Why do millennials lack ambition?

Question

I see this group not doing much with their lives. Cell phone addiction, living at home with parents much too long, not dating much, all of which makes me have to ask why.

btbc92 · Accepted Answer

A lot of internal and external factors. Me growing up and being born in the 90's I can pretty much explain these reasons why. But I warn you, it's going to be long. But worth it. I will try to be as brief as possible. It may help some people struggling. Now to answer the overall question of why millennials lack ambition is not as simple, but it can be.

1. Familial Status - Those who are rich tend to have it a bit easier financially and socially. But at the same time, relationships are a common flaw for anybody of any status. Those who were born in hierarchy, high class, upper middle, middle, low and poor have differentials at best. Which means it's hard to connect with people who you can't relate to. This get's me to my second point.

2. Social Acceptance - Society is forever changing with views, values, etc. What is considered culturally or religiously acceptable, will often times not be socially acceptable for the majority who are secular people.

3. Personality type - If you are familiar with the MBTI, type temperments, and everything else with personality theory. This is also a big one. How we perceive the world can hold weight on whether or not we will be accepted into our personal lives and interpersonal lives.

4. Values, Faith, Beliefs, Morals, Principals, Views affects who we are - It again aligns with #1,2 & 3. There isn't much you can get out of anything in life if you don't have anything to strive for that meets your values as well as others. It's either one way or the high way. And it affects us as a people. Western society has gone up in smokes, and its affecting other countries as well who have adapted western ideologies.

5. Competition - There is too much unhealthy competition in this world. Those who would like jobs can't get jobs without some type of prejediceness. I know because I had that happened to me. But it would immediately get looked like I'm playing victim. But it has happened. Without a job, and in some cases still living with your parents most people wouldn't date you. You either have a place still at your parents, or end up homeless for however long. That also includes you being broke. If your in the system, they only go by first come, first serve. At the same time, overbooked. Yes, I know about this too. Went through similar situation.

6. Social, Economical, Interpersonal and Familial Conditioning - Parents often lie to their kids, and this can make them to be like hypocrates. The world tells you to be like this or that

Anonymous · Accepted Answer

They said these things about my generation too.

What they didn't account for is that people become demotivated in societies that stop rewarding hard work, loyalty, and skills. As people in various Western countries have found, it is harder and harder to earn a living wage. We lived through recession that pushed some people entirely out of the workforce, and made it harder for people of certain ages to compete for jobs that had always been available to them before.

It's hard to tell a millennial to go out and get a job when there are legitimately fewer jobs available for young, less experienced workers, because they are all full of people working below their own level just to survive.

I think the recession tipped the hand to a lot of people who just don't see serving corporate interests as particularly helpful anymore.

HOAAH · Accepted Answer

I watched a video on this. here is what I got:
1. Their parents told them that they could do whatever they wanted, and their parents did everything for them making them feel like they didn't need to do anything. They thus expected others to do that for them too, treat them like they are extra special and didn't have to do anything to get it.
2. they are trained to be narcissists because their parents conditioned them to think that way.
3. they need validation every 2 seconds to feel important.
4. they think that someone needs to just fall in love with them and do all the work.

Astoriana · Accepted Answer

Do they lack ambition or has the system failed them?

-told to get a degree -> crippling student debt
-told to get a job -> economic downturns made job market incredibly competitive
-told to move out -> mortgage prices are through the roof and good jobs are so scarce that young people are priced out of the market

