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[–] CreateProblems@corndog.social 60 points 11 months ago (4 children)

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.

[–] match@pawb.social 31 points 11 months ago

He's just committed to the vintagecore aesthetic

[–] Th4tGuyII@kbin.social 21 points 11 months ago (2 children)

I suspect the author meant Gen X, but was too busy laughing at their own joke to bother checking which generation is which

[–] EatYouWell@lemmy.world 12 points 11 months ago (1 children)

But it's not even millennial lingo.

[–] Th4tGuyII@kbin.social 6 points 11 months ago

Exactly. If anything it should be Gen Z (or Alpha) saying those things

[–] Peppycito@sh.itjust.works 2 points 11 months ago

Could be an engagement tool.

[–] altima_neo@lemmy.zip 8 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Gen z are all about the retro stuff they didn't grow up with

[–] MossyFeathers@pawb.social 9 points 11 months ago

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).

[–] nandeEbisu@lemmy.world 5 points 11 months ago

I read that as Gen X. Gen Z makes no sense.

[–] KazuyaDarklight@lemmy.world 47 points 11 months ago (3 children)

The joke may have merit, all generations have their lingo but it does seem to have gotten extra meme-ish as of late, but the labels are all wrong. Millennials are the old ones, the meme language speaker should be labeled as Z (which came after millennials) or Alpha (came after Z, born 2010-2025.)

[–] agent_flounder@lemmy.world 5 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I think if they were gen alpha they would just be texting weird memes.

[–] Nouveau_Burnswick@lemmy.world 7 points 11 months ago

Lazy gen A, not even done being born yet.

[–] shasta@lemm.ee 4 points 11 months ago (2 children)

The new gen just has the ability to disseminate slang faster with all the online tools. Back in my day, words only entered slang status when a celebrity used it in the media.

[–] MataVatnik@lemmy.world 1 points 11 months ago

It's kind of insane the turn around of slang. Can't tell if it's because I'm older that it appears that way.

[–] KazuyaDarklight@lemmy.world 1 points 11 months ago

Honestly, that's a pretty decent explanation.

[–] kSPvhmTOlwvMd7Y7E@lemmy.world 0 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Did they switch alphabets too when rolling over from Z to A?

[–] Peppycito@sh.itjust.works 3 points 11 months ago

Yes, they went Greek. Starting the letter naming scheme with X turned out to be a mistake.

[–] nieceandtows@programming.dev 21 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I think Gen X fits a lot better than Gen Z.

[–] XbSuper@lemmy.world 6 points 11 months ago

Except it doesn't, because it's gen z's lingo. This comic is just all wrong.

[–] tyrefyre@sh.itjust.works 21 points 11 months ago

Looks like they got the labels backwards

[–] scytale@lemm.ee 17 points 11 months ago

As an older millennial, I wouldn’t know what they mean either.

[–] DumbAceDragon@sh.itjust.works 14 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I've met more zoomers who talk like that than millennials tbh.

[–] HamSwagwich@showeq.com 4 points 11 months ago

Yeah my millennial girlfriend does not talk like that nor do her friends. That's more juvenile speech and millennials are creeping into late stage adulting at this point and past that nonsense.

Signed... GenX

[–] PugJesus@kbin.social 10 points 11 months ago (3 children)

Shouldn't Gen Z know what a 'Spicy X' is though

(it's everything and nothing)

[–] match@pawb.social 5 points 11 months ago

Spicy X? That site sucks nowadays

[–] gdog05@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago

Still tastes better than Da Bomb.

[–] Spacehooks@reddthat.com 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Spice x means everything and nothing ?

[–] Th4tGuyII@kbin.social 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Not exactly, I think @PugJesus (brilliant username and pic BTW) means that "a spicy X" can mean a lot of different things dependent on what word "X" is

[–] PugJesus@kbin.social 2 points 11 months ago

Plutonium is just spicy rocks

[–] c0mbatbag3l@lemmy.world 9 points 11 months ago

No bussin? Cant be Gen Z.