discussion Has Gen Z been a flop?

[SoundsandSongs]

14 minutes ago, Mordecai said:

Most of Gen Z are going to be the first generation who are chronically online and have spent their childhoods glued to their phones, the internet and social media. That's not the kind of nostalgia I'd want to be reminiscing, but if it's all you grew up with and all you know you can't really blame them

 

And I say that as a zillennial, so I'm only a couple of years older than the people I'm talking about. I'm just glad I was old enough to remember living in a time before the digital world took over

 

Could be worse though, you could be whatever this new generation is 

What is the range for zillenial? Ive seen it used but its not clearly defined.

[Alldeezy]

Well no gen z has king hy so they are winning

According to Spotify that's my most listen even im a Millennial (I think that's how you spell it)

 

But true I can remember back when we didn't have mobile only old windows 95 Computer  I guess gen z only fail for that since they grew up with tiktok and social media while first social media I had was gaia online and Myspace

[Mordecai]

20 minutes ago, SoundsandSongs said:

What is the range for zillenial? Ive seen it used but its not clearly defined.

Idk what the range is but I see it used a lot to refer to gen z's born in the 90s. Which makes sense because my youngest sibling was born in the late 2000s and her upbringing was completely different from mine. I just do not relate to this generation whatsoever even if I'm lumped in with them

[Komet]

As a zillenial, definitely yes. Although tbh millenials were very iconic and it was tough to follow that. The GenX before flopped too, so I guess it comes and goes? Hopefully Gen Alpha doesn't dissappont.

[Rep2000]

2 hours ago, SoundsandSongs said:

As a Gen Z myself, to be fair most Gen Zs are still teens and even the older ones entered the workforce impacted by the pandemic. 

I'm sorry to break this to you, but the oldest Gen Zs (27) are also pushing 30.

Edited November 7 by Rep2000

[SoundsandSongs]

10 minutes ago, Rep2000 said:

I'm sorry to break this to you, but the oldest Gen Zs (27) are also pushing 30.

Not me thinking Gen Z started in 2000s. That's actually insane. My upbringing was nothing like people born in the 90s yet they're considered the same generation... it really makes you question the arbitrary definitions of generations. I dont relate to an almost 30yo at all.

[laqqinq]

As a zoomer, I think our generation was heading in a good direction during the mid-to-late-2010s (I was extremely young at the time) to early 2020s in the aspect of progressive values, having an open mind, and accepting a progressive ideology. Uplifting and being positive about having everyone, including men, women and the queer community progress. Having a progressive mindset and manner of thinking for minorities. Being open and non-judgemental towards conversations about mental health, issues related to mental health, love, relationships, lust/sex, body positivity, acceptance, functioning as a society, being kinder, upliftment of each other, agency, etc. We also identified a lot of the "wrong" things in the past and found that it wasn't meant/shouldn't have been that way.

 

Everyone always had, and has, different views about a variety of topics but that is just what I noticed and participated in, that was growing in a positive manner and taking shape for good. It's in terms of that aspect.

 

But now, in the early 2020s, a lot of the things, the way it's thunk, thoughts, mindset, etc. has, like, took a turn and it hasn't affected the entire generation as a whole (because everyone will always have their own views, not everyone will align to the same set of values), it definitely has influenced A LOT of zoomers.

 

That's about zoomers tho. Imagine Gen Alpha. Many say they are doomed from the beginning. 

 

The generation of being on your phone and gadgets since an early single-digit age, the generation of brainrot, the generation that's heavily influenced by "sigma" and "alpha" set of values that if i'm not wrong, have many times, dehumanized others, women, queer community, demonstrated violence, nonsensical thoughts/manners, and raised incels. People who convey those kind of archetypes via the manosphere teach that it's as simple or black and white as that.

Edited November 7 by laqqinq

[imabadkid]

Idk. Gen Z men are weird, hyper obsessed with masculinity but also the most heteroflexible.

[Katamari]

I was surprised a lot of them couldn't do a signature 

 

where are the parents

[Slap]

I think it's a mistake to always look at things in terms of generations because human behavior is more than that. Every living generation is impacted by smartphones, the Internet and AI even indirectly so it's not that simple. 
 

What I will say is that we should have compassion for what it's like to be young instead of deriding it because we're older and have more hindsight and time on this earth (also age is no indicator of intelligence or maturity sadly). 
 

I think Gen Z have had a very tough adolescence with social media being such a shitshow, a global pandemic during some of their most formative years and all while they get piled on by older generations for being stupid for wanting the world to be more tolerant even if they don't get it right themselves. 
 

Hindsight is 2020, if you look back at what Boomers were doing in the 60s/70s and compare their virtue signaling bullshit to what they have done to the world I think they might have more in common with Gen Z than you think hence why they lean more conservative despite being performatively progressive because they grew up in an era where that gave you social clout and an identity. The truth lies somewhere under the surface of what is socially acceptable. 
 

But like with every generation there will be geniuses, visionaries, idiots, anarchists, leaders, followers, and regular people. I believe the best of Gen Z will change the world in the way the best of every generation has even if there's been lots of idiots along the way ruining the world's progress. Even though we voted in Trump we also overcame a global pandemic, we've virtually solved the HIV epidemic in the first world, we are decarbonizing slowly but surely and will make progress. 

[TeemoR]

Yeah there is no quality, no growth. They are just lazy, complaining about things. 

[JonginBey]

What gave it away, eating the tide pods or making Andrew Tainted a household name in their homes?

[The7thStranger]

What I see in Gen Z is that everything is an extreme.

 

Either you are incredible perceptive and in-tune with very high goals and a deep understanding of the past and where the future is headed…

 

…or you can't tie your own shoes.

 

There seems to be no or only a slight middle between those two camps.

[Adam’s Eve]

We peaked with millennials I fear

[Elementary]

You can't just generalize an entire generation of people

 

Drag TikTok if you want (I'll join you) but that doesn't mean that all gen Z is crap. Millenials eat cereal in a bowl for breakfast and call that "nostalgia". They live and breathe to glorify their childhood. Cringe much? 

 

 

[MonsterJohn]

they are spoiled rotten and turn out lazy and selfish

[Last Boy on Earth]

Can't have physical human interactions without having anxiety attacks because they only communicate via social media and conservative making us go backwards in things we fought so hard for. a mega FLOP 

Edited November 10 by Last Boy on Earth

[loveisdead9582]

Two words: tide pod.