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How do you do fellow gen z (lemmy.world)
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[โ€“] KoboldCoterie@pawb.social 5 points 2 years ago (1 children)

That's an interesting question and I wasn't sure, but I was curious enough to go look it up.

According to this source, which I can't verify the credibility of but which seems in line with what other sources say on the topic:

No official commission or group decides what each generation is called and when it starts and ends. Instead, different names and birth year cutoffs are proposed, and through a somewhat haphazard process a consensus slowly develops in the media and popular parlance.

[โ€“] CmdrShepard@lemmy.one 4 points 2 years ago

TL;DR "It's all made up and none of it matters!"