Bwsmith42 · Accepted Answer

Because thats all a bunch of bullshit. I work full time as an insurance sales representative before that I was an electrician and before that I went to college. Im still paying off the debt I incurred as a result of attending college but I luckily, unlike many others, do not owe much more at this point. I really can't stomach this pretentious condescending bullshit idea that "millennials"(generation Y by the way...) are spoiled lazy and entitled.. we aren't. Last I checked most of the baby boomers spewing this nonsense (as a dived amd conquer tactic to distract the masses from the actual problem) Grew up during the golden age of American capitilism when unions were strong money had value and at one point was backed by a gold standard to prevent hyperinflation. They went to college for an expense that was far less than what we pay in relation to our total income and the cost of living. They will reap the benefits of social security (a form of SOCIALISM a word they fucking love to throw at our generation) but we won't despite the fact we pay for it. Yes there is a small portion of our population that is ultra radically liberal (thanks to baby boomer hippy era professors) they want to completely change our system and implement socialism on a scale that isn't necessary. Some are entitled yes. Now the majority of the 50% of 18-30 millennials living at home are working. All the time. Some work 2 jobs. They aren't asking for special privileges nobody else has ever had they are asking for a fucking living wage that can keep up with the greed fueled hyperinflation that has made nearly everyonea slave working day in and day out to take home just enough money to pay the bills and return to work. I'm good at what I do but it makes me sick to realize how much more I could ne making and how mucg higher my commission rates could be if I was doing this in 1977. Not to mention how mucg further the money would go back then. The bottom line is no amount of shit talking can undo or cover up the real source of this: greed. Plain and simple. When a drug company can charge 100k for a pill that cures hepatitis C to potentially relieve a fellow human of chronic suffering and a shortened lifespan and it is justified in order to maximize the corporate profits and appease the companies shareholders the victim isn't the drug company or its shareholders the victim is the patient who must incur massive debt (despite having insurance) and pay it off with a 25k/year income.

kilowatt04 · Accepted Answer

That's a stereotype, not representative of reality, but it's not the worst ones you hear. Mainly I hear that we are "entitled", scoldingly accused of this by Baby Boomers who are living off government programs and pensions of course. The reality is Millenials are usually as hard working as anyone else, we just live in a basically ruined world. Jobs pay less and are harder to get, and everything costs more. We never received good guidance growing up, and were taught by our Boomer parents that good things would magically happen, so we didn't even start having to work hard until our late teens and sometimes 20s. We were taught you have to go to college to get a job, so we are strapped with debt that also keeps us from getting anywhere. And older generations think we have it so easy. It's the same generational animosity that has been going on since ever. The reality is we are trying to survive We in a dystopia that the richest and greediest of the Baby Boomers created, and are taking the blame for any problems this causes.

CoffeeWC · Answer

A lot of it has to do with how millennials are raised

hellionthesagereborn · Answer

Because society is broken. We don't have mariages, not really. Promiscuity is rampant, taxation high, cost of living higher (their was a time when you could have a house, a car, and provide for your wife and children with one income, now you will struggle to do half of that with two), and faith in our system is broken. Without a strong family unit or draw to one the incentive to produce is reduced, with a system that makes it increasingly more difficult to get a job (increased regulations, the government stepping in and forcing companies to pay more per employee (more benefits means less actual pay as well) reduces the amount of employees they have and thus opportunities to get your foot in the door. Also they made it nearly impossible to work your way up the ladder as all the aptitude tests which use to be available where removed because companies no longer wanted to deal with the red tape as it was viewed as something that could be used for discrimination. This is what drove us to need a degree which itself increased the price of school putting people in debt, then the government came in and made it possible to never be denied a loan and the schools, which should be operating at the lowest costs ever thanks to modern technology, jacked up their prices even more), you now need a degree but in order to do that you need time and substantial amounts of money usually resulting in debt and a dead end job as its not a guarantee of employment. Then the taxation rates and red tape make it difficult to start your own business as well and it makes it very difficult to move forward. Its still possible of course but its so much harder then it use to be and many just don't know how to get around these obstacles so they give up.

Kiran04 · Answer

The millennial problem is through no fault of their own. Technology has made them dependent and lazy. Personal interaction has been replaced with screen names and avatars. Failed parenting strategies based on telling kids they're special rather than forcing them to adapt and grow has resulted in people unprepared for the perils of the real world. College institutions have increased tuition while simultaneously flushing their own relevance down the toilet via social justice. "Gender studies" is not a degree you're going to get a job with, but it will still happily bog you down with 80 grand in debt. A poor job market for the generation right behind me just getting out of college crippled their earning power. Millennials really just got dealt a bad hand.

I'm gonna have to disagree with @Astroriana on mortgage prices though. I just bought a house and mortgage rates are at a historic low. What does make life difficult is richer people willing to pay cash for a house when you need a loan. Those people always win, but it is possible to get a place with patience and perseverance. Look for a house with good bones, not good trim. Trimmings are easy to fix. Floors are easy to change. Paint is stupid easy to do. Counter tops are easy to do yourself. Make sure it has a good layout, adequate space, a good foundation, all walls above grade, and a roof that isn't going to need to be replaced in less than 5 years. Don't get hung up on stupid shit like the color and the flooring type. That's all fixable. The foundation isn't.

