• CreateProblems@corndog.social
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    3 years ago

    Millennials are older than Gen Z. Why would a Gen Z’er be sitting in an armchair reading a newspaper? Gen Z would be born between 1997 and 2012, these people basically grew up online.

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      I suspect the author meant Gen X, but was too busy laughing at their own joke to bother checking which generation is which

      • Mossy Feathers (She/Her)@pawb.social
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        Millennials: nostalgic for the late-80s/90s/early-00s because that’s when they were growing up.

        Gen Z: nostalgic for the late-80s/90s/early-00s because that’s when there was still some hope in the world.

        Gen alpha: not old enough yet to be nostalgic (but will probably be nostalgic for the pre-trump/pre-covid days of the US).

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    The joke may have merit, all generations have their lingo but it does seem to have gotten extra meme-ish as of late, but the labels are all wrong. Millennials are the old ones, the meme language speaker should be labeled as Z (which came after millennials) or Alpha (came after Z, born 2010-2025.)

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      I think if they were gen alpha they would just be texting weird memes.

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      The new gen just has the ability to disseminate slang faster with all the online tools. Back in my day, words only entered slang status when a celebrity used it in the media.

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        It’s kind of insane the turn around of slang. Can’t tell if it’s because I’m older that it appears that way.

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      3 years ago

      Did they switch alphabets too when rolling over from Z to A?

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      Except it doesn’t, because it’s gen z’s lingo. This comic is just all wrong.

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    As an older millennial, I wouldn’t know what they mean either.

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      Yeah my millennial girlfriend does not talk like that nor do her friends. That’s more juvenile speech and millennials are creeping into late stage adulting at this point and past that nonsense.

      Signed… GenX