[Millennials] want something “relational and experiential, oriented toward being present to the spiritual based in the self, the other and the world instead of in structures of belief, belonging and behaving associated with traditional religions.”
Wow, Millennials are crazy smart. I don’t even understand this sentence, and they not only get it but actually want whatever is described here.
I can’t tell if you’re being sarcastic or not. 🙂
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In this particular case, I can’t tell if I’m being sarcastic either. 🙂
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What the fuck is that sentence?
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I’ve had millennials working for me. The ones who are technically competent (engineers, technicians, etc.) are competent and generally have their act together. These make up probably 10% of the millennial population. The ones who have gone to college to receive degrees in the soft fields, who end up working in the “white collar” scene (say, a bank or real estate office) are utterly clueless and incompetent. They cannot be counted on to do their job right. You simply cannot hire these people and maintain a functional business.
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What are “soft fields”?? I hope you are not trying to proffer an underhanded slur of calling my field of Spanish literature “soft.”
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What exact time span does one have to be born to be considered millennial?
Am I, born in 1988, one of them?
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Yes, absolutely, Usually, it’s considered to be the generation of people who were born between 1988 and 2000.
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My guess at a translation: Millenials want to call themselves “spiritual” but they don’t want to have to actually commit to believing in anything in particular.
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Man, you’re good. 🙂
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What a bullshit sentence… And not an editor in sight before this was published online.
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And this article is garnering tons of links, as well. I guess many people like this sort of writing.
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\ And this article is garnering tons of links, as well. I guess many people like this sort of writing.
Some articles probably become popular precisely because of their vagueness, which enables projection of readers’ beliefs onto the text.
Most readers wouldn’t have agreed with every point in any clearly expressed stance, but this sort of writing seems ‘smart’ and lets one imagine the article is exactly “what oft was thought, but ne’er so well expressed.”
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“Some articles probably become popular precisely because of their vagueness, which enables projection of readers’ beliefs onto the text.”
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A conservative literary critic and college professor
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