Me too. It perfectly portrays the generation's experience of war, all the pain that came with it yet for some without having been part of it themselves. Like they're not fully sure of the world around them, finding happiness trough little things grateful to live in peace
The acting for the Greatest Generation and the Silent Generation made me feel emotions. That little smile from the Silent Generation that almost immediately went away and the dancing from the Greatest Generation was heartbreaking. I love how they portrayed the PTSD too. Overall, great video
TheBiffle Sisters yeah i agree. i especially loved Sara's portrayal of the Silent Gen. The acting was so believable plus the makeup, costume and production design. whoever created this were geniuses tbh
Unless we find the cure to cancer, I doubt most of us zoomers would reach such age... We consume too much industrialized food, and we live in a very polluted environment.
For all its flaws, BuzzFeed has created this absolute masterpiece of a video and year after year i find myself coming back to it. Truly one of the best TH-cam videos available.
“In the end, your generation does not ultimately define you, but how you interpret your unique place within it.” Just thought some people here needed to see this again since they clearly missed it before.
I feel like people born close to the year 2000 are so strange because people born then relate to both millennial and gen z ideas, especially if they have a millennial as a sibling.
I might be the opposite. I'm an 02'er, and my sister is from 2007, so she doesn't really remember anything important happening in the US during her life except maybe the 2016 elections, where as I remember both gay marriage and the 2012 election I live in Denmark btw, so US stuff isn't really something that impacts us too heavily
Well to be fair a lot of Gen Alpha doesn't need to worry about financial problems yet cause a lot of them are still kids. The one that's really suffering in this pandemic are us the Gen Z.
We were fucked before the virus. Numerous reports have come out saying we will be poorer then our parents, wake up. The only people who benefited was the top 1% who ran off with the money.
The Lost generation, who saw the first flight, women suffrage, the titanic sink, fought in world war 1 and partied during prohibition became officially extinct in January 2019. The women of that generation grew up during suffrage, entered the workforce in masses after so many men were killed during World War One. They were very sexually active in the roaring 20s. They were named by Ernest Hemingway, most of them died in World War One or the flu epidemic and were known for being philosophical.
i just find it ironic how the boomers were "hippies" or "the rock and roll generation" yet grew up to be so judgemental of millennials and the younger generation.
i personally cant stand most baby boomers.........its this very specific radioactive personality the way they sit in this high and mighty throne judging and demanding respect calling us lazy because they're all rich..................
True, but I think that that’s just how every generation gets as they get older. We’ll just learn from it. Try to be better. In the end, we probably won’t be better, but we can most certainly try.
My grandparents are baby boomers. They are actually really funny, hardworking, definitely not rich, but have come so far from what they once were. They aren't judgmental of people because they enjoy technology to.
I felt bad for the Greatest Generation just because their entire life seems to have been filled with depression. PTSD, the repression of all things accepted now, and the fact there's so few left would break me.
i think gen z's drug could be interpreted as the phone the guy had on him the whole time and i say that as a freshman who's on discord more than i am at school kjsadjkashdkj
Kitty Cutie post traumatic stress disorder, people who have really traumatizing experiences and have breakdowns and flashbacks. Most of the greatest generation have ptsd from ww2
@@cannonball2264 that would actually be the generation directly before them, the Lost Generation. They were born between 1880 and 1900 and were shaped by such things as the 19th century going into the 20th, the sinking of the Titanic, Prohibition, World War 1, the 1918 flu pandemic, women gaining the right to vote, and the Roaring 20s.
This video came out seven years ago, I watched it the day it came out. I was 15 at the time. I come back to this video very often and meet that self again and again. There is something about the cinematography and the music that is so inherently, so deeply moving. To this day the clash and merge and dynamic evolution of generations that form these cultural bubbles we live in, in community with other people of our age and times, is something that intrigues me immensely. It’s part of how I see the world, what I notice and how I interpret all the information people give me about themselves and who they are. It’s part of my psyche. It has ended up being part of my studies in university, part of my conversations, my thoughts and my feelings about how the world is changing and what the future will be. And in a way through these words I want to say thank you to Eugene Yang and Nombe because they managed through art to evoke such a deep feeling of inspiration and awe inside me that this same emotion still echoes through the chambers of time, 7 years later. Thank you.
It’s nice to see someone else who feels the same way about this video. This video is the only video from Buzzfeed that really awed me and stuck with me. I also remember when it came out, and I watched it a LOT back then. I was really into learning about generations and what made each one unique, so this video was very intriguing to me. I remember showing my dad this video too, because I was curious about what he’d think(he’s Gen X). Like you, I still come back to this video sometimes, because I just love the music, the presentation, the colors, the cinematography, everything. It’s just so wonderfully made.
you worded this so much more perfectly than i ever could have hoped to , but you encapsulated the way this video makes me feel so so accurately. It truly is so beautifully made aand it's so interesting to see the predictions and how much the world has changed
"U cannot truly appreciate goodness(good acts) unless u have experienced ignorance(evil) firsthand" this implies that the losers(who stopped being bad) of time eventually give better advices to younger generations.
It's amazing. The feel it gives me. And when the music kicked in and they started dancing it strangely felt inspirational and made me inspired and excited for the future
Don't worry about what they say about your generation. Gen X gets called slackers all the time. And we couldn't afford houses either in our 20s and 30s because of the 87 stock market crash, the 80s savings and loan failures, the 90s tech crash and a 90s housing bubble burst. Most people in my generation either got houses in their forties or still don't own homes.
Yup. That why our generation needs to stop disrespecting the older generations so much because the next generations will do the same since they learned to do it.
That’s how it is with every generation. You only want to change the world while you’re young, when you have strength and passion, and you loose it drastically as you age. This problem is as old as humanity itself.
Boomers: fights with Millennials Millennials: fights with Boomers Gen Z: fights with Millennials and Boomers Gen X: don't mind us guys, we're just chillin' watching MTV...
When it said that Generation Alpha will most likely achieve commercial space flight, which was a dream that Greatest Generation started. I got chills and got so emotional, legit tearin up.
I thought about that and how all most all of the greatest generation will never see space travel and the landing of mars and a more technical age of humanity that they themselves had put into motion but they will most certainly not be able to see that moment take place.
I think they were talking about the Greatest Generation (between 1901-1927). Because PTSD at the time wasn't widely diagnosed and was simply accepted as something that happens, the greatest generation suffered the most despite all the groundbreaking moves they were capable of achieving for modern america. Most of them likely suffered in silence... Or at least that was my perspective on it. Still, pretty sad.
typically i dont watch buzzfeed videos (other than unsolved) but this video was absolutely amazing. it was very informative, it didn't cut any corners, it's color palette and the way it was filmed gave off a cool vibe. i want to see more buzzfeed videos like this. quality over quanity.
Look for the videos directed by Eugene on the Buzzfeed staff (He actually doesn't work for Buzzfeed any more) his artistic visions play out so well on film. He really has an eye for capturing whatever he is trying to convey.
@@d-rockanomaly9243 I don't know about where you live, but things are getting stuck up when it comes to politics. A ton of countries are going back to their fascist mindset and Gen Z is struggling a lot with that. We really want social issues to positively develop, but we can't take those for granted when people like Trump, Bolsonaro and Macron are being taken seriously by millennials and boomers.
This is the type of video that originally drew me to buzzfeed. Heavily music based, informative, awesome videography. Way to go! Hope this is a new spring for their brand.
I’ve talked to my grandparents who are silent generation and I can say for sure that Gen Z is not similar to them. Gen Z has nothing that can compare to their pain. The closest thing we have is this pandemic, but my grandparent’s stories about war and the Great Depression sent chills like no other down my spine.
@@marystark1193 Covid seems to be hurting gernations that are a bit older than us. Gen Z kids are currently about 23 at the oldest, so most of us are high school and college age
@@Jackscalfani2 I think this is more tru of gen Alpha, cuz my sister is way more of an entitled brat than I am, at least my parents say so lol. Not saying i'm not an entitled brat, cuz tbh I am sometimes.
John Taylor so it's our job now to fix the mess you started? if only you weren't so depending on your future generations, then these wouldn't have ever happened.
The 'Greatest Generation' is portrayed by a soldier showing signs of anxiety and PTSD. Like, yes, he worked hard to build up a nation, but at what cost? Where has it left him mentally and emotionally? And the Silent Generation, struggling with depression. I love how the video showcases the mental illnesses-- That we society still see as taboo-- and showing them in times when they couldn't be formally diagnosed. Like, these are the generations that were supposedly so much better and stronger, but in reality, they went through just as much turmoil and struggled with mental health just as much.
