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[–] Ghostalmedia@lemmy.world 32 points 2 years ago (2 children)
[–] ivanafterall@kbin.social 29 points 2 years ago (3 children)

Wouldn't next-up be Gen A?

[–] Track_Shovel@slrpnk.net 79 points 2 years ago (1 children)

He's making a pun, you twits (affectionate usage of the word)

Gen A

I'm not a smart man JENN-AY but I know what love iz

[–] cyborganism@lemmy.ca 27 points 2 years ago

Oh fuck. Thank you for explaining the joke. I for real didn't get it. LoL

[–] JoMiran@lemmy.ml 24 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I think OP's joke is that Gump pronounced Jemny as "gen aaaay" or Gen-A. Unfortunately the generation is named Gen Alpha not Gen-A.

[–] Hjalamanger@feddit.nu 5 points 2 years ago

That's an alpha move I'd say

[–] Ghostalmedia@lemmy.world 12 points 2 years ago

I’m not a smart man.

My dumb brain was thinking. “Why is Gen A important? Does the A stand for AIDS?”

[–] Daxter101@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)
[–] BranBucket@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago

Forrest got it.

[–] JoMiran@lemmy.ml 19 points 2 years ago (1 children)

It's already been named. It's Generation Alpha.

[–] ivanafterall@kbin.social 19 points 2 years ago

I think Gen A and me will be like peas and carrots.

[–] RestrictedAccount@lemmy.world 16 points 2 years ago (3 children)

As Gen X, this is hilarious.

They called us Gen X because they didn’t want to bother understanding what personality we might have as a group.

Then people started counting from there for the next generation’s placeholder names.

Y became millennials Z is zoomer, but I don’t think that’s going to stick. They may stay Z because they are X’s kids. Time will tell.

It’s not like the boomers were ever Generation W.

My point is that it doesn’t really matter. They will be the millennials’ kids and they will get a name.

[–] Clent@lemmy.world 11 points 2 years ago

The W stands for wankers.

It's interesting how labels for generations are made both to understand them but also to avoid having to understand them and paint with broad strokes.

[–] FedFer@iusearchlinux.fyi 1 points 2 years ago

Parents can also have one child near the end of one generation and another at the beginning of the next one

[–] Pulptastic@midwest.social 14 points 2 years ago
[–] chellomere@lemmy.world 10 points 2 years ago (2 children)
[–] Brainsploosh@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)
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[–] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

Nah, Gen Æ and Gen Ø first.

[–] Lemongrab@lemmy.one 8 points 2 years ago

Gen &

The last letter of the alphabet.

[–] uriel238@lemmy.blahaj.zone 8 points 2 years ago

Yeah Alphas are going to be confused with alpha males, a juxtaposition I would not inflict on anyone.

[–] match@pawb.social 7 points 2 years ago (1 children)
[–] bob_lemon@feddit.de 14 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

Gen AA, we're using Excel column names

[–] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

Or battery types.

[–] iviattendurefort@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago

I thought we were call point it Gen Alpha

[–] prime_number_314159@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago

Covid kids?

[–] megopie@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 2 years ago