My first car was a 1994 Pontiac Grand Prix, and the thing was a tank. It was my favorite car Iâve ever had up until I got a 2018 Mercedes GLA a couple years ago, which is also a tank and objectively the best car Iâve ever had.
I work in IT support, and I have for longer than Iâd like to admit. Iâm on the very early edge of millennial. I was born a few years after the generation âstartedâ. My older brother was on the transition between millennial and gen X and my oldest sibling was very gen X. My parents were part of the prior two generations (boomers etc), and I tend to work along side and for all sorts of people from all of these generations.
Earlier than gen X, eg boomers and older, are usually technology adverse, they donât like change. I find many are kind of âset in their waysâ. Of course there are exceptions to the rule, but they seem to be fairly rare. They like to do things using methods that are tried and true, but often reluctantly agree to use computers instead of paper because thatâs what others are doing. Even so, theyâre fairly adverse to updates and changes that modify how things get done. They have money, and you canât have any of it. Often, they have little understanding of the problems faced with current generations, likely because they did not have the same challenges, and despite their stories of âback in my dayâ about how hard things were for them, they actually had it rather easy in terms of cashflow and buying power. They made less, sure, but when they were able to buy a mid sized, single family, fully detached home for the same dollar value as a âcheapâ car costs now, their money went much farther (around $20k).
Gen X is kind of lost. What I mean is that they donât really have too many traits that stand out. As far as I can see, theyâre hyper independent, mostly riding the coat tails of the bombers economically, so, while they didnât have it quite as easy as boomers did (despite what boomers might think/say), it also wasnât significantly harder for them. They were mostly able to follow a fairly typical life path, get an education (HS/college/uni), get a career, buy a house, have a family (if desired). Politically, from what Iâve seen, gen X is the most diverse group and theyâre usually following along with whatever is regionally popular. Not because itâs popular, but because theyâre surrounded by it. From what Iâve seen this group is the most adaptable to their neighboring community, mostly just trying to fit in and not be bothered. Right now theyâre a large part of working professionals.
Millennials are usually post college, debt laden individuals that are just tired. They were trying to kick-start their lives in some of the craziest times imaginable. Many early millennials who were able to quickly move through the education system, and immediately get into a career and the housing market follow more along the lines of gen X. If you were held back for any reason or you were caught up in a situation that held you back, you shared fate with many of the later millennials. The majority of millennials were caught up in every economic crisis short of a complete collapse of the money system during the years that they should have been starting their careers. Homes rose in price swiftly and vehicles didnât lag far behind. Driven by sheer determination to succeed, many accrued significant debt that they just want to balance out. This group is the most technically malleable and can adapt to most technology changes in the shortest time. Growing up on landlines and home PCâs/consoles/electronics that all significantly changed their designs, capabilities and interfaces every 4-5 years. Many seem to be problem solvers and want to be helpful/useful. Many have, and some still do, hold onto the ideal that their contribution should be impactful. Most just want to be acknowledged and told theyâre doing well, while making enough to pay their bills and debts. For many the dream of owning a home is dying or dead. Renters, car owners, debt holders. Theyâre growing rather jaded about it as they get older.
Gen Z have their own language. Millennials did too but mostly in cultural memes, with the zoomers, itâs less cultural reference and more of a short hand derived from cultural references. Things that on their own, donât make any sense and are not even full sentences in any way shape or form. They follow in the aftermath of the economic crisises of millennials and have many of the same economic challenges. Many of those challenges are simply more severe. Prices are higher than ever, buying power is at an all time low. Surrounded by toxic âhustleâ culture and many seem to want nothing to do with that. Many find humor in randomness and unexpected happenstance rather than traditional subversion of expectation as humor. Theyâre quickly becoming the most socially aware and active generation, and want change. Technologically growing up on iPhones and Androids rather than home PCâs, many are not very adaptable to changes in technology though zoomers are one of the highest use groups for the technology. They use it, they donât really understand it very well, so when things break, even if theyâre only non fictional in their current state, things are replaced rather than fixed. Eg, if their iPhone is too slow, rather than trying to find out why or trying to fix the issue, better to simply upgrade to whatever apple is currently pushing. Due to this, they needlessly spend more money than their older generation counterparts. This is by design by the actions of corporations, fostering a single use, replace, not repair mentality. Theyâre not lazy or lacking in motivation at all, despite appearances that may show a lack of success, instead the lack of success is driven by an inability to find adequate employment that will pay enough to allow them to prosper. The majority will be âheld backâ from the âtypicalâ life path of education > career > home ownership > family, because of their inability to prosper due to high prices and low wages.
