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[-] umbrella@lemmy.ml 29 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

upside is the bar is very low, so i can just act normal.

which can be kind of challenging to me but hey.

[-] anarchoilluminati@hexbear.net 33 points 1 day ago

Uh, what age range is Gen Z again? There are Gen Z's older than 19, right

Asking for a friend.

[-] ChestRockwell@hexbear.net 41 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Millennials are basically 82-94 give or take a bit (hard cut of at 80 and 96 I'd say). The oldest zoomers are in their early late 20's early 30s at the most.

[-] anarchoilluminati@hexbear.net 33 points 1 day ago

Damn, I really look good for my age.

[-] ChestRockwell@hexbear.net 17 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

For some reason a lot of zoomers look way older than they should too but I can't say why.

Citation: https://youtu.be/WJG6L1tVZC0

[-] anarchoilluminati@hexbear.net 24 points 1 day ago

I was mostly joking because I initially read that as Millenials are 82-94 years old, which confused me until I figured it out.

But, yeah, very true about younger people looking much older. I do look much younger for my age though, or so women tell me to sooth my vanity.

[-] uSSRI@hexbear.net 22 points 1 day ago

I'm guessing it's the cyclical fashion, we are used to seeing people who looked like that 15-20 years ago and now they have same clothes but are 20 years younger. Like how everyone in the 1940s looked like they were born at age 35 with a mortgage and an ulcer because they all wore wool suits all the time.

[-] fox@hexbear.net 19 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

No, it's more that they were exposed to way worse air quality and they all smoked and drank and lived in homes made of lead and asbestos in between shifts at the racism factory. There were trucks driving down the nascent suburbs spraying deet in the air on all the kids playing on the lawns.

If you look up the poster for Cheers, season 1, everyone there is in their 30s

There's certainly Hollywoodification at work with unnaturally hot people being cast for everything now but also millennials wear sunscreen and grew up with far less environmental toxicity.

Gen Z on the other hand are growing up in the shadow of everyone on TV having several cosmetic procedures and they're shockingly common among members of the cohort. Vaping is also huge with them.

[-] CleverOleg@hexbear.net 20 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

As someone in his early 40s, watching old shows is such a disorienting experience. I was hate -watching Home Improvement recently and Tim Allen was always the “old dad” to me but I’m seeing him on screen and realizing I’m actually older than that person now. Bizarre feeling.

[-] FlakesBongler@hexbear.net 18 points 1 day ago

They also drank and smoked from early on too

Just like Gen Z has energy drinks and vapes

[-] HexReplyBot@hexbear.net 3 points 1 day ago

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[-] Chapo_is_Red@hexbear.net 16 points 1 day ago

The older zoomers are late 20s

[-] whatdoiputhere12@hexbear.net 15 points 1 day ago

I believe it starts at 97 (although I believe generations are arbitrary/meaningless but I digress)

[-] anarchoilluminati@hexbear.net 8 points 1 day ago

I agree for what its worth. They're arbitrary national constructs.

[-] ClimateStalin@hexbear.net 13 points 1 day ago

Yeah it’s just a marker of similar cultural experiences. My favorite mark for millennials vs zoomers is “Do you remember 9/11”

[-] Enjoyer_of_Games@hexbear.net 1 points 20 hours ago

The History season 2 premiere? yeah I remember it.

[-] OldSoulHippie@hexbear.net 6 points 1 day ago

"where were you when the world stopped turning?"

"Hell, do you even know who Alan Jackson is?"

[-] anarchoilluminati@hexbear.net 6 points 1 day ago

Never forget.

[-] ThermonuclearEgg@hexbear.net 9 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

I believe the definition is people born 1997 to 2012-ish.

[-] Wolfman86@hexbear.net 20 points 1 day ago

Unfortunately RP knob heads will use this against women. Pisses me off.

[-] footfaults@lemmygrad.ml 22 points 1 day ago

My brain got fried by the ladder theory back in the day so I dunno. Maybe it's just gotten more common.

[-] Meltyheartlove@hexbear.net 9 points 1 day ago

Should have taken the transparent pill.

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