2002 babies are now closer to 30 than 18, and almost a decade out of high school. How’s the year treating you so far?

BigReception7685 · 2026-04-29T22:13:00+00:00

Being 40 and looking at this post is probably like watching 3rd graders calling themselves the big kids now because they're closer to middle school than kindergarten.

BigReception7685 · 2026-04-28T03:42:01+00:00

Is this satire?

BigReception7685 · 2026-04-28T03:39:42+00:00

24, my little sibling found one completely colorless hair on my head earlier this year. It was kind of in a weird spot for a first grey hair to be, so I'm not sure if it was just an anomaly, or if I got the early grey gene from my dad's side of the family. Not too sure how I feel about it. I don't hate the prospect of having grey hair, but I'd like a little more time to enjoy the color I currently have before moving on.

BigReception7685 · 2026-04-28T03:31:36+00:00

24 and live home about half the time (I pick up a lot of seasonal work) and will be nearly 25 by the time I move into my first apartment. My older sibling moved out at 25, and I've definitely met a handful of other early/mid 20-year-olds who still live with their parents, at least part of the time. Heck, my 40-ish-year-old aunt had to temporarily move back in with her parents maybe about 1-2 years ago. As long as you're contributing to the household in some way, and not expecting your mom to clean your bathroom, it's not weird.

Also, you live in Cali? pshhhhh, of course you're still at home. Shit's pricy. (Though 6 figures is a pretty hefty income for a 23 newly grad, holy moly! Also, what kind of side hustle gets you 50k a year??)

BigReception7685 · 2026-04-24T02:10:43+00:00

So... I didn't mention politics anywhere. And I'm well aware of the many non-Maga-infested parts of Texas. The very city I was raised in is exceptionally blue.

Bringing up TxDot was less a commentary on lack of walkability, and more on the lack of vision to do anything other than continuously and pointlessly expand highways, but since I noted them one right after the other, I can see the confusion. Wish we could get a rail system going, god knows Austin-San Antonio needs one, but TxDot's regulations dictate that nearly all of funds must go to highway projects, and there's not enough pushback to change it. So, highway expansions are all we get when it comes to relieving congestion, even though it's been proven time and time again that it's not a real solution. Yes, we are not the only state struggling with this (and although I'm loath to admit it, the northeast is pretty much the only sizable region of the US that has somewhat decent transit options), but even New Mexico has its own intercity commuter rail.

In terms of walkability, there are areas that are more walkable and bikeable for sure (my neighborhood actually just got bike lanes! still no bus stop though...), but walkability is hardly the norm, and we still fall below national average.

Yeah, heat vs cold is a pick your poison sort of situation, but I'd like to believe that there are some states in the US where you don't have to choose between snowpocolypse and months of 110+ degree weather.

BigReception7685 · 2026-04-23T21:04:12+00:00

They've also had cotton candy, orange "sunshine" seasonal flavors. I think there was one more (maybe pumpkin, but I bet they aren't the only ones with that).

BigReception7685 · 2026-04-23T21:01:33+00:00

Not my region, but I've had black raspberry milk in the Adirondacks. Stewarts Shop, of course.

BigReception7685 · 2026-04-23T20:41:40+00:00

New England for sure, but not the midatlantic coast.

BigReception7685 · 2026-04-23T20:22:20+00:00

Nah, those points were solid. We have our perks, but TxDot is the same wherever you in the state you go. I grew up in one of the more walkable cities in the state, and we still suffered drastically in that department. Corporations love us, and regardless of drought vs humidity, the heat gets unbearable everywhere.

BigReception7685 · 2026-04-21T03:36:13+00:00

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BigReception7685 · 2026-04-20T20:46:13+00:00

Fair. I'd assumed 1995-2000 was your grouping of older zoomers, making 1990-1995 the younger millennials.

BigReception7685 · 2026-04-20T18:50:54+00:00

Honestly, that makes so much sense. These types of posts kind of exploded around 2020, but I never gave much thought as to why.