Overall, through the generations there has been a decline in community as a function of geography, and an increase in community as a function of shared interest, mainly due to the growing and universal access to the internet. The internet has allowed both good and bad to be accessible at a momentâs notice. This has shortened the tolerance to delays and given a sense of urgency to even the most trivial and mundane of requests. With the immediate response available from growing internet connectivity, demand for more frequent, more detailed updates from everything has grown significantly, eroding confidence in others to fulfill their obligations unless they communicate that âweâre doing thingsâ (so to speak). Even something as simple as ordering take out or having things shipped, if there is no tracking and reporting, then it might as well not be happening.
Over all, IMO, the problems faced by the current generations tend to be more centered around artificial issues created by corporations. They want to pay less, earn more, and overall turn a larger and larger profit. This is neither surprising, nor helpful to most. It does however explain the single use, replace rather than fix, nature of things that has been growing. The rise in rental vs ownership has increased the cost of living and is on track to build a service-based lifestyle where personal ownership doesnât happen. Everything is provided for a âlowâ recurring fee, which has so significantly outpaced any rise in wage that most will be unable to accrue any amount of savings.
For me, all of this has made it very clear what future weâre in store for, and bluntly, itâs not very pleasant. Perpetual home rental, no personal ownership of vehicles (you simply tap a button on your phone and if one is available, it will arrive for you to use, little more than a taxi service), video, audio and other media will be rental only, streaming over the internet, which is a monthly service fee. This leads to near zero ability for customization of your lifestyle. You have no choice in terms of the appliances and devices you use, the car you drive, your homeâs design⊠The list goes on. So if you want or need something different, youâre completely out of luck. Conform or die.
I tend to agree with your summary of the generations, but my experience in life sounds largely similar to yours, so some obvious bias there. The future you paint feels almost inevitable, and I hate every bit of it. Yet I canât find any reasonably effective way to change it.
Iâm an early gen Z, Iâm 25 right now, and have been on the job market for 8 years so far.
Iâm tired, Iâm overworked, Iâm stressed, Iâm looking for upward mobility in my domain but every company is making cutbacks, withholding bonuses and holding pay increases.
Iâm a software developer. Iâm working a main job and freelancing on the side to make ends meet, and itâs still not enough.
I invest in my future with things like RRSP and FHSAs, I have some luxuries (small car, a dog because what is life if itâs completely miserable?), and it hurts every time I get a necessity because everything goes to rent, food, clothing, etc. and grocery bills are always close to $200 for 2 people, even at the cheaper grocery stores.
Everythingâs down on quality, nothing lasts, so we either have to buy things over and over, or save up a ton of money to pay luxury prices for a decent product that wonât break the very fucking second the warranty expires.
Weâre getting gouged as much as possible. My group is particular because we started our careers slightly before or during the 2020 pandemic, where companies learned that they could gouge the fuck out of everyone on necessities, and people starting out fresh are hit the hardest as they donât have savings or mature investments.
I promise you, I have no savings nor investments, mature or otherwise.
I completely understand where youâre coming from. Iâve long considered that the next generation is going to be royalty screwed. Millennials are not doing great. I know many that are struggling, but gen z didnât even get a chance.
Give your dog some pets for me and I hope things get better soon⊠Or the government collapses under the insurmountable weight of all the bribery thatâs going on.
How the monetization of content, even in cases where the content is good and I enjoy the creator, leads to a loss of freedoms online by contributing to laws and tools used to force other creators out of spaces and restrict access to content the was open and free in the past like archival sites. Contributing to a worsening of online services and experience for all over time. And as the generation that are early adopters we are doing a disservice to future generations by not shoring up the things that make being online great and instead allowing it to become a billboard like a NASCAR fender while âlook how this bridge is created, like and subscribeâ plays in the background
Millennials use the Internet but they donât get it like Gen-Z does. Most of my peers seem to have a much better understanding of online culture than most millennials do. They use much more irony in both online and irl conversations.
One thing I noticed was that millennials have weebs, but Gen-Z doesnât. Itâs not something special for Zoomers to watch anime or be interested in Japanese media/culture. Almost all of my peers watch anime or consume some other Japanese media frequently. My parents didnât watch anime until my sister got them to.
Gen-Z is more individualist in less of a âthe only person that matters is meâ sort of way and more of a âyou canât count on anyone, especially the government to help youâ sort of way. You can see this through Gen-Zs political engagement. Most of my peers are differently engaged that millennials. Most people my age donât affiliate with a specific party, but rather by an ideology.
