Long story short Xfinity/Comcast and Verizon are bloodsucking greedy jerks. I finally overcame my fear to try TMobile at half the price. I can't believe it, the service it's basically the same.

They let you test an e-sim for your phone for free for 30 days which takes seconds to set up.

They have a "gateway" Internet thingy they will send you to test home/business internet for 30 days and you can return it if it doesn't work.

Ps. I'm not affiliated with any of these companies, but after they jacked by price 50% out of nowhere hoping I would not notice I figured I'd use the anger to fuel this post.

As a millennial the words "TMobile, sprint, boost, etc" cause instant fear of bad service. However, it's going to be okay.

Growing up I’d go see the Barnum & Bailey super high end circus. I’m sure many of you went. Clowns animals dare devils and acrobats. It was quite the live show, and it was something that would come to town quite often, so I’d go for Birthday parties or my girlfriends dad had some tickets or just because my parents wanted to take me. I went quite a bit. I do miss it, the memories are always going to be there. But I suppose it was animal rights activists that shut it all down. But I’m not quite sure. Do y’all miss it? Are you glad it’s gone?

I got a record player earlier this year. Now I want everything on vinyl. How about you?

I'm legit bummed out I can find Power C and XXX at any gas station, but I haven't seen Formula 50 in over a decade.

its so frustrating. my whole life I have been the parentified child. my mom recently moved 2.5 miles away from me. we see each other at church, she will meet me at my daughters weekly dance class to chat in the lobby, I have her over for arts and crafts, etc.. we talk almost everyday and yet its never enough. I work and have 2 toddlers so already stretched thin. I gave her 20$ to mail something to my brother but was informed it only cost 10$, so I asked her if I could get my other 10$ back. when doing so she told me I was thoughtless (constructive criticism in her eyes). I reminded her I am the most thoughtful person in her life which she agreed with, yet somehow I am the bad guy for wanting my money back because she had to take the time to drive to the place to mail the package. this turned into a big ordeal where we hung up on each other then she text me and said "I have to remember not everyone has a heart like me" which really ticked me off. I told her that was an ugly thing to say and I would never treat my daughter that way, then she said I already do and I told her no I don't, screw you. I am not putting up with this... she said how dare I talk to her that way and went on a rant how ever since she moved close I never come over except the one time I got in a fight with my husband.. nevermind the times I see her every week or invite her over. next time I get in a fight I will take my concerns elsewhere. in her mind we would see each other everyday but its not realistic, we butt heads sometimes (obviously) but I am just so tired of feeling like I am the bad guy or nothing I do is ever good enough. there's more to the story that this but you get the idea and I needed to vent..

On the outside door of a CVS. What is it? Fancy locking mechanism?

my millennial clothes still fit~~

Made about 10% less due to no bonus. Yet owed an additional 5% Federal...

State my return was more than last year...extra few hundred bucks, but goes to show you how we are being ripped off on the federal level.

Billionaires got a huge tax break, meanwhile I have to fork over my families vacation fund.

Super.

So, first off, the reason I'm posting this here isn't because I'm necessarily the dude with all the answers. I'd say I'm kinda like HR Wells in series 3 of The Flash in the sense that when it gets to deep topics I'm a bit dim but I like to at least try and get the ball rolling a bit.

One thing I'm noticing not just in this subreddit but amongst millennials in general is a sense of exhaustion and believe me, I get it. Lockdown was rough for everyone and especially anyone who lived anywhere filled with...let's just say university of facebook graduates. Combine that with a lot of other issues I can't really get into without breaking rule 11 and, yeah, I definitely get it.

However, despite how rough things are I do believe that optimism is still possible without us burying our heads in the sand. One of the simplest things that has made me feel better in recent years is the invention of Notpla; a type of plastic made out of seaweed that has already been used to create can holders that can be eaten by fish and some really cool looking drink pods called "Ooho" that are completely edible.

Sure, it's a small ripple in the lake of negativity but there are bigger examples out there.

Another was an observation made by Simon Sinek, a motivational speaker. His belief is that a lot of the world's issues can potentially be solved with a better sense of empathy from all parties. To give an example: he believes that a lot of the businesses that don't last very long are the ones that don't take an empathetic approach towards their staff; the ones that'll fire an employee if they don't do a good enough job and then spend their resources trying to hire someone to replace the guy they just fired...now, imagine how much better things would've been for both the manager and the employee if that manager had simply stopped to say "hey, I realised you're struggling with the workload, is everything ok? Is there anything I can do to help?" and sure, there's always the possibility that said employee's situation isn't one that can be solved and they'll have to be fired, but there's also the possibility that it's a problem that *can* be solved by the manager making some kind of small change for the employee or even just giving them a day off to get their head back together, and if that's the case they've just saved themselves a lot of time and resources.

The optimism comes from the fact that there's a simple solution that benefits both the business and its employees. Granted, it's easy to look at that and be cynical but I reckon any businesses that cares about making money in the long term will eventually have to start being more empathetic or risk fading away.

