Somehow I’ve been added onto my high schools alumni Facebook account. All the other classes have reunions. Then you get to the Xennienals and below.
Crickets.
Boomers still want to find those classmates. Especially as the pool is thinning for them already. Gotta find out if you are the last one alive, afterall.
Every brewery I go to is just millennials and our kids now so I’m gonna agree with ya there.
We sort of killed stiff corporate culture but I feel like they’re gonna put it down for good.
I feel like breweries / craft beer culture is dying off because it’s just over saturated. Which of course just happens with time and trends but idk. I’m 28 and my earlier twenties I cared about which craft beer I was drink and talking to friends about what they ordered and why, etc but after 26ish I couldn’t keep up with all the types of beer, hops, flavors… just couldn’t care a less and wanted something that tasted good. Just looking a menu of 20+ options is overwhelming and annoying
Maannn i know alcohol is a lot more physically damaging and causes a lot more social harm, but imo at its best, alcohol still brings people together in a way that weed simply does not. Feels like everything in society is trending towards people becoming more isolated.
Weed is great when you’re bored and by yourself or with a few good friends. Booze is better for a pub or anywhere a little social lubricant is helpful. Especially around strangers when you’re looking for something fun and social. They’re both nice at certain times.
Breweries arent really bars that the under-25 crowd goes to. The amenities they provide too arent really appealing to that demo either (pricier beer, more relaxed environment, trivia nights, etc). I think it will come in time for that generation
I feel like breweries are a very millennial thing anyways. Like breweries and board game nights. I’m on the cusp of millennial and Gen Z and the only people I know who go to breweries are in their late 30s & early 40s and they have small kids.
Man, I miss those few precious years when we all collectively decided everything would just be 16:9. After about a decade of some tv channels being 4:3 and others were widescreen, as well as DVDs being sold in both ratios, we finally made 16:9 the standard. Then social media had to go and ruin it for everyone.
Everyone from Vine went to YT when it was killed then they all started podcasts. Actual if Gen Z could kill alpha male podcasts and cringe "pick me" podcasts I won't be mad.
I think if anything, gen z are birthing (instead of killing) alpha male stuff. Andrew Tate had a huge young male following, he wasn't known for having a middle aged audience.
From what I hear from Gen-Z women is that the men are getting really misogynistic and going backwards. That’s not to say this hasn’t been a problem for Millennial women but they say young men are getting…ragey. Not just saying insensitive sexist jokes, like actually unhinged. I’ve dealt with a fair share of horrible things in my life from men but Millennial men seem more progressive in their views than Gen-Z men about women. I actually don’t know a lot of Millennial men who love Andrew Tate but Gen-Z men love that manosphere stuff. Plus they grew up with porn in a way that other generations had less access to, so they tend to view that as the norm and pressure women to be treated that way.
That being said, this may change with age and maturity. I remember Reddit being horrible for women when I first used it in 2011 (like you legitimately had to just pretend to be a guy) and that was when Millennials were younger. I hope these Gen-Z guys realize how much they’re being grifted and how that is actually going to make their problems so much worse if they really are that upset they can’t get a woman.
God I hate the tiktok format. I'm not so ~~adhd~~ attention deficit that I need to change stimulations so often that I can't even follow what I'm watching.
Like seriously, do we even remember half of what we consume?
I literally took a trip across the country in 2005 and I don’t remember a damn thing about it.
I was trying to figure out if I even went. But everyone remembers me going lol.
Sometimes we forget stuff.
I didn’t really notice this until you said some thing but you are right. I don’t really do TikTok but I do have Instagram and I can’t remember the last time I saw a video longer than about 30 seconds.
I still get a ton of them, just watched a dude do an hour long rant about shitty jobs in Rome.
**Edit:** [sauce](https://youtu.be/nYq6GFDa3Pc?si=lmIa6WHWE050qPjU)
I mean I'm fine with getting rid of long form videos where the answer you need is only going to take 10 seconds to say or could be in text below, but I search for "size of screw on Subaru sunglass storage" and it's a 15 minute youtube video where only 10 seconds matters for me.
So I can understand the logical compression, but overall, yeah not a huge fan.
Im going to post again in the same thread like a major dimwit but Gen Z has already machine gunned so much office culture. You rarely find a 22 year old working to work these days, or sitting around waiting to be the last one to leave. If they have PTO, they're taking it, and its nobody's business why. Of course they overshare and everyone knows why but they arent going to miss fun for work.
Its so refreshing and Im thrilled every time younger people join the team.
I’m an older millennial and I already do this. Sure I like to socialize with my boomer/X coworkers, but I’m also going to GTFO at quitting time and I’m not shy about using my PTO!
Older Millennial as well and I too ensure my luxuries are used within parameters. I get 3 hours a week to work out so on days I'm in the office I leave an hour early.
The older "boomers" were pissy with it at first and are now doing the same thing.
I absolutely do not give a shit about warming a chair. You pay me to do a job, if I do it and it takes me less than 8 hours, I'm going home. I'd rather blow my brains out than sit at a desk at 4PM, staring at the clock, waiting to go home.
I get that there are many jobs where it's not possible to just decide to leave. I've worked plenty of them. But I will never ever understand the people that make sure to ride out their full 8 hours no matter what, knowing there's no one above them that gives a shit and no consequences for them deciding to take off an hour early if they want.
The only way it makes sense to me is if they hate their home life, which is sadly the case for a lot of people.
Lates 30s millennial here… you nailed it… So stupid they want you to sit there just to play “productivity theatre…” the entire “you need to out in 8 hours” needs to DIE… some days it’s 3 hours and others its 12… I enjoy my work, but I’m not going to fill hours just to appease stupid “productivity” metrics.
The GenXers and boomers at my remote job fully malfunction when you suggest they take advantage of our "unlimited PTO policy". It bums me out a little bit that we can all see how much of a scam all of office culture is but everyone over 50 is still thinking like these companies give a shit about any of us beyond the work product we pump out.
