Aerrol
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- Sep 18, 2014
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I don't think there has been a reason to shut down the thread. The outrage hasn't gone too far. Neither have the responses. Maybe we are all too hot and sweaty in this ridiculous summer to fight.
Oh I don't think so either. I meant I was surprised it hasn't escalated to a thread-closing level yet.
Thank you. I think the producer of the show missed a perfect opportunity to explain that while stereotypes exist for a reason they never cover any group 100%. I think the target audience for the show are millennials who aren't outraged and really wish the fellow members of their age cohort would lighten up a little. i.e. the millennials who get the joke
Hahaha, yeah. While I firmly believe that the majority of my 'generation' (as nebulous as that is...) is as sane as any generation is, I do get a little distraught to see 'outrage culture' spreading to all corners of the internet it seems. Though I think part of that is also just increased use of the internet and so more voices in the conversation, rather than a rapidly growing trend.
Also, I am generally skeptical of huge generational differences. I really like this economist article for expanding on that point:
http://www.economist.com/news/busin...ralisations-about-younger-workers-myths-about
"Every age group contains introverts and extroverts, high-flyers and low-riders. But they also need to recognise that human commonalities swamp both individual differences and generational variations. The most striking thing about the research data compiled by the likes of CEB and the Centre for Creative Leadership is how much workers of different generations have in common. They want roughly the same things regardless of when they were born: to be given interesting work to do, to be rewarded on the basis of their contributions and to be given the chance to work hard and get ahead."