The Gen Z is actually the last generation to remember a childhood before smart phones. For _most_ of us growing up they were still either very new or in the process of making. It's our generation making all the memes about how kids now won't remember times before getting phones and being on social media at 9
*sweats nervously* I’ve had a TH-cam account since I was 8 and I’ve been watching TH-cam for basically my whole life... (Btw I’m was born in 2010 so I’m apart of Gen Z)
I don’t have a phone though,I don’t think there’s a point in getting a phone if I have an iPad but when this iPad gets old and glitchy or it breaks (it will most likely break because I’m super clumsy), I will probably get a phone instead of a new iPad.(I’m sorry I talk a lot)
Minecraft Stuff you’re barely a part of gen Z. You said yourself you have been watching TH-cam your whole life. I feel like you would more fit with Gen Alpha people.
Generation Z is left with the mess from previous generations (expensive education, no retirement, pollution, political issues, global warming etc..) that we don't know how to clean up
Perhaps it's the knowledge that younger Gen Z and Gen Alpha are mostly going to be shaped by war and environmental issues. It made me slightly sad too knowing im part of that demographic.
I think it was the music, the colours used (the components of the video, really); and even though you may not have been a part of all of those generations, you probably have some feeling *like* nostalgia that longs for (what you think of as) a simpler time.
It's really fascinating to watch this video nearly seven years on. Nobody in 2017 could have possibly predicted the COVID-19 pandemic and how much it would affect the futures of Gen Z and Gen Alpha.
My group of Millennials between 1990 & 2008 set the stage for the Alpha and so on. We are the pioneers who saw the writing on the wall... From terror to economic upheaval, social changes, technology, everything. Now we are living it as adults
Spades 101 do u mean in gen z’s parents? cause if so yea, I know a lot of my friends that are confused about their sexuality and their parents are homophobic.
THIS is the kind of material I would love to see more of from buzzfeed. It really was interesting and the cinematography was just perfect. I wish buzzfeed valued quality over quantity. I wonder how many amazing videos like this they would produce if they focused more on quality?
I love that last quote. "In the end, your generation does not ultimately define you, but how you interpret your unique place within it." We're unique individuals, and most of us differ from our generational stereotypes in one way or another. But what is true is that the unique ways in which each generation grows up can influence the way we perceive the world, resulting in the numerous different perspectives held by individuals from every generation.
As a “Zillennial” (Born in 1998) I consider myself to have grown up in the Post-911 environment and see the Cold War as history and the Pax America as the natural end of history and are deeply worried about both Russian revanchism, the rise of China and the disintegration of the domestic political situation in what most would call the west. Which probably defines by politics and world view as Hawkish compared to my piers, committed to liberalism at home and generally favoring the free market while supporting a social safety net but not really into redistribution of wealth or radical changes to the economy. Basically a mainstream democrat with a fetish for war material.
it's kinda based on book Pendulum: How Past Generations Shape Our Present and Predict Our Future By Michael R. Drew, Roy H. Williams ----- Book covers more deep trends and cycles www.goodreads.com/book/show/15842812-pendulum
Millennials aren’t all happy drunks. We’re so busy trying to pay rent while holding a day job, doing Uber & Postmates. We’re also pretty stoned (the legal way, baby!)
bro 3 yrs later and our generation (gen z) is throwing tear gas back at cops with our bare hands but is too scared to ask for ketchup at a restaurant.. oh how i love us
You know what hurts. In 10 years, when people say the 20s they're talking about 2020 and not 1920. I'm 14 and I feel old. Idk this stuff makes me feel depressed
Same. I´m soon 16 and I´m seeing all those people my age and younger going places, I feel like I haven´t done anything with my life and that I don´t have a lot of time left. But at the same time it makes me want to work even harder and change the world as we know it. Or, just give up.
@Jessica Hello , yeah well when your older you kinda need your phone to get around, when your little your parents do everything for you so you don’t need it
Yep. I didn't get a smartphone till I was 15, born in 2000. I had a little flip phone but it was only in case I needed to call home from school (like if I needed to stay after). I did have a PS2 and a Wii though. I played a lot of video games when I was younger lol.
Lmaooo Edit: yeah I think the baby boomers/x were the ones to study "generations" and label them. So the silent generation doesn't refer to themselves as such.
I've known about the silent generation for years only because my father was born in 1931 (died in 1988) and my mother was born in 1938, and I wanted to find out what group they were labeled. Don't remember where I first heard the label. Their small generation begot my small generation, Generation X. The first time I heard the label Generation X was in an article In Rolling Stone in the 1980s. It seems over the years there wasn't much press about Generation X. There was always a lot of news about the Baby Boomers (ie: Yuppies and just the vast size of that generation) and then onward to the Millennials. When I've read several descriptions over the years about my group, it is a common characteristic that Generation X does skipped over more so.
I'm just crying knowing that we'll lose the greatest and silent generations in our lifetime, I only have one grandparent left and it pains me to think of the day when I'll never be able to talk to someone who personally went through the roaring 20s, Great Depression, ww2, old entertainment, etc. again. They've gone through so much for you and I hope to be able to tell my grandkids and great grandkids about growing up in the 2010s and see their faces light up with wonder like mine does when I hear old people talk about their lives. So please people, talk to your elders while you can.
I agree.. I'm a Jew, my mother's uncle is the only survivor in my family from the Holocaust and now he has Alzheimer's.. Doctors say he doesn't have much time left but there is so much I don't know from that time that in my opinion EVERY future generation should know! If we care about our future. We need to have them heard. Many in our generation fail to understand that in 70 years from now, children will mock us the same way we mocked our elders. Everyone deserves to be heard in every generation.
I seriously fuckin feel that. I've lost two very important family members less than a year apart, with most recent one being a couple weeks ago. I regret not talking to them nearly as much as I should have. There's still so much i don't know about them.
I'm a millenial. And as someone who spent A LOT of time with my grandparents, I consider myself as having been brought up by both the greatest generation and boomers, and I think this was an advantage. My greatest generation grandparents taught me virtues typical of their generation like restraint and modesty, while my boomer parents taught me values typical of their generation like being rightfully sceptical of authority and being sympathic towards the disadvantaged.
"It is predicted that Generation Alpha will be a more wealthier generation” *me, tearing up, because it means my nieces & nephews will be able to live better than I do and they really do deserve it: yEAh?*
If the situation improves by then that means you all will reap the benefits. It also means that what you do now will lead to the world that will give them that wealth. Think of yourselves as builders.
Every Generation has it's problems. Have you noticed that even as the generations progressed every one of them had their own unique problems? Don't worry, they'll have their hardships.
it's actually generation alpha that will be the first generation to not remember a childhood without internet, smartphones etc. i still remember my parents having small nokia phones and we didn't get smartphones till i was 13 (i was born around mid 2000's)
@@gottalivehappy even if the internet was created then it didn’t have widespread use until the 2000s. same with smartphones, widespread use began around 2010 i’d say
What I found really interesting was that Gen Z are being compared to the Silent Generation. On one hand I can understand that. We're left with a mess we didn't create and many feel left alone by older generations save some Millennials. On the other hand it also implies that Gen Z is a quiet generation (I mean I wasn't alive back then when the silent generation was young, but the name leads to that conclusion) which I feel like is changing (or at least in Germany it is) there are literally constant protests against climate change, article 13 (before it was too late that is) and it is constantly a topic in the news. So I feel like Gen Z is becoming quite the loud generation
I'm also from Germany and was born 2003 I think that our generation is really strongly trying to engage themselves in politics and climate change. Everyone my age is heavily involved. So I totally think comparing Gen Z to the Silent Generation isn't right. We are starting to speak up not only in Europe with Fridays for future but also in America through the student protests against Gun rights. It's just that the older generations don't even want to listen. But all in all we have great responsibility when it comes to the present and future. I hope we will be able to keep up with the problems.
We should be known as the greatest generation,we will never be silent I mean look at us we are fighting for a better world, I think we will be known as the generation that was forced to age faster.
I know this is controversial, but a better comparison with the Gen Z is the Greatest Generation AND the Boomers. All three lived in political turmoil, (I mean we always are) and are all very active in correcting it.
As a 70s baby, I thank you. As someone else mentioned, our music was choice. Rap AND Punk (which splintered into Postpunk, Metal, and Grunge)?? Honestly, no use trying to compete with that. LOL. Kind of true and a bummer that we have the most personal debt. It also truly sucked to become a horny teenager during the AIDS crisis. But I wouldn’t exchange my nihilism-inducing youth for an “insta-worthy” one. I can’t get over how much my students (mostly Zs now) are so afraid of being “awkward.” You mean, normal? Human? I have nothing but hope for the younger gens. I hope they fix the mess my gen foresaw but couldn’t seem to avoid. Do well and take care of me! Lol!
