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[+] Rainmanslim@lemm.ee 52 points 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago) (2 children) [deleted] permalink fedilink source hideshow 4 child comments replies: [+] Reva@startrek.website 11 points 3 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 child) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] dmention7@lemm.ee 30 points 3 years ago* (1 child) Elder millennial here. Personally I view this as the kind of good natured ribbing that comes from a healthy relationship between an older and younger sibling. I think our generation (and Gen X too) have an overall positive view of Gen Z, but you are out of your mind if you think we're going to pass up an opportunity to give them some shit when it's warranted! Rainmanslim's comment doesn't strike me as mean-spirited at all. If anything it's the opposite of condescending because it acknowledges that the cringiness of being a teenager knows no generational bounds. Embrace it and enjoy it, and then enjoy it again when you're old enough to laugh at your younger self! permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [+] Reva@startrek.website -5 points 3 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] dmention7@lemm.ee 6 points 3 years ago (1 child) Mate, that is a whole lot of projection and assumptions in one post. You do you, but I hope someday you learn that being able laugh at yourself is a strength not a weakness. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [+] Reva@startrek.website 1 point 3 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 child) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] dmention7@lemm.ee 1 point 3 years ago (1 child) Man, if you are in your 40s and still clinging to this idea that you've never done anything embarrassing in your life, have never teased a buddy for something stupid they have done, and feel the need to get all self-righteous on me for enjoying friendly banter between strangers then I don't know what else there is to say here. 🍻 permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [+] Reva@startrek.website 1 point 3 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent [–] cobra89@beehaw.org 3 points 3 years ago* (1 child) There is a reason "learn to laugh at yourself" is a recurring quote from many people. This is all this is, to learn to laugh at your younger self. No one is saying your feelings or thoughts as a teenager are invalid but perspectives and priorities change when you get older and the things that make you feel and act that way will seem trivial and therefore silly. There is a reason this is a recurring theme between generations. Sorry but your generation is no different. It is not bullying, it is learning to look back at your younger self and see that the difficulties you were facing were relatively trivial even if they didn't feel that way at the time. Also please remember your sentiment the next time you see one of these memes "attacking" millennials. Basically the way you've formed your argument here is that this meme in this OP is "bullying" millennials. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [+] Reva@startrek.website 0 points 3 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent [–] maddenim@lemmy.world 9 points 3 years ago* (1 child) last time I checked the youngest gen z are already young adults The youngest gen z are Indeed in the cringe phase, but many are already over that permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] dandroid@dandroid.app 10 points 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago) (2 children) A quick Google search puts the birth year range for Gen Z between 1997 and 2012, so between ages 9 and 24. That's like peak teenage years. You have some younger than that, some older than that, but the majority are going to be right in the middle. Plus, as much as 20 year olds like to pretend that that aren't cringey teenagers anymore, that behavior doesn't just change on your 20th birthday, it's a process that happens over time. I'd say I still had cringey teenager tendencies until I was at least 22 or 23. I'd say what the person above you said is perfectly accurate. Gen Zs are pretty much in peak teenage years right now. Edit: so I think the article Google gave me was 2 years old. Still, it would put Gen Zs between ages 11 and 26. I think the point still mostly stands. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] ewU2000@feddit.de 3 points 3 years ago (1 child) Quick question where did you get a time machine from? I did not know they were already invented in 2021. /s permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] dandroid@dandroid.app 2 points 3 years ago That's what I get for copying what I saw on Google instead of doing the math myself. I'll take the L on this one. 😅 It was probably a two year old article that Google used in their "answer" permalink fedilink source parent [+] Rainmanslim@lemm.ee 1 point 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent
[+] Reva@startrek.website 11 points 3 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 child) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] dmention7@lemm.ee 30 points 3 years ago* (1 child) Elder millennial here. Personally I view this as the kind of good natured ribbing that comes from a healthy relationship between an older and younger sibling. I think our generation (and Gen X too) have an overall positive view of Gen Z, but you are out of your mind if you think we're going to pass up an opportunity to give them some shit when it's warranted! Rainmanslim's comment doesn't strike me as mean-spirited at all. If anything it's the opposite of condescending because it acknowledges that the cringiness of being a teenager knows no generational bounds. Embrace it and enjoy it, and then enjoy it again when you're old enough to laugh at your younger self! permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [+] Reva@startrek.website -5 points 3 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] dmention7@lemm.ee 6 points 3 years ago (1 child) Mate, that is a whole lot of projection and assumptions in one post. You do you, but I hope someday you learn that being able laugh at yourself is a strength not a weakness. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [+] Reva@startrek.website 1 point 3 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 child) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] dmention7@lemm.ee 1 point 3 years ago (1 child) Man, if you are in your 40s and still clinging to this idea that you've never done anything embarrassing in your life, have never teased a buddy for something stupid they have done, and feel the need to get all self-righteous on me for enjoying friendly banter between strangers then I don't know what else there is to say here. 