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» How Millennial Are You?

Posted by mrnarcissistic 10 years, 10 months ago to Culture
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  • Posted by eilinel 10 years, 10 months ago
    I'm a boomer and still scored 90.
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    • Posted by khalling 10 years, 10 months ago
      alright, eil-how many piercings and tats do you have ;)
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      • Posted by eilinel 10 years, 10 months ago
        :)
        No piercings except my earlobes, no tats except an occasional temporary one. Thought about it a lot, but the idea of being an 80yo lady with a flower fairy on my flabby boob just didn't make the cut. :)
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        • Posted by khalling 10 years, 10 months ago
          so how did you score so high? playing video games?
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          • Posted by eilinel 10 years, 10 months ago
            Ya got me. My answers:
            No TV
            No newpapers (I get my news online)
            no video games
            Cell only
            I text a little
            Think success is important but not the most (gotta be happy too!)
            Think interracial marriage is a good thing
            Have not contacted a government official (they don't listen anyway)
            Have a FB page
            being VERY religious is not important
            Parents still married (62 years)
            No piercings
            No tats
            Conservative
            It must be the social-media stuff that boosted my score.
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            • Posted by khalling 10 years, 10 months ago
              oh, I'm takin you on. CONTACT GOVT OFFICIALS. inter-racial marriage. whatever. seriously. get beyond skin color and on to merit. the rest we agree about. I paused, at the inter-racial marriage question-but then saw "society" and realized we were speaking progressive language. I am not religious. i probably would text, but I've galted, so texting is a more expensive avenue outside the US if you have US cell service which I need to do business
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          • Posted by eilinel 10 years, 10 months ago
            Here are my results
            http://www.pewresearch.org/quiz/how-mill...
            but I have no idea why these translate to being millennial.
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            • Posted by khalling 10 years, 10 months ago
              whoa. thanks for sharin. when i went back in and checked each answer the question weighted the highest was the one about successful in your career. I felt the wording of that question was dubious. so many factors. my first pass was not at all important, when I went back a second time and upped it, my score changed significantly. I would question those in here on their answer to that question. we should debate it. it's the crux and has absolutely nothing to do with millennium, thank you very much
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              • Posted by eilinel 10 years, 10 months ago
                I agree that that question is very pertinent here in the Gulch. Isn't the point of Objectivism to act in your own self-interest? Wouldn't that mean striving to be successful in your chosen career? And didn't Dagny say outright "I expect to make piles of money with the JG Line, and I will have earned it? Now, I temper that with "being happy", because if you're making piles of money in a soulless job that you hate, you're not serving your highest self-interest.
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                • Posted by khalling 10 years, 10 months ago
                  I don't want to go back in and find it, but the way it was worded almost read that one wanted to be "viewed" as successful. For instance, who would say they wanted to FAIL at their job or career? I might have been reading into it. I used to do that ALL the time on tests. lol
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