I have been looking for this forever! I remember seeing it and falling in love with everything - the styles, the people, and music accompaniment. So well done!
Can we just take a moment To appreciate the aesthetic and the effort of the cinematography for a moment? I feel like we should give the creators some credit instead of complaining and bashing.
I wanna be a pulmonologist. But like, if that doesn’t happen I’ll be a financial adviser, and of that doesn’t work then I’ll try to be an Architect. IF THAT DOESN’T HAPPEN. Then I’ll be a Geologist… if that doesn’t happen McDonald’s or stripper ✋💀
Gen Z here, i think our generation is the most “aware”. Many of us, including me are getting quite irritated from what is happening to humanity, the US, and climate. We also seem to be the most liberal generation. Given we were 5-10 years in the future I can see us fixing the climate, economical and health issues and lots of other stuff in between. Other generations call us lazy, but we are just in a generation with new technology and advancements, while they sit i front of that TV we are shifting more towards phones and video games. This is the generation i have the most hope for, we care more about what this planet is turning into than ourselves. Millennials are more optimistic for the future, we are more realists, and possibly pessimistic. We see the glass as half empty, and needs to be refilled.
And I think it's why we are so anxious. We have slots of problems that we want to fix. We are young, but we have older generations as leaders who dont really want to listen to us yet. But the 1st born Gen Zs will be turning 20, 19, and 18 this year. So, safe ro say that maybe and hopefully our anxiety will decrease and we can take the world over and try to fix it.
As someone born in 2007, I full-heartedly agree with you. My teachers always want us to see the glass as half full and to be positive, but I always thought that was kinda weird. I would think, “Why would it be half full? It’s half empty and you should do something about it and not wait until you have nothing left.” I thought I was weird that I thought that and that I should be thinking positively instead, but after I saw what you wrote at the end of your comment I was thinking that maybe what I felt about the matter wasn’t weird and pessimistic, but realistic and determination to fix the problems at hand. I now feel that this is how other Gen Z’ers perceive our world and that they too acknowledge the difficulties in our world, but do not have the power, opportunities, and experience to fix them. I really admire all of the Gen Z’ers going out their and doing their best to help repair the damage that older generations have pushed on us. I have a lot of faith in this generation.
What some other generations don’t see is that life is different. People blame us “oh you don’t go out as much with your friends” or “what about actually going outside” but they don’t see that’s it’s dangerous. In my country teen/young adults, especially females, can barely go outside with the fear of being raped and people still complain that I’d rather call my friends to talk than actually seeing them in a park/shopping mall because it’s scary. Again, life is different. We have technology now, we have machines and cellphones and that’s for a big part how we have fun, socialize etc. ok, I get it, it can be harmful but that’s how we grew up being tho. I think that gen z and gen alpha will both be the ones who are super anxious because we have so much to change and no idea how to do so, and just “searching it on google” won’t fix it, and giving us such responsibilities is making us feel anxious and rush on things that we should have a lot of time to fix
True. I went for Friday’s for future from my school, I think it is a good idea protesting for our climate. But i think this is an unpopular opinion- Greta Thunberg is not doing much to help our country, she goes on live tv and complains about the climate. I do admire her but I feel she’s not helping much, except in Sweden of course, she did a lot of good there, but I feel like things should be changing. Of course we are more aware than other generations, we have the internet, (which boomers literally created but they blame it on us) so we know about our world. It’s hard for gen Zers to do much since we are very young.
It makes me so sad to see how boomers were the generation of change in their time. My grandma remembers saying "don't trust anyone over 30". I feel like they worked so hard for change, but now that others took the baton from them, they realized they weren't ready to pass it and are wasting time trying to take it back rather than helping. They fought so hard for the world to change, but when it actually did, they weren't ready for it. Once they were no longer young, they didn't want the world to change past the way they knew it in their childhoods/ young adulthood. I'm nervous that zoomers will be the same way, so I really hope we can learn from their mistakes and continue our quest for the betterment of the world gracefully as we age. The divide between young and old people starts when we're young, so we need to break that cycle now.
I think its very simple, once they achieved the change they wanted, they didn't want to change anymore. I predict the rest of us will do the same. You can say that you will support future change but that's probably 30-40 years from now, so who knows lol
Don't worry! You're gen is amazing and continues to make an impression on the world like all of them, there's no way we will forget any gen. As the a part of the newer gen, we will try to follow in your footsteps. 🙂
I think Gen alpha will really start in 2025 not end. There is no big difference between a Gen z and a Gen alpha if they are born in 2011-2025. in 2025 most of the jobs will be take by robots and A.I and automation will become a thing.
+Butter man - Pancake legacy I wouldn't really consider programmable logic controllers and variable frequency drives and other industrial electronics in factories A.I's lol
Did anyone else get kind of sad when they saw how the are only 4 million Greatest Generation left like the people that lived through that part of American history is almost completely gone
Zombie221 they built modern America, and many fought for civil rights. And of course they might be homophobic or transphobic but they grew up in Jim Crow and many of them helped to end that. You really can’t expect that much more from a generation civil rights wise tbh
My grandfather died in March, he fought in the Pacific in WW2 and he was the last Greatest Gen member left in my family. I did kind of feel like we were losing a piece of history when he died. And no he wasn't homophobic :P
"Although they entered the workforce during the Great Recession, Millennials view their economic futures more positively than previous generations" Oh boy, 7 years has done a number on this one.
i think it was signifying that the greatest generation will fix problems held on to by each previous generation. (or it could mean they are going to destroy all of us)
People think that Gen Z are unmotivated and things like that because we can't do anything. Most of Gen Z can't vote or protest or do anything like that because we're the youngest and we're under 18 so we don't have the same freedom as everyone before us. We want to do something, we want change, but we can't do anything because we're brushed off as younger and less intelligent. (Yes I know a few people are over 18)
I'm pretty content. Compared to what other generations had to deal with, I don't think we have much to protest about/change. We're pretty well off right now.
Sacha Vlogs but we are doing things. All school protests and walk outs have all been done by gen Z, we’re becoming politically aware and active at a much younger age than previous generations.
Idk why but the ‘silent generation’ visuals gave me chills
@John Taylor
That's pretty cool actually
Me too. It perfectly portrays the generation's experience of war, all the pain that came with it yet for some without having been part of it themselves. Like they're not fully sure of the world around them, finding happiness trough little things grateful to live in peace
Jason Cheers
Every scene with the “Greatest Generation” left me teary eyed
same and the fact that it said that gen z is the most similar makes it even more chilling.
@@my_universe1290 same
The acting for the Greatest Generation and the Silent Generation made me feel emotions. That little smile from the Silent Generation that almost immediately went away and the dancing from the Greatest Generation was heartbreaking. I love how they portrayed the PTSD too. Overall, great video
TheBiffle Sisters yeah i agree. i especially loved Sara's portrayal of the Silent Gen. The acting was so believable plus the makeup, costume and production design. whoever created this were geniuses tbh
It was absolutely amazing. It gave me chills, but it was just so, for a lack of better words, cool!
Greatest generation: andrew
silent generation: sara
both of them were especially beautifully done
Love the silent generation when men were men and women were women. They didn't run away from their problems but took it head on and won.
imagine one day everyone in this comment section being 90 year olds
it would be weird to see a typical comments section filled with "100000 years ago"
Charles Lee and actly rly sad
I doubt I'd live that long but... we'll see! :D
Unless we find the cure to cancer, I doubt most of us zoomers would reach such age... We consume too much industrialized food, and we live in a very polluted environment.
omg, dEd.That thought's kinda creepy.
For all its flaws, BuzzFeed has created this absolute masterpiece of a video and year after year i find myself coming back to it. Truly one of the best TH-cam videos available.
It's because of Eugene
Agreed.
@@monishaxd6098Who is eugene and why is he (or she) responsible for buzzfeed's decline
@@Ryann9Eugene Lee Yan is responsible for making this video, not for Buzzfeed's decline.
@@Ryann9 Eugene is the Gen X man
“In the end, your generation does not ultimately define you, but how you interpret your unique place within it.”
Just thought some people here needed to see this again since they clearly missed it before.
Yeah was going to point that out too. It's not like you can change the time you were born in, you are you. "Are you going to do anything?"
Desi Dog and Co. Exactly!
It’s a very questionable yet true quote.
These labels dont determine what generation you are in. It is how you grew up.
Can we just take a sec to appreciate how beautiful this whole thing is
I know right. This is pure art!
Kitcat for real I watched it over and then bee again
right i love this it calm me down 😂
Jordan_Editz yeah it’s Eugene
I feel like people born close to the year 2000 are so strange because people born then relate to both millennial and gen z ideas, especially if they have a millennial as a sibling.
true!
agreed!
