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A Letter To Gen X From A Millennial

When you try to belittle us and tell us we're making things worse, well, maybe. But usually, things have to get bad before they get better.

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You may think that the Millenials (and Gen Z-ers) are the problem children of the future, but the harsh truth begins and ends with you.

Avocado toast doesn't make us choose not to buy a home, the crumbling economy you left us with made us choose.

Tattoos and piercings on our bodies don't make us horrible, mean or rude. The generations who judge us make us that way.

Standing up for what we believe in and demand change for when all you could do was stand back, complain and do nothing.

Don't mistake our longing for nostalgic materials as childish incompetence, chances are, we're a lot more knowledgeable on opening up a Word document than you are, anyway.

Assuming you're always right in any given situation will always make us try to prove you wrong. You've been warned.

Millennial and Gen Z-ers are not forces to be reckoned with if that's been any indicator over the last two years. When we want something done, we gear up and prepare. When we don't like something, we speak up.

We are not delicate little flowers that are putting up with your bullshit gender roles, wage gaps, racism, sexism, mental health stigmas or any other judgments you have.

Not anymore.

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