It poked fun at Birkenstocks and flip phones and mocked us for not understanding the newest technology.
I suppose it was meant to get back at the older generation for bemoaning the shortcomings of the Millennials. Some of it was comically true. Some of it was wrong. At the end of the day, I guess every generation thinks those who came before screwed up the world for them. Boo hoo.
On the other hand, I am also tired of reading rants from my generation about how the Millennials are going to ruin the world because their eyes are glued to their devices while the world goes to hell around them. Boo hoo.
The first order of business is to stop labeling one another. Stop identifying others by their age or their gender or color or their religion or their political stance. Step two is to respect each other. Even though we may not be on the same page, we're all reading from the same book.
There are plenty of assholes embedded into each generation. Conversely, there are lots of fabulous human beings, old and young, that I've been lucky to have known. (You know who you are.)
The newer generation will grapple with things we never imagined. On the other hand, they cannot fathom the things we had to deal with to bring them to this point in time.
So, let's leave it at that, shall we?
As to the Facebook post and the snarky article about my generation, my reply was this:
Just wait. Someday, many years into the future, there will be a post about all of the things that Millennials held dear and all of the things they got wrong.
And the world will spin on.
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