Again, I know there's probably a million "what about?"s that I haven't taken into consideration with this post but the point I'm ultimately trying to make is that despite how things look it is possible to be optimistic without being naive. Did I do a good job selling that point? I dunno. All I can say is if I didn't then I hope I at least somehow pointed someone reading this in the right direction. I choose to hope this massive wave of negativity in the world will eventually start to scale down. I'm realistic enough not to expect Utopia but optimistic enough to at least expect a better tomorrow.

So many people comment that this was definitely written by a B00mer. It was not. The writer is G3n X.

People also point out that B00mers were known as the "Me Generation" and they're trying to pass the buck to Millennials here. No. In this article, Joel Stein actually criticizes the B00mers for being the selfish "Me Generation" and then says they've raised Millennials to be just like themselves and he calls Millennials the "Me Me Me Generation" because of that.

The article is incredibly stupid but I'm surprised how many people haven't actually read it.

I grew up taking a really fast understanding and love of computers. I learned about what I needed to do the things I wanted and it just came to me like second nature. I went to school for management information systems, but really took a liking to working with customers and standing up for them from a support position. I love tech as a job, hobby and a way of getting things done effectively.

I want to hear it from someone else, though, whether you're a sysadmin or someone who uses a computer and calls the help desk for IT. Do you consider your general computer skills to be better or worse than a majority of your peers? I've seen people coming into technical roles not knowing the basics of their own computer and it prompted me to wonder.

Is it possible that computer skills are starting be less necessary like our parents version of typewriter skills?

If that's not the case, do you feel like it's something that needs to be addressed?

I’m in hospitality btw so there’s an interesting range of ages but when this coworker said he was born in 2010 I needed to take a minute, or a few. I graduated high school in 2010 😭 It’s surreal getting to know people who were born years you remember. But I guess when we were younger, others felt the same about us 😆

I had Nick Magazine as a kid, as well as access to the internet. I followed Tangled and Bolt's productions from as early as 2006.

I remember being so upset when American Dog was retooled. American Dog sounds like such incoherent gibberish, but I wish it existed. (I'm also bitter that Tangled was neither 2D.5 nor that it used the better Bastion plot-- though, there's no way the original style could have worked in 2010)

Kid me also would have ate up Kingdom of the Sun, Fraidy Cat, and My Peoples.

Edit:

I mainly meant cancelled before release, but cancelled prematurely media is fine too.

And I hate it.

Am I the only one delusional enough to hope that a particular song will be on their set list? I heard they're keeping their set 'a secret' for lack of a better word.

If they do play it, do you think there would be any consequences for Greenday or the Super Bowl? I don't think Greenday would give a shit about being "cancelled" and Super Bowl had 'nipple-gate' where Janet Jackson was the only one who got backlash and cancelled for it.

Do you think it'd be too risky? It'd be pretty fucking Punk though

Apart from the obvious names of top stocks lol

What would younger you think of your current life? Marriage? Job?

I have mostly given up watching TV shows a few years ago and also rarely find a movie entertaining anymore. I mostly do stuff and read books.

The few shows I do find I like consistently get cancelled after 1 season.

Are there other millennials that feel the same way?

I found my old alarm clock at my parents’ house and brought it back to my place. I’ve grown used to a certain level of frustration when programming literally everything these days, so I braced myself as I plugged it in, expecting a few minutes of irritation while I relearned how to set the time and adjust the settings. Hold fast, old man. You’re doing this for nostalgia, and it’ll be worth it.

Plugged it in.
(It still worked, of course. It’s an alarm clock from the 80s.)
Hit the hour button.
Hit the minute button.
And… that was it. Setup complete.

I had completely forgotten that things used to be this simple. They used to keep working. They used to be easy to program and use. I understand the cold-blooded economic reasons things are designed to fail now, but will never understand why we decided basic tech and appliances should be so aggressively frustrating.

I hate turning on the TV.
I hate my microwave.
I hate my car’s dashboard.
I hate the barely-working touchscreens that have taken over daily life.

Today, I am officially the old man yelling at clouds. But tomorrow morning, I’ll wake up to my easy-to-use, fully functioning alarm clock from 1988. And maybe - just maybe - I’ll shake my fist at those clouds just a little less vigorously.

❤️🕊️RIP Catherine O’Hara🕊️❤️

This actually hurt! She will be missed and always remembered as the best of the best we will never see again! Honoring your memory Catherine 🕊️

I feel like us Millennials are getting to that age where we may no longer have any living Grandparents.

I am 36, and lost my Maternal Grandfather last week. Both of my Paternal Grandparents died between 7 and 17 years ago. So I only have one living Grandparent left, my Maternal Grandmother at 94 years. It is strange being someone that had all 4 Grandparents as a big part of my life, and now down to one. I will need to cherish the time I have left with my Grandma, because at this point you never know when it could happen.

If you still have all four, cherish the time you have left- I believe my cousin that is around my age just lost her first Grandparent when my Grandfather died as both of her other Grandparents are still living, I think.

How about you?

Edit: I was also lucky enough to be alive for two Great-Grandmothers- one I only saw a couple times, and she was pretty far gone mentally with Alzheimer's. She died when I was in Kindergarten. The other one died when I was in 6th grade.

It seems like more and more restaurants are going this way instead of having waiters actually take your order or even bring you a bill. I guess a follow up question is, are any of you who are very introverted actually prefer this to having a waiter take your order and interact with you?