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The best thing about being a Gen X'er is that the non-descript label keeps us out of the culture war crosshairs. "Boomer" has become a slur at this point and th
by sometimeshuman 4y ago
The best thing about being a Gen X'er is that the non-descript label keeps us out of the culture war crosshairs. "Boomer" has become a slur at this point and the name "Zoomer" is so cringe you are primed as an older person to not like this group. Did we really let the media name an entire generation after a corporate trademark ?
It seems harder to be divisive when you name Generations X, Y, Z but somehow Y and Z became Millenial and Zoomer. I propose the next generation is named A1 and we just cycle through the letters and then increment the numbers every 25 years.
- nyokodo 4y ago> Did we really let the media name an entire generation after a corporate trademark It’s not due to the product Zoom, it’s a portmanteau of Gen Z and Boomer.
- rmason 4y agoThis is the first time as a boomer that I have come across the Zoomer nickname for Gen Z. What I have noticed in relatives kids that I have come to know closely is that they are more boomer like in how they approach problems than Millennials. So to me it is more self descriptive than an insult.
- pa7ch 4y agoHow so?
- yucky 4y agoPlus it seems like I hear Zoomer/Doomer used interchangeably so I'm not even sure everyone agrees on the stupid labels.