Gen Alpha Is Romanticizing 2014...

NOT GEN ALPHA ALREADY SAYING THEY WERE BORN IN THE WRONG GENERATION.... (OUR GENERATION, BTW!!! 😭)
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[@UltiNateum]

Is this how millennials felt when Gen Z romanticized the 90's?!? 💀

[@Razor-gx2dq]

Yeah! and in all reality it wasn't all that special

[@serinadelmar6012]

😂 yes, a little, it was a damn fine time tho

[@serinadelmar6012]

@@Razor-gx2dq😂 where were you? 90s were good for so many reasons

[@benthread]

@@Razor-gx2dqwhat wasn’t? The 90s were special. Everything after the 2000s is the same.

[@lillianahunter1199]

90s-2010s fantastic time to be alive as a kid

[@CatholicWeeb]

I don't blame them, the early 2010s was a great time to be alive.

[@sam_sa09]

The 2000s and 2010s >>>>

[@thatwintanjeen5743]

My favourite movie that came out of 2014 would have to be The Lego Movie.

[@shakikisstories]

@@thatwintanjeen5743FR, it was so good

[@Partybomber360]

2014 is mid 2010s btw lol, if that's what you were referring to, but yes, I do agree.. Early 2010s: 2010-2014 Mid 2010s: 2014-2017 Late 2010s 2017-2019/2020 Lol, haha..

[@Gobble_de_Goop]

2013 & early 2014 were the final days before toxic identity politics poisoned our culture & took the fun out of life. Everyone knows it, even if they won't say it out loud. I miss the days when being apolitical was okay & you wouldn't get bullied about it.

[@motherofpea4rll]

2009 is NOT Gen alpha 😭

[@thegoldenmask5076]

For sure, completely agree

[@lustrousblackcat]

RIGHT, most 12 years olds DO NOT deserve to be put in the same category as “skibidi toilet sigma rizz” kids!

[@voughtinc]

@@lustrousblackcat 2009 kids are 15 as of 2024

[@trinitialdridge]

THANK YOU FOR CLEARING THIS UP FOR ME BECAUSE I WAS WONDER IF IM GEN ALPHA FOR BEING BORN IN 2009

[@gigixglamxo]

is 2012 gen alpha ? Because I don’t want to be put as the “skibidi toilet kids” 😭

[@littlesillybilly]

Lol as soon as Gen alpha came, Gen z started spitting on them. It goes like this with every generation😭

[@NotZozies]

its funny because the girls in the start ARE GEN Z

[@anesuvile]

Fr like at this point im not even feeling bad anymore guys there is jst a big cycle of generations spitting on eachother like stop giving us attention and they might stop like its annoying now

[@samanthaworld4460]

i bet gen alpha will start spitting on gen beta when they exist

[@anesuvile]

@@samanthaworld4460 fr like they will always be something wrong 😒

[@RaindrewZ]

She’s literally spitting on young gen z’s lol..

[@shockwave2008]

2014 was a good year. No Skibidi Toilet, no Lankybox-type videos, and of course, the *egregious* obsession with *skin cares* at a very young age. Only good times.

[@CatCatCaat]

Lankybox hurts my brain

[@Jade.051]

I don’t know if i wanna ask what’s lankybox

[@CatCatCaat]

@@Jade.051 KZbin channel, they started off in maybe 2015 or some. Back then their content was actually entertaining, they made videos like kpop on a budget etc Now they shifted to making content for Gen alpha which are basically screaming and worst type of loud animated content you can imagine, search up and you will see what I mean

[@Yaboy51]

Skibidi toilet its technically like all those weird garrys mod animations around that time

[@asstimus-prime]

SHOCKWAVEE

[@historymajor26]

Will never miss the insanity of “Let It Go” having the world in a chokehold from 2013-2016

[@Ar0474]

2013-2017 I worked in the Toy department at Walmart and CONSTANTLY restocked the frozen shit for so many years. It wouldn't stop! 😂

[@wolfiesama3900]

No way frozen came out that long ago, feels like it was a year ago or something

[@dontreadthisplease2416]

I can't believe it was that long ago....I remember watching it during a school trip to a movie theater in middle school that we got as an award for some bullshit I don't even remember doing or achieving (so much for a teaching moment huh?)

[@maxlikesdinos]

I was insane about that song. My dad still has a video of me in 2014 singing let it go in our old flat with an Elsa cape on my back 😭

[@SilenceIsGolden4]

Oh gosh everyone at my school wanted to see frozen til we had a slumber party and saw it and we were like, "Why did we want to watch this-" we were about 11 or 12 then lol

[@davidnissim589]

I'm early Gen Z, so I was a kid in the 2000s and in middle/high school during the early-to-mid 2010s. I romanticize it too, it was just a great time to be alive.

[@isabelp187]

right me and my sisters were 98 99 and 00 and it was amazing

[@Regina.6692]

The "coquette" vs coquette thing made me think of the part in the Mickey Mouse short when Minnie was trying on hats and she picked out the same exact hat and Mickey, Goofy, and Daisy were like "Hmm idk" and Donald said "IT'S THE SAME HAT"

[@ninar9664]

I love that episode

[@Regina.6692]

@@ninar9664 saaame it's one of my favorites

[@ninar9664]

@@Regina.6692 yeah I liked how it showed the iconic parts of the characters like Mickey is known for the ears and the others have their hats and bows. I thought that was cool

[@JFJDSMSMMDM]

HAHAHAHAHA

[@seadragonpirate8195]

They're realizing their childhood sucks

[@Hbdjk552]

Well it does revolve around the phone so yes, their childhood is shit

[@-Apathy-]

As someone who is apart of Gen alpha, real. Everyone in my class has been addicted to social media since grade 2-4. One of the last good memories I have from my friends is from grade 2. From that point onward, all my memories are of playing Roblox or watching some yt shorts for 14-17 hours a day. I’m not kidding. My average screen time is 15 hours and 44 minutes.. Kinda a sucky childhood if you ask me.

[@ville__]

Today is my birthday and I got no subscribers,.😢😢 ..

[@Imakestoriestolongtocomprend]

As a 13 year old, yes my childhood is terrible will be terrible and was terrible. BECAUSE EVEERYONE ACTS LIKE A 5 YEAR OLD

[@Cozy-Cooking]

fr gen alpha childhood sucks. im happy i got to experience my childhood before 2020

[@Turntoash]

Being emo in 2014 is something to romanticize

[@billybongthornton2091]

I miss Warped tour 😞

[@VeronikaKandy]

I was dude great fucking times

[@Venus-cd1kk]

For real Good times

[@lostandfond2163]

This was me ❤

[@michalhaynes]

The memoriesss

[@eileenann1510]

Im almost 50 and all the best things from every decade are in style right now , i love it. Seriously im sittin here with my 70s curtain bangs , in my 80s Metallica tee, sippin my 90s latte and playing my 2000s myspace playlist, 2010s lt pink hair and it's all in rn 😸

[@VoidStarzOfficial]

Keep rockin' what you love, even when it's not trendy anymore!! You sound awesome! =)

[@dasit6034]

based

[@KOKICHI_IS_ALIVE]

Lol

[@Totallynotsophie_x]

Technically, all these kids romanticising 2014 are all late gen z. Gen alpha doesnt start until 2012-2013 ish

[@lucy-xx6hs]

THANK YOU

[@sara_8622]

I WAS JUST ABOUT TO COMMENT THAT

[@ImActuallyAkari]

Exactly! I respect the creator but they should really do their research

[@SuperMario-eq8ik]

It says Gen Alpha is 2010-2024 and it says 2013-present. So we don't really know.

[@Kaatee996]

THANK YOU EVERYONE SAYS IM GEN ALPHA AND IT SUCKS IM A 2011 KID

[@zucchini802]

"You dont miss the old times, you miss being happy" -guy who sang call me maybe on a stage and took his shirt off

[@Tad_isamazing]

Are you referring to Albert?

