Why do you think Millennials and Gen Z are so scared of aging?

[Deserter2]

It didn't seem to be as much of a concern for previous generations.

[NaultD]

Aging sneaks up on everyone. It's even worse with simple math and the year 2000, then having 9/11/2001 be a huge global disaster.

Wait a minute, you can legally drink and don't remember 9/11 or weren't born yet? Then I have enough patience to figure it out in two seconds, which is shocking. Once we get to the 2030s and 2040s, until the new millennium, we won't do the mental math and will be shocked at how time works on a daily basis.

[NathanDavis]

I'm sure it was... but previous generations didn't have the means to broadcast everything instantly and live... like the most recent generations are

[Account]

They weren't allowed to fully be children, they were brought up with a lot of anxiety that comes along with numerous traumas one of which is the need to stay still/idle/frozen in time because at some point time passes by incredibly fast in ways our brains can't process.

Add in the societal expectations of the fact that youthfulness is what is deemed accepted and admired.

[Anonymous]

Millennials are deprived of what we were promised would lead to a good life, so we work our entire primes to the bone just to live and know we will likely die poor.

Gen z because they spent so much time online they missed most of their youth

[Deserter2]

Probably, your looks cease to really matter once you're married and loved. Most of us don't have that nowadays

[Opinion Owner]

Even then, most marriages end in divorce anyways. So even at best circumstances, you'll likely end up poor and in love. Almost none will be truly long term successful and happy.

[Anonymous]

That's because of how overtly youth is romanticized by modern culture, social media and movies. There's a lot of ageism and discrimination and jokes towards older people. Once you're older, people act like you're no longer revelant and you have nothing to contribute to society anymore. People are pretty shallow. The younger, richer and prettier you are, the better you are treated by society

[NamerOfStars]

My older brother's high school graduation had every single instance of the word "graduation" replaced with "commencement", which is exactly the opposite of what a graduation is.

Older generations were, and are, so afraid of aging that they won't allow THE USE OF A WORD that means "ending", even in a context that has nothing to do with aging or mortality.

You can't pin this one on the Millennials.

[TheRealPepperPotts]

We are? :O