Between baby boomers and millennials, Which generation had it better or easier and why?

@SinlessOnslaught Depression was likely wildly under-diagnosed at the time, and self-medicating more tolerated.

But it’s quite likely there are chemical and social reasons for the rise as well.

@QuixoticSoul I see

@SinlessOnslaught No, you could not raise a family on that one salary; which is why "latch key kids" came into being.

@BlueVeins Millennials fought our wars in Iraq and Afghanistan instead - ironically, often because they were trying to escape crushing student loans.

@QuixoticSoul That [i]really[/i] doesn't compare, considering that those wars involved and killed far fewer people, and that everyone involved voluntarily joined the military.

@BlueVeins That's true - in numbers, the impact is incomparable.

@MalcolmY 100% agree. Racial issues might be one of few areas for us that have improved over time as opposed to getting worse.

@Girlygirl099 I'm not gay but they gays are doing better. Leastaways white gays.

@RemovedUsername1005333 And if I had a nickel every time I heard a millennial whine and blame others...

@Ynotisay Pointing our that some generations are luckier than others in terms of the world they enter is not blaming anyone. That’s simply manifestly true.

You can make a case why boomers are partly or largely responsible for the changes that came during their time at the top - but that’s not strictly required.

@QuixoticSoul Fair enough. But I see it differently. Personally, I'm really, really over the "Ok Boomer" shit. Not that you said it. You didn't. But the word "boomer" as in "I blame you" is getting really old - really fast. And when you think about it, isn't EVERY generation responsible for what the next generation faces? Yep. They are.

And when you say "luckier" I'm not quite sure what that means. Luckier that they had less advanced medicine? More dangerous cars, food, air? FAR less access to information? Were they lucky when they were drafted to fight and die in an unjust war?

To me, the "blame the Boomer" trend is just one more example of a generation unwillingly to take responsibility for themselves. I would NEVER EVER presume that's true for all millennials. Or even most. But it's some. And those who have turned to social media to express their faux outrage and "Boomer blaming" are the ones painting an entire generation with the same brush. And the FACT is they're blaming people due to age when it's CRYSTAL CLEAR who has had their finger on the scales. It sure as fuck isn't some 70 year old hippie.

So I think it might be time for the 'woke kids' to stop blaming everyone else, quit the whining and start DOING something about it. In the good 'ol days that was called "manning up." Today, anyone saying that is "cancelled" because, you know, feeelings.

Just my two cents.

@JohnOinger Better music is a huge understatement.

@hami1091 🤮

@hami1091 The Karen generation 😂

I’d say that genX didn’t have it easier than the boomers, but still caught the gentler chunk of the downslope. They’re also less culpable for the changes that happened.

@QuixoticSoul oh, did we ever! 😰

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@strongbow That’s [i]every[/i] history book lmao - an unparalleled age of prosperity is why there was a baby boom in the first place.

@Pherick Aww..here we go again..🤭

now you=seriously, you liberals should try some actual critical thinking once in a while, life would be some much easier and less stressful for ya👍

@strongbow Your troll routine is sad man, try and step it up. You have some serious competition here. Your game is lacking.