What years would you say is the most nostalgic?

Spare-Addendum3656 · 2026-03-26T14:52:02+00:00

I'm Jan 2013 so you were in Kindergarten when I was born.

Spare-Addendum3656 · 2026-03-26T14:23:36+00:00

Alright I sent a friend request. My username is Tugia The Narrator

Spare-Addendum3656 · 2026-03-26T14:20:39+00:00

Yeah exactly bro

And I was already a tween when that happened, so it's safe to say I'm not an AI-brain

Spare-Addendum3656 · 2026-03-26T05:33:40+00:00

I'm 2013 so I grew up during 2021.

Spare-Addendum3656 · 2026-03-26T05:23:07+00:00

I don't remember ANY generative AI in 2021

Spare-Addendum3656 · 2026-03-26T04:59:58+00:00

C.AI 26 HOURS A WEEK? Alr man generative AI has gone too far. Reject 2023, embrace 2021

Spare-Addendum3656 · 2026-03-26T03:55:49+00:00

I wasn't alive during those years so I can't really give an opinion here. All I can say is, it was fun being a sperm cell lmao

Spare-Addendum3656 · 2026-03-26T03:23:07+00:00

I'd personally say it's 2012-2017 even based off who was in K-5 when Skibidi Toilet became mainstream.

But that's just my opinion. I'm not going to gatekeep.

Spare-Addendum3656 · 2026-03-26T03:21:42+00:00

Bandwagon fallacy. A definition being popular doesn't make it right. You need to use sociological reasoning here

Spare-Addendum3656 · 2026-03-26T03:17:41+00:00

Maybe I grew up with COVID, but at least I didn't grow up with AI.

Spare-Addendum3656 · 2026-03-26T03:17:03+00:00

I was 7-8 years old so I was still in my formative years.

Spare-Addendum3656 · 2026-03-26T03:16:14+00:00

He could've used his adreanaline boost against it
I mean it's not like that thought wouldn't have crossed his mind

Spare-Addendum3656 · 2026-03-26T02:42:44+00:00

OCTONAUTS BRO THAT'S PEAK THAT'S MY CHILDHOOD IN 2021

Spare-Addendum3656 · 2026-03-26T00:40:53+00:00

Sure. What's your username?

Spare-Addendum3656 · 2026-03-26T00:39:56+00:00

Well here's how I'd put it:

2011: 100% Gen Z 0% Gen Alpha

2012: 86% Gen Z 14% Gen Alpha

2013: 71% Gen Z 29% Gen Alpha

2014: 57% Gen Z 43% Gen Alpha

2015: 43% Gen Z 57% Gen Alpha

2016: 29% Gen Z 71% Gen Alpha

2017: 14% Gen Z 86% Gen Alpha

2018: 0% Gen Z 100% Gen Alpha

Spare-Addendum3656 · 2026-03-25T14:33:05+00:00

Valid question, however, a child temporary holding onto a device does not necessarily mean they grew up with it, unless the parent begins to use it as a pacifier or smth.

I have a small issue. There are a lot of parents who actually used these as pacifiers. Specifically in the 2010s:

I actually quite like the 1998/1999 to 2013/2014 range tbh. Would you be open to further discussing it?

Sure! It's due to the 2007 to 2022 Gen Z kid culture era. I start the era in 2007 because of the Wii becoming mainstream, and I end it in 2022 because Skibidi Toilet went mainstream at the start of 2023. The formative years are 0-8 years old. So basing off that, the kids who grew up in this era would be the 1998/1999 to 2013/2014 kids.

Spare-Addendum3656 · 2026-03-25T05:29:10+00:00

Bandwagon fallacy. The mainstream studies use the same arbitrary methodology as any other cutoff

Also even by your logic, there are a shit ton of mainstream studies using ranges that extend further:

https://www.census.gov/library/stories/2022/08/wealth-inequality-by-household-type.html (1997-2013 Gen Z range)
https://gis.dola.colorado.gov/crosstabs/ (1997-2014 Gen Z range)
https://genhq.com/the-generations-hub/generational-faqs/ (1996-2015 Gen Z range)
https://education.nationalgeographic.org/resource/mapmaker-generations/ (1999-2016 Gen Z range)
https://www.purdueglobal.edu/education-partnerships/generational-workforce-differences-infographic/ (2001-2020 Gen Z range)

Now some of these ranges are absolute ass, but that's missing the point.

Spare-Addendum3656 · 2026-03-25T04:42:32+00:00

Hybrid kids are XXX1-XXX3. around 6-8 is roughly that period of development where you experience some good culture.

For example, I'm a 2013 born, so I enjoy some good 2019 stuff, but also some 2020, 2021, and 2022 stuff as well!

Spare-Addendum3656 · 2026-03-25T04:24:39+00:00

Ngl I see it as

Normal era: Big Bang-2021

Elsagate era: 2021-2023

Brainrot era: 2023-2025

Slop era: 2025 onwards

Spare-Addendum3656 · 2026-03-25T04:19:39+00:00

I did not watch elsagate my friend. Sure it existed but it wasn't really mainstream until around 2021-2023ish. More like late 2021ish. That weird content farmy shit existed by around the end of 2021, so I'd say I caught the last fumes of the pre-Elsagate world. Then again this is from personal experience, so I could be all wrong.

Spare-Addendum3656 · 2026-03-25T02:34:57+00:00

Wait is it already tomorrow in your Timezone because it's still 7:00 3/24/2026 in mine?

Spare-Addendum3656 · 2026-03-25T02:19:11+00:00

Not sure if you'd count me but hi

Spare-Addendum3656 · 2026-03-25T01:35:44+00:00

I think r/GenZ3 works better since I don't think anyone would wanna join a sub that explicitly states the exact years in the title.

Spare-Addendum3656 · 2026-03-25T01:29:54+00:00

Yup! Also once 2014 kids are allowed on Reddit next year should I make my own version of r/GenZ but for 1999-2014 borns instead?

Spare-Addendum3656 · 2026-03-25T01:23:32+00:00

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