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There have been a lot of talks and discussions about how different generations are and how that affects them understanding each other and getting along. Having this in mind, Reddit user @Prolificvisions decided to ask: “Gen Z, what are some trends, ideologies, social things, etc. that millennials did that you're not going to continue?” The question that got 12.4k upvotes got generation Z naming things that they find weird and annoying, such as not having any privacy or choosing a stable job that they don’t like instead of going for their dream. They also named some of the rather funny answers such as getting rid of the fashion of “weird-a** eyebrows.” 

If you are Gen Z, what things would you say “bye” to? Don’t forget to leave your thoughts in the comments down below!

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30 Millennial Trends Gen Zers In This Online Group Are Sick And Tired Of Identity politics. F**king hate it. I don't give a s**t what your skin color is, what your genitals are, or which genitals you want to f**k. I'm just gonna treat you like a person.

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Ian Kelly
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The issue was that they weren’t treated like a person

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Alex the Country Dog
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2 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

If only you WOULD treat them like a person. That's the problem. Good for you if you truly treat each person LIKE a person. "Identity politics" are necessary because enough people DON'T treat each person like a person. This whole article so far is getting a little disturbing at what is perceived to be some kind of "injustice" that we need to get rid of, when many of them are, actually, injustices we are working to correct.

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Ozymandias73
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I get it. Being a black man, I totally understand the fight for equality. But there's a point where it becomes TOO much. I've always treated everybody equal anyway. Doesn't matter what/who you are. But i believe that if the cause is being rammed down everyone's throat hardcore everyday, that impedes the progress of making said cause more acceptable. IMO

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Suz66
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Exactly, if everyone was treated equally, things would be a lot special.

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Whirl
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

No sorry, this is still really important. We aren't yet in the ideal society where everyone is equal, and until we get there we need to support minorities and give them a voice. Saying 'I don't care' is just another way of suppressing other people's perspectives, and ensures you remain ignorant to the suffering minority people experience. Everyone needs to check their privilege.

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Kines Tezja
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Sometimes without an existing label you are lost and not sure who you are. For example - many asexuals have no idea they're not hetero before they learn about asexuality. And it might be unpleasant when you don't understand why your relationships don't work.

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William Teach
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Identity politics simply separates people, rather than bringing them together

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Bill Puka
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

If you were socia0-economic institutions that would all be great

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Ozacoter
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2 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I agree. With a good intention our society is really giving too much importance to skin colour, sexuality and gender. We are all equal; I dont need to share my looks or my pronouns for you to know how to treat me. We need to shift to a more egalitarian society and puting enphasis in our differences is not the way. Like dont add X to the gender in the IDs, remove the gender altogether; nobody that needs to see my id needs to know my gender. And only my doctor and sexual partner needs to know my sex.

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Holly Stevens
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

While it's important to treat people equally, it's also important to understand that not all experiences are equal. It's still important to recognize marginalized peoples and acknowledge differences because that's how we can address inequality in societal constructs and confront our own privileges

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Ivana
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Oh yes, would love to go back to color-blind racism and ignoring the struggles that others endure based on their race, gender, and religion. Identity politics is realizing we are not all equal, that we do not all face the same struggles, and some of us have inherent privilege that others do not. I am white but I can look at the black community, hear what they are saying and find it in me to agree that they suffer a far greater level of injustice in our current justice system. Not really hard to care about others.

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Bacony Cakes
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Where's Ryan Deschanel here to be bigoted? I'm starting to miss him.

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Sam Chilton
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Gen X says this about millennials? I'm a millennial and always thought like this. However, respect is always earned. I'll treat you like a person, but that respect will go up or down depending on you.

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Auntriarch
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Most of the time I hear this whinge, I don't believe the person genuinely treats every other person as a person. They just want to go back to the good ol' days when they didn't have to worry about that sort of thing

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ChickyChicky
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

"I'm just going to treat you like a person". I think this person doesn't realize that in the US gay people were granted the right to marry each other less than 10 years ago, and that many people still want that taken away.

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Richard Portman
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Gen Z Gen X millennials boomers? When are you people going to stop with this? Also most of your music sucks.

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Suz66
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

He's basically saying everyone should be treated equally. Isn't that what everyone wants?

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WhatEvenIsLife
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Every time someone says "I don't give a s**t what your _________ is" all I hear is "I've never experienced oppression first-hand based on something I can't control." Identity politics is a thing because people were being treated like s**t for just being themselves. And still are.

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Ellie Rosser
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Even if I did care it is far too much work to find out who is what and why and how.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Then that makes you a liberal in the US -- and that's why we fight so hard to fight against conservatives, who are racist, xenophobic, religious bigots who thing that only straight, cis, white, conservative, Christian men should have any (and all) rights.