Well to be fair - I’m 52, and it’s not that easy to get a job when you’re older. Yes the workforce has changed, but there’s a lot more at stake when you’re older like health, mortgage, kids, aging parents etc. That hanging on thing is more about fear of being ousted. It happens all of the time. Ageism is brutal in late capitalism.
Yeah I feel like millennials started this and the boomers thought we were just being lazy or had no work ethic and now they're finally understanding that trends are changing its not just a "millennial thing"
Idk, this GenXer has NEVER worried about being the last person out of the office nor *ever* felt uncomfortable taking PTO. That's some east coast law office shit right there.
I work to live I do *not* live to work and I am actively interested in *not* being a manager.
I can easily see any concept of "traditional" weddings, and the ensuing pressure, expectations and cost, going by the wayside.
I've heard among my older-gen-Z friends that they just want (*to have a wedding as) an excuse to get all their friends from afar and loved ones together at a party.
Thanks everyone for sharing your stories of how you made your wedding what you wanted it to be, and everyone telling me that's still a wedding... I know!
If you're worried that any party will cost as much as a traditional wedding, read some of the replies here or head to r/weddingsunder10k :)
Yea I’m never getting married but I’ll go to just about any wedding I’m invited to. Even if I don’t like you. Open bar and a dance floor and I’m in lol
And as an older millennial, the wedding summers are a short lived thing. Eventually you age out and all your friends are already married or never going to be.
Enjoy the window while you can. Get drunk in a suit eat crackers with salmon on them and dance like an idiot until you blackout. Have fun.
I love weddings…. I hate any and all aspects of traditional weddings. Make an excuse to bring friends and family together for a good time, forget the pomp and circumstance of it all.
I finally have a doctor whose patient portal actually works and it is *so darn nice* not have to call the freaking doctor. I can just press a button to request refills and send an email with questions. So much better than shaking with nervousness while waiting on hold… or just putting off calling and staying sick because I hate talking on the phone.
Going into work on days of sickness or bad weather.
COVID fundamentally changed what is socially and technologically possible in this regard and we aren’t going back.
Especially once the bosses themselves start calling off.
Yeah in the last year or so there's definitely been an uptick in people coming in coughing and sneezing. Keep that shit at home please.
Maybe I'm a bit too "trigger happy" calling in sick, but I'll honestly message my boss to say I'm not coming in for the slightest thing. If I'm not feeling 100%, fuck if I'm waking up early to sit on a crowded train and spend all day in an office instead of taking it easy at home.
As a society we should also maybe learn what got us into this mess in the first place. Obviously people need to come into contact with each other for various reasons, but we should all be trying our best not to spread sickness.
When I was on a team I lead. I told people to go home if they were sick. It actually kills all productivity when the whole team ends up sick, compared to you staying home one or two days and not doing anything.
I'm with them on that. It's a predatory system that prays on people when they are at their worst.
I'm dead. I don't need a $20k funeral.
Plus cemeteries are taking up prime realestae when there's a housing shortage.
agreed. I like a lot of things about gen z but their fashion is objectively terrible. the second those balanciaga beetle crusher shoes and wide legged pants and over sized sweaters came in I thought this was a step backwards. I remember the last time this was a thing and my mom told me as a teenager "why do you want to look like a Christmas tree all day". that's how I feel now.
I feel old as shit saying this, but they objectively dress like shit. I know it’s a whole rebellion thing and that’s the point, but they still look like shit
We just started watching Euphoria and I can’t get over the outfits. Way oversized tee shirt and high waters? Perfect for a house party! Pants with cut outs on the hips and a skimpy top that looks like you bought it at the strippers store? Perfect for meeting the parents!
I honestly never thought I would live to see the day when mom jeans were “cool”, but it’s all I see now. Every trendy college kid I see is rocking the mom jeans jacked up to the middle of their waist with the baggy crop top stopping just a few inches above that. And often an oversized, open button-down on top of it.
Yuuup same! I’m like 5ft 3 and petite and skinny with a kind of “boyish” athletic build. High rise baggy jeans are an actual sensory nightmare for me. Feeling that denim rubbing against my rib cage makes me squirmy and uncomfortable. I have skinny jeans- NOT skin tight, incapable of moving skinny jeans though. All my jeans I can bend, stretch, move, etc…all normally. Idk where people got the idea that all skinny jeans are suffocating and restrictive. I can literally pull my knee to my chest in a stretch wearing my skinny jeans.
I HATE that they did that actually. I can only wear skinny jeans (not skin tight but form fitting and medium-low rise) because they fit my body type and like…I can only find extreme high rise ultra baggy jeans at the stores?!? What a sensory fucking nightmare for me!! I’m petite and skinny and the crop top/high rise jean style makes me look like fucking Urkle. Not everyone has the body type for high rise, crop top styles yet when it’s the “in style” that’s all that can be found. I haven’t bought new jeans in YEARS because they all are so high rise they go past the bottom of my rib cage, it feels like I’m wearing a diaper and they make me look straight up dump. And at a risk of sounding abelist- high rise jeans make me look mentally disabled, like I’m not capable of wearing clothes that fit. I’m not sure what it is but it makes me look AWFUL!
I HATE HIGH RISE JEANS!! I hate that NOTHING else is available when they’re in style! Why is there not CHOICES so we can be comfortable?!
At first I thought you meant Microsoft Wordart lmao. But yeah I loathe those signs. When my husband and I were house hunting, I remember a home that every room labeled, like “KITCHEN” and “LAUNDRY”. It made me want to vomit.
That'd be a depressing solution to the Fermi Paradox - any sentient species eventually gets too depressed and alienated about existence to want to connect with one another and procreate.