Markasaurous · Answer

Political Correctness
False Perception of Reality/Adult World
Instant Gratification/Entitlement/Sheltered Lifestyle

The US is a first world country, millennials are an American/1st World Country Issue I think. I doubt the age range for millennials extended to impoverished countries. Now, with being a first world country the parents of millennials gave their kids the life the parents themselves never had. A life where they got everything they wished, because the parents could! This gave a sense of entitlement.

Social Media, instant gratification super highway. Also a huge ego factory. The companies know how to addict people and implement it into their product. Other forms of instant gratification is porn, food, drugs, free love, alcohol, etc. All these things are bad when abused, most are just bad period, but things like food and alcohol in proper amounts can be good! The important thing to note is that they get this pleasure without having to work for it. Pleasure is given to them with a click of a button.

Now, it isn't their fault, they were dealt a bad hand. Political correctness wasn't their call it was their parents. The parents raised them wrong, but at least now we know we should put our kids into situations where they can learn that hard work is valuable and that the real world is harsh. Do this subtly mind you. They had social media, the internet, political correctness, etc, etc, etc, all put onto them. How can a kid discern that? Now they are older and stuck or realizing what happened, however they were dealt a bad hand if you ask me.

J4Zzi3 · Answer

I'm not sure which people are millennials.
but i don't really have ambition myself and I don't think it's wrong?
Some people have long term dream, but i don't I can only see what i need to do about tomorrow. Just doing it one step at times, dreaming big hurt you big time.

and i don't see what's wrong living with parents? even when I'm married i still live with my parents for a while? people nowdays need to be teach about parenting and my parents do help me in that part?

not dating... In my country I think it's more due to what woman expectation are too high. They watch movie, tv too much and expect that they find dreamy guys in movie too much, and as you know it only happen in movie. Usually they're realizing it when they're too old.
well some part due to increase in technology? people in old days don't watch tv much so that they focus on dating and outdoor activity for fun. while nowdays if you want to have fun just play games, if you're horny just watch porn, if you're hungry just order a delivery.

Anonymous · Answer

Who's to say that anyone lacks ambition. How is anyone, but that person alone, can truly say that they lack ambition. Lack ambition towards certain things may be recognizable from the outside but lack of ambition in and of itself, not possible to make such a claim about someone else. Ambition is a strong desire to achieve something. So, you say that you see this group not doing much with their lives. . . according to who? You? Also living at home much too long? Who defines how long is too long? Some cultures never leave. Some cultures the only person that leaves is the woman and only when she is married and then she moves in with her spouses family. So, not living at home with parents is a culture thing and has nothing to do with ambition or "not doing much with their lives". Not dating? How is not dating means they lack ambition in and of itself? Once again you say you see this group not doing much with their lives but you're problem is you are projecting your own desires, your own wants onto them. Which, by the way, you're a millennial too.

coralee · Answer

You do realize at 26 you are a millenial, right? Millenials do not lack ambition the world has just changed. Medical advancements has meant that boomers are retireing later in life then their parents did and thusly staying in the work place longer. This means fewer job opportunities. On top of this when the boomers entered the work force a Bachelor's degree meant something. A four year degree is the equivelent of what a High School Dimploma was back in the day. It is the normal procession of change it happens with every new generation. Our grandparents ranted and raved about our parents and we will rant and rave about the future generation.

XanderX · Answer

Because many millenials are trying to fix all the wrong dues of the past generations.

-Careless: We want to keep moving but at our own pace and live life like we want to, we don't want to be in the death bed thinking of the what if.
-Electronics:Yes there is a terrible electronic and games addiction, and I myself don't like it but as long as the gov don't do initiatives to promote say national parks or museums ext and the electronic companies place millions on advertisement this will not change.
-Living at home: is a must for some people now a days. Housing has gone to the roofs, it is just the smart way to go.
-Not dating: that is a bunch of factors. Such Such a debatable subject but we guys know why.
-Work: we have figure out the working systems suck and we don't want them nor approve and we want to change them. Simple as that, we want to take away the slavery type environment of work.

