Millennials explaining work culture to Gen Z

[@louisjones2653]

"You were raised at a time where everyone said, 'You can do whatever you want' and pretended that you could live the American Dream on a bachelor's degree in a single income household" As a millennial, this is 100% true. Our parents assumed the same rules would apply for us as did for them, and blame us for that not being the case.

[@warrensteel9954]

It was mostly true for GenX and early Millennials...

[@KaitlinTromb]

⁠@@warrensteel9954 That is absolutely untrue for a majority of the working class populations in the US. The only way early millennials or gen x are able to afford anything in a single income house on a bachelor’s degree is from the generational wealth of their families or through self exploitation or additional income driven through social media platforms. Otherwise you have to have a dual income with dependents to break into the median wage line that with inflation is widely recognized as the new poverty level.

[@warrensteel9954]

​@@KaitlinTrombDudette, early Millennials are in their 40s and GenX are in their 50s and 60s. We've bought our houses decades ago off our own hard work and some are even nearing retirement. We aren't kids anymore.

[@clhodapp]

​@@warrensteel9954No one from GenX is in their 60s yet

[@warrensteel9954]

@@clhodapp you are right that the generally defined age of GenX has them at 59 in 2024...but there are plenty of people born earlier to boomer parents who themselves are not boomers and are pushing 60...

[@FluffyBuffy27]

"Children should be seen but not heard" was a common phrase used when my parents were children.

[@halycon404]

As a Gen Xer. You were supposed to be seen? I wasn't supposed to be anywhere near the house. Being in eye sight meant some sort of punishment chore they just thought up.

[@NevTheDeranged]

Among such other gems as "I brought you into this world, and I can take you out of it". Like, literally being threatened with murder was an everyday thing for us growing up. "Oh but it's just a joke"... a joke about threatening to murder your kids, ha ha, hilarious.

[@brandonhughes645]

I was told this and im Millennial

[@CorruptedPurity]

@@brandonhughes645 Same. Being forced to stay silent while your parent brags about how well behaved you are to other parents was basically my childhood.

[@matthewcaldwell8100]

I would have preferred that to the constant surveillance and overscheduling.

[@Caiyde]

"She's a person just like you" "Have you hugged your kid today?" These PSAs are 100% still needed in 2024

[@NickMak-m2c]

The real trauma of Gen Z is the lack of nature and outdoors... And the requirement of consent to be ah, touched. I think that goes hand in hand with the outdoorsy horseplay thing. When was the last time you saw kids outside playing like we did... In my town, the 100s of roam bands of kids are now two random throw-backs dribbling a basketball or doing some kind of "structured activity."

[@LarryPittman]

@@NickMak-m2c I have a 9 year old. No chance of me just kicking her out after school to roams the streets till the lights come on. With all the drugged out people and SOs around...not a chance. I go with...or I arrange with someone else to take our kids somewhere. Yeah we survived that way...but it all depends on where you live. Now I will say, there is strength in numbers, so if you have kids in every house in your hood, then it might be safe...but that's if you are lucky.

[@NickMak-m2c]

@@LarryPittman Yeah I wouldn't let my kids out in Camden or Philly, there's too many bad people, people trained to hate, etc. But some adversity is really, really good. I started going out in the park at 14, and while I will admit there were certain negatives like being exposed to drug use, it was a nice enough town when I was raised that even the drugs were generally safe. The only person that ever died was one girl in a car accident. The social skills and personal development that comes from back and forth while free roaming and experiencing, for years, is fundemental to the heart's ability to love and it develops the mind and its connection to the body, in what we call sociallity, and it makes life worthwhile.

[@NickMak-m2c]

@@LarryPittman By the way the heroin (and later fentanyl) wave didn't spare my town, and it didn't spare me either, it hit when I was 19--but if you can find a place where people still go out and you can let your kids understand the history of what happened with heroin, y'know it'd be good for the to have some freedom. Come to think of it, there really was no era in my own life that I wasn't outside (besides adulthood) -- it's just that as a teenage I started roaming far from home. IDK how people are going to turn out with this key aspect of learning how to interact with people, resolve conflicts, control your emotions, maintain resiliency when tested--IDK how we'll do without.

[@quantummechanized2975]

@@NickMak-m2c they certainly dont get enough nature but the permission to touch somebody part is kinda important, i mean theirs alot of overbearing people n creeps out their and touching somebody without permission is cringe, sure their will be exceptions to the rule, but in general yea probs best not to just go around touching people, as much as i want to touch you i want

[@Persepholeigh]

I tried explaining to a gen Z friend once that part of the reason Millennials stay in abusive work environments was because for years if we quit we'd spend months looking for a new job and many of us lost our homes because of it.

[@VBoo459]

Idk how you have that experience 😂 I’m millennial and not even 30 yet. Elder millennials and younger millennials really are different generations

[@Persepholeigh]

?? I'm a younger millennial. Born in 91. When I entered the job market in 09 it was completely trashed. People I know actually lost their homes after getting fired. Because people weren't retiring, all that was available was entry level jobs that everyone was desperate for, and because our parents were still convinced college was the only way to get a good job, we were all being screwed over thar way.

[@Senshidayo]

@@Persepholeigh Who do you guys know who could afford homes back then? Aside from Graham Stephen I don't know any millennials who had a house in '08 without pooling a bunch of people's money. The reason we stay was survival not to keep a house. People who aren't 30 yet probably haven't saved enough money for a house, and millennials over all bought houses later than other generations. Gen Z is still too young to buy houses in masse, but everyone I know including me bought houses in their 30s, when our parents could buy it basically at like 21 or 22. Gen Z hasn't had a great market but most are still under the wings of their parents so they can still see things more idealistically. We also had our hopes for living wages, nationwide healthcare and affordable college squashed so just having a decent living is the most we hope for, especially older millennilals with responsibilities in their late 30s and early 40s.

[@EmeryShina]

​@Senshidayo home doesn't necessarily mean they lost a house. I do know people who lost their homes, which was actually a studio apartment they were renting or something like that. Because the only way to get unemployment is if you're fired rather than if you quit, and if you didn't have something else lined up already, you're screwed because you now don't have the income you need to pay rent.

[@lisaanimi]

As if these "Millenials" are just made up concept without being based in reality. Just like other "Generations" Who would've thought

[@koshersalaami]

“One of us cares, and it’s that girl from Sweden, and that’s because she’s not allowed to have a smartphone.” That line alone was worth watching this for.

[@samskyverareddy3135]

Ikr that was funny as hell

[@akpokemon]

Lisbon!!

[@fanBladeOne]

Completely agree

[@calistafalcontail]

Greta is a little agenda gnome and thats it...all for show. This chick doesnt know what shes doing.

[@GirlWithTheIpod]

I lost it and started a coughing fit right as a colleague walked by, absolutely worth it 😆

[@Tential1]

"as I said, you grew up in a hopeful time" ouch that hurt

[@rona.004]

i keep saying this to my dad .. he grew up in a golden era

[@watchin-stoof988]

Millennials have in no way had it easier than Gen Z. This is a weird comparison when both generations have the same views on nearly everything

[@SheilaPatterson]

@@watchin-stoof988I think in some ways it was easier and some ways it was not. I can’t imagine being bullied 24/7 on social media vs just being bullied briefly while at school. Gen z has it rough, I get it.

[@lunartears6761]

I’m a 1997 kid, and I felt that.😭

[@watchin-stoof988]

@@SheilaPatterson you don’t have to be on social media but you do have to go to school and get bullied in person regularly. Not to mention no generation has been destroyed as hard financially as millennials. Gen Z has time to catch up but as of now we mostly have the same problems with Millenials having to endure them longer

[@jasonmoquin]

This was HILARIOUS because it's(tragically) true! I was born in 1970 and LITERALLY saw those commercials growing up and wondered why no one ever hugged us. We really were lead to believe that we were a nuisance, a burden, and just minutes away from getting a butt-whooping if we stepped out of line. My parents also had no idea where we were at 10 o'clock, either. Nor did they care, actually.

[@onothankyou]

Was the first part of the second one supposed to sound like "Jesus Christ, Superstar"? Sounded like it to me.

[@shelberz1]

This

[@jenniferpearce1052]

I remember these commercials too. I got hugged a lot. Especially good night hugs when I was put to bed before 10. 10 was my bedtime in high school. My parent's too, for that matter. I also knew not to bug someone on the phone and to let dad pay the bills. Not all Gen X was traumatized

[@vironia]

*BIG HUGS*

[@NarrowedEyes09]

Yeah, no, my mom was the one who started saying "I love you" as an adult to her parents and they looked at her weird.