🍻 permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [+] Reva@startrek.website 1 point 3 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent [–] cobra89@beehaw.org 3 points 3 years ago* (1 child) There is a reason "learn to laugh at yourself" is a recurring quote from many people. This is all this is, to learn to laugh at your younger self. No one is saying your feelings or thoughts as a teenager are invalid but perspectives and priorities change when you get older and the things that make you feel and act that way will seem trivial and therefore silly. There is a reason this is a recurring theme between generations. Sorry but your generation is no different. It is not bullying, it is learning to look back at your younger self and see that the difficulties you were facing were relatively trivial even if they didn't feel that way at the time. Also please remember your sentiment the next time you see one of these memes "attacking" millennials. Basically the way you've formed your argument here is that this meme in this OP is "bullying" millennials. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [+] Reva@startrek.website 0 points 3 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent
[–] dmention7@lemm.ee 30 points 3 years ago* (1 child) Elder millennial here. Personally I view this as the kind of good natured ribbing that comes from a healthy relationship between an older and younger sibling. I think our generation (and Gen X too) have an overall positive view of Gen Z, but you are out of your mind if you think we're going to pass up an opportunity to give them some shit when it's warranted! Rainmanslim's comment doesn't strike me as mean-spirited at all. If anything it's the opposite of condescending because it acknowledges that the cringiness of being a teenager knows no generational bounds. Embrace it and enjoy it, and then enjoy it again when you're old enough to laugh at your younger self! permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [+] Reva@startrek.website -5 points 3 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] dmention7@lemm.ee 6 points 3 years ago (1 child) Mate, that is a whole lot of projection and assumptions in one post. You do you, but I hope someday you learn that being able laugh at yourself is a strength not a weakness. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [+] Reva@startrek.website 1 point 3 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 child) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] dmention7@lemm.ee 1 point 3 years ago (1 child) Man, if you are in your 40s and still clinging to this idea that you've never done anything embarrassing in your life, have never teased a buddy for something stupid they have done, and feel the need to get all self-righteous on me for enjoying friendly banter between strangers then I don't know what else there is to say here. 🍻 permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [+] Reva@startrek.website 1 point 3 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent [–] cobra89@beehaw.org 3 points 3 years ago* (1 child) There is a reason "learn to laugh at yourself" is a recurring quote from many people. This is all this is, to learn to laugh at your younger self. No one is saying your feelings or thoughts as a teenager are invalid but perspectives and priorities change when you get older and the things that make you feel and act that way will seem trivial and therefore silly. There is a reason this is a recurring theme between generations. Sorry but your generation is no different. It is not bullying, it is learning to look back at your younger self and see that the difficulties you were facing were relatively trivial even if they didn't feel that way at the time. Also please remember your sentiment the next time you see one of these memes "attacking" millennials. Basically the way you've formed your argument here is that this meme in this OP is "bullying" millennials. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [+] Reva@startrek.website 0 points 3 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent
[+] Reva@startrek.website -5 points 3 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] dmention7@lemm.ee 6 points 3 years ago (1 child) Mate, that is a whole lot of projection and assumptions in one post. You do you, but I hope someday you learn that being able laugh at yourself is a strength not a weakness. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [+] Reva@startrek.website 1 point 3 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 child) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] dmention7@lemm.ee 1 point 3 years ago (1 child) Man, if you are in your 40s and still clinging to this idea that you've never done anything embarrassing in your life, have never teased a buddy for something stupid they have done, and feel the need to get all self-righteous on me for enjoying friendly banter between strangers then I don't know what else there is to say here. 🍻 permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [+] Reva@startrek.website 1 point 3 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent [–] cobra89@beehaw.org 3 points 3 years ago* (1 child) There is a reason "learn to laugh at yourself" is a recurring quote from many people. This is all this is, to learn to laugh at your younger self. No one is saying your feelings or thoughts as a teenager are invalid but perspectives and priorities change when you get older and the things that make you feel and act that way will seem trivial and therefore silly. There is a reason this is a recurring theme between generations. Sorry but your generation is no different. It is not bullying, it is learning to look back at your younger self and see that the difficulties you were facing were relatively trivial even if they didn't feel that way at the time. Also please remember your sentiment the next time you see one of these memes "attacking" millennials. Basically the way you've formed your argument here is that this meme in this OP is "bullying" millennials. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [+] Reva@startrek.website 0 points 3 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent
[–] dmention7@lemm.ee 6 points 3 years ago (1 child) Mate, that is a whole lot of projection and assumptions in one post. You do you, but I hope someday you learn that being able laugh at yourself is a strength not a weakness. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [+] Reva@startrek.website 1 point 3 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 child) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] dmention7@lemm.ee 1 point 3 years ago (1 child) Man, if you are in your 40s and still clinging to this idea that you've never done anything embarrassing in your life, have never teased a buddy for something stupid they have done, and feel the need to get all self-righteous on me for enjoying friendly banter between strangers then I don't know what else there is to say here. 🍻 permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [+] Reva@startrek.website 1 point 3 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent
