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Greg Sullivan
August 01, 2025

"Don't lie to yourself by using your feelings as an excuse."

The Silent Generation, those born from between 1928 and 1945, is made up of people who lived through the Great Depression and World War II. Defined by living through these hardships, their strength and perseverance continues to inspire younger generations today--including Gen X, Millennials, and Gen Alpha.

Over on Reddit in a subforum discussing how to become more disciplined, member Limp_Edu4797 shared an impactful piece of advice from his 96-year-old grandma on not letting feelings and emotions get in the way of remaining disciplined and working through hard things.

One name group is "fighting for their lives" to not be selected.

Mention the name Karen, and you’re likely to get an immediate image of an aggravatingly entitled, middle-aged, and possibly (definitely) racist woman, who may or may not be donning a spiky short hairdo while asking to speak to the manager.

Well, now there’s a hilariously heated online debate about which Millennial name is the equivalent to that. Let’s see who’s been placed on the chopping block…

This game seemingly started with Erin Dieheart (@erindiehart), who declared that rather than have some boomer or Gen Zers choose the victim, Millennials should decide for themselves who the “A-holes” of their generation are.

“Continue to wonder and continue to wander.” Okay poet?? 🥹

We just spent the Summer of Connection with 300 of the Taco Bell Foundation's passionate Live Más Scholars. Check out the incredible advice they shared with us. What stood out to you?

Learn more about the Taco Bell Foundation, the scholars, and how you or someone you know could be a part of this next year: https://www.tacobellfoundation.org/live-mas-scholarship

The invitation Nishikawa Takashi offers to this young American is a really big deal. 🗾

Some of these are predictable, but some are quite surprising.

No matter what country you were born in, what you view as "normal" or "odd" is greatly impacted by your nation's culture. So many things we might not think about are uniquely American, but we may not realize it until we step beyond our borders and immerse ourselves in other countries' norms.

For instance, I’ve never felt more American than I did sitting in a European restaurant impatiently waiting for the check for our meal. In U.S. restaurants, when you’re almost finished eating, the server will usually ask if you want anything else and then give you the check. In most European countries, they won’t bring the check until you explicitly ask for it. Meals are seen as inherently leisurely affairs, no rushing, no pressure to wrap up and leave. While that sounds nice, we were in eat-and-go mode and time was a-wasting—again, so very American.