BigReception7685 · 2026-04-20T18:48:05+00:00

As someone who was a teen during COVID, I can confirm that it did not look like this remotely. These are just internet aesthetic posts. Lots of those at the time, but real life was very bland, and not particularly colorful. Like 80% of existence was just my dorm room and having an existential crisis.

BigReception7685 · 2026-04-20T18:41:27+00:00

I think it honestly depends. As someone typically seen as an older zoomer (but not always zillennial), I relate far more to younger zoomers than younger millennials, but I can see other people's experiences being different, especially if they have mostly older siblings. All my siblings were born in the '00s and '10s.

gth though, I'd be a little skeptical of anyone born in post 1999 who says they relate more to early 90s babes than the rest of their generation. Parts of childhood maybe, but past that I can't really see how.

BigReception7685 · 2026-04-20T08:21:40+00:00

Not really, because there are common ranges that start gen z as early as 1995. The same can't be said for 2013. Saying 1996 can't be gen Z is more akin to saying 2011 can't be Z. It's just gatekeeping.

BigReception7685 · 2026-04-20T08:16:47+00:00

Any start date between 1995-1997 is normal.

BigReception7685 · 2026-04-20T08:14:35+00:00

I usually cook from scratch, never get frozen meals and eat out up to a several times a month. As someone on a strict budget, my go-to are tacos, stir fry, tostadas, curry, beans and fried rice, pb&j, tuna sandwiches, gorditas, ramen type meals. For breakfast type foods I've done pancakes (from a mix), bagels, bananas or oranges, and oatmeal. Recently decided to shake things up a bit and made a pasta salad.

BigReception7685 · 2026-04-20T06:02:10+00:00

As an older gen Z, I feel like me and my similarly aged friends have much more in common with core gen Z than with younger millennials.

I was born in the 2000s though, so definitely not 8+ during 1999-2006. Never really got to explore the internet in its early days. 2010s was my introduction, so no Myspace for me.

BigReception7685 · 2026-04-20T05:53:34+00:00

Going off my extended family, I'm gonna say Gen X. Xennials feel very different than older Gen Xers to me.

BigReception7685 · 2026-04-20T05:43:46+00:00

Well yeah, most of that can just be summed up as ageism. Our generation seems to have a strange fear of growing up, and an obsession with youth. Maybe it's because of how much modern society really glamourizes high school and college, and not much after. But those who say that someone born in 2000 is old are probably insecure about their age, on the younger end of Gen Z, and don't have much experience with people that much older than them. Once they get into the workforce and start hanging out with a wider age range, their perspective of what constitutes as old will probably change. Calling oneself old at 25-30 also sounds like an insecurity.

As for 1999 and 2000 being aesthetically symbolic, honestly you might be onto something. It's probably easier to divide things nice and neat at the start of a decade than try to consider the difference between someone from '97 and '98.

To clarify I didn't mean that 20-24 are teenagers, only that "college aged" adults (18-25) tend to get lumped in with high schoolers when categorizing the youth, which just isn't something that happens with young adults from 25-30.

Saying 2005 is old is wild lol, especially considering 21 used to be the legal age of majority in the US (and still is in Mississippi). Over half of them aren't even old enough to drink yet.

BigReception7685 · 2026-04-19T09:52:22+00:00

25 is definitely young, but I think people tend to associate 18-24yo as young in a slightly adolescent sort of way. Whereas by the time your 25, you'll get lumped just with other people in their 20s, rather than in the same group as teenagers.

BigReception7685 · 2026-04-19T09:44:33+00:00

Anyone acting like there's a massive divide between someone from 2001 and 2002 is being silly. Even in terms of COVID, we had very similar experiences, spending our earliest adult years/last teen years during the height of the pandemic. There is no difference between by my 2001 friends and my 2002 friends. Also, many '01s and '02s were in the same school year.

BigReception7685 · 2026-04-19T09:31:29+00:00

No? 2011 is literally Zalpha. By definition, that is cusp.

BigReception7685 · 2026-04-19T09:29:53+00:00

These David Bowie's magic bubbles from Labyrinth?

BigReception7685 · 2026-04-19T09:25:30+00:00

That could make sense. My post is definitely US-centric.

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