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The world expects too much of young people

No, that would be you! ;)

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A British person?
 
Yes, a British person. Now start spelling English the way it's meant to be spelled. :p
 
Basically the only difference is you guys put extra 'u's all over the place.
You can't spell "you" without "u". Although, phonetically speaking, all you need is "u" to say "you". ;)
 
The world expects very little of young people and has made every excuse for them and their lack for ambition to work tooth and nail to achieve what they want. We should be expecting more from them. The country and world is punishing people who have ambition and stand out above others.

Note: I’m not speaking of all young people but it’s far more than any other generation before them.
 
Humans are brought into this world against their will, without their prior consent (which, of course, is impossible to obtain), and expected, even demanded to live by its rules, because previous generations have done the same, so every generation that follows must endure and suffer arbitrarily literally being sentenced to life.
 
Humans are brought into this world against their will, without their prior consent (which, of course, is impossible to obtain), and expected, even demanded to live by its rules, because previous generations have done the same, so every generation that follows must endure and suffer arbitrarily literally being sentenced to life.

Your a half empty cup kind of person 😂
 
The world expects very little of young people and has made every excuse for them and their lack for ambition to work tooth and nail to achieve what they want. We should be expecting more from them. The country and world is punishing people who have ambition and stand out above others.

Note: I’m not speaking of all young people but it’s far more than any other generation before them.
Humans are brought into this world against their will, without their prior consent (which, of course, is impossible to obtain), and expected, even demanded to live by its rules, because previous generations have done the same, so every generation that follows must endure and suffer arbitrarily literally being sentenced to life.
I hate to say it but Serafin's right to some degree here.

I can only speak for myself here but compared to how society was back when I was growing up young people today have a lot more of an advantage these days than do either Gen X'ers like myself or people Serafin's age in that if you were good, you got rewarded for it. Nowadays we've seemed to have adopted a "Tall Poppy Syndrome" approach where risk is negated to zero and success is all-but-punished. I want everyone to have a shot at the brass ring (equality of opportunity); what I don't want is for someone to have an advantage for no other reason that who you are.

Prove to me that you can do the job and then we'll talk about the rest; if you can't, why does the rest matter?
 
I hate to say it but Serafin's right to some degree here.

I can only speak for myself here but compared to how society was back when I was growing up young people today have a lot more of an advantage these days than do either Gen X'ers like myself or people Serafin's age in that if you were good, you got rewarded for it. Nowadays we've seemed to have adopted a "Tall Poppy Syndrome" approach where risk is negated to zero and success is all-but-punished. I want everyone to have a shot at the brass ring (equality of opportunity); what I don't want is for someone to have an advantage for no other reason that who you are.

Prove to me that you can do the job and then we'll talk about the rest; if you can't, why does the rest matter?
What this generation might experience is what my great grandparents went through and all of us will be begging for what we have now.
 
Your a half empty cup kind of person 😂
Completely empty cup kind of person. Sometimes I wonder why I still haven't removed myself from this world, like my neighbor did.
Based on what I seen, I don't think he's a half empty cup kind of person. He's a "there is no cup in the first place" kind of person. :p
No cup, no spoon, not even Zuul. ;)
I hate to say it but Serafin's right to some degree here.

I can only speak for myself here but compared to how society was back when I was growing up young people today have a lot more of an advantage these days than do either Gen X'ers like myself or people Serafin's age in that if you were good, you got rewarded for it. Nowadays we've seemed to have adopted a "Tall Poppy Syndrome" approach where risk is negated to zero and success is all-but-punished. I want everyone to have a shot at the brass ring (equality of opportunity); what I don't want is for someone to have an advantage for no other reason that who you are.

Prove to me that you can do the job and then we'll talk about the rest; if you can't, why does the rest matter?
I never said he's wrong. I'm saying it's all pointless, the entire human existence. Work, don't work, fail, succeed... it's irrelevant in the end, since we all, sooner or later, die, so why bother with anything?
 
Completely empty cup kind of person. Sometimes I wonder why I still haven't removed myself from this world, like my neighbor did.

No cup, no spoon, not even Zuul. ;)

I never said he's wrong. I'm saying it's all pointless, the entire human existence. Work, don't work, fail, succeed... it's irrelevant in the end, since we all, sooner or later, die, so why bother with anything?

Don’t check out, this is a adventure worth fighting for until the universe says it’s your time. But don’t just give it to the universe.
 
Don’t check out, this is a adventure worth fighting for until the universe says it’s your time.
As soon as my mother dies, I will most likely off myself in some way. I don't want to cause her emotional trauma by killing myself while she's still alive, condemning her to spend what little life she has left in total depression.

But don’t just give it to the universe.
You're right. I should sell it to the universe. Cha-ching! :p
 
I'm saying it's all pointless, the entire human existence.
By that standard, why bother working to do anything? *shrugs*
 

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