The awakening
The awakening of the endemic of generation special snowflake syndrome has come to me later in life. It's revelation was quite painless, but on reflection has made me aware of the pain in the ass I probably was when I was suffering my rather sever bout of special snowflake syndrome in my late teens and early twenties. Urban dictionary defines special snowflakes syndrome as "A malady affecting a significant portion of the world's population wherein the afflicted will demand special treatment, conduct themselves with a ludicrous, unfounded sense of entitlement, and generally make the lives of everyone around them that much more miserable." When you are suffering special snowflake syndrome as a generation you are typically completely unaware that you have contracted it. You simply waltz through life assuming that everyone else has the problem - because you, precious little snowflake are different and unique and the world just doesn't know how to handle you or y