(02-20-2020, 06:25 PM)pbrower2a Wrote: Welcome. You will notice that you are far from the first to be here. You will find Silent. Boomer, X, and Millennial posters. Many of us have our own agendas.

(02-20-2020, 11:33 PM)Snowflake1996 Wrote: Welcome! I believe you are the first Homelander on this forum. It’s not too intimidating on here. Most of the nastier conflicts are between boomers and Xers which is quite fitting.

What traits have you noticed between yourself and younger peers vs millennials? I always enjoyed comparing my peers born in the mid-late 90’s with my two older brothers who were born in the 1980’s.

(02-21-2020, 02:54 AM)pbrower2a Wrote: This Boomer recognizes what our worst has done and what the best of the X have done.  The worst Boomers have acted like an aristocracy without any pretense of noblesse oblige. The mature X have tried to find interstices that Corporate America has ignored (not enough profit for them). The solution to an unjust capitalist order is not less -- but instead more -- entrepreneurial activity.

(02-21-2020, 03:27 AM)Warren Dew Wrote: Okay, here's a question.  Why do you believe that a 2005 birth year is Gen Z rather than Millenial?

(02-21-2020, 08:02 AM)Camz Wrote:

(02-20-2020, 11:33 PM)Snowflake1996 Wrote: Welcome! I believe you are the first Homelander on this forum. It’s not too intimidating on here. Most of the nastier conflicts are between boomers and Xers which is quite fitting.

What traits have you noticed between yourself and younger peers vs millennials? I always enjoyed comparing my peers born in the mid-late 90’s with my two older brothers who were born in the 1980’s.

Thank you for the question! Most of my online friends are older than me, so I'll refer to those when referring to Millennials. They're either in late high school or college.

They're all honest and hardworking, and striving to be better people. They're also very understanding. I think those kinds of people are capable of winning a war.

As for 13 and 14 year olds I'm friend with, its hard to tell. I guess value kindness and acceptance. Something interesting I did notice is that we have lower self esteem. Most people with depression I've met are my age. Especially guys. I'm casually self-depreciating, like other Homelanders, but am annoyed when people are so much so to the point where its annoying. But I also think we're less likely to be triggered by tragic events? I saw more Millennials tell people to stop with the WWIII memes because its scaring them on Twitter. I don't mind dark jokes/memes as much as my Millennial peers unless they're ACTUALLY hurting people.

Millennials seem very optimistic from my experience, but again, are triggered by whats happening in the world around them. A lot of Homelanders are pessimists, but there are realists too.

We admire our Millennial friends very much. We trust them with decisions and believe they know best. Meanwhile I've seen Millennials admire other Millennials in the same way.

The people I've seen the most passionate about LGBTQ rights, climate change, gun rights, fires, politics, etc are Zillennials. College Millennials don't bring them up. I think the current issue I'm the most worried about AND is the most important is climate change. Even my 9-year-old sister is passionate about saving the Earth. Me and my friends really like Bernie Sanders.

(02-20-2020, 05:04 PM)Camz Wrote: Hello! I'm a Gen Z/Homelander girl, born in March of 2005, currently a freshman in high schooler. My parents, aunts, and uncles are all Gen X (although only one uncle lived here all his life, the others are all immigrants).

I learned about generations in.. 2017, ish? I've kept that basic stuff in the back of my mind until November of 2019 w̶h̶e̶n̶ ̶t̶h̶e̶ ̶"̶o̶k̶ ̶b̶o̶o̶m̶e̶r̶"̶ ̶m̶e̶m̶e̶ ̶e̶x̶p̶l̶o̶d̶e̶d̶ and I got into generational theory. I'm a little over half-way done with reading The Fourth Turning, and I plan on getting Generations afterward. I really wanna see Niel Howe write "The First Turning" later this decade! 

Anyway, since then, I've been talking a LOT about generations online. Especially on Reddit. I might become a sociologist in the future, because these topics really peak my interest. Today I found out this place existed, and have spent a few hours on here reading these posts. They're seriously fascinating.

So yeah, ask me anything that's not seriously invading my privacy. I'll try my best to answer every question, but I only remember stuff from 2010 onwards. I really begin to remember stuff in 2016 and you all could probably guess why. I hope this thread is interesting or helpful!

