If you’ve ever walked up to a cashier or front desk and been met with a silent stare, you’ve been a victim of the “Gen Z gaze.” Talk about the Gen Z gaze has been taking over X, with older generations complaining about how kids these days handle customer service jobs. In one post with … Read more
Researchers are reporting a startling spike in appendiceal adenocarcinoma (AA) — otherwise known as appendix cancer — in people born after 1945. Cases have more than tripled in Americans born between 1980 and 1985 and quadrupled in those born between 1985 and 1990, according to a new study out of Vanderbilt University Medical Center. “I … Read more
Almost three-quarters of women take on the stress of their friends and family, according to new research. From worrying about them to feeling empathy for their struggles and working to provide a solution, a survey of 2,000 women split evenly by generation revealed that 73% shoulder their loved ones’ anxieties. In fact, 72% of those … Read more
If you’re a millennial, chances are a core memory is getting together with all the cousins to prepare a living room concert for the grown ups. A large cousin circle was for many of us a huge childhood influence. However, could that all be disappearing and more people make the choice to not become parents? In a TikTok, Kelsey Meyers, … Read more
These tips are anything but booming. Baby Boomers are the worst tippers according to a new survey of over 2,000 Americans, with the generation’s average tip percentage landing at 16.40%, more than two percentage points lower than the national average of 18.85%. Meanwhile, Millennials tip the most, averaging 19.49%, with Gen Z trailing behind at … Read more
New year, new generation. Babies born in 2025 will be the first of a new peer group — Generation Beta. Gen Beta, which will last until around 2039, follows Gen Alpha, which spanned from 2010 to 2024. Before that it was Gen Z, which ran from 1996 to 2010, and Gen Y, or millennials, who … Read more
A family has recreated an old photo to celebrate their new grandson, the first boy born on their side in 65 years. Shantel Stone, 27, was snapped alongside four generations of her family in 1997 as she was the latest in a long line of girls. However, Shantel has now welcomed a baby herself — … Read more
This generational texting habit might be worse than using capital letters. When typing a large paragraph, older adults might use what has been dubbed “Boomer ellipses” — multiple dots in a row also called suspension points — to separate ideas, unintentionally making messages more ominous or anxiety-inducing and irritating Gen Z. The “Boomer ellipses,” denoted by … Read more
“What is your salary?” If you’re a Millennial or a Gen Zer, you’ll likely answer that question without even flinching. A survey by Robert Half in 2023 found that 86 percent of Gen Zers are open to discussing their salaries, followed by 59 percent of Millennials. The numbers significantly drop, though, for older workers, with … Read more
Sick days have taken on a whole new meaning. As Generation Z employees enter the workforce, paid sick days — allotted by a majority of companies — are being used more than ever. Approximately 30% of employees took sick leave in the first 10 months of 2023 – up 42% from 2019, according to the HR platform Gusto, … Read more
Okay, Boomer — are you keeping up with the Joneses? A new generation has landed — but they weren’t born yesterday. That’s according to a resurfaced theory from the 1990s suggesting that Baby Boomers, said to have been born between 1946 and 1964, would be better off broken down into two groups. Cultural critic Jonathan Pontell suggested … Read more
They’re notorious for mocking Millennials for being old and unfashionable, but Gen Z is now sneering at those who are younger than them. Zoomers are hitting out at Gen Alpha, whose members were born between 2010 and 2024, saying they’re stunted when it comes to socializing. On social media, Gen Z content creators claim that … Read more
More bummer news for Gen X — a new study finds that the forgotten generation is being diagnosed with more cancer than their parents’ and grandparents’ generations. “Our results speak to the rate of incidence per 100,000 people,” the researchers told The Post on Monday. “According to our projections and analysis, Gen X is experiencing … Read more
Almost half of Gen Z Americans feel like they’re living a “double life” — between their online and offline selves, according to new research. The survey of 2,000 American respondents, split evenly by generation, found that 46% of Gen Z respondents feel this duality, where their personality online vastly differs from how they present themselves in … Read more
Do these tattoos transcend generations? Some artists think not. In a TikTok video amassing 17 million views, tattoo artists at San Diego’s Axiom Tattoo revealed the most common ink for millennials, or those born between 1981 and 1996. “So, millennials used to get Harry Potter tattoos, specifically the Deathly Hallow symbol,” explained one artist in … Read more
When Alex Murdaugh was convicted in 2023 of murdering his wife, Maggie, and son Paul at the family’s 1,800-acre South Carolina hunting retreat, it was a shocking downfall. For decades, Alex was a big-talking, glad-handing schmoozer of an attorney known for earning multimillion-dollar settlements at his family’s long-standing law firm. No one would have predicted … Read more
Millennial women are about to control more money than ever — and they’re betting on each other. Researchers at financial organization Ellevest surveyed 2,041 women aged 18 to 69 with a salary higher than $150,000 or a net with of $750,000 or more to determine how an expected great wealth transfer will impact and be … Read more
Thirty-eight percent of women feel like society has a negative stigma about women discussing their bodies — especially Gen Z (55%), according to new research. A survey of 2,000 women evenly split by generation looked at the stigma around menstruation, finding that this hasn’t changed much for the three in five who said they experienced … Read more
Is it any surprise that the most anxious generation doesn’t have any fun? Thousands of Gen Zers overwhelmingly agreed that they are not taking advantage of their youths the way previous generations had. The conversation exploded after influencer and self-identified millennial Ashley Tea shared a TikTok saying she was “genuinely curious” about what Gen Z … Read more
A Boomer and Gen Zer have got into a fiery debate on live TV over whether the younger generation are “lazy” when it comes to work. The heated debate played out on UK breakfast show Good Morning Britain, fueled by comments made by Oscar winner Jodie Foster in which she branded Gen Z “really annoying” in the workplace. … Read more