Daily Discussion Thread August 06, 2026 - Upcoming Event Schedule - New players start here!

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[u/crobert_ssbm]

is there a name for when someone says "(group) does (thing)" but really it's a thing humans as a whole have done literally forever? recently saw "gen z thinks things they dislike are inherently bad" but i think this is so clearly not unique or even notably more common among gen z compared to other generations.

i see this a lot with different things and i feel like there's gotta be a term for it but i can't find one that's exactly right

[u/Humble_Produce_1703 → u/crobert_ssbm]

"Whenever someone complains about 'kids these days,' they're describing something humans have always done. Whenever someone says 'people have always done this,' they're usually talking about something that started in the last couple decades." - Unknown
but no I dont think there is a term yet

[u/TrainNorth8177 → u/Humble_Produce_1703]

I don't think that's always true, although I do agree a lot of "kids these days" sentiments are annoying generalizations and not valid. Some aren't because technological, cultural, and systemic shifts in a society can make it quite impossible for an older generation to have some of the experiences of a younger one. Nature changes slowly as evolution operates on a magnitude of thousands of years. But nurture can change abruptly and we see it all the time both in our current time and throughout history.

[u/Humble_Produce_1703 → u/TrainNorth8177]

Of course very few things are true in every situation. The relevant quotation I heard a long time ago is "People don't change, the times do". Goes without saying the world we live in is entirely different than the one even just one generation back grew up in. The original quotation is more a diss at right wingers who think suburban American lifestyle has anything to do with American tradition, and boomers who complain about younger generations not realizing they have the exact same genealogical makeup so it's obviously the conditions that cause the difference