(02-21-2020, 08:11 AM)Camz Wrote:

(02-21-2020, 02:54 AM)pbrower2a Wrote: This Boomer recognizes what our worst has done and what the best of the X have done.  The worst Boomers have acted like an aristocracy without any pretense of noblesse oblige. The mature X have tried to find interstices that Corporate America has ignored (not enough profit for them). The solution to an unjust capitalist order is not less -- but instead more -- entrepreneurial activity.

I actually really admire what Boomers have done during the Consciousness Revolution! You guys brought us more gender equality, racial equality, and LGBTQ rights. You also brought us lots of 60s, 70s, and 80s classics. Those were the best times for pop culture IMO. But it's good that you recognize your generation's flaws. I hope there's more boomers like you

(02-21-2020, 11:00 AM)sbarrera Wrote: Here's a question for you - would you say you are close to your GenX parents? And do you interact regularly with any other generations? Any siblings?Thanks for joining our little discussion group.

(02-21-2020, 12:40 PM)David Horn Wrote: Hi Camz! It’s been a long time since we’ve had a mid-teen around ... not since the old forum folded several years ago. You have a great perspective and we all need it. FWIW, I have three grandchildren born October 2004, so a lot of what you’ve written hits close to home.

My biggest question has to do with your expectations of the future. Are you optimistic that things will be worked out, and you’ll be able to enjoy a normal life in adulthood?  I hope so.

(02-21-2020, 09:03 AM)Camz Wrote:

(02-21-2020, 03:27 AM)Warren Dew Wrote: Okay, here's a question.  Why do you believe that a 2005 birth year is Gen Z rather than Millenial?

The 2008 Recession was the start of our current Crisis, and 2005-borns won't remember it. I actually think Gen Z might start at 2003, because they probably weren't old enough to comprehend it. Maybe even 2000 is a good starting date, but people born then have more Millennial traits, I think.

Quote:But it's really hard to tell at this point. Only now is the Crisis picking up speed, and it might end in the early 2030s. I'd be 25+ by then. If the Crisis does end there, Gen Alpha would start being born in.. lets say, 2026, and Z would cap off at 2025. The birth range will fluctuate in the coming years, and I'm excited to see what the final one will be.

Quote:I just hope the culture isn't too lacking in creativity, and I'm not dead by the next Crisis.

(02-21-2020, 09:31 PM)Warren Dew Wrote:

(02-21-2020, 09:03 AM)Camz Wrote: I just hope the culture isn't too lacking in creativity, and I'm not dead by the next Crisis.

The 2020s crisis, or the 2100s crisis?  One of the things about Adaptives is that they tend to have very high crisis mortality - to the point that some of the most famous are the ones that don't survive, like Anne Frank.

(02-23-2020, 11:19 AM)Camz Wrote:

(02-21-2020, 09:31 PM)Warren Dew Wrote:

(02-21-2020, 09:03 AM)Camz Wrote: I just hope the culture isn't too lacking in creativity, and I'm not dead by the next Crisis.

The 2020s crisis, or the 2100s crisis?  One of the things about Adaptives is that they tend to have very high crisis mortality - to the point that some of the most famous are the ones that don't survive, like Anne Frank.

2100s! I'd like to see history unfold as much as possible.

Quote:....However matters may go in France or with the French Government or with another French Government, we in this island and in the British Empire will never lose our sense of comradeship with the French people. If we are now called upon to endure what they have been suffering, we shall emulate their courage, and if final victory rewards our toils they shall share the gains, aye. And freedom shall be restored to all. We abate nothing of our just demands—Czechs, Poles, Norwegians, Dutch, Belgians, all who have joined their causes to our own shall be restored.


What General Weygand has called the Battle of France is over... the Battle of Britain is about to begin. Upon this battle depends the survival of Christian civilisation. Upon it depends our own British life, and the long continuity of our institutions and our Empire. The whole fury and might of the enemy must very soon be turned on us. Hitler knows that he will have to break us in this island or lose the war. If we can stand up to him, all Europe may be freed and the life of the world may move forward into broad, sunlit uplands.

But if we fail, then the whole world, including the United States, including all that we have known and cared for, will sink into the abyss of a new dark age made more sinister, and perhaps more protracted, by the lights of perverted science. Let us therefore brace ourselves to our duties, and so bear ourselves, that if the British Empire and its Commonwealth[e] last for a thousand years, men will still say, "This was their finest hour."