[@pshaw8406]

We had an elderly neighbor who would say, "The good old days are just the bad old memory."

[@ihavenoideawhatimdoing4]

Albertsstuff ❤️

[@ewwwlainey]

ALBERTSSTUFF 😝😝

[@Madz...660]

ALBERTTTTTTTT

[@bethanybrookes8479]

You know what's weird? I didn't see a single owl in any of those 2014 things. I remember owls being everywhere during that time. Heck, I even had owl bedding! My mum had an owl colouring book. There was owl jewelery, owl prints on flowey t shirts and dresses. So many owls...

[@joehguitar7967]

Maybe this is a millennial thing, but sloths were absolutely massive too.

[@bloomeraklyon5842]

I was born 2009 and I wish I could have experienced the Tumblr era and I don't remember much from that time period but I do remember galaxy leggings, mustaches on tank tops and flower crowns and I am buying all of those things for my birthday now 😂

[@Ghoststar666]

Ooh yeah My room was redecorated in 2014 and i got like an owl chandelier 😭

[@MaddyRose1998]

I had so many owl things too you’re totally right! You unlocked a memory in my head I had repressed

[@Silly-Goose.]

Yes!!! Owl everything, even mustache owls! Lol

[@AmitriBlight]

I was 15 in 2014.. It feels so weird seeing these teenagers romaticizing that year when they can likely barely remember it.

[@JoeyOnSocial]

meanwhile people hating on 2010 just because they want to buy movies in-stores 💀

[@GracefullyAutistic]

I don't think it's that weird. I was literally a toddler during Y2K, I barely remember it, but I 100% romanticize that era!

[@th3riansL1ve]

In 2014 I was 4 and obviously I barely remember things. The only memories I honestly have, are the pictures/videos I took when I was younger. And I dunno if its just me but my mind just adds length to that as a memory from my head instead of a picture/video if that makes sense? And 2024 personally just sucks. I'm 13 now gonna turn 14 in November and I really hate how teens act right now- I don't wanna be that one person that says 'Oh I act older than my age.' But I lowkey kinda do? Obviously I have my silly kid moments and yell or blah blah- but honestly I wish teens were smarter to understand some adult humor- NOT ADULT DIRTY HUMOR- Like if I just say something indirectly in humor, they should be able to get it. If you know what I mean?

[@sunnybigdogs]

⁠@@th3riansL1ve im also 13 (turning 14 in november too!!) and I agree with you sm 😭

[@borderline_sunshine]

As someone who was 8 in 2014...I wish I could go back ngl bro I want that shit back it was HEAVENLY

[@Finn_sisjon]

I can’t believe that we played together in 2014 and y’all just took care of us like younger siblings and now y’all just make fun of us😂seems like everyone is making fun of each other nowadays

[@RestlessOrbit]

same

[@jooper834]

My brother was 14 in 2014 I think I was 7 I do remember 2014 only because I played mobile games

[@secretPENGUIN69]

i lost my virginity in 2014 lol. & i was addicted to World of Warcraft, what a time

[@Rapiers-and-flowers]

I was also 8 in 2014. It was also the year my youngest sister was born. I still remember when I left class early to see her at the hospital

[@diegelassenheit]

As a millennial, this is exactly how I felt when gen z started to romanticize y2k. So, welcome to the old folks club, dear zoomers!

[@its_destruggle2226]

This is what I came here to say haha

[@itscourtney93]

Same! Been waiting for this day to happen!

[@jaykay7227]

thanks for the welcome😂- from an old Gen Z

[@solong_abigail]

Man i feel old and im only 16

[@UnsortedSeeds]

Lol no kidding. It was kinda surreal to see gen z getting into that y2k/early 2000s stuff that I lived through.

[@galaxykitkat9921]

Social media used to be full of escapism which is why everyone is getting tired. It’s no longer escapism, it’s just a performative act that we all watch because we want what it used to be.

[@imafreddyfazballer]

it honestly feels like everything is an ad. not even a "i want to make being a content creator my job" thing, bc it *is* good that ppl r doing what makes them happy. but all/most big social media influencers r just abt consumerism and buy this and this and this or u dont fit in. its now normal for ppl to bully, its now normal to be considered "cringe" for trying to uplift other weird ppl or posting abt what makes them happt, theres trends and trends of different ways to make fun of ppl. like u said it rlly just isnt fun anymore, the internet isnt abt being fun anymore, u cant enjoy urself, u cant just do what u want, u have to fit in and do this and have this or ur cringe and stupid.

[@michaelkorenberg1313]

2014? Let’s emulate 1994 instead!

[@krims_kringle]

@@michaelkorenberg1313 1994 or 2004! id be fine with either, as long as we leave the homophobia and bodyshaming in the past. along with some of the 2000s trends ive seen resurface more recently, the "thinspo" and fetishization of bisexuality are both coming back and it sucks

[@michaelkorenberg1313]

@@krims_kringle I agree to disagree on some of your sentiments-Body shaming brings strength if one is willing to change it like a guy roasting an aneroxic calling it a skeleton in the closet or a living dead girl. Damn it I miss the 2000’s-back when people had a thick skin and where nobody didn’t walk on egg shells like now. Homosexuality and sibling movements are poisonous ideologies deserving to be trashed, censored and forgotten. Makes communism and fascism seem petty and innocent in comparison.

[@KyleEvra]

Pronatalists need to Stop 🛑 Romanticizing the Past!

[@NikNak500]

Hayley I'm totally feeling your rage at being made to feel old (although I have a good few years on you!). My 4 yr old grandaughter informed me (46) that "Your hair is actually going white, Nan". Not ready for that at all, I still feel like a teenager inside!

[@expertpanda513]

Just got to live grand babies, I have 2 @ 4 years and there the same 🤣🤣

[@0Jenna7]

If you're getting white now, you're lucky. My brother, 30, has grey hair. I won't be too far behind him. He's older than me.

[@FailedRacers]

6:39 the broken iPhone screen is the most relatable thing from this video 💀💀💀 I swear Apple were shipping iPhones with pre-smashed screens in 2014

[@user-uk6qz5gq4j]

Ikr

[@whynot-wx4dc]

I was 42 in 2014? It reminds of the year that everyone romanticized the 70's. Nostalgia is cute, but only if you can actually remember it.

[@saturationstation1446]

if only 99% of the human species hadnt been getting murdered with labor induced starvation for the past 3 centuries. nostalgia wouldnt be a rare privilege anymore. mostly all we see now is kids from broken homes emulating the people they see online who became brain broken from being spoiled into extreme narcissism.

[@MaahirMomtaz12]

I was 16/17 lol

[@seitanbeatsyourmeat666]

I was also 42… bring it baaaaack 😂

[@sweariefaerie9621]

I was 27.

[@Your.Casual.Buddy_AS]

I'm a gen Z and I don't even remember how my life was in 2014 except for the memories of going to school and crashing on my bed after returning 😂 these kids were even younger!!!!

[@K0HAKU_97]

I wish KZbin could go back to 2014. Content was golden ten years ago. People were carefree back then.

[@mid9moth]

Certainly, there was more originality and intimacy with the audience as well. It was a bit more human and relatable

[@TayonaDarling]

✋🏾2014 esque Yter in the rise

[@mid9moth]

@@TayonaDarling Aww sweet!! I wanna do the same thing. Just make unfiltered regular old-school musician nerd content. It's so fun to just talk your ass off, unscripted and simple, am o right?

[@voidxbat]

@@mid9mothSame here, I'm sick of this overscripted bs. I'll be attempting a Let's play 2014esque gaming channel where I play whatever game I find fun at that moment, not specifically one, and unscripted. I think it was so much fun! We followed people for their personalities back then!

[@bloomeraklyon5842]

Yes

[@marilyn96]

2014-2015 was a great time, I had the best memories, 20 and living abroad for the first time. I still have my old photos on my cloud from that period, it was still an easier time back then

[@iheartm4ri]

im 14 but I cant lie 2014-2019 was definitely a golden age and somehow i still feel old while watching these tiktoks bc somehow they got it wrong

[@DaREALReddie]

same dude, 2014-2019 are golden ages.

