NAMES FOR MY GENERATION

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Finally, the terrible Millennial generation apologizes for being so terrible! We're the worst!

Why Generation Y Yuppies Are Unhappy

— God (@TheTweetOfGod) August 16, 2013

Job-hopping Japanese were called "freeters" - a combination of the word "freelance" and the German word for "worker", arbeiter. In political discussion, freeters were frequently bundled together with "neets" - an adopted British acronym meaning "not in education, employment or training". Neets, freeters, hikikomori - these were ways of describing the good-for-nothing younger generation, parasites on the flagging Japanese economy. The older generation, who graduated and slotted into steady careers in the 1960s and 1970s, could not relate to them.

We are Generation Rx. As a society, we have become more and more pharmaceuticalized, at every age level. We expect a quick fix for medical problems; typically turning to prescription and over-the-counter medication to treat our ailments. 

To be honest: When I first heard the talk, I was appalled. It wasn’t a message I wanted my peers to hear: it put pressure on an already overstimulated generation to find the right career and start thinking about marriage now. And it seemed to simultaneously berate thirtysomethings, telling them their most important years were over and it was too late to get what they wanted.