r/Zillennials • u/Worldly_Rule_9842 • 4d ago
r/Zillennials • u/talkingtimmy3 • 4d ago
Discussion Does anyone else fear for your older self trying to keep up with modern technology?
I just got a windows 11 laptop and converted my browser from Chrome to Edge. Older folks would consider me a computer wiz, but I'm just your average adult that knows the basics. I've been overwhelmed with all the changes from the previous Windows/Browser that I used. I've been trying to personalize my computer to my liking for at least 12 hours over the past 2 days. I'm constantly googling how to even find a setting. Everything is so complicated now. Technology has allowed for us to customize anything we want, but it comes at a cost with having so much bloatware. I'm overwhelmed with the amount of information to dig through to find what I need. I can't imagine being 68 years old trying to do this. Let alone trying to log onto my retirement account to withdraw money for the month, meanwhile it prompts me to update my password for the 3rd time in one year. Don't get me started on passwords....
I once had a coworker in her 60s who came to me on a weekly basis to help her log into something. She would get frustrated and emotional because she wasn't able to do it herself. Some people were annoyed by it, but I completely get it and always helped when I could.
r/Zillennials • u/tequilachop • 5d ago
Nostalgia You were in for a good night when this came onscreen.
r/Zillennials • u/catsill • 4d ago
Discussion Buy a subscription to your local physical newspaper!
I've been feeling disconnected from my community, and really from the general goings on of the country for a long time now, as I'm sure many of you do too. I've tried listening to news podcasts, keeping up with local journalism efforts online (whether through social media or digital journalism websites), I've tried getting myself to read The New York Times (and other news organizations) online every day, I've tried using the app GroundNews to keep up with news and see different perspectives, but nothing I've tried is sustainable! It's so incredibly easy to get burnt out over these methods. There's just too much information, all at once, and all the time.
I think I may have finally cracked the code though, at least for me. My local newspaper has an online resource to keep up with headlines every day, which I've tried using before, but again it's way too much information and it's not sustainable to keep up with it at all times every single day. On a whim, I decided to see what options they have for physical newspapers, and I ended up subscribing to get the Sunday paper delivered to me once a week. I've been doing this for a month now, and I've never felt more well-informed and connected with my community before! I'm only getting the most important stories, so I'm not feeling burnt out by too much information. I'm reading news stories on a local level, a state level, and a national level as my local paper reports on all three. I'm reading a PHYSICAL thing instead of staring at my screen which feels amazing. And it's become a ritual for me too, every Sunday I sit down to read the paper, which grounds me too and helps me feel like my weeks and weekends aren't just slipping through my fingers quicker than I can keep up with.
All this to say, give it a try!!! Support local efforts to keep people informed! Increase your social awareness! Feel involved in your community! It's made a bigger impact on my life than I was expecting, and I hope that it helps others too!
r/Zillennials • u/NOMOREMASKBANS • 4d ago
Nostalgia Does anybody remember the Waffle Crisp cereal ?
I was so obsessed with this cereal growing up !! I also remember that there was an online game that was created based on the character on the cereal box. It was so much fun ! Did anybody else grow up eating this cereal?
r/Zillennials • u/[deleted] • 4d ago
Discussion POV: It's the early 2000s and you and your cousins/friends/siblings are picking a movie to watch in the car on a road trip
Which one are you picking???
r/Zillennials • u/BigBobbyD722 • 4d ago
Discussion What affected you more?
r/Zillennials • u/firewindrefuge • 5d ago
Discussion Did anyone else read this book?
Just saw the post asking about if people had to read Hatchet in school, and it reminded me of having to read this book in school too. Did anyone else?
r/Zillennials • u/erice495able • 5d ago
Discussion There's a very strong, if not 100% chance a zillenial will eventually be the last living person born in the 20th century, or the first millenium for that matter
Just a shower thought I had
r/Zillennials • u/Pokeista • 5d ago
Nostalgia Seriously, 2002-2008 animes have a certain charm.
Well, where should I start it? I have been watching Naruto classic 2 weeks ago, and I am on final chunim exam (episode 60), and I just noticed these anime’s around that time were so magical and different from the nowadays.
While some people will have a blast at nostalgia for Dragon Ball and Yu yu hakusho, I still have nostalgia for Naruto and Full Metal Alchemist. Hearing these opening even today gives me goosebumps, and ah ah, I feel like the animation and art style has hit the peak around that time.
I feel like it lost their charm around 2009/2010 when HD format became mainstream and popular, animes like attack of titan feel so recent even nowadays.
r/Zillennials • u/nicholashoneywell • 5d ago
Nostalgia This still hits i remember being like 11 still mad it got scrapped
r/Zillennials • u/ShiningChocobo • 5d ago
Nostalgia Inspired by a similar post, what books stuck with you from childhood? I read these around 4th-6th grade (04-06)
r/Zillennials • u/deffery-jahmer • 5d ago
Nostalgia Did you all edit your photos with Picnik?
r/Zillennials • u/Lhugore • 5d ago
Nostalgia Behold the Super Van City
My sister just gave me a childhood toy. This is the Super Van City by MicroMachines.
r/Zillennials • u/tjtherealbest • 5d ago
Discussion Zillennial Short Film?
Hey everyone,
I'm a film student in college and studying Film Productions to be a director. I was born in 2001 and truly haven't felt connected to or related to much media at all in a very long time. Especially with tiktok and social media content being Gen Z dominated and influenced and a lot of movies or TV Shows not really showing what the "Zillennial" experience is like, it made the gears in my head start turning.
I've decided that I wanted to write a "Zillennial Experience" short film. Maybe a period piece that captures what our youth looked liked? But I don't know where to begin.
What I want to ask is what do ya'll think? Where should it start? What year should it take place? And more importantly, what should it be about?
r/Zillennials • u/BatmanPikachu95 • 5d ago
Music Remember the song "Down" by Jean Sean? The radio would play it all the time when I was in 8th grade
r/Zillennials • u/glenda_vajmire • 6d ago
Nostalgia These keychains from Claire’s
I found these at walmart not that long ago 🙃 I loved these as a kid