[@TheOneAnd178]

​@@DaREALReddie true as a '10'er. Those years were phenomenal. And early 2020's too (before lockdowns).

[@TheRealPulseSZNYT]

Yeah bro 2019 was dope bro I miss those times

[@nicklopez3461]

People generally feel this way about the time that we’re growing up. Millennial here, born 1992, I was 7 years old when the first season of Pokémon came out. Sometime I get nostalgic about being a kid and playing Pokémon with my older sister and friends at school. That said, the 2010’s actually came and went. I’d totally go back to 2010. Legit “old head” here. Y’all still have a lot to look forward to!

[@imnotokay000]

Werent you 4/5 in 2014?

[@cheeky_lady]

GenX old lady here....guys, seriously just do what you want. Stress kills. Stop worrying about trends, microtrends, esthetics, & "eras". I'm 47 years old & I haven't gave one f@&k about any trend since 1993. Wear what you want. Do want you want. Be WHATEVER you want. When you stop hyper-focusing about what everyone is doing & what they think, you will gain so much self confidence & self awareness. I promise you will be happier for it. 😁🤘👾

[@sarahgreen9179]

Elder Millennial here, or Xennial (depending on who you ask), and I totally agree with you. My Instagram is random and I don't care lol

[@ville__]

Today is my birthday and I got no subscribers,.😢😢

[@VermyScrubs]

@@ville__ yeah and you deserve none. Stop begging for subscribers.

[@graceisadisgrace8625]

Wise words!

[@Aliumly]

nice, as a gen z or alpha (not sure), I agree to you nice lady, :]

[@KidOfRocknRoll]

"...collecting all their vintage 2014 items." Oh, I can feel a pain in my lower back. Getting old in my early 20s.

[@SStupendous]

I was a tween in 2014. My grandfather fought in Ww2 and told me stories his dad told him about being a kid in the 1890s.... To hear 2014 being called vintage hurts too brother.

[@WeiYinChan]

Things aren’t considered vintage until it’s at least 20 year old

[@enderjackgaming]

Your kidding??? Gen Alpha is considering my shit as VINTAGE?!?!??! Man, they would probably die to get the Baseball trophy I won in 2015...

[@MaloryGrimes-em1rg]

As a 13 year-old, Come on grandma let's go to the nursing home (You're literally 20 old)

[@SStupendous]

@@MaloryGrimes-em1rg Nah what 🤯 you were born in 2010-11, that's crazy

[@KateFenty]

The Early 2010's was Perfect 😍

[@godrules3596]

Fr😩

[@secretahsieg]

No……..

[@Livia14104]

I dot even remember, cuz I was born in 2010💀💀💀

[@Mb44069]

I was 9 in 2014, and the only social media I was into was KZbin with its OG logo and I used to watch Little Kelly, Little Carly, Sharky and Scuba Steve, Tiny turtle and little lizard, etc… and the rest I watch regular TV (not smart tv) and played outside.

[@amandabushore7890]

Its the cutest thing in the world that new kids romantize the 2010s. They're decorating their house like the pictures i reblogged on my tumblr.

[@zetharerey3761]

It’s kind of cute tbh, 😂 some of us were teens and young adults so we got to experience more stuff than the little kids.

[@peachhaus]

It is SO cute! I wonder if gen X/older millenials thought we were so cute trying to dress like them as well? All my love and support for my alpha babies

[@pyao]

@@peachhausmy mom was so excited as a gen x’r when I wanted to wear flannel and stuff so I’m sure they were x3💖

[@mediocrebankai3114]

It is!! Im almost 30 now and I realized one day my house literally is just a little more grown up version of my tumblr reblogs 😂

[@DaBalladOfMonaLisa]

we're trying our best, thank you 😭😭

[@pixelatra_]

I really don't blame them, honestly. What we need to do is bring the color back to our lives. Gen Alpha is obsessed with that one makeup brand at Sephora because it's so bright and vibrant. We remember when McDonald's was colorful and playful. They only remember the minimalist greyscale McDonald's. I don't even think a single Gen Alpha got to play in a playplace. Honestly, we as Gen Z need to band together with Gen Alpha to demolish this marketable social media and bring the fun back.

[@JustEpic_Yt]

I remember when McDonald first changed in my area and I thought they moved locations 😢

[@krims_kringle]

@@JustEpic_Yt i remember that too, i was (i think) 7 years old, and it was the year 2015...... and mcdonalds changed :(

[@5Rice5Cake5]

I agree 100000%

[@thisgoddamusernamestoodamnlong]

even the internet was more colorful. remember how eye-burningly bright old landing pages were?

[@glossssx]

Yes, they didn’t get to experience the play place and the fun colored McDonald’s as the pandemic changed that and they couldn’t play in the play places due to the McDonald’s being closed, then McDonald’s was changed to be grey and dull. Another thing is they didn’t get to experience that amazing McDonalds yogurt due to it being removed because of the pandemic.

[@arreis7866]

As someone who was a teenager (14yrs) in 2014 it was the least pleasant year of my life. My family moved to the desert of Yuma, Arizona, I had no friends (I was homeschooled) and I found out my parents were thinking about getting a divorce. Not a lot of pleasant memories.

[@lover._.girl4]

Babes in 2014 gen alpha was only 2, yall act like we didn't do this with the 90's 😭 09 are Gen Z

[@NotZozies]

Gen alpha was ONE in 2014. the awareness of younger gen z is not known at all 🥲

[@Elmaxshipper]

NOT THE DOG FILTER😭😭😭😭

[@HayloHayley]

NAH LITERALLY I GOT WHIPLASH LIKE…… WHAT DO YOU MEAN THE DOG FILTER ON SNAPCHAT IS NOW A VINTAGE AESTHETIC 😭😭😭

[@user-bi8ko7kc6h]

😭I still use dog filters

[@MaahirMomtaz12]

Always hated the dog filter

[@saathvika_p]

bruh ngl that filter used to scare me as a child 💀

[@BreathingFeelsGood]

@@HayloHayleyWHAT IT IS??? LIKE IM VERY UOUNG BUT I STILL USED THOSE FILTERS CAUSE MY MOM DID AND WE WOULD DO SILLY FACES ON SNAPCHAT????

[@CatCatCaat]

Dog filter, really bad cat eyeliner, flower crown filter or the plastic wire ones. What a time to be pre-teen/teenagers. I miss 2014

[@emiliafernandez7619]

and the yellow butterfly crown filter

[@moniqueespinoza2452]

Omg not the flower crownnnss l. I remember flower crowns were real popular around the same time the anime Attack on Titan got popular so you could not escape the weird overlap between the two

[@CatCatCaat]

@@moniqueespinoza2452 I was 13/14 back then and I still have the flower crown somewhere, the way I thought I was the shi back then LMAOO😂

[@ville__]

Today is my birthday and I got no subscribers😢😢

[@mrpickles-hb6zx]

There's things I like in both times😭 there's always something new to love

[@natsuneteto]

i was 7 in 2014 and have been coming back to THAT type of summer ever since 🎀

[@501stLego]

i bet that this will happen to gen alpha when the next generation starts to miss 2024 when they weren't even born yet

[@shanouboubou]

ngl 2014 was kind of dope. 2014-2016 were kind of golden years, right before influencer culture peak, when social media was still casual, we were young and unaware Good times:)

[@morbid1.]

hahahaha what... You know what was "casual" internet, early 2000 but you probably didn't exist yet. Early internet was like a underground punk rock, majority didn't know it exists, older thought it was a "phase", while we went full on mosh pit... until it started becoming mainstream and corporatized to the point it's now a one big commercial

[@Eric-wj9cu]

Social media in 2014-2016 wasn't much different than it is today.... You're definitely too young to have known it otherwise

[@Cloudiihoshii]

I am 11 and I agree even tho I was like 1-3 😭😭 like it just hits different but I like 2024 more

[@worstusernameintheworld9871]

social media was a hellhole in 2014, ever been on tumblr? (if you're commenting on something like that, you better be old enough to remember what I mean when I say this) 💀

[@Eric-wj9cu]

Yeah i remember tumblr..... Can't say i ever used it but i remember the 'just girly things' memes that use to mock the garbage that was posted on that site

[@walking-sin]

And these ppl on tiktok be yapping 'i miss the times before tiktok' Why wont just delete it?! And litteraly every summer can feel like 2014 if you just get ur ass of the phone all day and just go have some fun

[@coral_sirens]

Well they aint wrong...

