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As a millennial, I often find myself rolling my eyes when I see headlines that claim “millennials are killing (insert industry or chain restaurant)” or “millennials are (insert Baby Boomer lingo for lazy),” but sometimes “kids these days” really do ridiculous things.
Down at Miami, students are petitioning the school on Change.org to make a ridiculous change to the Sebastian the ibis mascot.
As you can see below, there is a petition started by a couple of students to change Sebastian’s pipe to a Juul, which is a popular electronic vaping device:
As a student of @univmiami I want a mascot that represents the diverse and ever-changing student body. Please sign the petition for your voice to be heard and to make a change. #LetHimJUUL https://t.co/mqqD8K6FYQ
— Alec castillo (@alecccastle) September 11, 2018
The petition already has nearly 250 signatures, with a goal of 500.
The image in the tweet looks pretty ridiculous, but the quote that takes the cake came when Alec Castillo, who sent the tweet above, was asked by Miami New Times why Sebastian needs to be smoking at all:
“That’d be so lame,” he said. “I would be so ashamed to go to a school with a mascot that’s just a bird. But a smoking bird? That’s dope.”
As the kids say… SMH.
lol Why is he smoking to begin with. I’ve never seen a smoking bird in my life. It’s just asinine.
I see a smoking bird at least once a year…
…at Thanksgiving.
*points to the door.
Get out! lol
I’m pretty sure this is satire.
I’m hoping this is satire.
I’m not sure if this is satire.
Is this satire?
^^^ Great, KS.
Again I have to give a chuckle to KirbySmart. I love your posts. This one was better than the article
“Millennials have ….” is enough to signal that something mindnumbing is coming next. I am a millennial, too, unfortunately, but I consider myself “transgenerational” since I don’t “identify” as a millennial. Despite the fact that I can’t change my birth year, I feel more like a gen X or baby boomer, therefore I should not be assumed to bare the characteristics of my “generation assigned at birth.” After all, generational characteristics are just a societal construct, so I ought to be able to autonomously distance myself from the stupidity of millennial by assigning myself a generation that better reflects my feelings. And no one can tell me otherwise or else I’ll identify them as the “transphobic bigot” they truly are.
I’m struggling to see the connection with your comment and the specific topic at hand other than the weird actions of college students, but your comment was mildly interesting and made some amusing points.
They were just commenting on the first paragraph of the story and sharing their stance with Adam.
This is like Delta State students arguing about characteristics of the okra. ITS NOT EVE YOUR ACTUAL MASCOT, WHO CARES…