[@angelofdestruction8914]

Anna could start a Netflix series called “theres 10 people in my head and none of them agree on anything”

[@lego4virgo]

I'd watch it religiously.

[@yourlocalmarvelfan6211]

Omg yes!!

[@nthused]

I’d watch that.

[@yates667]

The title would be: Being a typical woman.

[@moribunee4849]

pretty much what being a plural system feels like

[@L33tLady]

As a GenX, the commercials brought back a flood of memories....I remember watching them as a kid and thinking "If that kid doesn't stop crying, they are going to give her something to cry about."(My moms favourite threat)...ah the good old days.

[@EveryHandleIsTaken979]

Yikes! That was my mother’s fave, tied with “you’re asking for it!”

[@x3haloed]

Ah yes. I suspect Boomers and X'ers still harbor beliefs that a little abuse is good for kids. Psychotic.

[@versatilians]

Gen X, here. My Mom's favorite was, "I brought you into this world and I can take you out!" 😂 So loving. 😊

[@sdtigerlily]

Gen x here. We’re Gen Z’s parents. That PSA is why we pumped the breaks on forcing our kids to play outside the way our folks did to us. We’ve seen evil adults and what they’ll do to kids first hand.

[@JoelGorostieta]

As a 15 year old, I remember that well lol. But that was before I learned empathy so after that id do everything my mother told me to do, and just not talk to her. If she asked me a question id answer it but in a emotionless monotone voice. Before that id look at her spitefully, when I thought to do that I stoped looking at her at all. Then I started to feel bad for people, she doesn’t punish me really anymore, but I do what she tells me too, and I try to be extra good and nice to all adults. I just feel bad for what I did. I learned to just respect authority, even if it doesn’t seem fair to you. If theres somthing really wrong then you stand up.

[@ellysetaylor5908]

Im a grad student and my boss tried to bully me and my coworkers into staying till 7 or 8pm every day. Lot of crap about "when he was in grad school". One grad student who was always kissing his butt agreed. But the other two of us resisted, discussed it with him, and started looking around for new jobs when he didn't back down. When my coworker found one, my boss realized he was about to lose me too and stopped expecting unreasonable work hours. Now he is respectful of my time. Stand up for yourself. If enough of us do it, they will get the picture. If they don't, find a new job. We do this until the system starts treating us with respect. This is a transaction. My time in exchange for money. No breach of contract will be tolerated.

[@rangercynth]

This also happened to me. I got a 4x salary bump just so my boss could keep me lol

[@garyK.45ACP]

If you never do more than you're paid for, you will never be paid for more than you do. 'Standing up for yourself', to me, always meant 'doing what will benefit ME the most in the future.' What I had to do on any particular day wasn't important, the final goal was the important thing. It worked. I had a very successful career and enjoy a very comfortable and fulfilling retirement.

[@useridcn]

As a person who hires grad students, it's not about "enough of you doing it." It's about "the right people doing it." Many grad students are so entitled and believe they deserve everything while they don't actually contribute to anything. Professors mentor grad students for basically free. And now we get a bunch of grad students not willing to do stuff or learn but believe they are overworked. We can't just fire those kids because it's supposed to be "educational" and giving students as many chances as possible... When they say they are quitting, I'm always like 🎉🎉🎉🎉

[@anjalE30]

FACTS!!!!

[@garyK.45ACP]

@@useridcn No one is invaluable to any business. When they quit...the business goes on and someone takes their place.

[@FishareFriendsNotFood972]

I can't believe the olds actually needed PSAs to remind parents their kids 'are a person just like you'.

[@SolidGoldHedgehog]

I think many parents need it today all the same.

[@scurvofpcp]

It is 10 PM, do you know where your kids are?

[@shuris_vibranium]

"The olds"... Mmkay.

[@PaulRWorthington]

I'd bet a lot of young parents today would benefit from seeing those PSAs.

[@SpicySalamander04]

bro if you ever have kids, you'll realize that they are little monsters that consume all your time and energy. If you have a chaotic life it's really easy to forget about the love side of things when all you're focusing on is trying to fulfill your responsibilities. And that's assuming you're not going through your own Mental Health Struggles.

[@lauras5359]

Yeah the whole “this company is a family” is such a lie. My real family wouldn't make me work weekends nor nights or force me to work overtime without pay

[@kennethsizer6217]

So, not from a farming background, I take it.

[@Dev_JP]

You were lucky to have such a kind family.

[@TheRealSalali]

You were raised so very differently than many of us...

[@XDbored1]

its funny you say that my real family would do exactly this, and their parents were even worse, the Corpos look like saints by comparison.

[@Mobri]

My first job was easier work than being raised by my parents.

[@jeffreysherman8224]

"You have my consent." "Come here you OLD man." "You may touch meey!" Anna you're too much! 🤣😂🤣

[@LiLiKOiOiOi]

Ew

[@muchthump]

That made choke on my drink, it was so funny and caught me by surprise. You, Ana, are quite twisted and I'm here for it. Hope to catch your next stand up tour.

[@duckner]

They didn't ask for his consent!

[@AmandaComeauCreates]

The way she said "you have my consent" made you hear the delayed "........" Pause between "to hug me"

[@sef4610]

"What is this?? Is this Love???" 🤣🤣🤣

[@matthewcaldwell8100]

The only difference between millennials and Gen Z is that the former watched the veil fall and are traumatized by it. We agree on everything of substance. It's only now that things have gotten so bad for so many people that what millennials have been saying all along can't be ignored.

[@_missbirdie]

💯

[@danschmidt6206]

​@@GenericUsername1100the edges of a generation are arbitrary, but there's a bit of a difference between someone born in 1984 and 1998, no?

[@mjbadger]

Can we all (and I'm a Gen Xer) band together and get a third person on the ballot? If y'all feel a need for vengeance, we can go after the AMA and follow the money trail to discover the graft of the unhomed situation. Can we be surprised that the rise of homelessness has most likely tracked with the rise of AirBnb? Let's do this.

[@iWantToBelieve...]

@@GenericUsername1100 ​​⁠ I agree the generational categories/time frames are muddy. But I’d say most people generally think of ‘Millennials’ as 90s kids/teens - pre 9/11, pre smartphone, etc. And ‘Gen Z’ I think is more generally thought of as the group that grew up parallel with mainstream internet usage, introduction/use of smart technology, post 9/11, etc. Even though the actual dates defining these generations are wider than those examples, I think majority of society groups them by those generalizations. (And ‘Gen Alpha’ of course too, they’re called the “iPad babies” for a reason lol- they are literally unfamiliar with a pre-smart tech world.) I think Millennials were told (and shown by the preceding Boomer generation) that the American Dream ™️ is absolutely possible and achievable for most people if you buckle down and work hard. Many Boomers didn’t have the college/university pressure pushed on them, so many didn’t attend college at all, but they were generally still able to reach that American Dream ™️ without a diploma. However that changed more with Millennials, who were told that a college degree is now essentially a necessity to achieve that American Dream ™️. And most Millennials believed the Dream was indeed possible if they followed the recipe for success that was handed down to them - but the world had other plans. And, IMO, ‘Gen Z’ has since been exposed to that “recipe for success” basically failing the Millennial generation, and are (rightfully) demanding better conditions (work, pay, life, etc)- which is absolutely the right way to go. If the American Dream ™️ is no longer a widely achievable reality like it used to be, then we should absolutely be demanding more from the systems/companies/policies that have been consistently & increasingly moving the American Dream ™️ further and further away from actual Americans. It’s not about one generation working harder than the others - it’s about one generation getting more return *from* that hard work; more bang for your buck, so to speak. I’m not 100% on board with all of Gen Z’s opinions/actions, but they are on the right track here by demanding more return, more accountability, more transparency, better work/life conditions… Working to the bone for less than the American Dream ™️ is finally no longer acceptable. That’s a good thing. Maybe a start towards a new American Dream….. 🤔 Thx for coming to my TED talk. ✌️🤓

[@MaryLoveJane]

@@GenericUsername1100generations are not automatically determined by the year someone is born. It’s a mix of when they’re born, where they’re born(from continents to different sides of the same city, it can matter), social/economic status they grow up with, and just random chance will all affect what generation a person can be “classified” as. Like a rich kid born and raised in San Francisco with really open minded parents born the same day as a poor kid from the middle of nowhere country town with strict parents are going to have very different experiences with the world. The kid growing up in a more limited and closed off world isn’t going to learn about or experience the newest tech or trends the same as the kid that has access to almost everything.

