My generation does not know what the world is like without terrorism.

While most of us were just being born, so was the era of school violence. The Columbine High School massacre, which is considered the first major act of school violence, occurred in 1999. This tragic event, which we were to young to remember, left our parents terrified to send us to school.

The 9/11 attacks took place early in many of our lives, leaving us in complete fear of what the world is capable of doing.

Then, in 2013, the Boston Marathon massacre happened.

This was truly the first event we have a clear memory of. We can remember what we were doing that day, wearing, and whom we were with.

But although that was the first, it has not been the last.

There have been so many shootings and tragedies within the United States that we are not really sure of what to fear more: international extremists or domestic attackers?

Many times, we have been referred to as the generation of tragedy.

And we, the millennial Americans, who were born into tragedy, are far less worried that the United States will face another terrorist attack than their elders, a new Wall Street Journal/NBC News poll found.

The March poll showed that out of millennials aged 18-34 and others who would have been 20 or younger at the time of the 2001 attacks of the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, 63 percent say they are not worried at all or are only slightly worried that the United States will experience another major terrorist attack.

In contrast, 41 percent of people aged 35-49 and 37 percent of those who are 50 or older say that they are unconcerned.

We have watched the reports of shootings and even hostages crossing the news-wire.

When it is international news, we are forced to watch and wait as the latest tragedy unfolds.

Scrolling through social media means reading everyone’s opinions over what military action we should take. Our timelines range from, “Drop a bomb on those terrorists” to “Pray for Paris,” or the latest place where there was an attack, regardless if it is an attack on a city or elementary school.

And one of the saddest truths of all is that we are completely numb to the comments.

Fear lives within the deepest parts of our souls and actions because we have coped with the fact that the next attack is almost inevitable. And unfortunately, as a result, we have learned to live with the latest tragedy and then move forward.

We know it will not be the last.

How could it, when we have been at war for almost our entire lives?

Do we feel safe? No.

Will we ever? Probably not.

We have been trained to not only practice fire and tornado drills but also discuss and practice drills in the case of a school shooting or bomb threat. We have unknowingly been trained to be suspicious of tiny actions.

We enter rooms and wonder where the nearest exit is and mentally conduct escape plans — just in case.

And we are well aware that we have to be cautious.

The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant is a reoccurring terror that we cannot seem to get away from.

According to CNN, ISIL started as an Al Qaeda splinter group and aims to create an Islamic state called a caliphate across Iraq, Syria, and beyond.

This group is known for killing dozens of people at one time and carrying out public executions, crucifixions, and other tragic acts. After committing these horrific acts, the group then uses modern tools like social media to promote reactionary politics and religious fundamentalism.

According to CNN, ISIL controlled more than 34,000 square miles in Syria and Iraq in 2014. ISIL is also believed to be holding 3,500 people as slaves.

ISIL is responsible for a countless number of attacks throughout the world.

These events have occurred and played time after time throughout my generation’s lives. One event continues to be followed by an equal or greater tragedy.

And, sadly, my generation has not known a world without terrorism.

We are used to seeing these happenings on world news.

We are used to the dinner conversations.

We are used to the bomb threat and school shooting drills that schools are now required to conduct, making them as normal as tornado and fire drills.

According to Psych Law Journal, the chances of a school shooting taking place in a United States high school in any given year is one in 21,000.

Although it seems like a small ratio, somewhere in the United States within the next year, there will be a school shooting.

It might not happen to us.

It might not happen in our city.

It might not even happen in our state, but there will be a tragedy.

And with every one, leave it to us, the generation of tragedy, to hashtag the event as a sign of grief.

We are so used to living in a world of tragedy and terrorism that some things are simply just not tragic anymore, and that is the sad truth. But can you blame us?