I have a strong dislike for how millennials (my generation) talk about Gen-Z. The condescending derisive tones reek of insecurity. I am tired of my instagram feed being filled with "jokes" on Gen-Z's inability to work in corporate or their "funny" slang. A recent Hollywood Reporter headline reads like this "but something amusing is happening inside cinema halls: the Gen-Z is crying.". This is craziness. Can we stop observing Gen-Z like they're lab rats and start talking to them.
Because if people spend an iota of time with "Gen-Z" they'll realise that they're just as emotionally mature as everyone else, curious, sensitive and genuinely funny. In contrast, it's the people my age who've been disappointing meet ups lately. When I talk to people who are my age, and working in corporate America, I see the soul sucked out of them. The conversation are either boring, or teetering on the verge of insensitive.
Anyhow, don't feel like stoking any fires here. I personally think "Gen-Z", "Milennials" are just another set of meaningless labels people end up giving to each other in trying to feel secure about themselves. The discourse of being condescending towards them is even worse.
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