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A brilliant essay by Elizabeth Bear on Generation XYZ.
We are pedestrians in a world without sidewalks, striding across traffic against the light. We are overqualified, overeducated, overworked, overstimulated, underpaid, underemployed, undervalued and underwhelmed. Our cats have their shots, but we don't have health insurance.
We are pedestrians in a world without sidewalks, striding across traffic against the light. We are overqualified, overeducated, overworked, overstimulated, underpaid, underemployed, undervalued and underwhelmed. Our cats have their shots, but we don't have health insurance.
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It's so sad how I've tried to explain all of that to my mother several times and she still doesn't understand. I forwarded this on to her, but who knows. Maybe since it is coming from someone other than me, she'll pay attention. Maybe not.
I'm gonna forward this on, if that's alright with you.
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Printing it out to stick on my cubicle's pinboard.