Your parents sound more like gen x to me, but there are blurred lines between all the generations.
Your comments about tech understanding is almost completely opposite to most other comments, which is my main reason for thinking that. But I know plenty of millennials that are shit with tech too.
My experience in IT is that most of gen z doesnât care about understanding anything on the Internet outside of social media, and they do excel at social media compared to others but I see fewer and fewer young people interested in how any of it works. They seem to be completely content with consuming media but even most of the big game streamers are millennials it seems like. Gen z seems completely ok with walled gardens and black box services as long as they âworkâ .
My experience in IT is that most of gen z doesnât care about understanding anything on the Internet outside of social media
Yea, Iâve found this frustrating as the âtech guyâ
classmate has a problem
âItâs impossible, I donât know how to fix itâ
I Fix it with simply restarting the program.
They seem to be completely content with consuming media but even most of the big game streamers are millennials it seems like.
Every generation is like this. Typically, the media of a generation is made by older generations. Much of Boomers music was made by the silent generation. Most of the Millennial pop culture was made by Gen-X and Boomers. I would argue that millennials and gen-z are set apart by how to prevent their own generation is in their own pop culture.
Is it a popular opinion that people didnât like Predator 2? Nearly everyone I know loves it. Not as much as the original mind you but they still love it and so do I.
I thought Alien 3 was popular. Iâll give you an unpopular opinion: Alien 4 was pretty okay and Iâd watch it again. Predator 2 is an overall beloved movie, just like Terminator 2.
PBS Space Time is the real heavyweight of science youtube, bit of a one-stop-shop for more advanced science questions.
Problem is you canât jump straight in. Itâs proper education, so it builds on itself in layers, and you need the previous layers to be able to work with future ones. You need at least a fluent HS level of physics and algebra to be able to run with them, and if you go there for the answer to one question, you might find yourself going back down a tree of their previous vids just to pick up that important background/foundational stuff that is necessary to see how it all fits together.
Otherwise itâs science-flavored word salad.
Nile, on the other hand, is immediately accessible. Heâs doing hands-on laboratory stuff, and explaining particularly important basics as he goes. Chemistry background helps, but is not actually necessary. Love that dude, heâs great.
Also, if you like Dr Becky, check out Sabine Hossenfelder.
Also, props to SEA, who imo strikes the best balance of everyone in the space science community between accessibility and scientific accuracy. As opposed to someone like Astrum, who occasionally will be inaccurate, but is more science entertainment anyway.
Lastly, going to throw out Journey to the Microcosmosâ microscopy vids. Big and far away is cool, but small and right on top of you is kinda cool too. Theyâre basically nature documentaries, just ⊠bacteria instead of lions and zebras and shit.
Codyâs Lab. He has been building a Mars base in the Utah desert for a couple of years now, including not being able to work on stuff without a âspace suitâ or Robo Cody. He also does a lot of very interesting science experiments involving chemistry, engineering, and geology.
Styropyro. Very hard to describe, seriously just watch one of his videos, your mind may be blown (by lasers or very large battery arrays, who knows!)
For explosives there Ordnance Lab, they have the paperwork for all kinds of stuff the Mythbusters couldnât get their hands on.
Modern History TV for medieval life. Todâs Workshop for pre modern weapons. Grand Thumb for firearms. Townsends for colonial/revolutionary american food and lifestyle. Primative Technology. Miniminuteman, archaeology.
Chemistry YouTube: Explosions and Fire, for an Australian synthesizing explosives in a shed. Nilered for interesting chemistry in an actual lab. Various others.
How to Cook That debunking cooking myths and tiktocs.
Donut Media, car stuff.
Visual effects and debunking: Captain Disillusion Corridor Crew
Law: Legal Eagle Steve Lehto
Special mentions: Lindybeige Sabine Hossenfelder
Start looking into this and you get loads more in your recommended. For all the low effort R-ddit and meme channels there are loads of people working on high quality content. Learning YouTube is vast once you get into it. Nebula is pretty good too.
The movie is set almost entirely aboard the Titanic, barring a brief couple scenes in port, and the framing device set on a research boat in the present day.
The Titanic is realized in excellent detail. The sets, costumes, special effects are all exceptionally well done.
Most of the runtime of the film is dedicated to a teenage love story between Kate Winsletâs Rose and Leonardo DeCaprioâs Jack. Honestly I think it holds up. It drags a bit here and there (spitting lessons?!) but if Romeo and Juliet is a great love story, Titanic is fantastic.
