IMillennials ayibonakali ngathi ibambe ikhefu. Ukuba asikho ukwahlula iinwele zethu ngokungalunganga okanye ukuba cheugy , ke sichitha imali eninzi kakhulu kwi-avocado toast okanye ukwenza iimpazamo zobudlelwane obukhulu . Kwicala eliqaqambileyo, ubuncinci sonke sikuyo kunye. Okanye mhlawumbi akunjalo. Ngokucacileyo asinakuphinda sikhuphe ezi zono zinkulu kwisizukulwana siphela; endaweni yoko le ngqungquthela ye-pet-doting, i-Crocs-doubting kunye ne-gym-devoted people iye yahlula-hlulwa yaba yi-micro-generations. Ngaba wazalwa phakathi kuka-1980 no-1985? Halala, uneminyaka eliwaka leminyaka.
Ayicacanga ngokuchanekileyo apho igama elithi geriatric millennial lavela khona, kodwa ukwanda kwalo mva nje kokuthandwa livela kwinqaku elinesihloko esithi, Kutheni iHybrid Workforce yeKamva ixhomekeke 'kwiGeriatric Millennial ibhalwe ngu Erica Dhawan for Medium. Kwiqhekeza, uDhawan uxoxa ukuba imileniyam endala ifaneleke kakhulu ukukhokela abasebenzi be-hybridi, njengoko ikuphela kwesizukulwana esinokuqonda okubanzi kwedijithali kunye nehlabathi le-analog.
Iminyaka eyi-Geriatric millennials inokufunda i-subtext ye-SMS kanye njengoko banokuthatha ukuthandabuza komxhasi kwimbonakalo yobuso babo ngexesha lentlanganiso yomntu, uDhawan ubhala. Ababazi ubuchwephesha okanye baxakeke kakhulu kubo kangangokuba i-voicemail ibangela uloyiko.
Iindaba ezimnandi ezingakumbi: UDhawan uphawula ukuba ezinye zezona CEO ziphumeleleyo ehlabathini yiminyaka eyiwaka, kuquka u-Alexis Ohanian wakwaReddit, uBrian Chesky wakwa-Airbnb kunye noRent the Runway's uJennifer Fleiss.
Kodwa ukuba awukaqinisekanga ukuba ufanelekile kwi-demographic yeminyaka eyi-geriatric-umhla wokuzalwa ugwetywe-ke uvumele olu luhlu lweempawu ezingezantsi ukuba zikuqinisekise. (Kwaye ukuba ikwenza uzive ngcono, kukho ukutyhala ukuze ubuyisele igama imileniyam enamasizini. )
Nye. Ubune hotmail, yahoo okanye AOL email idilesi. (Kwaye ibiyi ez2luv29@hotmail.com)
Mbini. Uziva ukhululekile ngokulinganayo ukwenza ugcino lwesidlo sangokuhlwa usebenzisa uRezy njengoko ufowunela indawo yokutyela kwaye uthetha nomntu wokwenyani.
3. Wenze iiteyiphu ezixubeneyo (ezidla ngokuqulatha aBoys II Men kunye noMariah Carey).
Isine. Eyona njongo yakho ebomini yayikukuhamba ngenye imini ukuya kwisiXeko saseNew York ukuze ukwazi ukuma ngaphandle kweeMTV TRL kunye neCarson Daily.
5. Akunjalo nje uyazi ukuba yeyiphi indlu yaseHogwarts ongowayo, kodwa ibandakanyiwe kwi-Twitter bio yakho.
6. Uyazi ukuba yintoni i icon yokugcina kwikhompyuter yakho ibhekisa kuyo. (Ingcebiso: Yidiski yefloppy kwaye ngokuqinisekileyo uyisebenzise enye.)
7. Isandi sengxolo emhlophe elandelwa zii-ding-ding-dings ezintathu ezincinci ezaziwa ngokuba yi-dial-up internet ikwenza uzive ushushu kwaye ufuze ngaphakathi.
8. Kodwa ke uyakhumbula ukuba kwakucaphukisa kangakanani xa umama wakho esemnxebeni ukuze ungakwazi ukusebenzisa i-intanethi.
9. Imicu yeListerine. Yiyo yonke.
10. Usayikhumbula iMotrola Razr yakho...
Shumi elinanye. ...Ibiluphuculo olukhulu olusuka kwi-beeper yakho. (Aka ngumbhalo wokuqala.)
12. Uyayixabisa indlela ekulula ngayo ukuthoba ifestile yemoto yakho kwezi ntsuku (konke oko kukruneka ibikukuzilolonga kwengalo yokwenyani).
13. Usacaphukile ngelo xesha elinye ubungama-98 ekhulwini ngokukhuphela ingoma eNapster emva koko umama wakho wathatha ifowuni.
14. Ubusuku bangoLwesihlanu buthetha enye yezinto ezimbini—ukubukela TGIF okanye ukuchitha iiyure eBlockbuster uzama ukugqiba ukuba yeyiphi imovie oza kuyirenta.
Shumi elinantlanu. Ewe, uthatha ifowuni yakho uhambe nayo yonke indawo kodwa ubuncinci uyibeke ijonge ezantsi xa ukwindawo yokutyela.
16. Eyona nto uyisebenzisa rhoqo i-emoji yi-emoji ekhalayo ehlekayo. ( Musa nje ukuyithumela kwi-Gen Z umntu. )
17. Uyalixabisa inqaku elibhalwe ngesandla (uqikelela ukuba yonke loo minyaka yokubhala iileta kumhlobo wakho osenyongweni kwinkampu yasehlotyeni ihlawulwe ngokwenene).
18. Unombulelo ongazenzisiyo ukuba amajelo eendaba ezentlalo ayengekho xa wawuselula, hleze ihlabathi lonke likwazi malunga nokuthanda kwakho i-JTT okanye iinzame zakho zokudanisa kwi-BSB.
19. Ufumana iTikTok...kodwa ubhidekile ngeTwitch.
Amashumi amabini. Xa ungakhange uqhagamshelane nomhlobo wakho kangangexesha elithile, ubatsalela umnxeba.
amashumi amabini ananye. Libala iiveki ezimbini-ukudlala iNyoka kwiNokia yakho yayiyeyona nto imnandi kakhulu.
22. Unqwenela ukuba uZach Morris kunye noLisa Turtle babe ngabahlobo bakho, kwaye abakwaWalshes yayilusapho lwakho.
23. Awusenayo i-voicemail kwifowuni yakho kodwa usazikhumbula iiyure ezininzi wena kunye nomntu ohlala naye enizichithe nisenza umyalezo ogqibeleleyo kwifowuni yakho yegumbi lekholeji.
24. Uya kuyeka ukunxiba iijini ezibhityileyo xa bezixobula kumzimba wakho obandayo nofileyo.
25. Ucaphukile kakhulu kumhlobo wakho othumele eli nqaku kuwe (um, ubunethemba lokuba likhonkco leZillow kwindlu ongenakukwazi ukuyihlawula).
ENXULUMENEYO: Kukho iiyantlukwano ezi-2 ezinkulu phakathi kwemitshato ye-Millennial kunye ne-Boomer (Kwaye into enye ebenza ukuba bafane *Kakhulu*)
