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After all, I don't know if you've seen it
我不知道你們見過這個沒有
This week's Time Magazine called you
本周的時代雜志把你們稱作
lazy entitled narcissists
懶惰的自戀狂
who are part of the Me Me Me Generation
你們是"我我我一代"的一部分
So self obsessed, tweeting your Vines
如此自我沉醉 用推特發送Vine
hashtagging your Spotifys
為Spotify加標簽
and Snapchatting your YOLOs
對YLO使用Snapchat
your generation needs everything to be about you
你們這一代需要一切都圍繞著你們
And that's very upsetting to us baby boomers
這讓我們嬰兒潮這一代很不爽
because self-absorption is kind of our thing
因為自我陶醉本應是我們的東西
We are the original "Me Generation"
我們是最初的"自我一代"
We made the last 50 years all about us
我們讓過去50年都圍繞著我們
We took all the money
我們賺了所有的錢
we soaked up all the government services
我們攫取了所有的政府服務
and we've deep fried nearly everything in the ocean
我們炸透了幾乎海洋里的一切
It may seem that all that's left for you is unpaid internships
似乎留給你們的只剩下沒有工錢的實習
Monday to Tuesday mail delivery
周一到周二的郵件遞送
and thanks to global warming
還有得益于全球變暖
soon semester at sea
很快 海上學期
will mean sailing the coast of Ohio
就會成為沿俄亥俄洲海岸航行
Now in our defence, in my generation's defence
下面為我們這一代人辯護
how were we supposed to know that you were coming?
我們怎么知道你們正繼往開來
We thought it went like this
我們以為是像這樣
Every successive generation of mankind
一代人接一代人
and then us
然后是我們
roll credits
這就完了
but while
不過 雖然
we may be leaving you with an economy
我們留給你們的經濟環境
with fewer job opportunities for the new graduate to slip into
對于新畢業生而言 工作機會可能確實更少了
while traditional paths may seem harder to find
雖然傳統工作似乎更難尋找了
that also means
但這也意味著
that you may learn sooner than most generations the hard lesson
你們能夠比其他很多代人 更快學到艱難的一課
that you must always make the path for yourself
也就是 你必須為自己鋪平道路
