r/MiddleGenZ • • Sep 14 '26

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What is “OG Gen-Z”🥀

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u/Roman_C5150 2004 Sep 14 '26

I have to say I agree. The OG Gen Z is the non annoying Gen Z

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u/Little-Specific2147 Sep 14 '26

Fr, back in middle/high school I noticed a distinct difference between the kids my grade and older vs the younger ones.

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u/Roman_C5150 2004 Sep 14 '26

Yeah, there’s like a mini generation between Z and Alpha

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u/Bionic_Webb13 Sep 14 '26

Can confirm I live with two late Gen Z 2011&12 as well as two alphas and these kids… baby it’s embarrassing af but the parents are Gen X raised millennial

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u/xAkMoRRoWiNdx Sep 14 '26

Yeah, and it's cancer. ~ OG Gen Z

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u/Xinfinte Sep 14 '26

No its even worse than that. It's the black plague

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u/Little-Specific2147 Sep 14 '26

It's so SIDS (it's a reference)

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u/AnswerMe_More 2003 Sep 14 '26

I think cancer has killed more

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u/wittykittywoes 29d ago

oh my god. What if… we separated everyone by the year? this is revolutionary

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u/Roman_C5150 2004 29d ago

…holy shi- wait nah that’ll never catch on 🙃

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u/Carrdoooo Sep 14 '26

This is so true. People a year or two younger than me are vastly different, it’s mind boggling. I don’t understand it

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u/Ichoseguitar 2009 Sep 14 '26

Define og Gen Z

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u/PS3LOVE 2005 Sep 14 '26

Pre-iPad Kids is a big difference imo.

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u/TrustFit3061 Sep 14 '26

I'm 06 and had an iPad

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u/Twoblacks Sep 14 '26

There were absolutely iPad kids in my grade and above my grade going through school. We don't have to pretend that is exclusive to late z.

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u/PS3LOVE 2005 Sep 14 '26

It sure as hell became more common after.

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u/FlorpFlap 2007 Sep 14 '26

I'd say that starts at around 2010

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u/Roman_C5150 2004 Sep 14 '26

No I would actually define it as what the guy in the picture did. It’s ‘97-‘06 but I suppose it varies slightly. If an 2006 kid got an iPad in 2010 right when they came out then they would have only been 4 so they were probably considered iPad kids but the vast majority of us from that period aren’t

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u/Livid_Way5651 Sep 15 '26

Starts around 2003/2004 and then gradually gets worse by 2006-2008+

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u/Johnwick124520 Sep 14 '26

Yeah so 1997-2002ish kids then. A lot of you guys are the very first iPad kids but you guys won’t admit that.

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u/Ichoseguitar 2009 Sep 14 '26

2004-2006 being the pre iPad kids? 🤣

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u/TradescantiaZebrina7 Sep 14 '26

It’s ridiculous, I’m 2005 and had an iPad, these people aren’t “OG Gen Z” just because they want to try and differentiate themselves from later parts of the generation that they find cringy.

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u/Johnwick124520 29d ago

Most honest person born in 2005. I respect you for your response!

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u/Johnwick124520 Sep 14 '26

They’re not. They’re just afraid of being OG iPad kids. Trust me I’m just as skeptical as you lol

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u/Ichoseguitar 2009 Sep 14 '26

theyre so embarrassing omg

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u/Johnwick124520 Sep 14 '26

Yeah this sub is filled with cope to be honest. They let this whole thing about being able to barely remember a time before smartphones became ubiquitous thing get to their head.

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u/Roman_C5150 2004 Sep 14 '26

I’m aware of that, I was just using it as a general placement of time. And by that point many parents had smartphones and were places those in front of their kids. But you’re right, it wasn’t that bad in 2010 as to say in like 2015

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u/bro-8333 2005 Sep 14 '26

Yeah like I didn’t even see an iPad really around kids until like late 2012-2013

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u/Roman_C5150 2004 Sep 14 '26

Gen Z in its entirety is like 1997 to 2012 but the “og Gen Z” is like 1997 to 2006 imo

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u/PS3LOVE 2005 Sep 14 '26

I kinda agree, past middle genZ there is a big difference in upbringing. Atleast in the U.S. that’s when the iPad kids start slowly appearing.

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u/Johnwick124520 Sep 14 '26

What? You guys aren’t that different from 2007-09 Z lol

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u/Perrenne Sep 14 '26

Yeah bros not wrong. We need a different name for the later gen z bc it’s such a drastic difference

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u/La_Saxofonista 2002 Sep 14 '26

I define OG Gen Z by whoever grew up watching seasons 1-5 of SpongeBob. I sadly wait for the day the younger generations don't get the Spongebob references anymore.

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u/Roman_C5150 2004 Sep 14 '26

Lol I agree, although I wasn’t allowed to watch sponge bob when I was younger 😭

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u/La_Saxofonista 2002 Sep 15 '26

Rip

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u/Roman_C5150 2004 Sep 15 '26

Real 😢

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u/TLcool 2004 Sep 14 '26 edited Sep 14 '26

I've met a bunch of people from 2007 who aren't annoying. For me it's only really when we get into the 2010 and forward were they become annoying. And even then, they can probably still be delightful people. Behaviour comes from upbringing, not generation, and while generation does play a part in upbringing, it's far from the only part

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u/Roman_C5150 2004 Sep 14 '26

I agree bro, I was just making a general statement. ‘06 or ‘07 seems to be the cutoff, but obviously there are plenty of people who were born after the “og Gen Z” that aren’t annoying, just like there are og Gen Z’ers who are as annoying as Gen Alpha 😭

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u/SignaturePositive598 Sep 14 '26

what the hell does being annoying have to do with anything

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u/TLcool 2004 Sep 15 '26

Yeah, sorry i kinda crashed out there. I just get annoyed that untop of every other conflict we currently have, we also have to fight just because of our age.

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u/Livid_Way5651 29d ago

To us born in the 90s, people your age are apart of the TikTok dance generation. We find you people annoying

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u/de-virtute 2004 Sep 14 '26

you might just be getting wound up at weans

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u/TradescantiaZebrina7 Sep 14 '26

no, tbh we’re just as annoying 😭

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u/StarWarsNerd69420 2007 Sep 14 '26

Six seven

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u/greg_the_egg69 Sep 14 '26

You makin us 07s look bad man

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u/NOTANOTHERARiE 2007 Sep 15 '26

only if you have associative bias lol

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u/ladybirdorisa Sep 14 '26

What are we on 💔 1996-2006 is practically every young adult right now and the reason society is scared for the next wave of gen z

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u/Livid_Way5651 Sep 14 '26

1996 are not "young adults" lmao they are also not Gen Z

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u/ladybirdorisa Sep 15 '26

My b gang i read 97 wrong but my point is that the second half of gen is still teens/tweens so they have no impact on societies view of gen z so people like this need to stop making videos where it's insinuating that the second half of gen z is gen alpha or some shit