[@acherem13]

Aggressively looking at upper management with open arms saying "You have my consent" sent me 🤣.

[@JohnWilliams-cr2sz]

The hug bit at the end just comes off like a horror movie, but like a super wholesome one. Its confusing and I love it.

[@MooseMaunu]

Know what you mean. Being Gen X myself I'd run out of a room screaming rather than endure physical, human contact. The 70s and 80s were a crazy time kids.

[@jenniferpearce1052]

The dude runs away out of fear that a woman hugging him is going to accuse him of inappropriate touching.

[@dennismokry258]

A gen x man runs away for both reasons above……….and SOO MANYY MORE!! Pure Terror for a gen x guy lol

[@iWantToBelieve...]

I think that’s *exactly* how the ‘old man’ felt 😂

[@TaunellE]

Ikr.

[@istevens78]

As a younger Gen X, i remember these commercials. The trauma is very real.

[@piccalillipit9211]

Still swap it for the life kids have today...!!! At 13 I was rallying a car with no windows around a gravel quarry - I had to drive the wrong way up a dual carriageway to get there - no one cared.

[@orlandoboom9018]

This T_T

[@Rhian370]

Older Gen X and I remember them as well.. and I agree .. we were left to our own devices and pretty much ignored as a whole.. Lots of Trauma.. its why my Generations (older Genx) overcorrected to helicopter parenting.

[@ozramblue117]

Good times to grow up. I loved the 80s and 90s though post 2000 it started heading downhill.

[@dave23024]

Yep, same here. "The harder you work, the farther you'll go... blah, blah, blah." Scene 2: Enter the Millennials...

[@richardstarr4932]

Guess I'm lucky. Older Gen-X here, had a home with lots of hugs on a daily basis. When I see my parents, and I'm lucky to still have them, I greet them with a hug as well as hugs when its time to go home. My dad was always proud he taught his kids about the joys of hugging.

[@reverbscherzo7850]

You don't know how lucky you are. Really really lucky.

[@SmallFaerie]

I’m also one of the lucky ones and it took me some time to realise that what was normal for me (being hugged and told ”I love you” by my parents, both as a child and as an adult) wasn’t often normal for others in my generation. It made me feel so sad for all those who didn’t/don’t have that from their parents. My parents made and continue to make mistakes, for sure, but it’s interesting to see how little most mistakes matter when you feel completely safe in the knowledge that they are doing the best that they can, because they truly love and care about you.

[@peytonsharp6159]

Yea, Gen Z here and neither me nor my parents (older Gen X's) had that. You're really very lucky.

[@richardstarr4932]

@@SmallFaerie I do consider myself blessed in this regard.

[@Norp-i7m]

K

[@erato1]

I'm GenX and my parents never hugged me until I had a kid and was in my 30s. This is so true. Our parents were never around. We were referred to as "latch key kids".

[@surewhatever8843]

We ran around the woods with the neighborhood kids while our parents were 30 miles away at work. No cell phones, but we all had our own guns, and bicycles to go airborne from our cobbled together ramps and obstacle courses.

[@Drkwolf31B]

@@surewhatever8843 I forgot about that. 🤣 I learned to shoot cause two older boys took me in the woods out back and taught me. Pretty sure they shot an endangered woodpecker. Then we shot the shotgun in the air to hear the pellets rain down. The '90's were crazy.

[@surewhatever8843]

@@Drkwolf31B The common rules for most families was: 5yo - BB gun 7yo - pellet gun 10yo - 410 SHOT GUN of your own. Not shared. Not a part of the overall family arsenal. Somehow, we all survived. All injuries were generally related to bicycle stunts and bad “engineering”. Ha!

[@surewhatever8843]

@@Drkwolf31B Also, “two older boys took me into the woods out back” sounds like the precursor for a horror story. Sorry for the woodpecker, but that’s the best surprise ending in the history of internet comments! 😆

[@Drkwolf31B]

@@surewhatever8843 It was the 90s. The older kids taught ya cause they were the closest to adults, and we had pretty good perv radar due to the whole raising yourself thing. It was easy when we were more repressed to spot them. And we had guns.

[@kgal1298]

As a millenial if you ever here me say "family" when talking about work please check to see if an alien got into my brain because NO just NO.

[@IThinkItsWeird]

Never met a millenial who would be able to say something like that without throwing up. Just hearing it was already passed as a red flag for employment and even gen X won't really say it out loud anymore. Gen z might win the trophy for apathy and even sarcasm, but millenials had disillusionment figured out way before.

[@UnfazedPhoenix]

I understand where you're coming from. It doesn't exist anymore. It did for me for a while. But the family work place dynamic is a thing of the past. I now avoid all work functions like the plague unless they're absolutely mandatory

[@CiceronFelix]

As gen X I agree that any manger calling work place a "family" should be charged with mispronounce fee) Anyway, I never seen it in my life. Just heard like someone said that someone heard) So I believe it became a cringe more than 20y ago)

[@MrChopsticktech]

@@IThinkItsWeird I'm 51 and have heard plenty of co-workers my age or older who said that. The retail pharmacy chain l worked for had a yearly outing and most of our store went every year. We invited about ten other stores, but they all had the attitude of 'I spend all work working with these people. Why would I want to do it on my day off when I am not getting paid?

[@marylut6077]

“Hear” means listen, “here” means a place. Hoping you just made a typo.

[@fullclipaudio]

Gen X has entered the chat. My parents never hugged me. I wasn't allowed in the house. They never remembered my birthday. I lived in California for 11 years and I always felt uncomfortable when people came up and hugged me.

[@RCooke357]

I’m sorry that happened. People in this world don’t know how to cope or love properly. But I want you to know Jesus loves you and wants a relationship with you. He can love like no one has or can.

[@KingofInkwelldia]

Gen X is boomer lite honestly

[@fullclipaudio]

@@KingofInkwelldia You must not know any. We're our own thing and always will be.

[@KingofInkwelldia]

@@fullclipaudio what....? A generation of Conformists, slightly less intolerable than boomers, and completely let America go into demographic winter. Ya weak boomer lite

[@Kalepsis]

Remember "Don't be a fool, stay in school!"? $140k in student loan debt later...

[@Senshidayo]

Only $140k? You got off lucky lol.

[@userJohnSmith]

Yeah... Don't go to private school should be on the end there. I only had 20k, and went to a school ranked higher than every Ivy. I had no clue at the time I signed up. I just got lucky.

[@EyeGlassTrainofMind]

@@userJohnSmith It also really depends on what your field is though and what region you're from. Public schools are often the cost of many private institutions if you're from out of state and many non-Ivy's are excellent but will also break the bank just as much.

[@Apeiron242]

That slogan refers to high school. My debt was only $30k.

[@logoski589]

Could never talk myself into paying 80k+ to satisfy a job application checkbox so I just lied about it. Working so far.

[@abbypierce4196]

I’m a “zillenial” or what ever - and I think I fall into the cohort where we really valued our education and still had hope for our careers - just to have 2016 hit in college and the world basically seemed to be on fire from that point on. I have a few friends who are really privileged and their parents gave them $100k down-payments for their homes, but I don’t know how that’s possible for the vast majority of us. I try to find simple joys in my days and not catastrophize, because I don’t think that helps either - but woof.

[@MoMoMan0]

Haha, I graduated in 2012 and couldn’t get a job in my industry for 5 years since I entered the workforce during a recession. Shit’s been getting bad for way longer, people are just more fed up now.

[@VBoo459]

Zillenial - I love it because I really cannot relate to the elder millennial experience. I don’t remember 2008, I was 14 and busy doing my high school exams to GAF 😂

[@MooseMaunu]

"Woof" indeed sir/madam. Woof indeed.

[@vSilviu]

​@@MoMoMan0 snowflake

[@jackdamenace13]

@@VBoo459 You don’t remember prices in stores being marked up? I’m a 93 millennial and I remember teachers and everyone freaking out about whether to take money out of banks.

[@undauntedthud6872]

I'm an old millennial with a final production date of 1984. I spent my early adulthood fighting two wars. I'm with GenX on this one, if two co-workers wanted to give me a hug I'm running for the hills. "It's a trap!"

