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minus-squareCreateProblems@corndog.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up54·10 months agoMillennials are older than Gen Z. Why would a Gen Z’er be sitting in an armchair reading a newspaper? Gen Z would be born between 1997 and 2012, these people basically grew up online.
minus-squareMatch!!@pawb.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up28·10 months agoHe’s just committed to the vintagecore aesthetic
minus-squareTh4tGuyII@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up18·10 months agoI suspect the author meant Gen X, but was too busy laughing at their own joke to bother checking which generation is which
minus-squarePeppycito@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·10 months agoCould be an engagement tool.
minus-squareAltima NEO@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·10 months agoGen z are all about the retro stuff they didn’t grow up with
minus-squareMossy Feathers (They/Them)@pawb.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·10 months agoMillennials: nostalgic for the late-80s/90s/early-00s because that’s when they were growing up. Gen Z: nostalgic for the late-80s/90s/early-00s because that’s when there was still some hope in the world. Gen alpha: not old enough yet to be nostalgic (but will probably be nostalgic for the pre-trump/pre-covid days of the US).
minus-squarenandeEbisu@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·10 months agoI read that as Gen X. Gen Z makes no sense.
Millennials are older than Gen Z. Why would a Gen Z’er be sitting in an armchair reading a newspaper? Gen Z would be born between 1997 and 2012, these people basically grew up online.
He’s just committed to the vintagecore aesthetic
I suspect the author meant Gen X, but was too busy laughing at their own joke to bother checking which generation is which
Could be an engagement tool.
Gen z are all about the retro stuff they didn’t grow up with
Millennials: nostalgic for the late-80s/90s/early-00s because that’s when they were growing up.
Gen Z: nostalgic for the late-80s/90s/early-00s because that’s when there was still some hope in the world.
Gen alpha: not old enough yet to be nostalgic (but will probably be nostalgic for the pre-trump/pre-covid days of the US).
I read that as Gen X. Gen Z makes no sense.