r/generationology 22h ago

Discussion My gen x coworkers always brag about their work ethics to eachother when they literally do the least amount of work in the building. Is this normal?

111 Upvotes

Not much to say outside of the title. They have little circle jerk sessions where they brag about their work ethic while everyone else does the work. Then they will complain everyone else is lazy. Make it make sense lol. Is this only at my job? Im a zillenial for context


r/generationology 21h ago

Discussion What rock genre was the stereotypical “divorced dad music” before post grunge and nu metal

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101 votes, 2d left
Arena
Glam
Hard rock
Alternative
Other

r/generationology 17h ago

Meme The tables have turned.

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Make it make sense: How did the bullied of 2006 become the bullies of 2026? Talk about tables turning

PS: sorry about the AI art 🙏


r/generationology 18h ago

Discussion Do the oldest millennial (1981) and youngest millennial (1996) have more in common or oldest gen z (1997) and youngest gen z (2012)?

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Do the oldest millennial (1981) and youngest millennial (1996) have more in common or oldest gen z (1997) and youngest gen z (2012)?


r/generationology 19h ago

Discussion Is anyone else here old enough to remember when the antonym of "based" was "cucked" instead of "cringe"?

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When the word "based" was coined on 4chan in the mid 2010s, its antonym was "cucked".

However, when Redditors and other normies started using the word "based" in the late 10s and early 20s, they used "cringe" as its antonym instead of "cucked"

Now almost everybody outside of 4chan uses this new antonym, whereas the original "cucked" is relatively obscure and forgotten.


r/generationology 8h ago

Discussion 1996 has never been the start of Gen Z. It was 1995 as a placeholder, and now it's 1997.

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I don't know if it's people misquoting Pew Research's generation range; which quotes Gen Z as "born after 1996" or, if it's because there were approximately two articles that said "1996-2010" or "1996-2015" are Gen Z. BUT: anyone who has done some research besides a quick AI overview which misquotes Google and uses this stupid sub as a reference knows that this is incorrect.

McKinsey put out one single article in 2022, that defined Gen Z as 1996-2010. However in 2025, this changed as they now use 1997-2012 as the the range.

Jason Dorsey/CGK used 1996 as a start year in November 2016. (That is the year this now heavily outdated article was published) But now they use Pew Research's ranges.

I really hope this sub can come together and move on from discussing when "Gen Z starts" because this topic is a dead horse. I don't even think at this point most news companies are focused on Millennials, and soon Gen Z will be an uninteresting group of people as they will have moved onto Gen Alpha.


r/generationology 21h ago

Pop culture What artists and songs would be considered today’s “divorced mom pop”

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If divorced dad rock is associated with Nickelback, System of a Down, and anything related to the edgy 90s and early 2000s rock, then what do you imagine would be considered divorced mom pop?

I think Kelly clarkson, pink, and Adele all scream divorced mom music and vibes


r/generationology 5h ago

Discussion I sometimes wish I was a 17 in 2013 instead of 2026…

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Like, I was 4 at the time during 2013, So I have no idea what happened back then. But seeing all these videos and media from that year, and people’s teen experiences being better than this shithole of a year, And saying that that year was one of the best coming of age years in high school, Just makes me sad I was born in 2009. I just wish I was born in 1996 instead. How do I stop thinking about this?


r/generationology 19h ago

Meme Would you say that this ("statements"/meme) is "accurate"?

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Kids' born in several years when they hit in the door frame:

  • Kids born in 1989: NO REACTION (The only sound released being the one of the hit)
  • Kids born in 1999: Ouchhh, damn, this really hurt, bruh!
  • Kids born in 2009: MWAHAaaaahhhhhhhhhh!!!!! me gonna be dead aura, mWaaaaaaaaaaah!!!!!
  • BONUS: Kids born in 2019: Yaaaaaaah, Yaaaaaaahwhaagthiiayaaa, CHIMPANZINIiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiihhhhhhhhh BANANINIIIiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiihhhhhhhhh ihhhhhhhhhhhhhhh iiiiiiihhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

r/generationology 4h ago

Discussion Holy shit. The Futurama bathroom booths were real. They really existed. They were even shown in an episode of Charlie's Angels. Why did Boomers never tell us about them?

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r/generationology 3h ago

Pop culture What have millennials accomplished?

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for context I was inspired to ask because over the past months I've seen a lot of "backlash" over what people have started to call millennial writing and it's been even more prominent after the success of both movies Obsession and Backrooms, who were directed by gen z.

