#but I'm also gen-z

[just-an-enby-lemon]

My brother just told me that Twilight started as a MCR fic and I don't know where he got this missinformation but I find this hilarius.

#my chemical romance #mcr #twilight #I was never a twilight kid #but I WAS a MCR kid #I just jumped the infodump part for some reason #funny #that is how fake news get passed down #he heard about it online and than went and told his friends #creating a group of kids who think twilight started as an MCR fanfic #i was going to make a coment about gen-z #but I'm also gen-z #so that's it #lol #and yes he was very sure of it #at least until I started laughting #than he made me go to a 20 minute google search with him #the results obvly were that twilight was never an mcr fic #he was very disapointed

[reasonsforhope]

Sometimes you just have one of those moments where the progress we've made as a culture get thrown into stark relief. You look at something and go "Holy shit, that would never have happened when I was a kid."

Today, I had one of those moments when I realized that the teenage boys I'm working with are just. genuinely, openly enthusiastic about going to Build-a-Bear for their outing.

These are sixteen and seventeen year old boys! They just had a whole conversation about what to name their "cute", mostly new squishmallows! They're genuinely excited that they're going to Build-a-Bear this weekend and asking other kids to pick up specific accessories for them!!

Holy shit, that never would've happened when I was 16. None of the boys would have dared to be visibly interested - and neither would most of the girls! There would have been a million gay jokes and "Haha, you're a girl" jokes and "What are you, a baby?" jokes. Teenagers weren't even supposed to care about anything back then!

Less than 15 years later, and I'm watching three 17 year old boys treat all that as not even worthy of comment.

So let's call that a reason for hope. Even when the kids aren't alright, in some ways apparently they are alright. Go Gen Z, honestly. It's so lovely to watch you guys just openly doing and saying stuff that, when I was a teen, would've been a social death sentence.

#obligatory disclaimer that this really really obviously is not universal #I do live in a major progressive city #there's definitely a level of a liberal bubble effect here #but it's still really powerful to see it #because even in a major liberal enclave there were so many limits on the gender roles and homophobia etc. etc. fronts #and also the limits of the oppressive weight of obligatory teen apathy lol #seriously go gen z. so glad you guys decided cringe is dead. I love you for that so much #and I love it for you #not news #life #hope #homophobia #sexism #teens #teenagers #progress #gen z #btw if it wasn't clear I'm a #millennial #plush toy #plushie #squishmallows #build a bear #stuffed animal #like the idea of almost any teenager much less teenage boys #saying IN FRONT OF THEIR PEERS #that they are excited about their STUFFED ANIMALS #when I was a teenager #????? #cannot imagine that ever happening.

[softerhaze]

(♪)

me, an infant, not knowing that i’m a sim in a wants based gameplay (like, what is that.....lol) and that both of my parents (also sims) have wants related to having another kid

there was just a lot of simulated love in this little house okay!! i can’t get into it right now!! for emotional reasons!! *starts crying, drops the mic u didn’t know i had, storms off the stage u didn’t know i was on*

also amie doesn’t have much time left lol, i wanted to make sure i had a good pic of her with her only great-grandchild ;------;

#ts4 #*ts4gameplay #*sunday save #*sunday save gen 2 #z #*jay #*ruthie #*paloma #*amie #i'll tag everyone else later (no i won't) #gonna keep it real with u all....i love these pixels so much it makes my heart ache <3 #also this party was on new years but her actual birthday will be on fall 1 so i'm just #making everything consistent in advance lol

[nero-neptune]

idk how much stock i put into those "gen z is more conservative than past generations" think-pieces from a few years back. but it's very possible for a person: to believe that climate change is a problem, to support (or be part of) the LGBT community, to believe in universal healthcare and social services, to support religious tolerance, to fight for expanded housing and labor rights, etc etc etc, and still, like, unabashedly hate women on a level you wouldn't believe existed

#like you really can't underestimate how far someone's hate can go for a specific group of people #while also believing in otherwise 'progressive' values idk #maybe i'm being a pessimist about these things #this is related to the last post i reblogged but now it's just on my mind #i understand that polls show (at least in the us) that gen z votes more blue than past generations and that's commendable #but you can walk and chew gum yknow. you can believe in progressive stuff while also being a massive sexist #and idk if these 'woowoo ~~trendy~~ sexism stereotypes but 'alternative and rebellious' bc i'm owning it' shit is uh. helping. #especially when you're too young to discern what is and is not 'ironic' or a 'joke' and you take it at face value #certain stuff is formative bc you're exposed to it young. and then BAM. it shapes how you see the world for a Very long time #sexism #rambles

[marypsue]

It bums me out that they remade Mean Girls, not because I'm philosophically opposed to remakes or even remakes of icons from my own youth, but because we had one high school black comedy about popular girls per decade for a while there but then it dried up and I want it back. And also I want to see what an all-original 2020s high school black comedy about popular girls would look like.