Exactly! When I saw the thumbnail I had no clue which one I was. I thought to myself "hmm I want the millenial hair but gen z clothes"
Miku Hotori ALL OF MY SIBLINGS ARE MILLENNIALS
I might be the opposite. I'm an 02'er, and my sister is from 2007, so she doesn't really remember anything important happening in the US during her life except maybe the 2016 elections, where as I remember both gay marriage and the 2012 election
I live in Denmark btw, so US stuff isn't really something that impacts us too heavily
"Gen Alpha will be the wealthiest generation"
COVID-19: im going to start an economical crash today.
Well to be fair a lot of Gen Alpha doesn't need to worry about financial problems yet cause a lot of them are still kids. The one that's really suffering in this pandemic are us the Gen Z.
@TheBossANDJay thats gen alpha
We were fucked before the virus. Numerous reports have come out saying we will be poorer then our parents, wake up. The only people who benefited was the top 1% who ran off with the money.
Gen alpha wont enter the workforce until the 2030s so there's still time
That would be artificial intelligence.
The Lost generation, who saw the first flight, women suffrage, the titanic sink, fought in world war 1 and partied during prohibition became officially extinct in January 2019. The women of that generation grew up during suffrage, entered the workforce in masses after so many men were killed during World War One. They were very sexually active in the roaring 20s. They were named by Ernest Hemingway, most of them died in World War One or the flu epidemic and were known for being philosophical.
Yep! My great-grandparents were part of the Lost Generation. My great-grandfather (on my mother's side) fought in World War 1.
Yeah the oldest person in the world (who is still currently alive) is only just in the greatest generation :(((((
Haha my great grandad is gonna be 103 soon he was alive in ww1 but not old enough and fought in ww2
The last WW1 vet recently died as did the last remaining person born in the 1800s
i just find it ironic how the boomers were "hippies" or "the rock and roll generation" yet grew up to be so judgemental of millennials and the younger generation.
i personally cant stand most baby boomers.........its this very specific radioactive personality the way they sit in this high and mighty throne judging and demanding respect calling us lazy because they're all rich..................
And blaming them for using the phones that they invented...
True, but I think that that’s just how every generation gets as they get older. We’ll just learn from it. Try to be better. In the end, we probably won’t be better, but we can most certainly try.
Let’s all make a pledge to not treat our grandchildren like this
My grandparents are baby boomers. They are actually really funny, hardworking, definitely not rich, but have come so far from what they once were. They aren't judgmental of people because they enjoy technology to.
can we just take a moment to appreciate the amazing cinematography in this video
Ikr, it was so pleasing to watch I got tingles
Eugene never lets us down🙃
true!
Yesssss
It was pretty but effectively empty
I felt bad for the Greatest Generation just because their entire life seems to have been filled with depression. PTSD, the repression of all things accepted now, and the fact there's so few left would break me.
@Cyo 22 and here I was thinking I was immortal
I’m sure their embarrassed of what the current populous has become.
@@softdrink-0 agreed
@@softdrink-0 I can understand, I would love to spend my time with them!
@@softdrink-0 mhm
*Baby Boomers:* Smoking
*Millennials and Gen X:* Drinking
*Gen Z:* cAtS
cats are the best substitute for drugs, they can be just as deadly, are adorable, and are superior in every way
Anna Robles Or just the internet loves cats
@@iyanez But WHY, that's what I explained
Forgot about the vaping crisis?
i think gen z's drug could be interpreted as the phone the guy had on him the whole time
and i say that as a freshman who's on discord more than i am at school kjsadjkashdkj
That PTSD shot was breathtaking.
Natalie Larkins What is PTSD
look it up
I felt it in my bones dude
Kitty Cutie post traumatic stress disorder, people who have really traumatizing experiences and have breakdowns and flashbacks. Most of the greatest generation have ptsd from ww2
Natalie Larkins it was so powerful
When the Greatest Gen guys head was bleeding..my heart just went out to them
I got CHILLS when that came up. It was such a simple scene but it really provokes emotions
Ky Fabulous that’s Andrew btw
i was wanted to like your comment, but i didn't want to ruin the 666 number
that generation deserves the most respect, they began the turn of the century and had their lives stolen from them because of war
@@cannonball2264 that would actually be the generation directly before them, the Lost Generation. They were born between 1880 and 1900 and were shaped by such things as the 19th century going into the 20th, the sinking of the Titanic, Prohibition, World War 1, the 1918 flu pandemic, women gaining the right to vote, and the Roaring 20s.
This video came out seven years ago,
I watched it the day it came out. I was 15 at the time. I come back to this video very often and meet that self again and again.
There is something about the cinematography and the music that is so inherently, so deeply moving. To this day the clash and merge and dynamic evolution of generations that form these cultural bubbles we live in, in community with other people of our age and times, is something that intrigues me immensely. It’s part of how I see the world, what I notice and how I interpret all the information people give me about themselves and who they are. It’s part of my psyche. It has ended up being part of my studies in university, part of my conversations, my thoughts and my feelings about how the world is changing and what the future will be. And in a way through these words I want to say thank you to Eugene Yang and Nombe because they managed through art to evoke such a deep feeling of inspiration and awe inside me that this same emotion still echoes through the chambers of time, 7 years later. Thank you.
same
It’s nice to see someone else who feels the same way about this video. This video is the only video from Buzzfeed that really awed me and stuck with me. I also remember when it came out, and I watched it a LOT back then. I was really into learning about generations and what made each one unique, so this video was very intriguing to me. I remember showing my dad this video too, because I was curious about what he’d think(he’s Gen X). Like you, I still come back to this video sometimes, because I just love the music, the presentation, the colors, the cinematography, everything. It’s just so wonderfully made.
you worded this so much more perfectly than i ever could have hoped to , but you encapsulated the way this video makes me feel so so accurately. It truly is so beautifully made aand it's so interesting to see the predictions and how much the world has changed
Boomers: the younger generations use addictive devices like phones
Also boomers: *generation with the most use of drugs*
LSD and weed are *a lot* less addictive
Wasn't weed in cigarettes? If they were I'm pretty sure they were very addictive
@@mrsushi6498Weed is not in cigarettes. Cigs are addictive because of nicotine, and that isn't in weed.
@@mrsushi6498 Cigs is every toxic chemical known to man. No weed though. Its stuff like tar and etc.
"U cannot truly appreciate goodness(good acts) unless u have experienced ignorance(evil) firsthand" this implies that the losers(who stopped being bad) of time eventually give better advices to younger generations.
So nobody talking about the style of this video? The atmosphere, the lighting. This is just art.
It's amazing. The feel it gives me. And when the music kicked in and they started dancing it strangely felt inspirational and made me inspired and excited for the future
@@MinorAccidnt saaameeee
We don't need to talk about it because everyone knows this is well made
@@MinorAccidnt Yessss, the moment the music cut in and they started dancing, I had goose bumps.
I’ve come back to it so many times is it’s so beautiful to me
Why is literally NO ONE talking about how beautiful this video is?? Whoever directed, filmed, edited, and acted in it did an amazing job. 👏👏
Yes the choreography is beautiful 👏🏽
Agreed
Right!!! Such passion was put to film and edit this lovely video!
It’s Eugene Yang. He literally directed, produced, edited and acted!
Eugene did! He’s a wonderful choreographer. He played Gen X.
Fun fact :
Before greatest generation there was the " Lost Generation " it is generation that feel WWI and borned in 1883-1900
There's also Interbellum Generation in between Lost and Greatest Generations.
Xennials are between GenX and Millennials.
What’s the name for those born between millennial and gen z?
@Souven Tudu Fitting lmao
@@Aworology323 I think it’s zennials? Or smth
@@Aworology323 Zillennials. I was born in 1995 (25 years old) and fall into that weird gap
Any vase in a 10 mile radius: exists
Gen Alpha: *im boutta end this man's whole career*
lmao
Me: Gen Alpha: I SHALL DESTROY ALL YOUR VASES
My brother is gen alpha XD
😂
Like cats
If I had a dollar for every time someone over 45 told me my generation sucked, I'd have enough money to buy a house in the economy they screwed up...
the economy isnt bad if you're living in america
Don't worry about what they say about your generation. Gen X gets called slackers all the time. And we couldn't afford houses either in our 20s and 30s because of the 87 stock market crash, the 80s savings and loan failures, the 90s tech crash and a 90s housing bubble burst. Most people in my generation either got houses in their forties or still don't own homes.
This was meant to be a joke but okay...
