Millennials explaining work culture to Gen Z

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[@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...

[@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

[@KA-in6sx]

I have a friend who is 10 years younger than me. I half-jokingly told them, "We saw the world before it caught fire. You were born to the burning world." Then we had a 2 hour conversation about how neither one of us would ever be able to retire or buy a house.

[@DR-oy4hv]

Gen X: I was 6 the first time I couldn't sleep through the night wondering if the Russians would nuke us. Try again.

[@user-do5zk6jh1k]

How expensive are the homes where you live?

[@user-do5zk6jh1k]

​@@DR-oy4hvYeah, but that never changed

[@twhimsy]

@@DR-oy4hv And? The nukes never went away. Try again.

[@tnatstrat7495]

In 1968, people were getting drafted to fight in Vietnam. The government was assassinating people for the crime of organizing and protesting effectively. The world has ALWAYS been on fire.

[@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.

[@punisher18000]

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.

[@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 😆

[@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.

[@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]

💯

[@GenericUsername1100]

The categorization of "millennial" and "gen z" is completely arbitrary anyway. What's the difference between someone born in 1995 or 1996 (so called millennial) and someone born in 1997 or 98 (gen z)? They would have grown up through very similar societal changes.

[@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. ✌️🤓

[@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.

[@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.

[@AllenLantz]

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???" 🤣🤣🤣

[@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

[@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.

[@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

[@hope4now]

I’m amazed at how much GenZ mirrors GenX in their more-than-skeptical view of well… everything. I’m GenX- the original feral generation, and my son is GenZ- living the real dystopia. This was SO funny and a lot of truth in it. 😂Thanks for your art!

[@tedtalksrock]

This is a really good point. ❤🎉

[@KnjazNazrath]

>The original feral generation the 50s and the (19)20s say hi, as do varied times throughout history.

[@GenericUsername1100]

@@KnjazNazrath Can confirm, just watched an old bit of archival news footage from the 60s and it was all about leather-jacketed hoodlums running the streets and causing mayhem in Sydney.

[@nimue325]

Oh my god, I have to (happily) rearrange everything in my brain! Signed, a Gen X educator.

[@hefeibao]

Both are traumatized by the ones who came before. GenZ hates Millennials like GenX despises boomers. They grew up in a time of plenty and participation trophies. We (GenX/Z) did not. Hardly a surprise.

[@Shorty_Lickens]

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

[@thepickles8833]

Those spiders are just trying to make a living!

[@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.

[@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.

[@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.

[@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.

[@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...

[@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.

[@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.

[@74offsuit]

The classic PSA quote is “I learned it by watching you!!!”

[@surewhatever8843]

Thank you for this throwback!

[@citizenxxxxx]

lol yep!

[@nickadamson6053]

Ah yes, a go to quote my wife and I share often... 😁

[@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.

[@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!😂

[@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...

[@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.

[@geniegogo]

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).

[@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.

[@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.

[@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.

[@geniegogo]

"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.

[@amanderps970]

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

[@Zavarii]

too real

[@daniel51020]

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.

[@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.

[@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.

[@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

[@republicoftexas3261]

Damaged business will close down and the ones that aren't damaged aren't going to change. The standard of living decreases are coming from inflation anyways which is caused by government overspending and money printing to make up the difference. No need to riot to fix that. Merely vote for responsible representatives.

[@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.

[@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

[@LY3355]

“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?

[@c.codyflick2210]

The Gretta joke killed me

[@zyaicob]

Might be the funniest thing Anna has ever written

[@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.

[@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.

[@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.

[@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

[@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.

[@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...

[@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

[@navinanase]

​@@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.

[@smorrow]

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

[@codylundin8656]

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

[@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.

[@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.

[@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.

[@jeradlarkey390]

"We riot at dawn" 💀

[@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.

[@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.

[@miss0jode]

No but that PSA seriously made me tear up

[@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.😈

[@christopherlucas1475]

"Want me to give you a reason to cry...?"

[@TaunellE]

Yeah. Real.

[@Tential1]

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

[@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.

[@cherryfoxy9142]

this is just super accurate....

[@jaytimmerman992]

1:18 Gen X, here. This was said by many of us, starting back in the 1990s. During our childhoods, and especially in adulthood, there was no discussion of living in a single income family, or with only a Bachelors Degree. We just assumed that a family would need both parents working. Her description of her childhood could apply to a great many of us Gen X, as well. Don't ever get the idea that we had it easy growing up. The earlier generations climbed the ladder, experienced success, then pulled the economic ladder up after themselves. Many longer ones simply don't see this, as they lump us in with the Boomers -- which, we are certainly not. We also want to change things, we haven't had it easy, it's just that we don't have the demographic numbers.