[@thisperson8441]

you're waaaaaaaay oversimplifying it

[@K1dn3yl0v3r]

Tik tok is really addictive and it´s really hard to quit and "Just delete it" Since you really quickly notice that you probably won´t have anything else to do (English isn´t my native language so I hope you understand what I´m trying to say)

[@aa-yy1tl]

LMAO AGREED

[@AnAngryPomeranianUnderYourBed]

That's not how it works, though. I'm 32 but think about it from a kids perspective. When you're going to school & everyone around you has the app, the language you speak & the things happening are dictated by what's happening on the most popular social media. You wouldn't be able to fully understand what's going on with your peers. You wouldn't know A LOT. You wouldn't be able to fit in. You would be bullied. It would affect your mental health to an extreme extent. Even at 32, I keep up with online things because my social groups (millennials) still talk in memes & puns & different internet language. If I deleted certain social media, I would be constantly confused by how my friends talk, what they are doing, etc. Which is fine in MY age group but it WOULD get exhausting for me to CONSTANTLY be asking "what is this" "what does this mean", etc etc etc. In an age group where people are cruel asf to each other, sometimes for no reason, even bullying people to the point of ending their lives, do you really think it's as easy as "just delete the app"? That's an insane oversimplification. Think about how we can understand memes that have context that requires us to know like... two previous memes or info from other internet culture. If they deleted the app, it would like walking around with everyone speaking in the language of that meme but having no knowledge of any of the prior information so it's just people saying one word or showing each other one picture and laughing. Or speaking in a language you practically don't understand. And being surrounded by a culture you don't understand. And havinf everyone know it because of the way you speak, the way you act, the way you react to things, etc. It's so much more nuanced than you're making it out to be. If you can't put yourself in someone else's shoes, just say that.

[@XXExlipse_333]

I was born in 2010 and I'm just shocked from all of this its like people have lost it 😢

[@Al_xS_cks]

this is why i love your channel. you help me get over my fear of being judged for wanting to dress in an alt/scene style

[@alicec.6195]

I saw this 2014 nostalgia and I was like WTF it was yesterday 😂

[@user-zi1gu4jp8s]

I would agree with you

[@Candycloud_19]

Ikr I miss it sm

[@itscourtney93]

Same. I was in college 💀

[@Nalannie]

Thought the same thing, then realized it was a decade ago and felt a little like throwing up lol

[@ville__]

Today is my birthday and I got no subscribers😢😢

[@moniqueespinoza2452]

I graduated high school in 2014😂😂 trust me the fashion and trends were… not great. Galaxy leggings, meme/rage comic shirts, chevron patterns, the strange constant edits/cosplays of Attack on Titan characters in flower crowns?? Also tumblr was so fun (is still fun for me as I’ve never left the hellsite) because you literally CANT be an influencer there. Like that’s just not how the site has or ever will work. Even the most popular blogs are just like normal people? I love how the site prides itself on not being profitable, it’s just very funny.

[@MiMi_MoMo]

Scrolling the comments and I finally found a fellow Zillennial!!! We are a rare breed lol. I also graduated high school in 2014. Born in 1996. I honestly don’t miss 2014 at all. It was cringe and we all dressed like 40 year old office managers when going to high school and college. I honestly don’t understand what there is to be nostalgic about. (Except the iPod. I still have my iPod touch and I still use it lol).

[@moniqueespinoza2452]

@@MiMi_MoMoCuspers unite! (OMFG not the day-night office looks😭)

[@ville__]

Today is my birthday and I got no subscribers,.😢😢

[@higurashikai09]

Galaxy leggings will always be in my heart-never had a pair, but I do have different patterned leggings I do wear now including a space pattern. Living out my childhood dreams now

[@ville__]

Today is my birthday and I got no subscribers,.😢😢 ...

[@AshlynSmith-jk5fe]

As some who was 5 in 2014, I am gen z and the fact that people my age are going back 2014, it’s too soon and it’s scares me

[@brandonwells73]

This reminds me of the videos people are uploading now like POV: you wake up to the birds chirping in 2014-2016 I’ve also seen some where’s it’s even older like 1970-2000.

[@imstillruqayxh]

im gen z and i agree with some of these comments, people bullying kid for being dumb and doing kid things is just weird. we did the exact same things they did 😭

[@pshaw8406]

As a gen x, I support this comment. Guarantee you my g-grandparents generation did the same thing to my grandma's generation they just didn't have internet.

[@UnicornsPoopRainbows]

As an elder millennial, I also support this comment. We are just lucky that there is no evidence that we did the same thing

[@chaoticcow4357]

Exactly, let people just enjoy something however they want. Who cares if they are "romanticizing 2014" how does it even affect you?? Like dude womp womp, its not like they're romanticizing the time of the nazi regime, its 2014! People today are unfortunately far too sensitive, and often times hypocritical..

[@posayisland]

FRR, AND THEY GET MAD AT THEM FOR HAVING IPADS INFRONT OF OUR SCREEN WHEN WE HAD GAMEBOYS/NOKIA/ETC, LIKE WTF???????

[@FreePigeon]

Yeah, the problem is you guys are in your 20s now and still haven't grown out of doing that stuff. You're supposed to be adults, working a job and starting a family, but you're all still on tiktok pretending you're still 12.

[@MayarAljedawi]

I’m part of late gen z, and by the point in life where I was finally able to understand things, the world was consumed. When I started becoming a teenager, it was boring, nothing was fun and colorful and all those “glow up tips” videos just tell you u need stuff like skincare and 5 hours of self-treatment and whatever not. I was never able to experience a time where no one cared about whether your clothes matched or not, what your hairstyle was, and good your makeup is. Crazy to imagine that the adults now were just kids having fun a few years ago and now all of them have changed to one specific style and a specific standard. Times change to quick man.

[@DishonorableMentions452]

Makeup is for adults tho

[@thecrow5006]

If you had colour's hair and eyeliner you would get veeat up in school it wasn't pretty in 2008-2015

[@Cozy-Cooking]

im also late gen z, what year are u?

[@msruag]

@@Cozy-Cooking im 2010 and the "me romanticizing 2014 like i wasnt 4" got me so angry bc i will NEVER tolerate being lumped in with gen alpha 😭🙏🙏2010 was honestly the last year to be born as a normal human being bc have you seen the stuff 7th graders do ☠☠the 8th graders this year are the last generation of normal people and i will always stand by that

[@Cozy-Cooking]

nah im legit sorry that you are considered gen alpha i don't know why people see 2010 as gen alpha because i thought gen alpha were all little kids like 5 not people who are almost the same age as me@@msruag

[@GhostlyyGames]

I was 14 in 2014, and can confirm, that year was so influencial in who I am now even. Instant flashbacks to Twenty One Pilots, Melanie Martinez, Lana Del Rey, Asetic Monkeys, etc; The chokers, the docs, the blurry "aesthetic," photos, the romanticization of bruises and other very human and normal things. Everyone wanted a record player. Everyone was obsessed with 90's grunge but with a cool, modern twist on it. Tumblr was absolutely everythingggg. I still often look up "2014 tumblr aesthetic," and just reminisce :') I actually do wish Gen Alpha got to experience it. It was a crazy but very fun time to be a teenager. And at that, my early childhood was still NORMAL. The earliest I remember even seeing a smart phone in real life was when I was 9, and it was a neighbor's lol. Didn't get a smart phone until I was 14 - the iphone 5c. I grew up playing outside with friends and had absolutely no care in the world about what was trending, who was an influencer. Gen Alpha doesn't get that choice, and it's actually incredibly sad.

