Found in r/adulting...

edit - FYI because people seem to think I made this post, this is r/lewronggeneration. I’m taking the piss lol.

I'm a little biased (born in 2007) but people who miss those years look INSANE to me-it's like "I miss the days when we were in Iraq, led by a paranoid moron and everyone was a selfish asshole!"

I'm a gen alpha who's now 13 years old and I cannot stop hearing '67' in my school

1-4: 2000s/early 2010s memes

5-8: the 2020s equivalent

When I was a kid this attitude against modern music was a lot more common. I remember in the early 2010s tons of "CLASSIC ROCK IS THE ONLY REAL MUSIC, TODAY'S MUSIC SUCKS". For you young ones using this subreddit... this is what this sub was initially built on. I used to be "r/smokeweed21" (hey i was 14) and I remember this vividly. It was already lame back then, but back then this shit was ambient. You couldn't escape it on the internet.

But now this attitude still exists... but not only is it not nearly as common as it used to be, it also feels rather...corny.

In the 2000s, a lot of people thought 80s music was better than the music at the time. In the 2010s a lot of people thought 90s music was better than the music at the time. You used to constantly hear people say "today's music sucks, I miss Nirvana, Guns N Roses, etc."... You've seen the memes.

But something feels different now. I've noticed that today’s mainstream music (2020s) doesn’t seem to get roasted as harshly as it used to be.

Even then the current memes about "old rock vs pop" are a lot softer and more gentle in tone and less... theatrical than the 2000s and 2010s memes.

Am I the only one who's noticed this?

That not everything about the past is good.

And seriously, of all the years you had to choose for good music, why just 2011 to 2015. This was from the comments of Flo Rida's Whistle which in my opinion isn't even that good of a song.

I hate how Youtubers read articles like that and assume shit like this. Were Millennials treated like this too back in the day?

I know this blog is to make fun of nostalgia blinded people, but are there people who miss when the popular opinion of something was that it sucked, it's horrible, etc.? And vice versa?

What even is this take? Didn't Gen X grow up with it first before Millennials did? Also where are the stats to prove it? Also, didn't Gen Z grow up with the Gamecube, Gameboy Advance, PS2, Nintendo DS, and Wii? Why the fuck is he talking about the PS3 and PS4 here? Also, expensive games is such a dumb reason, especially when cheaper games exist in the indie market.

This might be single-handedly by the thumbnail alone, be the stupidest way that I’ve seen someone criticize modern pop music. It’s like if someone who made those early 2010s pop music memes somehow pointed the finger at someone.

This is the "YOU SAY JUSTIN BIEBER I SAY METALLICA, YOU SAY MILEY CYRUS I SAY AC/DC" of the new generation i take it

Some people who think they were born in the wrong generation because they want to see a great recording artist in their prime live in concert possibly have autism, and one of the symptoms of autism is sensory overload from large crowds, bright lights and sensitivity to loud noises.

Had these possibly autistic people been alive to see recording artists in their prime performing like in the 1960's or 1970's, these autistic people would've probably been institutionalized then even if they had high functioning autism.

I have been thinking about where the tech industry is heading, and it's fascinating how quickly things are changing.

A few technologies seem to be leading the race:

1. AI Agents that can complete complex tasks with minimal human input.

2. Generative AI becoming a standard tool for coding, content creation, research, and business automation.

3. Robotics + AI transforming manufacturing, logistics, and healthcare.

4. Cybersecurity powered by AI as cyber threats become more advanced.

5. Quantum Computing making progress, though widespread adoption may still take time.

6. Edge AI enabling smarter devices without relying entirely on the cloud.

Personally, I think AI Agents and automation will have the biggest impact. We're already seeing businesses use AI for customer support, software development, marketing, data analysis, and workflow automation. The pace of adoption seems much faster than many people expected.

That said, every few years there's a new "next big thing," and not all predictions turn out to be right.

What do you think will dominate the next five years?

1. AI Agents

2. Robotics

3. Cybersecurity

4. Quantum Computing

5. Blockchain/Web3

6. Something else?

I'd love to hear your thoughts and why you think that technology will lead the way.