This millennial/Gen Z-adjacent writer bemoans missing out on free university, affordable housing, and lead poisoning, concluding they are truly the unluckiest generation ever. Apparently, not getting corporal punishment or Britpop means suffering endless inequity, unlike those poor souls who only had to deal with actual hardship.

I WAS born in 1994, at the tail end of the shoegaze era. Am I especially unfortunate to be part of the whiniest generation in history? <p><strong>I WAS born in 1994, at the tail end of the shoegaze era. Am I especially unfortunate to be part of the whiniest generation in history? </strong></p> <p>I missed out on student grants. I missed out on cheap house prices. I missed out on lead poisoning from exhausts, corporal punishment in schools and mass unemployment as well, but I’m not interested in ...