Every Birth Generation Explained in 9 Minutes

Every Birth Generation Explained in 9 Minutes
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// TIMESTAMPS //
0:00 - Lost Generation
1:19 - Greatest Generation
2:28 - Silent Generation
3:10 - Baby Boomers
4:51 - Generation X
6:15 - Millennials
7:30 - Zoomers
8:50 - Generation Alpha
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[@ThePaintExplainer]

Nice video! ♥

[@Paint_Guy]

🙏

[@sophiangkaborgohain401]

​@@Paint_Guythats you

[@temperblox9801]

i agree

[@SuperSaif911]

True

[@blackmancer]

Generation Alpha? nothing alpha about them, more like Generation Betacuck.

[@fiddleriddlediddlediddle]

Are Gen Alpha spending less time with their parents? Or are their parents spending less time with them?

[@Accidental_Lemon]

Exactly

[@_pexsos123_4]

I think it’s both

[@the_expidition427]

Both social media applications are designed to be addictive. Millenials are addicted and drug addicts share whatever their using which is social media and now there are traumatized social media addicted toddlers with ipads burning their eye holes.

[@2Bluzin]

Well during the pandemic I noticed young parents who were both working from home still bitch about child care as it was their "right" to not have their own kids around them 24/7.

[@MarianaCarvalho-gu8zx]

The second leads to the first one, I believe. Children feel unwanted and try to find attention or an escape in other forms.

[@ClovisPictures]

The Lost Generation is honestly just straight up depressing. They lived through probably the worst chunk of the 20th century.

[@romanrules007]

Those are my grandparents

[@locrianphantom3547]

@@bavarianplaguedoctorYeah

[@d1kgaws12]

@@bavarianplaguedoctor So far Gen Z’s suffering is only a fraction of the Lost Gen’s suffering but there’s a chance it could rise to double that if WWIII starts as a nuclear war cuz idk some world leaders hate Gen Z and want them gone.

[@PaulieWalnuts1964]

@@d1kgaws12 grass is always greener but something about the levels of isolation, loneliness and addiction seen in gen z and how accepted and normalised they are, idk seems like another kind of misery.

[@AeroLMS]

as long as nothing catastrophic happens within Gen Z's and Alpha's timeline, The Lost Generation will be the hardest one to go through

[@chualarbill]

My grandfather (1927) passed away a few years ago; but in his life, he went from riding his horse to school to driving an electric vehicle. He was fascinated with technology.

[@127Kronos]

Reminds me of mine too, although much younger. Had no electricity as a kid, rode a donkey to school, witnessed rapid change and now he fully adapted to computers and smartphones. How I wish to be as smart as him...

[@TH-hy9kr]

Mine quit school in 10th grade to work in the mines to support his mom and his sisters while his brother went off to fight in WWII. He couldn't go due to having injured his right eye with a stick when he was a little boy. He worked extremely hard in rural Appalachia raising 6 kids and caring for the billion grandkids they had. He was one of the most singularly knowledgeable and wise people I've ever known. I miss him. He was not quite 92 when he passed.

[@cazaresjulian14]

This reminds me of my great grandma, born in 1927 and passed away on November 25, 1999. It was her dream to live to see the new millennium but she missed it by a month. May she rest in peace.

[@ThatGalFromDominoes]

My great grandma (born somewhere near segregation) died in May of last year. She was able to tell you stories from her childhood, who her family members were and almost everything she remembered about segregation. She walked with MLK Jr. (yes, she was black), had her best years and I only ever saw her once. I’m currently in 6th grade and only learning this now. Rest easy.

[@pilotbug6100]

Honestly when I (gen z) take a step back and look at the technology we have, I am amazed that in less than 100 years we got here

[@Zetacius29]

When your first assignments were saved onto floppies, then suddenly CDs and USBs all in one 12 year course of education, truly wild times in the 2000 -2012

[@lilyz2156]

My darn assignments were on a typewriter.

[@Zetacius29]

I missed that period lol

[@lethe5683]

And now I have a phone more powerful than every computer in my elementary school combined with a 1tb micro sd card.

[@StephJ0seph]

And now everything is saved in the cloud

[@zymeerwhitman8761]

My era is 1990-1997!

[@enderplant]

it's funny how the older generations span decades meanwhile the more recent ones only last for a couple of years.

[@brokemono]

I'm not exactly sure why but is it maybe because of the exponential advancement of everything in general, like technology and shit?

[@KornyeEast]

Millenials were raised with the internet. Zoomers were raised on the internet. Alpha is being raised by the internet.

[@Drathgore]

our current generations have more nuance because we are all still alive and can tell the difference. once everyone today is dead the peoples of the future will give us a new label and cherrypick whatever seemed the most influential from our time period to describe what we were like. Im sure the "lost generation" was full of the same level of nuance and as we have today between millelenials and zoomers but outside of specific historians the general public cant really tell the difference so we just say "that was the great depressions generation"

[@KornyeEast]

@@Drathgore I thought they were the lost generation because half of them died

[@iskanderaga-ali3353]

Hey! I lasted for a whopping 21 years, not just a couple 🙄

[@jjbud3124]

I'm of the "silent" generation. I remember as a child receiving penicillin for a severe tonsillitis. I had been bedridden for two weeks and very ill. The doctor came to the house and explained to my mother that he was giving me a new medication called penicillin. I remember feeling better almost instantly. I missed 1 entire month of school. After reading the posts, wow, I'm old enough to be the grandmother or mother of most of you.

[@TidalWaveRBLX69]

grandpa

[@MenOn13]

Fascinating

[@boompaMate]

@@TidalWaveRBLX69 grandMOTHER

[@kimplications]

Thank you for your comment. It’s wonderful to hear stories from different generations

[@zacmumblethunder7466]

My mother is the same generation, she was the first person in my town to receive penicillin according to her doctor. I think hers was for tonsilitis.

[@PADARM]

Gen X here, Everything was new and exciting, nothing compares to having your new Atari or Commodore 64 and learning how to program a little. I still have a dopamine rush thinking about buying the tech magazines that had printed BASIC code routines to write your own programs. Parents were never home or they were divorced and we had time for ourselves. and let's not talk about the incredible music of the 80s

[@JPThePhantomEcho]

Hellz yeah to all of this!

[@diannt9583]

Agree -- boomer here (1953) but early adaptor to computers and a fervent love of 80's music. Gen X folk are fun!

[@didierduplantier8359]

We laid the technical foundation being enjoyed by later generations. When we are gone, let’s hope AI will replace us because the later generations are hopeless

[@Tailss1]

That was me 100% and yes the music. yeah xD

[@sramkrishna]

I spent a lot of time coding while reading the code from an article, played all the video games on my home computer, dialing up BBS's. I think I started a decade earlier than my generation on internet stuff thanks to BBS's.

[@adamb89]

Gen X here, classic latchkey kid. My mom raised me alone, so between work and school I mainly took care of myself. Cooking, cleaning, even first aid, from 8 years old I was doing it all. This led me to be basically a hermit as an adult. I never really had friends as a child, so I didn't need them as an adult.

[@christianhansen3292]

stop going out after 10 due to a trauamtic event. but i miss my childhood friends was short time frame but wud lve to go back to be a kid in the 80s and early 90s.

[@alexsudati]

I'm a millennial (1988) and also went through all that you described except the single mom. One important thing to keep in mind is that this video is based on US history/events. I'm Brazilian and we were very much behind in a lot of aspects compared to the USA (we still are to this day). I remember the first CD player our family had was around 1993. It was super expensive and almost no one in our small town had it. The first time I accessed the internet was around 2001, the first time I watched MTV I was 15 and on another city (we didn't have the TV signal in my town or cable). Just to give an example of having the ability to have technology be it availability or price: To this day I don't have any Apple products because they're massively overpriced here. Example: iPad Pro 11" US$799 (converting R$3960, reasonable), here it costs R$9799 which would be U$1976, more than double the price... My salary is around R$3k monthly (that's more than 80% of the population earns), I'll never be able to buy it. Everything that's imported have multiple taxation added to it, and that impact people's ability to buy technology, which impacts the development, education... Sorry, I went all over the place with my comment lol

[@karmathephoenix2474]

You are so right. We had to be independent. Our parents were never around or there was just one parent and they worked all the time. So Home Box Office, Atari, Commodore/Sega Genesis, and kickball or riding your bike was all you had.

[@samstromberg5593]

Gotta be honest that sounds pretty great Gen Z kid, had MAJOR helicopter parents and then I got to college and figured out I don't know how to do anything by myself and my younger siblings who live at home are even more incompetent Your generation does a lot of things right but you guys have no idea how to raise capable kids (actually, a lot of my friends parents did a really great job so it's definitely not universal but I do think it's pretty widespread). I think there's an unappreciated power in not having friends. I have 2 friends and don't want any more. People think I'm crazy cause "don't you get lonely" like no I'm okay being by myself, just still figuring out the whole "how to life" thing

[@karmathephoenix2474]

I agree, Gen X didn't do a good job raising their kids, not that they are not a good generation. Just too much happening to them and around that they were not ready for. @@samstromberg5593

[@rawmen_numbers4959]

Comparing each generation really puts things into perspective.

