I hardly update my facebook profile, but I tend to constantly check-up on everyone around me. Seeing what they are doing, how they are doing, and who they are hanging out with. I guess the main reason I never change my status is that have nothing to update. Living with my parents again after 5 years away, as well as being away from all the people I use to run around with, has really put me in a kind of continuing depression. I am, that is, not really depressed, but the isolation and the lack of communication has really sucked. I don't go out ever, except for the times I go out by myself, and I really haven't communicated with anyone in I'd say 5 to 6 months. You (if anyone is reading this) may say, "why don't you just go out and make new friends?" I don't know. I know for sure it isn't going to be with anyone I work with. I don't think I have anything in common with anyone of the people I work with, let alone have any desire to hang out with them after work.
I don't know, it seems that at this point in my life the one thing that is for certain is that I'm going to be alone for awhile. I just hope that good things can distract me from this fact.
Thursday, October 14, 2010
Monday, October 11, 2010
It's a sad, sad world
The older generations can't understand the plight of younger generations. where we see lack of opportunity, they see laziness. they don't realize how much things have changed. in 1950, the US population was 150 million (and only 75 million of those worked cause most women didn't). today, nearly 400 million pop count. That's a huge change in competition and job availability. Not to mention many jobs that used to be done by people are now done by machines. And many jobs shipped over seas.
College degree's used to be far cheaper, and not as necessary to gain decent employment. Today you can't even get into entry level positions, they always want some years of experience. when you see those types of jobs, more often than not, it's a rouse by the company to bring in visa workers at less pay. they put 5 years experience needed on a job a person with no experience could do then say to uncle sam 'hey we have no americans qualified for this job, we need to look overseas'.
This generation is going to be one of the few generations in the last 100 years with the right to say 'we had it hard'. The elderly aren't only sucking this country dry like a dieing man in a desert taking a childs cantene to prolong his life just a little more. They're also still stealing jobs from the young. They have to retire before those numerous jobs become available. when someone see's 20 years experience vs 3 years on a resume, who do you think they will choose? plus the elderly are more inclined to take low pay in order to keep their jobs from falling in the hands of the younger generations.
so on one side, we have legal and illegal immigrants taking american jobs, we have foreigners taking american jobs over seas. we have the elderly filling up positions. we have machines doing work people used to do. looking at all of this, it's no wonder there is no room for the younger generations to get a start in the real world, because the real world has butted them out. And this only scratches the surface.
the american dream is dead. The older generations and foreigners are screaming 'me first, damn the rest of you', while the younger american generations are screaming 'we never had a chance'.
College degree's used to be far cheaper, and not as necessary to gain decent employment. Today you can't even get into entry level positions, they always want some years of experience. when you see those types of jobs, more often than not, it's a rouse by the company to bring in visa workers at less pay. they put 5 years experience needed on a job a person with no experience could do then say to uncle sam 'hey we have no americans qualified for this job, we need to look overseas'.
This generation is going to be one of the few generations in the last 100 years with the right to say 'we had it hard'. The elderly aren't only sucking this country dry like a dieing man in a desert taking a childs cantene to prolong his life just a little more. They're also still stealing jobs from the young. They have to retire before those numerous jobs become available. when someone see's 20 years experience vs 3 years on a resume, who do you think they will choose? plus the elderly are more inclined to take low pay in order to keep their jobs from falling in the hands of the younger generations.
so on one side, we have legal and illegal immigrants taking american jobs, we have foreigners taking american jobs over seas. we have the elderly filling up positions. we have machines doing work people used to do. looking at all of this, it's no wonder there is no room for the younger generations to get a start in the real world, because the real world has butted them out. And this only scratches the surface.
the american dream is dead. The older generations and foreigners are screaming 'me first, damn the rest of you', while the younger american generations are screaming 'we never had a chance'.
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