Cynical

Janan Cargile wrote that in our generation "trust is nothing more than temporary suspension of belief."

Is this true? Is our generation so jaded that we believe in nothing? I think so, because our generation doesn't even have a name that sticks. (I forget, are we X or Y or better yet the Jackass generation)

I propose a new name for our generation: "Don't believe the hype" generation. People call us lazy and ungrateful. These people are wrong, maybe our generation doesn't believe all the lies we are told. For example: ads tell us that if we have all the right things (i.e. a new iPod every few months, a new car, new clothes, ) we will be happy, or that if Bird Flu reaches America we will be ok, or that the levees really do work, or that there is justice, or that global warming is the greatest hoax ever. To all this we shall say "Don't believe the hype." It's not that we don't care, its that once upon a time we believed the hype and all we are left with is gutter sludge.