5 : " My brother got a doctor ’s recommendation to go out of doors more often . They are so invested in electronics , that they are being told to tinct locoweed by aesculapian master . "

Recently, we spoke at length about the differences between Gen Z’ers and older generations, but I feel like their younger siblings, Gen Alpha, were left out of the conversation.

So, IaskedGen Z’ers in theBuzzFeed Communityto share how they differ from Gen Alpha, and the responses were wayyy more dystopian than I thought they’d be. Here’s what they said:

1.“I’m solidly Gen Z and both of my younger siblings are Gen Alpha. I think the main, defining difference is HOW technology has changed us.”

" For Gen Z , it made us socially conscious , connected , and globally cognisant . For Gen Alpha , it made them self - centered and unaware of anything except their own experience . Both generations have genial health result like anxiety and depression , but Gen Z has support system , online and in person , to combat that . Gen Alpha is growing up lonely and isolated . I honestly pity them . "

— minicrab19

2.“I am an older Gen Z, 26 years old, and I remember having ACTUAL textbooks in school. Nowadays, almost EVERYTHING to do with education requires a tablet or laptop.”

— stephh

3.“The things I had when I was younger were very unfashionable, but it worked.”

" Now , everything is about how it look , if it ’s cool . There [ are ] eight - year - old dressing like masses my age and it ’s absolutely wild . "

— slytree10

4.“My cousin is Gen Alpha (nine) and I see her slowly giving into the beauty standards that hold me and some many other teens in their grasp.”

" It do me deplorable for her and her genesis , that at such a youthful old age she wears makeup every 24-hour interval and worries about her system of weights . It is like those 10 - year - old Sephora kids . Why are they using $ 100 skin care ? I started with litterally only a cleansing rub at years 11 . I just feel so pitiful that this is happening . "

— puppylover61009

5.“My brother got a doctor’s recommendation to go outside more often. They are so invested in electronics, that they are being told to touch grass by medical professionals.”

— bittercaptain24

6.“My brother (who is eight right now, obviously Gen Alpha) came home and told me that ONE OF HIS CLASSMATES BROUGHT A VAPE TO SCHOOL.”

" The teacher attach it , of class . Keep in judgement , this classmate comes from an upper - class family ; his dada is a doctor , and his mommy is a apothecary . I could n’t trust it ! How is an 8 - year - old , A THRID GRADER , bringing a nicotine machine to schooltime ? ? I implore he gets better or something cause that ’s gaga . "

— Anonymous

7.“My brother is an asshole. He thinks he’s that guy because my parents think he needs to be protected from hearing things that aren’t glowingly positive.”

8.“Gen Alpha just needs a reality check.”

" You ’re not go to go anywhere if you do n’t graduate high school day . You ca n’t get a Book of Job or an internship if you do n’t at least have a high school diploma . Or maybe these kids really want to do nothing in life . I do n’t recognize . "

9.“I don’t know about everyone, but in my experience, Gen Z loves seeing someone when they are talking, whether it is Facetime, sending photos through text, or face-to-face.”

" I prefer to talk to someone in person any day . Gen Alpha relies on their phones for any fundamental interaction , even in somebody . "

10.“My two younger siblings (both Gen Alpha) are constantly focused on ‘finding themselves’, as they call it.”

" They ’re constantly look for ways to give themselves a sense of purpose . "

" For example , my baby asked my parents to corrupt her a Stanley Cup when they became popular . She use a long ton of skincare product almost every day . She also recently asked to go toTaylor Swift ’s lastEras Tourconcert . She was very thwarted when my parent said no ( too expensive and far off ) . She had n’t say anything about want to go before . She has a ally who is going , and I think my sister might ’ve just want to go with her . My sis is a expectant person and I really hope that she follows the trend that SHE really wants to come . I would hate to see her get force into liking something and have to pretend to be someone she ’s not . "

12.“My brother is a textbook iPad kid. He is on a device almost always.”

" He also has an iPad , computer , PlayStation 4 , andNintendo Switch . He is so addicted to his devices that it ’s scary . My parent have all give up and I have to address with his literal machine addiction . His lifetime is so lamentable . "

13.“I know that as an older Gen Z born in ‘99, there was still not a lot of internet exposure and social media as a very young kid. We didn’t really have phones until we were in high school, usually, and I feel like a majority of the people at school had somewhat of an attention span.”

" I ’ve seen some of the younger Gen Alpha , and they have no social skills and no tending pair to pay aid to what people are saying because they are so glued to the tablet . And I feel like we really touched pasturage because we know how to entertain ourselves outside . "

— Azazel

14.“Back in my day, the cool girls wore sparkly sequined shirts. Now, everyone in that age group wants to wear the same things as teenagers and young adults, which is fine, but it is definitely very different.”

" Also , the lexicon they use is demented ! What does skibidi even intend ? "

15.“We were in a parking lot in Costco when I remembered the old McDonald’s mascot, Ronald McDonald, and wondered why McDonald’s discontinued him. I mentioned this to my mom and my siblings looked at each other with confusion and asked who Ronald was. My. Heart. Dropped.”

" They have ABSOLUTELY NO MEMORY OF RONALD MCDONALD THE CLOWN AND BARELY think THE MCDONALDS PLAYGROUNDS THAT SHAPED US SO EARLY ON . "

16.“She’s nine-years-old and a Sephora kid!! She’s obsessed with skincare and buys it with her birthday money.”

" One metre we went to the mall and were in Sephora because my mammy had to get something , and my sister huckster a fit because my mommy would n’t purchase her Drunk Elephant bronze drops or the $ 40 Sol de Janeiro ! "

17.“My sister is always on her iPad. Always. Constantly. She doesn’t do anything educational, just watches YouTube every minute she’s not at school. She’s parented by the internet.”

" She whines when recount to get off for a few minute . I ca n’t say I have the goodish human relationship with technology , but I have my hobbies and a lot of the time , I ’m playing a game or at least something to keep my brain working . Whenever she is recite to do something , she whines that she “ does n’t have it off how to do it . ” She ’ll do that as many sentence as she ’s asked to do it and whenever she ’s corrected , she just starts sobbing . There is no emotional regulation whatsoever . My family defends her to no end . She ’s return totally from before she had unlimited access to a pill . I feel sorry for her when she hits the substantial world . "

18.“One thing I’ve noticed is how out of touch they are, just in general.”

" I spend my loose sentence scan alfresco or listening to music , but I have a Gen Alpha full cousin who wheeled his gaming chair out to the table for Christmas dinner . I have champion who all played cookery shows alfresco with sticks and leaves , but Gen Alpha can only relate through technology . I have also seen so many Gen Alpha child impinge on their parent in populace ( which shocks me ) and I would have never even dared ! "

19.“I’m Gen Z. My sister is a Gen Alpha, and me and her don’t act very similarly. My Gen Alpha sibling thinks the expensive stuff is best, but I will take whatever works.”

— peacefulphone65

20.“I have a Gen Alpha sister. She has grown up with so much more pressure on how she looks and how she must act that she has begun reshaping her entire self to fit into these ever-tightening standards.”

" When I was youthful I had none of these pressures and it ’s sad to see her this way . "

— acidicadmiral98

21.“I’m Gen Z. For me, it’s been how much they use technology.”

" Back in halfway schoolhouse , no one kick when they had to put their speech sound in their pouch to pay aid ; now , third graders will throw a burst and begin a fight if you even ask them to put their phones down in schooltime ! "

— datmang010

22.And finally, “My sister is Gen Alpha and she’ll watch TV with an iPad and game on a console at the same time.”

— redpanda01

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