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I don’t know any gen x or millennials that are blaming or even making fun of new generations.
Only when they don't get my 90s references, or wear fannypacks and/or shoulder pads.
As a genx, I make fun of every generation.
As a Gen X, absolutely. Especially Gen X!
I mostly just get drunk and ignore them.
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Gen z here, but I do the same (and I don't stop at all generations)
Really? I see it but it's nothing more than a light ribbing. Like ironically saying "no cap frfr"
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..).
The first sentence in your second paragraph, when you say, "utter disbelief", are you taking what I said as an insult towards the newer generation or are you referring to the OP comic strip? If so, I'm not trying to insult them at all. I'm a big fan as a whole, just minor fries from some bad actors that don't represent the generation, but happen to be a part of it.
Ah, no, not at all sorry. As you may have guessed, I'm not located on an English speaking country, so I may not phrase my thoughts well. My message was an echo to yours, I was referring to insults towards the newer generation in general. My starting point echoed yours : I rarely hear those, but when I do, this utter disbelief kicks in. I hope that clarifies my point!
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.
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).
The only time I see it is when they are defending themselves from zoomers
I've only ever seen a zoomer start the fight like once. Every other time I"ve seen this generation wars bullshit it was some kinda "kids these days" comment from someone who's only a few years older than most zoomers.
Other than that, most zoomers I know are usually in on the joke.
They learned that promoting conflict was wrong when they handed Millennials "Ok boomer" and saw what we did with it.
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.