A 41-year-old guy from Time Mag tries to pretend to be a "Millennial"

Basically, shit sucks for us "Millenials"...

who the fuck thought of that term? It sounds so cheesy and stupid.

Also, the whole "leaving your parents in your early 20s" thing is actually Newer Than They Think. It wasn't until post-WWII that it became common, most people stayed in their parent's house until they got married.

Eating a Vanilluxe will give you frostbite.

That's purely a British and North American phenomenon.

In Southern Europe, you can have three generations still living together, and its normal.

Going back to the job talk, I'd readily look for work if DCPS wasn't cradling my high school diploma for dear life like some kid who doesn't wanna share his toy.

It's one thing to make a spectacle. It's another to make a difference.

To be fair, while that may not be true of you, on the whole, it's pretty accurate for most. Aside from maybe the "yolo" and "swag"—that was about a year and a half ago

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Where did "Yolo" even come from? Age Of Empires?

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Ironically enough, Buddhism.

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Yes. YOLO could be roughly translated into ichi-go ichi-e, however IGIE sounds really lame.

Initial response.

Well, YOLO in its memetic form, if I recall correctly, comes from an incredibly obnoxious song by Drake called "The Motto". It goes like this:

So she wanna photo
You already know d'oh
You only live once, that's the motto, yeah, YOLO

And then something about money and sex.

edited 11th May '13 2:58:23 PM by 0dd1

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Why does it say that people take selfies?

Yeah, if anything, it should say people take selfies with duckfaces.

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I have a lot of pictures of myself on my computer. I have many reasons for this.

1. I take pictures of myself to get suggestions for makeup and costumes from friends online
2. I use my computer to put on makeup in the morning because I don't have a mirror in my room, so if I do something I really like I will take a picture
3. I take pictures of partial costumes/costume make-up
4. I take pictures of clothing I've made
5. I take pictures of myself for drawing reference; when you have a camera right there, it's easier to just take a picture of yourself at an angle/with an expression than it is to find a reference

I guess I just don't get why taking pictures of yourself is so evil.

It's probably just referring to the douches who do it on Facebook solely to get attention to inflate their already warped sense of self-esteem.

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I'm not sure what to say about this. I guess I'm in the demographic that these people would vilify: although I'm from a third-world country (which means jackshit, really), I've had a pretty cushy, sheltered life. I'm going to college, paid for by my parents, and I'm planning on getting a job only after I graduate. Plus, I have few actual skills. I suppose I'm a dreg on society.

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Every generation is the "me" generation.

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The only thing that stays constant over the decades is Times opinion of the next generation.

I like to think a "selfie" is different from "a picture of yourself".

A selfie is a picture taken by a teenage girl, usually at an extreme angle (bonus points if it emphasizes boobs or stomach), with a duckface, excessive makeup, and probably a little bit of Photoshop magic.

A picture of yourself is just a picture of yourself.

You need an adult.

A selfie is a picture that you take of yourself on your phone for social networking purposes.

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Kinda rude there Z. I'd say a selfie is a pic of yourself, taken by yourself, meant to emphazise your physical attractiveness, tipically posted on a social network.

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Everyone seems to have their own definitions though, it's so confusing. :/

EDIT: Well in any case, sorry for the rudeness.

edited 11th May '13 5:54:24 PM by Zersk

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Yeahhh... I never said people had to use my definition.

You need an adult.

This brings to mind selfies done by some great artist.

Man, I was already loopy from sleep medication when I read this and for some reason thought millennials were Centurions.

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