What is it with all the 20-something drones?

[The Good Reverend Roger]

I was just thinking about the little giggle I had at seeing Von Melee and Mayhem pushing a shopping cart down the road on Tuesday, and it occurred to me that almost every 20-something I know IRL is just treading water, at best.

They never finish a Goddamn thing, they don't work unless they absolutely have to, and then the height of their ambition is a Goddamn call center, and they spend almost all of their waking hours playing mindless video games...Not even GOOD ones, but OCD shit like Wii Bowling (how pathetic is THAT), golf (a simulation of a game that's almost a sport), and puzzle-style games that consist entirely of brightly colored blocks and lots of annoying sounds.

Now, I know the economy is tough out there, I understand that jobs are thin on the ground, but...FUCK, most of these people aren't even trying.  Please note that this is anecdotal, of course, and based entirely on Tucson and Hamilton, Ontario...But still, WTF? 

Go forward half a generation, and you've got people who DO things.  LMNO, for example, works a full time job, has a steady home life, and makes music on the side.  Nigel runs her own business...Times ARE tough, and she's apparently having a hell of a time, but she's hanging on. 

By contrast, my cousin's 22 year old son is "taking a year off of college" - translation:  He flunked out - and is living at his dad's house.  No job, no ambition, nothing but Goddamn video games.

The only reason I give a shit is that these will be the "prime producers" when I'm retired, which means I'll starve to death in the cold along with them.

And there's always a fucking excuse.  With Mayhem, it was "mental illness" (translation:  She is a drone, and is too fucking lazy to shift her fat ass).  With Marcus, it was just out-and-out laziness.  Fucker has the mind of a 4 year old.  Many of the rest cite the economy, to which I respond by pointing at Nigel.  The majority, horrible as it seems, think this is how life is meant to be.

Christallfuckingmighty.  7 billion humans on the planet, and all anyone knows how to do is have more humans and sit on the fucking couch.

Words cannot express how much I hate you all.

Or Kill Me

[P3nT4gR4m]

110% troof!

You just know that it's all going to collapse. Or maybe that's just wishful thinking on my part

[Luna]

They've all been told they're special, unique snowflakes, and the world OWES them something.

Or some shit.

[Adios]

I can offer you some hope, dim though it may be.

My neighbors are all 20something. They were all working at a warehouse and all got laid off. They went on unemployment right away. Both guys went to a tech school for HVAC and are now both working. The girl went to auto-body school and graduates this month and she already has a job with a dealer.

They also help this old man out by mowing my yard and carrying groceries in. They are damn good kids.

[The Good Reverend Roger]

I can offer you some hope, dim though it may be.

My neighbors are all 20something. They were all working at a warehouse and all got laid off. They went on unemployment right away. Both guys went to a tech school for HVAC and are now both working. The girl went to auto-body school and graduates this month and she already has a job with a dealer.

They also help this old man out by mowing my yard and carrying groceries in. They are damn good kids.

Yeah, and there's Kai, of course, who slaved his ass off to get his masters.

But they're the anomalies, I think.

[The Good Reverend Roger]

They've all been told they're special, unique snowflakes, and the world OWES them something.

Or they just assume that someone -their parents, their friends, their friends' parents - will carry them.  There is no tomorrow, there is just the next level on the pointless fucking video game.  And then, one day, they wake up at 40, next to a shopping cart with a sleeping bag in it, with no fucking idea where their life went.

[Adios]

I can offer you some hope, dim though it may be.

My neighbors are all 20something. They were all working at a warehouse and all got laid off. They went on unemployment right away. Both guys went to a tech school for HVAC and are now both working. The girl went to auto-body school and graduates this month and she already has a job with a dealer.

They also help this old man out by mowing my yard and carrying groceries in. They are damn good kids.

Yeah, and there's Kai, of course, who slaved his ass off to get his masters.

But they're the anomalies, I think.

Sadly you are probably right.

[P3nT4gR4m]

To be honest I think there's always been a majority of lazy useless cunts in the world but there used to be boring repetitive jobs for them all. Now all that shit has gone to the lowest third world bidder or an army of giant robots. And there's no way any of them are up for anything that requires thinking and shit.

