Board 8 > Gen Z - what are your thoughts on our youngest generation?

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FinalistCloud posted...

TheRock1525 posted...

That they're another group of people we'll try to box in and blame everything on as they get older i.e. the Millennials ruin X rule.

Um.... this didn't happen with every generation. The greatest wasn't blaming every ill on the world on Boomers for instance

(Also, not surprisingly, Millennials started it, absoltely ungrateful bitches that complained about the Boomers, so then all the previous gens decided to level these entitled worthless pricks for what they are.

Yes they were.
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They're lazy and they lack both discipline and respect.

Which is something I'm sure older generations said about my group as well.
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yeah thats more of an issue with children/teenagers in general
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I would just like to remind everyone that theyre arguing with MWC and Vlado
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CaptainOfCrush posted...

I've read about rumors and "studies" that run the gamut - with many claiming that they are more conservative than Millennials, more practical regarding money, and more ready to "hit the ground running" in the labor market.

I feel this is largely propaganda. I do not trust teenagers to be confident in their political ideals unless those ideals were hammered into them by parents. They often lack a lot of perspective.

Also, the only reason I would consider them more practical with money is because fads nowadays are technology-based, meaning that they have a more considerable base cost to them.

And as Gen Z is hitting adulthood, they are seeing a much better economy than when the last of Millennials were hitting adulthood, ~10 years ago.

I do believe that they will be a more socially liberal generation than Millennials, but potentially a more divisive one as I see socialism and libertarianism taking off with them.

There is a general disrespect for school in a lot of them, which I think is bred by education advocates being unhappy with how things currently are, and by education detractors being what they are. Smart students grow up knowing how to find things, how to get answers from the web. Less-smart continue to resent a system they do not thrive in.

They ARE harder to teach... but I think that is an opportunity to revise educational practices. That might not happen though until Gen Z has broke into the teaching field. Y and Z together can bring about change, I feel.
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TheRock1525 posted...

FinalistCloud posted...

TheRock1525 posted...

That they're another group of people we'll try to box in and blame everything on as they get older i.e. the Millennials ruin X rule.

Um.... this didn't happen with every generation. The greatest wasn't blaming every ill on the world on Boomers for instance

(Also, not surprisingly, Millennials started it, absoltely ungrateful bitches that complained about the Boomers, so then all the previous gens decided to level these entitled worthless pricks for what they are.

Yes they were.

Care to list examples...

https://xkcd.com/1227/
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SantaRPidgey posted...

Please think of a Less lazy name than gen z

Gen X never got a proper name so fuck these brats.
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That works for us Gen Xers though because our defining trait is malaise and disenfranchisement

We dont CARE to come up with a name!

(Also Ive seen Z referred to as the iGeneration which makes sense but lol history being Apple branded)
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I liked Mimikyu, but otherwise it was a pretty disappointing gen.
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I prefer e-generation, even though iGeneration may be more apt.
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In-between generations don't get good names. The next one will have something.
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What generation would children who are aged 11-14 belong? So much of that generation just doesnt care about playing outside anymore and they are so attached to their tablets and computers. I see it at work all the time. I probably see about 100 kids a day so I have a pretty good sample size.
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Basically the difference between Y and Z is can you remember 9/11?
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Jakyl25 posted...

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Basically the difference between Y and Z is can you remember 9/11?

yes, which is why saying that all kids born in the '90's are Gen Y is dumb. Making the cutoff at an arbitrary point like the turn of the century is dumb; attaching it to some actual event that could actually make a difference is, while still somewhat spurious, actually rooted in some sort of reality and could provide a useful context.
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FinalistCloud posted...

TheRock1525 posted...

FinalistCloud posted...

TheRock1525 posted...

That they're another group of people we'll try to box in and blame everything on as they get older i.e. the Millennials ruin X rule.

Um.... this didn't happen with every generation. The greatest wasn't blaming every ill on the world on Boomers for instance

(Also, not surprisingly, Millennials started it, absoltely ungrateful bitches that complained about the Boomers, so then all the previous gens decided to level these entitled worthless pricks for what they are.

Yes they were.

Care to list examples...

My own father, a baby boomer, getting bitched at by his father despite his father being an alcoholic and my own father busting his ass to keep the fruit business going.

My grandpa was a WW2 vet, too. Greatest generation my ass.
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Also "do you remember before youtube existed"
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TheRock1525 posted...

FinalistCloud posted...

TheRock1525 posted...

FinalistCloud posted...

TheRock1525 posted...

That they're another group of people we'll try to box in and blame everything on as they get older i.e. the Millennials ruin X rule.

