Generational discourse is pretty popular, even if it mostly exists for one group or another to pass blame on why, say, the diamond industry or business wear is dying. Self-proclaimed experts pass around sweeping descriptions of what one group likes and dislikes with supreme confidence. So if you sometimes feel like you don’t fit the many, many molds out there, you aren’t alone.
This Facebook group gathers the memes, life experiences, and situations experienced by those caught between being a millennial and gen z. So upvote whatever you find relatable, funny, or inexplicable, and comment your own thoughts on what it might mean to be between generations.
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#1 That And 90’s Music Being In The Classic Rock Genre Is Killing Me

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#2 Oh…each Year That Goes By There Seems To Be Something That Becomes “Antique”

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#3 Probably Because We’re 2000 And Late

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To add another potentially confusing word into the mix, sociologists sometimes refer to “cuspers,” as in people on the cusp of being part of one generation or another. Like the zillennials here, people born at the tail end of one generation will often have a mix of the traits possessed by both. Xennials are another example of “cuspers,” people who do not feel like they are quite fully gen x, but also not millennials.
In general, the study of differences between generations is quite old, as most even unrelated surveys will still care about age as a demographic measure. But it’s only relatively recently that scientists started creating specific terms to describe large groups. Generally, gen x was the first to receive this treatment, which was applied retroactively to baby boomers who were quickly “reduced” to just boomers.
#4 No One Warned Me

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#5 I Remember That Nice Warm Feeling Of A Freshly Burned Cd

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#6 This

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Despite the two very separate labels, millennials and gen z do often have more in common than different. Both are global generations, connected, generally all the time, to other people via the internet. This is just as true of current gen x and the baby boomers, but the two aforementioned groups grew up with the internet. Zillennials in particular, being on the younger edge of millennialism generally fall into the category of digital natives.
#7 Nah That Looked Great I’d Get Them. I’m Cringe And I’m Free

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#8 I Didn’t Realize We Stopped

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#9 Thought I’d Share My Birthday Cake

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Both generations also have, at some level, experienced at least one crisis, from 2008 to Covid 19. This economic upheaval has left people less optimistic and with less faith in the economic system in general. However, both cohorts, and by extension millennials, benefit from the ocean of information out there, gaining skills, knowledge, and other benefits from the internet considerably faster than they would have from a traditional means of education.
#10 Peak Fashion

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#11 Suddenly I Have Aged About 50 Years

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#12 Shouldn’t It Be In Black And White And Barely Able To See?

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It’s not all similarities though. Sociologists have found that the vast majority of millennials put themselves into the millennial generation by default. Even among the technologically inclined millennials, zillennials are particularly adept, displaying a lot of creativity and skill in the digital realm. While they might not be true digital natives like gen z, by the time they were old enough to actually properly interact with the world, technology and the internet was in widespread use.
#13 This Is Real In An Alternative Universe. I Feel It

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#14 Yes!! And Price Is Right, Family Fued, And The Cooking Channel

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#15 I’d Hear Them Out

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Zillenials also stand out in the sense that they are the one “cusper” generation most likely to actually see themselves as a separate, distinct “minority” generation. The existence of the “Born Zillennial” group is ample evidence that there is a segment of the population that most definitely wants to not be lumped together with the industry-destroying millennials or always-online zoomers.
#16 My Brain Reacting To Any Minor Inconvenience

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#17 Growing Up Is Realizing You Carry An Emotional Support Water Bottle Every Where You Go

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#18 Not Green Day

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They might in some ways find a lot in common with the xennials, those born between the millennials and gen x. While zillennials are very comfortable with technology, they could still be seen as digital immigrants, as they weren’t quite the “Ipad kids” of today. Both xillennials and zillennials, which sound way too similar when spoken out loud, are a bit cynical and not quite as optimistic as millennials. If you want to keep exploring these generational questions, check out our other article here.
#19 Welp—

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#20 I Feel Like This Is Scary Accurate For All Of Us

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#21 The World Might Actually Be Healing

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#22 Caaaaarlll!!!

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#23 Best Opening Theme Song Of All Time

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#24 Can’t Forget About Stardoll

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#25 Vroom Vroom

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#26 Cleaning Supplies Are Expensive, Sign Me Tf Up

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#27 Every Time I See A Warthog I Think Of This!

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#28 You’re Hired!

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#29 Please Let There Be A Third One Soon

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#30 This Movie Was My Favorite

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#31 I Feel Like This Photo Would Be Appreciated Here. So Enjoy My Dog In Her Hannah Montana Fit ? Circa 2010

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#32 Straight Up Had These In So Many Colors

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#33 It Makes Sense Now

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#34 Not ‘A’ Hedgehog, The Hedgehog

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#35 Really Takes The Edge Off

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#36 That If Fully Truthful!!!!

