Ok, let's blame it on those that could have done a better job expanding our cities in the past couple years. Let's see, who would that be, who's in charge of politics, economy and media...
Let's subtract all the people who get shot, mauled or otherwise physically harmed for hunting Pokemon where they shouldn't, along with those smart individuals who become victims of accidents because they wanted to hunt some Pokemon where no smart human would willingly go (like, say, the middle of a busy interstate). How many years older do we then get?
Or is that ok because it only weeds out the... let's say less viable individuals?
At 20, you have no problem telling your boss to stick his job where the sun doesn't shine if it sucks because you can fairly easily switch (provided you have some marketable skills) and if you're unemployed for a while, so be it.
At 30, you usually have some small kids, so it gets harder to tell your boss that he's a leeching bastard, but you can still get by if it gets absolutely unbearable, and you'll still find a new job somehow.
At 40, you have teenager kids that can get quite demanding, also your prospects on the job market are dwindling, so you're more inclined to stay unless it's absolutely unbearable. You might even consider working unpaid overtime when firings are looming on the horizon in the hope that it will hit the other guy.
At 50, you are trying to scrape together what's left of your money to pay for your kids' college. Also you know that you will not be hired again if you get fired now. You WILL do what is necessary to keep this job.
In a nutshell, that's not work ethic. That's simple fear.
Boomers are the generation that is currently in charge of most things, political and economical. They're on their way out, true, but they're still here, and almost hell bent on maximizing the damage before they have to go out.
And since contemporary history is always written by whoever happens to be in charge, guess who is the "hardest working" generation...
And, lo and behold, it's the same idiots that blew their head away with drugs that are now going to tell you that drugs are bad, mmmkay?
Usually while swinging about their beer belly and throwing the butt of their cigarette your way so their mouth is free for some more Rogain and Viagra.
What do you mean "become"? They ARE the norm already in many cases. How many people actually have the money to move out? "Living in your mom's basement" may be the staple of nerd and neckbeard jokes, for some people it's the uncomfortable truth simply because they can't earn a wage high enough to afford their own apartment.
You mean that we have the expectation that people we pay to work for us should, you know, work for us? What we need them to do? Yeah, I have to admit, we kinda do have that sort of expectation.
Maybe we're wrong and we should pay people to update their Facebook status, twitter their latest dump and instagram the junk on their work desk. Could you inform me how to monetize that, though? Because else we first of all have to get a new economy system in place, that model collides head on with capitalism.
The difference is, though, that nobody expected you to have the answer instantly. People expected that you knew a few things and would look the rest up, in the library behind you or even after a day or two when the relevant papers arrived at your desk. Today, you're expected to either know the answer or know where to find it. Now. Instantly. And if I don't have a reply mail from you in 10 minutes, you'll get a call asking if you dare to ignore me, you little twerp.
Of course you aren't "loyal", and you'd be an idiot if you were. Loyalty is like respect: It's earned, not given. Earn my loyalty and respect and you will have it. Until then, I reserve it for someone who deserves it.
Only after they finally croaked. Because until then they'll do what they can to squeeze the last drop of blood from their successors.
Frankly, the most despicable people whose only reason to continue existing is that they ain't worth a nanosecond of jail time, they were (almost) all Boomers.
When you're talking about a "liberal" party in Europe, people usually think of what the GOP was before the religious nutjobs took over: Small government, laissez faire capitalism. That, in turn, is usually associated with the moderate right of the political spectrum. Probably because we DO have a "left of the middle" over here.
First of all, the headline is misleading. For it to be true, you'd have to get infected somehow by installing genuine WinRAR and TrueCrypt software you downloaded from trusted (and trustworthy), genuine sources. Now THAT definitely WOULD be a story!
But what do we have instead? Malware writers using typosquatting techniques to get people to install genuine looking software. Now, it's been a while that I've left the malware analysis business, but even back then, well over a decade ago, this would not have made the news anymore. Or is it news because that technique is SO ancient that nobody remembers it anymore?
Damn millennials and their goldfish-dimension long term memory!
No, but seriously, what the hell is the news here? That malware authors get nostalgic when it comes to distribution? So Retro isn't just for music and games anymore? Are we going to get file infectors again, too? And hand crafted, self-morphing viruses? That would at least be interesting to analyze again.
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Ok, let's blame it on those that could have done a better job expanding our cities in the past couple years. Let's see, who would that be, who's in charge of politics, economy and media...
GenY are the Millennials. You might want to take a look.
It's a dialogue. How would you propose I should post it sensibly so I needn't add an explanation to the joke?
To be fair, a whole lot of that impact had to do with a bullet's impact on said president's head.
That will result in spending your extra 40 days in a virtual reality.
Doc, how can I live longer?
You drink?
Nope
Smoke?
Nope
Eat red meat?
Nope
Screw around?
Nope
Then why the hell do you want to live longer?
Important kitchen tip: A salad tastes a whole lot better if you, just before eating it, replace it with a steak.
