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Something this 32-year-old Millennial has been wondering for the past 15 years since I first took notice of this avocado toast genre of journalism crossposted to places like Metafilter: does the NYT only cover intergenerational conflict within the confines of ultra-trendy startups? I can't relate to any of these people nor could I imagine myself or my collegues at any of the places I've worked across the country ever engaging in any of these conversations.

For the record, most of the 37-year-olds I know who didn't go to work in comp sci, engineering, trades, or medical device sales have been in more or less the same sort of career purgatory since 2009 that Gen Z can look forward to in their immediate future. In a way I envy them because they get to skip the emotional rollercoaster of starting from a position of hope and lofty expectations. I think.

I know for sure that the 59-year-old executives calling the shots at the biotech company I work for aren't afraid of the 37-year-olds or the 23-year-olds, as it's long been made clear that everyone is equally disposable.

[evocatus]

It's the New York Times, an esteemed institution in the advertising industry. I'm sure they have done their journalistic due diligence in accurately representing the myriad of individual opinions and zeitgeist of these broad demographic groups.

They are after all a left-leaning publication, and thus are woke to the dangers of making overly broad generalizations.