Meninist · Answer

Conditions are way different than they are now compared to when my parents where my age.

For starters, hardly anyone can afford to buy a house of their own in London, it just simply costs way too much to own a home. Sure you can move out, but it’s going to make owning a home even more difficult than it already is.

A “cheap” home in London can go for around £450K. What millennial has that money? Especially considering a large amount of jobs now pay way less for way more responsibilities. The jobs that are available now demand too much for too little, whereas the older generation who ask questions like yours do half as much work, get paid 5 times more than us, and can’t even use Excel.

As for cell phone addiction, they’ve only just become what they are... older generations didn’t have cell phones like they make them now. Pretty obvious.

kaylaS91 · Answer

I see far more 20-30 year olds (non-millennials) with their face lost in their screens. Living at home with parents until they've been promoted a couple of times because the housing market is insanely expensive.
(easily having to pay $1,000,000 CAD for a mediocre, 3 bedroom house in the semi-boondocks.)

I haven't seen much of the non-dating in any age bracket. Most people I know are dating. The ones who aren't or are fucking chicks while their fiance struggles to get a VISA because she's 'overqualified' are all fobs. So...
globalization, I guess? Asswipes like that acting as role models for the younger crowd of millennials.

Anonymous · Answer

I’m a 2000 child and I don’t lack ambition at all. This is cuz I was put into sports and activities at toddler age, and was busy almost everyday of the week. So, cuz of this, I didn’t have time to sit on my ass playing on my phone, consoles, etc

Even till today I am busy almost everyday with music, sports, art, etc. Being lazy makes me feel like I’m wasting my life away, and I’m the type of kid who likes to make every day of my life worth something cuz you can’t go back in time

MsLoli · Answer

The term millennial includes everyone from 80s to the early 2000s, which is when we started getting amazing innovations in technology, so naturally, that became an integrated part of our lives, as it should, since being ignorant of new technology is detrimental with the way we're advancing and putting more importance and responsibility on technology and automated things. As for living at home, I'm not sure what constitutes "too long", but with the economy in the state it is, I can't say it's too surprising, especially for those who don't get a start as a rich kid. I'm not sure why the dating habits of others matters to you, but I say good for them. Anything that keeps people from procreating and contributing to the further destruction of the planet that will someday be our doom.

loveisbeautiful · Answer

Better question is, why do people automatically assume that if you live with your parents "too long" or don't date, that you lack ambition? I know people like to believe we live in magic land where if you snap your fingers, it will happen but that's not realistic. Jobs aren't easy to find or get, an interview doesn't promise you anything (I've had more then I can count on one hand, so I know from experience). Simply, it's hard now and you do what you can until luck finally comes your way. Not to much, sometimes things come up in one's life that need focus and can't be avoided, so they have to postpone their dreams for said amount of time. This is life, it's unpredictable and doesn't always go the way you hope (I know that from experience too)

Also, people who do have quote "ambition" are too glued to their cell phones, I don't see how that's a sign of lacking ambition. And, since when is dating a sign of lack of ambition? What does that even have to do with anything?

Kekistani_Soldier · Answer

It's not all of us but in my own experience I would say it's mostly because we do start with a normal amount of ambition but then when we get passed over in a job we're qualified for because someone else was a liitle more smooth talking. Now to your point about living with their parents, as I am only 20 years of age, just starting online college, and looking for a job to support my education, living at home with your parents basically rent free seems to be the most financially stable decision at the moment. "Not dating much": I can't speak for the rest of my generation but I consider myself more career orientated whilst planning for future. What I mean by that is I don't want to get into a relationship, start a family, etc.. without making sure that I have a stable job and am financially secure and am able to provide for and make sure my family is taken care of.

steveguitar · Answer

Its difficult to get a career, difficult to pay anything that you need to pay, difficult to find someone to love when you're in a bad situation. Society isn't getting easier to live in, it's becoming more difficult.

I believe that if you are beyond university and college, then you'll have a much more difficult time finding lobe unless you use online dating, which can be a weird experience.

You're right about the cell phones, people need to get a hobby, and I don't mean video games, that's just fun, I mean something creative, that gives self confidence de and builds a skill

aidenbrown97 · Answer

Because everyones different and they do as they want and have their own personal reason for them points?

