Uri@infosec.pub to Gen-Z@piefed.worldEnglish · 7 months agoPeople call us Zoomer but I hate Zoom and never used itmessage-squaremessage-square18linkfedilinkarrow-up130arrow-down12
arrow-up128arrow-down1message-squarePeople call us Zoomer but I hate Zoom and never used itUri@infosec.pub to Gen-Z@piefed.worldEnglish · 7 months agomessage-square18linkfedilink
minus-squareidiomaddict@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·7 months agoThey were called that before covid, I think it’s just gen z+boomer
minus-squarecalliope@retrolemmy.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·7 months agoThis is correct. It came into popularity beginning in 2018. Wikipedia.
minus-squareMugita Sokio@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·7 months agoI only started hearing the term well after COVAIDS.
minus-squarecalliope@retrolemmy.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·edit-27 months agoI very clearly remember it from before then. I was like “zoomer, that’s a stupid name” prior to the pandemic. It’s actually why I’m here, because it had never once occurred to me that it could relate to Zoom, because “zoomer” predates Zoom being used by gen z
They were called that before covid, I think it’s just gen z+boomer
This is correct.
It came into popularity beginning in 2018. Wikipedia.
I only started hearing the term well after COVAIDS.
I very clearly remember it from before then. I was like “zoomer, that’s a stupid name” prior to the pandemic.
It’s actually why I’m here, because it had never once occurred to me that it could relate to Zoom, because “zoomer” predates Zoom being used by gen z