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I think you've got Gen Z and Millennials backwards.
It's millennials trying to fit in with Gen Z to prove to themselves they're not old.
And the Gen Z is... reading a newspaper? Nah fam, I don't think that's what's going on.
You think millennials read newspapers? We are the first digital native generation. In fact, we saw the internet growing up while we grew up ourselves
Remember the internet before Facebook and Instagram? Good times. It was all Flash Games and p... Uhm, videos
I still know my ICQ number. Back when all instant messagers had open protocols and you could use one open source client for all of them.
I'm still slightly mad that everyone wanted to use AIM instead of ICQ, even though icq was better. It had offline messaging and you could change your display name, neither of which aim supported.
Anyone younger than like 30 probably has no idea that those were noteworthy features at one time. You could only send someone a message if they were actively connected at the same time as you.
I regret forgetting mine. I know it was 3965....... Something. But that's as far as I know for sure.
No I don't think we do. I sure as hell don't. Yes indeed, we are, and we did. That's why I think the whole comic is bullshit, like wtf is this whole thing? Feels like some Gen X or earlier is trying out this web comic thing. I don't even know.
Growing up? I think you mean "getting drained of any creativity or energy with age."
Point to the panel with a Millenial reading a newspaper
No, I responded to the wrong comment, but neither one is two paragraphs
I know i'm old, i just found a new hobby: messing woth the younger generation by messing with their slang.
You know, like how grandpa called every pokeman pikachu...but on purpose.
Grandpa knew what he was doing when he called all the pokemen pikachu
I... I think I'm having a panic attack.
Right? Everyone knows the correct plural form of "pokemon" is "pokemons".
Nah, it's 2020s, the proper term is pokepersons.
I spit out my drink.
No, no, it's okay. It's just a stroke.
I mess with my zoomer children all the time: bruh, no cap, on god, sus/sussy, my guy.
They mostly roll their eyes, but I do enjoy it.
My favorite is on cap, no god.
Fr no cap ong
Oh, (there is) no god?
This is the way
Yeah no millennial is doing that to fit in/not feel old (okay there are probably some but they're a minority for sure), at best they're doing that to be annoying/make fun of the crazy slang.
It's very incredibly lit, fam.
On Satan, for real no caps
We used to make fun of comic books for making up slang that hilariously no one would ever use, then gen z came along.
Right? We used to be like "this is written like how some 60 year old executive thinks kids these days talk ... nobody talks like this we just talk normally..."
Like the boomers were better with saying grok. No I dont care that it comes from a Heinlein book.
Used to make fun mullets and mustaches too.
Looks pedo to me, not gonna change.
Definitely used to do this. I still do, but I also used to.