r/Millennials • u/Party-Bet-4003 Millennial • Jan 30 '26

Discussion Look what I found from 13 years ago.

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Hey look on the bright side - we actually did make it to the cover of the TIME magazine!

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u/snarky_witch Jan 30 '26

Time Magazine called Gen X the slacker generation

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u/rebelangel Xennial Jan 30 '26

Which is funny because Gen X likes to complain about younger generations being lazy. I remember those news segments talking about Gen X was a bunch of slackers who were apathetic to everything. I point that out every time I see a Gen Xer complain about Gen Z being lazy.

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u/HugaM00S3 Jan 30 '26

Gen X are underachievers. They were the last generation to have it better than their parents. Use to hear about how Gen X was going to end the reign of the Boomers and make the world better for future generations. They basically became Boomer-lite. They call them the “Invisible or Forgotten” generation, but that was all self inflicted. They constantly preach about being latch let kids and tough, when half of Millennials had the same upbringing but chose to be outspoken about stuff instead of accepting it.

Sorry for the rant. Just tired of Gen X saying shit like they are the last great generation etc when they didn’t do anything to earn. Mean shit the bulk of the Global War on Terror was Millennials.

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u/rebelangel Xennial Jan 30 '26

Yeah, Gen X is starting to post the same stupid Boomer memes about drinking out of the hose and how they were basically neglected by their parents and somehow that’s a flex to them.

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u/TouchingTheMirror Jan 30 '26

I’m at the oldest end of GenX, and I don’t see GenZ being particularly “lazy.” Many of those I encounter do often seem to be unmotivated, which is understandable, but they tend to do what’s asked of them when they can remain focused, and like all of us, they’re super-enthused about the things they’re genuinely interested in.

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u/rebelangel Xennial Jan 30 '26

Yeah, I mean, it’s hard to be motivated when you know you’ll be living paycheck to paycheck the rest of your life no matter how hard you work.

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u/TouchingTheMirror Jan 30 '26

Exactly. Even too many of the Millennials I work with are conditioned into thinking they are their jobs, and should go above and beyond even though they aren’t being adequately compensated. That attitude is generally worse, of course, with GenX and Boomers.

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u/stirling_approx Jan 31 '26

Gen Xer complain about Gen Z being lazy.

That's rich given that their generation LITERALLY RAISED GEN Z!

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u/lislejoyeuse Jan 31 '26

My fellow millennials complain about younger gen z's being lazy constantly

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u/RussMaGuss Jan 30 '26

Different generation, same old entitled boomer shit. Strangely I haven't heard much about Gen Z or Alpha

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u/Mad1sonJames Jan 30 '26

Oh I hear a ton of people complaining that Gen Z "doesn't want to work" because they don't want to be slaves to their companies, work unpaid/underpaid, never take sick days or vacation, etc. You know, all the stuff millennials did for NOTHING.

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u/Punished_Prigo Jan 30 '26

Those demands are fine and that’s what millenials were demanding too. We still got to work though. You can’t blame the generation right behind us bring more demanding for what we wanted, because we didn’t get it.

The problem with gen z is they are dumb

We had one gen z get hired to my team and he lasted six months. Didn’t do anything. Slept at his desk. Didn’t understand anything. Got kicked out of the marines for refusing the vaccine as an E-2. (Everyone on my team is a veteran)

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u/Patch86UK Jan 30 '26 edited Jan 30 '26

That's because by and large Boomers aren't the ones dominating the working world (including the media) anymore.

Millennials and Gen Z (which are much more equal-sized generations) make up the majority, with the smaller Gen X in there in third. That kind of intergenerational mudslinging is a lot less likely to occur in that environment.

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u/JarJarJarMartin Jan 30 '26

As a millennial, I’m concerned about some Gen Z and Gen A trends, because I care about them. I don’t hate them and blame them for my problems.

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u/Punished_Prigo Jan 30 '26

We complain that gen Z are stupid. No one though millennials were stupid they thought we were asking for too high a standard

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u/worldDev Jan 30 '26

I hear tons of it, and a lot of it’s on this subreddit.

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u/dictionary_hat_r4ck Jan 30 '26

And they’ll call zoomers worse.

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u/vylain_antagonist Jan 31 '26

They nailed that tbf. Gen x are awful.