[@Paint_Guy]

I noticed a lot more similarities than I expected rather than differences. Seems like we always got a quiet, then loud, then quiet generation, but the internet radically changed how everything works, so it's all loud now

[@olaf-chan-728]

​@@Paint_Guygen x and millenials were both quiet so now gonna be gen z and alpha loud

[@C-Farsene_5]

@@Paint_Guy what does loud mean here excactly? I didn't quite get it

[@SobaYatai]

@@Paint_Guyevolution of technological advancement surely did impacted social changes

[@chewy99.]

@@olaf-chan-728No millennials are loud, he literally says in the video they are very involved and not afraid to use their voices.

[@dr.gordontaub1702]

I feel this video missed an important point about the silent generation, which includes both my parents. Their early years were spent during the great depression, which formed a lot of their personality. They learned to save everything because it might be needed someday. And never turn down a steady job, because you're lucky to have one. Tomorrow there may be no jobs, and no food. So you should always be preparing for the future. Worse times may always be around the corner.

[@PoisonelleMisty4311]

Thank you for sharing your perspective. You make an excellent point about how the experiences of the Great Depression shaped the mindset and values of the Silent Generation. Their upbringing during this challenging period indeed influenced their approach to saving, job security, and preparedness for the future. Your insights help to shed light on the broader context that the video may have missed, highlighting the impact of historical events on shaping a generation's mindset.

[@perryhocking9134]

A very important point: that perfectly describes my parents too, and that perspective very much influenced my own view, growing up.

[@thaisnadai]

My granny is just like that, she hides food in her closet, for 'just in case' situations, keeps absolutely everything she owns, never decluttering her house (that used to drive me insane, her home was so cluttered). It took me a while to understand she grew up in fear of poverty and hunger, and that fear never fully died :(

[@em7dim9]

Tell me about it. Silent Gen'ers are crazy hoarders! My mom buries herself in junk. Unfortunately some of the hoarding mentality rubbed off on me and I have to constantly fight it as a Gen X'er. I am finally managing to throw away a few things I should never have kept. Still way too much clutter in my place.

[@mariekatherine5238]

I agree, strongly. This describes me to a T. I’m the oldest of 11, my 10 siblings being Boomers. The younger are all liberal with my brother and I being quite conservative.

[@totrigo6834]

failed to mention the hippie movement, one of the biggest highlights of the baby boomers

[@brye687]

GEN X Love my generation We appreciate technology but can live without it. We invented video games but still played outside. We rode bikes and skateboards, We set fires, we threw rocks, we tried drugs, we lived! Sure we came home to empty houses, but we were kings of those houses. We watched MTV when the M stood for music. We stayed out till the sun went down and nobody could call us because we didn't have or need cell phones...we were free.

[@oldradios09]

Yeah I seen that Facebook post too

[@Witherstorm-gv6eq]

honestly after seeing a lot of these comments, gen x is slowly catching up with millennials as one of my favorite generations

[@tikothedoggy]

What I love is that he doesn't criticise any generations and look at it from a more factual unopionated perspective.

[@monumento.f.501]

he ckecked his text twice.

[@psychohist]

This video is about as opinionated as it could have gotten.

[@tracisingh471]

Not opinionated? Did we watch the same video?

[@0009rekcurTkcuF]

How is It opinionated?

[@notsure9033]

@@psychohist Just couldn't help to pop Trump in there, calling it viscous, and end the video with "increased polarization".

[@murrfox]

Good luck Gen Alpha. You're absolutely going to need it...

[@Jaiiswifi]

I think they’ll do just fine. Besides the internet, they’re pretty fucking smart and pick up on things easily even from ages 1 and 2. If you keep one from the internet while the other nine are still on it, that one will definitely become a billionaire but the others can probably go on to do great things as well. I feel like while each generation had their rough points, a good bit made the best of it. Lost generation probably said greatest would need luck. Greatest generation probably thought silent needed luck. Silent generation probably felt that boomer needed luck and so on

[@raidenxt8737]

​@@Jaiiswifi i dont think its up to them. we're living in a time of unprecedented misinformation and social media manipulation and radicalization

[@GdShard5]

@@Jaiiswifiyeah and people are calling Gen A doomed for the slightest rough patches they have. Edit: my nonsensical stuff that my tired self said

[@mikeexits]

​@@GdShard5 There is a solid case to be made for it though (but to be fair, I wouldn't use the word "doomed", I just happen to be sympathetic for those who don't see a way out). Technology has been exponentially advancing faster than many people can even adapt to it and it's only been getting even faster. That combined with an epidemic of internet-dope fiending, narcissism, and neglectful (and equal parts overindulgent) parenting are going to pose some serious psychological issues for Alpha to deal with. Psychological dynamics are so intertwined with corporatized modern gaming, "gamified" aspects of living, and social media that I'm getting worried, and not to mention how kids are basically being raised as the digital equivalent of crackheads from a startlingly young age. I would need a better, more concise name for it, but I'm tempted to call Gen Alpha the "Innocence Lost Too Early" generation. That makes me wonder, why are they called Alpha? What are they the beginning of, the "out of touch" generations? The generations that people like Larry Fink, Klaus Schwab, and their ilk will have social control over unlike any generation prior? The "truly and thoroughly lost" generation? And with all the muddied waters of online information sharing and convincing AI generated info/media, it's gonna get pretty messy. Look at how antiquated our governmental institutions' understanding of the internet already is. We need to get our shit together and hold tight, this is gonna be a very interesting transition.

[@tiredteen8906]

Plot twist, gen alpha becomes the new lost generation

[@tikerlivvy1582]

Gen Z here, 2006, in my opinion I am still so lucky I got to know the spark of previous generations. I am still able to sing almost every lyrics from the 1970s to 1990s during the great music generation while I also didn't get a phone until I was in secondary school. And even that one was actually an old Nokia from my mother and just for calling when I needed help. I think I'm one of the last people who can really say, that they had a lucky childhood with climbing on trees and without social media. I was raised with parlor games and I am proud of it

[@GD-Viva]

I’m also a zoomer.

[@belisariusid1524]

Same

[@lapusso3704]

in my case and many others here in argentina, we didnt had consoles or phones till 8-9 years old, so we were raised playing outside, and when ps2 arrived, we did both,playing outside and then going to someones home and play fifa 2006 or mortal kombat probably the best childhood someone could ever had

[@h0metape]

Same for me. Didn't get my phone until 8th. I had a childhood mostly like that of a Millennial, with real internet access being given to me only when I entered middle school.

[@meechsanims]

as a zoomer i wish i was in the early 2000s instead of 2009, wasn't as lucky

[@mhermit]

Being Gen X means I've been to concerts before the camera phone. I'm very greatful.

[@suzannepaton8200]

YESSSSS! Going to concerts in the 80’s and 90’s was so amazing! I remember camping out all night waiting to buy tickets (that were affordable!) and sneaking in a cheap camera that had film you had to have developed. If the concert security saw the flash they would confiscate your camera!

[@ge2623]

And no singing along to every fu*king song. We sat, or stood there and shut the fu*k up.

[@allenr.3237]

as someone who genuinely does not know, how come? i am gen Z, ive gone to all kinds of concerts and sets now, they put stickers on phone cameras, ask people to turn off their phone during sets, and many of the ppl who do record (especially with flash) are disrespected or asked to turn off their phone

[@samstromberg5593]

@@allenr.3237 Obviously I can't answer for OP but for me Also Gen Z Phones really ruined the world. People do things "because everybody else is doing it" like no that's not a good reason. I'm not saying that never happened before phones (people are stupid but at least then it was managable) but social media mades these idiot trends a lot faster and more widespread. People don't know how to make friends anymore but also always have to know what everybody else is doing. Social Media took all the effort (and reward) out of friendships. You'll get people who take 3 hours setting up the perfect look for their photoshoot about their vacation to Hawaii instead of just being present and appreciating the beautiful nature there. Then all their "friends" comment about how much fun that looks and how beautiful the photoshoot was but everybody involved knows it's all empty words. The Hawaiian vacation person doesn't draw any comfort from all these compliments because she knows they're all fake but because she's chasing these compliments she doesn't have any time for real friends or appreciating nature or family or anything that brings real happiness. I mean look I can't PROVE that an increase in technology and mental health tolerance caused an increase in depression but I think it's telling that they happened together. And I don't think it's because the increase in depression caused the increase in technology and mental health tolerance

[@atis9061]

and we had meetups with our friends IN-PERSON

[@zgzk]

no intro and no outro, thank you for not wasting my time paint guy

[@fieldmarshalbaltimore1329]

Gotta love it

[@joestrike8537]

personally, I would've liked at least a little bit of a wrap-up instead of a dead stop.

[@thefireph0enix]

He's gonna upload a video of paint drying after that comment.

[@monumento.f.501]

and no stop sign at the junction either.

[@paradiseoctagon21794]

It feels amazing to see a video where they don't just shit on and ridicule generations for no reason at all. This guy stays respectful and understands they all have benefits to offer to the world. Absolute legend. Edit: you guys are really taking this the wrong way Edit 2: if y'all don't stop being pathetic morons who keep arguing, I'm deleting this comment.

[@breebs]

fuckin boomer

[@iconsumepizza]

W!!