[@mariettamark5796]

When you were 4 in 2014 then you are gen z, gen z ends in 2012

[@user-chaeyeongswifie]

never did i thought my childhood would be a aesthetic😭😭

[@pendafen7405]

Never did I think my College grad years would be an aesthetic...

[@Eclipsestar150]

You had a amazing childhood

[@user-chaeyeongswifie]

@@Eclipsestar150 thx ig?

[@claremiller9979]

It happens to literally everyone eventually

[@user-sg4ov7ng4h]

So weird

[@Dani_1012]

You have no idea how HAPPY this makes me 😅😢 I miss the 2000s and early 2010s SO BAD everything used to be so colorful and fun, yes it was tacky but no one cared because we were all enjoying ourselves, and music OMG THE MUSIC it was at its peak! It was party music all around, I'm so happy this is coming back, even if temporarily, it might bring back some color into our lives after this grey mininalistic depression of this era

[@LanaOsi-jn3zo]

Yes 👍🏻❤️

[@kawaiigirl1482]

Same! The music in the 2010s was so goodddddd

[@jacobquiroga626]

Same! The late 2000s & early 2010s were part of my childhood.

[@fosminclorin]

I wish the 2010s music makes a comeback the way 80s music did

[@sarahfranco6802]

I love the music of that era so much

[@LoganCorelli]

I'm only 18, but even I remember how great the early 2010s were. Such nostalgia! ❤

[@commentatingcommenter9178]

I mean as a 24 year old, I too miss the early 2000's. Especially how god awful 2024 is so far.

[@DMP64]

I remember 2014 and... I get it. Now everything feels so cold, So lifeless. I don't participate on any trends, but I actually like when people are curious about the past. It give's me hope people will start caring about living their lives for real and not just for the camera. People do really want to go back to a time without widespread phone addiction.

[@joehguitar7967]

Hey now, us millennials were addicted to our phones too. We just had to choose between talking to our friends or having an Internet connection! And don't even get me started on T9 texting....

[@ville__]

Today is my birthday and I got no subscribers😢😢

[@Laz3rCat95]

Agreed

[@dabordietrying]

​@@joehguitar7967 yeah, it's a bit different tho. gen alpha was born with an ipad/phone in their hands. as a zoomer, I didn't get a phone til i was 15. I'm 21 now. things are a bit different when you come out of the womb and have an ipad in hand

[@signedbookcollector3408]

2014 was the year I went through radiation and chemotherapy. I was focused more on my health than trends that year

[@rubysoho423]

Same! That whole year is kinda blank outside of cancer treatment. Hope you’re doing well ❤

[@ville__]

Today is my birthday and I got no subscribers,.😢😢

[@amethyst1062]

Because you’re a stupid bot, ville! You have no birthday your a robot

[@crxziar]

I hope you’re doing well now :)

[@crxziar]

@@ville__shut up you weirdo

[@delicate_rabbit]

i will say that Gen Alpha is 2013+ so even me, being born in early 2011 still makes me Gen Z

[@vicccxx]

No the last year of gen z is 2009

[@ashleymonchez6394]

@@vicccxx no actually da last year of gen z is 2012

[@TheOneAnd178]

​@@vicccxx last year of proper z then until '12 are the cusps and then proper alfa.

[@K3GNX58]

gen A begins in 2010 cope harder

[@ashleymonchez6394]

@@K3GNX58 nope it begins 2013 search it up

[@NotVenzavi]

7:50 "You don"t miss old Roblox, you miss being happy" -Albert Flamingo Nowadays, you can just remove Roblox.

[@kathianaeugene]

I don’t blame them 2014 was when music was at its prime we still played outside and the world was a happy place without the toxicity of social media

[@ville__]

Today is my birthday and I got no subscribers,.😢😢

[@matthewpenner47]

I was living in California back then and my parents had a pool, so a big part of that year for me was swimming.

[@Mouseproject6-3]

I don’t think music was anywhere near its prime and the world has never been happy ever since the dawn of humanity, and guess what kids still play outside!!!! How shocking 😮 , you sound just like one of the Alpha kids romanticizing a year which sucked ass and making it sound like it’s the 80s or some shit.

[@lucastoft4948]

2014 had an obession about making music about big asses. People in 2014 literally said the same thing about 2004 - "this was the year music died" bla bla bla. Sick of this nostalgia talk

[@roksforbrains]

Social media has always been toxic And social media was very well established in 2014

[@diamond22901]

I do genuinely miss 2014 (I was 7-8) FNAF, the music no matter how repetitive, the summers especially. Everything was just better

[@MiceOnVenusC418]

real

[@gAm3r_GuRl984]

I was only 6 in 2014. Ah, the good times I’m 16 now. Feels like I was little yesterday

[@JustEpic_Yt]

@@gAm3r_GuRl984Same but I’m 15 now (turn 16 in july lol)

[@alexiiconner]

me tooo i was 8-9 😭

[@abduwalimuse7482]

being a kid in the 2010s was a great. I was also 8 in 2014 and the summers were great and the music.

[@sirenamares1390]

Girl, you nailed it with this video. I am still listening to 2000s to early 2010s music. I have an absolute favorite pair of adidas torsion zx flux. Watercolor brightly colored florals. When the started to fray in the back, I started searching for another one. It's been years. They never released the same model again. Only very few survive in eBay and understandably higher priced. I don't care at all if it's on trend. If it's in or out of fashion. I wear what I like. What feels comfortable and makes me feel cute. One day I'm going out in a pastel floral countryside princess in an A-line dress. Another I'm dressed like early 2010s Hot Topic goth girl. In other days, I'm just chilling in a gamer tomboy Avril Lavigne style. And some days I go full Boho with bright colors and soft neutrals. I hope Gen Alpha realizes that there's no need for this extra stress. Just wear what you like, kids! Tell the haters to go peel potatoes. And this will sound cliché, but do spend some time outside if you really like what the 2010s was about. Because the 2010s was about capturing the good times outside. I do miss the times when people were just posting pictures of themselves having fun for the memories, and not for likes or views. I used to take photos of dishes I'd order at restaurants because I was loving the experience. I knew there were a lot of people back then making fun of our spontaneous selfies and food pictures, but I didn't care about them because I wasn't doing it for them. I did it for myself. Nowadays, I take pictures of food I cook for special occasions, of my pet snakes, and beautiful snowy or autumn scenery right outside my home. I still love editing my photos to make them as true to the actual scene as possible, but no more than that. Like if the snow is sparkling right before my eyes, I want to make sure that shows up in my photos. And again, I do it for me. I'm not asking for anyone's permission to do harmless leisure. Why stop doing the things you like just because the season changed, some stranger didn't like it, or because it's another year? Just be you. Sorry for the long rant, I just don't want to see the new young people have to struggle to figure out that it's okay to just be themselves. And I think that if we all stop putting so much emphasis on following trends over just enjoying trends, people wouldn't feel this pressure to be like everyone else to fit in.

[@insertnamehere_trans]

I was 7 in 2014. What I remember was starting at a new school and when everyone in my class got along and we all played tag together. It went down hill after that, that’s when the bullying properly started. Genuinely that was the last time I was not genuinely depressed.

[@starrenightt]

2014 was honestly the best year of my childhood. I was only 10-11 so obviously there’s a lot of things I didn’t experience, but what I did was just so… wholesome. I used to watch every DanTDM mod review, play with my lps, make silly animation memes that my scratch friends would hype me up for (real ones remember), and unironically use emoticons and phrases like lawlz and oh em gee in conversation… it feels like everything just took a turn for the worse after that year so I don’t blame gen alpha 🥲 things suck now but damn, at least I was allowed to be a kid!