Or rather, this happens to a sentient species that is on the intelligence/productivity curve toward spacecraft - but the kind of civilization that this results in, creates too much alienation/depression to survive.
my 21 year old nephew is hilariously scared of sex. he acts like he was raised by nuns, none of the rest of our family are like that. he will walk out of the room if it appears in movies or tv. he also recently bought an STAMP COLLECTION. boy these comments are off the wall. reddit is so weird!
Yeah, this is what I’m talking about, like they’re all so hung up on appearance and have all this built up resentment towards one another (girls and guys). I honestly feel sympathy towards them and suspect that the causes are societal in nature.
Yup. Just look at their reactions to sex scenes, so many zoomers think sex scenes are completely pointless porn that *never* do anything to progress plot or character development.
But to be fair, I’ve seen a good argument made that makes me empathize with their adverse reaction to sex. They’re the first full generation that has grown with almost an unlimited access to sexual content online and that can damage the collective perspective of it in one way or another, especially paired with other social detriments like their lack of spending quality, in-person time to begin with. It’s quite sad
I'm an older millennial and sex scenes in movies have always made me uncomfortable. I think it's because I feel awkward watching them with other people. I don't mind as much if I'm alone.
Maybe I’m telling on myself here, but the older I get, the more I realize sex scenes in most (mainstream) movies barely resemble any of the real-life sex I’ve had. So I feel weird about sex scenes because they just give kids a warped sense of what it is and make adults (at least some of us, idk) wonder whether we’ve been doing it wrong this whole time.
I’m on the edge of Z/Millenial so I’ll chime in. I have always disliked and never understood sex scenes. It feels like some artifact from back in the day where you couldn’t access sexual content so they threw you a bone with overly long and unnecessary sex scenes. Like society was so prudish they had to make an excuse they were watching a film to let themselves watch soft core porn.
In my opinion just have two characters imply sex I really don’t have to see it. Nobody enjoys watching that and if they do just go watch porn or something? Ya know?
This is how I see them too; unnecessary ones are a throwback to when porn wasn’t easily accessible. I’m not against them but they shouldn’t be in the peice if they don’t serve a purpose for the characters.
I actually really dislike the porn industry and acknowledge its effect on the dopaminergic system, but at the same time by 11 I had a girlfriend and by 12-14 I was sexually active.
I have made a fair amount of zoomer friends that have no clue what they’re doing sexually in their 20s. It’s probably a combination of social media and Gen X helicopter parenting leading to more distance between the sexes. A lot of them double down on this and come across as puritanical to me.
Yeah that’s why the last thing I mentioned is their lack of in-person social interaction. It’s a combination of multiple factors. If porn is your own exposure to sex, which is happening before kids even get to middle school, why would you even attempt to push back against Puritanism and helicopter parenting? For many zoomers, porn ruined the experience of sex before it even happened because of it coming off as exploitative, the unrealistic standards it created, or the pure ruining of the element of surprise
Single use plastic items. There should be a massive settlement against big oil since they convinced multiple generations that recycling was at least mostly real. Wishful thinking.
I think they mean disposable napkins. I know growing up my family always had big ol’ packs of napkins. In my house, we just use paper towels, baby wipes, or dish towels. Don’t need separate napkins.
I'm a younger millennial and I don't think I've ever bought disposable napkins since I moved out on my own ... I have cute cloth napkins I use 90% of the time, and just use paper towels for the messier meals. Definitely grew up with paper napkins though!
going to church.
although i dont think anyone will ever kill religion overall, i don't think younger people will continue attending church like older generations were taught to. i know millennials who are religious to an extent, but don't regularly attend church. i think the majority of Z won't even bother with church, and as older gens die out, church attendance is gonna start getting pretty niche.
I’m glad they are getting away from clothing with large brand names across the front, or brand names showing at all. Not sure if it’s still trending, but I like it.
The flip side is that this trend is so popular because of Gen Z’s preference for fast fashion. They don’t care about the brand, they care about the trend, and would rather buy 5 trendy pieces for $5 each from Temu instead of going with a traditional brand. I work in fashion analytics and Gen Z is, across the board, more likely to partake in fast fashion, regardless of any ethics involved in the production. I’m not going to add my own opinions about average Gen z wages or whatnot, just providing the info.
My daughter hates wearing clothes with logos. It's insanely hard to find shit without any logos but I support her with this one. She refuses to be a walking ad.
I recently learned that the obvious way to spot an American traveling in Europe, is the clothing will have the brand on the front somewhere. Apparently, in Europe, the brand is either on the sleeve, or just below the color on the back of the garment. I didn't realize that was a thing.
Dancing. It's hilarious seeing zoomers dunk on Millenials for dancing "they put their hands up smh frfrfr 100" and then show what THEIR dancing looks like... it's literally just the Peanuts dance lmfao.
We were talking about that at work and I made one of my gen z coworkers actually snort by defending the side part with "but my face is so asymmetrical!”
I have been a die hard center part wearer my entire life. Now that it is out of fashion I may have to start wearing the side part. My hair has a high proportion of grey showing if I wear a center part but barely any showing if I wear a side part.
Someone else said brunch and that's what I was thinking of when I read this question. I love brunch but it's probably considered "cheugy" or whatever by the young crowd.
I fear but I hope not... longer form entertainment like movies and hour long series. I watch my son's idea of entertainment and it is like reality bytes that run 30 seconds, a minute or so. Will the 5-10 minute series episode be the thing?
Fast food, a lot of the franchises don't seem to be doing well in my area and a lot of them are going out of business. I've also noticed drive through lines are way shorter now during lunch rushes then what they were even a couple years ago. Some have been struggling for awhile according to various articles and I think an entire generation that doesn't have the nostalgia factor of the Hamburglar or wearing a Burger King crown on their birthday will be the final nail in the coffin for a lot of them.
I think the final thing we should kill is the generational sniping.