[@JessiContingenC]

Hell yeah, we’re all in this together fellas.

[@PrivateForPersonalReasons]

I don't see what Gen Alpha benefits from.

[@bounce9434]

@@PrivateForPersonalReasonsgen alpha is a very new generation so im not suprised that there are few benefits (they are still children after all) Im sure later on people will see some

[@missj2045]

Baby Gen X, born in 1980. We were so lucky that our wild teen years weren't memorialized on social media. Damn, we had fun. I think society peaked in the 90s, but that's just my opinion.

[@octaviolopez9966]

A WELL SPOT ON OPINION!

[@Crawver]

I wouldn't cling to that opinion too tightly. It's what every person of every generation thinks. That the best time of their personal lives and what they knew was when things were at their best. Cultural and societal changes are inevitable. And while it's fine to look back fondly at when it was "your time", holding onto a position that things were categorically better before can lead to some pretty bad places.

[@Un1234l]

​@@Crawver No. Across several generations, from Silent to late Millennials, the overwhelming general consensus is that the 80s-2000s were the best years.

[@SteveChiller]

Born in 80 and I feel like it was a good time until Twitter came about. But that's just me. The average person started getting their hands on smartphones and it's been downhill from there.

[@atis9061]

baby gen x? you are a millennial

[@Chad_Thundercock]

Being popped out in 81, I straddle the line of X and Millennial. As someone who's seen the promise and utility of technology, I mourn for those after me who were robbed of it. That promise has been replaced with surveillance, control, and artificial truth. Seeing a 20 year war, two economic collapses, a global contagion, and the fall of the Wall, I still mourn for those after me, as it will only get worse.

[@johnbattle7518]

Millenials suck for the most part with the 3xception of 80s kids. You guys are good to go!

[@julieb9811]

I popped out in '83; I straddle the line as well, though I relate more to Gen X. I didn't get a cellphone until 2000, and the service was SOOO bad. I played Oregon Trail in 3rd grade with those big floppy disks, and primitive graphics. No cable, and CRT tvs. I don't think we even had a computer at home until I was in at least the 3rd or fourth grade.

[@joblo2671]

'80. I feel ya, bro.

[@EpicMemergamer]

my grandmother is 97 years old. she was 15 when pearl harbor bombing happened . she will be 98 in march, wish her well to 100 and hopefully beyond!

[@sharonharris9782]

Your grandmother has seen quite a lot

[@amongusmappingAUM]

Peace to your grandma ✌️❤️

[@anabltc]

Power to yr Gran! Just out of curiosity: does she complain abt "kids these days"? 😀

[@EpicMemergamer]

@@anabltc no shedoesnt, infact she still thins that kids act the same way they did when she was a kid

[@anabltc]

@@EpicMemergamer thought so. That's experience and wisdom ❤ wishing all the best!

[@SolarWebsite]

"The dopamine economy" That is so very well put.

[@riccardoluppi5043]

couldn't have found better words

[@akeames]

Yes. This is brilliantly said.

[@Methylglyoxal]

In other words, the point were things are gonna start going downhill.

[@beverlysmith6539]

I am a Gen X and I loved growing up in the 80's had so much fun! I love it even more now seeing how things are these days! We were and are independent and had the best music and movies! No cell phones phones!

[@MxMoondoggie]

I always felt closer to Gen X being born in the early 80's and hitting my teens in the 90's. It's weird explaining to my nephew who is 12 that I can remember the majority of people not having internet access or mobile phones. If you wanted to talk to your friends or play video games together you had to physically go to their house. If you arranged to meet somewhere and they didn't turn up you just had to go home lol. I can't remember the exact point that most of my conversations for both my social life and work began being online instead of face to face. That's not really all bad, I'm happy that meetings are online now and I don't physically have to get up early and go into work just to have a meeting. I can be at home and still join a meeting, get sent all the important documents and contribute what I need to.

[@joesmith8725]

1980 was last year of GenX birth year. Early '80s birth years are the GenX/Milleneal cuspers, Xennials. That's where you probably are at. So it makes sense.

[@lilyz2156]

I remember when cable hit my neighborhood and enthralled with MTV. I loved it, then my dad cut the cable because MTV would "damage our brains" with insane music videos". I loved my cable loving grandparents, l... I got my MTV!!!

[@petersecola883]

It is cool being able to remember life without the internet! 😎

[@EuropaPhoenix]

I was born in 1979, so I'm supposed to be GenX, but I feel way closer to people born in the early 80's than the ones who were born in the late 60's. These labels are completly artificial. Decades are more relevant in my opinion.

[@sman14GTA]

8:55 This tickled me, it's sometimes easy to forget that parts of our generation are actually parents, raising actual human kids.

[@Omalleyus]

I'm assuming your Gen Z by that? I know I can say the video is a bit off with some things. like he says Gen Z started in 97. then his own video shows Gen Z started in 95. but everything online says it started in 96. Also never in my life heard of X being the "latch key" generation always the heard it called the forgotten generation

[@thescarf926]

@@Omalleyus Also I'm pretty sure it ended in 2010.

[@jrsergiomuwowo5177]

​@@thescarf926nope. You can look it up Gen Z is 1996-2012.

[@ScipiPurr]

@@Omalleyus Generational limits are fuzzy. It's not like a person born in 96 is going to be substantially different than one born in 94. The real answer is there's always a microgeneration at the borders that bleeds into both and encapsulates experiences and traits of both generations. For instance, I was born in 93. I fall within the microgeneration between Millennials and Gen Z. I'm old enough to remember 911, dial-up internet, checkbooks, and 5th generation consoles. However I'm young enough to have grown up with shows like Spongebob, and to have largely avoided the 2008 recession. Moreover, my own personality, outlook, and sense of humor feels so much closer to Gen Z than millennials Also, I have heard it referred to as the "latchkey" generation, but I think it's one of those "proposed names" like how some folk wanted to call millennials the iGeneration due to the explosive popularity of tech like ipods and iphones

[@selfryed]

⁠@@ScipiPurrexactly! It's even harder for people like me (born in 2010) to know where they fall between Gen Z ans Gen alpha because...i dont think anyone wants to be considered an alpha at this rate...but I've seen so many mixed info about when gen z ends and when gen alpha starts to the point where I just base it off maturity now because I've seen so many mature young gen z'ers and early gen alphas that arent charactarized by ipads and "skibidi toilets" n what not. So as you said, definitely fuzzy with generations now

[@Falketi1]

You were actually recommended on my homepage on KZbin. This is a gem, and has better quality than most video essays

[@Paint_Guy]

New upload tomorrow! Been working super hard on this next one

[@EternallyDoomed]

Same, underrated channel

[@thatguyisaiahwolfe3208]

I just got this reccomeneded to me.

[@Derpylel]

Same

[@thatguyisaiahwolfe3208]

As someone who just learned more about creationism and evolution the video was quite intresting.

[@vitawright]

My dad was Silent Generation, My mom was a Baby Boomer, I was Gen X, My brother was Millenial. Both of my kids, despite being 10 years apart, are Gen Z.

[@mayagachafandoms6072]

Wow

[@jaylenmitchell7165]

I’m a gen z born in 2008 but I don’t really take anything for granted because I have nothing to complain about like the lost generation was depressing and I’m just thankful for everything I have in life

[@mr.boombastic2280]

W

[@PeruvianPotato]

W and this is coming from a 2005 guy

[@tyriq_mcgee8280]

@@PeruvianPotatolol this is coming. From a guy born in 2006

[@dexerret1]

im 2008 too, W

[@bryceraymer3816]

For all those wondering what he got “wrong” was the part about ww1 being fought. To be clear with everyone the lost generation was BORN during the years leading up to 1900, meaning their generation was the one to fight in ww1. Not that ww1 took place during the time the silent generation was being born.

[@sojuxxxcigs]

Exactly, that dumbass got ratioed on his own comment anyways lol

[@beckettgilmour2944]

OHHHH thank you! I was like WW2 did not happen in 1927 💀

[@ThomasBachler01]

Did the video change? I am unable to connect your comment to the video.

[@ExploreScapee]

Thanks!

[@SamuelMailhot-ck9zz]

I was also wondering, because the great depression happened in 1929.

[@cthuluke5570]

I thought i was watching a massive channel then i saw the subs and likes, this quality is so so good for such a small channel! good job dude!!! Edit: Bungle Schmungle in my grungle

[@Paint_Guy]

hahaha I just started! thanks for checking it out

remember me when you're famous@@Paint_Guy

[@chomikfiufiu]

@@Paint_Guy forget me when ur famous

[@SobaYatai]

Bro woke up one day and decided that “I’ll make a banger” always come from small channels but this is the first one I’ve found being only one and the first video kinda jealous, because i didn’t tried hard enough because of several factors but this surely did encouraged me to just get real

[@NaDFD]

@@Paint_Guy subbed

[@choonblaze]

Being a kid in the 90s and a teen in the 2000s was pretty awesome. I wouldn't trade it

[@studybooks3395]

Me too... being a teenager between late 90s and early 2000s was the best.

[@The_Galaxy_Knight]

It sounded like such a fun time to me...