Chloe_Smore sure it was buddy
@@lukea2646 I mean they literally wrote it so I think they know what it was supposed to be lmao
Is no one going to talk about how perfectly this video was timed? 10:00 _perfectly_
love the icon vro 🤠👊
This made me happier than it should have
They want money
it’s so they get more money..
Imagine if they missed one frame to get to 10 minutes...
*_not stonks_*
7:45 "No member of the silent generation has ever served as president."
Joe Biden in 2020: "Fine, I'll do it myself."
I mean this was before he got elected
Joe Biden: Hold my ice cream.
Bernie would've been better
@@loconamiwooo I know lol
@@dainty_af I agree.
The scary part is the fact that when we get older, our GRANDCHILDREN will be the ones making fun of us and saying “ok zoomer”
Peppa Puff
And we should be proud
lol I'm not having kids
Yup. That why our generation needs to stop disrespecting the older generations so much because the next generations will do the same since they learned to do it.
@@cindacinder2080 the older generation is also why our world is so fucked up rn
Your icon pic just ended my childhood
This is possibly the coolest video Buzzfeed has made so far
true
I KNOW
no, that is 'is your life average?'
Avril Willowbend agreed
Annabelle Geluk I just watched it and it was really good
boomers then: wanted to change the world
now: climate change? dont know her
They did change the world.
For the worse, that is.
That’s how it is with every generation. You only want to change the world while you’re young, when you have strength and passion, and you loose it drastically as you age. This problem is as old as humanity itself.
You can’t change climate change
Boomers discovered climate change???
Political change different to climate change, one is real, one is natural and would happen with or without human involvement
Boomers: fights with Millennials
Millennials: fights with Boomers
Gen Z: fights with Millennials and Boomers
Gen X: don't mind us guys, we're just chillin' watching MTV...
Gen alpha: plays Roblox peacefully
@@sprucebrine9 and uses cocomelon as a weapon
*When MTV was about music
When it said that Generation Alpha will most likely achieve commercial space flight, which was a dream that Greatest Generation started. I got chills and got so emotional, legit tearin up.
yeahhh
Y’all are Gen Alpha?
I thought about that and how all most all of the greatest generation will never see space travel and the landing of mars and a more technical age of humanity that they themselves had put into motion but they will most certainly not be able to see that moment take place.
Nerdy Citrus gen aplpha are 2011 and so on I think.
Nerdy Citrus if you gen alpha you are like 8 years old
The scene with the blood coming down the soldiers face really got to me
XQueenX XHX Same.
XQueenX XHX samee
I guess it has to do with the fact that a good chunk of the Baby Boomer vets returned home with PTSD in some form.
I think they were talking about the Greatest Generation (between 1901-1927).
Because PTSD at the time wasn't widely diagnosed and was simply accepted as something that happens, the greatest generation suffered the most despite all the groundbreaking moves they were capable of achieving for modern america. Most of them likely suffered in silence...
Or at least that was my perspective on it. Still, pretty sad.
Chelsea Lucien it also hit hard for people born during 1919-1923 which meant they will be old enough to ship out for war during WW2
2019- Okay Boomer
2039- Okay Millennial
2069- Okay Gen Zoomers
By 2069 it's probably going to be Ok zoomer (gen Z)
Glow co. Zoomer makes no sense. They are generation Z, Not like “Baby Zoomers”.
Nice
Wil Smith that. Is. Why. It's. A. Joke.
n i c e
Hey, looks like the Silent Generation finally produced a president!
Yay
*applause*
Two of them, actually.
@@everlyw7892 who and who ?
@@AA-sg2py Joe Biden is the only one. Jimmy Carter just misses the Silent Generation deadline by a few months.
typically i dont watch buzzfeed videos (other than unsolved) but this video was absolutely amazing. it was very informative, it didn't cut any corners, it's color palette and the way it was filmed gave off a cool vibe. i want to see more buzzfeed videos like this. quality over quanity.
Look for the videos directed by Eugene on the Buzzfeed staff (He actually doesn't work for Buzzfeed any more) his artistic visions play out so well on film. He really has an eye for capturing whatever he is trying to convey.
“Gen Z may take social issues for granted” promise you we won’t because they are constantly being threaten of being taken away from us
@@d-rockanomaly9243 lol
@@d-rockanomaly9243 I don't know about where you live, but things are getting stuck up when it comes to politics. A ton of countries are going back to their fascist mindset and Gen Z is struggling a lot with that. We really want social issues to positively develop, but we can't take those for granted when people like Trump, Bolsonaro and Macron are being taken seriously by millennials and boomers.
So true. Until the dang boomers are gone, we will have to face, work with, and clean up the mess that they made.
@@alexanderb4818 boomer>new generation lol
eri, plus a lot of us are really young making it a lot harder to do stuff.
This is the type of video that originally drew me to buzzfeed. Heavily music based, informative, awesome videography. Way to go! Hope this is a new spring for their brand.
og yes the music was great
Plot twist; it was not a new direction for their brand.
I’ve talked to my grandparents who are silent generation and I can say for sure that Gen Z is not similar to them. Gen Z has nothing that can compare to their pain. The closest thing we have is this pandemic, but my grandparent’s stories about war and the Great Depression sent chills like no other down my spine.
Well probably suffer some severe poverty after Covid 19 so prepare
@@marystark1193 Covid seems to be hurting gernations that are a bit older than us. Gen Z kids are currently about 23 at the oldest, so most of us are high school and college age
@@jackandthebeanstalk4253 There are still wars as worse as theirs.
@@afish3976 I don't see any contemporary war that is much deadlier than Korea
COVID has now also resulted in an unstable economy. Inflation is sky high and many supermarket shelves are empty.
I think this is Buzzfeed’s best Video
it had potenital but the makeup fucked it up
Because Eugene made it 😂
Not a very high bar.
*Only* good video
It is
Gen Z is growing up in a time when crisis is rising and we literally have no idea how to fix it
I think we have an idea and a lot of Gen Z are doing something to fix it
We're in even more trouble because of how much Gen zs are being raised spoiled and ignorant.
I will tell them with you! ❤️that’s my plan too we all know how we just have to get people to listen and care 🤨😒😬🤗
Not with that attitude!
@@Jackscalfani2 I think this is more tru of gen Alpha, cuz my sister is way more of an entitled brat than I am, at least my parents say so lol. Not saying i'm not an entitled brat, cuz tbh I am sometimes.
Baby boomers : dooms the world with climate change
Also baby boomers: it’s those phones
@John Taylor yall screwed us for not doing anything ab it and going with the system
John Taylor *silence boomer*
John Taylor so it's our job now to fix the mess you started? if only you weren't so depending on your future generations, then these wouldn't have ever happened.
@John Taylor ok boomer
Cartoon Comedy it would appear we have located another wild boomer we must tread lightly
Ps thanks for 145 likes
The 'Greatest Generation' is portrayed by a soldier showing signs of anxiety and PTSD. Like, yes, he worked hard to build up a nation, but at what cost? Where has it left him mentally and emotionally? And the Silent Generation, struggling with depression.
I love how the video showcases the mental illnesses-- That we society still see as taboo-- and showing them in times when they couldn't be formally diagnosed. Like, these are the generations that were supposedly so much better and stronger, but in reality, they went through just as much turmoil and struggled with mental health just as much.
No most that I've know were very content and living well . It's not what you think . I have family members who are from the silent generation
@@TheOnlyOneStanding8079 idk if you know this but 28 million is a lot of people and just bc the ones you know were happy doesn't mean the majority was
@@emiliew5553 how do you know the majority wasn't ? Mr. Doom and Gloom
Mental illness is celebrated these days.
The Gen Z is actually the last generation to remember a childhood before smart phones. For _most_ of us growing up they were still either very new or in the process of making. It's our generation making all the memes about how kids now won't remember times before getting phones and being on social media at 9
I was born the year the first smartphone was made. (I was born in 2006)
SchnitzelBerry 13 the first smartphone was made in 2007.....
*sweats nervously* I’ve had a TH-cam account since I was 8 and I’ve been watching TH-cam for basically my whole life... (Btw I’m was born in 2010 so I’m apart of Gen Z)
I don’t have a phone though,I don’t think there’s a point in getting a phone if I have an iPad but when this iPad gets old and glitchy or it breaks (it will most likely break because I’m super clumsy), I will probably get a phone instead of a new iPad.(I’m sorry I talk a lot)
Minecraft Stuff you’re barely a part of gen Z. You said yourself you have been watching TH-cam your whole life. I feel like you would more fit with Gen Alpha people.
Generation Z is left with the mess from previous generations (expensive education, no retirement, pollution, political issues, global warming etc..) that we don't know how to clean up
A lot of us Millennials are still young and dealing with these issues.