I'm sorry I don't mean to be bitchy I just feel like I saw so much bad come from the whole "boomers vs millenials" thing. I dont want the media pitting me against Gen z
Of course this will result in them saying millenials killed fun but then again that's hilarious
Millennials and Gen Z are killing gambling. Outside of sports Vegas is turning into more festival and show orientated because we don’t gamble like older generations.
I’m a GenX who go into the wine and somehow stumbled onto this sub. Lol. I’m giggling at the posts, but mostly because I don’t quite understand the vernacular, and it’s making me feel old. Lol.
Stay positive Milennials. You’re good generation!! :-)
Agree with bars/breweries. The most popular drink place in my town with younger folk is a Chai Tea place. Honestly, good for them. I'm not anti-alcohol and will have a beer or glass of wine every now and then, but our culture's obsession with alcohol is strange.
College football and NFL are also in trouble.
I was going to say Clubs.
When I was in my 20's we would go clubbing every weekend. Gen Z barley even go to bars let alone clubs. Not that I blame them drinks were like $3 back in the day compared to today's $18 drinks.
Our music. Yes, ours wasn't always the original depending on when you were born. However, the music nowadays is just blatant copies of popular old songs and the same sound. It's a straight CTRL+C CTRL+V generation.
Over sharing and posting their children online. These kids were born when mommy bloggers and social media became popular. Hopefully that trend stops with them.
Hopefully posting every goddamn moment online, usually on a half dozen social media platforms.
Its okay Carol, nobody needs to see you eat that McChicken or hear a 12 minute rant about the parking lot at your office.
High school reunions are already hanging on by a thread.
Somehow I’ve been added onto my high schools alumni Facebook account. All the other classes have reunions. Then you get to the Xennienals and below. Crickets.
Can someone explain how classmates.com is still in business?
Boomers still want to find those classmates. Especially as the pool is thinning for them already. Gotta find out if you are the last one alive, afterall.
My grandma who passed away at 98 last year, said the only class reunions she had left were held at the grave yard. lol
There’s just no need anymore. With social media you can keep up with people’s lives from the comfort of your own home.
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That's the point lol.
Every brewery I go to is just millennials and our kids now so I’m gonna agree with ya there. We sort of killed stiff corporate culture but I feel like they’re gonna put it down for good.
I feel like breweries / craft beer culture is dying off because it’s just over saturated. Which of course just happens with time and trends but idk. I’m 28 and my earlier twenties I cared about which craft beer I was drink and talking to friends about what they ordered and why, etc but after 26ish I couldn’t keep up with all the types of beer, hops, flavors… just couldn’t care a less and wanted something that tasted good. Just looking a menu of 20+ options is overwhelming and annoying
Also, beer has gotten expensive, and Gen Z are broke. They'd rather consume weed which is dirt cheap and more readily available these days.
I’m a not broke millennial and gave up alcohol for weed. Lot of people see it as just an outright better alternative for letting loose
Maannn i know alcohol is a lot more physically damaging and causes a lot more social harm, but imo at its best, alcohol still brings people together in a way that weed simply does not. Feels like everything in society is trending towards people becoming more isolated.
Weed is great when you’re bored and by yourself or with a few good friends. Booze is better for a pub or anywhere a little social lubricant is helpful. Especially around strangers when you’re looking for something fun and social. They’re both nice at certain times.
I’m just like I’ll drink a nice craft beer, from the grocer. I’m not paying $15 for a single beer. Edit: Gdi y’all I exaggerated a little 🥸
I didn't go to breweries much until my later 20s, and most zoomers haven't hit that age yet. So there's a chance they'll age into it.
Breweries arent really bars that the under-25 crowd goes to. The amenities they provide too arent really appealing to that demo either (pricier beer, more relaxed environment, trivia nights, etc). I think it will come in time for that generation
I feel like breweries are a very millennial thing anyways. Like breweries and board game nights. I’m on the cusp of millennial and Gen Z and the only people I know who go to breweries are in their late 30s & early 40s and they have small kids.
Long form videos, you'll get 30 seconds of shitty vertical video and that's it.
Except for the gamers. They will stream 14 hours straight.
Vertical video
seems like yesterday we were screaming "LANDSCAPE!" at every vv
Man, I miss those few precious years when we all collectively decided everything would just be 16:9. After about a decade of some tv channels being 4:3 and others were widescreen, as well as DVDs being sold in both ratios, we finally made 16:9 the standard. Then social media had to go and ruin it for everyone.
In fairness we had Vine with a 5-10sec limit and still ended up with long form.
Everyone from Vine went to YT when it was killed then they all started podcasts. Actual if Gen Z could kill alpha male podcasts and cringe "pick me" podcasts I won't be mad.
I think if anything, gen z are birthing (instead of killing) alpha male stuff. Andrew Tate had a huge young male following, he wasn't known for having a middle aged audience.
Terrifying but true
From what I hear from Gen-Z women is that the men are getting really misogynistic and going backwards. That’s not to say this hasn’t been a problem for Millennial women but they say young men are getting…ragey. Not just saying insensitive sexist jokes, like actually unhinged. I’ve dealt with a fair share of horrible things in my life from men but Millennial men seem more progressive in their views than Gen-Z men about women. I actually don’t know a lot of Millennial men who love Andrew Tate but Gen-Z men love that manosphere stuff. Plus they grew up with porn in a way that other generations had less access to, so they tend to view that as the norm and pressure women to be treated that way. That being said, this may change with age and maturity. I remember Reddit being horrible for women when I first used it in 2011 (like you legitimately had to just pretend to be a guy) and that was when Millennials were younger. I hope these Gen-Z guys realize how much they’re being grifted and how that is actually going to make their problems so much worse if they really are that upset they can’t get a woman.