Let me put this into perpectice:

1. 'Living at home with parents'
Iv had a flat for 11 months, i lived in it for 2 months had to move out for reasons and iv paid £287 each month which is half of my rent, lesson learnt from moving in with my ex after 1 year. So im back living with my parents.

2. 'Phone addiction'
Oh also i work in IT so im on my phone a lot in my room on my PC or Xbox if im not busy. Plus We are the cyber generation. Technology runs the world and connects the world into one device like a phone...

3. Due to all of that in 1. i dont want to date people at the moment.

But sure im 'lacking ambition'.

BaileyisDarcy · Answer

If i want to rent a house in a shitty part of a big town itll cost me, minimum, 200 bucks a week, on a part time salary. Leaving me with a hundred bucks out of my pay for bills, food, internet, gas etc etc.

To move out with someone else i have to be sure theyll pull their weight and pay their shit.
If they do, i can afford a nicer place and nicer shit, maybe even take a course.
If they dont im stuck paying more than i can afford.

"Get another job" i currently have 3.

Millenials aren't ambitious? Some of us are, and we get screwed over more than those who aren't.

Arbalest · Answer

I see nothing BUT millennials working their asses off, full time jobs, full time college, volunteering, doing odd jobs for work experience. I think this anti millennial business is just something that wacked out conservatives have made up to "win the war" against the 'evil left'.

The only people I don't see working hard are either:

A: Rich spoiled kids who are lazy cuz their parents gave them everything
B: Poor people who have been beaten down and have the wrong mentality about life (and you can't blame em cuz that's all you know.)
C: Imaginary millennials who are lazy scumbags. Also they are invisible.

It's propaganda perpetuated by the right wing side of things because they are mad that young people have been moving left.

10dsw · Answer

I don't think that's the case for all millennials. But for those who are lazy, I'd say it's a combination of the internet and financial issues. My friend's brother went to medical school + got married before 30. He now owes $540,000 from school and his marriage (which by the way is falling apart). When young, motivated millennials who want to live a normal life and perhaps get a great job see these sorts of numbers, they are likely peacing it.

As for dating... well getting into a relationship is near impossible for most men between 20-25 nowadays. So many instead choose the hook up/commitment-free lifestyle

RationalMale · Answer

1. You're a millennial. Congrats.
2. Unless you want to buy a place in a bad part of town, or buy a mobile home, buying your own home is very expensive. I live north west Atlanta. If you want to buy a home in Kennesaw or Acworth, rock bottom for a nice little house is usually around 100k.
3. The cheapest 1 bedroom apartments are roughly $736 a month if you like living either in a ghetto area or in the poor part of Acworth/Dallas.
4. Millennials were heavily steered towards college, not trades, and the office job sector is very heavily saturated. I needed to get an Accredited Legal Professional certificate to go with my Bachelor's in Political Science and Legal Studies just to get a job doing data entry for $12 an hour.

oddwaffle · Answer

Did you know that millennials work harder, longer, smarter but make less than their parents? Did you know that housing price and difficulty of obtaining financial backing is much higher for millennials?

Did you know that the generation that destroy millennials is the baby boomers? They accumulated a lot of housing, rent them out at high prices, refuse to sell them or sell for extremely high price, accumulated a massive amount of savings so that the majority of millennials will have a much harder time saving.

The_Underground_Man · Answer

What is the point? For the first time since the 20th century we are living in a world where individual effort and accomplishment ultimately means nothing in the end because wealth disparity has grown so great. This is the way the world was for most of history prior to the 20th century and as of now, it is finally starting to default back. Even if a Millennial graduates college with perfect grades and attends graduate school they still have a difficult road ahead finding a job and affordable housing. Might as well just enjoy life.

Anonymous · Answer

The values, mores and ways of living have changed, as well as the work demand and the cost for living and education have been increasing, thus leading to incongruencies and almost impossible social and work requirements.

First of all, parents have spoiled their children by giving them all what they need without making them work or at least teach them how to solve and get them.

Next, technology has been both an ally and enemy at the same time. It has given easier ways to get what we need and want, but also, it has made everyone more sloth and caring less about the reality. In other words, young generations have started to look like "more of the real life" through a screen like a computer, laptop or a cell.