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Suz66
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Wow, you just stereotyped so many people in this comment. It's like nobody is treated as an individual, they have to be labeled, then hate is okay!

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Bell Mead
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Now, look closely at which political persuasion constantly uses identity politics.

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Sakura
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Yeah, that's great and easy to say when you aren't the one being stomped on by the rest of society just for looking and feeling differently. And don't think I don't see the cited username at the bottom. Likely you don't even know what you're insulting.

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Oh boo hoo another moronic snowflake trying to put their pennies in. You're a no one, a nothing, you don't matter and neither does your opinion get used to it. You won't change anything

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#2

30 Millennial Trends Gen Zers In This Online Group Are Sick And Tired Of Dependance on social media. When you take a step back and realize how ridiculous its gotten.

sweet_37 , Joe Goldberg Report

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30 Millennial Trends Gen Zers In This Online Group Are Sick And Tired Of I'm hoping to God that this whole 'getting offended on other people's behalf' is not something you guys are continuing.

Bardicle , eyesogreen Report

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

First they came for the socialists, and I did not speak out—because I was not a socialist. Then they came for the trade unionists, and I did not speak out— because I was not a trade unionist. Then they came for the Jews, and I did not speak out—because I was not a Jew. Then they came for me—and there was no one left to speak for me. You don't get offended on other peoples behalf. You stand up for what is right because it is right.

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#5

30 Millennial Trends Gen Zers In This Online Group Are Sick And Tired Of Giving our kids phones/tablets from a young age

doublemintlint , Jason Lander Report

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30 Millennial Trends Gen Zers In This Online Group Are Sick And Tired Of Weird a** eyebrows

F9QYELLOW , régine debatty Report

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Show me a decade that doesn't have weird eyebrows!!! Every decade has but we just realise it the next decade when it comes out of fashion

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30 Millennial Trends Gen Zers In This Online Group Are Sick And Tired Of Assign stereotypes to people born in certain years.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Bit why should the next generation be any different to the generations before. Generations have been hating on those that came before and after since before we started assigning trendy labels to them. (Incidentally, what came before the Silent Generation?)

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#8

30 Millennial Trends Gen Zers In This Online Group Are Sick And Tired Of Saying "gay" to mean stupid/dumb

thatdudenoonelikes , Charles Brewer Report

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This. Even in a very progressive city in California, it was extremely normal to hear growing up in the 90s and I'm ashamed at how long it took me to understand how ignorant and hateful it is. Now I have a visceral reaction when my older siblings say it, and I try to encourage better ways of expressing themselves when I hear it!

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#9

30 Millennial Trends Gen Zers In This Online Group Are Sick And Tired Of Collecting user data for advertising purposes.

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WilvanderHeijden
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

They can't use the data that you do not provide. Make it your second nature on social media to lie just about anything and be a pregnant 72 year old female lumberjack working in the Sahara while living in Washington DC with a awfully long daily commute and a craving for pickled herring with pineapple pizza and Budweiser beer.

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#10

30 Millennial Trends Gen Zers In This Online Group Are Sick And Tired Of My parents let me have 0 privacy

Def not continuing that

asexual--b**ch , ricky montalvo Report

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30 Millennial Trends Gen Zers In This Online Group Are Sick And Tired Of impact font memes and saying "only 90's kids remember this" are high on the list

HowAboutNachos , Eli Christman Report

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I've never understood the hatred for a particular font. People hate comic sans like it's written in the blood of infants. WTF is that?

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30 Millennial Trends Gen Zers In This Online Group Are Sick And Tired Of Looking at generations differently.

No ones gives a damn f--k about which generation you belong, just be nice.

TheTrollMelon , Mark Harrington Report

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NsG
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

And again. This is the same as two previous sentiments.

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30 Millennial Trends Gen Zers In This Online Group Are Sick And Tired Of Work for money, not for passion.

I know it’s depressing but recently a lot of younger millennials were talking about how they want to do something they like. My coach is getting a PhD in history, My economics teacher is going to Law School because she doesn’t make enough etc. and I just can’t think of a reason to justify that much debt. Basically they’re putting themselves in tons of debt to make enough money in something they enjoy. I can’t see a reason to justify it enough. I just want to find a field I’m GOOD at and don’t hate.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Well, there are countries where you can do these things without going into unbearable debt!

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#14

30 Millennial Trends Gen Zers In This Online Group Are Sick And Tired Of cancel culture

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Nikki Sevven
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

WTF do you think this entire article is about?! Canceling others and their habits.