Y E S Go off @Noura Sobhy
Noura Sobhy
Just learn some common core maths
Nicō:2
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
We in X said the same thing, snowflake.
Did this make anyone else sad for some reason?
Yep. I don't know why though
yeah same, for some reasons I know and some I cannot put my finger on
Perhaps it's the knowledge that younger Gen Z and Gen Alpha are mostly going to be shaped by war and environmental issues. It made me slightly sad too knowing im part of that demographic.
LpsEVIE yep
I think it was the music, the colours used (the components of the video, really); and even though you may not have been a part of all of those generations, you probably have some feeling *like* nostalgia that longs for (what you think of as) a simpler time.
It's really fascinating to watch this video nearly seven years on. Nobody in 2017 could have possibly predicted the COVID-19 pandemic and how much it would affect the futures of Gen Z and Gen Alpha.
Great video
*In the end, your generation does not ultimately define you, but how you interpret your place within it.*
The Floridian Gent it said that in the video...
The Floridian Gent nm
My group of Millennials between 1990 & 2008 set the stage for the Alpha and so on.
We are the pioneers who saw the writing on the wall...
From terror to economic upheaval, social changes, technology, everything.
Now we are living it as adults
Well, it partially defines you.
Jade Shard wow that’s deep
"Millennials have the most members of LGBT ever."
Gen Z: hold my ice coffee
LGBT acceptance rates are significantly lower in Gen Z as well
KrystalKat LuvsCreepyPasta It’s statistically true.
Spades 101 do u mean in gen z’s parents? cause if so yea, I know a lot of my friends that are confused about their sexuality and their parents are homophobic.
@@loonagroupfundsent.1447 No, I'm talking about Gen Z itseld.
@@loonagroupfundsent.1447 *itself
THIS is the kind of material I would love to see more of from buzzfeed. It really was interesting and the cinematography was just perfect. I wish buzzfeed valued quality over quantity. I wonder how many amazing videos like this they would produce if they focused more on quality?
Kaylee Yes!!
Gen X : **looks sad and smashes bottle 😔**
Millenials : 😝🍾
Nope Gen X would smash it on your head and buy more drinks🍾🤬🍻
millenial is styled like gen x and boomer
lol
love how everyone is in a fancy colored place and gen z is like, jsut house
I mean considering *the economy*
And cats
@@LlamasAtMidnight never forget about the cats
Other generations: aesthetic colours
Gen Z: *orange cat*
Gen Alpha: *vase*
Tells how sad your life is
Can we talk about how awesome the video scheme was? The colors, the music, it was all so beautiful.
And, it was exactly 10 minutes long for that double ad
Gen Z formative events:
COVID-19 Pandemic
And that is a big one
Also, literally anything that happened in 2020
probably another recession
And the George Floyd/BLM riots.
George Floyd’s death
BLM protests
Basic human rights protests
We have gotten a lot in 2020
I love that last quote. "In the end, your generation does not ultimately define you, but how you interpret your unique place within it." We're unique individuals, and most of us differ from our generational stereotypes in one way or another. But what is true is that the unique ways in which each generation grows up can influence the way we perceive the world, resulting in the numerous different perspectives held by individuals from every generation.
As a “Zillennial” (Born in 1998) I consider myself to have grown up in the Post-911 environment and see the Cold War as history and the Pax America as the natural end of history and are deeply worried about both Russian revanchism, the rise of China and the disintegration of the domestic political situation in what most would call the west. Which probably defines by politics and world view as Hawkish compared to my piers, committed to liberalism at home and generally favoring the free market while supporting a social safety net but not really into redistribution of wealth or radical changes to the economy. Basically a mainstream democrat with a fetish for war material.
I’m not going to lie but this is like my favourite buzzfeed video to ever be made
Annie Willing
Same
Annie Willing Same
Just because Eugene made it ?
I love your profile pic 1. Daveed is the greatest person alive and 2. LAFAYETTE
Same, it was a good look at who is really around us and what has happened and what we have become.
THIS IS THE KIND OF QUALITY CONTENT I WANT MORE OF
YASS
LITERALLY
SAME
Nabiha T. Ii
ikr so aesthetically pleasing
it's kinda based on book Pendulum: How Past Generations Shape Our Present and Predict Our Future
By Michael R. Drew, Roy H. Williams ----- Book covers more deep trends and cycles
www.goodreads.com/book/show/15842812-pendulum
crazy to think that all these generations will be gone eventually...
Are gen is just one that will be gone in time soon we will be the oldest gen still alive
It be like that
Mel Del crazy to think that generation alpha can even exist because machines will kill us all out of efficiency necessity
Why crazy? It’d be crazy if we lived forever because that’s not natural 😂😂 why people have to consider death so rare?
Elizabeth Figueroa it isn't that death is so rare, it's that life is so temporary
God bless the GI generation, their great endeavors and sacrifices will never go unnoticed
Greatest gen: *war*
Silent gen: *Depressesed Divorced Wives/Husband*
Boomers: *Drugs*
Gen X: *Depressed Teens*
Gen Y: *Happy Drunked Gays*
Gen Z: *Cats*
Gen Alpha: *More Cats*
i love cats ^ ^
Gen Xer's are the slackers, we had teen spirit! nothing depressing about us as teens. We just dgaf.
@@OneYulaw eh wouldn't say that since yknow earth
Millennials aren’t all happy drunks. We’re so busy trying to pay rent while holding a day job, doing Uber & Postmates. We’re also pretty stoned (the legal way, baby!)
Gen Alpha: P90 PDW
Gen Alpha's list of formative events:
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The year 2020
More like gen z, gen alpha are all too young to really remember this
Yep, this year sucks lol
@@christybyrne9844 Exept for the eldest one they are turning 9 and probably will remember this.
Jermane Anyoha great I’m Gen alpaha
Christy Byrne well, I’ll remember it, plus what about the aftermath? It is said trump effect on this place will go generations.
I’m sorry but the aesthetics and cinematography of this video is bomb af
Hayley XD why are u sorry if it’s a compliment lmao
bro 3 yrs later and our generation (gen z) is throwing tear gas back at cops with our bare hands but is too scared to ask for ketchup at a restaurant.. oh how i love us
Lowkey I felt a little intimidated when generation alpha showed up
Ikr, it looks cool lol
Same.
c r o w b a r
Komla Tettey when were you born
@@colsonweiser5648 2011
Whoever directed this and shot it is brilliant
Eugene did
"Eugene did" yup that explains it.
Bacon Dang this actual coment and the replies has a high amount of likes...congrats👏👏👏
Bacon What was the song that they put in the background when they were summarizing the generations I know the song?
itrynottolie lol ikr
This made me feel really empty
Sarah Something same
Same
Sarah Something omgggg glad I’m not alone:DDD
Sarah Something same
This song gives me a lonely vibe.
something about the silent generation’s aesthetic and the actor’s face expressions made me feel so bad about them
You know what hurts. In 10 years, when people say the 20s they're talking about 2020 and not 1920. I'm 14 and I feel old. Idk this stuff makes me feel depressed
Same. I´m soon 16 and I´m seeing all those people my age and younger going places, I feel like I haven´t done anything with my life and that I don´t have a lot of time left. But at the same time it makes me want to work even harder and change the world as we know it. Or, just give up.
Not that soon! Maybe 25 years?
@@mariahf7968 dont give up.
give your life to jesus repent of your sins
and you'll be secure
🙏🏼
Had a similar thought to that after Y2K, I was like ten n felt old🤣
I'm sorry man I had to do this... R/im14andthisisdeep
Gen Z: supposedly doesn't remember a time without internet/smartphones
Also Gen Z: playing with toys as kids and not owning a phone until much later
But alsoy brother who is a gen x bought an ipod touch when I was 7 and still I knew how to use it better than my brother 😂
Facts , when I was little I was still playing tea-party with my dolls and making mud pie and little fairy houses.
-a gen Z person lol
@Jessica Hello , yeah well when your older you kinda need your phone to get around, when your little your parents do everything for you so you don’t need it
Ikr born in late 2002, had my first phone at like 15, though I already had access to the internet as a four year old
Yep. I didn't get a smartphone till I was 15, born in 2000. I had a little flip phone but it was only in case I needed to call home from school (like if I needed to stay after). I did have a PS2 and a Wii though. I played a lot of video games when I was younger lol.
no one:
everyone coming back to video after november 2019:
*_okay boomer_*
Celina Astbury facts
Ok boomer
Ok boomer
Ok boomer
Oml- I saw this video before and here I am in December
Can you please create an updated version? I always loved watching this video, and it would be neat to see an updated version
Doubtful as this was all Eugene's creation
Yes. Also the right styles for the right generation.
Like you are styled like an 80s boomer, and in the video they would make it, gen y
etc
lol !