[@psuley1977]

So relatable. Also born in '84, and the number of times I've had to say "Please don't touch me" to colleagues attempting a hug is staggering

[@TheRealSalali]

How are you an "old" millennial born in '84? You're teetering on the edge if anything.

[@undauntedthud6872]

@@TheRealSalali I remember the fall of the Soviet Union and the first Gulf War. You get clued in a little faster to world affairs when both your parents are in the army. I also remember when I saw Red Dawn for the first time and thinking to myself, "Why can't highschoolers identify soviet armor and equipment?"

[@Wheeliam_Ironside]

I knew the 10 pm thing which was wild already but the “have you hugged your kid today” thing is both shocking and painfully obvious at the same time

[@BusinessWolf1]

2002 here, I got hugged maybe once every few months.

[@Wheeliam_Ironside]

@@BusinessWolf1 i’m sorry 2002😢 you can have a hug from me anytime

[@PablitaOrtega77]

@@BusinessWolf1 lucky bastard

[@JDavisishere]

1991, I was one of those kids the PSA was for. My parents never knew where I was nor did they really care. My dad has never once told me he loved me. That lead paint is something fierce.

[@Wheeliam_Ironside]

@@JDavisishere hugs all around gang! You’re all worthy of love and i, for one, am happy you’re alive!🥰🥰

[@myashgarage]

"coronavirus: that's when I was born" killed me😂😂😂

[@asourcedivine]

the best line. I died.

[@DeeepRooted1]

@@asourcedivine a lot of people did

[@evilkingstanley]

That wouldn't make sense for a gen z lol

[@sebastiancandinegara1748]

that is gen Alpha i presume

[@VashdaCrash]

She is 4yo!😂

[@RWCRD]

“My daddy square space” was prefect. This was spot on. Sincerely GEN X.

[@Dante02d12]

It made me laugh, but I'm not sure if I got the joke correctly ^^'. Is there a reference here?

[@GadgetsGearCoffee]

I'm a millennial but my attitude with work is more on the Gen Z side and always has been (which was hard back in the day). I definitely did not get jobs because I made it clear I'm not putting in more hours than required for the sake of "teamwork" or "we're family" and all. Like no, you are a business, your execs are making money and have bonuses, I wasn't, I was a salaried employee fixed with no bonuses. So if my work is too much and it's not due to my performance/productivity, it's poor planning of resources from the company's part. It's not my problem so don't make it my problem. I value my time off work, which is a more clear schedule and I will enjoy that benefit because it keeps me sane to keep my productivity at work.

[@theBear89451]

Pay is not linear. The more "free work" you do, the better position to negotiate exponential raises.

[@GadgetsGearCoffee]

@@theBear89451 the best way to make more money is to jump to another company sadly

[@Yuusfw]

​@@theBear89451yuh, that's called a contract with the devil. You sacrifice your free time, you start puting yourself before the company, and then you can be considerate to negotiate a better salary...

[@GadgetsGearCoffee]

@@theBear89451 that's what you hope. Then there are budget cuts and salary freezes. The most money I've made was jumping from company to company. More than any raise could.

[@Senshidayo]

@@theBear89451 and then you end up sick (like a lot of Millennials) and fired at the first convenience so also no to that. Screw employers taking more than they pay us. It's a job not slavery, and I'm not going to pretend to love a company I am only working for to make a paycheck. It's great if you do your vocation, and I believe in hard work, but we've masked exploitation of labor as 'putting in time' for too long. We need to say enough is enough. It's not like most of our jobs are necessary anyway. Having time for yourself and/or your family is more important than impressing a boss.

[@josiahgoes9633]

Never have I ever seen such an accurate and simultaneously comedic representation of two generations conversing. As someone on the older half of Gen Z, these are the two voices inside my mind lol. PS I love how Gen Z recognized that Gen X/ Boomers had a hard childhood and probably just need a hug.

[@EeWe143]

A hug wont fix much, but its a start 😊

[@BusinessWolf1]

​@@EeWe143A hug will fix a lot when you've not had one for years

[@josiahgoes9633]

@@annathy I'm empathetic, but not going to hug a porcupine. Be alone if that's what you enjoy. What you're saying is not really what my original comment was about anyway lol

[@Me__Myself__and__I]

Except Gen-X don't actually need a hug. We're fine. Great actually. All that s*** about our childhoods is actually mostly true, it taught us to be independent self starters and we still came out hopeful and positive.

[@josiahgoes9633]

@@Me__Myself__and__I I’m not so sure about the positive and hopeful part. I mean re-read your comment and all the other Gen X comments on here

[@nobodynowhere21]

"You think you're going to do that by working? We riot at dawn" Wow, beautifully said.

[@Mobri]

Yeah, except the corporation still wins and you only end up making life harder for your peers. Refusing to play the game still doesn't actually get you out of the game. You need to work together to change the rules.

[@SeptimusMagistos]

Yeah, but if you say it and then don't riot it's kind of sad.

[@quantquill]

Born in 1970 and I remember the "It's 10pm. Do you know where your kids are?" PSAs. We had three rules at home: say thank you, be home before dark, and no hitting or kicking the head or back. No cell phones back then. That "where are your kids?" PSA doesn't mean they were all neglectful parents. The dangers to children from predators was a relatively new thing as cities grew. My mom struggled to raise three kids on a secretary's salary + part time job + Avon, because my deadbeat abusive dad, who she left in 1975, was too busy shoving blow up his nose to pay child support except when he wanted to play perfect family for a new girlfriend. Neither parent had a college degree but he made 3-4x what my mom made. He also didn't think of his kids as people. Did you know women couldn't buy a house on their own or have their own bank account or credit card until 1974? Banks could and did refuse credit before then. Many women stayed married because they were trapped. Mom and us 3 kids were often homeless so we'd move in and out of family and friends' homes. Changed schools constantly. Every adult smoked like a chimney. Healthy eating was drinking chocolate milk with our dinner of frozen fish sticks and canned corn. Hunger was a constant. Hand me down clothes that didn't fit. I know there are people who are growing up in similarly dire straits but I see a lot of people who have much more "stuff" and monthly payments and a drive-thru coffee addiction with multiple roommates and a couple part time jobs. We cherry pick what aspects of culture to show, but as Anna said, there are reasons why each gen is stereotyped and it's not just because we're idiots who want to fire up the world dumpster. I went to college and then grad school and said yes to any amount of loans because i couldnt stand to live like my family. Came out the end with $80k in debt and a corporate job, which I left after 10 years to teach at university as a lecturer because it felt like I could make more of a difference that way (plus 15 weeks off a year). I was raised to believe if you work hard, you'll be taken care of when you retire. That's bullshit on so many levels and i saw my grandmother and then my mother struggle to survive and having to keep working literally until they died. Enjoy life while you're healthy enough to do so. Save money for your own future needs. Say yes to some crappy projects at work and make sure everyone knows what you're accomplishing. Switch companies because that's always going to be the best raise. Educate yourself and don't expect the world owes you anything but oxygen.

[@LadyVandMrT]

I wish every gen z could hear this. They actually don't want to work. "Soulless corporate job" like, financial independence, no? Not important to you? They're just lost in a crazy fever dream of idealism sometimes. This is how you do it right here.

[@justbeegreen]

That’s why we don’t want to go backwards for women in the US. Everyone needs to vote in November. Our female predecessors had to put up with so much BS even if they were the main caretakers and bread winners of their families. Respect to your mother ❤

[@michelem226]

Thank you for sharing. Sorry you had to experience these things as a child.

[@katnisseverdeen5466]

@@LadyVandMrT We still work to survive, of course we want financial independence, doesn't mean we can't complain about the f'ed up system and campaign, vote, and protest against it. And you'd have to be living under a rock to think gen z are idealist. We know what a shithole the world is, we're living in it, we're just doing our best to improve things. How about you?

[@KamalikaMukherjee81]

Underrated. Thanks for sharing.

[@ttubebaby]

As a millennial I could swear I remember there being a couple decades of propaganda demonizing us for saying the exact things this zoomer says.

[@MissAmeROCKana]

Yeah so much of that sentiment came from Xers and millennials first 😂 we’re the ones who watched our parents get laid off in the 90s and 2000s from jobs they’d held for 30 years because the company was able to hire someone younger and cheaper who didn’t get a pension. We learned not to be loyal to companies thanks to our parents’ hardships and everyone blamed us for having no work ethic as a result. It was always bullshit, but now there’s a younger generation to pick on. 😅

[@MissKateKatie]

​@@MissAmeROCKanayes! I remember my mom getting fired from Walmart because she was grandfathered in on an old salary pay and they wanted to get rid of her. Was messed up.

