Nonsensor.

60 Minutes apparently ran a story on the "Millenials," the supposed nom de unlikely of the group born between 1980 and 1995 who are, if the story is to be believed, a bunch of worthless slackers that make "Generation X" look like diligent coal miners by comparison. Link is to the web companion story.

I may have technically missed this by one year, but only one year so that means that I'm some sort of "Millenial," and I've rarely seen a piece of reverse-ageism so offensive in my life. A bunch of so-called "experts" giving anecdotal evidence of why these damn kids should get off my lawn is not real journalism, it's useless pablum to tide retirees over until Andy Effing Rooney comes on at the end and makes some "timely" observation about how he sure gets a lot of junk mail - and say, everyone says "holiday" instead of "Christmas" these days.

Doesn't this happen every time they coin a name for the current generation? They did it for my brother with Generation "X" and now they're doing it for me, but the story is essentially the same: Ego-centric, drag-ass, and tantrum-prone, but gawrsh they shore do know them computers better'n us so can't live without 'em huh?

Perhaps most disturbingly, the reversed priority of being family- and lifestyle-minded rather than singularly career-focused is presented as odd. And the desire to be rewarded, in however small a way, for a job well done (the core of so many books about management I've glossed over, and just plain human nature) is presented as selfish and spoiled. Sorry, no I didn't walk uphill in the snow both ways to school. I grew up in Texas. And the bus was invented at some point in the years leading up to my birth.

If you need any proof that this is a load of complete nonsense (I sincerely hope if you're reading this then you don't), have a look at the 90% of my blogroll that falls into the "Millenial" category.