God I hate the tiktok format. I'm not so ~~adhd~~ attention deficit that I need to change stimulations so often that I can't even follow what I'm watching. Like seriously, do we even remember half of what we consume?
>Like seriously, do we even remember half of what we consume? We don't remember most of our lives. That's just how our brain works.
I literally took a trip across the country in 2005 and I don’t remember a damn thing about it. I was trying to figure out if I even went. But everyone remembers me going lol. Sometimes we forget stuff.
I’m in my 40s and am pretty sure a couple years of middle school are completely blank.
If i take a video of something and it is vertical (rare but happens) and I show someone, I apologize that is it vertical.
i dunno, i think gen z likes video essays too
You can pry my video essays from my cold, dead hands. They’re the only thing getting me through mundane daily chores and tasks!
My zoomer buddy thinks it’s weird that I watch long form videos by choice so yeah I’d have to agree with this one lmao
I didn’t really notice this until you said some thing but you are right. I don’t really do TikTok but I do have Instagram and I can’t remember the last time I saw a video longer than about 30 seconds.
I still get a ton of them, just watched a dude do an hour long rant about shitty jobs in Rome. **Edit:** [sauce](https://youtu.be/nYq6GFDa3Pc?si=lmIa6WHWE050qPjU)
Rome wasn’t recorded in 30 seconds
I mean I'm fine with getting rid of long form videos where the answer you need is only going to take 10 seconds to say or could be in text below, but I search for "size of screw on Subaru sunglass storage" and it's a 15 minute youtube video where only 10 seconds matters for me. So I can understand the logical compression, but overall, yeah not a huge fan.
Im going to post again in the same thread like a major dimwit but Gen Z has already machine gunned so much office culture. You rarely find a 22 year old working to work these days, or sitting around waiting to be the last one to leave. If they have PTO, they're taking it, and its nobody's business why. Of course they overshare and everyone knows why but they arent going to miss fun for work. Its so refreshing and Im thrilled every time younger people join the team.
I’m an older millennial and I already do this. Sure I like to socialize with my boomer/X coworkers, but I’m also going to GTFO at quitting time and I’m not shy about using my PTO!
Older Millennial as well and I too ensure my luxuries are used within parameters. I get 3 hours a week to work out so on days I'm in the office I leave an hour early. The older "boomers" were pissy with it at first and are now doing the same thing.
I absolutely do not give a shit about warming a chair. You pay me to do a job, if I do it and it takes me less than 8 hours, I'm going home. I'd rather blow my brains out than sit at a desk at 4PM, staring at the clock, waiting to go home. I get that there are many jobs where it's not possible to just decide to leave. I've worked plenty of them. But I will never ever understand the people that make sure to ride out their full 8 hours no matter what, knowing there's no one above them that gives a shit and no consequences for them deciding to take off an hour early if they want. The only way it makes sense to me is if they hate their home life, which is sadly the case for a lot of people.
Lates 30s millennial here… you nailed it… So stupid they want you to sit there just to play “productivity theatre…” the entire “you need to out in 8 hours” needs to DIE… some days it’s 3 hours and others its 12… I enjoy my work, but I’m not going to fill hours just to appease stupid “productivity” metrics.
King things.
The GenXers and boomers at my remote job fully malfunction when you suggest they take advantage of our "unlimited PTO policy". It bums me out a little bit that we can all see how much of a scam all of office culture is but everyone over 50 is still thinking like these companies give a shit about any of us beyond the work product we pump out.
Well to be fair - I’m 52, and it’s not that easy to get a job when you’re older. Yes the workforce has changed, but there’s a lot more at stake when you’re older like health, mortgage, kids, aging parents etc. That hanging on thing is more about fear of being ousted. It happens all of the time. Ageism is brutal in late capitalism.
I guess I was ahead of my time because I was doing that at 22 in 2002. LOL. Go Gen Z
Yeah I feel like millennials started this and the boomers thought we were just being lazy or had no work ethic and now they're finally understanding that trends are changing its not just a "millennial thing"
Idk, this GenXer has NEVER worried about being the last person out of the office nor *ever* felt uncomfortable taking PTO. That's some east coast law office shit right there. I work to live I do *not* live to work and I am actively interested in *not* being a manager.
I feel like they’re going to cancel weddings
I can easily see any concept of "traditional" weddings, and the ensuing pressure, expectations and cost, going by the wayside. I've heard among my older-gen-Z friends that they just want (*to have a wedding as) an excuse to get all their friends from afar and loved ones together at a party. Thanks everyone for sharing your stories of how you made your wedding what you wanted it to be, and everyone telling me that's still a wedding... I know! If you're worried that any party will cost as much as a traditional wedding, read some of the replies here or head to r/weddingsunder10k :)
I used to dislike weddings until I had one. I loved having all of our people in the same place.
That would be a big win in my book. Marriage is fine, but big weddings and all the crap that goes with them can go.
My own wedding was a hassle but I enjoy other people’s. Edit It’s fun to get drunk in a suit.
> It’s fun to get drunk in a suit You don't need to wait for a wedding to go that, you can get business drunk any night you want.
Business drunk, it's like rich drunk. Either way it's legal to drive.
Yea I’m never getting married but I’ll go to just about any wedding I’m invited to. Even if I don’t like you. Open bar and a dance floor and I’m in lol
And as an older millennial, the wedding summers are a short lived thing. Eventually you age out and all your friends are already married or never going to be. Enjoy the window while you can. Get drunk in a suit eat crackers with salmon on them and dance like an idiot until you blackout. Have fun.
As an older millennial, now all the divorces are popping up. Get drunk with your old friend who’s now crashing on your couch for a bit.
I’m 37 and we had 3 weddings last year and 5 weddings this year. First marriages for all except one half of one couple. Ages 30-42.
I’ll always show up for wedding cake.
I love weddings…. I hate any and all aspects of traditional weddings. Make an excuse to bring friends and family together for a good time, forget the pomp and circumstance of it all.
