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As you may have guessed from my previous article, certain trends of present-day Internet journalism make me want to throw a glass against a wall and watch it shatter into a million pieces. No, I don’t really want to do that; I just wanted to evoke some strong imagery in my opening sentence, and the thought of that glass representing these deplorable trends and that they could be as easily dismantled by throwing it against a wall is deeply satisfying.
Most of these articles appear to be written by my peers. As someone born in December 1988, you would think that Thought Catalog’s article “17 Things People Born in the Late 80s Are Currently Experiencing” would totally get me. Nope. It only solidifies the reality that I don’t understand my generation. So I’m taking it upon myself to become the counter-argument by co-opting these trends. I’m like ClickHole, but with more heart.
It’s not that I don’t doubt that mid-20 somethings are going through everything that author Christopher Hudspeth is talking about. I just think it reeks of “being an adult is just SO WEEEIIIRD”, “let’s commiserate over our debilitating first world problems”, and “I literally can't even”. I can’t honestly relate because the moment I start to experience any of these 17 things, I choose to respond to it differently. I don’t want to be pitied. I want to rise above. I want to be genuinely optimistic as my own personal “fuck you” to the nay-sayers.
As you may have guessed from my previous article, certain trends of present-day Internet journalism make me want to throw a glass against a wall and watch it shatter into a million pieces. No, I don’t really want to do that; I just wanted to evoke some strong imagery in my opening sentence, and the thought of that glass representing these deplorable trends and that they could be as easily dismantled by throwing it against a wall is deeply satisfying.
Most of these articles appear to be written by my peers. As someone born in December 1988, you would think that Thought Catalog’s article “17 Things People Born in the Late 80s Are Currently Experiencing” would totally get me. Nope. It only solidifies the reality that I don’t understand my generation. So I’m taking it upon myself to become the counter-argument by co-opting these trends. I’m like ClickHole, but with more heart.
It’s not that I don’t doubt that mid-20 somethings are going through everything that author Christopher Hudspeth is talking about. I just think it reeks of “being an adult is just SO WEEEIIIRD”, “let’s commiserate over our debilitating first world problems”, and “I literally can't even”. I can’t honestly relate because the moment I start to experience any of these 17 things, I choose to respond to it differently. I don’t want to be pitied. I want to rise above. I want to be genuinely optimistic as my own personal “fuck you” to the nay-sayers.
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