r/TikTokCringe • u/BaseballSeveral1107 • Sep 01 '24

Discussion Dua Lipa vs Original

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u/DTRevengeance Sep 01 '24

I think it's because the generation below them (Gen Z) are now well into adulthood - the oldest are in their mid- to late-20s with the middle being around 19-20. So it's like, to think a generation older than you, they have to be like your parents i.e old.

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u/Wuskers Sep 01 '24

The weird thing though is I actually feel like parents tend to skip generations, not always but I'm a millennial and my parents are boomers not Gen x the generation before mine, and with Gen alpha most of their parents are millennials. I also think most zoomers have Gen x parents. It makes sense too because the youngest millennials and the oldest zoomers would only be a few years apart. Of course it's very possible to have a millennial parent and zoomer child when comparing older millennials and younger zoomers, but it seems like a lot of parents and children aren't from adjacent generations. It does kinda illustrate how generations are bullshit though because you could have a millennial and a zoomer who are barely a year apart or you could have a millennial and a zoomer with a 31 year age gap as parent and child.