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I often wonder if newspapers have a template for these sorts of articles that they can pull out every time one of the completely artificial and meaningless "gen
by skywhopper 7y ago
I often wonder if newspapers have a template for these sorts of articles that they can pull out every time one of the completely artificial and meaningless "generations" hits a certain milestone. For the last 5-10 years we've been in the cycle of articles where the current "generation" in their 20s and 30s are settling into career paths and shaking things up with their crazy new demands at work, or how they just aren't looking after their own futures like their elders did. And now that "Gen Z" has hit adulthood, it's time to write the articles where these crazy kids are pushing back on the complacency of their elders in a shockingly disrespectful way. In a few years we'll learn all about how new trends in advertising, fast food, and consumer marketing are all being shaken up by the 20-somethings who just aren't satisfied with the same-old patterns of doing business.
If you go back 20 years you'll find the same articles about millenials. Go back 20 more years and you'll find them about Gen X. Go back 20 more years and you'll find them about Baby Boomers. Go back to the 1920s and there are articles complaining about the Kids These Days, so lazy and disrespectful, taking all this newfangled technology for granted...