[@skybluebrad2781]

EXACTLY!!

[@T.S.000]

I would rather deal with the Zoomers than dealing with the "ME" Generation. 🙄

[@jbdelaney2767]

Funny how the millennial is mocking the zoomer for sounding like a millennial.

[@mpls844]

As Gen Z, Civil Service is where it’s at. Meaningful work in service of people and the common good with fixed hours, cheap/quality medical benefits, and a guaranteed pension.

[@TheRealSalali]

There's no such thing as a pension anymore--what country you from? lol

[@mpls844]

@@TheRealSalali Minnesota, US. You most often have to find a job in a public university or government for a pension.

[@dfinma]

@@mpls844 Even this is almost nonexistent now. I have a gov't job and the pension is laughable essentially forcing you to get in the 401k plan.

[@dfinma]

Basically you're saying go back to the '50s and '60s. I'm not disagreeing btw.

[@rdrrr]

I live in the UK and our government is actually evil Civil service pay really well and have good job security and a nice working environment though Hmm....

[@incoggnito1667]

As a Gen-X'er I'm rooting for you guys to succeed in doing what we as a generation tried but were too small to accomplish. Good luck!!!

[@sandsej8561]

As a Gen X er … I say we join in with them. We’ve got too much in us to sit down now. Some of us are still finishing raising and now caring for our elders, but we can still have a place in the game. We can support alongside and behind. It’s literally going to take us all working together.

[@Tiewaz]

@@sandsej8561 The way I try to explain to the younger generation is we're working to give them the time and means to change the world. Being able to stay at home with parents who can afford to have you there is a luxury. And the system has worked hard to make it so you are too busy and/or too tired to fight back. (Vintage '69 GenXer here.)

[@patt5085]

Millennials are also a bit of coward... we understand and agree with most of gen Z issues but never really tried to change anything. We just silently support them.

[@AbsFabbs]

@@patt5085I think that millennials have honestly made a good faith effort. Let’s not forget about the whole occupy Wall Street from the early 2000s. It was a lot harder to coordinate back then. Social media has made a significant difference in bringing us together making us stronger in numbers.

[@scottd8108]

As an Australian gen Xer I'd probably ask you out to dinner first🍻🍻

[@EricDaMAJ]

Never work at a place that says "We're like family." Also, I have faith that Gen Z isn't as bad as people say. Just so long as I'm not watching TikTok.

[@Michaelfatman-xo7gv]

I tried the tiktok, it was like somebody constantly changing channels. You can keep it.

[@LadyVandMrT]

Lol same

[@g.s2427]

Just resigned from a place like that ....

[@MsSemki]

My last employer took it a step further - even patients were included in the "we're like family" statement! I quit after 3 days.

[@mannygee005]

I only work for a pirate named Luffy who wears a straw hat. He does consider us family, not "like" but actual. The fights we get into are epic. I don't know how it ends though. (Don't mind me, I'm just referencing a show).

[@istoppedcaring6209]

nobody adressing the actual issue though, within a couple decades wealth has centralised so much that the nobility is essentially back in force, the US started out as open virgin land but within a couple centuries everything was owned allready, the whole appeal was that you could actually own something in this new land, if you worked for it

[@evercuriousmichelle]

I don’t think we can call the land used and lived on by Indigenous people to be “virgin” land.

[@MiaMizuno]

Thank you! It is really like all politicians turned into monarchy

[@saddlerrye6725]

I love how you've managed to simultaneously roast and praise 3 whole generations X'D

[@eileenheath1968]

She's a queen of Mental Twister. Left Sock on Black Humor. Right hand on Therapy.

[@Ellimist000]

Yes expertly done

[@edisonlima4647]

Not sure if I would say "praised", but definitely empathized with them and argued for why they are the way they are with sympathy.

[@aguywithalotofopinions412]

@@edisonlima4647But also highlighted the parts where they’re wrong or unhelpful

[@17arando]

Four technically, ignoring Gen Xs existence is basically a running gag for the whole country now lol

[@amanderps970]

This hit hard. Especially as an animator facing years of layoffs after a decade of hard work.....OUF.

[@Zavarii]

too real

[@daniel23554]

Good luck!

[@LadyVandMrT]

This is the era of social media monetization, and you can't make money as an animator?

[@BlueSkyOcean]

Hanging there 😢❤

[@klg9549]

@@LadyVandMrT Algorithms make it impossible to build a following on social media unless you were already massively successful before they got worse (they've gotten worse and worse over the years, so if you were struggling all along there's no chance now). Animators (and artists in general) are also not thriving online due to unfair expectations related to those algorithms/websites (post artwork you work hard on at your own pace? Not good enough! You have to be a conventionally-attractive youtuber/tiktoker/instagrammer with high-quality scripted videos and either create fanart of the latest memes/trends or have characters that have MASS appeal, so now you also have to "look the part," talk about things that attract viewers, perform well, can't make what you want unless it's appealing to the majority, and have or hire an editor!! DAILY/WEEKLY!!). It's no wonder so many artists have turned to other sites to try to get "tips," but most fans do not donate (and certain sites like Patreon expect you to churn out extra "CONTENT" in order to tempt people to donate - but then when the heck do you get a break?!). "AI" image generators plagiarise our work and the techbros (and worse, corporate executives) who love it treat us terribly. Huge amounts of harassment online. Mass layoffs. It's a nightmare.

[@Shorty_Lickens]

Gen X drinking in the utility closet and shouting at spiders.

[@thepickles8833]

Those spiders are just trying to make a living!

[@zimnizzle]

Gen X here. My parents never said I love you - until there was a super traumatic moment. So I can literally remember when they did. And it was always associated with something major. Then after college they must have taken therapy or read a pamphlet or something because they all of the sudden wanted to say it all of the time and it was soooo weird.

[@mannygee005]

"Kids raising kids" means... they'll usually behave opposite of what they used to. For example the papa who never said I love your, never hugged his kids but... when he became grand-pa, suddenly he's hugging grandchildren... like ouch. You can also see the opposite, like the older assertive type... but they were shy and a pushover when they were young. People reverse their behavior. Just a thought I was inspired to comment. I remember when I made friends with my dad.

[@pcarebear1]

Reminds me of how different my upbringing by my single mom (Gen X) was compared to my dad (Boomer). I was raised to give a kiss and hug before leaving to work. When my dad dropped me off to work he was SO weirded out. "We don't have time for that!" Ohhh kay... 😅

[@corrinenorton4516]

100% agree to this!!! My son hears I love you in a morning more than I heard in any random 5 years of my life...

[@deadlee0b1]

I've always felt that if you need to say it all the time, you aren't doing it right. My parents were the same as yours, almost never said it unless it was a big moment. But in all my childhood, I never felt unloved.

[@IgnisKhan]

My mother (a boomer) sought out therapy basically the minute she left home and set foot in college, and her first therapist suggested she make a point of hugging my grandmother and saying "I love you" because it would forcibly prompt her to return the words. It worked! Mom went most of her childhood without hearing it, but by the time I was around Grandma was very verbal about her affection for both of us.

[@w.i.t.c.h.q.u.e.e.n]

As a Millennial I do want to make a difference... But getting exploited by a soulless Capitalist machine is the wrong kind of difference. 😢

[@Dave_of_Mordor]

We worship corporations in the US, so making a difference in a corporate setting is something a lot of people find fulfilling in this country

[@averyhuelsbeck3116]

The only differences I get paid to make are not the ones I want to be making

[@ickster23]

Well, there is getting exploited by a soulless socialist machine as an option. All you do is change who is doing the exploiting, with less choices available.

[@9xqspx6]

I wish people would abandon this "bad-bad capitalism" stuff. Instead express what exactly you have a problem with! People like to flock together hating something that's easy to say (like capitalism), but most of them don't even know what they are hating, they just like to join the hate party. You people gotta start to look deeper and phrase what you have the actual problem with.

[@AlwayzAnonymous]

@@9xqspx6 I second this. "Capitalist" is used to describe countries from Norway to the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The term is so vague and poorly defined that people frequently talk past each other when trying to discuss it because they don't even share the same definition. It's an abstract idea, not any sort of corporeal entity that people can take steps toward fighting or changing.

