#early gen z

[grangvr]

∂αρниє вℓαкє gιfѕ [ѕαяαн мι¢нєℓℓє gєℓℓαя] (ѕ¢σσву-∂σσ тнє мσνιє) 2002🐕💜

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[sequencer987]

I think what a lot of elder millennials and later Zoomers don’t understand about Jimmy Neutron is that it was a huge hit at the time. Like, it was massive.

A lot of them talk about Jimmy Neutron as though it were a weird fever dream that fell under the radar at the time, and it really wasn’t. Jimmy Neutron was legit one of the biggest Nicktoons of its day.

There were more Jimmy Neutron lunchboxes than Fairly Oddparents lunchboxes at my school. There were more Jimmy Neutron lunchboxes than AVATAR and DANNY PHANTOM lunchboxes. Its only peer was SpongeBob.

One of my friends’ parents literally made him a replica of Jimmy’s shirt with a spray paint stencil. Everyone knew who Goddard was. A friend of mine was fucking BULLIED for sharing a first name with Carl Weezer.

In particular, Jimmy Neutron was HUGE among Neurodivergent boys in the early 2000s. I was a special ed kid at the time, and ALL of us had at least one piece of Jimmy Neutron branded school supplies.

Even the fucking COOL KIDS were into it, though. The cast of Jimmy Neutron was AS recognizable as SpongeBob to most grade schoolers from 2003 - 2007. People knew who Nick, Cindy, Libby, and Sheen were.

I don’t say this to wag any fingers, I get how surreal the idea of that show being a cultural phenomenon is, but it legit was one.

[whinyvents]

As someone who spent the entirety of my secondary school years in special ed, I am tired of not being able to relate to others on the topic of "universal" british secondary school experiences.

So in attempt to combat feeling left out, I have come up with my own list of quintessential secondary school experiences.

2009-2014 british special ed secondary school culture is:

Weekly spelling tests. Every year.

Teachers assuming we would all be too clueless to figure out that every staff computer password was literally set to "password".

Sex education not technically being abstinence only, but still lowkey encouraging it by primarily focusing on the negative consequences of engaging in sexual activity, such as STIs and unwanted pregnancy.

Strict dress codes being easy to enforce when the total number of students was small enough for everyone to be noticed individually.

Feeling nervous (due to stigma) whenever someone you perceived as normal would ask you what school you went to.

Every student in the entire school having to appear on stage at least once for the Christmas production each year.

Missing out on the classic "you can achieve anything if you just work hard" speech. Some kids were even told that they would never achieve their dream jobs.

That one teacher (or teaching assistant) who openly disliked you.

Due to it being a male dominant environment, the most popular girls were usually "one of the guys".

Academic performance levels that would be considered failing grades in mainstream education actually being praised as high achievements when only slightly below average. (A personal example would be me getting a D in maths)

Those pencil packs with "100% Attendance" written on them being given as a reward at the end of each term to those who showed up every day. I would like to thank my strict mum for helping me win those pencils almost every term.

No PDA between couples allowed, not even hugging. (Although in my case they did eventually update this rule to allow holding hands as the exception)

A noticeable lack of sympathy from many teachers whenever someone had an emotional outburst in a situation that was actually distressing for them.

Years 7 and 8 still feeling like an extension of primary school.

The representation you lacked in fiction being made up for in documentaries your parents watched.

Everyone knowing everyone like they do in small villages.

Social skills classes taught with the implication that the objectively correct way to communicate is the neurotypical way.

Either getting pathologised for finding something difficult or told to stop making excuses. No in-between.

Those who were considered "high functioning" often trying to distance themselves from those who were more severely disabled. Despite not actually being very high functioning myself, I was still guilty of doing this multiple times and for that I am sorry.

[fiore244]

I think I’ve found one of the keys to a happy life and it’s not having/doing too much of everything.

Like it’s ok to not finish an assignment today you can come back to it tomorrow.

And having access to any song that I want will never compare to the joy of the times i had to ask for songs to be sent via Bluetooth as a teen.

[grangvr]

Early Gen Z (1996 -2003) were the last ones to have a childhood without social media😥🥺

the realization this brought me made me cry actual tears.. [not mine]

[kiotolynn-lyn]

fuck being 15 years old in 2023. i wanna be born between 1996 and 2004 in America, Spain, Norway or somewhere else. i wanna have such a memories as millenials or early gen z have. i wanna eat such a food like in the eraly 2000s. i wanna go to school in the yellow bus. i wanna live in a typical american town. i wanna be at a prom. i wanna do trick or treats at Halloween. i wanna eat american snacks. i wanna go to Walmart, Target, Costco. i wanna grow up without this much technology. i wanna watch movies on VHS. i wanna have a walkman. i wanna play with those video games. i wanna make Vine videos with my friends. i wanna be a tumblr girl

(sorry if i wrote something wrongly)

[generation-fucked-nostalgia]

[sweetfully]

12-3-2008

[grangvr]

∂αρниє вℓαкє ι¢σиѕ - ѕαяαн мι¢нєℓℓє gєℓℓαя (ѕ¢σσву-∂σσ тнє мσνιє - 2002)🐕💜

[softerhaze]

whoa! someone call the fire department, it's getting HOT in here

the face of a woman whose freak was thoroughly matched god bless

bonus bc this is just SO cute ;-; happy b-day ruthie!!

[vxmpire-vxlle]

[mgdln333]

[lilmissflower]

Tfw you were born in the 2000s 💜🎧🌈💖

[faunandfloraas]

seeing someone be like why is skz always on their phones in the bg of talkers and im like..... because they're in their 20s... and hanging out with fuckall to do.... in waiting rooms and hallways and shit....

[idontmindifuforgetme]

bro I hate when guys say anything about women's 'biological clock' like honey your sperm count is not gonna be the same either

NO SERIOUSLY…. I was so freaked out when he said that I was like no way this man is talking like this to me when I just graduated college like 2 seconds ago and have not seen much life at all and like want to be a doctor and actually foster my hobbies?????????? Before I think about raising someone’s spawn???????????????????