[Misc] What do you think of Generation Z?

[Eeyore]

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.

You say '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 struggle with the concept that this means they are missing out on life, but rather embracing it without the need for stimulation. That can only be wholesome.

I suggest, though, that this doesn't tell the whole story and that in many ways a lot will be just like we were. I also fear for their futures given that access to all the things that we took for granted is no given. Housing being a prime example.

I think every generation says it was better in their day, but I don't subscribe to that. If it was better in my day it is more guided towards the cost of living being easier on essentials.

As regards being glued to the internet, I suspect this is just as true of folk older. I'm Generation X, it was my generation where it first took hold.

I prefer today and its greater emphasis on compassion. And there are some things I wish were as before. The truth always lays in between.

 

[BadFish]

Judging and defining people by the year in which they are born is stupid divisive and as useful as doing the same by star signs. Generalisation at its worse and most corrosive.

Take people as you find them, be aware of your biases and don't be duped into this kind of social media bullshit it's my advice.

But then I am Gen X so I would think that

 

[Cotton Socks]

Judging and defining people by the year in which they are born is stupid divisive and as useful as doing the same by star signs. Generalisation at its worse and most corrosive.

Take people as you find them, be aware of your biases and don't be duped into this kind of social media bullshit it's my advice.

But then i am Gen Z so I would think that

Oi, get off of here!! You're only allowed to know the snippets from NSC on Insta or FB at a push, depending on whether you're '97 or 2012.

@Bozza please introduce some age verifications so these young whippersnappers can't infiltrate. I do have a slight niggling worry that I may argue with my kids on here so can I send you their email addresses as well so you can decline their membership if they were to go further than Insta & FB. TIA

 

[Eeyore]

Judging and defining people by the year in which they are born is stupid divisive and as useful as doing the same by star signs. Generalisation at its worse and most corrosive.

Take people as you find them, be aware of your biases and don't be duped into this kind of social media bullshit it's my advice.

But then i am Gen Z so I would think that

You're Generation Z ! A mature head on young shoulders then.

 

[BadFish]

Before we get too judgy about more recent generations it should be remembered that we created them and the world in which they inhabit.

My daughter is 17 and is going to struggle with going to university and owning a house. What is she doing about that? Well currently she is going to school and working 3 nights a week and over the weekend to try and save for a house/accommodation at university (yes I have told her we will support her, but she is fiercely independent).

At her age, every penny I had went on drink, drugs and having a good time and ignoring the forces that were creating the world she now inhabits.

Blaming the recipients of the world we enabled to be created is f***ing stupid IMHO. Perhaps we should start to think of how we create a world where young people can easily own a house, afford a social life and/or access further education.

Although I suspect many of us will continue to twattishly blame the victims of their situation and label them all as lazy and entitled - which btw every generation appears to have been labelled forever.

pick a quote - https://history.stackexchange.com/q...e-of-people-complaining-about-modern-times-an

 

[BadFish]

You're Generation Z ! A mature head on young shoulders then.

Bugger, sausage fingers and stupid phone keyboard strike again - I am Gen X

 

[BadFish]

Oi, get off of here!! You're only allowed to know the snippets from NSC on Insta or FB at a push, depending on whether you're '97 or 2012.

@Bozza please introduce some age verifications so these young whippersnappers can't infiltrate. I do have a slight niggling worry that I may argue with my kids on here so can I send you their email addresses as well so you can decline their membership if they were to go further than Insta & FB. TIA

Sorry, I'm not Gen Z, I am Gen X - I Just can't use my phone or brain correctly.

 

[Cotton Socks]

Sorry, I'm not Gen Z, I am Gen X - I Just can't use my phone or brain correctly.

You can stay them! I know I'm 'Gen X' as I had my phone over to my 'Gen Zeds' & tell them to do it as they can do it faster. I'm sure they can do the 2 thumb messaging a sentence quicker than I can say it.

 

[Eeyore]

Of course, the whole 'generation' concept is a myth. Started by one person, or form of media, and gaining traction. It is a lazy generalisation if used to quantify character.

 

[ManOfSussex]

They can't drink properly and they phone in sick for work too easily. There was a 25 year old at work this week who took 2 days off for tooth ache. Stupid little shit.

 

[Iggle Piggle]

They can't drink properly and they phone in sick for work too easily. There was a 25 year old at work this week who took 2 days off for tooth ache. Stupid little shit.

When I was that age I took many a Monday off because I was still wasted from Saturday night. I used to sleep and watch MTV all day.

I'm sure I used toothache as one of my bullshit excuses.

 

[wellquickwoody]

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.

Poofs.

 

[ManOfSussex]

When I was that age I took many a Monday off because I was still wasted from Saturday night. I used to sleep and watch MTV all day.

I'm sure I used toothache as one of my bullshit excuses.

You were wasted and I was wasted at 25, but I've seen kids at work oversleep because they've had just 3 pints the night before. Then they're so entitled they expect to get away with it. Last year at work a kid turned up 2 hours late on his first day because he'd overslept and then couldn't see what the problem was.

 

[BadFish]

They can't drink properly and they phone in sick for work too easily. There was a 25 year old at work this week who took 2 days off for tooth ache. Stupid little shit.

There are lazy entitled bastards at my work that refuse to work more than their alloted hours for no extra money!!!

 

[BadFish]

When I was that age I took many a Monday off because I was still wasted from Saturday night. I used to sleep and watch MTV all day.

I'm sure I used toothache as one of my bullshit excuses.

No no no, you have forgotten our collective fake shared memory. We never took time off and went to work hungover/still drunk.

I think it was to do with drinking from the hose.

You'll never get your grumpy old bastard stereotype certificate at this rate.

 

[ManOfSussex]

There are lazy entitled bastards at my work that refuse to work more than their alloted hours for no extra money!!!

So do I, but I can cope with the concept that a 9am start means 9am not 1120am and putting your phone on silent and in your pocket isn't that big a deal.

 

[BadFish]

They can't drink properly and they phone in sick for work too easily. There was a 25 year old at work this week who took 2 days off for tooth ache. Stupid little shit.

I've had more than two days off with toothache but I suppose mine was ultra hard proper gen x toothache

 

[BadFish]

So do I, but I can cope with the concept that a 9am start means 9am not 1120am and putting your phone on silent and in your pocket isn't that big a deal.

With all due respect you sound like my grandad ranting on in the late 80s about our lazy generation.

'Got up to go down pit, an hour before I went to bed. . . '

You are taking the piss right?

 

[ManOfSussex]

I realise I'm sounding like my Grandad who was born in 1914 so I can see your point.

 

[JOLovegrove]

Those saying it's lazy journalism I think are wrong.

There are clear difference from the upbringing, outlook on life, views, beliefs, lifestyle and challenges they've faces from someone born in the 50s to being born in the 90s.

I'm 31.

Did I have to live through post war Britain? No.
Is this the most divided the world has felt now as I imagined it did in the 40s? Yes.
Are houses the most expensive and least obtainable now as they've ever been? Yes.
Am I lucky enough to find most technology these days easy and accessible? Yes.
Is global warming going to affect my life more than generations before? Yes.
Am I from the very end of the last generation where internet didn't control out lives as it does now? Yes.

All of these aspects shapes people, and the generations they are from. Obviously not everyone fits perfectly in to X, Y or Z, but there are definitely broad strokes that fit people from different eras in to these 'categories.'