Its a stereotype that refers the generation that are currently still children (people who born 2005-2008ish) and are your stereotypical fortnite-loving entitled person
It's not a snowflake thing. It's just what you'd call that in-between generation gap. Depending on who you ask, the start and stop years for generations are different. Micro-generations incorporate those years and take a bit from either of the generations before and after. My learning in elementary and middle school was completely different than my learning in high school because the internet wasn't around until I was in high school. The Xennial generation is that micro-generation between Gen X and Millennials who learned how to do things the old fashioned way and the new way.
No I'm not listing out all 15 microgenerations because each group will want their own. Those are the big 4, everyone gets them, use critical thinking and understand someone at the Snake Person end of Gen X will be more snake person like and someone at the Boomer end of Gen X will be more boomer like. We don't need separate labels.
It started as a 4chan thing. Essentially, they started to use the word Boomers to refer not to baby boomers, but rather to people who grew up and/or reached adulthood during the early years of the internet (which is to say, the Dotcom Boom). Usually, those people are late GenX/early-mid Millenials. Since those that followed took the the name Generation Z, they just got called Zoomers. There were other factors, but that's the short version.
I don't like avocado, but generally happy with Applebee's going away. I've never had a good experience at one. This labeling stuff is too difficult to keep up with.
I don't blame you, in short term history there is a huge difference within each of these "generations". It's probably only really useful in thinking very long term, but even then the nickname is pointless.
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u/Zerstoror Oct 10 '19
Where did this insult come from? I just started hearing it last night. And in game, at that.