me_irl

I don't even have one of these! 😩
- Same. That last one has been brutal lately
  
  It comes in waves. Keep surfing, another one will come along.

What is the oldest you can be and still call yourself a millennial? Google says born in 1980s counts. I'm pretty sure I have all five.
Now excuse me while I avoid work while scrolling Lemmy. ;).
- 1986 here, and same. A lot of us older millennials have things pretty well figured out by now.
  
  And yet still every year you will make, functionally, less money than the last. You will get poorer and poorer and it took you longer to get settled than the generation before you.
  As a younger millenial, please don’t just slip into the same old tired horseshit that the people before you did. It’s not helping and a lot of millenials are definitely struggling where they shouldn’t have to.
- Yeah, these 5 things are at least partially dependent on each other, with some feedback mechanisms. Having healthy coping mechanisms makes it easier to have meaningful relationships. A satisfying career can lead to financial security. So can a meaningful relationship (dual earners with shared expenses tend to be pretty financially resilient). And all of the above can obviously feed into a will to live.
  I get some people are hurting, but it probably isn't helpful to try to say that literally nobody has these things. A substantial percentage of us do. Gen Z might be hurting even more, too, so focusing only on millennials is counterproductive.
- 1980, but it's more about the experience. Did you have a computer when you were young? AOL in highschool? Millennial.
  
  I requested AOL floppies so I could wipe them and reuse them for shareware. Does that count? ;)
- I was born in 1981 and from what I've seen technically that is the first year people are considered to be millennials. It's kind of a grey area though.
- Yeah this is why I disagree with the generation boundaries. I'm technically a millennial but I already owned my first home before the global financial crisis in 2008.

I have 5/5. I've always rejected the idea of traditional goals and instead went out to have fun and enjoy life. Really didn't care; I already was used to nothing and it is liberating. The rest just kind of happened without noticing.
It helps to love yourself and to stay away from stupid.
The object of life is not to be on the side of the majority, but to escape finding oneself in the ranks of the insane.
- This is why I never play ranked.
  
  Hello fellow ARAM enjoyers.

I dunno, I'm probably very lucky. I have all five. 🤷‍♂️ I'm here if anyone wants to talk. (Probably not though, eh. 🫠)
- One would probably need coping mechanisms for that.
  I almost have a couple of these, so I guess you could say I'm doing pretty well for a millennial.
  
  If you feel like you're doing well, don't let anybody, or some list, make you feel otherwise. ❤️
- What's your career?
  
  I'm in IT. Web developer consultant at the moment. 🙂
- Hello fellow 5/5!
  It’s rare to have other truly satisfied and happy millennials to talk to.
  Lucky really is the right word.

Even if you had those 5 things for a period of time these will fluctuate. Life makes no promises.
- I was promised at least lemons, but frankly if I waited for life to deliver I would have scurvy by now...

I have #5. It’s called spite when it’s the only one of these that you have.

I have none of the five.

Fuck me, one would be plenty
- I'm just undefined that there aren't more list items to miss.

No millennial has a unicorn either (I checked)
- I've met a few who did 😏
  
  Everybody... Disregard my previous comment. Missed this guy
  Guess you can say I needed more time to... puts on sunglasses... Gradually adjust

I have none of these things 🫠

1/5 could be worse sorry for bragging

I mean... is this really just limited to millenials? I feel like... this is a lot more common no matter your generation
- Every generation seems to think other generations have everything they don't. It's like the People's Front of Judea vs the Judean People's Front.
  
  It’s like the People’s Front of Judea vs the Judean People’s Front.
  good point.

Not only do I have none of those,they are also in order of importance

4/5 ain't bad

1985 here. All but the first one. But my coping mechanisms are way healthier now than a decade or two ago so progress!

Why do you got to start with such a hard one.

Imagine having the first four, but still somehow not making it to the fifth

What if my coping mechanism is denial, which means I believe it to be healthy because I'm denying the negative?

I have #5! Those boomers are going to have to fight me for it.

2, 3, 5; 4 not required.
- Are you sure you are a human?

I'm just missing the first one, but so what? I've got the rest.

2 and 3ish

Pick any two

hmm kinda number 3 (no debt but no savings either), most of number 4 after a few rough years and a coin toss on 5 depending on season, time of day, my mental load and at least one variable i haven't nailed down yet

Millenial and 5/5, I'd say it depends where you live ...
- Spawn points!

Wait, people have this? Where can I get any of this??!

No milliennial has all six: 1.-5. As above. 6. Uses social media
- Does LinkedIn count? If it does, I know a millennial who has all of these.
  
  Nobody who regularly uses LinkedIn has a will to live. They're clearly already soulless, at least

Clinging to #5 Working on #1 (hoping it'll be the doorway to at least some of the other 3)
We're still here, that's already a lot :)

Funny joke, none if us have the last one.

Wouldn't the first four contribute to the fifth?

Oddly I only have financial security... Any single gay bears out there?

1 and 4 are definitely missing from my life.
- Same here! I still have a pulse and a willingness to breathe somehow.

One out of five...

Somehow 3 is the only one I have. Would definitely trade it for any of the others if I could guarantee I wouldn't then have none.

Miss me on #1, I'm here for weed and my family. The job is barely good enough for 2 but is rockin' 3.

I'm feeling pretty lucky just having #5 even if half my family just kinda assumes I don't.

I'd say I'm at about 50% on the last two. I've never experienced any of the first three though lol

Only 1 to go

Eh, mostly okay
Yep
Yep
Nah
Yep
At the very least I've got the things that contribute towards unnecessary stress knocked out.

How many Boomers did you think had that?

I have a little bit of everything. Maybe 2/5 total.

(I used to not have the will to live but for some reason its never been stronger despite facing worse than this.)

Seems like my daughter does. One of the lucky ones I guess.

Do pets count for #4?

I'm kinda proud, sitting here at 40%...

I have 0 lol

I have 2 and 5 sometimes 4, hoping soon to get 3 and a solid 4. I'll never have 1 because that's kinda what's going to make 4 so satisfying.