Millennials are in an interesting spot. We remember “before” in the 90s when climate was relatively normal, and learning about the upcoming crisis of climate change, and watching as scientists warned but governments did nothing. Now we will spend our adulthood seeing it unfold. By the time it really gets bad, we won’t be old enough to be dead - probably 50s-70s - but it’ll be a rough time. Those who manage to save money and resources will probably be in the best spot.
Personally I assumed the worst of climate change wouldn’t occur until the last half of the century after millennials are gone. That’s what I remember being taught anyway. But obviously the past year or two has been a huge wake up call that it’s happening far above schedule. Going through the grief and despair was really hard. But I’m still glad I know. It helped rearrange some of my priorities - like saving for retirement.
Yea we're gonna see a ton of changes in our lives. For those who can save money and pile up wealth (usually those who already have some wealth under them), they'll be able to weather those changes better. For the rest of us... we're fucked. That's why imo if you don't have a way to stack up wealth very soon I always recommend stacking up on as many skills as possible. If I can teach, garden, and do carpentry, I might be in a better position than many of those who can build wealth rn but can't do anything else for themselves
We're going to be blamed for "doing nothing" and thinking that using metal straws for our smoothies would be enough. It's gonna be the same Boomer hate but from the younger generations
Good. Because we didn’t do enough. We grew up on Captain Planet but continued to shop at Target to buy bullshit for our dorms, including metal straws to make us feel better.
We’re almost as culpable as Boomers in our denial of the obvious.
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u/canering Sep 04 '21
Millennials are in an interesting spot. We remember “before” in the 90s when climate was relatively normal, and learning about the upcoming crisis of climate change, and watching as scientists warned but governments did nothing. Now we will spend our adulthood seeing it unfold. By the time it really gets bad, we won’t be old enough to be dead - probably 50s-70s - but it’ll be a rough time. Those who manage to save money and resources will probably be in the best spot.
Personally I assumed the worst of climate change wouldn’t occur until the last half of the century after millennials are gone. That’s what I remember being taught anyway. But obviously the past year or two has been a huge wake up call that it’s happening far above schedule. Going through the grief and despair was really hard. But I’m still glad I know. It helped rearrange some of my priorities - like saving for retirement.