What could we call this generation?
We live in a day and time where there are no heros to look up to, everything must be “Politically correct” , all morals have gone down the toilet, and self-satisfaction is thought to be more important than anything else. What could we possibly name this generation?
How about generation “confused.” Reading some of the responses here makes me wonder who raised these individuals. To be honest, I feel sorry for younger adults today. They seem so confused about many things. It’s as if there are no truths, just opinions and what makes you happy. There is no right or wrong, everything has become subjective. This nihilistic approach will only lead to more confusion and a decreased understanding of Life. How can anyone expect to navigate life successfully when there are no truths and social norms have been replaced by absolute personal preferences.
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Why do we have to call a generation anything? We have been so busy naming generations that never actually identify the whole of the generation but more of what the elders see of that generation. Why can’t they just be kids growing up? I think the real question is Why do we have an issue to label everything? As for your attack on no heroes? There are heroes all around us and we just have to take the time to see who we look up to. How horrible we want people to be politically correct- Of, relating to, or supporting broad social, political, and educational change, especially to redress historical injustices in matters such as race, class, gender, and sexual orientation. Of course you could go with the definition of the 2007 winner of the Texas A&M University competion to define a contemporary term:
“Political Correctness is a doctrine, fostered by a delusional, illogical minority, and rabidly promoted by an unscrupulous mainstream media, which holds forth the proposition that it is entirely possible to pick up a turd by the clean end.”
As for morals going down the toilet; for some maybe; but not for all. The same goes for self satisfaction. These things are not new they have been around for all the generations before this one.
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Generation R, for Retarded.
Also, morals down the toilet? What are you talking about? Most kids are more polite nowadays than they ever were (going based off social norms of the time period, it’s society that’s changed, not the kids). Hero’s? We’ve trained the kids to look up to themselves, to believe that THEY are heros! Self satisfaction is a good thing, it’s something to look up to, it’s motivation to drive a young intelligent person to achieve more than they ever thought possible!
Oh…wait… what the hell am I talking about? This generation is full of whining trustafarians more concerned with their weight or the color of their shoes than their grades, economy, or politics. Wow, how did I mix those up?
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I’ve heard it called the ‘me’ generation, and the pop culture generation.
I have also heard it called the generation of prosperity. Our culture is struggling with unprecedented prosperity, which makes it easy to be self-indulgent. Even our poor have comforts like a home, running water and a cell phone.