I mean, it’s been just long enough so that Gen Z can just start calling Millennials Boomers and placing the blame all on them… which won’t be wrong either. Overall, Millennials didn’t change how they lived to account for things like climate change. They didn’t stand together as a society and reduce waste. I’m as guilty as anyone else, but its cyclic and Millennials just got caught in the absolute dog shit part of the cycle where we were blamed all growing up, and will be blamed on the way to our deathbeds.
Overall, Millennials didn’t change how they lived to account for things like climate change. They didn’t stand together as a society and reduce waste.
First, when has ANY age group coordinated across every nationality around the globe to “stand together”? Add to that, the age at which you’re suggesting this should have occurred is right when they were reaching adulthood and barely grasping how the adult world works themselves. At the same time they were coming of age during back to back global financial crises with and even book-ended by one of the most deadly pandemics in human history, while also having the fewest resources to affect change. “Standing together as a society” is unrealistic at any age, much less the one they were given.
Second, I’d argue at the individual level they made some of the largest shifts to low and lower carbon options than any other group. One example would be Veganism which would address the 17% of climate change gases from livestock. Many of them embraced bicycles instead of cars and small EVs such as scooters.
I’m not a Millennial or a vegan nor do I own a small EV scooter, but looking at all the generations alive today, I’d argue Millennials have done the most to combat climate change in spite of the other generations alive working against their efforts.
I’m literally a millennial, and have seen that the vast majority of us don’t give a flying fuck (that’s why only 4% of us are vegan), just like previous generations. I’m not trying to be a dick to millennials, I’m trying to be honest with myself about my peers and my own generations failure to the future.
Sure we did some, but if society still collapses, who will fucking give a shit?
Yeah… Fuck us for driving to a job no public transport can get us to right?
If you wanna admit you suck go right ahead, but with the means I have at hand in making a solid effort.
Sounds like your not.
Consumerism and capitalism is the real issue.
Must have the latest iPhone, the company must grow. Limitless growth must happen in a system with limited resources.
Typed from my 5 year old phone I don’t want to replace but Samsung agree pulling security updates so I’ll have to.
Cyclical but unjust. I already feel bad for the shit millennials will eventually get. They had none of the money or power to prevent anything. Yeah, “standing together” could have theoretically done something, but it would have required a degree of sustained (by which I mean decades), disciplined effort that very large groups of humans aren’t capable of. Hell, just by looking at the cost of living, anyone can see that millennials are having a hard time simply affording to survive.
Oh I agree wholeheartedly. I wasn’t meant to be bashing millennials, but rather pointing out that Gen Z will have sadly valid complaints, even if it doesn’t justify it because millennials never really had political control during our lives to speak of, partially because of how dwarfed we continued to be by Boomers, as a generation. Gen Z only outnumbers them because so many of them finally started dying. Millennials never had a chance, just like Gen X, who is just forgotten generally.
I mean, it’s been just long enough so that Gen Z can just start calling Millennials Boomers and placing the blame all on them… which won’t be wrong either. Overall, Millennials didn’t change how they lived to account for things like climate change. They didn’t stand together as a society and reduce waste. I’m as guilty as anyone else, but its cyclic and Millennials just got caught in the absolute dog shit part of the cycle where we were blamed all growing up, and will be blamed on the way to our deathbeds.
First, when has ANY age group coordinated across every nationality around the globe to “stand together”? Add to that, the age at which you’re suggesting this should have occurred is right when they were reaching adulthood and barely grasping how the adult world works themselves. At the same time they were coming of age during back to back global financial crises with and even book-ended by one of the most deadly pandemics in human history, while also having the fewest resources to affect change. “Standing together as a society” is unrealistic at any age, much less the one they were given.
Second, I’d argue at the individual level they made some of the largest shifts to low and lower carbon options than any other group. One example would be Veganism which would address the 17% of climate change gases from livestock. Many of them embraced bicycles instead of cars and small EVs such as scooters.
I’m not a Millennial or a vegan nor do I own a small EV scooter, but looking at all the generations alive today, I’d argue Millennials have done the most to combat climate change in spite of the other generations alive working against their efforts.
4% of millennials are vegan. 77% of millennials drive a car regularly (64% own them, an additional 13% drive a car owned by someone in their family).
Sure, but that’s still far, far, far, far, far from enough to offset climate change and the issues Gen Z will be facing because of it. Not to be too much of a Doomer, but when you’re facing the very real possibility of modern society collapsing under the weight of out-of-control climate change by 2050, all the patting yourself on the back for doing more than others feels… superfluous.
I’m literally a millennial, and have seen that the vast majority of us don’t give a flying fuck (that’s why only 4% of us are vegan), just like previous generations. I’m not trying to be a dick to millennials, I’m trying to be honest with myself about my peers and my own generations failure to the future.
Sure we did some, but if society still collapses, who will fucking give a shit?
Yeah… Fuck us for driving to a job no public transport can get us to right?
If you wanna admit you suck go right ahead, but with the means I have at hand in making a solid effort.
Sounds like your not.
Consumerism and capitalism is the real issue. Must have the latest iPhone, the company must grow. Limitless growth must happen in a system with limited resources.
Typed from my 5 year old phone I don’t want to replace but Samsung agree pulling security updates so I’ll have to.
Millennials have done a great job raising Generation A and the Zoomers… the kids today by and large are way more aware and woke
Cyclical but unjust. I already feel bad for the shit millennials will eventually get. They had none of the money or power to prevent anything. Yeah, “standing together” could have theoretically done something, but it would have required a degree of sustained (by which I mean decades), disciplined effort that very large groups of humans aren’t capable of. Hell, just by looking at the cost of living, anyone can see that millennials are having a hard time simply affording to survive.
Oh I agree wholeheartedly. I wasn’t meant to be bashing millennials, but rather pointing out that Gen Z will have sadly valid complaints, even if it doesn’t justify it because millennials never really had political control during our lives to speak of, partially because of how dwarfed we continued to be by Boomers, as a generation. Gen Z only outnumbers them because so many of them finally started dying. Millennials never had a chance, just like Gen X, who is just forgotten generally.
Oh, I wasn’t getting a bashing tone at all!