[@SMCwasTaken]

Cute pfp

[@_serenexseas_]

Same here, I still own my lps toys and it's was a good time being 11

[@AddieLPS.]

I LOVE LPS

[@misha469]

I loved Dantdm back then. I was obsessed with his custom mod adventures minecraft build battles and the challenge colosseum

[@slayethluv]

TEEGEE AND EX DEE I WROTE XD AS EX DEE DURING MY MSP DAYS UNIRONICALLY HOLY SHIT

[@Lewisiaisoutofcontext]

In 2014, I was 17 and had just escaped my abusive partner of three years. I did not think I was going to survive until 25. 2013 to 2018 is all a blur so I can't be nostalgic over most of the 2010's, but I'm here now, fairly happy and enjoying life despite the state of the world.

[@desertmoonlee6631]

It’s the alpha generation who are saying 2014 is a great year because they were young. For adults it was a normal time. Everyone say the same thing about their childhood years unless they lived through war and misery but the world is the same it’s just how each person view it. The years are not great it’s about their childhood. I was 18 in 2014 it was not a great year for me a lot of stress from school and other issues and instagram peak im glad time passed. We should be grateful everyday.

[@MaahirMomtaz12]

1997 gang

[@Floss.1e]

So proud of u

[@Allenalturnitive]

Turning 17 this year. Never thought I'd make it this far. And all the things I've done. The turn of decade was infact good because since 2022 especially, I feel like I'm actually living my life

[@Monalisa0622]

Baby I don't know you but I am sorry for what you went through. I'm 42 with 2 teem kid's. Unfortunately I too went through something similar. But Christ has helped me heal and has given me a new heart. With therapy and my relationship with Christ my children and I are thriving. Recently their father took his life. 2 days after Christmas which is our daughters birthday. But God is with me. He loves you more than you can imagine and He's waiting for you with open arms. I hope you are doing well and have a great support system. Again I am sorry and hope the best for your future ❤

[@Zoepohey]

I love it 🥲 2014 as a teenager was amazing so I get why they’re romanticizing it. Those aesthetic photos just need an iPod touch, wired headphones, some shutter glasses, a Pink dog plushie, a skater skirt, some converse, a black choker, and slap a crazy Instagram filter on it and you’ve got a 2014 picture 🥹 the soft grunge fashion aesthetic, Vine, and the carefree photos on Instagram were just some of the highlights of that era. Nowadays everything is just beige and boring and everyone is the same and trying to be perfect.

[@Totallynotsophie_x]

The way this video went from late gen z being the problem to social media being the problem

[@saltyshanker]

I was 14 in 2014 (born in 2000). I find it fascinating and kinda cool that teens nowadays who weren't teenagers in 2014 are starting to romanticize about being teens in that era. I was 13-19 years old in the 2010s and it was a fun time, so many good memories. But I never would have thought back then that teens in the future would wish to be teens during that time lmao. However looking at how boring & stagnate the 2020s have been I would NOT want to be a 2020s teen at all. We definitely had it better in the 2010s as teenagers, plus we where vine teens not cringe tiktok teens 🤣

[@sabrinastars1284]

Fr, it seems boring to be a tween or a teen now lol.

[@mane53017]

Yeah, it was my worst personality but the best years for a teen to be on internet

[@Life_with_Paige_]

It’s SO boring 😭

[@FreePigeon]

It's boring to you now because you're an adult. You've been there, done that. Nothing is as exciting as the first time or when you don't know any better. You guys were still cringe Vine teens. "Do it for the viiiine!" ring any bells lol

[@SStupendous]

Yeah. I was a pre-teen at that point, a few years younger than you, 2014 was the worst year of my life though. That whole era being romanticised is understandable but being made out to be different to what it was....still a very flawed world back then.

[@livvyyyyyyyyyyy]

Some of these people are actually young gen z. 15 and 16 year olds are gen z, not gen alpha.

[@krims_kringle]

as a 2008er, i can confirm

[@MochiFam]

Eh it’s all the same.

[@livvyyyyyyyyyyy]

@@MochiFam it’s really not at all. Sure, depending if it’s older or younger gen z, they could be similar. But it’s not the same so the clarification still matters.

[@user-cnfan]

And even 14, 13, 12 they’re all gen z. Gen alpha should start in 2013 I’m born in 2010 I shouldn’t be gen alpha. Every generation lasts for 15 years

[@LiveLaughLoveLightYagami]

YESS I’m born in 09 and almost 15, I’m not gen alpha

[@kaithekewlemo_therian]

I was born in 2010 and bro i always wish i could be born in the early 90s so i could be a teen in the 2000s cos that seemed like such a fun time to be alive. no iphones, no skibidi toilet, myspace still up, cds and vinyls being 10x less price they are today, 9 year olds not being obsessed with skincare, etc etc. i genuinely wish i had a time machine sometimes

[@ivanbraginsky2896]

I collect Filly figurines for comfort and I'm obsessed with the Filly Mermaids (2012), Filly Witchy (2013) and Filly Butterfly (2014), because I was obsessed with them back then. These years? I loved them. Convincing my parents to let me go to school on my own and going out earlier, calling from the store (it was quiet enough) to let them know I'm "at school", meanwhile buying these blind bags with "my money I can use to buy whatever I like" (which was just a total lie and I had to hide these packets every day)... Priceless. I would go back to these years anytime, back when not letting my parents find out about the toys was my only problem.

[@sabrewinchester]

I've noticed that "vintage" aesthetics have been popular for awhile now, so many people want to bring back styles from the past and I love it. I've been a part of living history clubs since i was a kid where alot of people choose to wear 1800's style as their everyday clothes and even change their house to be historically accurate. Modern aesthetics suck, "sad beige" being the worst it's dystopian af. I love dark academia, Harry Potter and cottagecore aesthetics all have a vintage vibe but also have a beautiful color palette.

[@lilipopzz]

vintage looking aesthetics are so prettyyy !

[@MicaVonSchilf]

I certainly wish I had enough to pull off the 1800's clothes everyday but I only have one victorian lolita type dress and whatever would go with it. I am more of the 1920's clothes enthusiast so I have plenty of options there.

[@SStupendous]

@@MicaVonSchilf You're a girl, right? Because as a male I love the 1860s-70s in terms of fashion and can affordably dress in authentic looks from the era.. I guess the big, less recognizably modern dresses must be expensive, bespoke or not (i.e. how mens 3-piece suits from then resemble now so they aren't as expensive)

[@Wakka144]

Remember who it was that made that monochrome solid beige mess appealing… Kim kardashian.

[@SStupendous]

@@Wakka144 Not someone to aspire to be like.

[@lofkii]

as a younger gen z, I thought the 2024 is 2014 meme was from older gen z/ millinials, not from gen alpha 💀

[@3rainbowpumpkin312]

Same

[@collared]

as an older gen z (25 so basically 👵), i thought its a meme too from our generation 💀💀💀

[@wallisdeberry3735]

I’m 12 years old and I don’t and I didn’t know how to tripod was until I watched this video😂

[@ToyBonnieBigFan]

13:02 why is she literally heather

[@mariahlamb2983]

Bro, my senior year of high school I quite literally duct taped my black high top converse on to my feet at one point because I would wear my shoes until they could not be worn anymore. This extreme level of over consumption needs to come to a hard stop asap

[@ville__]

Today is my birthday and I got no subscribers,.😢😢

[@meta__1564]

@@ville__good 😒

[@bnyc3378]

Honestly I agree with this comment, as a gen z born in the year 2005, during my high school I kept using the same bookbag as it was convenient for the crap i had to carried until the point my parents had forced me to get a new one despite me not wanting a new one, Even when the trends were going on a lot of the times My family was too broke to notice the trends so I missed out on a lot of my childhood, the amount of people i see who get rid of something even though it's perfectly good in condition just because the phone or laptop is "old" or clothing is extremely stupid

[@febrieze]

the "no ive been making them look this distressed, now that they are i have to keep going" mindset until things entirely fall apart and you must begin again. my poor converse went through it HARD bc of this 🤣🤣

[@juans213]

As someone born in 1999, I do miss 2014, sometimes.