[@loganorcutt0728]

My great grandmother was born 1917 and passed away 2017 Lived through it all She's a survivor of the Greatest Generation, a hard working woman during the Silent generation, an enjoyer during the boomer generation, amazed by the X generation, started to relax during the Y generation, and passed away peacefully towards Zoomer generation.

[@odelhilgendorf702]

lol, my great grandmother was born during the american civil war

[@rdf4315]

Nice my grandparents was both greatest generation and silent generation, greatest on my mom's side and silent on my dad's, my parents are great-grandparents now, my mom's not even 60 yet and my dad is in his mid 60s and my older brother that's not even 40 yet is already grandparent, god time flies by so fast .

[@loganorcutt0728]

@@odelhilgendorf702that's crazy

[@dagtheking5739]

I feel like seperating people by their eras actually makes sense. It’s more of a phenomenon than a theory for me, though it’s different for foreign countries, like the Gen x in Japan is different, they’re “delinquets”.

[@samuelschonenberger]

Well in Japan Gen X is the last Gemeration to experience the economic boom and wealth and freedom Every generation after that just hasn't experienced that same level of prosperity

[@sreyaar5199]

Honestly, same in India, it's becuz the timeline in each country is different from USA's timeline.

[@dagtheking5739]

@@sreyaar5199 What about The United Kingdom?

[@HistoryUwu]

@@sreyaar5199 then again he focused on what is happening in the US but India is catching up in the generation timeline with rapid development the elementary school kids are semi ipad kids in the sense they do depend on it but they don't have huge problems like in America of literacy probably because of the lower per capita rates not allowing very lavish lifestyles making them still have to think and do some kinds of works making them still have some physical aspects but it's otherwise still catching up. I don't have any information on Japan tho since I don't know much about East Asia countries.

[@KevinTravers-mf9ti]

Gen X is the West are considered delinquents...

[@TheInkPitOx]

Millennial here. I can't believe that we are entering our forties now. How time flies.

[@Magnus_VII]

Righttttttt!

[@mitchhedberg4415]

It speeds up too as you get older

[@suningchen]

It gets better.

[@justpoints]

I'm a millennial, but I am 28😢

[@GMfwdSpence]

I still have 9 years left, don't remind me 😂

[@Cowboybootz_]

Gen alpha here (2010) 🙇‍♀️ I grew up on the iPad and have seen some stuff.. if I’m being honest I wish I grew up in the 90s/2000’s because middle school sucks with instagram, and everyone in my school are so stressed and depressed most of the time but thank you for sharing your experiences ☺️

[@crushbeast29]

It's unfortunate so many kids are growing up glued to the internet 😔There is so much out there, so many places to go, so many things to do, and so many friends to make. Yet most zoomers and generation alpha prefer to stay like a bird locked in a cage, and not go out 😔

[@tjlovesrachel]

I was born in 1988…the 90s and early 2000s were fun… I appreciate time before the internet and before people were glued to their devices…I remember pay phones and cigarette machines and everyone had a house phone and you had to remember peoples numbers or write them down…I don’t have Facebook Instagram Snapchat or anything like that the last social media I had was MySpace in high school 😂😂😂…get off social media it’s the best advice I can give…me personally I wish I was born in the early 1930s so I can be a young adult in the 50s because I just feel like that was a great time to be a young adult/person in the workforce and try to raise a family instead of now….I wish you the best of luck

[@SteveChiller]

​@@crushbeast29 I know some, boomers and gen x people who are like that.

[@The_Galaxy_Knight]

Same here only, I didn't use the ipad much. I hate most of the kids in my school due to the way they abuse the teachers not knowing new meanings to words.

[@tjlovesrachel]

Seems my comment got deleted by KZbin

[@sarahsander785]

Funny. My friend and I are both born in 1986 Germany (which brings a whole other aspect into the mix with the fall of the Soviet Union, German Unification etc.) and we characterised ourself as the "19th Century of the 20st Century" meaning that we expirienced a phase of rapid techonological advancement and social/ economical decline much like during the industrial revolution. We tend to call people our age a "forgotten generation", too. Now I saw your definition of the Lost Generation and I want to say, I do see uncanny parallels. Luckily we haven't experienced a world war (yet?), but almost everything else during a phase of our lives that should've been dictaded by personal growth, family building and finding your place in the world rather than war on terror, crushing economics and being totally forgotten by the rest of the world because "you need to be 18 with 20 years of experience to get that job!" - after being told that you can archieve everything in the world if you just try hard enough. Rise. Fall. And I'm not sure if we're confident in our lives or if we've just given up and being cynical about it.

[@user-wl4fs7mc6e]

Imagine fighting in WW1/WW2 only for some youtuber to draw you as a crying wojak 100 years later.

[@Voun_]

Skill issue

[@dansmith16]

The training wheels didn't even make sense in any context. Lefties can't meme.

[@georgebenta3435]

This should be titled "Every US Birth Generation Explained in 9 Minutes". These generation labels are mostly relevant to the US.

[@texasred2702]

YT is an American platform, so yeah.

[@georgedimitrakopoulos2546]

You're obviously wrong, it's mostly relevant to the west world, not only the US. For example I am Greek and all these generations and descriptions are highly relevant.

[@bapyvillager349]

@@georgedimitrakopoulos2546 and especially the newer generations, because the world is now connected by the internet, so cultures around the world mix together.

[@Vect0r11]

Yup, this is a very "first world" view on the topic, mostly focused on the U.S. Only the newer generations could fit the rest of the world, obviously because of the internet

[@Exodon2020]

It's generally translateable to the entire western world though, you only have to shift some of the dates back and forth and sometimes they have different names. In Germany for example, the Greatest Generation is called "Generation War", the Silent Generation is called "Generation Post-War" or "Rubble children" due to them having grown up amidst the ruins of their hometowns. Compared to the US, the Boomers started with a delay of about 5 years since economic recovery from WW2 only truly began at the start of the 1950s but ended at about the same time as they did in the US. Gen X, Y, Z and Alpha are functionally similar to those of the US. I'm a late Millenial (born in 1993) and even though I'm living on the other side of the Atlantic I would still consider 9/11 to be the most impactful "political" event of my childhood and teen years.

[@ThanhLe-bu8ix]

My great-grandparents are Silent Generation My grandparents are Boomers My aunts and uncles are Gen X My parents are Gen Y My cousins and I are Gen Z And my little sisters are Gen A

[@WynnicWither]

My great-grandparents are Greatest Gen/Lost Gen (???-1910s) My grandparents are Silent Gen/Boomers (1930s-1940s) My parents are Gen X (1977-79) I am Gen Z (2006)

[@austingibson9291]

Gen Y here and I was very traditional as a kid. Every week was church, family gatherings, travel, sports and video games. Grateful to be born in the 80s.

[@lssjvegeta7103]

Imagine being dumb enough to be religious

[@juangarcia-nc6ur]

Gen alpha when gen sigma walks in

[@SexyChilli]

With a bigger and hotter gyatt and Skibidi Rizz

[@MrMuel1205]

Well if generations are standardised to 15 years and the order of the Greek alphabet is followed, the first Gen Sigmas won't be born until the mid-2260s. The last Gen Alphas will die over a century earlier in the 2140s. Sadly the two will never meet.

[@garrylarry890]

@@SexyChilliLMAO

[@heyo80]

@@MrMuel1205I really hope we don’t continue down the Greek alphabet and actually find unique names for future generations.

[@simonweaver8846]

It'll be a while until gen sigma comes, gen beta will be the generation after alpha and the children us zoomers raise.

[@jameson8682]

Being a millennial, I grew up with the "wild west" internet. I will never fully recover what was taken from me.

[@planescaped]

There really were a good old days alright... everything changed when social media became popular and opened the floodgates to make internet usage acceptable, and then cool. I'd say 2012 was the last year of the old internet, maybe that was the apocalypse the Mayan's were referencing. :P

[@judsongaiden9878]

@@planescaped The only reason the Mayan calendar ended with 12/21/2012 is because that was the end of a celestial age. When a calendar is outdated, you swap it for a new one. If they'd had time to make a new one, they would have, but they were child-sacrificing idolatrous imperialists despoiling the land just like the Canaanites did, subjecting it to futility while oppressing their own people in service to false "g0ds." So they, along with the Aztecs, were rightly conquered. Ave vindicta!

[@ageishyena3035]

@@planescaped Tempted to say 2001 instead. 9/11 fucked us for good.

[@sikul3237]

Most millenial growing up without internet

[@CrimsonMey]

I don't think I've ever seen questions like "What is (random explicit tag)?" while on the net. It was like, we were all subjected to it at roughly the same time and were right there as the terms were coined.

[@Bunchoeves]

My husband is a boomer, I am a Gen X, my first 3 kids are Millenials and my last 2 kids are Zoomers. We have several perspectives.

[@user-fc6hy1fn3j]

And you are adding to the overpopulation of the world. I honestly don't get the selfish thinking of having more than two children at the very most.

[@Bunchoeves]

​@user-fc6hy1fn3j oh, I don't know, we could afford our children and we gave them a good upbringing with lots of love. I think I made the world better by increasing the number of good, hard-working people in the world.

[@Humanresouces]

​@@user-fc6hy1fn3jEvery human contributes to the world, Xi Jinping.

