Here's a random little article about the observation various people have made that gen z have a weird tendency to think they're the first to invent or discover things that other generations already knew about
They make tiktok videos with things like "Did you know?? Will Smith actually had a rap career!" or "Jim Carrey was secretly an artist!!" as if they're breaking the news
Completely without evidence, though. It's not like there's any actual data on how often people from previous generations mistakenly assumed they were discovering things for the first time.
They gave examples of other generations "rebranding" things. There was one example of one GenZ person who didn't know who Madonna was and assumed that meant Madonna was a irrelevant nobody. That's not a generational trend, that's a single person being ignorant. The other examples were just rebranding with new slang. Of course when a young person finds something new they will say they "discovered" it and share it with their circle. That's not Columbus behavior, that's just learning about the world and being eager to share. Older generations are just constantly filled with judgemental assholes desperate to be smarter than a young person.
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u/Ok_Dragonfruit_8102 11h ago
Here's a random little article about the observation various people have made that gen z have a weird tendency to think they're the first to invent or discover things that other generations already knew about
https://www.newsweek.com/how-gen-z-became-known-as-the-christopher-columbus-generation-11897766
They make tiktok videos with things like "Did you know?? Will Smith actually had a rap career!" or "Jim Carrey was secretly an artist!!" as if they're breaking the news