[Adios]

They've all been told they're special, unique snowflakes, and the world OWES them something.

Or they just assume that someone -their parents, their friends, their friends' parents - will carry them.  There is no tomorrow, there is just the next level on the pointless fucking video game.  And then, one day, they wake up at 40, next to a shopping cart with a sleeping bag in it, with no fucking idea where their life went.

That's not a life, it's a waste.

[The Good Reverend Roger]

They've all been told they're special, unique snowflakes, and the world OWES them something.

Or they just assume that someone -their parents, their friends, their friends' parents - will carry them.  There is no tomorrow, there is just the next level on the pointless fucking video game.  And then, one day, they wake up at 40, next to a shopping cart with a sleeping bag in it, with no fucking idea where their life went.

That's not a life, it's a waste.

Exactly my point.

And there's no end to them.  You can't get rid of the bastards, no matter how many condoms you sell.  I can't speak for anywhere else, but here it's got to be 80% of the 18-30 year old population.

[Luna]

They've all been told they're special, unique snowflakes, and the world OWES them something.

Or they just assume that someone -their parents, their friends, their friends' parents - will carry them.  There is no tomorrow, there is just the next level on the pointless fucking video game.  And then, one day, they wake up at 40, next to a shopping cart with a sleeping bag in it, with no fucking idea where their life went.

Saw this in action all too recently.  Girl got knocked up, her boyfriend's parents took them in.  These folks will put up with a LOT, good folks.  If I lost my apartment, I KNOW they'd give me couch space 'til I got my shit together... as long as I did SOMETHING.  Apparently, girl and boyfriend couldn't be bothered to wash a dish or pitch in on the home improvement going on... and were invited to leave.

Tough on 'em... but somebody had to be.

[The Good Reverend Roger]

They've all been told they're special, unique snowflakes, and the world OWES them something.

Or they just assume that someone -their parents, their friends, their friends' parents - will carry them.  There is no tomorrow, there is just the next level on the pointless fucking video game.  And then, one day, they wake up at 40, next to a shopping cart with a sleeping bag in it, with no fucking idea where their life went.

Saw this in action all too recently.  Girl got knocked up, her boyfriend's parents took them in.  These folks will put up with a LOT, good folks.  If I lost my apartment, I KNOW they'd give me couch space 'til I got my shit together... as long as I did SOMETHING.  Apparently, girl and boyfriend couldn't be bothered to wash a dish or pitch in on the home improvement going on... and were invited to leave.

Tough on 'em... but somebody had to be.

Von Melee & Mayhem were living in a friend's parent's basement after they got themselves and Evil Roomie evicted from the house Evil Roomie was renting.  They sat in the room, which apparently became so vile that it made the rest of the fucking house stink (hello, assholes, do some laundry and get the 30 day old dirty dishes out of the room), and did nothing but play videogames and bitch about how their friend's parents were unreasonable and "disrespectful" as hell.

Frankly, I'm not surprised that they wound up on the streets, of course, I just wonder how it took so long.

[Adios]

They've all been told they're special, unique snowflakes, and the world OWES them something.

Or they just assume that someone -their parents, their friends, their friends' parents - will carry them.  There is no tomorrow, there is just the next level on the pointless fucking video game.  And then, one day, they wake up at 40, next to a shopping cart with a sleeping bag in it, with no fucking idea where their life went.

That's not a life, it's a waste.

Exactly my point.

And there's no end to them.  You can't get rid of the bastards, no matter how many condoms you sell.  I can't speak for anywhere else, but here it's got to be 80% of the 18-30 year old population.

Bastards. I would kill to be able to go back to work. I even dream about doing carpentry or electrical work.

[Suu]

It's not that hard to survive as long as you put in a little effort.

Okay, a lot of effort...but I'd be damned if I ever lose a fucking roof over my head. Basic needs first.

[hooplala]

They've all been told they're special, unique snowflakes, and the world OWES them something.

Or some shit.

This.  Nathaniel Branden ruined the world.