What Is Gen Z, Really? - by Danielle Daniel

<img alt="" src="/media/inline_insight_image/1000221478.jpg"/> What is Gen Z, really?Are we the most funniest generation? Ha. Definitely. Are we the most dramatic?Maybe.But isn’t surviving constant judgmentand impossible expectationspretty dramatic?.....Yeaaaahhhh.Or maybe we're just tired?I think we might just be tired.But we're also realistic.And anxious.And forgetful. And also.. Wait, what was I saying? ....... Millennials will say our generation is “chronically online”…What if that's because that's where life happens now?No.Hold on, that sounds like an excuse.It is an excuse.But also the truth?We stare at screensbecause reality keeps buffering.Is that avoidance?Probably. But you need to understand, Millennials grew up offline,then had the internet handed to themlike a dangerous gift.Gen Z?We were born plugged in,charging cords tangled with baby teeth.Millennials remember a worldbefore the world sped up.We don’t.We never will. ...... "Grow up," That's what the millennials tell this generation,but we're to grow up only in ways that benefit them.We’re told to “pick a lane,”while they set every lane on fire.We’re told to be resilient,while they keep moving the goalposts.Are we entitled?Absolutely not.We’re just sick of it.Sick of being told we’re spoiled,Sick of being told we complain,Sick of being told we don’t “work hard enough.”Wait.....did I just sound like a Millennial?Never mind. ...... Millennials will tell you we are addicted to attentionReally though? Are we? Well I think we're allergic to being seen?Yes, we post everythingbut we also trust nothing.We write diaries publiclyand call it content.That sounded harshbut also accurate.Do we procrastinate?Sure. Yes. But have you thought that maybe we just pausebecause everything feels urgentand nothing feels fair. ...... Change, off course we want change. We ARE the generation of change. We want the world to change, We want ourselves to change, But change is terrifying.Are we brave enough?Yes.No.Ask again tomorrow.So yeah, we are going to change the worldbut we're also going to take a nap. Because fixing the world is exhaustingand naps are free therapy, unless capitalism finds a way to monetize sleep.(Oh god please don’t manifest that.) ..... Millennials will tell you this generation is doomed, unserious, lost. And yes,Maybe we are lostOr maybe we’re still loading.Maybe we’re just the crash reportof a world that needs an update.Also, We will question everything—even ourselves.Especially ourselves.Because someone has to askwhy things are the way they are. ...... Why are we always joking about death?I mean…we don’t want to die.Off course we don't want to die.We just want life to be easier to live.That’s normal, right?I think that’s normal.I hope that’s normal.We joke like we don’t carebut we care like it’s our job.Which is ironicbecause jobs give us anxiety.We call ourselves main characters to our own stories but we're kinda also background extrasin a low-budget apocalypse film.What genre is this?Tragicomedy?Indie horror?Slice of life except life slices back? ..... So who are we?We are the generationthat can laughand screamand careand crumbleand rebuild. We are sensitivity shaped into survival.We are panic wrapped in hope.We’re not broken.We’re breaking tradition.Breaking silence.Breaking cycles.Breaking open.We are Gen Z,And that's on period.

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