“My Generation” column about Generation Z: Be afraid, the iPad kids will come for us

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“A lot of blah blah, but nothing is said.” Oh, how I will miss comments like this from readers. I’ve been writing this column for almost two years now, chronicling my experiences as a young woman in the early 21st century.

I wrote about Generation Z, the generation that some of you perceive as “super-shallow”, who prefer to just “hang around all day” and will almost certainly lead Switzerland to ruin. The reader even affectionately called us: Generation Z-ero.

Your generation, “they still had values,” mine only had problems with income. And yet these wonderful messages only come to me from high school students. But the subject.

It has been an honor to be able to share my views with you all every two weeks. I, “the young girl who thinks she knows everything,” tried, with the brave support of those around me, to bring the reality of my life at least a little closer to the readers. I’ve talked about failed open relationships, written about my shame about flying, declared astrology to be the religion of my generation, denied the existence of cancel culture, and talked a lot about TikTok and artificial intelligence.

In the end, I have to admit: almost all of our idiosyncrasies and pop culture phenomena can ultimately be explained by the ubiquity of the Internet in our lives. This invisible network unites young people – both figuratively and literally. Actually, that’s all you need to know about us.

And now I’m going my own way and making room for something new. In this context, I would like to answer the reader’s last question: “After we have gone through the entire alphabet, I am wondering whether we should start again with A or whether (Generation Z, editor’s note) is the last generation born on earth?

Dear Reader: We are now switching to the Greek alphabet. You were born in 2010 or later and belong to the alpha generation. Also known as the iPad kids, they are not at all popular among Gen Z. Can’t read, can’t concentrate and has a weird sense of humor. On the other hand, alphas also find us quite annoying.

Perhaps this is what ultimately unites an entire generation: finding everyone else essentially stupid.

Noah Dibbeysi (22 years old) studies social sciences at the University of Bern. This is her last column.

Source: Blick