thinking a lot about millenials vs gen z

Submitted by twovests in just_post

my age is right on the fence so i get to claim to be either one whenever i want

but i also think i am realizing a lot of experiences gen Z will mostly or entirely miss out on, like:

  • incandescent outdoor lighting being dominant

  • going entire summers with no contact with your friends

  • new game coming out could work in ways totally unimaginable to you, with graphics that literally leave you awestruck, since new ideas flourished behind every step of hardware improvements

  • plus all the various mechanical differences with how our lives operate in the day to day, and its implications on the people. (

  • the birds. and the bees. (and the bugs. there are so far fewer of them now. where are the monarch butterflies?)

  • extremely low input latency computers. (think retro consoles on a CRT, or typing on a commodore 64, etc.)

i think this is really just "thoughts on aging for someone in their mid 20s, identifying the things i was born just in time to appreciate"

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neku wrote

we are the last generation to grow up without cell phones being totally ubiquitous, which i think is funny. nobody younger than us has experienced a world without a societal expectation that everyone can be reached at any time, and if you cant reach them, theyre either endangered or like, a freak who doesnt have a phone

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neku wrote

Replying to hollyhoppet (#15,102)

95% of the time im like "theres no point in worrying about hitting 30. thats like 4 years away. and its not like it's gonna make a difference anyway. its just a number. who cares" and 5% of the time there's a flashing light in my brain labelled "GAY DEATH IMMINENT BRACE FOR IMPACT"

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500poundsofnothing wrote

I am only 22 but I have none of these memories besides not being in contact with my friends in the summer.

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