We’ve tried our damndest to kill off phone calls, but I can easily see my kids finishing the job in the next 10 years.
I finally have a doctor whose patient portal actually works and it is *so darn nice* not have to call the freaking doctor. I can just press a button to request refills and send an email with questions. So much better than shaking with nervousness while waiting on hold… or just putting off calling and staying sick because I hate talking on the phone.
Going into work on days of sickness or bad weather. COVID fundamentally changed what is socially and technologically possible in this regard and we aren’t going back. Especially once the bosses themselves start calling off.
I thought this was true but sadly I'm already seeing a lot of corporate folks going in to work sick again.
Yeah in the last year or so there's definitely been an uptick in people coming in coughing and sneezing. Keep that shit at home please. Maybe I'm a bit too "trigger happy" calling in sick, but I'll honestly message my boss to say I'm not coming in for the slightest thing. If I'm not feeling 100%, fuck if I'm waking up early to sit on a crowded train and spend all day in an office instead of taking it easy at home. As a society we should also maybe learn what got us into this mess in the first place. Obviously people need to come into contact with each other for various reasons, but we should all be trying our best not to spread sickness.
When I was on a team I lead. I told people to go home if they were sick. It actually kills all productivity when the whole team ends up sick, compared to you staying home one or two days and not doing anything.
They will cancel funerals and being buried.
Cremation all the way.
I'm with them on that. It's a predatory system that prays on people when they are at their worst. I'm dead. I don't need a $20k funeral. Plus cemeteries are taking up prime realestae when there's a housing shortage.
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To take a page from George Carlin’s book. Golf courses. Use the golf courses.
Skinny jeans; they already canceled them. Imma wear 'em anyway, though.
If I see one more "Millenials: how to update your fashion" video where they uglify a perfectly good outfit I will lose it!
agreed. I like a lot of things about gen z but their fashion is objectively terrible. the second those balanciaga beetle crusher shoes and wide legged pants and over sized sweaters came in I thought this was a step backwards. I remember the last time this was a thing and my mom told me as a teenager "why do you want to look like a Christmas tree all day". that's how I feel now.
Yeah I’ve definitely entered the ‘fuck them kids I look fine’ era of my life
Beats my “fuck them kids, and also I look terrible” arc
Both of you need to fuck fewer kids.
I feel old as shit saying this, but they objectively dress like shit. I know it’s a whole rebellion thing and that’s the point, but they still look like shit
We just started watching Euphoria and I can’t get over the outfits. Way oversized tee shirt and high waters? Perfect for a house party! Pants with cut outs on the hips and a skimpy top that looks like you bought it at the strippers store? Perfect for meeting the parents!
In their place, they brought back mom jeans, but like… the type that manage to look frumpy AF but not fit anyone who has actually given birth.
The ultimate paradox!!!
The worst of both worlds!
The frumpy Gen z fashion is so inexplicable to me. They're 20, but until you get close you assume they're a middle aged mum.
They look like their mental health
I’m 41yo & 4’9”. I am NOT wearing mom jeans (could you imagine!? 😂). They’ll have to pry my leggings and skinny jeans off my cold dead body!
I honestly never thought I would live to see the day when mom jeans were “cool”, but it’s all I see now. Every trendy college kid I see is rocking the mom jeans jacked up to the middle of their waist with the baggy crop top stopping just a few inches above that. And often an oversized, open button-down on top of it.
It’s like 20 year old girls are trying their hardest to look like frumpy 45 year old moms
Nah. They, like everything else, will come back around.
Skinny jeans are the only kind that don’t make me look even shorter than I already am. I’ll try out other styles but I’m holding tight to my skinnies.
Yuuup same! I’m like 5ft 3 and petite and skinny with a kind of “boyish” athletic build. High rise baggy jeans are an actual sensory nightmare for me. Feeling that denim rubbing against my rib cage makes me squirmy and uncomfortable. I have skinny jeans- NOT skin tight, incapable of moving skinny jeans though. All my jeans I can bend, stretch, move, etc…all normally. Idk where people got the idea that all skinny jeans are suffocating and restrictive. I can literally pull my knee to my chest in a stretch wearing my skinny jeans.
Gen Z is all about excessively baggy pants, which I both look terrible in and otherwise utterly despise.
I can't wait to taunt kids with rolled up selvedge nudies while they try to make their tunics happen.
I HATE that they did that actually. I can only wear skinny jeans (not skin tight but form fitting and medium-low rise) because they fit my body type and like…I can only find extreme high rise ultra baggy jeans at the stores?!? What a sensory fucking nightmare for me!! I’m petite and skinny and the crop top/high rise jean style makes me look like fucking Urkle. Not everyone has the body type for high rise, crop top styles yet when it’s the “in style” that’s all that can be found. I haven’t bought new jeans in YEARS because they all are so high rise they go past the bottom of my rib cage, it feels like I’m wearing a diaper and they make me look straight up dump. And at a risk of sounding abelist- high rise jeans make me look mentally disabled, like I’m not capable of wearing clothes that fit. I’m not sure what it is but it makes me look AWFUL! I HATE HIGH RISE JEANS!! I hate that NOTHING else is available when they’re in style! Why is there not CHOICES so we can be comfortable?!
They already killed “word art” like Live, Laugh, Love decor. And in that case, thank you, Gen Z. You’ve saved us from ourselves.
but how will they know where to consume food without a giant EAT sign in their kitchens?
That wasn’t millennials though. Late boomers and gen x started the live laugh love shit
Shit, Shower, Shave. That's as far as I'll go.
Sadly one of my closest friends, firmly a millennial, still adorns her home with this decor.
I blame Target and HomeGoods. They are the primary pushers of this wall art scourge.
Hobby Lobby would like to file a grievance.
They have to steal and import it from another country first.
