May 26th, 2008

On the whole 60 Minutes vs. Millenials fiasco

To recap: 60 Minutes ran a piece saying that millenials (those born from 1980-1995) are lazy little pricks who put their yoga classes above work, among other things. This has caused a fervor online among individuals born, coincidentally, from 1980-1995.

I shall summarize my opinion, as usual, in easy-to-digest bullet point form:

  1. If you’re a millenial and offended by the video, try to hide your true emotions. Whining about a program on 60 Minutes — a show you and I both never watched until this crisis arose — just makes you look like the coddled little bitches they’re saying you are.

  2. It would have been a much better piece if they had a dude who evoked Mr. Burns yell “Fuck Mister Rogers” into the camera at some point.

  3. Coming up with a few adjectives to describe 80-million people who happen to be born between 1980 to 1995 is like saying the entire population of Germany is into freaky sex acts. Ridiculous, so don’t worry about it.

  4. For serious, 60 Minutes knows how to get people to watch their shit.

  5. You’re special.

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    Who would get upset...piece? The guy doing it looks...fought...
  3. fatmanatee reblogged this from topherchris and added:
    I agree. The largest error...60M made was projecting a sample (parents
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