I don’t know any gen x or millennials that are blaming or even making fun of new generations.
I'm a millennial. Anecdotally, I haven't seen as much bashing on gen z at least amongst other millennials. The older folks are going on about hair colors and the typical boomer stuff, but I see more acceptance of the youths amongst my peers. Most notably gen z tends to be a lot better with showing emotions and communication. I think the only thing I've complained about is these past trends of kids just ripping sinks and urinals off the walls in bathrooms and other oddly destructive things. That felt like a newer trend that I didn't experience going through school or really hear about.
Millennial teacher here ('85). I have seen it two or three times maybe. But from people who just basically wanted to complain about everything.
I'm in utter disbelief whenever I hear this kind of comment. The young generation is fantastic, and I just hope they'll keep their resolve to revolt and Wil manage to avoid the traps our generations fell into.
Older people like me should never judge the young. We should either help them, root for them or apologize to them (what a world we welcome them in..).
I have seen it before on various social medias. Some are mad about their slang ("frfr" or that skull emoji), others being mad about their memes and some such.
Funnily enough, I saw pretty much the same comments being thrown on millennials during the 00s.
Some things never change.
As a member of gen Z, you likely don't notice it because you're not part of the generation being made fun of. It's a pretty constant issue and it didn't magically stop with millennials. It's to the point where many older members of gen Z insist they're actually millennials in an attempt to gain bownie points with the older generations by not being part of the generation they hate (which never works BTW.)
I do see it, but consistently call it out if I can. I like to use the example of POGS if anything regarding viral trends or whatever comes up. POGS were just printed pieces of cardboard that encouraged gambling, and we morons ate that shit up.
Millennial here, I see nothing exceptional about my made-up generation. Yeah we got fucked pretty bad I guess with 9/11, financial crash (remember occupy wall street?) but that's nothing compared to what's about to come, we were probably among the least impacted from COVID so at least there's that.
Being born a certain year doesn't magically give you special distinct traits, this ain't astrology.
Boomer for me is a derogatory term for people with a very special mindset, independent of age. The rest IDGAF about.
Though my favorite meme about generations is https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/30-year-old-boomer
Dang, guess we never learn. Well, Gen Z is kicking ass as I see it, don't want to lay down and be beaten into submission the way we've been. Keep on keepin on.
There's plenty on TikTok according to my fiancee. If I encounter anyone in my age range that trys to shit talk younger gens in person I usually tell them to chill and quit being like boomers (I see the irony).
Naw, we're blaming boomers. They are in many cases still the problem on countless topics.
The biggest problem with Gen Z is that they're disillusioned way too young. You need those dreams alive when you're young and full of energy. Kids used to rebel against their parent's jaded attitude, but Gen Z ate it up. I mean, yes there are a lot more things to be disillusioned about now, but you're not supposed to be crippled by those at such a young age. Otherwise they seem great. They have compassion and empathy, and they're open to new ideas. If only they had the belief that they could change things instead of feeling beat down at the ripe old age of 20.
On the other hand they're so sick of shit they might be the ones who have the balls to start setting everything on fire and bring back the guillotine.
Robespierre the Republican Party
I'd love for that to turn out true, but so far the signs aren't good.
Yup I'm not even put of high school and I'm ready to live in a cardboard box and work 12hrs/day just to survive for the next 60-70 years
It's much easier to learn about what there is to be dissilussioned about now with how the internet is now.
More artificial divisions to keep us occupied and distracted.
We have this fixation on generations. I think it's more to unite our own personal identity with change. This is supposed to happen at age related milestones and the social roles we take as we age. However, this phenomenon has been hijacked by media cycles of "eras".
Generations were a fad in the 90s where you'd hear something about some such generation every day. Then for the most part, people stopped talking about this pseudoscience nonsense. Although, like horoscopes, they never really went away. But I don't get how we're back a nearly useless model of behavior being a daily part of conversations.
I doubt I will blame Gen Z for anything anytime soon.
The problems in the world aren't caused by young people, yes not even Tiktok. Because Tiktok wasn't created by a young person.
I'd rather blame the ones actually responsible. Like Boomers, who still have too much power.
Honestly I'm jealous of tiktok. It's so full of creativity. Sure it's also full of garbage but that's like everything on the Internet. Kids are hella creative and fun.
Fuck all this 'generation' bullshit, it's utterly meaningless. If you use any of these terms or believe any of this bollocks you're dumb.
Okay Gen Xer
Wow, how original! You're a loss to the world of comedy, pal. Did you really think of saying the thing I was complaining about back to me, all by yourself? Don't lie. Don't you dare lie to me, you fraud! You ripped that off. You ripped that off from some comedy genius and passed it off as their own. Well, I'm dobbing you in. I'm getting your mendacious plagiarism punished, because this kind of shit is irre-fucking-deemable.
Noooo, you need to link the actual source! How else can I read the background text?
Panel 1: "Your heart is kinda gross looking"
Panel 3: "Please tell your doctor your self-diagnosis you found online. Doctors LOVE that."
Panel 4: ???
Lmao. It says; "I can't believe you're reading this tiny print. It's not at all interesting. Watch TV instead. I honestly feel a bit guilty putting this here because i'm totally wasting your time. It's just meaningess background text. On the other hand it's not like you'd be curing cancer if you weren't reading this. But that's okay. You're good as you are. Read tiny print if you want to."
The poster text in panel 4 is very much worth reading. I was going to type it out, but then I realised I shouldn't deprived people of the joy of reading it themselves.
It is much easier to read on the source website, though.
Especially here because it seems to change every frame, I'd like to see the message it's conveying
Don't pick on Gen Z. They're pretty based overall. I'm sorry the boomers fucked it up for everyone. Hippies turned staunch capitalists, propaganda really works y'all
Hippies were always a tiny minority. That's why they were called counter-culture.
I had to tell my dad this and I think it stun locked him for a minute. He complained about some "millennial" college student and I had to tell him that millenials are like 40 now. Not college students.
Hey, now. We can be both. 🤷🏻♂️
To be fair, he's only about really 5 years late. The youngest millennials are around 26-27.
81-96 hard pressed to find any that are still 26
Those damn millenials and their constant refusal to pass memos around!
This memo could have been an email.
The millennial hate is so unreal. A friend of mine is also a millennial, but she refuses to admit she is one and insists she's Gen X. She is not Gen X by four years. Then she told me she identifies as Gen X🤦🏻♀️
(Actually her attitudes and behaviours are more stereotype Boomer than anything.)
My old coworker is the same but is gen x and identifies as a boomer
“Ok, Boomer.”
I absolute love that the messages in the frame change on each scene.
I had to go to the site to read the final one only for it to ask me why I bothered.
Wall art. “Your heart is kinda gross looking.”
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