[@fighterofthenightman1057]

@@user-fc6hy1fn3j God, this is a dumb comment. The birth rate in the Western world is LITERALLY below the replacement rate, bro. That’s how a species continues. Go yell at Africans and preach them to have fewer kids if you’re that big of an asshole.

[@rookieh3re]

​@@user-fc6hy1fn3jstop being sad

[@DiegoKeaneMusic]

It's also interesting and worth mentioning that (at least with the more modern generations) every generation typically raised kids who are two generations after them. (i. e. Baby Boomers raised Millenials, Gen X raised Gen Z, Millenials are now raising Gen Alpha.)

[@joesmith8725]

Many Gen X were raised by Boomers as well.

[@rowan404]

2:24 A few years ago, there was a church service to honor veterans. The pastor was like, “Stand up if you fought in Afghanistan.” “Stand up if you fought in Vietnam.” etc. and kept going all the way back to WWII. A single man stood up and everyone applauded him. At around the same time, I went to a restaurant with my then-boyfriend for Valentine’s Day. We saw an old man wearing a hat stating he was a WWII veteran enter the restaurant and decided to thank him for his service. He ended up telling us what it was like to fight in the war. Apparently, his friends from the army died due to an attack with toxic gas and he was the only survivor. He then went on to tell us how he missed his friends. It was very heartbreaking to listen to. He was clearly in a lot of pain even after 80 years.

[@sonjagatto9981]

💔

[@savvivixen8490]

I think that it's a good thing he was able to share his story with you. In a sense, it's a way to have someone know he and his bretheren existed, heard them, and will carry the memory of them even after he bites it. It might have even been cathartic for him to know you'd listened intently to him to be able to relay his deeds. Honor to him and his brothers in arms ❤️‍🩹

[@zomacchy16]

He seems like such a kind and hardworking person. May his friends rest in peace,they will come back to him. ❤

[@acevendettaflightclips2189]

I would have booed the Vietnam vets. Why honor baby murdering losers?

[@ComfortableMedium]

I just wanted to say that I am glad you thanked him for his service. I find that veterans are often put under scrutiny or judged, or even just forgotten. Ultimately I don't think most of them really had a choice in the matter, And after going through all of that it must be hard to try to live alone with stories like his. The feeling of isolation must be overwhelming, with most of the people who could share in your struggles dead through old age or service; I can imagine it wouldn't be difficult to feel forgotten.

[@OldMovieRob]

I'm cool with being Gen-X. We had the 80's, a golden era for music and awesome cinema.

[@icouldjustscream]

Everything kinda went to 💩 after us. When we were young, it wasn't always easy, but we just rolled with it. We're middle-aged now. Old enough to remember the good times and how different life was not that long ago. Young enough to have to adapt to the cluster-F that the world is now. Well, if anyone can adapt, it's us. I really think everything started to change after 9/11. We were young adults in 2001. Old enough that our view of the world and our place in it seemed set. Not that we wore rose-coloured glasses, but we took a certain level of stability for granted. That day was the original Throat-Punch Tuesday that left all of us gasping for air and trying to find our balance. If we're honest with ourselves, we've never really recovered. We've just sucked it up buttercup and carried on.

[@huntershor4064]

@@icouldjustscreamrealistically the turning point for things sucking were when the boomers took power politically. They had everything handed to them on a silver platter thanks to the hard work of the greatest generation

[@VaraLaFey]

Middle and late Gen-X had grunge. Which fortunately died out and seems to have no resurgence.

[@nameless_4084]

I'm Gen Z but would rather be Gen X

[@janettebuckley4170]

​@icouldjustscream Spot on. I'll add that we also learned to deal with anxiety rather than run for a pill for rescue.

[@rgm4646]

Lets hear it for generation X!!

[@EternallyDoomed]

I hope you get the attention you deserve, this summary is amazing and you are very underrated, keep it up!

he will

[@hashira9223]

He will, since he copied The Paint Explainer

[@EternallyDoomed]

@@hashira9223 by using that logic you could also add the redeemed zoomer to that list, it’s just a new video essay format that the paint explainer used first

[@demetrisbarnwell2798]

@@EternallyDoomedwhat you say makes no sense as the Redeemed Zoomer started this format 10 months ago (he also only does religious related videos). This guy has “paint” in the channel like Paint Explainer, a similar profile picture…like what can i say?

[@EternallyDoomed]

@@demetrisbarnwell2798 I realize that after I checked but my point is that it’s not a copy, it’s a newer format that people started to use that the paint explainer and redeemed zoomer happen to use

[@CollinGill7]

The parallels between the lost generation and the young millennials/older zoomers (ie me, born in ‘98) are something I never really thought about

[@Semilamist]

Same, history is truly a cycle that keeps repeating

[@aev6075]

Probably because the parallels are very much not comparable. Saying World War is even moderately comparable to Ukraine - russia or saying that covid is same as spanish flu is extremely dishonest.

[@iMrParker]

​@@JL-hk6pqNo one can have a conversation about older generations without some peanut brain mentioning how racist they were. Obviously they were racist but that's not the point of the conversation

[@unveiledwithouttears1370]

​@@JL-hk6pqBut but but they weycist... Waahhhhhh..... weycist bad... waaahhhh....

[@cradica]

Am I an early zome?, I was born in '03

[@qa1e2r4]

Alpha's real challenge is going to be dealing with AI and integrating into VR environment. Similar to Y and the internet. Things will be changing fast and they will have to learn to ride on it.

[@CrazyCatMom11]

I am an Xennial - the micro-generation from approx 1977 to 1985. We have very little in common with the younger Millennials who were born in the mid-90s. I was born in 1983. Many of my friends were latchkey kids. Very few had computers. Most of us didn't get the internet until early/mid-high school. Most of us didn't get cell phones until late high school or early college. We lived both the free life of Gen X but as we aged, we began living the technological life of a later Millennial.

[@nelly_lu]

I LOVE that you mentioned Spongebob, one cannot drive home enough the influence that this series had on our childhood. I do communicate in Spongebob references with people of my age to this day.

[@muysli.y1855]

One thing is disagree i born 91 late millennials and spongebob is also my childhood and influence me a lot

[@nelly_lu]

@@muysli.y1855 1996 here, I agree with you, Spongebob had a huge impact on late Millennials too 👋🏼

[@thedrewster0408]

Honestly, SpongeBob is our equivalent of Mickey Mouse in terms of cartoon iconography similar to how the G.I. Generation, Silent Generation, Baby Boomers, and Generation X grew up with Looney Tunes, Hanna-Barbera, Tom and Jerry, Popeye, Pink Panther, Woody Woodpecker, Mighty Mouse, the list goes on and on.

[@garystill1308]

@@muysli.y1855 fr 94' here and as someone named gary i got meow'ed at all the time growing up lol

[@benfelps]

@@nelly_lu the fact that we are born one year apart but i am considered gen z while you aren't shows how silly these generational labels are

[@CheeseCriminal]

it's interesting how the way generations are being defined seem to be getting smaller. for example the first few generations up until gen x are all longer than 15 years and since then they have all been under 15 years. some online definitions i found even said gen alpha would end with people being born in 2024-2025, which would make it only 11-12 years long. also trying to generalise kids born from 1500-1520 and kids born from 1520-1540 would be pointless, and you may as well just lump everyone in the 1500s into one "generation" as lifestyle would not have changed that much. my point is that the shorter generations reflect how culture and technology is changing faster today than it ever has been.

[@Paint_Guy]

soon it will be hard to keep track

[@CheeseCriminal]

@@Paint_Guy yeah lmao

[@hatemastertenn1048]

Every generation before Gen X were based on the world wars Lost Gen: people who fought in WW1 (1883-1900) Greatest Gen: people who lived through WW1 and/or fought in WW2 (1901-1927) Silent Gen: people who lived through WW2 (1928-1945) Boomers: people born in the baby boom after WW2 (1946-1964) its also the reason why Gen X is named Gen X because it wasnt really based on anything but just the people born after boomers and also why its shorter than other generations

[@bunkley923]

gen z is sometimes said to end at 2010 and not 2012

[@TheRook404]

​@@bunkley923I mostly see 2010 as the end of Gen Z, I was a little confused seeing 2012 as the end of Gen Z

[@SimCityEA1989]

I was so confused by the Years because it didnt match with the events, then realizing its the years for people who were born in, ans thus had to live through those events. Great video!

[@kristena5825]

I'm a "Zillenial," born in '94. Really resonating with the Lost Generation comparisons here. Hopefully we're remembered as resilient too, not just broken. Good video, subscribed.

[@user-lp6xn6jl8w]

Its unreal man. I am a Zoomer and what you said about losing most of the highschool hurts. I am really jealous of the older generations sometimes cause it just aint the same anymore after the pandemic

[@Helios8170]

I got stiffed out of maybe a month of high school. You wanna know what you missed? Go listen to Bowling for Soup's "High School Never Ends." It's cynical but pretty accurate. High school sucked for everyone in one way or another anyways, so don't worry about it.

