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Analysis Of Millennials: The Me Me Me Generation By Joel Stein

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In his article, “Millennials: The Me Me Me Generation,” Joel Stein argues that millennials are narcissists. Stein claims that all millennials are lazy. He also discusses how they are self-centered. Lastly, he asserts that they are entitled. Stein made a valid point and I couldn’t agree more, I believe that today’s teenagers and young adults are extremely narcissistic. Stein discussed how he thinks that anyone born from 1980 to 2000, also known as millennials, are lazy human beings. As a member of the millennial society, I may seem like a traitor for cosigning with Stein on this topic, but I completely agree with him; most teens today are often so used to things being done for them that they do not even remember how to do it for themselves. For example, if someone were to ask a millennial to solve a simple multiplication or division problem without using a calculator, most of them would drop their heads in shame because they don’t know how. This is only one of the many sad realities of a millennial …show more content…

I can attest to this by personal experience and my own actions. As a millennial, it seems to come naturally for us to be self-centered. Stein mentioned that today the average middle-class family has eighty-five or more pictures of themselves and their pets in their homes. We love ourselves, and that is no secret; that is why we are constantly developing more and more social media apps that allow us to share pictures and videos of our everyday life. And when I say everyday life I mean that. On Snapchat, a popular social media app, you are likely to find a wide variety of recordings, from someone eating their morning bowl of cereal to someone singing along to their favorite song on the radio. This is something that I believe all millennials are guilty of. All we care about is ourselves and if something does not pertain to us we do not even want to hear about it. You’ve got to love

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