"WE'RE so sick of you Gen Ys and your laziness and your arrogance and how you've never worked a day in your lives."

Ugh. We get it. We've read every "Gen Y don't buy houses" and "Gen Y can't hold down a job" story you can cram in our Facebook news feed.

But what of Gen X? Have you ever heard us complain about you guys and your thinning hair and your "in-our-day" superiority complex?

No. Mostly because we can't be bothered. But today we can. Today we fight back. Today we give you 20 good reasons why Gen X needs to shut itself down.

1. Lending pens and books with the caveat: "Mate, see this? It's a boomerang. It comes right back to me, OK?"

2. Incessant mentions of "my wife".

3. And the KIDS. F**k. We don't. Care.

4. Lengthy anecdotes about the way offices used to work. "We used to get paid in packets. You could tell how much money everyone around you was on."

5. Talking about pop culture when they haven't seen a (non-Pixar) movie in a decade.

6. Talking about walking to school in bare feet. As if 1970s Australia was the third world.

7. "The Twitters". It's Twitter. Just Twitter. It's not that hard.

8. Licking the tips of fingers in order to turn paper. Not necessary. The page will turn dry. Especially on an iPad.

9. Glacial pace of conducting simple computer tasks. The start button is in the bottom left-hand corner. We're not an IT help-desk.

10. Lamenting the "good old days": Reading maps. Inviting someone to a party by phone. Looking someone up in a phone book. The internet exists. Move on.

11. Talking to us about the "good old days" full stop. You're not actually that old.

12. What. The hell. Is "petty cash"? EFTPOS. It's simple.

13. On that note, what's a "checking account"?

14. "Savings? More like SPENDINGS!" Nope.

15. We don't actually "expect everything just to be handed" to us. Except the keys to the world. We'd do a better job, then find a new one in three months.

16. We'd planned to write more points but we got bored.

Apathy, for the win.

Disagree? Reckon we're Gen Y douchelords? Tell us about it on Twitter. We'll show you how to use it first | @newscomauHQ

Ed's note: Gotta love Gen Y. If it wasn't for them, who would pour my drinks and rent my investment properties?

###