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[illya]

NYT magazine article about 20somethings

so if i'm 31, still do a lot of the same things in the article (sans living at home and sponging off my parents with naiive sense of entitlement) what does that mean? oh, please tell me, new york times magazine!

[Tender Lad]

Growing up = Giving up.

[mothrock]

aka "kids are effing laaaaazy"

[chadk]

i for one embrace my peter pan syndrome

[mancopter]

I do too, but I'm honestly part of the "get a fucking job" crowd. I fully believe in financial independence.

[Rial]

[mothrock]

I do too, but I'm honestly part of the "get a fucking job" crowd. I fully believe in financial independence.

Amen.

This is 'merica , son. Get yo ass a job.

[joe.distort]

i stopped reading because after a bit the whole thing just gets retarded. "ooooh these damn young people are doing things different!".but heres some of my thoughts

a) growing up, every 'adult' i knew was miserable. i will gladly stick to 'not growing up' if it means those kinds of bullshit standards
i finished school, became fiancially indpendent, and moved out at 18. those are the only three LEGIT things i see on there, since marriage and kids arent for everyone
c)BUT i would still rather hang out at an all ages show after making a stop for comics/video games and maybe some cupcakes for myself and the lady than the other alternative i see of hanging out with people my age with their heads up their career/babies ass. im not saying people with kids annd serious careers suck, shit, ive had a serious career for years now. its just that 'im better than you because im a real FULL FLEDGED adult' attitude. fuck you.
d) NYT journalists arent exactlry the kind of people who i look to to validate my lifestyle. we may not be out in the streets smashing windows or whatnot, but at some point i always remember THERE is a reason we are/were punks. yeah i am now a financially responsible punk who is probably frowned on as much from the young trust fund college rebels as well as people my age and older, but WE ARE NOT THE ONES WHO FIT IN. and we most likely never will be. these kinds of generalizations in this article are pretty useless over all.

e) give me a whiskey, because im starting to feel the pain of being in the middle group where im too old/responsible to be one of 'the kids' but im too much of a goofy, fun loving jackass to be one of 'the adults'. its a no mans land and theres not a whole lot of us. and it sucks. and its growing increasingly lonely and suffocating.

whewwwwww that was a ramble that helped get out some of my current frustrations

[mancopter]

e) give me a whiskey, because im starting to feel the pain of being in the middle group where im too old/responsible to be one of 'the kids' but im too much of a goofy, fun loving jackass to be one of 'the adults'. its a no mans land and theres not a whole lot of us. and it sucks. and its growing increasingly lonely and suffocating.

Lonely? a little, suffocating? Nah.

Cheers on that whiskey.

[Rial]

i stopped reading because after a bit the whole thing just gets retarded. "ooooh these damn young people are doing things different!".but heres some of my thoughts

a) growing up, every 'adult' i knew was miserable. i will gladly stick to 'not growing up' if it means those kinds of bullshit standards
i finished school, became fiancially indpendent, and moved out at 18. those are the only three LEGIT things i see on there, since marriage and kids arent for everyone
c)BUT i would still rather hang out at an all ages show after making a stop for comics/video games and maybe some cupcakes for myself and the lady than the other alternative i see of hanging out with people my age with their heads up their career/babies ass. im not saying people with kids annd serious careers suck, shit, ive had a serious career for years now. its just that 'im better than you because im a real FULL FLEDGED adult' attitude. fuck you.
d) NYT journalists arent exactlry the kind of people who i look to to validate my lifestyle. we may not be out in the streets smashing windows or whatnot, but at some point i always remember THERE is a reason we are/were punks. yeah i am now a financially responsible punk who is probably frowned on as much from the young trust fund college rebels as well as people my age and older, but WE ARE NOT THE ONES WHO FIT IN. and we most likely never will be. these kinds of generalizations in this article are pretty useless over all.

e) give me a whiskey, because im starting to feel the pain of being in the middle group where im too old/responsible to be one of 'the kids' but im too much of a goofy, fun loving jackass to be one of 'the adults'. its a no mans land and theres not a whole lot of us. and it sucks. and its growing increasingly lonely and suffocating.

whewwwwww that was a ramble that helped get out some of my current frustrations

[joe.distort]

BUT I DONT ACTUALLY HAVE THE WHISKEY AND WONT FOR HOURS

[unluckycharm]

hey kid yer too young to drink that white lightnin'

[Jacki O.]

self-indulgence til i'm 45!

[chadk]

i stopped reading because after a bit the whole thing just gets retarded. "ooooh these damn young people are doing things different!".but heres some of my thoughts

a) growing up, every 'adult' i knew was miserable. i will gladly stick to 'not growing up' if it means those kinds of bullshit standards
i finished school, became fiancially indpendent, and moved out at 18. those are the only three LEGIT things i see on there, since marriage and kids arent for everyone
c)BUT i would still rather hang out at an all ages show after making a stop for comics/video games and maybe some cupcakes for myself and the lady than the other alternative i see of hanging out with people my age with their heads up their career/babies ass. im not saying people with kids annd serious careers suck, shit, ive had a serious career for years now. its just that 'im better than you because im a real FULL FLEDGED adult' attitude. fuck you.
d) NYT journalists arent exactlry the kind of people who i look to to validate my lifestyle. we may not be out in the streets smashing windows or whatnot, but at some point i always remember THERE is a reason we are/were punks. yeah i am now a financially responsible punk who is probably frowned on as much from the young trust fund college rebels as well as people my age and older, but WE ARE NOT THE ONES WHO FIT IN. and we most likely never will be. these kinds of generalizations in this article are pretty useless over all.

e) give me a whiskey, because im starting to feel the pain of being in the middle group where im too old/responsible to be one of 'the kids' but im too much of a goofy, fun loving jackass to be one of 'the adults'. its a no mans land and theres not a whole lot of us. and it sucks. and its growing increasingly lonely and suffocating.

whewwwwww that was a ramble that helped get out some of my current frustrations

THE LIST IS THOUSANDS LONG!

[donald]

it's all relative,


If you enjoy where you are at, fuck it.

If you love living with your parents in your 30's I say go for it! Fuck what others think.

I left home when I was 16, and that shit ain't exactly easy to do ya know? I have been more than fortunate to be where I am in life without any real guidance since then and I feel I would be a helluva lot more better off If I did. But hey, hindsight is 20/20

I still fuck around and do shit some people stopped doing when they were 19, and I love every minute of it.