[Misc] What do you think of Generation Z?

[DataPoint]

What are 1989 - 1995 called?

edit: I looked it up: Millenials.

What are there defining characteristics?

They can spell!

 

[Han Solo]

What are 1989 - 1995 called?

edit: I looked it up: Millenials.

What are there defining characteristics?

We're super cool and successful...

 

[Han Solo]

Generation Z are those born between 1997 and 2012, so, 13 to 28 year olds today.

They are the social media generation - glued to their smart phones, spend a lot of their time browsing social media, watching memes, online shorts and influencers. They're very conscious if not passionate about mental health and social inclusivity issues... and generally really not into the hedonistic desires of young people of the past, such as sex, drugs and alcohol.

I personally feel they're missing out on life, quite significantly. But that's not say my (millennial) generation was right, but we definitely did things differently. But I am eternally glad that I was not born into the smartphone/social media era. It can't be good for our young people, at all.

The span is too wide. Kids born in 1997 and 2012 grew up on different planets.

 

[Badger]

I cannot stand this arbitrary grouping of people by "generation". It's utterly meaningless.

 

[Robdinho]

This thread is lovely. If you like divisiveness.

Indeed. The OP has just, yet again, started a thread with clickbaity subject and a divisive generalisation, presumably in their ongoing quest to make Bozza loads of money or something, and people fall for it everytime.

 

[beorhthelm]

we're getting concerned the older ones arent drinking or otherwise letting off stream, lack any proper youth/music/counter culture. or is doing the tiktok/influencer thing replaced that?

 

[Paulie Gualtieri]

What are they missing out on?

 

[Crawley Dingo]

Gen Z are easy for lazy journalists to take cheap shots at. But no generation in modern times has had such a raw deal in terms of their future prospects re jobs and housing. No wonder they seek refuge in their phones.

The kids are alright

Agree 100%.

I like them more than millennials who let algorithms really compartmentalise their lives, Z are more savvy.

The business world has got it in for them calling them lazy, entitled and lacking initiative.

 

[bWize]

what are you?

On cusp of Gen X and Millennial.

I was only being tongue in cheek... Like others have said it's all very divisive.

 

[Cheshire Cat]

I used to be the future once upon a time. I remember it well.

 

[dejavuatbtn]

I love the grandkids but worry for them. Gone are the halcyon days of youth.

 

[Super Steve Earle]

Prefer them to boomers

Shame boomer has become a lazy pejorative term these days. Not that those who use it as such would even understand pejorative.

 

[Hovegull]

Ask them if they think they are okay.

I doubt you lived your life the same way your grandparents did. Every generation shifts and as none of us understand what it is like to be part of this generation growing up today, it’s hard to make judgements on their behalf.

 

[Creaky]

Gen Z are easy for lazy journalists to take cheap shots at. But no generation in modern times has had such a raw deal in terms of their future prospects re jobs and housing. No wonder they seek refuge in their phones.

The kids are alright

Is that really true?

I'd say my dad's generation, the 'baby boomers' of the first world war had it far harder. A childhood during the depression of the 30's, young adulthood during a world war followed by a housing shortage of the 40's and 50's.

 

[Cotton Socks]

Generation Z are those born between 1997 and 2012, so, 13 to 28 year olds today.

They are the social media generation - glued to their smart phones, spend a lot of their time browsing social media, watching memes, online shorts and influencers. They're very conscious if not passionate about mental health and social inclusivity issues... and generally really not into the hedonistic desires of young people of the past, such as sex, drugs and alcohol.

I personally feel they're missing out on life, quite significantly. But that's not say my (millennial) generation was right, but we definitely did things differently. But I am eternally glad that I was not born into the smartphone/social media era. It can't be good for our young people, at all.

Is it 'missing' out though? Their lives changed completely during Covid. My youngest had 2 'normal' senior school years. Years 7 & 11, they had no choice but to move most of their lives to online. They couldn't meet up & get pissed in a park, they couldn't play football & without social media they would've had basically no connection to the outside world aside from the TV. Even buying alcohol is a completely different kettle of fish for the yoof. They actually have to 'show' photographic ID. You can't just memorise the wrong date of birth anymore or give them someone else's paper driving licence.

