Millennial about to turn 41.
I’m tired.
I’m not particularly fond of my fellow Americans anymore.
And I don’t have an ounce of patriotism left.
This country can go ahead and fuck itself. Which it appears to be doing pretty thoroughly. Dumbest fucking country in the history of the world if you take into account its wealth and influence compared to its quality of life and happiness index.
Weighing how much effort/money it would take to get Canadian citizenship and whether I have that kind of energy left in me.
Man, I felt this so hard. Every word of it.
My only two cents beyond that, I fear Canada is too close.
Millennials were also the generation that got to watch the surface web turn into an abandoned mall.
Good times.
Agreed.
But I still debate whether or not unrestricted internet access as a older kid/teen was a good thing or not haha. I’m sure we’ve all clicked links we regretted or went to those sites (rotten, or other shock sites). If we didn’t see all that shit growing up, would we be different? I’m not sure, but would be interesting to see some research on this (there may be some already, I haven’t looked).
Anyways, I recently found a great website for lemon-themed recipes. It’s www.lemonparty.org, check it out!
Ah yes, the site for learning more about trump’s upcoming plans. Good share.
Early 2000s internet was so good. I don’t know that it’s possible to go back there. You needed it to be a little bit wild west, you needed to say “Hey, if I click this website, am I going to regret it?” But folks were generally real (except apparently the girls I talked to in AIM chat rooms, but hey, I survived).
While being called lazy
I’m tired, boss
I feel like I live in interesting times, and understand why it’s used as an insult
GNU Terry Pratchett
I keep telling myself: could be worse. Could also be better, but could be worse 🤷😬
Not sure who I’m trying to convince haha.
I just turned 33. I’ve had grey hairs since 29.
You can’t see the grey hairs if you shave your head.
Grey beard hairs were sad but people said they made me look wiser. Grey chest hairs were weird. Grey pubes were kind of terrifying. The only properly colored hair on me is on my back now, and there didnt used to be hair back there. Its itchy.
Life is all a big joke. Still wouldnt go back to being young though in the current world if a genie gave me the choice. eff that.
That’s normal isn’t it. Every hair on your head you can keep is a win
Yes, I remind myself that each gray is at least there. I have a wonderful, full head of hair, and I never take it for granted by shaving it off. It’s an insult to all of my bald and balding friends.
And every hair on your back, shoulders and ass is step towards being Chuck Norris.
I’m turning 42 this summer. I’m considered an “elder millennial”.
“All you need to do to succeed is go to college!”
“Cool, how do I afford it?”
“Well yeah looks like the guy your mom married makes too much money for you to deserve any form of help. Try working more!”
“Cool, I spent the last few years burning myself out for a degree while working full time and supplementing with sex work. I’ll have nightmares about a motel for the rest of my life, but now I can have a full time job and work towards owning a house now? I even promised to be a teacher, that’s a job with a huge shortage right and I shouldn’t have just grabbed a cheap online BA because there are no requirements anymore?”
“Uhh, lol no we actually want unqualified babysitters. Better than being a gross tranny.”
The fact that my ex husband spent my thirtieth birthday with someone he gave $5k too, three months before kicking me out and emptying my bank account, the fact that I live in a state where even if I were cis the resources for survivors of DV are non existent, the fact that I don’t know if my drivers license is valid anymore….
I’m not even thirty three and I’m exhausted. I can deal with my life sucking or the world sucking, but not both at the same time.
I wish i could give you a big hug. You deserve and need it.
Yeah. I want to run for Congress in 2026 on a platform of “I can’t trust you fucking fucks to not fuck up this fucking fucker any fucking more.”
Enough with the pretty words and speeches. Where’s the candidate who’s willing to just finally say what we’re all feeling: FUUUUUUUUUUUUUCK!
Realizing we’re the generation “socialism or barbarism” applies to, but I’d rather not get killed.
Why not both?
Because I’m not 85 years old. If I was I’d sign up for the first available suicide mission against the oligarchy.
In the 2020s alone we had COVID, Russian Nazis, and now Trump Nazis. Oh, and we went past 1.5 degrees.
Trump Nazis were 2015.
Chaos is a Ladder.
But its a ladder that periodically collapses when you’re halfway up and leaves you splayed out on the sidewalk in horrible pain and with five digit hospital bills.
It’s all good I just turned 30 and I finally have a job where I can break even with my finances. Now for the second job so I can use the next 30 years to pay off my debt. At this rate I’ll be just ahead enough to get my retirement job with no social security. 😎
The future’s so bright, you gotta wear shades.