[@Chick-inslacks]

That psa made me laugh maniacally. I sing have u hugged your kid today to this day but I forgot the beginning traumatizing part! Yes I’m gen x. 😂😂😂

[@zart8478]

It's true, we all deserve therapy and hugs.

[@theBear89451]

Gen-Z had the most therapy and is the most depressed. Although, it could just be correlation.

[@zart8478]

@@theBear89451 yeah, I've heard. I think it's no surprise that some solutions are seen as less effective when we see it on that lense. Action is integral rather than just continuously talking about our problems and only just that.

[@Katastr0phic_Katicorn]

And we're kidnapping mid-to-upper management at dawn.

[@gingerblue4253]

​@@theBear89451 maybe more people are diagnosed because they go easily on therapy compared to previous generations.

[@9xqspx6]

I read "drugs" for the last word, lol. Although that might be easier to get than hugs.

[@hgdoesthings3457]

I am really struggling with this now. My dad is a boomer my mom is a gen x and I’m a gen z. My dad fully told me yesterday the corporate world provides no guarantees and very little job security now and if he was my age in my situation he doesn’t know what he would do. I have a bachelors, a masters, and multiple certifications with a wide network and I still can’t find a job paying more than a surviving wage. What the hell are we suppose to do? I don’t want to live at home forever or have massive credit card debt or live paycheck to paycheck with no savings. We were told get education and it will set us up for success. I have ten years of work experience six of which is professional higher level. But the only job offers I get pay $40k before taxes and require masters degrees in one of the most expensive cities in the country. How are young people suppose to make it nowadays?

[@MohcineOnline]

Unfortunately these times are hard and I feel sorry for your generation....I think you guys have every right to complain and despair

[@LazloHo]

Gen X here, with no bachelors or masters or any certs, and yet on my way to a modest, but early retirement. When I was your age, and all of the jobs sucked, I started my own business. I figured if I was going to be broke anyways, I may as well devote my time to my own benefit and figure out if all of my wild ideas about how to run a better business were actually workable. As it turned out, most of them were. My employees are generally enthusiastic about working at our company and I never have to compromise my values to make a buck. I realize that just saying "start a business" is not a magic wand. I'll be the first to confirm that it's really hard. That's why it's such a good thing for young people to hear; they've got the energy and they don't know what is or isn't possible and so are more likely to plow thru obstacles that would stop older people. I'd also say it's amazingly rewarding when your business gets out of the 'on the brink of doom' stage and starts to just run itself.

[@nickadamson6053]

My wife is a Millennial, also has a BS, MS and certs for education primary, secondary and higher ed. She quit it all after years and started her own business. 2 years of grinding hard (a good year of many 12 hour days) and she's never been happier. She works less, stresses less and makes more money than she ever has. Think waaaaaay outside the box on how you might like to spend your time day to day, on your own terms...

[@supercal333]

I think there's a reason you didn't mention what your degree/masters is.

[@megt7128]

@@supercal333 Shouldn't matter too much. Expertise is expertise, and it's not fair to expect people to know what fields will be in demand in 6-8 years, when they're like 17 years old

[@Vivvus_zion]

I'm 19 and in college (double majoring on a six year plan). Here's some tips: - You need to budget. Savings are far more crucial than you think it is, and if you can save enough, you can ensure interest being put on your account. - Buy what you need first. Cut as many things as you can from the budget. Subscriptions, data usage, electricity usage, water usage. All of it. - Fresh produce is difficult to obtain. Consider starting a garden. Sew your own clothing, or crochet new things. Those hobbies can save you money if you do it right. - Walk where you can. I understand it's not completely obtainable, but biking or walking saves gas. Saving gas saves money. - Buy instant food or ingredients that you can cook with. Cooking can be very sustainable. Be smart. There are ways to save money, even if only the bare minimum gets you by. Do it. (Be as kind as safely possible to homeless people. They're already at the bottom.)

[@meganb4432]

GenXer here. This is the funniest thing I've seen in ages... thank you. I appreciate the implied hugs. The 'kidnap the boss' bit gave me happy flashbacks to watching Dolly Parton, Jane Fonda & Lily Tomlin in '9 to 5'. I rewatched it recently; it's still awesome.

[@saneauto]

I was thinking Chevy Chase in Christmas vacation till they said hugs & therapy. I think the Griswold's used mostly rope & duct tape.

[@randomrickreviewsrrr4662]

9 to 5 is a great movie!

[@LucasDanielSantoro]

Having been born in the '97 in southamerica I feel like both Annas live in my head fighting endlessly. Also I'm unemployed after 6 hardworking years of professional career

[@rujotheone]

People born in '97 seem to be stuck in the middle

[@michaellaseo5985]

Me too, i was born in '98 I feel like both genz and millenial I am also unemployed now after 3,5 years working

[@rf-uj5sc]

Born in 96 and feel this lol

[@leoswalters]

Anna this is brilliant!!! 🫶🏽 Thank you for putting a voice and a face to the inner turmoil! Blessings on your journey! 🙏🏻

[@namehere5675]

As an older Millennial, if fluctuate between optimism and nihilism. I'm slowly heading further into nihilism as I become aware of how doomed we are. It would be nice if hugs could fix the world, I would love it if that was an option. Sadly, the olds that are responsible are not keen on strangers hugging them.

[@-_-----]

All you suburban softies need to remember that FIGHTING is another way to make things right. And all the "Good Guys Never Fight" is Disney propaganda that got popular in the Boomers / Gen-Xs time.... and it's why our taxation rates are off the charts, and why politics is an unrepentant clown-show. An Advanced Society has to obey certain rules in order to function, and people who DON'T (and NEVER) follow those rules simply have to get "handled"; And by not "handling" those 💩-bags for so long, everything's starting to bog down and fall apart.

[@michelleblanc6377]

This is a gem. I am Gen X by the way. I could really find typical interactions that I had with the younger generations. It was witty and hilarious I don’t know who scripted this but they definitely have talent. Kudos to Ana for giving the script life.

[@leajacobson4458]

Anna, this is the best one yet. As a Gen Xer, you are on the money, girl. Amazing.

[@Dogo.R]

Remember, just because work enviroments and work culture are very poorly designed at the moment leading to alot of sadness, suffering, and inefficencies, does not mean "work" itself is enevitably linked to sadness and suffering. Bad work enviroment and work culture should not be conflated with "work itself is bad". Bad foundations can be fixed. We shouldnt determine something("work") is doomed just be because the foundation its currently built on is horrible.

[@SyndroOmCani]

I agree. But people like me have never experienced healthy and producitve work environments that aren't exploitative. Let's change that.

[@user-zu5do6ri6r]

Silly OP. One day you'll understand that you are property, and can easily be replaced by people from another country willing to work for ½ your wages.

[@gshak33]

@@user-zu5do6ri6rI’m not 100% sure but I think OP is saying we need to work to try and change that. It wasn’t always that way and it doesn’t have to stay that way.

[@poelogan]

@@user-zu5do6ri6rideally we’d just bring everyone in the first world so we all can demand a fair wage. that’s the idea with globalization anyways, which i support.

[@goodfortunetoyou]

Work is intrinsically evil. The people who say they enjoy "work" aren't actually working. They entertain themselves in a way which is useful to other people and let's them get a paycheck. If you're actually working, you're suffering through a task to accomplish something, because that's what it means to work. "Work" as a location or social structure, requires you to show up and engage in a fabricated social hierarchy maintained by its management. It also doesn't require genuine work. You get rewarded depending on your position and whether those in higher-social-positions deign to distribute a reward to you.

[@theunprofessionallurker]

Kombucha on tap sounds sick.

[@lisaearles4175]

Haha I was thinking the same thing, like I WISH my work gave us free Popchips

[@matthewcaldwell8100]

i think it was a wework joke

[@AlexWilkinsonYYC]

We had free beer and everything at my work as a software dev. It is/was a real thing. We actually had an entire Starbucks-esque cafe and golf sim, all free to all employees. Google I think has a lot more than that, but I doubt the free beer, haha. That has probably gone out of style.

[@-_-----]

1) It gets old, quick. People aren't supposed to be drinking tea and sugar all the time, fermented or not. [I'm an old(ish) school Kombucha-head so don't @ me] 2) It's no replacement for an actual, functioning company, full of adults who can challenge eachother without crying or back-stabbing.

