Rant/Hot Take: 2008 is THE most gatekept birthyear in the subreddit.
You know what? I have been giving us the benefit of the doubt in the past saying that we weren’t gatekept as much anymore, but I was wrong. I say we are the #1 most gatekept birthyear in this subreddit, because tell me why someone saying “2008 borns are the first iPad kids” is THE MOST UPVOTED COMMENT ON THAT POST, while 2008 borns ALWAYS get downvoted for defending themselves. We are also constantly kicked out of Gen Z by older members, and we are always getting the finger pointed at us and blamed for damn near all the gatekeeping that happens. People always put us at the first of all their ranges for little to no reason, the cutoff is always 2008 for some reason. They also act like we have no memory of the 1st half of the 2010s.
You know what? I have been giving us the benefit of the doubt in the past saying that we weren’t gatekept as much anymore, but I was wrong. I say we are the #1 most gatekept birthyear in this subreddit, because tell me why someone saying “2008 borns are the first iPad kids” is THE MOST UPVOTED COMMENT ON THAT POST, while 2008 borns ALWAYS get downvoted for defending themselves. We are also constantly kicked out of Gen Z by older members, and we are always getting the finger pointed at us and blamed for damn near all the gatekeeping that happens. People always put us at the first of all their ranges for little to no reason, the cutoff is always 2008 for some reason. They also act like we have no memory of the 1st half of the 2010s.