I honestly feel thankful for The Greatest Generation.
Yep,because they fought for the things we have today😊 a millenial here 1994 baby😊
🙋♀️💪✊
Thankful and sorry
The silent generation was so silent that I didn’t know they existed before this video
😶👀
Yup.
Lmaooo
Edit: yeah I think the baby boomers/x were the ones to study "generations" and label them. So the silent generation doesn't refer to themselves as such.
I've known about the silent generation for years only because my father was born in 1931 (died in 1988) and my mother was born in 1938, and I wanted to find out what group they were labeled. Don't remember where I first heard the label. Their small generation begot my small generation, Generation X. The first time I heard the label Generation X was in an article In Rolling Stone in the 1980s. It seems over the years there wasn't much press about Generation X. There was always a lot of news about the Baby Boomers (ie: Yuppies and just the vast size of that generation) and then onward to the Millennials. When I've read several descriptions over the years about my group, it is a common characteristic that Generation X does skipped over more so.
Neither did my English class (even my teacher) until I told them.
I knew because my great grandpa is still alive, and he's a part of the silent generation.
I'm just crying knowing that we'll lose the greatest and silent generations in our lifetime, I only have one grandparent left and it pains me to think of the day when I'll never be able to talk to someone who personally went through the roaring 20s, Great Depression, ww2, old entertainment, etc. again. They've gone through so much for you and I hope to be able to tell my grandkids and great grandkids about growing up in the 2010s and see their faces light up with wonder like mine does when I hear old people talk about their lives. So please people, talk to your elders while you can.
I know. There's a lot of things I want to know and ask then I remember its too late.
I agree.. I'm a Jew, my mother's uncle is the only survivor in my family from the Holocaust and now he has Alzheimer's.. Doctors say he doesn't have much time left but there is so much I don't know from that time that in my opinion EVERY future generation should know! If we care about our future. We need to have them heard. Many in our generation fail to understand that in 70 years from now, children will mock us the same way we mocked our elders. Everyone deserves to be heard in every generation.
Kipling was a furry my grandparents were born in the late 50s so there’s not many exciting stories
@@Bruh-kd9rx Every single human being has exciting stories to tell. Keep asking them and you'll be surprised.
I seriously fuckin feel that. I've lost two very important family members less than a year apart, with most recent one being a couple weeks ago. I regret not talking to them nearly as much as I should have. There's still so much i don't know about them.
I'm a millenial. And as someone who spent A LOT of time with my grandparents, I consider myself as having been brought up by both the greatest generation and boomers, and I think this was an advantage. My greatest generation grandparents taught me virtues typical of their generation like restraint and modesty, while my boomer parents taught me values typical of their generation like being rightfully sceptical of authority and being sympathic towards the disadvantaged.
"It is predicted that Generation Alpha will be a more wealthier generation”
*me, tearing up, because it means my nieces & nephews will be able to live better than I do and they really do deserve it: yEAh?*
I'm going to try not to get on my cousins' bad side. 🤣
yeah so unfair for gen Z i mEAN IT'S NOT SUCH A BIG DIFFERENCE
dazed delgado true, at least one generation gets to live in a world that's happy and clean
If the situation improves by then that means you all will reap the benefits. It also means that what you do now will lead to the world that will give them that wealth. Think of yourselves as builders.
Every Generation has it's problems. Have you noticed that even as the generations progressed every one of them had their own unique problems? Don't worry, they'll have their hardships.
love the different spaces and their color palettes
yeahhhhh :D
Danny Raul Molina I like how they got a lot of the events in history wrong
larry the cable guy Like?
Galaxy Otter never mind I thought it said that all the events happened beetween 1928-1945
Yang is a genius honestly
By far one of Buzzfeed's best videos. It was educational, informative, aesthetically pleasing, not boring, and not biased
Lilly AGREED
Lilly And it had great music! I can't stop watching it lol
i see an army😂
Eugene created it of course
Agustina D ayeee what's up fellow yoongi stan 😂😂
it's actually generation alpha that will be the first generation to not remember a childhood without internet, smartphones etc. i still remember my parents having small nokia phones and we didn't get smartphones till i was 13 (i was born around mid 2000's)
But like, the internet was created in 1990, and smartphones like in the late 90s or 2000s
@@gottalivehappy even if the internet was created then it didn’t have widespread use until the 2000s. same with smartphones, widespread use began around 2010 i’d say
Yeah they usually get that part wrong. It never resonated with me and many other younger Millennials/older Gen Z.
No shade, but the internet was very popular before the mid 2000's. Almost everyone I knew had home computers by y2k
@@gottalivehappy the first smartphone was the first generation of iPhone, which came out in 2007.
As someone watching this in March 2020, COVID19 maybe the newest generation-defining event.
As someone reading your comment in late july 2020..i guarantee you are correct!
Tales From The Night let’s not forget BLM protests!! You know let’s just add all of 2020
Yup
We will come out stronger and more resilient hopefully
January 2022 here ✌️
What I found really interesting was that Gen Z are being compared to the Silent Generation. On one hand I can understand that. We're left with a mess we didn't create and many feel left alone by older generations save some Millennials.
On the other hand it also implies that Gen Z is a quiet generation (I mean I wasn't alive back then when the silent generation was young, but the name leads to that conclusion) which I feel like is changing (or at least in Germany it is) there are literally constant protests against climate change, article 13 (before it was too late that is) and it is constantly a topic in the news. So I feel like Gen Z is becoming quite the loud generation
I'm also from Germany and was born 2003 I think that our generation is really strongly trying to engage themselves in politics and climate change.
Everyone my age is heavily involved. So I totally think comparing Gen Z to the Silent Generation isn't right.
We are starting to speak up not only in Europe with Fridays for future but also in America through the student protests against Gun rights.
It's just that the older generations don't even want to listen. But all in all we have great responsibility when it comes to the present and future. I hope we will be able to keep up with the problems.
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TL;DR Gen Z carries massive responsibility in society.
We should be known as the greatest generation,we will never be silent I mean look at us we are fighting for a better world, I think we will be known as the generation that was forced to age faster.
I know this is controversial, but a better comparison with the Gen Z is the Greatest Generation AND the Boomers. All three lived in political turmoil, (I mean we always are) and are all very active in correcting it.
I feel that the “silent generation” and Generation x are the most underrated
Those are the best generation (gen z)
Lacey Kean it’s true they have geo up listen to to Tupac biggie and begin a teen in the 90s am so jealous
As a 70s baby, I thank you. As someone else mentioned, our music was choice. Rap AND Punk (which splintered into Postpunk, Metal, and Grunge)?? Honestly, no use trying to compete with that. LOL. Kind of true and a bummer that we have the most personal debt. It also truly sucked to become a horny teenager during the AIDS crisis. But I wouldn’t exchange my nihilism-inducing youth for an “insta-worthy” one. I can’t get over how much my students (mostly Zs now) are so afraid of being “awkward.” You mean, normal? Human? I have nothing but hope for the younger gens. I hope they fix the mess my gen foresaw but couldn’t seem to avoid. Do well and take care of me! Lol!
Remember, without gen x, me telling you this wouldnt be possible. The three guys who invented google were all gen x'ers
Both of my parents are gen X and tbh they’re super chilled out
I have been looking for this forever! I remember seeing it and falling in love with everything - the styles, the people, and music accompaniment. So well done!
Is no one going to mention how awesome Eugene looks??
Like, his aesthetic level is 120%
eVEryOnE looks just so fabulous
Ronilson Núñez he was the dude at gen x
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Lmao ikr
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*TH-cam*
2017: Nah.
2018: Soon.
2019: YEA EVERYONE NEEDS TO SEE THIS
notella iswear because we do
I didnt even realize that till now😂
Can we just take a moment To appreciate the aesthetic and the effort of the cinematography for a moment? I feel like we should give the creators some credit instead of complaining and bashing.
Folsi Choi 👏👏👏👏 So many cry babies bitching, and they can't even appreciate what a work of art this is!
Folsi Choi +
Folsi Choi IT'S CAUSE EUGENE DID IT!
I was reading. I didn't have enough time to watch the background video
all the shots + the color coordination with the music is beautiful. it must've taken so much work and research
We need an update to this, given the recent developments in society
Very pleasing aesthetics and meaningful messages. This is what you call quality content.
Justine Peña completely incorrect costume and makeup.
Even events mentioned were not in order of time or relevance.
Just fan girls here.
Bee Zephyr U are somewhat correct!! I do find some things confusing!!
Buzzfeed. Is. Not. Quality. Content.
I LOVE THIS SIDE OF BUZZFEED
Adeline Chau same
Me too
OMG YASSSS
u mean eugene?
yeah me too :"D
who doesn't love Eugene?