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30 Millennial Trends Gen Zers In This Online Group Are Sick And Tired Of Buzzfeed.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Buzzfeed and BP are similar kinds of sites. Also, Buzzfeed does real journalism as well - some of their stories have been very important and they have won awards for investigative journalism. The clickbait Kardashian stuff just pays the bills.

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30 Millennial Trends Gen Zers In This Online Group Are Sick And Tired Of Not letting the kids have opinion

Lara604 , AdamPrzezdziek Report

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Or not letting kids get involved with 'adult' things even when it effects them too. (thanks mum)

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30 Millennial Trends Gen Zers In This Online Group Are Sick And Tired Of I say this as a "millennial" (though must point out the lines between the two are blurred aren't they?) -

Facebook

I have friends also in their early 30s who had kids young. In high school now, teenagers. NONE of that age group use Facebook. It's an "old person's thing" to them. Though being 12/13 it is invariably described as "gay", but you get my point.

As someone who works in the music industry, we plough literally millions (collectively) into Facebook ads each year. But within the next few years it will no longer be our primary social media target.

Which is a shame, because as one of the first and most established social media platforms, it has great advertising tools.

aegeaorgnqergerh , Glen Young Report

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30 Millennial Trends Gen Zers In This Online Group Are Sick And Tired Of An organic lifestyle seems expensive and kind of dumb. Organic life style meaning buying food that is significantly more expensive but has an organic label on it.

MylastAccountBroke , Fabrice Florin Report

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

if you don't want chemicals in your food don't eat food because everything is made of chemicals when you really think about it

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30 Millennial Trends Gen Zers In This Online Group Are Sick And Tired Of I think self deprivation humor is dying and I think millennials started it.

Like it’s seriously getting old when people say they are depressed as a joke.

brenxo112 , CCSU NZ 2013 Report

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

self deprivation? I mean, I suck and all, but pretty sure deprecation was the word we're looking for. What do I know, I just work here...

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30 Millennial Trends Gen Zers In This Online Group Are Sick And Tired Of Being nerdy will no longer be a negative aspect

P0isonAppLE , Tim Bartel Report

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WilvanderHeijden
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2 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

It never was, they just got bullied by idiots who where too stupid to study so they called skilled people nerds like it was a negative thing.

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30 Millennial Trends Gen Zers In This Online Group Are Sick And Tired Of Smoking.

YungThiccboi420 , Rachel Zack Report

#23

30 Millennial Trends Gen Zers In This Online Group Are Sick And Tired Of Thinking the world is going to end at the turn of a new generation

shahidulv80 , yo & Report

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WilvanderHeijden
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Every generation was sure that the next generation would destroy the world. Now we're at the point that we know that the next generation will have to deal with what we are destroying right now. And our world leaders do not care about the generations to come.

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30 Millennial Trends Gen Zers In This Online Group Are Sick And Tired Of The Skrillex cut I’m hoping it will be seen as the mullet 2.0 that it is before too long.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Again. Lets leave people alone with their own style. Its not hurtning anybody.

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30 Millennial Trends Gen Zers In This Online Group Are Sick And Tired Of Make fun of kids that play fortnite, like seriously just let kids have fun

CondorsLive , Gage Skidmore Report

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I don't make fun of those who play it, I just make fun of the actual game because it really is awful.

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30 Millennial Trends Gen Zers In This Online Group Are Sick And Tired Of Making fun of the teenagers of the nest generation and gatekeeping mental illnesses

CerealKiller659 , daveynin Report

#27

30 Millennial Trends Gen Zers In This Online Group Are Sick And Tired Of Getting a degree in art history and wondering why I’m not employed

fu**ingredesign , DJ Judah Report

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

We will soon live in a colorless world void of the things that make life worth living, because it isn't something that can pay. I find that utterly sad.

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30 Millennial Trends Gen Zers In This Online Group Are Sick And Tired Of Born in '98, so I don't know which side of the debate I'm on (personally, I think millenial = pre-2000, so I think I'm a millenial).

Cable television. I really think making TV for streaming services is where we should end up.

Spriiiiing , Mike Spasoff Report

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30 Millennial Trends Gen Zers In This Online Group Are Sick And Tired Of I'm a millenial but my cousin is Gen Z and when we hang out she refuses to watch Star Trek. So based on a sample size of one, Gen Z is going to kill the Star Trek franchise.

Renmauzuo , Erica Firment Report

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Nikki Sevven
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Nothing will kill Star Trek. Its impact can't be underestimated, especially the way in which it used fictional storytelling to comment on social issues.

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30 Millennial Trends Gen Zers In This Online Group Are Sick And Tired Of Top-sheets. I’ve never seen the point in those

rickandsh0rty , DM Report

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rumade
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This is an American thing not a millennial thing. In Europe we use duvets and change and wash the duvet cover.

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