13 Wild Facts About Generation Alpha That'll Blow You Out Of The Water
As a "cheugy millennial who works at BuzzFeed," I cannot wait until Gen Alpha are old enough to start roasting Gen Z. We need revenge for Gen Z's brutal digs toward us, such as the following:
In the meantime, I've gathered some intel on Generation Alpha (half serious, half poking a little fun). Here's what I've learned:
1.According to mccrindle.com, Gen Alpha is considered to be anyone born between the years 2010 and 2024. And by the time they're all born in 2025, there will be almost 2 billion of them, making them "the largest generation in the history of the world." Here's a map that shows the countries where they had the largest birth cohort in 2020 (aka all the light blue ones):
Now that we've got the hard facts out of the way, let's move on to the cultural observations...
2. They protest on Roblox:
That’s Gen Alpha protesting virtually in an online game against israeli crimes in #Gaza, Palestine.This generation looks for the truth online, they will bankrupt all the major western media outlets. They don’t even know what a TV is. https://t.co/P58PtHHWoC
— Bayan 𓂆 (@BayanPalestine) October 25, 2023
3. They're next-level confident:
Let it be know that she’s a gen alpha https://t.co/c7xmeQuz1X
— 𝐉. (@billsandcoffee) November 1, 2023
I mean, look at this response:
4. "Ohio," "skibidi," and "gyatt" are slang words:
i still don’t understand how ohio is a gen alpha word along with skibidi and gyatt and whatever. like what is the context for just the name of a mid state being a slang word
— tori (@toritoribonito) October 27, 2023
5. Same with "fanum tax":
@FanumTV wtf pic.twitter.com/W94YTsdera
— trending topic 🦇 (@hunchogab) October 17, 2023
6. They think Sour Patch Kids are "too sour":
I had some trick-or-treaters refuse sour patch kids as “too sour,” so…not sure what to think of Gen Alpha.
— Amber Kennedy (@amberfi) October 31, 2023
7.They are addicted to the iPad:
8.They love Cocomelon:
9. The think everything is bussin':
Gen Alpha kid getting water bottle from trick or treating house: “man this water is bussin’”
— jason (e/💿🎛️🎚️🎚️🎛️💿) (@Jarsen) November 1, 2023
10. They don't remember Obama being elected:
This experience is the line draw between Gen Z and Gen Alpha https://t.co/t9diMSjsmK
— Monica Lambeau 🫧 (@monicalambeau) October 31, 2023
11. They watch and listen to things at 2x speed:
My gen alpha niece watches videos and listens to music at 2x speed
— ~yogu p~ (@yogurtpott) October 26, 2023
12. Their humor is very confusing:
gen alpha humor makes me feel like this like i understand all the words but they're not adding up to anything pic.twitter.com/giapNiSBYz
— ♡ ℓ𝖚ℓ𝖚 𝕝𝕒𝕝𝕒𓂃⊹ ❍｡ (@maiden_posting) November 2, 2023
13. And finally, in due time they'll be absolutely roasting Gen Z'ers:
so excited for gen alpha to destroy gen z in 3 years the way we destroyed millennials. “🥺 👉👈” will be to them what “smol bean” was to us. we will be utterly humiliated
— merzie (@theheckmouth) October 15, 2023
