>My grandpa was such a work horse. >I'm just average.

Historical guilt is cyclial
Also college student here, my generation is lazy, entitled, and weak.
I've got a friend whose grandparents escorted him through elementary school and can't take NyQuil as it's too strong

>>2031555
Sounds pretty anecdotal there, Trips

>>2031565
I've many more like him I know
My sisters as well, not saying I'm any better.

>>2031555
>>2031576
You do know that modern teenagers work more on average than the last couple of generations right? This has been confirmed multiple times.

>>2031594
And what about the nature of this work?
If my grandfather worked a strawberry field for 6 hours and I worked s restaurant as s wait for 9 whom has worked more and whose job is harder?
It's more subjective than anything else

>>2031594
>>2031608
As though those values mean anything? Do the studies account for the kids at home taking care of their siblings because single mom is working? What percent of kids is that? I don't know. No one knows. Anyone claiming to know is the one selling something.

>>2031544
People glorify their pasts and are usually pretty driven and motivated towards money and work in their later years.

I'm only 25 and already people treat me like I'm a hardworking person because I've had multiple tough jobs. I didn't have them very long but no one asks that they just assume.

My Grandkids will only know about a few cool jobs I mention in conversations not the years of NEEThood.

Your friends are correct. Kids are lazy and unmotivated. Always have been.

>>2031634
>Kids are lazy and unmotivated. Always have been.
^This.

There's this littler process called "maturing". It's stunning to me that people are so unaware of it. Young folks have been scoring high on narcissism tests since they were invented, because their world is narrower.