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I wonder if Gen Z will know book stores that aren’t Barnes & Noble or independents who sell everything from books to socks to chocolate, but still call themselv

I wonder if Gen Z will know book stores that aren’t Barnes & Noble or independents who sell everything from books to socks to chocolate, but still call themselves bookstores.

satiric 4y ago
We'll I do and I'm gen z, although I've inherited that from my mom. If not for her I don't think I would care about bookstores at all. Not a lot of the people I know read books these days, it's been replaced by TV, YouTube, and video games. Not that that's inherently a bad thing (there's plenty of good, thoughtful content and plenty of mediocre, dopamine filled content - just like with books) but it will be interesting to see how it plays out. Ultimately I think I spend too much time on these kinds of things anyway, and would rather spend time making something. I tend to find more enjoyment from actively creating rather than passively absorbing.
- TedDoesntTalk 4y ago
  Thanks for the perspective.
pessimizer 4y ago
They'll know nothing about the mildew-stinking catacombs I used to explore. Never know the feeling of finding a bargain, or a book that you couldn't find any information about. Everything is coffee-comfortable, tastefully decorated, and overpriced. Every indie bookstore a chain-in-waiting.
reaperducer 4y ago
Don't worry too much about Gen Z. They seem to be correcting the mistakes of the Millennial generation, and behave much more like Gen X than their immediate predecessors.
- TedDoesntTalk 4y ago
  Great to hear. In what categories have you noticed that?
  - reaperducer 4y ago
    Less obsessed with money. Less vanity. Less self-indulgent. Less naval-gazing. Everything isn't "me, me, me" with most of the Z's that I've observed. They're more tolerant. Every disagreement doesn't boil down to "Stop liking things that I don't like." And they don't have as much of a persecution complex as the Millennials. Gen Z and Gen X are very much alike. Just as Millennials and Boomers are pretty much the same people.

I wonder if Gen Z will know book stores that aren’t Barnes & Noble or independents who sell everything from books to socks to chocolate, but still call themselves bookstores.

satiric 4y ago

We'll I do and I'm gen z, although I've inherited that from my mom. If not for her I don't think I would care about bookstores at all. Not a lot of the people I know read books these days, it's been replaced by TV, YouTube, and video games. Not that that's inherently a bad thing (there's plenty of good, thoughtful content and plenty of mediocre, dopamine filled content - just like with books) but it will be interesting to see how it plays out. Ultimately I think I spend too much time on these kinds of things anyway, and would rather spend time making something. I tend to find more enjoyment from actively creating rather than passively absorbing.

TedDoesntTalk 4y ago
Thanks for the perspective.

pessimizer 4y ago

They'll know nothing about the mildew-stinking catacombs I used to explore. Never know the feeling of finding a bargain, or a book that you couldn't find any information about. Everything is coffee-comfortable, tastefully decorated, and overpriced. Every indie bookstore a chain-in-waiting.

reaperducer 4y ago

Don't worry too much about Gen Z. They seem to be correcting the mistakes of the Millennial generation, and behave much more like Gen X than their immediate predecessors.

TedDoesntTalk 4y ago
Great to hear. In what categories have you noticed that?
- reaperducer 4y ago
  Less obsessed with money. Less vanity. Less self-indulgent. Less naval-gazing. Everything isn't "me, me, me" with most of the Z's that I've observed. They're more tolerant. Every disagreement doesn't boil down to "Stop liking things that I don't like." And they don't have as much of a persecution complex as the Millennials. Gen Z and Gen X are very much alike. Just as Millennials and Boomers are pretty much the same people.