There will likely always be some kind of playful generation war going on between older and younger generations. This time it’s a millennial throwing what some may deem as truth bombs at Gen Z, seemingly unprompted. (Well, it could be that he’s upset that Gen Z is getting all the credit for being tech savvy since the majority of his complaints were technology related.)
Dwight Thomas uploaded a video to TikTok listing things that millennials grew up with that the generation below him would be outraged by. As someone who would be considered an elder millennial by some people, I’d have to agree. The man makes some valid points about things we experienced as teenagers that would likely make teens today aggressively send out Change.org petitions.
“These new-age kids will never understand the struggle. Imagine telling them that their free unlimited minutes only started after 9:00 and on the weekends,” Thomas says into the camera.
He goes on to talk about trying to have a love life during those times. Since phone access was restricted, you had limited time to woo anyone after school, which meant the alternative was attempting to do it during school hours. But that was also a problem because teachers were kind of tattle-tales back then, according to Thomas.
“It’s not even like you could talk to your friends at school ’cause they would call your house and tell your mama that you didn’t care about your education and you wasn’t trying to learn,” he complained. “Because all you come to school for is to sit around and talk to your friends.”
Honestly, the video is causing flashbacks, especially when he talks about teachers intercepting love notes and reading them in front of the class. Thomas jokes about how millennials were making history with their self-taught coding skills on MySpace while the younger generation has the help of AI. The entire video is full of head-nodding moments if you grew up a millennial, or like me, a Xennial. Watch it below.
@therealdthomasforreal We was out here making history! But go off though..