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#37 Wanted To Share This With The Group Of People Who Understand Why This Makes Me Feel Some Type Of Way

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#38 Just Noticed The Colors Of The Carabiners On My College Backpack
“Cosmo and Wanda ya ain’t slick”

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#39 The Things That Keep Me Up At Night

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#40 And My Back

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#41 I Honestly Hate Facebook Memories, I Don’t Need To Remember What I Was Going Through In Middle School

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#42 I’d Do It In A Heartbeat

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#43 We’ve Come Full Circle

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#44 I Learned It From Disney Channel

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#45 Anyone Else Remember The Gushers Commercial

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#46 I Think 2023 Is Going Like This For All Of Us

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#47 It’s True

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#48 I Don’t Understand What They Expected Us To Do

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#49 It’s A Reasonable Conclusion

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#50 Reason I Keep Adding To My Library Of Dvds Lol

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#51 If You Know You Know

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#52 I Was Thrifting And Saw These Sweatpants… Iykyk

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#53 Am I Just Paranoid Or Am I Just Sconed

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#54 Y’all Were Running In Gym?

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#55 Meep

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#56 I’m About To Be 28 And Youngins Are Hard To Hang Around

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#57 I Feel Ancient

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#58 My Stomach Hurts Just Looking At This

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#59 I Still Want To Take A Bite Out Of Them

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#60 My College Graduation Cap!

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#61 They Were Simpler Times

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#62 I Still Love Funky Colored Food As An Adult

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#63 This Is A Wild Concept Lol

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#64 I Can Hear It

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#65 No One Asked For This Lol

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#66 Not Only Did My Parents Have This, But They Gave It To Me As My First Alarm Clock

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#67 What Was Your Very First Cell Phone And How Old Were You When You Got It?

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#68 Felt Like This Belongs Here For Those Of Us Pushing 30+

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#69 Stop It Omg

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#70 One Of The Most Memorable Parts Of Vhs Previews

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#71 Why Were Our Sims Like This

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#72 Y’all ? ? The Things We Didn’t Notice As Kids

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#73 I Say This Way Too Much In My Daily Life

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#74 It Gets My Head In The Game

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#75 I Thought This Was Ironically Funny

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#76 Who Remembers Getting Those Silly Putty Eggs As A Kid, And Then Immediately Run To Find The Nearest Newspaper To See If It Can Copy The Ink??

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#77 Can Anybody Else Relate?

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#78 An Ancient Relic That Has Been Slowly Reclaimed By The Earth

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#79 Where Are My Tumblr Zillennials At

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#80 The Walk Of Shame After Dropping Your Fist Cell Phone

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#81 I Choked

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#82 Yesssssss The Worst Ending

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#83 The Risk Of Hoping The Songs Download Before Getting If The Bus Or Face The Wrath Of Parents For Being Late Home

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#84 What Are Your Top 6 Favorite Animated Series (Besides Anime)?

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#85 Ka-Chow

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#86 What’s A Song From The Early 2000’s That Still Gets You Running To The Dance Floor?

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#87 Zillennials Just Out Here Trying To Merge, Like

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#88 In Retrospect I Shoulda Done It

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#89 The New Crocs Ad Has Me Feeling Nostalgic

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#90 How Many Of You Feel This Same Way?

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#91 *chefs Kiss* To All Of These Yes

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#92 Hands Up, Zillennials!

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#93 Thank You Zac Efron, For Growing Up With Us. He’s Had The Same Fan Base For Yeeeeeaaaarrrrrsssss, Tell Me I’m Wrong

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#94 Coulda Gone My Whole Life Without Knowing This

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#95 So Apparently I’ve Never Had An Original Conclusion

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#96 I’m In This Photo And I Don’t Like It

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#97 This Was So Heavy To Bring To Someone’s House

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#98 My Parents Still Do This

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#99 There Was No Reason To Be Drinking Milk That Early In The Day

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#100 Because Tonight Will Be The Night That I Fall For You Over Againnnnnn

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#101 Someone Just Posted These On Our Community Free Cycle Page And It Sent Me Back. Complete Memory Unlocked. Learning Wrap UPS For Multiplication!

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#102 Honestly Same

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#103 This Game Always Making Me Feel Like I Was Important

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#104 Me After My Tax Return Hits

#105 I Never Experienced This, But Dang I Wish I Would’ve This Looks So Fun

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#106 Iykyk, But Child Me Is Screaming!!!! Rainbow Monkeys! I Found Them On Temu!!!

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#107 Where Did This Symbol Even Come From. It Was Like It Was Just Ingrained In Us To Do This

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#108 My Childhood

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#109 It’s Called A Dad Bod. He’s Okay

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#110 I Get It

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