Also, life with parents have become more confortable and the rule of moving after the graduación has dissappeared little by little as well as the cost for living alone has increasing.

CasaNorba · Answer

before cellphones people were addicted to other things that the social media revolved on such as the newspaper, magazines, etc.

dude I personally know a lot of folks who moved out of their parents during their teen days and suck at life now. some got lengthy criminal records, are stranded with child support, work shitty as jobs and many other.

since when has dating equate to success? look around you, do you think people are worth dating nowadays?

till then I don't think millennials lack ambitions, we are just different from the fact that we been exposed to different technologies and other elements in life

MScifiwriter · Answer

Depends on the person, there are millennial's (as their called) out there who are billionaires, there are also ones who true are chilling in their room in their parents house. But keep in mind, it is and has been the same way with every single generation. To say otherwise is being completed biased and naive.

The only reason, we focus so much on what the millennials are or are not doing for society, is because that is what the media focuses on. So I try not to watch the media. I try to live my life through reality, not what some news anchor tells me to believe.

Unit1 · Answer

Very good question.
I'd just begin with saying, that i consider the word millennial as a derogatory insult according to the description of what you have provided (because it's true). If you call me a millennial, then i get offended because I'm none of these things.
This is degeneracy. And it's embarrassing!
Now to answer your question: I'm not sure. I never really felt without any ambitions in my life.
It may be, that the internet allowed us to see all this even more (unlike the media controlled TV) and that it has been this way earlier. Or it may be a sudden increase since some time now.

And now again, i am not sure. You would have to ask the millennials for yourself. Because i don't consider myself one 😎

narusasuyaoixoxo · Answer

Because we live in a society of overstimulation, thereby fucking up our dopamine receptors to the point we don't feel anything. Dopamine is what gives you motivation to do stuff, and the reward for it is the pleasure we get. However, when we overstimulate this constantly (social media, porn, food, easy and unlimited access to music and movies, etc.), we lose value in things.

Basically, people are depressed because they're getting too much of a good thing at once. I know this firsthand.

Stop jacking off (literally). Eat less, if you happen to binge eat. Eat healthier. Hit the gym. Go for 5-minute walks. Quit social media.

Anonymous · Answer

Ambition to do what? That is a relative term on what each individual person wants. My ambition was to finish college in 4 yesrs and graduate with honors and minimal debt. I did so now I work full time in my ideal field making 25k a year to start. I still live with my parents because I plan to go to grad school in 2020 and don't want to spend the extra money on a place. I lived alone 4 years of college and it was fun but not a necessity to me. Dating is pretty stupid because it holds me back from my goals and will limit where I can go so until I finish grad school which is likely in 2024 I am sticking to flings. I feel like I've done well and some millennial have done better some worse but our generation is pretty smart for saving money and limiting debt that past generation are to blame for us having.

Anonymous · Answer

In my city you make 11.00 an hour (factory) but a studio apartment is 500-600. Its damn near impossible to live alone. As for dating... Well in my city almost everyone has Hep C or herpes. Almost everyone is on drugs. Plus they dont want relationships they want hookups. So they use people for sex and say bye.

ladsin · Answer

I think you're not looking hard enough. Millennials are doing the best they can.

EpicDweeb · Answer

Just a guess, but I"m guessing most millennials have had life so easy all their lives that the serious nature of life doesn't quite dawn on them until they're actually forced to go out and get a job, make a living, etc. Most millennial have all they could really want/wish for so they have no aspiration or ambition for something more. That's my perspective based on fairly limited life experience, but I've generally found it to be accurate.

raspberry0416 · Answer

Crippling student loans. A millennial entering the job market, on an entry level salary, has to pay rent and student loans. This happens to people who are ambitious and academically successful. So a lot of them would want to stay at home.

Anonymous · Answer

Life is just more efficient via technology so we appear lazier but are just more efficient at fulfilling our basic survival needs.

There isn't anything to be ambitious for really. We missed all the fun times of protesting, rioting and standing up for true causes, the birth of rock n roll, the civil rights movement.

We are in that weird calm before the storm to devestate our childrens generation next.

