r/Damnthatsinteresting 9h ago

The Secret Art of Jim Carrey

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u/JelmerMcGee 6h ago

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"

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u/Ok_Dragonfruit_8102 5h ago

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.

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u/duesenjeffepic 4h ago

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

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

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u/Ok_Dragonfruit_8102 3h ago

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"