• CeruleanRuin@lemmings.world
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    3 days ago

    There’s a trope out there that Gen Z has to do everythingbfor themselves because the older generations have failed them so thoroughly.

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      3 days ago

      Weird, the stereotype I’ve seen everywhere is that don’t know how to do anything for themselves

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        3 days ago

        I see Boomers saying that…usually calling the 20 year olds “millennials”.

        Most millennials know they’ve been dealt an even shittier hand than we were.

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          3 days ago

          I see Millenials bemoaning Gen Z helplessness all the time. I think the only generation thinking or Gen Z as capable are the Gen Z themself.

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            3 days ago

            Generalizations only work so well. Some millennials chastise Gen Z and some support them.

            I am an Eldritch millennial and everyone that I know thinks Gen Z is pretty awesome. We’re just trying to hold the world together for them.

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                3 days ago

                Yeah. Teaching sucks and I don’t know why anyone puts up with it. Mad respect and solidarity to all the teachers out there.

                Doesn’t mean they don’t like Gen Z. They’re overworked and underpaid. But I can’t stress enough that that’s our fault. (I might put more blame on the Boomers running things.) We’re not prioritizing education and you can’t blame the people in school for that.

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            3 days ago

            Maybe the people complaining drown out everyone else. But people like David Hogg and Greta Thunberg are Gen Z and out doing more than most to fix the problems they see. Like maybe people complain that Gen Z has no idea what files on a computer are, but that seems like a different thing than helplessness.