Getting old isn’t rad. The current slang gets weird, your music taste is out of date, and you’ve had lower back pain since 2002. At some point, our physical prime in life was wasted on late nights, binge drinking, loud concerts, and reckless stunts, but it’s like we saved up all of the collective hangovers, …
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Millennial criticizes Gen Zers with the minds of 16-year-olds and the faces of 32-year olds: ‘Boomers thought the same about your generation’
As a Gen Zer, I know that it’s expected of me to get into generational squabbles with millennials. I’m supposed to say they’re cringe adult Harry Potter fans who are pushing 50, but I’m not going to do that. I have a shred of dignity left in my Zoomer body, and I intend to maintain …
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30+ Gen X Memes For Xoomers and Xennials
Gen X is a pretty exclusive generational club. It’s no wonder many stragglers who are technically baby boomers or millennials want to be a part of what Gen X offers. Take my parents, for instance. They were born in 1962 and 1963 and don’t want to be aligned with being baby boomers. I mean, who …
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Young People Discuss The Importance of Intergenerational Friendships
So many people are weird about age. We’ve got 20-year-olds telling 25-year-olds that they «look good for their age.» Middle-aged people are catastrophizing about young people killing various industries. Twenty-somethings claim that a 26-year-old dating a 38-year-old is a predatory age gap. If you’re spending too much time online, it might seem like nobody knows …
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Gen X Memes For The Middle Child of Generations
I am obsessed with Gen X angst. I believe that no generation of angsty young adults did it better than those post-Reagan/post-Thatcher 20-somethings in the early 1990s. This week, I watched two angsty British Gen Xer movies: Trainspotting and Naked. The former is much funnier than the latter, but they both convey that sense of …
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