[@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.

[@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.

[@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. :)

[@Tristan14578]

Just remember when you wake up gen X it's like poking a hornets nest. I want no part of that chaos 😂

[@klavczarkalafan4191]

Is there some way we can collectively trick billionaires into waking up Gen X?

[@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.

[@bryansammis998]

I remember when those PSA’s were new

[@noneya3635]

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

[@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

[@leoswalters]

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

[@thisisntallowed9560]

MIllenials and Gen z going into fawn response together

[@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.

[@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. 👍

[@nooraudd7391]

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

[@telgato711]

This is the funniest thing I have seen from you. Well done and great on point message.

[@akankshasurya7199]

Always starting veryyyyy important conversations I don’t know if people realise how realll and deep this is Relate to every word 😅

[@LadyVandMrT]

I came here confused about most of why anyone thinks any part of this is based on reality lol

[@ritzy2299]

This is literally my favorite thing I’ve seen in years!

[@artistlovepeace]

AA, you are an astonishing artist. Thank you for all your wonderful comedy and work over the years.

[@stephaniepaints]

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

[@wyrdwitch13]

What is extra ironic is that no one is asking the elder gentleman if they have his consent to touch him?!?!

[@hazalberilcatalak4477]

this one is one of the golds. Pure gold. Well said. Well done.

[@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.

[@GhostFoxMako]

“Does Big C expect the world that offer breadcrumbs” That had me dead! 🤣 You never fail to entertain us Anna ❤

[@MariMari-vq8hl]

😭 this was so funny and entertaining- my son turned 20 and we both have different work outlook but I have come to appreciate that this type of point of view and his ability to be able to not accept less in certain situations and in the work place. I just want him to be more successful than me- be it in finances and/or happiness 💜

[@cocoswizzle]

This was sooo good, bravo!

[@enigmaticworldanewperspective]

That was great! Thank you!

[@randomperson8405]

If you think that not caring about your kids is a generational thing, you haven't been paying any attention.

[@herberthutchinson8237]

Anna's not a back door girl anymore, she's a headliner all the way! Yippie!!!😂

[@Anna-xq1og]

ily anna this is great

[@josephv7762]

I like how you pulled off two completely different characters and was amazing for both

[@User8vfjhejf]

Gen X Parents basically blamed their kids as to why they were broke and didn't have a life

[@citizenxxxxx]

That’s quite the blanket statement. I’m GenX, and my son is the best thing that’s ever happened to me. I loved being his mom. I’d choose time with him over anything else, always.

[@vernonlemoignan1392]

Of course. Having children is expensive and the responsibilities and costs meant they didn’t have a life. It’s truth. However they also knew that having a family was a choice and were willing to make the sacrifices necessary.

[@thepickles8833]

Where's the lie ?

[@Mr.Peetersen]

We gave them freedoms and told them to drink from the garden hose. Now go play outside

[@DLG24]

NGL, I'm 37 and i still feel young.

[@gray_mara]

Working in nursing homes, they all say they still feel young, they just ache more.

[@brecky384]

Because 30s is young.

[@ChristopherNealBUSHIDO49ERS]

This is simply brilliant! I love your work, Ms. Akana! Well done! 🤣

[@-Aurumn-]

My favorite PSA is the one where they say a car is stolen every 42 seconds. That's one damned popular car. How does the thief even get fuel in the danged thing, if they only have it for 42 seconds?

[@creekrunningnorth]

"That's when I was born" slayed me.

[@ozramblue117]

The one with “do you know where your children are” was definitely a part of life when I was growing up… but I’m gen X so not quite included?

[@JaredParmenter]

Fantastically done!

[@ChanJENI]

Look, the snacks are important because we've never been able to afford food, ok? Now, you said something about a riot. When's that happening, again?

[@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.

[@the_only_living_ghost]

This is the best thing ive seen all year

[@philliplanos]

Anna Akana is damn good at making videos. One of my favorites.

[@davidgoldstein729]

And not even 10 years after the "Have you hugged your kids today?" slogan came into use, there were groups posing as after-school child care trying to convince kids that their parents hugging them was sxl abuse...

[@gyorgyor7765]

Yeah there is some seriously messed up people out there.