[@Sideshowbrooke]

Another 99 baby here, yes. It’s nice to see that Gen alpha thinks we were so cool as teens lol. Personally tho I have more nostalgia for the 2000s 🤷🏼‍♀️

[@greenthumb2326]

Oh sick! I was born in 99 too! The only thing I miss from 2010s was playing halo 3 matchmaking lol.

[@millena7]

Literally you ranting about the styles and not staying in one… in 2010s I tried every style there was!! I loved them all!

[@JetSetDman]

My question is why 2014 _specifically?_ I can't remember a single thing from that year that I'm genuinely nostalgic for, hell, I barely remember anything from that year at _all_

[@milaces1323]

I was 18 in 2014 Jesus Christ. Someone please push my wheelchair to the retirement home 💀💀💀

[@ljubovv5610]

Right!! Hahah we are still in our 20s but reading the comments made me feel so old

[@theoriginalkrabbypatty]

Bish I’m 44, born in 1980. I still feel like it’s pre 2020! Life was SOOO much better before then!

[@memep.9220]

I was 10 when it was 2014 I was an 04 bby my older sister was 17-18 during 2014 I think~

[@iiv_dannybo1]

i feel young. i just started highschool then

[@millena7]

Right!! I was 14!!

[@spink3yy]

honestly the fact gen alpha does the same stuff we did when we were younger and everyone’s surprised about it baffles me.. their kiDs- let them be kids for like two seconds at least💀

[@leejay-zd8zj]

THANK YOU! they’re just being kids and mirroring what they see. gen z did the exact same thing by romanticizing the 2000’s when they were barely alive, and now gen alpha is doing the same thing. maybe if we don’t turn into what boomers did to us as we were kids, gen alpha will actually grow up to be themselves instead of bending to what they “should be.” especially in a time as chaotic as right now, we romanticize the past. it’s in our nature, and just because it makes you feel a little old (shut up you’re probably like 22 lol) doesn’t mean that gen alpha can’t have fun looking back at 2014.

[@spink3yy]

@@leejay-zd8zj IKR- im just like.. let them be? idk i guess i dont get it but its not that deep and im not gonna bully CHILDREN on the internet for wanting to have a 2014 aesthetic🤷‍♂️ personally im interested to see what they do next lol- i think im more tired of these “gen wars” than a kid dressing how people did in 2014 lol

[@hydrofrolicwildflower3393]

Some chunk of gen z was born in the 2000s and lived through it. Why do you guys not admit this? @@leejay-zd8zj

[@hydrofrolicwildflower3393]

No one is surprised ? Also it’s mainly gen z or younger gen z. Calm down.

[@spink3yy]

@@hydrofrolicwildflower3393 i am calm- i just stated an opinion🤷‍♂️ its not that deep my guy

[@caitlynsoto4863]

I was 9 in 2014. I was still watching PBS Kids and Disney Junior and reading Rainbow Magic books and playing dress up games on girlsgogames. God, I waste suppose to feel old until I hit my twenties. Seeing Athena P's videos remind me of how my childhood is a whole generation away

[@the-red-ghost]

It was one of the worst years I was in 8th grade and as usual I was bullied everyday but in this year I got bullied the most and the students were so rude even to the teacher and I was grounded while the bad kids skipped school the next day

[@JamesLawner]

As someone who recently turned 30, I’ve, for awhile now, been nostalgic for the early-to-mid-2000s, but it’s less about aesthetics, but more-so towards places & shops that used to exist, my own personal experiences and just the general feeling of being less stressful and having a more balanced outlook and mindset (if that makes any sense).

[@ignisx3791]

2014 was great cuz social media wasn't the awful crap storm it is today. It was still mostly newish. Not MySpace new, but not poisonous like today. The end of an era where kids grew up with tech but still had to go outside lol.

[@MelonHere20]

Yeah it's all about nostalgia, I mean I'm 21 now, but those were genuinely simpler times, everything was more fun and vibrant! I really do miss a lot of shops that have closed down now

[@nightmarishcompositions4536]

I miss the 90’s and early 2000’s. Social media destroyed the world, art and human relationships in so many horrible ways.

[@mel18349]

THIS.

[@meggnogg]

Same here! I'm 27 and I miss those times so much😢 Before all the pressures of today's social media I guess and being kicked off the internet early evening because your mum wanted to make a phone call 😩😂 The biggest worry being coming home to a ghost Tamagotchi if they got wildly hungry and had bowel incontinence while you were gone 👻 It's so sad walking around all the places I used to be happiest that have become derelict or new housing estates. It makes me realise just how long ago that actually was and how much time has just flown by!

[@siennarena5165]

2014 is such a specific year. It's interesting to see people wanting to be a teenager when I was (mid 2000s-2010). But people in high school would say that they wish they were born in the 80s or 70s too. I guess every generation does that. Guilty as charged...

[@pendafen7405]

Right? Same as you I was a 2000s teen, and always wished I were one during the 1970s instead

[@lovelydolltime8006]

@@pendafen7405 I'm honestly jealous of anyone who was a teenager during my favorite decade (which of course is the 2000s).

[@MarianadeOliveiraSaitu]

I was about to ask that... If millennials wished they lived the 80s or 70s in the US, because where I live that was never a thing (I'm a millennial). At least in the community I grew up in, the past decades were CRINGE. My mom would love the throwback parties though.

[@pendafen7405]

@@MarianadeOliveiraSaitu did the constant war pr0p not bother you and your peers at that age? I know in my (non-U.S.) Western country we all got sick of exported American hawkishness and nationalism during/post !raq (it's why we all loved Green Day so much). Also, back then the U.S. rap gangbanger culture was too overexposed and infiltrated everything, too.

[@MarianadeOliveiraSaitu]

@@pendafen7405 I'm not sure how's that related to my comment, but I'll try to answer. I was 10yo when the twin towers fell (that was one of the causes of tension with Iraq right?). I remember there was a lot of media coverage, but as a kid I was just annoyed with them only talking about that for months, and I really just wanted to do and watch kid things. I'm not sure what you mean by war prop. I only remember the local news talking extensively about the tensions rising between the two countries, but they also left pretty clear that it was all a conflict of interests, and that the US was the main interested party on the war. Still, I don't think this made much difference on local culture.

[@SC3NEWH0ReXD]

I’m on the younger side of gen z and I’m so SCARED

[@Everyyearisthesame]

Don’t be just enjoy the moments while it lasts, I’m a gen z too but 21 perhaps

[@blueberryy4702]

I'm Gen Z and I miss 2014 because I was 6 and enjoyed life. It was the best year of school, the best year of friends, the best year of hobbies, etc. It was just a good time.

[@stingtaylor8048]

Smh, kids making me feel old when I can’t even legally rent a car.

[@nightbrite2595]

Omg I was 13 and in middle school. Tbh loved all the memes, knee high converse, body spray after PE, stretchy headbands, skinny jeans, and old KZbin. Better times tbh, I’m 23 now.

[@amandapanda5087]

I agree completely. I was 13 too (turning 23 in a few weeks), and I remember how those days felt compared to now.

[@divergentgurl1414]

same!

[@xv0nd0n]

sammmeee i was 13 as well, the memes in 2014

[@lovelydolltime8006]

Knee High Converse are the coolest shoes ever made and nobody can convince me otherwise. As a matter of fact, I even own a pair (got it from eBay in October 2021). :)

[@gAm3r_GuRl984]

I was 6 in 2014. 16 now

[@Cloudy.preppy]

This girl is the most real girl I have ever listened to. Every word that comes out of her mouth is just so real, and I wish everyone got to watch her videos or specifically this video because I sure will change perspectives on things right now.