The sinking sequence holds up amazingly well. The set pieces are of extremely high quality and bring the disaster to life in ways only James âpuckered assholeâ Cameron can. Life-size sets that actually flooded and tilted, miniatures, and a restrained use of CGI come together beautifully.
The choice to set this fictional love story into this historic disaster setting is perhaps somewhat dubious.
The soundtrack, especially Celine Dionâs utter caterwaul of the title theme can be a bit much, and was severely overplayed in the years following the movieâs release.
The giant blue diamond was a pointless macguffin that failed to pay off. It was given(?) to her by her fiance that she hates, she decided to have her portrait drawn in the nude wearing the diamond for some reason, retrieving the diamond from the coat the fiance had put on her was the reason why the psychotic guy was shooting at them, she only realized she had it when aboard the rescue ship, and then she throws it overboard at the endâŠfor some reason. Audiences reacted pretty poorly to the thing, didnât stop them from merchandising it.
Overall a pretty well-crafted movie with some questionable choices, made by a canker sore of a person.
I actually really disagree about the whole diamond thingâŠ
In addition to it being the primary plot device to get rose to actually tell her story, it plays a pivotal role in the story aboard the ship & is a key element in one of the main themes of the movie (money doesnt buy happiness).
Regarding the 1st part (wearing it for the drawing)⊠the drawing was intended to be malicious⊠effectively a way to tell cal âweâre overâ⊠hence the note that accompanied it saying âdarling, now you can keep both locked in your safeâ. It was effectively a vulgar display to cal showing that she cant be âboughtâ (essentially what her arranged marriage was⊠selling her as effectively a slave so that her mother would remain wealthy).
Regarding the shooting scene, id argue it wasnt about the diamond at all, but about what happened just moments before⊠jack and cal were both trying to get rose on the lifeboat. It was super macho aggressive where they were both kind-of attempting to one-up eachother to win her affection (hence cal removing jackâs blanket and giving her the coat). This is also when cal gave his âi always win, one way or anotherâ remark. Rose jumps back onto the ship and right into jacks arms (passionately kissing in front of cal). Enraged by this, cal chases them with the gun⊠id argue, this is calâs last ditch attempt of âwinningâ (attempting to force them apart through murder). I think the comment about the diamond was just more of an afterthought once the adrenaline wore off.
Regarding throwing it overboard, what was she supposed to do? Give it generously to bill paxton? Roseâs entire presence on the modern ship & all of her actions are purely malicious. Bill paxton getting the diamond is literally the worst case scenario.
Think of how rose got involved⊠Bill paxton was showing off the drawing on tv to essentially say âsee, we arent grave robbing, we are simply preserving historyâ. Rose saw right through that though due to her knowledge of where the drawing was (in the safe). Her phone call to bill paxton saying âhave you found the heart of the ocean?â Wasnt a sincere question, but more of a âi know exactly what youre doingâ threat. She is there to stop them, not reward them⊠her excessive luggage & wasting a whole day of their time to ramble about old grandma stories prove that. (on a ship like that, schedule is everything and wasting a day to listen to old grandma stories is most certainly a worst case scenario that will cost them millions).
Sure in theory, she could sell it, but doing so would create 3 issuesâŠ
1- the sale of such a priceless artifact would garner tons of attention. Everyone with even the slightest potential stake in it would likely come after her with an armies of lawyers (think insurance companies, calâs heirs, the UK government/royal family, bill paxtonâs company, etc)⊠Sure, enough time has passed that different statutes would limit their effectiveness in achieving success, but she (and her family) would be put in a precarious position of spending years entangled in legal battles while simultaneously being both ârichâ and ânot richâ (cant exactly buy a lawyer with a diamond that may or may not be yours after the fierce legal battles)⊠its really being stuck between a rock and a hard place.
2- it would go deeply against her moral compass. Her entire life story was essentially being enslaved by wealth & escaping/ living an amazing life it by essentially faking her death to become poor.
3- The diamond is really the only tangible item associated with her past life, jackâs entire existence, and an event that played such a pivotal role in completely changing every aspect of her life. likely not a single day goes by where titanic isnt in her mind⊠Considering this, id argue the sentimental value of such an item likely holds more value to her than all the money in the world.
Personally, I always saw her throwing such an item in the ocean being similar to putting a cherished possession in the casket of a deceased loved one⊠frankly, i think it is the single most profound scene in the movie. Ive watched the movie literally hundreds of times & that scene is without fail when i start crying. The solitude nature of the act coupled with the look of relief on roseâs face just get to me. Its like shes been holding her breath for the last 84 years & that moment was the first time she was able to finally breathe.
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