Anonymous · Answer

I have lots of ambitions but poor means (debts from my parents (not millennials lol). As for girls, I have never understood anything about them, and I have no more interest in relationships and they are not interested in sex, so my 'dating' is more like passive online dating, if they want to do something i let them do, also because they are always the first to disappear. I am fully autonomous, but I would understand people staying at home to save, not to spend all their income and have everything done. So.. Bottom line, as far as I am concerned I am a bit forced in this situation, I don't know about the others ☺️

CheerGirl38139 · Answer

I generally think that generalizations of an entire demographic like that in general, is faulty by default, generally speaking, in general of course.

MackToday · Answer

Decades of cultural Marxist influence via universities and the media mostly.

FatherJack · Answer

To be fair , that is probably not the case , the cost of living versus wages gap has increased year on year , pricing this , and future generations out of a more rapid start to a fully independent life. However... they do need to put their friggin phones away more... and look where they are going !!

Jackblue · Answer

You are a millennial. The fact of the matter is we can't find jobs, because the older generations don't retire anymore and employers prefer them because they have experience. Without work we have to live with parents and that does not appeal to prospective dating partners.

Anonymous · Answer

You are completely off base. See:  Wednesday, Jan. 3, 2018 (HealthDay News) -- Perfectionism has reached new heights among young people, a new study suggests. This intense desire to succeed could take a toll on their mental health, the researchers speculated.

lumos · Answer

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ChronicThinker · Answer

They have ambition: the ambition of pissing you off, very hyper specifically.

soleil2666 · Answer

Well they grew up in relative calm, not having to elbow each other out like baby boomers. They weren't required to achieve something, nor set that as target, and then came of age into a world that started being negative and scared of itself, after all the Wikileaks stuff and the GFC.
So they neither got the drive nor the opportunities to do much - which presumably helps the confidence remain low too.
As to why they don't date and simply have sex more - that's my question too!

ManOnFire · Answer

They also lack life skills and courage in dealing with people in real life.

Soteris · Answer

Its not lack of ambition but a shifted priority. As for living at home that is because it has become much harder to move away compared to how it used to be.

TheIceCreamQueen · Answer

It's 2018, we do what we want and we live our best life.

greg17prime · Answer

It isn't ambition. Its opportunity highest cost of living, highest tuition, highest housing prices, lowest unemployment in recent history.

UsernameMadness · Answer

I don't agree that millennials lack ambition. What they lack is opportunity. Quality jobs aren't out there for most people. Living at home is largely a financial issue. People are graduating college and end up working for minimum wage at McDonalds.

Bananaman177 · Answer

The smarter you are, the more you can see the futility of "trying hard" within a system that is collapsing. I mean, gambling in a rigged casino is one thing, but now the rigged casino is on fire.

azzntittiz · Answer

Low self esteem culture. You're praised for it, if you possess high self esteem, drive and goals, you're crazy, narcissistic and unrealistic.

That1tallguy · Answer

Umm aren't you a millnnial..  There's lazy people in every generation not just this 1

Reach500 · Answer

I wonder if part of it has to do with having easy access to entertainment and the internet all the time. I think it can cause a person to kind of atrophy and just become a consumer

JackD1984 · Answer

Observation bias. The millennials around you lack ambition because you already decided that's the stereotype you're going to assume for them and now that's all you see.

HungLikeAHorsefly · Answer

I have no reason to believe millennials lack ambition.

genericname85 · Answer

Cause traditional jobs and careers start to vanish more and more. We are all replaced by automation and software. There is no place for human labor anymore. I mean there are some jobs left but not enough for everyone.

Jan_Classic · Answer

I don't know, our millenials are cool, all get kicked out of the house for army or college in time...

Anonymous · Answer

Too much online interactions and no real world experiences.

Prof_Don · Answer

Why? Hard to find a job that makes enough money to live on their own... let alone date.

Anonymous · Answer

The average person has probably always somewhat lacked ambition. It’s just been exacerbated by the entertainment phones provide. Back then, people had to entertain themselves.

Hidden_P · Answer

Because it’s harder now than for our parents.

Anonymous · Answer

Back then, baby boomers could work at a convenience store and pay for college/rent. Some could even afford to purchase a home.

Doubt they had any ambition because it was so easy to get by. Now, Millenials have to work twice as hard than their parents. Pretty sure we know which group is more ambitious.

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