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What the Fuck happened with Gen X? (self.asklemmy)

submitted 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) by NONE_dc to c/[email protected]

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All I hear about is "boomers" this, "Millennials" that, "Gen Z" that, etc.

Why no one talk about Gen X? What happened to them? They just vanished like in Infinity War? Or are we mistaken Gen Z by Boomers?

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Both millenials and boomers get hate for being terrible parents and workaholics, and the hate gen z is currently getting for having no work ethic sounds very similar to the hate gen X got back when they were in their 20s for being supposedly lazy and stupid becuase of MTV.

Millennials were definitely called entitled and lazy.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Millenials definitely were called enitled and lazy when they were in their 20s. Theyre in their 40s now, now the supposedly lazy generation is Gen Z. Every generation has called kids in their 20s entitled and lazy. In about 15 years Gen Alpha will be the lazy and entitled generation.

That said, it is a big hole in this theory. Gen X and the Silent Generation seem to only be remembered by how they behaved in their youth, and Gen Z seems to be following that trend.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Millennials are not in their 40s. The oldest of them are, sure, but a ton are still in their 30s.