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I’m a millennial who was aware of all the things you said we were ignorant of. Also, I was an adult when Columbine happened.
Good. Now look at the rest of this thread downstream. Plenty of people talking about how "peaceful" the 90s were as if they didn't live in that era.
I stand by what I said. Millennials largely were ignorant of world events before 9/11 and the overall explosion of information the internet afforded us. Meanwhile, GenZ always lived in post 9/11 world AND always had information at their fingertips.
Nerds weren't celebrated back in the 90s. If you knew too much back then (or showed that you knew too much), people would look at you funny and bully you. Today, knowledge is more generally appreciated.
Well, those people are wrong. They may have felt that way, based on their own experiences and perspectives, but they can’t speak for the entire generation. None of us can.