Um.... this didn't happen with every generation. The greatest wasn't blaming every ill on the world on Boomers for instance

(Also, not surprisingly, Millennials started it, absoltely ungrateful bitches that complained about the Boomers, so then all the previous gens decided to level these entitled worthless pricks for what they are.

Yes they were.

Care to list examples...

My own father, a baby boomer, getting bitched at by his father despite his father being an alcoholic and my own father busting his ass to keep the fruit business going.

My grandpa was a WW2 vet, too. Greatest generation my ass.

You know full well I meant wide spread. Yes, every generation is going to have situations like that between generations just cause obviously not every human in a gen is the same, there were some bad apples in the greatest obviously, and I personally can't stand virtually every other Millennial in the world.

But I mean a wide spread inundating of destruction from every generation that came before them.... that is a millennial only thing.

FinalistCloud posted...

TheRock1525 posted...

FinalistCloud posted...

TheRock1525 posted...

FinalistCloud posted...

TheRock1525 posted...

That they're another group of people we'll try to box in and blame everything on as they get older i.e. the Millennials ruin X rule.

Um.... this didn't happen with every generation. The greatest wasn't blaming every ill on the world on Boomers for instance

(Also, not surprisingly, Millennials started it, absoltely ungrateful bitches that complained about the Boomers, so then all the previous gens decided to level these entitled worthless pricks for what they are.

Yes they were.

Care to list examples...

My own father, a baby boomer, getting bitched at by his father despite his father being an alcoholic and my own father busting his ass to keep the fruit business going.

My grandpa was a WW2 vet, too. Greatest generation my ass.

You know full well I meant wide spread. Yes, every generation is going to have situations like that between generations just cause obviously not every human in a gen is the same, there were some bad apples in the greatest obviously, and I personally can't stand virtually every other Millennial in the world.

But I mean a wide spread inundating of destruction from every generation that came before them.... that is a millennial only thing.

Did you miss the whole drug and sex movement of the 60's?
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I mean there's a reason the phrase "kids these days with their rock music and their..." etc. is memetic.
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"The children now love luxury; they have bad manners, contempt for authority; they show disrespect for elders and love chatter in place of exercise. Children are now tyrants, not the servants of their households. They no longer rise when elders enter the room. They contradict their parents, chatter before company, gobble up dainties at the table, cross their legs, and tyrannize their teachers."

-Socrates
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Robazoid posted...

"The children now love luxury; they have bad manners, contempt for authority; they show disrespect for elders and love chatter in place of exercise. Children are now tyrants, not the servants of their households. They no longer rise when elders enter the room. They contradict their parents, chatter before company, gobble up dainties at the table, cross their legs, and tyrannize their teachers."

-Socrates

I see Socrates was familiar with millennials, too
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Also not a real quote

But you get the point
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iIzS--c-PH8
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Is gamefaqs gen Y or Z? It's like what, 16 or 17 now?
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My profile is older than that so I hope not
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GameFAQs is 23 and would probably be considered the youngest of Millennials.
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Oh wow, I just found out I was born the same month as Gamefaqs

I always thought millennials was "Do you remember the turn of the millennium?" (ie 2000)

Is that not where the term comes from
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also MWC complaining about the good 'ol days from before he was born is hilarious
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Johnbobb posted...

I always thought millennials was "Do you remember the turn of the millennium?" (ie 2000)

Is that not where the term comes from

NFUN posted...

Making the cutoff at an arbitrary point like the turn of the century is dumb; attaching it to some actual event that could actually make a difference is, while still somewhat spurious, actually rooted in some sort of reality and could provide a useful context.

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Psh like I was gonna read the entire topic

I am a lazy millennial after all
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The actual most common definition of millennial is anyone younger than you who you want to hate on. It's the "SJW" of generations.
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It's not a well defined generation because the speed of progress that we tend to define generations with is too fast. There's a massive gap within 5-8 years that wasn't there in most prior ones.

So I'm not sure how to answer the question. Like the absolute youngest, those 5 let's say? Or teens? Even within teens it's a huge gap but there's major differences between 22 and 15 that isn't age but experience with social media and the like.
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Kinglicious posted...

It's not a well defined generation because the speed of progress that we tend to define generations with is too fast.

Pretty sure it still takes 25 years to age 25 years
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foolm0r0n posted...

Kinglicious posted...

It's not a well defined generation because the speed of progress that we tend to define generations with is too fast.

Pretty sure it still takes 25 years to age 25 years

Lmao
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Fuckin newborns the lot of them
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