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Feels like all of this post could have been replaced with these 3-4 actual text-message screenshots [1]. Also interesting how the millennials and late X-ers (I
by paganel 4y ago
Feels like all of this post could have been replaced with these 3-4 actual text-message screenshots [1].
Also interesting how the millennials and late X-ers (I'm one of the latter) tend to put less and less emphasis on trying to copy younger people (like zoomers) in order "to remain cool" (for lack of a better expression), which wasn't always the case (the "fellow kids" [2] meme being the best example).
[1] https://www.reddit.com/gallery/12rdwdy https://www.reddit.com/gallery/12rdwdy
[2] https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/how-do-you-do-fellow-kids https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/how-do-you-do-fellow-kids
- mattgreenrocks 4y ago> Also interesting how the millennials and late X-ers (I'm one of the latter) tend to put less and less emphasis on trying to copy younger people As a late X-er: I can relate. I kind of love my forties, overall, mostly because I've come to like me. I just am, and a lot of days, that is enough for me. Who needs cool when you can like yourself sufficiently, and have enough respect from those around you? Let the insecure be consumed by their status games, and the young obsessed with signaling their relevance. I'll be doing my own thing.
- hydrok9 4y agoI think a lot of millenials have copied younger people's identity politics due to pressure and not wanting to be in the outgroup