Imagine our grandkids showing us the “I could’ve dropped my croissant vine” and we’d all be laughing in our chairs saying “that was iconic”
Awwwww
@@Heezbungus I’m honestly kinda ashamed of that.
I’m guessing you’re a millennial because no zoomer would laugh at that
@@Alexa-so4jh I was confused
then WE will be the GRAND DAD
I'm feeling that genz is growing up faster and going straight to a career.
I wanna be a pulmonologist. But like, if that doesn’t happen I’ll be a financial adviser, and of that doesn’t work then I’ll try to be an Architect. IF THAT DOESN’T HAPPEN. Then I’ll be a Geologist… if that doesn’t happen
McDonald’s or stripper ✋💀
Yessss i fell like aging like a bullet
im a millenial, i dont work a job, i blaim that on girls taking the jobs for me, i get to relax, thanx girls.
I don't think we're growing up faster tbf
@@fsdffdfd2534 uh huh
One thing I noticed is that the majority of gen z is suicidal, depressed, or has anxiety issues.
*all of that 3 is my mood every FCKN day* lol
Random Awesomeness like me ironic
Marcel_ den'z get some help
Use me as an example whit anxiety :v)/
mood
Let's all admit it; this video is aesthetically awesome.
land whales dancing and smoking. bbbbbbbbb eeeeee aaaaa utiful. fuckin bimbo
yes! thats what i was thinking the whole video
kinda repetetive
Mjr Dngr I
i replayed it like 4 times just for the aesthetic.
Gen Z here, i think our generation is the most “aware”. Many of us, including me are getting quite irritated from what is happening to humanity, the US, and climate. We also seem to be the most liberal generation. Given we were 5-10 years in the future I can see us fixing the climate, economical and health issues and lots of other stuff in between. Other generations call us lazy, but we are just in a generation with new technology and advancements, while they sit i front of that TV we are shifting more towards phones and video games. This is the generation i have the most hope for, we care more about what this planet is turning into than ourselves. Millennials are more optimistic for the future, we are more realists, and possibly pessimistic. We see the glass as half empty, and needs to be refilled.
And I think it's why we are so anxious. We have slots of problems that we want to fix. We are young, but we have older generations as leaders who dont really want to listen to us yet. But the 1st born Gen Zs will be turning 20, 19, and 18 this year. So, safe ro say that maybe and hopefully our anxiety will decrease and we can take the world over and try to fix it.
As someone born in 2007, I full-heartedly agree with you.
My teachers always want us to see the glass as half full and to be positive, but I always thought that was kinda weird. I would think, “Why would it be half full? It’s half empty and you should do something about it and not wait until you have nothing left.”
I thought I was weird that I thought that and that I should be thinking positively instead, but after I saw what you wrote at the end of your comment I was thinking that maybe what I felt about the matter wasn’t weird and pessimistic, but realistic and determination to fix the problems at hand.
I now feel that this is how other Gen Z’ers perceive our world and that they too acknowledge the difficulties in our world, but do not have the power, opportunities, and experience to fix them. I really admire all of the Gen Z’ers going out their and doing their best to help repair the damage that older generations have pushed on us. I have a lot of faith in this generation.
Hmm I guess I am millenial with a Gen Z mindset.
What some other generations don’t see is that life is different. People blame us “oh you don’t go out as much with your friends” or “what about actually going outside” but they don’t see that’s it’s dangerous. In my country teen/young adults, especially females, can barely go outside with the fear of being raped and people still complain that I’d rather call my friends to talk than actually seeing them in a park/shopping mall because it’s scary. Again, life is different. We have technology now, we have machines and cellphones and that’s for a big part how we have fun, socialize etc. ok, I get it, it can be harmful but that’s how we grew up being tho. I think that gen z and gen alpha will both be the ones who are super anxious because we have so much to change and no idea how to do so, and just “searching it on google” won’t fix it, and giving us such responsibilities is making us feel anxious and rush on things that we should have a lot of time to fix
True. I went for Friday’s for future from my school, I think it is a good idea protesting for our climate. But i think this is an unpopular opinion- Greta Thunberg is not doing much to help our country, she goes on live tv and complains about the climate. I do admire her but I feel she’s not helping much, except in Sweden of course, she did a lot of good there, but I feel like things should be changing. Of course we are more aware than other generations, we have the internet, (which boomers literally created but they blame it on us) so we know about our world. It’s hard for gen Zers to do much since we are very young.
It makes me so sad to see how boomers were the generation of change in their time. My grandma remembers saying "don't trust anyone over 30". I feel like they worked so hard for change, but now that others took the baton from them, they realized they weren't ready to pass it and are wasting time trying to take it back rather than helping. They fought so hard for the world to change, but when it actually did, they weren't ready for it. Once they were no longer young, they didn't want the world to change past the way they knew it in their childhoods/ young adulthood. I'm nervous that zoomers will be the same way, so I really hope we can learn from their mistakes and continue our quest for the betterment of the world gracefully as we age. The divide between young and old people starts when we're young, so we need to break that cycle now.
the oldest boomers are 75 some in their 70´s are pretty fit
also an old person older than that can still be active
maybe grow up
@@hjibakkkihjibakkki6408 I'm gonna be honest with you. Your reply has nothing to do with my comment.
I think its very simple, once they achieved the change they wanted, they didn't want to change anymore. I predict the rest of us will do the same. You can say that you will support future change but that's probably 30-40 years from now, so who knows lol
this video is kinda scary as I realize my generation, with time, becomes past....
yeah I graduated HS in 2011 and that's when gen alpha was born and gen z started to enter the scene lol
Brittany Love So deep and thoughtful
Don't worry! You're gen is amazing and continues to make an impression on the world like all of them, there's no way we will forget any gen. As the a part of the newer gen, we will try to follow in your footsteps. 🙂
I think Gen alpha will really start in 2025 not end. There is no big difference between a Gen z and a Gen alpha if they are born in 2011-2025. in 2025 most of the jobs will be take by robots and A.I and automation will become a thing.
+Butter man - Pancake legacy I wouldn't really consider programmable logic controllers and variable frequency drives and other industrial electronics in factories A.I's lol
Did anyone else get kind of sad when they saw how the are only 4 million Greatest Generation left like the people that lived through that part of American history is almost completely gone
Yep that's how time works :D
I’m lowkey glad bc most of them are super homophobic and transphobic and we don’t need that negativity in modern day society
Zombie221 they built modern America, and many fought for civil rights. And of course they might be homophobic or transphobic but they grew up in Jim Crow and many of them helped to end that. You really can’t expect that much more from a generation civil rights wise tbh
Yes this was emotional knowing our grandparents generation will be gone soon, especially during this pandemic.
My grandfather died in March, he fought in the Pacific in WW2 and he was the last Greatest Gen member left in my family. I did kind of feel like we were losing a piece of history when he died. And no he wasn't homophobic :P
This video's put together with so much skill, it's so cool.
Rebecca Whiteway ^ millennial
Lewis which ones
Rebecca Whiteway that's because it's a Eugene set
Rebecca Whiteway its cuz it was eugene lmao
Generation z
"Although they entered the workforce during the Great Recession, Millennials view their economic futures more positively than previous generations"
Oh boy, 7 years has done a number on this one.
When you realize gen alpha was destroying the flowers of all the generations...
i think it was signifying that the greatest generation will fix problems held on to by each previous generation. (or it could mean they are going to destroy all of us)
I think it means that their time is coming soon (as most are still babies and toddlers)
lcall 4 But they are still highly educated
History either way they’re highly destructive 😂
The Mason dude EDUCATED? I guess the new generations looks some things (like sex and violence) as a normal thing
People think that Gen Z are unmotivated and things like that because we can't do anything. Most of Gen Z can't vote or protest or do anything like that because we're the youngest and we're under 18 so we don't have the same freedom as everyone before us. We want to do something, we want change, but we can't do anything because we're brushed off as younger and less intelligent. (Yes I know a few people are over 18)
@Erin JJ No the oldest is 23 look it up.
I'm pretty content. Compared to what other generations had to deal with, I don't think we have much to protest about/change. We're pretty well off right now.
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@@Zeta4 Net neutrality, Lobbying, Inhuman working conditions brought by technology, spying, etc.
Sacha Vlogs but we are doing things. All school protests and walk outs have all been done by gen Z, we’re becoming politically aware and active at a much younger age than previous generations.
AESTHETIC AF
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I felt like I was in a illusion the whole video
and im living for it
came back to this video after 5 years and it oddly makes me feel sadder than the first time i watched it
right reflecting on how much gen z were predicted to thrive vs the after effects of covid that we know now makes me emotional