[@klaras_yt1577]

im so glad someone if finally speaking up about trends, aesthetic and fashion. like it doesn't matter what other people think, you should be enjoying yourself and you dont have to do what everyone else is doing

[@kayleighdriessen]

I was 13 years old in 2014, no drama, no constant being focused on our phones, no excessive insecurity about our appearances or being forced to grow up too fast against our will ever, just comfortably going through our awkward phases and playing Mario Kart with our fellow classmates. Sometimes I wished I was born in the 80's or 90's due to having played Five Nights At Freddy's though but really maybe even those times also weren't as great as some people made them out to be.

[@user-ww6di2pt7p]

I guess we had different 2014 :D because I was 17 and it was not IT. for me that was in 2008-2009.

[@98Zai]

I think you grew up sheltered. All that was happening in 2002. And probably 1992 minus the phones.

[@matthewpenner47]

oh my gosh dude Mario Kart 7 with my classmates was THE VIBE. At my school we went on so many field trips so we would be in the back seat playing Mario kart. I also remember the teacher made one of the last days of school about videogames so we all played Mario kart.

[@chocolatebananatree4030]

Наоборот, хорошо, что мы не родились в 90-тые😂

[@MarlopolyGaming]

lol I was 13 in 2009, 13-19 was the most depressed I ever have been in my life. Bullied at school, covered in cystic acne, trouble at home from parents' divorce, completey insecure about my appearance due to said bullying and acne. Tbh I'm glad that tiktok wasn't a thing cause at least from 2009-2017 the beauty standard wasn't AS ridiculous. I never even NOTICED my thin lips, or long philtrum, or lack of glass skin, or "negative cantal tilt" or whatever the fuck until I was an adult. Those things just weren't a concern back then. And the irony was that nobody really noticed them as flaws.

[@emanuellathie4250]

It is the return of my favourite Australian lady with the glasses on her head.... Edit: I feel old every time someone mentions 2014 even though I vividly remember what the hell that year besides popular stuff that made the headlines and popular KZbin videos (I was 7 years old) Another edit: Thx for the heart

[@HayloHayley]

HSKSHDKAHDKAH I FEEL BALD IF I DON’T WEAR GLASSES ON MY HEAD IDEK WHY 💀🤣🤣

[@emanuellathie4250]

@@HayloHayley I feel every video you always wear them classic glasses that I feel that I'm watching another creator when I don't see them

[@sam_sa09]

That's 2016 for me lol

[@Cumshot-millionare]

Yo I was bouta say theres nun more Aussie then a Sheila with sunnies on her head all year round 🤣🤣

[@barbieslegos8885]

@@HayloHayley You know this is all Gen Z growing up. Everyone is equal. I can speak for both because I was born between 2010-2012.

[@nadiaprazed8062]

The fact that gen alpha is BORN in ‘2014’…😂

[@julztzatzi1704]

I graduated high school in 2009. As annoying as 2014 was, being 24 in 2014 was an amazing experience

[@sanriosugaz]

As an older gen alpha/young gen z, I mainly miss 2014 because of how fun it was. Like times were just simpler a decade ago. All I cared about was playing outside and collecting toys and bracelets.

[@TheGreyBird71]

I mean 2014 was good but 2016 was the golden age

[@5Rice5Cake5]

@@TheGreyBird712016 OMG IT WAS THE BEST TIME EVER !!!

[@pineappleOnpizza715]

bro it was simplier because we were younger the world was still a shitty place and had its many problems

[@KayKayKawaii85]

100% agree❤

[@thereal_sunset]

I was 3 in 2014

[@k4zj]

in 2015 we were still listening to music from a 2000s RADIO and watching movies from DISCS that we would pay to borrow ..

[@Xthysdws]

SAMEEEEEE

[@May.k424]

Gen z ends in 2012 but gen alpha begins in 2010 so anyone in the middle is a gen zalpha

[@bertaboo2008]

Crying in millennial as I was in my mid 20’s in 2014 😭🙃

[@channelpink4376]

I kept my instagram account that was active from 2011-2016, back when I was in college, and the difference is INCREDIBLE. We used to literally take pics of anything and post it. It's why I preserved the account entirely. It was such a different time, you just had to be there.

[@user-sg4ov7ng4h]

They still do, on snap

[@channelpink4376]

@@user-sg4ov7ng4h ....okay....??? So what? I was talking about Instagram. There was a moment on INSTAGRAM where it was cool to post things that weren't perfectly curated, now its not. That's my point. Has nothing to do with snapchat. In fact, "post anything" on IG and "post anything" on snapchat are also two different experiences and contexts, so there was no point in you commenting this. what is your point?

[@CrystalRaye]

As a Millennial it makes me incredibly grateful to have had my very early childhood before cellphones and the Internet and my teen years during the age of MySpace and Gaia Online. Things weren't so damn life and death dramatic and you could actually ENJOY your time online. I also learned a ton about media literacy and how to just simply not engage during my most formative years that I know Gen Z and Alpha never got 😢

[@pendafen7405]

Yes, same! It astounds me how little kids of now seem to know about basic literacy and personal security online.

[@sim4296]

Im on the late side of gen z. Even with growing up with internet more or less how it is now, i still managed to learn how to be on the internet safely. Same with all of the people i know that are my age

[@dransnake]

Early Gen Z adult here and I did grow up with the Internet. But that was back in the day where they really hammered Internet safety all the time, not to mention having parents who used arpanet so they already knew the dangers that waited ahead. But I do agree that a lot of younger Gen Z and Gen Alpha do not know the freedom that comes with remaining anonymous and now they're constantly putting themselves in danger. Quite terrifying to watch actually.

[@lucietigger1641]

I'm Gen X. I'm even more happy cos I never had to worry about pictures of my crazy teens and 20s living on the internet forever; FB didnt exist and internet was dial up so even if platforms ere around our parents would never allow us to spend money just to cause drama. And mobile phones, we just ran around being feral as even pressure of always being in contact didn't exist - it was amazing and I do feel sad for Gens that came after me as there is so much mental health stress out there.

[@ReginaTrans_]

im also a millennial but Im gay, see my life was a nightmare since the 90s, daily beaten up for being feminine, and the 2000s as a teen werent any better, I started enjoying myself until the 2010s as a young adult, but still always wondered what was life in the 90s and 2000s as I basically didnt participated, when I read things like what you wrote about the 2000s I get a glimpse of what it was, when I tell you I wasnt there, I wasnt, almost like rabbit hole you dont remember cause u were inside a trauma, I only remember the 2000s were chill, you really could be chill, and enjoy tv and stuff, and the 90s were the same, people used to just drive like that Rihanna Drive song, those were the last times society were free from phones, and social media, just enjoying the day, lets just hope the 2030s are good too!!! or lets make the 2030s a good place for the younger generations, as millennials we are the new grownups, we must provide a place thats chill inside this tech media world, we can build the 2030s and 2040s !!!!!! robots are going to coexist with us, why not make them harmonious to coexist, as well as holograms and all that, why not take away social media at least for a few hours a day!!! we really can change that and turn it into something good

[@its_raiden_]

2010 is still gen z...

[@GalacticFNAF]

Nope that's Early Gen Alpha The oldest Gen Alphas are 14

[@GalacticFNAF]

@@ifetayolovesJesus you were born in 2009?

[@TomtomAk-ch5qy]

@@GalacticFNAF different sources beg to differ. also i don't think a 14 yr old is acting like a "skibidi toilet" kid

[@LUKA_Starssss]

@@GalacticFNAFthe youngest generation z’s are born in 2012 😅

[@fanofcutzombiz]

@@GalacticFNAF no..?? genalpha starts in 2013

[@Zw0mb13_]

i like her valid point of saying you do not need to only have 1 aesthetic, somedays i dress in scene fashion and others i like to dress in j-fashion like fairy kei or decora. There is nothing wrong with making your own style, wear whatever you want it dosent matter. dont force yourself to present yourself a specific way to the world to be liked!❤