#we don't need another mean girls! we need and gen z deserves a successor to mean girls! #did they remake heathers in 2004? THEY DID NOT. they gave us our OWN #also high school in the 2020s - even the Hollywood version - is a complete black box to me and I'm curious

[hipsternumbertwo]

FNAF: A Rollercoaster of Emotions

#amanda lehan canto #shayne topp #smosh #smosh games #smgifs #i'm holding it!!!! made me wheeze #amanda thriving while shayne descends into madness is everything #also i want shaymanda to continue this types of vids but also add trevor + arasha for gen z & also angela + spencer/damien for added chaos

[rimouskis]

cross-generational friendships have been so important and formative and crucial to my adulthood. and i'm not talking about "oh I'm in my 20s and nearly all my friends are in their 30s ha ha ha" [true], I'm talking about "I labored side-by-side with people in their 40s, 50s, and 60s and became friends with them."

one such friend and I went to a funeral today to support a third friend and it really reaffirmed how important these relationships have been to me and how good they are for keeping perspective and taking advice from people with more experience than you.

tomorrow I'm going on a walk and then getting lunch with an old boss-turned-friend/mentor who's old enough to be my mother (like, literally her oldest son is my age) and I'm looking forward to it so much. having friends who you can bond with but also learn life lessons from is such a gift and it makes me lament my current work situation (everyone on my team is within a 3-year age range).

#which is good for memes and general internet savviness but like. there's so much to be learned from more ppl y'know #i'm glad we got to support our friend today #and I'm soooo looking forward to tomorrow. I miss this woman so much. she really sees herself in me (we have similar ''backstories'') #and I think a lot about how she told me that hiring me (and a few other Young Guns) made her change her mind about millennials/gen z [lolll #but like that's exactly it right? that you can make connections with people you may NOT think you have community with #and BAM suddenly you're not just in community but you're also friends. you can take and give in turn and just really gain better insight #sorry I'm passionate about multigenerational friendships. the 68yo south sider I worked with taught me so much lol I love her

[fitzrove]

Not touching the original post HAHSHFHGJG but omg y'all need to learn to be normal about gen z this is embarrassing

i'm begging people online to talk to actual 20ish year olds and not make assumptions based on your tiktok user niece that you see once a year at family gatherings and crap.

We are not children. we are adults in college and grad school and shit (median age in my MA is about 23) and most of us in fact know how to use laptops, word processors, folders and basic software........... Almost every entry level office job (which we are holding down and applying to to be able to afford grad school!!!!!!!) requires microsoft office skills (excel etc) so it's laughable to make claims like this with zero non-anecdotal evidence

This keeps happening in posts about gen z doing this and that and I'm fucking tired!!!! I stg being born in 1994 doesnt make you smarter or more tech literate than younger generations it just makes you (at least some ppl) smug and annoying apparently!!!!!!!!

#media and tech literacy declining is an issue #but i stg. y'all always make the stupidest assumptions about this mythologised interpretation of a homogenous gen z that DOES NOT EXIST #ashhdjf also no hate to the ppl on my dash who reblogged this its not your fault #i'm just so tired of this discourse cos its everywhere #the urge to get a phd by age 25 to be able to effectively talk down to people older than me online ASHDJFJKGJKLASKSDHGJ #(dw i'm not THAT obnoxious)

[shaynetopps]

smosh fans do in fact love trevor

#trevor #shayne #amanda #smosh mouth #also him talking about mythical fans thinking he's annoying :/ #i'm so sorry king #but the gen z's are here to show their support!!

[im-secretly-a-frog]

I find it interesting that Rose, Donna, Amy, and Clara are always mentioned and loved, but it's very rare to see someone say that Bill or Martha was their favorite companion...

Just an observation.

#I'm not calling anyone racist #but these are treated like filler characters #in between the white ones #doctor who #Not even gonna mention Bill's queerness... #Companions #the doctor #I mean even Ruby is white #and I get that she's supposed to be a typical gen z TikToker or whatever but there are also Poc that fit that description #but I would like #Just once #for a POC companion to be as celebrated as Amy #or Rose #10th doctor #11th doctor #9th doctor #rose tyler #amy pond #donna noble #clara oswald #12th doctor #david tennant #matt smith #peter capaldi #I can't remember who played 9 #sorry #I don't care enough to look it up

[beedreamscape]

When the book comes out I'll be taking Alecto (my old barbies) out of the tomb (big plastic box) where I kept her for the last myriad (since I was 10) because I too refuse to let go (i will never give these away).