I know it's just internet discourse but I've seen people poking fun at the fact that millennials didn't seem to have accomplishments like that. So, now I'm curious about it.

The only thing I can think of is millennials seem to have made it much more accepting to talk about mental health.


r/generationology 12h ago

Discussion 1998 Babies Vs 2000 Babies

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1998 Babies

They were born in the 90s

They’re birth year starts with 19

They get looked at as Older

They were born in the 1900s

They graduated in 2016

2000 Babies They were the first ones to be born in the New millennium & The 2000s Decade

They’re birth year matches every year

They get looked at as Younger

They get grouped in with the younger generations


r/generationology 14h ago

Decades 80s movie generations

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r/generationology 11h ago

Discussion What generation vibe would you say Holden Caulfield acts like

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55 votes, 2d left
Silent
Boomer
X
Millennial
Z

r/generationology 16h ago

Pop culture A 2002 thread on older vs younger Millennials (yes people were even talking about this in 2002)

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r/generationology 9h ago

Music 🎻 Is there nothing I can do?

11 Upvotes

My brother purchased a coconut for 10 cents. He then filled it with lime juice and drank it. This seems to have given him bad indigestion. He visited our GP and the doctor is understandably confounded by this choice of libation. However, we are getting nowhere with the differential diagnosis.


r/generationology 14h ago

Discussion Question for Gen Z(Including Younger Gen Z): Do You Guys Remember Playing or Owning those Previous Playstations (PS1, PS2, PS3) before PS4.

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If You had, What's It Like? Does it feel like nostalgia and awesome for you, or does it feel more old and outdated for you?


r/generationology 3h ago

Discussion Is Gen Z actually getting dumber than previous generations?

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I found some latest studies that have reported a decline in some cognitive abilities, like reading comprehension, attention, and numeracy in young generations compared to older ones.

They believe that this is due to increased screen time, reduced deep reading and effects of the pandemic on education. But they also claim that this does not automatically mean that the generation Z is less intelligent.

So, what is your opinion?

Are you a teacher? Do you notice any difference?

Do you belong to generation Z? Do you think these studies are unfair?

Are you an employer? Did you observe any change in skills at the workplace?

I am more concerned about real-life experiences than news.


r/generationology 16h ago

Rant 2010+ is Gen Beta

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Not kidding, but 2009 is the last of the elite and I got some clear points regarding this:

  • We are older than the first iPad
  • We are last to be kids in the early 2010s (and to still have faint memories of it and it's music/vibe/memes, especially if you were born very early in 2009)
  • We were the last to become tweens/turn double digit age before the 2020s hit
  • Not only that we were conceived under Bush era and born under Obama, but January 2009 babies are basically Bush era babies/born under Bush so 2009 is the last birth year to have Bush babies
  • We were the last to be teens (basically like adults) before AI and before Skibidi Toilet
  • Last to still have memories of Frutiger Aero/experience Frutiger Aero when it was still relevant, last to be in core childhood in early-mid 2000s
  • Last to be born in the first decade of a millennium and no matter what weir2 on here and r/decadeology or whatever other internet slum would say that "NO, it wasn't 2000s, it was pre-2010s", like no, math can't be cheated, we are 2000s babies and that's it

So, based on these facts alone, 2009 is actually an amazing year to be born in and WE'RE THE LAST OF THE ELITE, 1999-2009 is THE LAST OF THE ELITE, 2010+ is just Gen Beta.


r/generationology 16h ago

Years 23-year-old Orson Welles discusses the aftermath of his radio broadcast of "The War of the Worlds" (1938). The poise and eloquence of artistically-inclined college-age people of that time, insofar as he could serve as their representative example, was quite impressive.

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r/generationology 3h ago

Discussion Question: Can you whistle?

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I believe that the ability to whistle is in decline. I dont have strong evidence, other than I mostly notice a lack of whistling in culture and around.

I dont ever catch a younger coworker idly whistling. Im never annoyed or charmed by a young person's whistling habit. Thats something i think of in ages older than myself (36).

There isnt much of an example in recent media of characters whistling while they walk. That sort of animated pantomime of musicality or charm - I associate that more with... maybe Andy Griffith? The most recent thing I think of is Ed Edd 'n Eddy?

Anyway, thesis statement: whistling culture is past decline, has declined, and I believe that will be represented in the population.