God Save The Selfie
My generation,
Generation Y,
is the most selfish, entitled, and narcissistic
of all the generations ever.
Even if that was true,
so the fuck what?
We are the Millennials
and the world can bow down to
all the dope shit that we do!
This is #nofilter
This is GPOY
This is every selfie Sunday,
transformation Tuesday,
and fuck you Friday that we've
been too busy to address.
Are we selfish because we are too concerned with
carving out a spot for us in history?
Are we too busy burning the candle
at every end due to our insatiable blaze
for more? This fire we cradle
like Prometheus did; a gift for the rest of mankind.
It's funny how being selfish looks so much like survival.
Looks like extra curriculars, part-time jobs, and dream boards
designed to the last intimate detail and since we cannot afford sleep,
this is going to be a blueprint for the next 5 years. 10 years. 15 years.
We are entitled.
We expected a home to move in to and instead
got the house trembling in the flood waters.
Salvaged and traded tools with each other to fix
all the problems left behind for us.
Of course we feel entitled.
Look at what your generation did before us!
Consider the fists of Mike Tyson knocking down giants.
We feel the rattle of rhythm Nirvana crooned and
the nostalgia of home is painted into our heads
by your Three's Company.
We learned from the best.
Why settle when you can grow cities
and monuments out of the old?
When you can connect the world at
20 megabits per second?
Pin us as the selfie obsessed generation.
Is it that crazy that we want to chronicle
our lives because we know, deep inside
the unrelenting uncertainty of tomorrow
we will want to look back on today,
on yesterday and think,
Goddamn.
Look how far I've gotten?
We are not narcissistic.
We like looking at ourselves,
and our friends, and keeping up
with the mundane because
we've even made the every day
something extraordinary to capture.
Are your stories of swimming at the creek
that far off from lazy days in the pool?
Are your memories of family dinners
so much grander than late-night Taco Bell
when everyone at home is taking a break from
a Lord of the Rings marathon?
Do you have the audacity to claim and place
a higher value of your game of Monopoly
over our game of Smash Bros. Melee?
Both yielded friendships being challenged.
Nothing Was The Same.
The revolution has never been televised.
But we've always found a way, haven't we?
This time,
it's being told through our voices.
Sit down and listen.
Or at the very least,
watch us on BuzzFeed.
You know you love that shit.
