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Tinkwings

Tinkwings

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TROR said:
My college has given students the options of returning home or staying on campus but we'll be switching over to entirely online courses, with a hopeful (but unlikely) return date of April 13. Traveling home would be too much of a hassle given I'm clear across the country so I'm opting to stay on campus, but if I do I'm forbidden from leaving campus for any nonessential reason. If the situation gets worse and we are forced to leave campus, I'm not sure I'll be able to go home as there does seem to be a threat of domestic flights being canceled. If one thing is certain it's that this is a time of great uncertainties but I'm finding great comfort in knowing I have no power in any of this and trusting in One who is sovereign.
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Some colleges here had a open back up date set last week, and today announced there would be NO going back, finals too online! Of course many spring break students still have a lot of gear at school to obtain in May.
 
PiratesMansion

PiratesMansion

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Mac Tonight said:
The broad range of birth years for millenials, 1981-2000 (the numbers vary slightly), is FAR too wide ranging. To assume that people born in the 1980's share things in common with anyone born in the mid to late 90's and ought to be categorized similarly is laughable.
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Yet no one bats an eye when Baby Boomers are near universally considered to consist of those born from 1946-1964, which is only slightly shorter than the range you just gave for millenials.
 
PiratesMansion

PiratesMansion

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Mac Tonight said:
Why don't they just distinguish us by the decade we were born in? Or better yet, why do we have to be labeled at all?
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There's always going to be a label. How else can they generate pointless drama blaming the youths or the olds and pitting them against each other to up their ratings and thus money?!?!?

But decades don't fully make sense either. I was born in 1990. I have more in common with people born in 88 than people born in 99, hence the drawn-out ranges of people grouped together. Often those groupings speak to shared economic opportunities/commonalities...or lack thereof.

For what it's worth, I do think there are broad commonalities between the different members of the different generational cohorts, though exaggerated to fit everyone in boxes, generate drama, and make money.
 
Mac Tonight

Mac Tonight

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PiratesMansion said:
There's always going to be a label. How else can they generate pointless drama blaming the youths or the olds and pitting them against each other to up their ratings and thus money?!?!?

But decades don't fully make sense either. I was born in 1990. I have more in common with people born in 88 than people born in 99, hence the drawn-out ranges of people grouped together. Often those groupings speak to shared economic opportunities/commonalities...or lack thereof.

For what it's worth, I do think there are broad commonalities between the different members of the different generational cohorts, though exaggerated to fit everyone in boxes, generate drama, and make money.
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We all have to maintain our commonality to each other, while also continuing to explore those things that make us unique.

Such is life.
 
RobWDW1971

RobWDW1971

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Mac Tonight said:
That was literally the first time I've ever made that statement.
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Not saying you, but we Baby Boomers revel in the "OK, Boomer" jabs - keep it up kids! We'll remember when the economy crashes and your Uber and barista gigs dry up and you come back to us old, stupid, selfish Boomers for money, tuition loan waivers, etc. Bad news for Millenials - old people vote!
 
DavidDL

DavidDL

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Mac Tonight said:
..Or better yet, why do we have to be labeled at all?
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This. We're all people and people across all generations are capable of doing some pretty great and stupid things, and they have. -and they will continue to. I prefer to look at the individual rather than the individual's age group. Heck, my best (and only) friend in the work place is age 60 (twice my own) but that's not something that I hardly ever even think about because that's not what's important. It's who I relate to and who I get along with.

My generation has done some dumb things but so did the generation before mine, and the one before that and the one before that. They were all probably hated on and unfairly compared by/to the generation that preceded them, which is a shame. The difference nowadays being that we have social media/the internet in general to get more people than ever's eyes on every little thing we do. Sure, the tech we have nowadays makes my generation do some questionable things but that didn't stop older generations from finding ways to do stupid things with what they had available as well. Need an example? Google "booth stuffing". Again, difference being they didn't have the internet and it's anonymity for everyone to be able to easily see, then judge them.
 
Phroobar

Phroobar

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PiratesMansion said:
Yet no one bats an eye when Baby Boomers are near universally considered to consist of those born from 1946-1964, which is only slightly shorter than the range you just gave for millenials.
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TROR

TROR

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TROR said:
We initially had classes scheduled this week for Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday with Thursday and Friday off then online classes beginning next Monday. After classes today, however, they sent an email saying classes tomorrow and Wednesday have now been canceled and to watch for another email later this evening. I'm expecting we'll be sent home for the rest of the semester without choice before the end of the week so I'm going to prepare just in case. It's insane just how quickly everything can escalate!
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Update on this. Just a couple hours after typing this we received another email saying the campus is closing. I’ll be going home with some friends as my family believes it’ll be the best option. Certainly a wild situation.
 

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