[+] Reva@startrek.website 1 point 3 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 child) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] dmention7@lemm.ee 1 point 3 years ago (1 child) Man, if you are in your 40s and still clinging to this idea that you've never done anything embarrassing in your life, have never teased a buddy for something stupid they have done, and feel the need to get all self-righteous on me for enjoying friendly banter between strangers then I don't know what else there is to say here. 🍻 permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [+] Reva@startrek.website 1 point 3 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent
[–] dmention7@lemm.ee 1 point 3 years ago (1 child) Man, if you are in your 40s and still clinging to this idea that you've never done anything embarrassing in your life, have never teased a buddy for something stupid they have done, and feel the need to get all self-righteous on me for enjoying friendly banter between strangers then I don't know what else there is to say here. 🍻 permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [+] Reva@startrek.website 1 point 3 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent
[+] Reva@startrek.website 1 point 3 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent
[–] cobra89@beehaw.org 3 points 3 years ago* (1 child) There is a reason "learn to laugh at yourself" is a recurring quote from many people. This is all this is, to learn to laugh at your younger self. No one is saying your feelings or thoughts as a teenager are invalid but perspectives and priorities change when you get older and the things that make you feel and act that way will seem trivial and therefore silly. There is a reason this is a recurring theme between generations. Sorry but your generation is no different. It is not bullying, it is learning to look back at your younger self and see that the difficulties you were facing were relatively trivial even if they didn't feel that way at the time. Also please remember your sentiment the next time you see one of these memes "attacking" millennials. Basically the way you've formed your argument here is that this meme in this OP is "bullying" millennials. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [+] Reva@startrek.website 0 points 3 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent
[+] Reva@startrek.website 0 points 3 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent
[–] maddenim@lemmy.world 9 points 3 years ago* (1 child) last time I checked the youngest gen z are already young adults The youngest gen z are Indeed in the cringe phase, but many are already over that permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] dandroid@dandroid.app 10 points 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago) (2 children) A quick Google search puts the birth year range for Gen Z between 1997 and 2012, so between ages 9 and 24. That's like peak teenage years. You have some younger than that, some older than that, but the majority are going to be right in the middle. Plus, as much as 20 year olds like to pretend that that aren't cringey teenagers anymore, that behavior doesn't just change on your 20th birthday, it's a process that happens over time. I'd say I still had cringey teenager tendencies until I was at least 22 or 23. I'd say what the person above you said is perfectly accurate. Gen Zs are pretty much in peak teenage years right now. Edit: so I think the article Google gave me was 2 years old. Still, it would put Gen Zs between ages 11 and 26. I think the point still mostly stands. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] ewU2000@feddit.de 3 points 3 years ago (1 child) Quick question where did you get a time machine from? I did not know they were already invented in 2021. /s permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] dandroid@dandroid.app 2 points 3 years ago That's what I get for copying what I saw on Google instead of doing the math myself. I'll take the L on this one. 😅 It was probably a two year old article that Google used in their "answer" permalink fedilink source parent [+] Rainmanslim@lemm.ee 1 point 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent
[–] dandroid@dandroid.app 10 points 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago) (2 children) A quick Google search puts the birth year range for Gen Z between 1997 and 2012, so between ages 9 and 24. That's like peak teenage years. You have some younger than that, some older than that, but the majority are going to be right in the middle. Plus, as much as 20 year olds like to pretend that that aren't cringey teenagers anymore, that behavior doesn't just change on your 20th birthday, it's a process that happens over time. I'd say I still had cringey teenager tendencies until I was at least 22 or 23. I'd say what the person above you said is perfectly accurate. Gen Zs are pretty much in peak teenage years right now. Edit: so I think the article Google gave me was 2 years old. Still, it would put Gen Zs between ages 11 and 26. I think the point still mostly stands. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] ewU2000@feddit.de 3 points 3 years ago (1 child) Quick question where did you get a time machine from? I did not know they were already invented in 2021. /s permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] dandroid@dandroid.app 2 points 3 years ago That's what I get for copying what I saw on Google instead of doing the math myself. I'll take the L on this one. 😅 It was probably a two year old article that Google used in their "answer" permalink fedilink source parent [+] Rainmanslim@lemm.ee 1 point 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent
[–] ewU2000@feddit.de 3 points 3 years ago (1 child) Quick question where did you get a time machine from? I did not know they were already invented in 2021. /s permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] dandroid@dandroid.app 2 points 3 years ago That's what I get for copying what I saw on Google instead of doing the math myself. I'll take the L on this one. 😅 It was probably a two year old article that Google used in their "answer" permalink fedilink source parent
[–] dandroid@dandroid.app 2 points 3 years ago That's what I get for copying what I saw on Google instead of doing the math myself. I'll take the L on this one. 😅 It was probably a two year old article that Google used in their "answer" permalink fedilink source parent
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