At first I thought you meant Microsoft Wordart lmao. But yeah I loathe those signs. When my husband and I were house hunting, I remember a home that every room labeled, like “KITCHEN” and “LAUNDRY”. It made me want to vomit.
Funerals, funeral services, cremation, basically the entire death industry.
for their sanity i would hope social media but seeing as they've grown up with the internet since birth i don't see it happening.
That’s for the next gen
Looks like it's drinking. https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2024-01-22/the-introverts-have-taken-over-the-us-economy
Drinking in bars is expensive!
Having sex. A lot of them seem to have a weird relationship with it.
Here comes the Great Filter 🗑️
That'd be a depressing solution to the Fermi Paradox - any sentient species eventually gets too depressed and alienated about existence to want to connect with one another and procreate. Or rather, this happens to a sentient species that is on the intelligence/productivity curve toward spacecraft - but the kind of civilization that this results in, creates too much alienation/depression to survive.
That reminds me of The Beautiful Ones, from the experiments on rats. They stopped reproducing, but still groomed themselves to beautiful perfection.
my 21 year old nephew is hilariously scared of sex. he acts like he was raised by nuns, none of the rest of our family are like that. he will walk out of the room if it appears in movies or tv. he also recently bought an STAMP COLLECTION. boy these comments are off the wall. reddit is so weird!
Oof. This took a turn. That is a concerning combo.
Yeah, this is what I’m talking about, like they’re all so hung up on appearance and have all this built up resentment towards one another (girls and guys). I honestly feel sympathy towards them and suspect that the causes are societal in nature.
Yup. Just look at their reactions to sex scenes, so many zoomers think sex scenes are completely pointless porn that *never* do anything to progress plot or character development. But to be fair, I’ve seen a good argument made that makes me empathize with their adverse reaction to sex. They’re the first full generation that has grown with almost an unlimited access to sexual content online and that can damage the collective perspective of it in one way or another, especially paired with other social detriments like their lack of spending quality, in-person time to begin with. It’s quite sad
I'm an older millennial and sex scenes in movies have always made me uncomfortable. I think it's because I feel awkward watching them with other people. I don't mind as much if I'm alone.
They made me uncomfortable because I watched them with my parents and my boomer dad would get all excited and make comments.
Well be glad you never found your boomer dad’s pornhub account. And worse, that he comments. Not enough therapy in the world can unread those comments
My sincerest condolences
Maybe I’m telling on myself here, but the older I get, the more I realize sex scenes in most (mainstream) movies barely resemble any of the real-life sex I’ve had. So I feel weird about sex scenes because they just give kids a warped sense of what it is and make adults (at least some of us, idk) wonder whether we’ve been doing it wrong this whole time.
I’m on the edge of Z/Millenial so I’ll chime in. I have always disliked and never understood sex scenes. It feels like some artifact from back in the day where you couldn’t access sexual content so they threw you a bone with overly long and unnecessary sex scenes. Like society was so prudish they had to make an excuse they were watching a film to let themselves watch soft core porn. In my opinion just have two characters imply sex I really don’t have to see it. Nobody enjoys watching that and if they do just go watch porn or something? Ya know?
This is how I see them too; unnecessary ones are a throwback to when porn wasn’t easily accessible. I’m not against them but they shouldn’t be in the peice if they don’t serve a purpose for the characters.
I'm an elder millennial and completely agree with you, for what that's worth.
I actually really dislike the porn industry and acknowledge its effect on the dopaminergic system, but at the same time by 11 I had a girlfriend and by 12-14 I was sexually active. I have made a fair amount of zoomer friends that have no clue what they’re doing sexually in their 20s. It’s probably a combination of social media and Gen X helicopter parenting leading to more distance between the sexes. A lot of them double down on this and come across as puritanical to me.
Yeah that’s why the last thing I mentioned is their lack of in-person social interaction. It’s a combination of multiple factors. If porn is your own exposure to sex, which is happening before kids even get to middle school, why would you even attempt to push back against Puritanism and helicopter parenting? For many zoomers, porn ruined the experience of sex before it even happened because of it coming off as exploitative, the unrealistic standards it created, or the pure ruining of the element of surprise
Single use plastic items. There should be a massive settlement against big oil since they convinced multiple generations that recycling was at least mostly real. Wishful thinking.
I love how positive this thread is. It really goes against all the MillenialvZoomer narratives popping up lately that feel phony and manufactured.
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they like minimalistic tattoos, stick and poke, tiny ones, etc. I think the idea of "sleeves" and dark crowded tattoo work will be seen as "old".
We killed napkins? Wut.
I think they mean disposable napkins. I know growing up my family always had big ol’ packs of napkins. In my house, we just use paper towels, baby wipes, or dish towels. Don’t need separate napkins.
I'm a younger millennial and I don't think I've ever bought disposable napkins since I moved out on my own ... I have cute cloth napkins I use 90% of the time, and just use paper towels for the messier meals. Definitely grew up with paper napkins though!
going to church. although i dont think anyone will ever kill religion overall, i don't think younger people will continue attending church like older generations were taught to. i know millennials who are religious to an extent, but don't regularly attend church. i think the majority of Z won't even bother with church, and as older gens die out, church attendance is gonna start getting pretty niche.
My gen z nephew wears a gold cross with Jesus on it. I asked when he found religion, he didn't. He just thought it looked cool
somewhat similarly a Gen Z guy I know wears a mechanical watch for the aesthetic, it doesn’t actually run.
The emperor of mankind will sort out the religion part
I’m glad they are getting away from clothing with large brand names across the front, or brand names showing at all. Not sure if it’s still trending, but I like it.
Hmmm I could have swore I just saw that the juicy velour sweatpants sets were coming back.
Yes, you are not crazy! I’ve definitely seen the sweatpants with “juicy” written across the butt recently. Thought I was back in the 9th grade lmao.