[@ComfortableMedium]

In many ways I feel that I never fully recovered from the lockdowns. Before them I felt I had direction, motive, and ambition. I now feel lost, stagnant, and aimless. Ultimately I feel that this feeling can't be entirely attributed to the pandemic, It is likely natural for many people to feel this way in the weird transitional period between youth and adulthood; But I certainly feel that the pandemic didn't help. I'm not quite sure what to do with myself other than salary slave and hope I find my way.

[@dzbanecekfrost666]

​@@Helios8170 I lost almost half of highschool. The half a year before the pandemic was one of the best in my life. Than when the lockdowns ended it was absolutely amazing again. And then it all went seriously wrong with university. So I beg to differ, highschool was awesome and it makes me super sad i missed so much of it and ended up depressed because of lockdowns.

[@fine-n-dandy]

honestly, man, i feel so emotionally stunted. i really weep for gen alpha kids though. i taught some elementary classes in my senior year, and dear lord, they lost so many absolutely crucial years of learning and socialization skills. i wish them the best

[@sookendestroy1]

Ngl yall dodged a bullet

[@hdufort]

As a GenXer, I grew up in times of very high interest rates, in the shadows of 2 oil crises, and with the constant threat of nuclear war being vividly depicted in movies and TV series. We went through school thinking that we would either end up being unemployed, or living in a postnuclear wasteland. It was also a time of innovation. I know a few guys who became rich writing a 8-bit computer application and selling it to a big corporation within a year. But most of us just felt lucky we could cling to an office job, work very long hours and come back home at 7pm to a TV show recorded on VCR.

[@BlackAge2k]

But we had the best action heros and action movies.

[@andrewrules231]

Ya now try to imagine what it's like for young kids growing up now. Everything bad you had is worse for them and all they have to look forward to is no job at all

[@hdufort]

@@andrewrules231 They have plenty of jobs here. Employers literally begging them to work. However, rent and house ownership has become outrageously expensive since the 2010s. They can't afford to live anywhere except at their parents' home. Even with a good salary life is way too expensive for the millenials. They face a completely different challenge, but they don't have it any easier, I agree.

[@andrewrules231]

@@hdufort i was talking about gen A. But if you want to talk about melenials I am one and let me give you some perspective. I have been forced to start my working career over from ground zero More than 6 times by 33. Plenty are hiring but to do construction I require a car to be hired by any company and I sold my car to keep a roof over my kids head during COVID. I would take any retail job but they won't take me because my work history is a Forman and technician in industrial construction and maintenance. So hear you have competent experienced people like me (and there is a lot) that can't work but want to. And dispute what you may think I can't just move to America and take a job. As a Canadian the only way I could do that is if I were a doctor,nurse, an engineer or already a multi millionaire. Western countries don't take imagrants from other western countries only the 3rd world

[@jaxonwoods8181]

@@hdufort true. I make over $60k, so not bad but not otherworldly, but I still live with my parents, and likely will until I can save enough for a down payment.

[@tnetroP]

Gen X from the UK. I used to have door key on a piece of string around my neck. I had a Commodore VIC20 and C64 and absolutely loved seeing how new technology was changing the world. Our music and films were THE BEST :)

[@xymaryai8283]

i feel like gen Z has been retroactively changed by the pandemic, sorta similar to how gen X and Y were changed by 9/11, apart from being a more round number, 2000 makes sense as a cutoff because kids born in 2000 would have graduated end of 2018, only getting about one year in Uni or TAFE before the pandemic, whereas students before that could have gotten 2 year certifications done. i guess you could argue many people study longer than 2 years, so its not a big deal, but studying through the pandemic will be a very big common experience, like watching the towers fall but in extreme slow motion

[@eljay5009]

Being born Gen-X was pretty good. We got to experience the thrill of computer games being novel and seeing rapid development in that technology. I'd say the 1980s were the most diverse for music (we still had disco and rock and roll hangovers from the 60s and 70s - but also got all the new music coming down the pipeline too like rap, metal etc) - plus music videos peaked. Music also became mobile for the first time with Walkman and Discmans. Cinema really took off in this period too - with some of the best loved movies and franchises ever made coming from the 80s and there was a big leap forward in SXF which we got to experience for the first time. We also got to experience sweets and chocolate bars before shrinkflation economics got hold of them.

[@jkbezo1]

Also, punk, new wave, alternative rock was rising during the '80s and '90.

[@GeneralFatman27]

7:36 "Zoomers are not that much different from Millennials" Oh that's a phrase that could start a few fights.

[@a.harrison3721]

Seriously, eww Gen z

[@soso88884]

@@a.harrison3721 " eww genz"- millenials acting childish once again. babes we don't want to be associated with your embarrassing ass either

[@jaylenreed2313]

They need to better define the line between Millennials and the Zoomers, mainly because I guess by the standards of this video I qualify as a Zoomer but keeping it a buck I get lumped in with the Zoomers but as a middle school educator I will be the first to tell you I have virtually nothing in common with those kids compared to what I have in common with Millennials 😂

[@prod.halfnhalf]

@@a.harrison3721haha unc

[@Tabby46]

@@a.harrison3721 get off the internet go to work if ur older than gen z

[@arizonad8012]

I think today genrations are more lost than 1883-1900.

[@crushbeast29]

lol i agree

[@josem588]

@@crushbeast29 I dont think we could EVER have a house or make it past 2040

[@AmberVivicide]

I am a true Xennial, born in 1984 I feel much more relatable to Gen X than I do most Millenials, especially the ones born in the 90s. Most of my friends and relationships have been with Gen X and they are the group i gravitate towards at work as well. I feel like generations should be a decade max, anything over that is a group so spread apart they dont have much in common to be honest.

[@atis9061]

you are not gen x. you are millennial. it's flattering that you admire us that much though.

[@AmberVivicide]

@@atis9061 never said i was Gen X

[@atis9061]

I have many millennial friends but I've never heard 'X'ennial. I agree with u that generations should be seperated more efficiently. the only generation that I don't want to have relationships with is baby boomers. they divisive and spoiled. @@AmberVivicide

[@atis9061]

I have a friend who is like you. she gravitates towards gen X. she was born in 86 @@AmberVivicide

[@The_og_moonwalker]

It’s almost like labels don’t completely define us

[@Crendermin]

As someone who was born in 97, I feel more in line with Millennials than with Zoomer's, I had a flip phone in case of emergency but my younger brother did not get one and I didn't have a computer of my own until around 06 or 07, instead playing on the PS2 for only about an hour a day given I had finished any homework and chores. And I only had these things because my dad, who was single, worked a really well paying job with over 30 years of experience. And for now, I'm content with just being alive and though I'm not living, instead I'm just surviving as the world drastically changes again.

[@proksenospapias9327]

Yeah I dunno why he classified people born in like 98 as "zoomers". They're millenials, 1980-2000, hence the name.

[@jdubo1998]

That's only because you are at the beginning of the Zoomer generation. And are comparing yourself, a 26 year old, to basically children. Give it some time my man, and once all the zoomers are adults, you will see that our differences ain't actually that different, in terms of how we think, mindsets, and technology utilization. I honestly feel that labeling a new generation with Alpha is way premature.

[@cyanideisfun]

I feel the same way. I'm born early 97, and my siblings are 92 and 88. I got their hand-me-downs, I was raised on the same shit they were raised on. I was into games very early on and played a lot of the older consoles. I just don't relate to any of my Gen Z friends. It's as if they live a completely different life to me. I'll never understand why we use 1996 as a cut off point for Milennials. My buddy is late 96 and I'm early 97. Despite being 2 months apart, we're of different generations? Just doesn't make much sense to me.

[@cyanideisfun]

​@jdubo1998 Judging by your comment, I'm assuming you're a Gen Z? Naw bro, Gen Z are in their late teens and early 20's now. They ain't basically children, they're adults now. And I still don't relate to any of them. I relate so much more to Millennials.

[@VictoriaInahuazo]

@@cyanideisfunmy boyfriend is late 1997 and he doesn't relate to millennials born before 1993 at all.

[@greenlizard4208]

this is actually surprisingly good considering your subscriber count, i dunno what YT has been doing with the algorithm but i've been finding a ton of small channels like this one that are making hella good content. Here's your official hidden gem award 💎

[@dailygrowth7967]

That means the algorithm is doing a good job, as it is showing us these channels. Edit: reread your comment, you weren‘t arguing against that. Anyways, my point still stands ;)

[@Akira.-_]

Ikr! I'm really happy that I get to support small creators.

[@disneyfan_1237]

Yeah same here.

[@Peatingtune]

There are a lot of big channels making absolute crap.

[@DawnDavidson]

I agree that something changed recently. I hadn’t been getting any new channels for ages, and then all of a sudden I started getting channels I’d never seen before, like this one. It’s refreshing!

[@StephJ0seph]

Makes me wonder how generations 200 years from now will view us lol

[@odelhilgendorf702]

Born during WWII. My grandmother barely made the lost generation [1885-1976]. her and my great grandmother, [1864-1955], had some fascinating stories they shared before their passing.

[@haven216]

As an older gen z (born 2002) I honestly relate much more to millennials than younger gen z in terms of computers and the internet. It might also be because I was exposed to the internet very early. Some of my oldest memories involve the family computer in 2006-2007

[@risegaming2047]

Early zoomers had a kind of exposure to the internet which was way different from gen alpha.

