So it begins! [NOT 9/5/24]

9/5/24 brightersideoflife 21
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Hi, friends!

I read an article in the Guardian yesterday about how gen Z doesn’t want fancy expensive weddings, and I can’t wait until we millennials can pass the torch of “boomers complaining about things millennials have killed” on to complaints about gen Z. Oh no the gen Z couples want to spend $1000 on a wedding in a park instead of $40k at some rental place! They don’t want to spend thousands on clothing and shoes!

My generation has killed all sorts of things. Applebee’s, the diamond industry, fabric softener, Sears, shitty cheap beer, napkins, American “cheese” product, Harley Davidson, etc.

Can’t wait to see what boomers blame on gen Z. And it would be boomers, gen X can’t be bothered to give a shit and try to blame another generation for an industry not keeping up with the times.

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21 Comments

  1. as a “gen x” i have to say that i am blaming millennials for letting us go from “families who eat together stay together” to “fuck it, grab mcdicks and fuck off, my children…you are nothing more than an extension of me!”

    …then to gen zeders being nothing more than an extension of the machine to which their millennial parents delegated parenting.

    thanks for killing sears and all but i am pretty certain the technology millennials used to babysit their kids advanced enough for it to take the credit?

    • *does the millenial dance*

      wooo! yeah! fuck parenting!

      and dont bother visiting sundays once you are old enough to fuck off and pay your own rent

      ummm what were we talking about?

      oh yes…things we killed….

      remember 90 minute movies?

      those were the days

  2. I’m okay with this. My parents had set aside some cash for potential weddings, but for some reason all their kids said nyet to marriage like many Korean folks our age and younger.

    Honestly that money can be better used buying useful things like a car or furniture or a pittance of a downpayment on a Shack or cardboard box to live in. Hell, even for travel.

    I’ve been to too many ostentatious weddings that was pretty much the highlight of the marriage.

    But that’s my opinion.

    • Yeah, agreed. I remember massive Catholic weddings as a kid where there would be like 400-500 people there, but the wedding reception was in a gym at the school or like a VFW hall because gramps was a veteran. Low-key buffet dinner where half the food was made by extended family. Family brought tons of booze and no bartender, just coolers of drinks in ice.

      I’ve also been to weddings which were like 70k to put on and the couples ended up divorcing. Like what a waste of money!

  3. I would like to see all generations disbanded because they are too hard for me to keep track of.

    Just refer to them as 70s kids or 00s or whatever.  That’s my shouting at clouds deal.

    • i mean thats what googles for?

      im a first edition millenial turns out

      having now thought of another use for google…..whats your birthyear in music?

      • I just asked Google to tell me what generation everyone belongs to and it told me to find out everyone’s year of birth.

        Come on all-knowing machine. You know the answer. Just tell me!

        • Per Pew Research, “Anyone born between 1981 and 1996 (ages 23 to 38 in 2019) is considered a Millennial, and anyone born from 1997 onward is part of a new generation.”

          According to wikipedia, there is no consensus yet on the start of Gen Alpha, but it is generally assumed to cover those born between 2010-2024.

  4. I can relate, as a Gen Xer my wedding cost a 2 day house rental, 2 kegs of beer & a band that were family friends that would have worked for free.  My sister did most of the food & it was a party that people still tell stories about.  My daughters would never spend big bucks on a wedding.  We taught them that the best things in life don’t usually cost a bunch of money.  Except wine, that can get pricey.

  5. Heard a story on Marketplace recently that Gen Z is carrying a much higher average credit card balance than Millennials. So, they may not want a fancy wedding, but they sure as shit want to buy a bunch of crap they can’t afford.

    • I wonder how much of that is related to cash usage when they were kids/teens? When you’re a kid getting cash for chores or babysitting, or even you have a teen part time job but when that deposited amount is spent, well you have a different understanding about the movement of money. Oh, I can’t get that homecoming dress today because I don’t have enough in my bank account, guess I’m waiting for either a sale at Dillard’s or my next Blockbuster paycheck.

      Money is a very tangible thing when you have a finite amount in hand, whereas if they’ve typically always had digital money via cashapp/venmo/online bank acct/credit cards, then is their relationship with debt different?

  7. Being Gen X, I’d maintain that almost everything that was good was already ruined by the ’80s and ’90s anyway — and what little was still good in the ’80s and ’90s has been pretty much fucking ruined by now, too!

     

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