#i had no Hollywood hair barbie bc I'm not ancient/j #(though john was very likely also a gen z by the doll's date of release depending how old his mom had been at the time. well I'm divulging) #BUT I did have one that came with a hair coloring 'straightner' #and yeah she was the most beautiful. not blond but a bronzeish brown hair with tan skin #alecto #alecto the ninth #tlt #the locked tomb

[piutonic]

#chanyeol #park chanyeol #kyungsoo #do kyungsoo #d.o. #chansoo #exo #what do you call this aesthetic.... #blurry but also overexposed and vibrant #tried to replicate what i imagine junmyeon wanted to channel when he took this photo xd #junmy's my favorite gen z millennial fr #this looks like a poster for a queer asian student short film #directed by a big wong kar wai fan or something #i love that chanyeol's obsessed with kyungsoo #he's so me.... i'm so him.......... #couple photos he said #exoedit #kyungsew <3

[juniperika]

So, Seinfeld is trending and I'm currently watching it, and I have to say it aged pretty well

Obviously, there are episodes that seem kind of absurd because the whole drama would be over in a minute if they had ✨smartphones✨ but that's to be expected

But there was no *how on earth did they think this was appropriate to say??? this couldn't air today* like I felt sometimes watching clips from other older sitcoms (ummm Friends)

The characters are imperfect, and say inappropriate things, and are made fun of.

Continuity? They did not know her.

#seinfeld #also carphones are a hilarious concept #also it's weird how fashion influences our idea of beauty #gen z made the nineties trendy #and I'm starting to find the hilarious haircuts in this show attractive

[softerhaze]

um....how is prangent even formed

#ts4 #*ts4gameplay #*pheebs #z #*lou #*screams and cries as i change lou's aspiration to super parent* #also....i'm thinking about......curing them of being werewolves 👉👈 #but i want werewolf toddlers so they're safe for nOW #pregnancy cw #*sunday save #*sunday save gen 1

[priconstella]

Inspired by this tweet from WolfeyGlick. Here's a chart on potential Legends: Z-A starters, with starters eliminated for various reasons. Color key also shows just how likely I feel these would be take into account by Nintendo and how much I feel my guess is accurate.

So the dark red "used as previous starters" are (in my mind) almost definitely going to be ruled out, while the yellow "newest gen" are still on the edge.

Since this is a hard chart to describe for screen readers, written out version below the readmore

Ruled out for being the starters in the last Legends game: Rowlet, Cyndaquil, Oshawott

Ruled out for having a pre-existing mega, when the new Z-A will likely want them to have new forms: Bulbasaur, Charmander, Squirtle, Treecko, Torchic, Mudkip

Ruled out for being starters from X and Y: Chespin, Fennkin, Froakie

Ruled out for being starters from the most recent gen: Sprigatito, Fuecoco, Quaxly

That leaves four starters for each type for Z-A.

Remaining grass starter options: Chikorita, Turtwig, Snivy, and Grookey

Remaining fire starter options: Chimchar, Tepig, Litten, and Scorbunny

Remaining water starter options: Totodile, Piplup, Popplio, and Sobble

#Pokemon #Legends Z-A #Styx talks #Also if you see this and have Thoughts >:( I'm begging you to both not take this seriously + notice the color system #Bc I also don't have full faith in the yellow but I debated on it long enough to include it #Doing this felt like an logic puzzle when I started to think about 1 starter per gen thing #But I couldn't think of a way to show that without going into permutations

[babbeldumpsterfire]

I've been discussing this recently with people older than me, and I've always considered myself as a person who got to experience, albeit fleetingly, the XX century. Some say that being born in the 90s means you basically only experienced 1/10 or less of the XX century, so you can be lumped with 2000s kid as honorary member lol. Some say early 90s are the last conceivable birth years to call yourself a 90s/XX century child. So, what's the opinion on this here on tumblr? Who can be realistically called a XX century kid? (edit: to better explain, who can be said to have experienced fully or at least pretty satisfactorily the XXth? People who turned 20 in the 90s? People who hit 30s in the 90s?) Reblog for larger sample size!

#polls #boomers #gen x #millennials #gen z #I'm a 94 baby so ok I was way too small to remember much #but I've also always felt like I have more in common with people born in the late 80s and all the 90s (stretching it to include 00-01 borns #I feel like people born 2000 and after are like a whole different planet #to me they're the real new millennium kids #(I'm not saying I feel superior or anything #it's just that it feels a bit forced to lump me with new century kids who are still teenagers or early 20s-since I'm pushing 30s lmao)