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 Mr. Burning wrote:
I think youth have a moan about jobs/work no matter what the current economic outlook. There will always appear to be some 'difficulty' in getting work.

True, end of the day it isn't easy getting started in the work force, no matter what the economic conditions. In the end though, most everyone does what it takes to get a job and bring in money, because the alternative is basically a life wasted in poverty.

It's just that right now with the economy the way it is there are a lot more kids than there are jobs.

I do, somewhat, agree that our culture has us following dreams. But that is a product of the media and businesses need for mass consumption. Special Snowflakes need their MTV crib, fridge of cristal and appearance on X Factor.

While there is an increasing emphasis on glamorous lifestyles today, I think its effect on kids entering the workforce is way overstated. Sure, there'll be some idiot that's a friend of a friend who thinks working is beneath them so they keep living with their parents, building up ridiculous credit card debt and chasing their dream of being a pop star... but it's the extreme exception.

Most people do what they've always done. Realise life isn't going to be the easy road to fame and fortune and then just get on with it.

This whole thread makes me so sad. I think I'll call off work and just lay in the fetal position all day, whimpering. Somewhere off in the distance, a dove cries.

 Ahtman wrote:
This whole thread makes me so sad. I think I'll call off work and just lay in the fetal position all day, whimpering. Somewhere off in the distance, a dove cries.

Shortly after, alerted by the sound of sweet tears, a pack of wiener dogs eats the dove. In his sleep, Frazzled smiles.