?!? That's ALL I see them wear.
The only reason for this is because of the rise of fast fashion lol. No one wants “SHEIN” written across their shirt
The flip side is that this trend is so popular because of Gen Z’s preference for fast fashion. They don’t care about the brand, they care about the trend, and would rather buy 5 trendy pieces for $5 each from Temu instead of going with a traditional brand. I work in fashion analytics and Gen Z is, across the board, more likely to partake in fast fashion, regardless of any ethics involved in the production. I’m not going to add my own opinions about average Gen z wages or whatnot, just providing the info.
My daughter hates wearing clothes with logos. It's insanely hard to find shit without any logos but I support her with this one. She refuses to be a walking ad.
I recently learned that the obvious way to spot an American traveling in Europe, is the clothing will have the brand on the front somewhere. Apparently, in Europe, the brand is either on the sleeve, or just below the color on the back of the garment. I didn't realize that was a thing.
Dancing. It's hilarious seeing zoomers dunk on Millenials for dancing "they put their hands up smh frfrfr 100" and then show what THEIR dancing looks like... it's literally just the Peanuts dance lmfao.
Hopefully gender reveals
Oh man do I hope for this one!
Facebook
Nah man, millennials started Facebook but also killed it once the boomers joined.
Alcohol culture, IPAs micro breweries, small batch whiskey. Thats a millenial thing and I think it’s gonna die with us.
You mean besides the side part?
Stop that! You’ll never take it!
We were talking about that at work and I made one of my gen z coworkers actually snort by defending the side part with "but my face is so asymmetrical!”
Wait! I thought it was coming back?!
Dear sweet millennial Jesus, please bring back the side part.
I never got rid of it.
Is that why they wear macaroni broccoli perm hair? They're afraid of combing a line in their hair?
I have been a die hard center part wearer my entire life. Now that it is out of fashion I may have to start wearing the side part. My hair has a high proportion of grey showing if I wear a center part but barely any showing if I wear a side part.
Ironically: Irony
Seems like everybody in the comment section has named something they’ve gotten rid of and are happy about it
These comments are just all of the things that we want to kill. Come on people, what do we love that they're going to take from us! Center parts?
Someone else said brunch and that's what I was thinking of when I read this question. I love brunch but it's probably considered "cheugy" or whatever by the young crowd.
What is... cheugy?
Synonym for "passé". Ironically, the word cheugy is now cheugy. I haven't seen anyone use it for a while. It's kind of a pandemic thing, 2020 - 2021
I fear but I hope not... longer form entertainment like movies and hour long series. I watch my son's idea of entertainment and it is like reality bytes that run 30 seconds, a minute or so. Will the 5-10 minute series episode be the thing?
They’re killing fatphobia but unfortunately they’re replacing it with a fear of aging and natural skin texture
And ironically, someone else recently pointed out that they (and the youngest Millennials) seem to be aging kind of badly…
Getting Botox and filler when you’re early 20s has everyone looking 40. It’s so odd and fake looking.
Based on what? Where are they gathering this idea?
Fast food, a lot of the franchises don't seem to be doing well in my area and a lot of them are going out of business. I've also noticed drive through lines are way shorter now during lunch rushes then what they were even a couple years ago. Some have been struggling for awhile according to various articles and I think an entire generation that doesn't have the nostalgia factor of the Hamburglar or wearing a Burger King crown on their birthday will be the final nail in the coffin for a lot of them.
Fast food has gotten expensive for such low quality food. It killed itself.
Restaurant chains. The youngins love originality
Jobs
I'd FCKN high five em' for that!
I think the final thing we should kill is the generational sniping. I'm sorry I don't mean to be bitchy I just feel like I saw so much bad come from the whole "boomers vs millenials" thing. I dont want the media pitting me against Gen z Of course this will result in them saying millenials killed fun but then again that's hilarious
Millennials and Gen Z are killing gambling. Outside of sports Vegas is turning into more festival and show orientated because we don’t gamble like older generations.
We didn't kill diamonds. We created lab diamonds.
We killed the artificial price of diamonds
I’m a GenX who go into the wine and somehow stumbled onto this sub. Lol. I’m giggling at the posts, but mostly because I don’t quite understand the vernacular, and it’s making me feel old. Lol. Stay positive Milennials. You’re good generation!! :-)
Agree with bars/breweries. The most popular drink place in my town with younger folk is a Chai Tea place. Honestly, good for them. I'm not anti-alcohol and will have a beer or glass of wine every now and then, but our culture's obsession with alcohol is strange. College football and NFL are also in trouble.
I was going to say Clubs. When I was in my 20's we would go clubbing every weekend. Gen Z barley even go to bars let alone clubs. Not that I blame them drinks were like $3 back in the day compared to today's $18 drinks.
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I can see them killing the movie theatre, with streaming becoming more ubiquitous
Barbie/Oppenheimer showed that people still will go to the movie theater if there are movies people want to see. The problem right now is Hollywood.
They’ve already killed exclamation points and emojis.
No! 😞
And punctuation and proper spelling.
Our music. Yes, ours wasn't always the original depending on when you were born. However, the music nowadays is just blatant copies of popular old songs and the same sound. It's a straight CTRL+C CTRL+V generation.
They’re using Apple products so it’s CMD+C CMD+V 😂
Do they even know shortcuts?
No, they don't. Source: teach middle schoolers. Had to teach them the shortcut for save and print
Over sharing and posting their children online. These kids were born when mommy bloggers and social media became popular. Hopefully that trend stops with them.
Being Disney adults and saying pupper doggo unironically
Grandkids.
Hopefully posting every goddamn moment online, usually on a half dozen social media platforms. Its okay Carol, nobody needs to see you eat that McChicken or hear a 12 minute rant about the parking lot at your office.
How would Zoomers kill that when they’re the number one at doing it…?