The Yucks And Yums Of My Generation

Yum: Not memorizing directions and maps; Minutecast telling me the rain ends in 7 minutes; creative emoticons.
Yuck: Phones sitting on the dinner table; multiple pages of apps; replacing meaningful communication with emojis.

​Yum: Avocado toast.
Yuck: Avocado toast that costs $14. Thanks, Brooklyn.

Yum: We don’t have giant mortgages.
Yuck: Because how in the world can we afford giant mortgages?!

Yum: We were the best age group to experience Harry Potter and Barack Obama.
Yuck: Because of this, we were the worst age group to experience Twilight and Donald Trump.

Yum: We are building the gig economy which means we can invent super weird jobs.
Yuck: That’s really hard and mostly reserved for the privileged. 

Yum: We are all special snowflakes.
Yuck: This is misunderstood by some people to be a bad thing and slung as an insult.

Yum: We had Facebook in high school/college, so we are more in touch with our peers than older generations and know what they’re up to.
Yuck: We had Facebook in high school/college, so we are haunted by moments that we once swore were “totally awesome! hahaha!” Also, wedding FOMO for people we barely know.

Yum: We are getting married later and opting out of raising children.
Yuck: …. Oh… uh, my personal life choices are showing.

Yum: We are all idealistic even when we are grounded in realism. 
Yuck: This does not help progress advance quicker.

Yum: Urban Dictionary gave us the sex talk we didn’t know we needed.
Yuck: Uncleared Internet history.