species, any location, any time period</p>
<p>mildly autistic; cheeto-stained fingers</p>
<p>not me. i’m socially competent and fit, so I like to think 
And I like Lil Wayne, too.</p>
<p>“Our generation is way too PC. Cookie Monster from Elmo is now the Veggie Monster because people blamed the show for making their kids fat by being a bad role model. In some places, if you say “Merry Christmas” instead of “Happy Holidays” in school, you get in trouble. And yes, as someone else previously said, stuff like ditching class once or pulling a non-dangerous senior prank is grossly blown out of proportion.”</p>
<p>That’s not actually our generation, that’s idiocy from our parents’ generation. Ours isn’t old enough yet to be writing school policies or suing over the Cookie Monster. I just graduated from high school last year–how would MY generation be the one throwing the fits over a non-dangerous senior prank or a skipped class?</p>
<p>I do think our generation is a bit more multi-tasker than previous ones, but I don’t know that I personally have the frame of reference to understand how my generation differs from previous generations.</p>
<p>Very good point. But since our parents had a more carefree HS life than us, as far as Cookie Monster/Senior prank type stuff, why would that generation be so uptight? (Not that my parents or most are uptight, but you know what I maen)</p>
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<p>you didnt get my point. its not to the extent of our generation. Jobs are becoming so specialized with the growing population and depending on the type of crop you are, you have a lot less job options than you would think. everyones’ job will become more minuscule as the future comes.</p>
<p>My high school teacher once said to me “it’s because of people like you that your generation is looked down upon.” That was really rude of him, who says that to a student. But I do recall being a brat in high school, and I think that’s what our generation is comprised of spoiled brats who are used to getting what they want when they want.</p>
<p>I was born in 1988, and I still get nostalgic about the “simpler” times. I still have vivid memories of life before the internet and sophisticated personal computers(actually, my family had one of the first Macs from the '80s, but that doesn’t really count), the massive proliferation of cell phones and the other ridiculous “necessities” my generation feels they need. I kind of miss this time. I always imagined that being 20 back in the late '80s and early '90s would be much cooler. </p>
<p>But to answer the question, I feel the answer is indeterminate and this point. The number of things available to do at any given moment is immense these days. Our generation clings to their gadgets and gizmos and some would argue that much of their time is devoted to less-than intellectual pursuits. Some argue that we’re significantly “dumbed” down and increasingly socially inept. But this is all up for debate.</p>
<p>As a group I don’t think we’re much different than our older siblings or parents: There’s just a lot more technology. We don’t drink or party any more than our folks did- there’s just the internet to make our drunkenness public. We do have more to worry about in terms of the environment, STDs, and globalization. But it’s always been true to a certain extent that circumstances have a lot to say in who we are. I bet the same people spending like there was no tomorrow in the 20’s were quite frugal after the great depression. </p>
<p>Also, I’m an '85 baby. I don’t know of which generation I’m a part.</p>
<p>lol @ everyone saying we’re “too pc”</p>
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<p>Because they see themselves as trying to be nuturing, and because of things like columbine and drugs like crack and ecstasy. Life is now more high stakes. Making the wrong choice now has a much greater impact. Smoke some weed, you’re ok, smoke some crack, you’re a hardcore junkie or dead. Get a “B” then, oh well, get a "B’ now, your life is practically ruined, as GPA’s are now important to a single tenth of a grade point.</p>
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<p>Yeah, about a couple of months ago, it really hit me that people now seem to communicate thru a cell phone now than actually talking face to face. You have to interrupt someone’s text messaging just to say hi and converse. People don’t talk in the hall or outside as much, they just text message or talk on the cellie.</p>
<p>I think that might be another divide between the pre and post 89 subsets. It seems to have gotten more that way as the post 89 cohort showed up.</p>
<p>we will be defined by our parent’s paranoia, debt, and need to protect us from anything and everything. (at least a part of this generation that had parents like that)</p>
<p>i don’t know, but i have a feeling we are the escapists. the ones that ran away from cripling debt and our crumbling infrastructure. we will be the protected ones that get released into the wild and find out our AP classes and our 200K+ education didn’t help us achieve anything. </p>
<p>but then again…that’s all gloom and doom. who knows, maybe we’ll be better than our parents and learn not to teach this big-brother attitude. its really hurting us because we now expect someone else to come save us. i guess we’re the damsels-in-distress, no bias/offense intended.</p>
<p>our generation has officially been named The Silent Generation (due to texting and the like) and The Dumb Generation.</p>
<p>so obviously our older counterparts don’t think much of us.</p>
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<p>I’m sharing the boat you’re in. I remember those first Macs that had…gosh, what was that software called, it was like some picture drawing software that had “explosions” to wipe the screen blank and all these crazy effects. I thought that was coolest thing ever.</p>
<p>Kid Pix.</p>
<p>I have no idea why that actually motivated me to stop lurking and create an account…</p>
<p>I remember being excited because my mom would bring home the old Mac IIGS’s from her classroom for the summer and I woiuld get to games that predated the original oregon trail.</p>