[@xerostar2009]

I got my first dose of the web back in 2011, I was 2 back then, so I'm a late gen z. Dear god, I feel so old yet I'm just 14 about to be 15 in a few months. Time really flew quick.

[@haven216]

@@xerostar2009 I would've had my first dose around 2004-2005 when I was also 2. According to my mother, I used to watch my older sister browse the internet. We're in the same generation, yet the eras of the internet we were exposed to were very different.

[@elokin300]

⁠@@haven216 You guys remember accessing the internet at age 2?

[@dagtheking5739]

@@elokin300I remember mommy showing me creepy shit in 2010 when I was 5.

[@e-mail881]

Gen X had it ALL... And STILL DOES! Glad to be part of that!

[@ThatsNotFunnyThatsSick]

Born in 1968, and I remember a lot more children and teenagers outside riding their bikes or just inventing something to do. When I got home from school, I was outside in 15 minutes riding my Redline PL20. We would hang out on our bikes talking about bikes. Then dinner time came up and we went home to eat with the family. People are just real angry today for some reason.

[@rudyschwab7709]

@@ThatsNotFunnyThatsSick People are angry because of the programming. We get it in the schools, from work, from our entertainment, and so on. We are being programmed to be divided. When we were kids, society was still very much under the direction of the Greatest Generation ...the generation who learned at an early age that coming together was the only way to defeat common threats, and they wouldn't think twice about putting a foot in our asses if we didn't. I really miss those old bastards.

[@Shaboomquisa]

you had it all and ruined it for everyone else. pissed it away for future generations. you and boomers wont be remembered well in history

[@ThatsNotFunnyThatsSick]

@@Shaboomquisa You have the entire world trying not to hurt your feelings. Don't blame me.

[@brye687]

​​​9:04 ​​@@ShaboomquisaGen X here We came home to empty homes and we played outside, how did we ruin that for you? Whatever device you watched this video on...we didn't have that. ...so put down your phone and go outside, no one is stopping you. Or don't, the slacker generation was despised because we didn't care...and we still don't. But we do enjoy telling other generations how little we care. It's part of our charm.

[@ace-90s21]

Guide to how to identify a gen alpha kid. 1. Show them a skibidi toilet video 2. Look at their reaction 3. Run before they take your phone and never give it back.

[@satchelsatchel]

A "skibidi video" what is that. I'll do an Internet search and take a look. _Oh, shiiiiii-_ Damn you, Generation Alpha kids!

[@cindyj5522]

A very interesting summary. Well written/scripted and although presented in a rapid-fire manner. Hit on all the salient info EXCEPT the rise of mass shootings/gun violence. Beginning with the experiences of Millennials it evolved from a horrifying event no one was prepared for to a sociocultural standard in the daily lives of Zoomers and those thereafter. I think that has a lot to do with mental health issues and feelings of safety in people born during and after 1990.

[@Green_Stache_Productions]

Pretty good video but you forgot the Interbellum generation. If you didnt know they're said to have been born in 1901-1914. They're often lumped together with the Greatest Generation but I think they deserve their own category since many born in this time period were too young to fight in WW1 and too old to fight in WW2 hence the name interbellum.

[@mooseboose656]

Interesting

[@ConnorLonergan]

So I did the math and that generation would be rougly in their 40's when WW2 happend, which is an age to be old enough to fight in WW2

[@JadeWhite-xf9xq]

​@@ConnorLonerganummm, people in the 40s are not "old enough" to fight in the war. I think it's mostly too old. But idk, maybe many of them were still conscripted to fight in WW2 even though they are old enough to be middle-aged man

[@ConnorLonergan]

@@JadeWhite-xf9xq Erm where in the world did you get the idea that being in your 40's is too old to do combat?

[@JadeWhite-xf9xq]

@@ConnorLonergan I'm from a country in which millitary service is not mandatory. But from what I know (I might be wrong), countries that do have millitary service usually enforce it for around 1-3 years, or maybe even less. If the service started at 25 years, then that means one can retire when they're 28. I think that's where the idea comes from... But now that I think more deeply, there are alternative scenarios. For example, if a soldier rises through the ranks, or when they voluntarily choose to stay, or were forced by the situation, then it's completely possible to still be in service when you are in your 40s. This is especially more true in the extreme reality of WW2. So, I correct my previous statement. Thank you for your comment 👍

[@logannorquist8911]

After finishing the video I went to your channel to watch more and found out this is your first. Amazing quality, keep it up!

[@Paint_Guy]

thanks man, I'm actually writing a new video right now, was surprised to see my phone blow up with comments. Definitely not planning to stop anytime soon

[@logannorquist8911]

​@@Paint_Guy great to hear

[@aberthegamers]

As a Gen Z, this video is pretty factual.

[@Azalis1701]

I've always found it helpful to think of it as two alternating groups of families. Basically, The Lost Generation's kids are the Silent Generation whose kids are Gen X whose kids are Zoomers. And the other alternating group of The Greatest Generation whose kids were the Boomers whose kids were Millennials whose kids are Alpha gen. When I think of it this way, I can see a lot of similarities among the generations in the family group.

[@y_is_everywhere_lol]

I was surprised when I saw that you had 4k subs, insane quality video for a new channel

[@Aiventhebacon]

Sub bot ?

[@thecolombian8909]

mf he has 8 💀

[@worldview12]

@@thecolombian8909Ever heard of time?

[@ravisankarpalanikumar8780]

​@@thecolombian8909nah ur wrong he got 10k

[@se7enhaender]

​@@ravisankarpalanikumar8780 11K now.

[@Qualimar]

There definitely seems a bit of a divide between 'Old' Millennials born in the early 80s and 'Young' Millennials born in the late 80s or early 90s. I was born in 1981 and didn't get my own phone till my first year at college in 2000. I turned twenty six days before 9/11. The internet existed during my teens but it barely resembled the modern internet and you only got a brief window on the family computer every day. I do think people underestimate just how big an impact Gen Xers had especially on 'Old' Millennials. They were our older siblings, the cool kids on TV and in the movies (teen movies in the 90s were mostly acted by twenty-something Gen Xers and watched by actually teenaged Millennials.)

[@Arkiasis]

Yeah older millennials in my country had opportunities to afford housing. They got affected hard by the recession but opportunity was still there and once things improved housing was there. Younger millennials are coming into a job market with high inflation, high costs of living and insane housing prices and thus can't afford life.

[@stahhpppitttt]

Yes my older brother was born in 76 so I got to listen to his music and the movies he watched I was born in 92 so he was 16 when u was born so I got to listen to the old skool rap and hip hop

[@stahhpppitttt]

I wasn't allowed computer or internet in my house growing up my mom was older so she didn't believe in that which was good I read a lot of books

[@shadow6543]

Even for young millennials Gen X were always the cool adult cousin or something. A lot of our culture was influenced by them and what they thought was cool.

[@tetradnello690]

We live in such great time that was mostly built by gen x.

[@KocvyJr]

As someone who was born in 2001 in Czechia which is Post Soviet Country I can't agree to the statement that people were born into New Technology. We had to adapt in late 2000's to early 2010's. Not everyone was rich and lived in Prague. I still remember VHS, DVDs and my first mobile wasn't IPhone but Nokia with buttons.

[@northstar4601]

Good job on the video. I liked the lighthearted nature of it and how you had something nice to say about each generation while also not shying away from the negative things that occurred during these various time periods.

[@babinspajz]

One day kids will be saying ok zoomer and that really bothers me 😂💀

[@youhatennnnnnnnnndrink]

Ok zoomer

[@KAITOmomota-]

OH NO

[@sookendestroy1]

Okay Alpher

[@1_therealcreatedjam-ph8pv]

Okay younger than South Sudan

[@chp19711971]

So I was born in 1971 that makes me Gen X :) Cool. Yep My first gaming was Atari 2600 in 1978. Remember seeing star-wars a new hope in 1977 and E.T. in 1980. Damn I am old

[@josem588]

Also you were the last generation that could afford a house while gen z (my generation) have a crisis worse than stock market crash of 1929

[@jubjub444]

Here is a better look at it: *Lost Generation: Born between 1885 - 1905 *Greatest Generation: Born between 1905 - 1925 *Silent Generation: Born between 1925 - 1945 (After WWII) *Boomer Generation: Born between 1945 - 1965 ( Civil Rights Era) *Gen X: Born between 1965 - 1985 (Release of the NES- gaming being exclusive to children) *Gen Y (Millennial): 1985 - 2005 (Release of KZbin- the new age of the internet begins) *Gen Z (Zoomer): 2005 - 2025 (???) *Gen Alpha: 2025- 2045 (They haven't been born yet) Separating between 20 years exactly is a much more simple and easier way of looking at it. Considering if you look up how long a generation actually is its 20 years. It makes no sense otherwise for Gen Z and Alpha being shorter than the others.

[@1RealDAL]

wrong imnot doing all of it but geny is from 1981-96 gen z is 97-2012 gen a is 2013-25/28

[@jubjub444]

@@1RealDAL The fact that you only mention the later generations speaks volumes.

[@1RealDAL]

@@jubjub444 y would i i dont have time

[@josem588]

I don’t think we could make it past 2050

[@1RealDAL]

@@josem588 we whos we

[@wisdomvisionf.]

