Sources:
- Tumblr: Sarah’s Scribbles - link for those on old.lemmy.world: https://sarahcandersen.com/post/724193410094972928 *
- WebToons: Boomers vs Millennials
- Tapas Comics Boomers v Millennials
* I think the bug is fixed for future versions.
Gen X forgotten again.
You just had a social media platform named after you
On behalf of Gen X I humbly refuse.
As member of Gen X, I second the motion.
Meh, it’ll blow over
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Lemme sum up Gen X
Oh well whatever, nevermind
That’s on y’all 😂 in practice the older of you is indistinguishable from Boomers and the younger are basically Oregon Trail Millennials like myself. Analog childhood, digital adulthood.
Here we are now, entertain us.
How now, how now, how now brown cow
That’s a very good summary. I find some young gen x and older millennials to be borderline luddites as well, but generally share social values.
The luddites destroyed machines that were stealing their jobs. Luddites are awesome
Like, you know, whatever.
Get off my lawn, we have our own shit.
A 30 year old is indistinguishable from a 60 year old?
30 year olds are Millennials. You’d have to be at least in your 40’s to be considered a Gen X kid.
Sorry, bad reading comprehension on my part. I accidentally read gen x as boomer somehow. That got me thinking who would confuse a boomer with a millennial…
Or they were omitted because Gen X isn’t harassed by boomers most of the time, and us Millennials know that they’re chill with us. And personally, I don’t care what a bunch of teenagers thinks of me. Or any other generation for that matter. I only care about what the people close to me think of me.
teenagers
The cutoff for Gen Z is 1997, which means there are 26 year old zoomers.
I know, I don’t like it either – 1997 was 16 years ago at most.
I like how Gen Z has the easiest litmus for qualification. If you were old enough to remember 9/11, you’re not a Zoomer.
It’s a lot trickier for Millennials, because everyone disagrees on when it starts, but most people agree that they grew up during a time where access to technology was just starting to take off.
If the cutoff is 1997, a 4 year old is definitely old enough to remember 9/11.
As a great philosopher once said: https://tvgag.com/gag/nothing-you-say-can-upset-us/
They’re scared to harass us, well put them in a nursing home.
I feel like gen x is split. Some have joined the boomers and become MAGA Karens, some have joined the millennial coalition with gen z.
We’re mostly just keeping ourselves to ourselves.
You guys do you.
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That’s how we like it.
Was about to say i think they missed a step
I feel like Gen X has never been forgotten. Us Millennials never got an intro like you guys did: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i011c5NcPsg
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As a Xennial I feel this.
There are dozens of us! Dozens!
Yeah. Well. Blame the boomers for not fucking enough :D
Their parents would have been more in the silent generation. You usually skip a generation for your own line, unless you’re a teenage parent.
The boomers fucked plenty, that’s why millennials were once called echo boomers.
Came looking for this, and at least we remember each other!
Millennials think everyone older than them is a boomer. If you try to correct them, they call you a pedant.
Edit: They’re also really sensitive to being criticized.
Okay boomer.
I’m a 40 year old millennial. I don’t think 50 year olds are boomers unless they act like it.
I’m a 44 year old GenXer and I don’t think 50 year olds are boomers unless they’re time travelers.
Boomers think anyone younger than them is a millennial. If you try to correct them they call you a millennial anyway. Or a liberal.
It goes both ways, to be honest. I have seriously heard some people blame/pity millennials for stuff that gen-z do/goes through. I’m quite sure I even heard a boomer vs millennial take, that was really a millennial vs z take.
Whatever the generation, you can always count on dumb people existing.
That is so true
I’m willing to bet there’s some projection in this comic because I’ve never cared what younger generations think of me
I dont care what any age people think of me really but i still kinda relate to this comic in a way as in i think the kids will be allright.
So many people older then me seem to dunk on genz culture like its all stupid and dumb but there i am Sitting like. “I may not understand all of this and maybe some parts i recognize as unhealthy but there is some real intelligent value and original creativity here” Also all just the openness towards the exploration of identities and mental health awareness. I’ll take a tiktok skit over an anti wife boomer comic every day. I appreciate it, i cant wait to befriend some gen z on my job when they start to get to their late 20s.
Being friends with people younger than you is fine. Desperately craving their approval (which is what the last panel seems to imply) is not.
Sure but it is a comic and and an exaggeration.
Are you new to Sarahs scribbles? There often exaggerated but good fun.
Are you new to Sarahs scribbles?
No I’m pretty sure I’ve seen her comics on Reddit over the years. This one’s just not funny. It’s not a big deal. Some jokes just don’t land well.
The oldest of them are 25/26. The future is now!
Probably some degree of projection here, I’d want to know what the younger generation thinks of me as well.
The mature part would be not to be negatively affected irrespective of what the answer is.
Yeah I don’t get this comic. It would’ve made sense if it said something along the lines of “being poor sucks, huh?”
I think it’s less about the literal line being said and more about the insecurity of a generation relentlessly blamed for everything. I like it.
There’s not just projection, but also generalization. There are billions of people in each generation. Most of them have never heard of avocado toast.
Even if we only consider the people in the generation who do know what avocado toast is, there’s probably still hundreds of millions of people.
There is no way a group of even 1% of that size has a consistent way to view another group of its size.
The avocado toast was never a popular thing. Maybe in some specific locations, but the whole thing about it was just another example of how out of touch with reality the boomers were by a) acting like all millennials were obsessively consuming it, and b) that it was at the root of why millennials were so far behind financially compared to where boomers were at that age.
Tbh, I, a millennial, am not even sure what avocado toast is, despite being familiar with the meme. Is it toast made with avocados as an ingredient? Is it toast with avocado spread on top of it? Is it the act of raising one’s avocado and touching the raised avocados of others in appreciation of something or someone? I haven’t the foggiest clue, though it’s probably more fun if it remains a mystery.
You do know that’s just an example… right? In Mexico I’ve heard people use “stop eating fancy tacos” and avocado IS FROM Mexico lol this applies in multiple ways
Boomers are hated so much that millennials are deathly afraid they’re gonna end up just as hated as them one day
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Everyone is going to be on the wrong side of history eventually. Might as well make the most of it
Please elaborate.
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Ok, because it sounded like you were saying just be evil since you’ll eventually be seen that way anyways.
But yeah, I’m pretty sure people in the future will just look back and say, “people of the 20th and 21st centuries were so greedy and dumb, what a bunch of assholes” and not bother to differentiate between boomers and millennials.
GenX here. Have never felt more middle childish.
So fucked up they never even gave us a proper name. X was a place-holder that ended up sticking. But that happened with xrays too and those are cool
We are the “Jan” generation…
Marcia, Marcia, Marcia!
I think GenX often gets forgotten because you’re born too late to be responsible for anything the boomers did but too early to really get fucked by it like younger generations.
Graduating uni in the GFC sucked and it’ll follow many millenials for the rest of their lives.
I love the derp faces. :D
Yeah, she’s a talented artist. I love simple art that looks great. It sometimes blows my mind how much can be expressed with a few lines and simple shading.
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Man, Millennials are in their 40s now. WTF you talking about?
Just a boomer who forgot how often they blamed them damn kids and wondering why the kids grew up bitter.
Some are. I believe millennials are 1981-1996, so the youngest of the millennials are 27.
Ok boomer.
Yours Respectfully, Gen X