[@sunnysidedown0451]

Okay but I'm not even Gen x, I'm a millennial, but when that PSA played where the parents are singing about yelling and slapping their kids' faces, it unlocked some sort of forgotten memory and I realized I had all the lyrics MEMORIZED. Which means I had to have seen it many times on TV as a kid. And I remember thinking, "yeah, that's normal parent behavior, my parents are this mad at us all the time" and didn't even think much of it. Holy crap.

[@FuzzyStripetail]

A new millennial employee saying "we riot at dawn" was at least hopeful and productive seeing how it showed that said employee was actually awake at dawn.

[@RecklessFables]

"It's just a saying... 'Dawn' is just a construct. It can be YOUR Dawn whenever you want it to be!" -Them, probably

[@ELY3358]

“Gen Z” lol

[@VBoo459]

As a younger Millenial/Zillenial - being awake at dawn is actually gross.

[@neobushidaro]

I assumed they were awake after stay up all night (hopefully finalizing logistics and tactics)

[@aelithmackinnon8656]

You mean, GenZ?

[@Bloodie44]

i KEEP THINKING ABOUT HOW GEN Z NEEDS TO SPEND MORE TIME WITH MILLENIALS! Every time i hang out with them they teach us so much about life and how to put up with the problems 😭 They are our older brothers and sisters

[@latentpotential4520]

That's funny. I like to think to think of them as my younger brothers and sisters, lol. Helps that I am the eldest brother, so I'll probably never get over that. Normalize cross generational conversation! Each side has something to teach, let's learn and make friends!

[@Senshidayo]

After working with them the self-assuredness turned into feeling pompous and them slicing everyone into a million groups and bringing up every historical problem constantly became grating. Honestly they've made me way more conservative because some of their ideas are new but, their is so little practicality that I'd prefer to just avoid them altogether. Funnily enough the ones from other countries are less obnoxious than the American Zoomers.

[@bmay282]

Millennial here - I love Gen Zers. They're additional troops!!! 💕

[@mystuff9999]

@@bmay282You mean cannon fodder 😏

[@gyorgyor7765]

Nah you need to hang out with Gen Alpha more.😈

[@WlmaAlexender-zl6nx]

Does anyone else here have older people who will tell stories about "the good old days" that actually sound demonic but they say it like it was heaven? Example: my grandfather always told a story where he snuck some of his dad's chewing tobacco (because he wanted to be just like daddy) and his dad beat him and actually broke his leg. Yet he tells it like he was the best dad in history.

[@dan-allen]

"riot at dawn" is the energy that will actually save us

[@Mrpersonman0]

But she won't "riot" in any capacity. She has no energy even for what she does/ought to care about. That's the joke

[@TemporaryParticipant]

@republicoftexas3261 Ah yes, the old ‘just vote harder next time’. 🤦🏾

[@seanwieland9763]

@@TemporaryParticipant💯 we’re not voting our way out of this mess. Best we can do is not be directly underneath it when it collapses.

[@c.codyflick2210]

The Gretta joke killed me

[@zyaicob]

Might be the funniest thing Anna has ever written

[@TomMarvan]

Not being allowed to have a cell phone is not funny.

[@Ninnybroth]

Lol, "if we wanna heal a broken system, we need to heal THOSE bitches." Yeah, I DO need that healing. I really do after that 80's childhood with those parents. But honestly I'm really too busy falling flailingly deep deep into a bottomless hole where I'm still grasping to survive while being poor (got kicked out while I was still a senior in high school and have been struggling ever since to catch up) except now I'm old and frumpy and my body has broken down and nobody sees my despair or hears me screaming from inside this hole. Thanks for the chance to vent-- I'll get back to work now. After that I'll scrub the toilet and mow the lawn.

[@BrenttFease]

I have the kindest, most compassionate, and most empathetic boss physically possible, someone I genuinely consider a friend... and even then all she can do is try to minimize the hell of our work environment as best she can while still keeping the company functional. There is no such thing as a non-toxic work environment, even under ideal conditions. The problem is the entire system.

[@OgdenM]

As a cusp Gen X - Millennial cusp, so much yes to this. So many people even 4 years younger then me are so... out there to me. Then there's the generation before.. just wow.

[@alyssafinch6853]

Xennial (1978-1983, give or take). Some people also call us the Oregon Trail Generation. Others say there is no such thing as a micro gen but I will die on this hill 😂

[@OgdenM]

@@alyssafinch6853 hah. Well the reality is that even 3 years makes a difference in what you grow up with and your personality that forms from that stuff so... Microgenerations are totally legit. 😉

[@robertisham5279]

​@@OgdenMI was born in 1998 so doesn't that make me a millenials/ gen z cusp?

[@andrewandsueniemeyer6958]

​@alyssafinch6853 unfortunately the "Oregon trailers scary accurate. It was brought out every in school snow day, which after a while made us all realize that teachers were just babysitters for older kids...

[@janelleb1668]

Born in 84 and I played Oregon Trail! And used the big floppy disk that was actually floppy.

[@australiasian]

As a Millennial dating a Gen X wit a Gen Z daughter.... this is crazy accurate...

[@nospamallowed4890]

ROFL!!! The story repeats itself. It reminds me of how we used to. rant about Millenials lack of productivity and interest in doing their jobs. Now it is their turn to rant.

[@surewhatever8843]

Thank you for including the actual PSAs. It hits different when people get to see them for themselves, rather than half-hearing grandpa’s story time. Again. I’m developing a theory about why re-telling the same stories is a hallmark of age and I think it has a link to raising young kids. Hear me out...little kids watch the same movies over and over because they focus on one character or aspect until they fully grasp it, then work their way through each character/aspect with each subsequent viewing, ignoring everything else outside their focus character. Old folks inherently know the first time they tell a story, they’re only partially heard, and they want you to have the whole story. So they keep telling the story until you object, but by that time, they’re programmed to push play every time they have your attention. Or, maybe, they forgot they told you. Working a theory is hard. Ha! When I was a kid...

[@thebossbrothers123]

When you're happy you enjoy the music, when you are sad you understand the lyrics❤

[@shahidnyker2900]

I love Anna Akana. Everything from the acting to the scripting, tempo, even hair and makeup, it's all flawless

[@MrDavidKord]

I feel like Anna has tons of subscribers but also simply doesn't get the accolades she deserves. She's an incredible comedy writer and performer and clearly works very hard on research.

[@jesshallock5346]

She forgot the fall of the Berlin Wall (1989), Princess Diana’s death (1997), Columbine Massacre (1999), Y2K scare (2000), destruction of the Twin Towers (2001), the War on Terror (begun 2001), hurricane Katrina (2005), the rise of Airport Security-just to name a few. But we also had the launch of the Hubble Telescope! And a bunch of other cool things.

[@JohnKay79]

Forgot the space shuttle disaster.

[@ahn0x]

Dawg, idk if you're aware, but I'm compelled to point that out. Half of those are not even too relevant outside of the Eurocentric Cultural Hegemony, other than the fact that the EFFECTS certainly do ripple (9/11 making airport travel MISERABLE, GLOBALLY). I'm from Singapore, ppl only care about Princess D dying BC of colonial brainrot (unfortunately still in place today), but does it materially affect anything in our lives? Not even a little bit. It's just bread & circuses. Some of those events are DEFINITELY more significant than others.

[@psychicbyinternet]

None of those are financial crashes/recessions. Most of those are just notable events.

[@Xanduur]

Well, as a generation X, my opinion of all this is…”I don’t care what either of them say or feel.”

[@JessicaMorgani]

By "hopefull times" we mean people believed. Nowdays everyone knows what nyilism is and not just in what the word means but also how it feels.

[@user-zu5do6ri6r]

Millennials were just naive.

[@Senshidayo]

The thing is you need hope for the future. Millennials have accomplished a lot given the disadvantages we faced, and having a newer generation just basically want to give up and package it like they are some sage on a mountain is something I don't fully agree with. It's nice hearing a new perspective but they market it in the most obnoxious way possible. Anna has way more patient with them than I have, but they also are constantly complaining about men and she's a woman so it's more grating to me.

