The fucking entitlement of some people. It boils my piss that people my age are trying to do the same sort of gaslighting to young people as others did to my generation.
Young people, please don’t fall for it. They’re just trying to get you to be a good little workhorse. My peers fell for it and they’re all burnt out tired husks now.
My skin crawls whenever I hear people my age talk about “Lazy young workers.” As if ten years ago people weren’t saying the same shit about us. Maybe your spirit got broken and now you want to break the spirit of the next lot, I don’t know. Whatever it is it annoys me.
The funny thing is, the kinds of assholes that complain about “lazy entitled sensitive workers not getting shit done” are usually the ones making the workplace less productive imo. They make everyone miserable because they turn the place into a panopticon of “am I working hard enough?” And if you joke or show any kind of joy at work you’re not working hard enough so the workplace becomes depressing.
I hate generational warfare, I hate protestant work ethic, so mix the two and I become rage incarnate.
The worst part is when you get a young “pick me” who is like “I’M NOT SENSITIVE LIKE THE REST OF MY GENERATION I THINK YOU’RE RIGHT WE ARE LAZY.” It’s fucking sad.
EDIT: AND ANOTHER THING! It’s fucking ableist too! No Darren, the kid isn’t too sensitive, he has fucking PTSD.
Fellow members in my PSL branch openly talk about how much we like cute things such as plushies and Pokemon and which kids’ shows we like (Arthur is based, Paw Patrol is cringe), all while doing way more actual socialist work than any of the Strasserist losers who would try to shame us for it.
People act like we’re uniquely “stuck in childhood” but my parents were the same. My mom is like 60 and still watches cartoons.