There is one thing to point out that all generations share or have in common. They all have problems and no generation is perfect. We all experience things differently from all walks of life.

[@marekukawski202]

Seriously? Such a freaking obvious comment -.-

[@darklord7479]

@@marekukawski202Ey with how many Gen Z hate I’ve seen I believe some people need to read this

[@exotic1405]

​@@darklord7479 seems like gen alpha is becoming the new punching bag

[@curious1053]

@@darklord7479there’s more Gen Z defense and hatred towards boomers.

[@turbotrup96]

​@@darklord7479Just because no one is perfect, doesn't mean Gen Z isn't the worst of them all. As far as I see it especially in America, it's the most confused generation, to say the least.

[@sub-jec-tiv]

As a Gen X person just out of my 20s, i watched the second 9-11 plane fly over my head in Brooklyn so low i could read the numbers under the wings, and strike the towers. 9-11 hit all of us, hard. I was wiping soot containing pieces of burnt clothing off my windowsill at 30 years old. I wouldn’t call 9-11 an event that mostly impacted the psychology of Millennials. It really changed everyone.

[@Ladyhotfire78]

Thank you for sharing. I agree. It was that type of event where everyone knew where they were when it happened. If you experienced it in real time (like you did)…there’s no words to describe how shocking and terrifying and SAD that day was. I’m originally from NY. Seeing those towers fall…heartbreaking.

[@annoyingbstard9407]

Thank you for your service.😂

[@skippertheeyechild6621]

Millennial here, agree. It was one of those incidents where you remember what you were doing when you heard.

[@svenbras6735]

Typically... You Americans get for once a slight, minor but oh so spectacular tragedy, nothing which compares to what your country has inflicted on the world, and BOOOMM it's trauma all over the place. Yes, I also remember where I was on that dreadful day (dreadful in the sense that it gave Baby Bush and his henchmen the opportunity to invade and destroy Afghanistan and Irak). But I also remembered sitting as a little kid in the car and hearing on the radio that Brezjnev died. Or the day the Soviets called it quits... Or the day that Belgiums public enenmy number one escaped and went for a stroll in the Ardennen, and so on. Stop that 9/11 glorifying, and think about what it was the start for. A Gen X'er from silly Belgium.

[@MyAccountForCommenting]

@@skippertheeyechild6621I remember where I was when I heard Tupac died. I can't remember that for 9/11.

[@katiejon17]

Interesting. As a mother to gen Alphas, my children’s experience has been very different than what’s listed here. Their lives were pretty normal during covid, we did not allow that to alter their lives much. The result is homeschooling, a close family, and children who are learning the truth (whether propaganda deems it “disinformation” or not).

[@satchelsatchel]

Propaganda does not identify "disinformation" because propaganda _is_ disinformation. Imagine a person in a black shirt who shouts "Do not trust the words of anyone who is wearing a black shirt!" It doesn't make sense.

[@markherron1407]

I'm Generation X! Blessings and Hugs 👑💜

[@josem588]

You have a lot of luck because you were the last generation that could afford a house while we gen z have to clean a mess that will take 50 years to clean boomer’s mess

[@HKduaneKoa]

I respect every generation as a Gen Z Deep respect for the lost and greatest and silent generations We will make this place better ❤️

[@233j]

this place is horrible right now

[@SirMorganD]

​@@233j WE WILL make it better.

[@RioRock7]

@@233jdid you read his comment?

[@SlideRSB]

They're making it worse.

[@southof.nowhere6096]

@@SlideRSB Well, at least the latter two. There haven't been many lost gen's around for quite awhile now. The one that I actually got to know sounds exactly like myself and many other zoomers oddly enough, though on a "moral of the story is" kind of level.

[@ThrottleFox]

born in '86, that weird generation who were born into an analog world and as technology advanced we grew up in our teens into the digital world and can move between the two effortlessly

[@X3MCTZN]

Samies....... still I prefer Y not millenials brrr... there smth nerdish n retardish in it :P

[@phoenixfriend]

I was born the same year and I agree. When I was growing up my granddad had a hi fi with record, tape and CD players. We went from VHS to DVD to streaming. The early internet years of chat sites and message boards to social media. Cord landline phones to cordless landline phones to mobile phones to smart phones.

[@Faith_Chi]

I was born over 10 years before you so a '70s/'80s kid who loved her BBC computer. All that computer stuff began in the early '80s. We did basic programming at school/home and played simple arcade-like games - Bugblaster, Kong, and story-like games where you picked text choices. We also spent a good chunk of our time playing outside, climbing trees, making dens, cycling, roller-skating and sledging. I like that aspect of my childhood :)

[@randydewees7338]

Can probably drive a stick too.

[@thetreasurehunter5849]

I was born in 85. I agree with what your said about switching between the two worlds effortlessly.

[@jackhardin6864]

Born in 2008, while my younger years of childhood were awesome and I will never forget playing games on the Wii and DS like monkey ball and plan tons robotic revenge, the problem is I feel I had to grow up quickly. With easy access to everything I had to understand a lot of things fast and while I still enjoy everything I always have a looming grain of pessimism and disdain for the state of the world.

[@daehr9399]

I find it quite interesting the similarities between Lost Generation and now. Even the type of warfare: trench warfare and siege warfare. Which only happens when both sides have met a technological stalemate. This obstacle was overcame with the advent of the tank during WW1. I wonder if the drone is the 21st Century's retort to that?

[@kitsu6834]

Interesting thought! I have to wonder if it was the tank or the plane that changed warfare back then..

[@Sawk_King]

I’m so glad to be a millennial and remember a simple carefree life before the internet disease infected everyone. The 90’s were amazing!

[@josem588]

Also you were the last generation that could have a wild youth and no one will have photos or videos about it EDIT : those were the gen x and boomers

[@JNoMooreNumbers]

Internet was cool at first but turned out a big downfall of society. Miss the days of visiting often with neighbors, young or old. More were willing to lend a hand if needed. Now you can be lying on the ground from wrecking your leg in a groundhog hole and completely ignored by cars passing by. Took awhile to get into the house then go and get xrayed. More are self absorbed and rude. If I saw someone on the ground I would check on them.

[@drwizzle]

Gen X and proud. Had a great, balanced upbringing which helped me be an epic father to my boys. Also watching this made me realise I know and have known family members from all 7 generations and listening to the earlier generationer's stories were fascinating. Amazing how far we've come in ~125 years

[@josem588]

Don’t forgot to mention that you were the last generation that could own a house while me and my generation will have to spend our ENTIRE lives cleaning boomer’s mess

[@nancytipton7602]

And then there's Generation Jones, us late Boomers/early Gen X... I was born in 1959 and was a latchkey kid, NEVER related to the whole 60's/early 70's Hippie stuff, but fell crazy in love with MTV, VH1, Punk, Dark Wave, Goth, and a major Sci-fi nerd for Star Wars, Alien, Predator, and the Star Trek movies. I'm a Jonesie!

[@A-DawgBrawler]

Jonesey Fortnite??? 🤯🤯🤯

[@MegaRiffraff]

Damn glad to be a boomer 😅 , real muscle cars , rock music, and the best of all mini skirts 👍🏻

[@adrianortiz8121]

those still exist yknow

[@oldradios09]

Are you part of real boomers or Generation Jones?

[@SK-nd7db]

Right !!! We started the mini skirts, midi dresses, the best rock music, and the cars were made better then!!

[@sammyrothrock6981]

Boomer here on the cusp of being a Gen X I wouldn't have traded my life for nothing! Best of times ! Best 🎶 music , best movies, best time for technology! We didn't have all this connectivity! We still met each other and had real conversations and actually live interacted in real-time! Those late 60s through late 70s were the very best! Even still had cool cars , cool music , society was in a way better mood than now!

[@JeremyB8419]

They go in cycles of 4. You need to view each as they are at their peak; I.e., when they reach the point that they are the status quo. This is to view each on equal background. Currently, we are still in Gen X as status quo, and slowly moving into Millennial as the status quo.

[@LittleWhole]

Also linked to the concept of Kondratiev (Kondratieff) waves.

[@SylvainJoseGautier-]

Gen X are 45+, why would they be the status quo?

[@kawaiibats2822]

I mean... how old do you think government workers and CEOs usually are. They're not middle aged. They're seniors

[@Fishsticks360]

We GenXers are largely still waiting for the Boomers to let go and give us the wheel.

[@FreqstyleRedux]

@@Fishsticks360 As a young Millennial, I'm eagerly awaiting for you Gen X'ers to push the Boomers into their retirement homes so that we can get some work done. It's shocking that Boomers are even allowed to remain in relevant power this long past their prime.

[@YourCapybaraAmigo_17yrsago]

I just think it's insane that any WW2 vets are still alive. Talk about some long-lived genes. Extremely impressive.

[@VisVic102]

This video helped me get better perspective on how quickly things changed throughout only these few generations. It is just so fast when you look at how history changed. I am in Gen Z and I see how horrible the end results are. Like the lost generation went through hell and I am not trying to prove anyone otherwise. But we are going through something bad as well (not as bad obviously) and we as a humans arent prepared to face it.