[@gray_mara]

We know what it feels and what it means... we just can't spell the darned word. 😂

[@EcstaticTeaTime]

@@user-zu5do6ri6r I would argue their boomer parents were naive; they were the ones told the lie that a college degree equaled a high paying job and reworked the entire educational system to push for it. My high school did not encourage trades, despite the community college next door having trade programs within it. Millennials were faced almost immediately in their adult lives with a recession or the realization that the jobs they wanted were not there. At least a third of those who went unemployed at the time had degrees in fields like economics, not the women's studies degree I see thrown around a lot. And your remaining options were either minimum wage or other jobs you were overqualified for just by virtue of having a bachelor's. Since Sally Mae made college loans easier to get, this allowed colleges to start charging whatever they wanted, making the price skyrocket and the loans to become unforgivable. I can't tell you how many times I had the argument with my mother when she tried to throw it at me she paid for her degree by herself while working and living with 2-4 other women only to come out with 12k in student loan debt. I went to a state school, which was the second cheapest in my state at the time for a bachelor's; 12k was a semester's tuition.

[@LadyVandMrT]

​@@user-zu5do6ri6r the homestead I own and the single income household with soon to be 3 children I support is not naivety.

[@smorrow]

"Wacky waving inflatable tube man" is a millennial reference though

[@codylundin8656]

Dont dis the Tube Dude. He is cool. Everyone likes Tube Dude

[@joelhidalgo1677]

This is actually brilliant. Satire at its best. Truth hidden in comedy. Wow, I’m really impressed and I don’t say that often. But you nailed it right on the head. The system works all of us. The older generation exploits the new. If not on purpose (cough!) then because it’s what they experienced growing up. It’s time to break that vicious cycle.

[@Umbra_of_Emberspike]

A few weeks to go and I officially hit my 30s. I may be a millennial and was raised with strict millennial values, but as times passed, I had to adapt and gradually felt myself becoming more and more Gen Z-minded. I work part-time for a big box store overnight and being awake all night in a house with 3 other people asleep, each from a different generation, is chipping away at the sanity I thought I was restoring over the past 2 years. I hear automated PA announcements every 5 minutes on the job, so THAT'S chipping away too. The job payment is not enough, even if I were working full time. (side note: I am not interested in full time work on those lines as I know it will kill what is left of my emotional and mental health) I'm glad I can always count on people like you to look at problems like these with both eyes open. I feel like there's no one in my IRL life I can trust to do the same.

[@ann18o96]

I love the depiction of millenial having more life experience, being symphthetic and a good communicator, but gen z has no intention to beat around the bush, and has more knowledge of the big picture.

[@Senshidayo]

Gen Z doesn't have more knowledge of the big picture though, just like Millennials didn't when we were 25. You have the confidence of youth and ignorance and the hindsight of other people's mistakes. But it's not like any of the protestor's have fully thought through all the rhetoric they were spouting, just like most of us had no idea how horrible getting out of Afghanistan would end up being when we demanded it a decade before it actually happened.

[@shraka]

@@Senshidayo That is such an awful take.

[@mystuff9999]

@@shrakaAnd still more truth than OP

[@shraka]

@@mystuff9999 If you say so.

[@randomwordsandnoises]

​@shraka Every generation throughout Western history, has thought the older generations were out of touch and had gotten everything wrong; and that the younger generations were foolish and lazy. In 10-15 years you'll be laughing at the naivety of Gen Alpa and Beta, and they'll be blaming Gen Z and millennials for all the problems they're dealing with. Scratch that. Milennials will probably continue to be the scapegoats. Too much avocado on toast.

[@CoffeeCup1346]

Ever had that dream where you’re trying to scream, but you just can’t? That feeling where you should be able to, and you’re trying hard, but the sound never comes - you just can’t reach it, even though everything seems in order. I like those dreams. Eventually, you get to wake up from them. 🙄

[@BoMwarriorVlog]

I always worked for smaller companies, but now that I'm working for a corporate company I've decided whenever I leave it's back to where I can actually talk to the boss and feel like a person. 👍

[@gaboseries5252]

The 2008 crisis did affect some gen Z. I may have been just a kid, but I went through seeing my family go to ruin through it, and our lives changed drastically.

[@xowishuwereherex]

Those grumpy Gen X employees must look really good after watching this. We earned our sarcasm and wit by having an shitty economy and uncertainty for our future.

[@MooseMaunu]

The 70s and 80s were a crazy time kids. 😬

[@TomcatSTL]

GenX here. Oh, man! I would not trade my childhood for anything - even though the good goes with the bad. Latch key, MTV, cable, concerts, sports, movies, malls, parties, dances, drive-in theaters, hot chicks, bad decisions... It was so damned good! And we were in a piss-poor economy with no jobs to be had. Somehow, it worked out for most of us.

[@MooseMaunu]

@@TomcatSTL Can't argue. :)

[@noneya3635]

Come here you old man is the sweetest scary line ever written. Ten out of Ten Anna.

[@bennyalves550]

"Maybe we can demand more than just free pop chips and Kombucha on tap" We can but dream 😂😂😂 You earned my sub ❤

[@rogernummerdor]

I appreciate the Gen X cameo at 0:27

[@jeradlarkey390]

"We riot at dawn" 💀

[@PhilipMller-hs3bp]

The boomer being absolutely terrified of hugs is so spot on 😂

[@miss0jode]

No but that PSA seriously made me tear up

[@stephaniepaints]

Wow, as a millennial and someone who works with kids, I am stunned by those commercials. 😢

[@savagemuir9360]

My speakers burned out at 0:36 the vocal fry on "traumatized".

[@cherryfoxy9142]

this is just super accurate....

[@bryansammis998]

I remember when those PSA’s were new

[@Hulana42]

Emotionally neglected Gen Xer here. I feel seen. Thank you!

[@nellzy]

An old dude walking his dog called out to me with my kids saying ”you spend the first 2 years teaching them to talk and walk, and the rest of their lives telling them to shut up and sit down” …..uh I’m scared for you sir.

[@gbaker3994]

1960s Boomer here. My mother used to say that all the time!

[@TomcatSTL]

It pretty much toughened us up. Our skins were not so very thin and fragile.

[@yanna6815]

​@@TomcatSTL there is a huge difference between being strong and repressing emotions... that's a point many overlook

[@RicardoMoralesMassin]

I was not expecting to feel sad for the aholes that set the world on fire today, but here we are.

[@TonyYarusso]

Girl didn’t even get into the realm of “duck and cover” PSAs…

[@ehridium]

We grew up during the cold War. There was fears of food shortages. There was a petroleum crisis. There was ozone fears. Everyone had their own apocalypse fears.

[@autom8it339]

You missed the big one for Gen X. Growing up in the 80s we all thought nuclear war was imminent. That's why the end of the cold war created so much optimism. Even the first gulf War in the 90s was full of hope because it reinforced the "rules based world order". It was a golden time.

[@Senshidayo]

Every generation has it's own crises. And yet humanity is still here. Gen Z just hasn't come to grips with the fact that crises end. Even if sea levels rise and stuff humanity will adapt just like the world will. It's still a tragedy though.

[@shraka]

@@Senshidayo I don't think you understand just how total and devastating climate change is. It makes the Ozone hole look trivial - and they did something decisive about the hole in the ozone layer. They're barely slowing down the factors contributing to climate change. Humanity "will survive" but a lot of people are gonna suffer and die even if we do everything we can from tomorrow. Just hoping someone else will fix it is naive and pretty silly.

[@citylumberjack9169]

@@autom8it339 Isn't that our lot in life - being forgotten?

[@Rayowag]

You conveniently forget that the things you listed either never fully ended or came back. It's laughable to think that a politically well versed generation isn't also aware of how tense relations between the US and Russia are again. The ozone thing turned into fear of full ecological collapse. The fears of food shortages is now a fear of the very real dangers of corporations messing with drinkable water. If anything every past generation hands the next one an even bigger stack of things to worry about. Just because most people survive these things doesn't mean humanity won't suffer as a collective based on us being so well connected nowadays.

[@channel-nv9xc]

This feels like the exact kind of conversation I used to see on KZbin between Millennials and Boomers (Xers are always ignored). Funny to now see the shoe on the other foot. Either die a hero or love long enough to become the villain, I guess.

[@timopper5488]

The “Wheh?” at 0:55. 🤣🤣🤣

[@thisisntallowed9560]

MIllenials and Gen z going into fawn response together

[@nooraudd7391]

This is a perfect sketch! So many killer liners in such a short amount of time!

[@recklessstaghomestead]

This is genius and should forcibly shown to every big c boss. But hey, if I make my employer millions in revenue instead of getting a living wage, they are willing to give us an ice cream party. You know you could afford to buy your own ice cream if you are paid a living wage. I'm with Gen z on this.

[@JM-vo8sd]

Ok but actually to your point that the gen z never actually answered - you can’t acquire wealth on just salary alone anymore so like actually actually what are we going to do