How do you think they have become so savvy about mental health & inclusivity? There's a few bits on the news about both & there're a couple of lessons at school. Obviously as I'm such a wonderful parent I ensure I spend at least 2 hours a week talking to him about social issues (not). But we do talk about social issues because of what we both see on social media. Gone are the days of the 6 o'clock news being on & them hearing it hourly on the radio. I was listening to the news on the radio on Monday & the thought occurred that if I'd just heard that 1 minute round up, I wouldn't be any the wiser as to what's going on in the world.

My FIL hates the concept of online gaming & talking to friends online, he hates anything 'social' done online. I struggle to find any difference between online & him going round to a mates house & playing the Spectrum 48k. Apart from the fact more of his friends can get together & play the same game online, they can also chat whilst not playing the same game. If Covid happened when I was their age my Mum would've likely had a £3k phone bill each month & a child with serious mental health problems. Social media was their lifeline through Covid, yes there is bullying and some really s**t parts to phones & social media but without it during Covid the mental health problems would be even worse & there would've been millions of Monopoly boards burnt, to the point Monopoly would be extinct.

I my eldest is on the border of being a Gen Z, I can remember saying to him 'shouldn't you be going out getting p*ssed in a park rather than sitting here gaming'. then when he did start getting p*ssed in the park I ended up grounding him for getting too p*ssed in the park, coming home late & throwing up everywhere. He was grounded for the lateness!

I'm Gen X, 'Friends Reunited' was a 'wow' moment. As was sending an email to a company to complain. I can't moan that they're using the tools we made but I can educate my kids about the best way to use them. It's you millennials that grabbed it and ran with it with no clue what you were doing. I have a millennial friend whose 5 year old daughter has an ipad. She thought it was 'fine' as she could only access YouTube kids and she had the 'knowledge' at 5 to not click on something she shouldn't. About an hour later I looked at what her daughter had been clicking & the games she had been playing. Most were completely innocent but one caught me eye, it was a cartoon but not at all innocent. I then turned my own tablet into kids mode & showed her how easy it is to get to inappropriate stuff without even trying. She thought she had this 'check with me before downloading games' all wrapped up but she missed a big one.
7 year olds being allowed access to Tik Tok & social media is because their parents are allowing them to!! I set up my kids social media accounts when they were the right age to set them up. It was a rite of passage. I was so bloody helpful to them that I even helped them decide on a password they were likely to remember, write it down for them & put it in a drawer for them in case they forgot it.

 

[Cotton Socks]

Gen Z, don't write essays on social media if that helps!

 

[lawros left foot]

Our youth now love luxury, they have bad manners, contempt for authority; they show disrespect for elders, and they love to chatter instead of exercise. Children are now tyrants not servants of their household. They no longer rise when elders enter the room. They contradict their parents, chatter before company, gobble up their food and tyrannize their teachers.”

Socrates 420 BC (ish)

‘Twas always thus.

 

[Han Solo]

Is that really true?

I'd say my dad's generation, the 'baby boomers' of the first world war had it far harder. A childhood during the depression of the 30's, young adulthood during a world war followed by a housing shortage of the 40's and 50's.

Is 100+ years ago modern times?

 

[Anger]

Our youth now love luxury, they have bad manners, contempt for authority; they show disrespect for elders, and they love to chatter instead of exercise. Children are now tyrants not servants of their household. They no longer rise when elders enter the room. They contradict their parents, chatter before company, gobble up their food and tyrannize their teachers.”

Socrates 420 BC (ish)

‘Twas always thus.

Typical Boomer that Socrates.

 

[WATFORD zero]

Generation Z are those born between 1997 and 2012, so, 13 to 28 year olds today.

They are the social media generation - glued to their smart phones, spend a lot of their time browsing social media, watching memes, online shorts and influencers. They're very conscious if not passionate about mental health and social inclusivity issues... and generally really not into the hedonistic desires of young people of the past, such as sex, drugs and alcohol.

I personally feel they're missing out on life, quite significantly. But that's not say my (millennial) generation was right, but we definitely did things differently. But I am eternally glad that I was not born into the smartphone/social media era. It can't be good for our young people, at all.

So someone who was born at 11.59 on 31st December 1996 is VERY different to someone born 2 mins later ?

Luckily Idiocy knows no such limits and goes trundling inevitably onwards across all generations