Uri@infosec.pub to Gen-Z@piefed.worldEnglish · 10 days agoPeople call us Zoomer but I hate Zoom and never used itmessage-squaremessage-square18linkfedilinkarrow-up129arrow-down12
arrow-up127arrow-down1message-squarePeople call us Zoomer but I hate Zoom and never used itUri@infosec.pub to Gen-Z@piefed.worldEnglish · 10 days agomessage-square18linkfedilink
minus-squareMugita Sokio@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down1·10 days agoI think the term Zoomer was given because of the fact that people used Zoom for virtual learning (of which I hated school in general).
minus-squareidiomaddict@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·9 days agoThey were called that before covid, I think it’s just gen z+boomer
minus-squarecalliope@retrolemmy.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·9 days agoThis is correct. It came into popularity beginning in 2018. Wikipedia.
minus-squareMugita Sokio@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·9 days agoI only started hearing the term well after COVAIDS.
minus-squarecalliope@retrolemmy.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·edit-29 days 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
minus-squareEphera@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·10 days agoYeah, although I think, it only got as popular, because it sounds like “boomer”.
I think the term Zoomer was given because of the fact that people used Zoom for virtual learning (of which I hated school in general).
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
Yeah, although I think, it only got as popular, because it sounds like “boomer”.