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by WarOnPrivacy 53 days ago
> Millennials on the whole are incredibly neurotic about all kinds of things.

Truly, this hasn't been my experience. I'm GenX (edit: not GenZ), my parents were Silent Gen (WWII vets) and my kids are Millennials. My 25yo kids understand behavior and psychology better than my parents ever did.

The reason my kids grew up imprisoned is there was nowhere for them to go. The risk to their well-being was never from strangers but from cars and police.

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> I'm GenZ, my parents were Silent Gen (WWII vets) and my kids are Millennials.

My understanding is that Gen Z comes AFTER millennials, so if you are Z, your kids can't be millennials. Maybe you are Gen X? Also, if your kids are 25 now, then they would be gen z, not millennials.

P.S. Don't shoot the messenger, I didn't make up this dumb system or these dumb names ^_^

I agree with everything in your top level comment.

> My understanding is that Gen Z comes AFTER millennials,

You're right. I fat fingered my post.

25yo is solid GenZ
>...my parents were Silent Gen (WWII vets)

If your parents were WW II vets, wouldn't they be part of Greatest Generation (often considered to be those born 1901–1927)? Silent Generation are often considered to be those born 1928–1945. They weren't adults when WW II was fought.

You probably meant GenX.