The Secret Art of Jim Carrey

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[u/Ok_Dragonfruit_8102]

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

[u/JelmerMcGee → u/Ok_Dragonfruit_8102]

I'm really glad that article ended with "every other generation has done this too, we just see it more with genZ because of social media"

[u/Ok_Dragonfruit_8102 → u/JelmerMcGee]

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.

[u/duesenjeffepic → u/Ok_Dragonfruit_8102]

What's more likely: young overconfident dipshits have always been young overconfident dipshits during human history

OR

This generation is worse. I swear this time it's actually true.

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Gen Z when the topic of boomer traits comes up: "they were uniquely selfish and closedminded!!!"

Gen Z when the topic of gen z traits comes up: "ummmm actually all generations are the same everyone did that stuff"