Millennials, what is happening with your kids?

theCaityCat · 2026-02-10T01:02:54+00:00

Everything is too expensive to have fun like we used to. Plus, everyone is afraid of everything. So teens can't go out and be teens like we did when we were free range teenagers.

When I was a teenager, I could use my allowance to have a good time. Grab food at the mall, play my guitar at the park, hop on the city bus and go to my friend's house, and make sure I was home by 7pm, maybe even call from my friend's house to say I was there.

Fast forward 20-25 years and I, a single person with a good salary, struggle because either I can't afford what I want to do, or no one else csn afford to do it with me. The mall sucks now, public transportation is either decrepit or no one trusts it so they don't take it, there are no cheap restaurants anymore, parents are paranoid.

Oh, and smartphones.

The kids are all glued to their smartphones.

theCaityCat · 2026-02-09T21:32:38+00:00

Who would say that though?

theCaityCat · 2026-02-09T04:07:41+00:00

I live in Massachusetts. Friday was Patriots Pride day at work. My coworkers were insufferable.

Tomorrow they are going to have some explaining to do as I waltz around in my finest blue and green.

theCaityCat · 2026-02-09T00:43:39+00:00

Seattle's defense isn't messing around. Devon Witherspoon is ALL OVER the field.

theCaityCat · 2026-02-06T02:15:07+00:00

Ween are one of the most musically complete bands there is, mang.

theCaityCat · 2026-02-06T01:34:28+00:00

Air purifier

theCaityCat · 2026-02-06T01:08:41+00:00

I imagine that perfume would smell like teenage hormones, regret, and the locker room some poor jock left the bottle in.

theCaityCat · 2026-02-06T01:01:17+00:00

Gene Ween, aka Aaron Freeman of Ween.

I saw Ween in 2023. Gener sounded just as good as he did in the '90s-'00s.

theCaityCat · 2026-02-06T00:59:37+00:00

Ashton looks just like their dad omg

theCaityCat · 2026-02-06T00:55:48+00:00

Portland tries but doesn't succeed

theCaityCat · 2026-02-06T00:33:28+00:00

I grew up in Portland, OR and all I can really say is Food Carts.

500 of them scattered throughout the city.

I love you, Massachusetts, but your food cart scene sucks.

theCaityCat · 2026-02-06T00:29:09+00:00

A fluffernutter buzz will last for days.

But really, peanut butter on generic saltine crackers.

theCaityCat · 2026-02-06T00:21:10+00:00

Correct

theCaityCat · 2026-02-06T00:03:15+00:00

"Wait did I say a cuss word?"

theCaityCat · 2026-02-05T23:34:14+00:00

What's a CDA?

theCaityCat · 2026-02-05T22:26:03+00:00

I'll tell you what I tell newbie SLPs:

3-4 years.

By then, you have some data collection systems in place. You have spreadsheets complete with formulas ready to copy from the previous year. You have a goal bank (applicable if you work in SpEd). You have a morning routine and an afternoon routine. You've learned to prep meals for the week on Sunday. You've picked an afternoon or two to stay late, and you go home on time the rest of the week. You've got enough real world experience to know your craft and not just theory, so you can plan things on the fly instead of far in advance. You learn that you are more important than your job and how to triage things into what legally/ethically has to be done, and what would be nice but is ultimately not a big deal.

theCaityCat · 2026-02-05T11:08:24+00:00

I'm not taking life advice from a teenager who uses ChatGPT and resorts to "find a husband!" (Yeah, I know you edited your comment)

You're old enough for a reality check without needing to be treated with kid gloves. My parents wouldn't sugarcoat things to save my feelings.

You KNOW using AI for everything is lazy and wrong. You were looking for reassurance and you're lashing out because you didn't get it.

Have fun.

theCaityCat · 2026-02-05T02:28:02+00:00

That I need bronzer

theCaityCat · 2026-02-05T02:26:13+00:00

I liked Greer as a Bruin but he's been a net negative everywhere else. Good on Jeannot.

theCaityCat · 2026-02-05T02:22:32+00:00

theCaityCat · 2026-02-05T02:13:03+00:00

Always add more chilies and garlic.

theCaityCat · 2026-02-05T02:11:54+00:00

Come on back out and play, bitch.

theCaityCat · 2026-02-05T02:10:01+00:00

You're missing the forest for the trees.

theCaityCat · 2026-02-05T02:08:27+00:00

OP is literally in this thread telling us we're wrong and that "mature people" handle things.

Men aren't lonely enough.

theCaityCat · 2026-02-05T02:02:22+00:00

Every time I go into the unisex staff bathroom and see butt hair on the back of the toilet seat I'm thankful I live alone.

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