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[–] JoMiran@lemmy.ml 60 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (4 children)

Every time I see these generational memes I think of this one.

[–] samus12345@lemmy.world 25 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

The oldest Gen Alpha kids are 14 now, older than the kid in the picture.

[–] kandoh@reddthat.com 8 points 1 year ago (2 children)

It's going to be so funny when generation beta gets old enough to dunk on.

[–] pyre@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

i mean it's in the name

[–] samus12345@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

They start next year! Is Gen Gamma gonna be next? The generation naming is getting pretty lazy. Maybe a different name will stick, like "Millennial" did instead of "Gen Y".

[–] SidewaysHighways@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

That's pretty good!

Gen X were the shitty "journalists" pushing out the generation war articles.

[–] Doof@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

I use used to use these terms to describe a time period and its history until I couldn’t even get out my thought without it turning into a us v them situation.