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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Do you think this is a real dynamic?

Young adults (18-23) with a sense of being wronged. They’re exhausted parents who did everything they could.

Lots of resentment bubbling over. [/quote]

Are you a social scientist researcher who has studied this question? Did you read this somewhere? Or are you just spouting some random observations based on a handful of young people in your orbit? [/quote]

OP here. Friends and I were discussing attitudes of our young adult children. One of them mentioned there was a trend of “apology fantasy” filmmaking by younger directors. “Everything, Everywhere All at Once” being a recent example. It was just a conversation. I don’t quite understand the hostility in your question— are you unwell? Did the question strike a nerve? Are you going to have an episode?[/quote]

Oh man, I'm not PP but this is really rude and it makes it seem like you aren't asking in good faith. [/quote]

I did. I was responding to a$&hat pp in the way she spoke to me. [/quote]

Also a totally new poster. Wow, OP, that question was not rude, but you were. Twice.

(Are you the poster who refers to everyone as "drama llamas" by any chance?)

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No, I have never used that term. It sounds sophomoric.

If you don’t understand that I was attacked, I can’t help you with your reading comprehension. [/quote]

Wow. You were not “attacked.” Drop the persecution complex. It’s not a good look.[/quote]

The very premise of my question and my motivation for asking it was challenged. Sit down.[/quote]

DP. Someone said " are you just spouting some random observations based on a handful of young people in your orbit?" That wasn't exactly nice, but I don't think it was an attack on *you*, it was an attack on your post. Then you responded with "are you unwell? Are you going to have an episode?"

I get that it's easy to escalate but your comments were mean. And while we are here, what were your intentions in posting this? Are you genuinely curious and approaching the issue with an open mind? You did say that the younger people have a "sense of being wronged," rather than just being wronged, and you give sympathy to the adults who are "exhausted." It does seem like you are coming in with a bias. [/quote]

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