‘Family Guy’ Says This is a Millennial

A while back, while considering the media’s endorsement of adolescents fighting on the left side of a political issue, I wrote this:

“It seems to me that cheering them on to demand things of adults in our society — whatever it may be — is not a good thing. Generally, my impression is that they are the most spoiled, entitled, enabled, petty, indignant, disrespectful, and grossly ignorant generation.”

I posted that to social media, and a day later, I removed it. I decided it was a far sight too “get off my lawn.”

I didn’t mean to rage against the youth of the nation; to be clear, I wasn’t at all angry. I was merely stating something which appeared to me as self-evident. I was only mentioning the blueness of the sky and its relation to a public debate. But perhaps I was far too harsh in my delivery. Then again, how do you downplay the greenness of grass?

Or, at least, how do you state the above without it seeming terribly harsh?

Maybe you do it with wit. Maybe you do it with a cartoon. Perhaps you do it on Fox’s Family Guy, which hilariously lampooned Millennials — a group comprised of people ages 18-36 — in its May 6th installment.

I could describe the award-winning satirical show’s portrayal of the Safe Space generation, but viewing it for yourself is far more gratifying.

In the episode, main character Peter’s employer realizes the company must reach out to the triggered demographic. Therefore, he shows his staff an educational film. Enjoy, courtesy of MRCTV:

A few more plot points:

• Peter’s boss hires a Millennial named Hammer as social media director. Hammer introduces himself and explains that he expects “good things to happen to [him] without working for them.”

• Hammer says he would like to list his trigger warnings. A coworker asks what a trigger warning is, which in turn triggers Hammer. He tweets about the offense, which goes viral. The employee is subsequently fired.

• Hammer teaches Peter — who is now sporting a man bun — how to vape.

• Peter becomes addicted to his cell phone, much like Hammer, who is hit by a bus and killed because of the distraction of his phone.

• Peter becomes the new social media director, and he starts a 6-second talk show to cater to Millennials’ attention span.

• Peter is invited to tour a Silicon Valley tech group’s operation, where he accidentally shuts down the entire internet by peeing on the computer mainframe while in search of the gender-fluid bathroom.

Sounds about right.

Truthfully, I have optimism for tomorrow, and as such, I have hope for those in whose hands lies our country’s future. I’m particularly buoyed by the notion that, if we as a nation can laugh at ourselves, perhaps we can look inward to the betterment of all. And if not, thanks to Family Guy, at the very least, we can just laugh.

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