Let's subtract all the people who get shot, mauled or otherwise physically harmed for hunting Pokemon where they shouldn't, along with those smart individuals who become victims of accidents because they wanted to hunt some Pokemon where no smart human would willingly go (like, say, the middle of a busy interstate). How many years older do we then get?
Or is that ok because it only weeds out the ... let's say less viable individuals?
Europeans might want to discuss that with you. Depending on their religion, they might want to bring blunt objects to the discussion...
That work "ethics" correlate to age is a given.
At 20, you have no problem telling your boss to stick his job where the sun doesn't shine if it sucks because you can fairly easily switch (provided you have some marketable skills) and if you're unemployed for a while, so be it.
At 30, you usually have some small kids, so it gets harder to tell your boss that he's a leeching bastard, but you can still get by if it gets absolutely unbearable, and you'll still find a new job somehow.
At 40, you have teenager kids that can get quite demanding, also your prospects on the job market are dwindling, so you're more inclined to stay unless it's absolutely unbearable. You might even consider working unpaid overtime when firings are looming on the horizon in the hope that it will hit the other guy.
At 50, you are trying to scrape together what's left of your money to pay for your kids' college. Also you know that you will not be hired again if you get fired now. You WILL do what is necessary to keep this job.
In a nutshell, that's not work ethic. That's simple fear.
If you're a Boomer, it most definitely would. And since Boomers currently run politics, media and economy, guess who gets to set "what is being said".
Gen-X doesn't count. We get crushed between the "gimme that it's mine" of the past and the special snowflakes of the present.
Boomers are the generation that is currently in charge of most things, political and economical. They're on their way out, true, but they're still here, and almost hell bent on maximizing the damage before they have to go out.
And since contemporary history is always written by whoever happens to be in charge, guess who is the "hardest working" generation...
And, lo and behold, it's the same idiots that blew their head away with drugs that are now going to tell you that drugs are bad, mmmkay?
Usually while swinging about their beer belly and throwing the butt of their cigarette your way so their mouth is free for some more Rogain and Viagra.
What do you mean "become"? They ARE the norm already in many cases. How many people actually have the money to move out? "Living in your mom's basement" may be the staple of nerd and neckbeard jokes, for some people it's the uncomfortable truth simply because they can't earn a wage high enough to afford their own apartment.
You mean that we have the expectation that people we pay to work for us should, you know, work for us? What we need them to do? Yeah, I have to admit, we kinda do have that sort of expectation.
Maybe we're wrong and we should pay people to update their Facebook status, twitter their latest dump and instagram the junk on their work desk. Could you inform me how to monetize that, though? Because else we first of all have to get a new economy system in place, that model collides head on with capitalism.
Universities have spent many millions of dollars trying to give the snowflakes a crash course in becoming adults
That problem is solved now, universities get "safe spaces" and anti-microaggression lectures, lest some snowflakes melt.
I think next step would be to child proof the work places.
Hope for electrocution, for our lawyers will not be so kind when we find out you tried to hack our device and circumvent some patent!
Nah, I just threw the lithium in with the laundry. Like the detergent, you know? Why?
The difference is, though, that nobody expected you to have the answer instantly. People expected that you knew a few things and would look the rest up, in the library behind you or even after a day or two when the relevant papers arrived at your desk. Today, you're expected to either know the answer or know where to find it. Now. Instantly. And if I don't have a reply mail from you in 10 minutes, you'll get a call asking if you dare to ignore me, you little twerp.
That's the difference.
Of course you aren't "loyal", and you'd be an idiot if you were. Loyalty is like respect: It's earned, not given. Earn my loyalty and respect and you will have it. Until then, I reserve it for someone who deserves it.
Only after they finally croaked. Because until then they'll do what they can to squeeze the last drop of blood from their successors.
Frankly, the most despicable people whose only reason to continue existing is that they ain't worth a nanosecond of jail time, they were (almost) all Boomers.
You're not teaching in a college in the US, are you?
When you're talking about a "liberal" party in Europe, people usually think of what the GOP was before the religious nutjobs took over: Small government, laissez faire capitalism. That, in turn, is usually associated with the moderate right of the political spectrum. Probably because we DO have a "left of the middle" over here.
First of all, the headline is misleading. For it to be true, you'd have to get infected somehow by installing genuine WinRAR and TrueCrypt software you downloaded from trusted (and trustworthy), genuine sources. Now THAT definitely WOULD be a story!
But what do we have instead? Malware writers using typosquatting techniques to get people to install genuine looking software. Now, it's been a while that I've left the malware analysis business, but even back then, well over a decade ago, this would not have made the news anymore. Or is it news because that technique is SO ancient that nobody remembers it anymore?
Damn millennials and their goldfish-dimension long term memory!
No, but seriously, what the hell is the news here? That malware authors get nostalgic when it comes to distribution? So Retro isn't just for music and games anymore? Are we going to get file infectors again, too? And hand crafted, self-morphing viruses? That would at least be interesting to analyze again.