There were a lot of hurt feelings on this thread, a lot of anger and some biased judgment. But that's called having an opinion right? Where I don't understand millennials, I don't understand PEOPLE these days in general.

When Simon, in that video, talked about sitting at a table with a group of friends and them all having their phone out is now a CULTURAL thing. EVERYONE is doing that, even 40 year olds. I go out to eat out alone a lot, and I have my phone by me, not for texting but for reading something like Wordpress, and I casually observe others. MANY people do what Simon is describing, at any age.

Look I am not a millennial, but I worked starting at the age of 14 and left home at a young age to go find my life. I went out there, ended up finding out I was bipolar, and my manic episodes ripped me away from my career. This left me distraught and defeated. He did mention the element of mental illness in the video, (depression) but that doesn't come from bad parenting, or just being "rejected" by society or friends, or even Facebook. Granted I don't have Facebook anymore because I do agree with him in the fact that people. and I want to stress ALL people, (as in any age), make their lives better than they really are.

I think its a generational thing with us as ALL as a culture spiraling downward due to our dependency on technology. I am not a millennial and I check my phone first thing in the morning, but as I realized my addiction was intense, I put it on silent and in a drawer when I was ready to sleep. So it would technically be "away" so I could rest.

I don't buy into the fact that it is just millennials that fall into the categories that he put in the video. I think all of US as a culture is like that.