Why People in Their 40s, 50s, and 60s Are Secretly Fascinated by Gen Z—And What It Reveals About Us All
I love seeing that many gen z women carry *weight* on their bodies. The 1990s and 2000s encouraged girls and women to make themselves as small as possible, i.e. to physically disappear. After that cultural horror, seeing so many teens and 20-somethings proudly baring real muscle and fat [darn] near makes me cry. I also love the wildness of self-presentation – the ill-fitting clothes, surprising pairings, and bonkers haircuts. Keep it up gen z!
I feel like fewer of them are smoking. And they have made being embarrassed of mental disorders pretty non existent.
From u/jarbid16’s perspective, one thing that Gen Z is doing particularly well is drawing their boundaries at work. “This is one of the things that really resonated with a lot of other Reddit users who responded to my post. It’s clear that the landscape of the workforce has changed quite dramatically over the decades and that things that were accepted as the norm back then simply aren’t normal now,” they told Bored Panda.
“One thing that I hear constantly is that ‘younger generations don’t want to work hard.’ I understand the sentiment behind this, but the cost of living has skyrocketed over the years, and oftentimes, hard work isn’t always rewarded with more pay/benefits. People have bills to pay, and life can feel fruitless for many when you have to work so hard to get so little in return,” the OP shared their opinion.
Gen Z includes some of the most compassionate, caring, and accepting people I’ve ever seen. Theyre depressed and poor, but they all are so empathetic. I’ve seen them champion for one another so quickly. I’ve seen them immediately supporting their friends going through emotional struggle and it seems like they’re all well versed in therapy work. Perhaps it’s because they’ve been through METOO, Covid, BLM, and now LGBTQ, but it’s like as a whole they’re just way more empathetic.
Make boomers cry because “nobody want to work anymore” No moron, nobody want to be a slave anymore.
They are far more accepting of people. My kids have relatives in the Midwest and the South who are white gun-toting conservatives. And they have friends who are gay, Black, Brown, Asian — you name it. They view people as people and love all of them.
However, it’s not like the youngest generations are getting everything perfectly right, either. There are some serious issues with communication and a lack of willingness to understand one another. “One thing I think Gen Z and Gen A could do better is communicate in real life. We hear this criticism a lot, but I do think social media has definitely changed the way we communicate with each other, and younger generations have embraced this almost to a fault. People will speak their minds on social media with no filter, but they often get nervous when they have to echo those sentiments with someone face to face,” u/jarbid16 shared their take with Bored Panda.
**Spending money on experience instead of things.** My niece went to Paris to see a concert, she doesn’t own a couch. Good move, kid.
Rejecting and questioning tradition. I think each generation has played a part in disturbing the status quo, and Gen Z is a culmination of those efforts. The rift began with the counterculture of the Boomer era and has traveled through each subsequent generation, gaining momentum with every passing decade. Now we are beginning to see results in the real world. As a millennial born in ’90, I see Gen Z reaching voting age as The Last Great Hope for America. If they can’t turn the tide against Christian fascism, I don’t know what will.
Voting. They are voting at historic rates and making their voices heard.
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