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Comment on Whiny Gen X rant about the Gen Y whiners. by Chathan Vemuri

Chathan Vemuri — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 12:46:39 +0000

lol at all this eulogizing of the “Greatest Generation”
This was also a generation that upheld a woman’s place as within the home, stood silent as millions of third-generation Japanese American citizens were locked up in internment camps because their land of origin was at war with their country.
I don’t deny its strengths and I don’t suggest that all of them thought this way. But many of them did and its downright naive of many Gen X’ers to worship them in this way, being blind to its very real faults and problems.
One of the plus marks of the Baby Boom generation is their rejection of these entrenched norms.
Every generation has its ups and downs.

Comment on Let’s talk about eating disorders. by Maria Santoros

Maria Santoros — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 23:57:30 +0000

Thanks for posting this.

I’m 25, and have been overweight most of my life. I recently have lost ~50 pounds and sit around my house very confused most of the time. It’s really hard to explain to people that the positive feedback they give me is often for really horrible behavior. If I use my prescription pills to induce diarrhea and lost 10 more pounds, and people congratulate me and say how good I look and “you only have a few sizes to go”…guh, my head hurts.

I’m starting to realize that I have a really screwed up relationship with weight, food, self-esteem, and eating. I’ve looked up and down for articles on fat people with anorexia, but everyone tells the story of the thin overachiever who reaches 86pounds. Thanks for posting this. It makes me feel less crazy.

Comment on Whiny Gen X rant about the Gen Y whiners. by Katie

Katie — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 00:05:15 +0000

I think this is strange. Most of the people I know who routinely play hookie or pass their work off to other people are my 30-something employees. The girl I share a cube with almost never comes into work. She “works from home,” which is code for, “I play with my cat all day.” Another of my girlfriends at work routinely bitches about how much she hates coming in and feigns sick constantly. The management is the worst. All in their early 30s. All of them are allergic to their desks and spend most of their time running off to Peet’s or the cafe or the gym pretending that they’re “busy” and “in meetings,” but actually, no, they’re just slacking.

The only people at my work, at least, who are routinely in their desks every morning, even when they’re sick, are those of us who are in our early 20s, who are new to the job, and who know we are under scrutiny and are afraid to leave so much as a minute before 5 for fear someone will come down on us for slacking or skipping out.

I’ve known exactly ONE person my age who acted like that and he was promptly fired, unlike most of my older coworkers who have been here long enough that either they’re such good friends with the boss or they are the boss that nobody ever calls them out for their bad behavior. But thank you for projecting your problems with your friend’s young housemate (and seriously, if you don’t want to deal with a bitchy housemate, grow up and get your own place already) and a couple of lousy coworkers onto my entire generation. Very mature.

Comment on Now that you’re starting T by Mike

Mike — Sun, 01 Mar 2009 06:47:29 +0000

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Comment on Now that you’re starting T by Cindy

Cindy — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 23:15:50 +0000

What a tangled web we weave when first we practice to deceive.

Amen, and amen.