• CreateProblems@corndog.social
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    11 months 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.

    • Match!!
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      11 months ago

      He’s just committed to the vintagecore aesthetic

    • Th4tGuyII@kbin.social
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      11 months ago

      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/They)
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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).