u/Efficient_Resource15

To be honest as someone that is born in '98 I can say i grew up with a lot millennial stuff.

I find a lot more common ground with millennials than I do with most of gen Z(atleast late millennials, I don't claim to be similar to 80s ones, they are different breed and too far away from me to associate, though they seem like nice people)

I am born in 1998 and I am from Romania(I think this also is worth mentioning since eastern europe/the balkans area generally was a few years behind for a while)

the early 2000s here still kinda felt like the late 90s in the west.

I grew up with the first 2 pokemon series, the original yugioh, played a lot outside and while tech was present I only used it in the form of my pc and ps2 which i'd play on when i'd get home.

played the original god of war games, the first few Assassins Creed games which are my favorites, the first far cry, and watched naruto.

I watched the X-men and Spiderman animated series from the 90s.

I caught properly the emo trend and even was confused for a emo due to the fact that my hair is very dark and think and would let it pretty long.

the first time I used a smartphone was around the time when I was in highschool.

I like reading and have read many books.

I don't really understand a lot of gen Z terminology and trends and easily get confused.

I used Yahoo messenger.

I still own and use facebook and got instagram later on.

a lot of the music I like is rock and pop from the 90s and 2000s( soundgarden, Linkin Park, Breaking Benjamin, Slipknot etc, though Metallica and Scorpions are my favorite bands and those are even older).

I dress according to people pretty millennial like if the conversation ever comes to that, I don't have anything gen Z related about me in terms of clothing.

are my experiences and my life more millennial like and it makes sense that I feel closer to that or is it not the case?

Whenever I hear people talking about Gen Z or trying to stereotype them I never feel part of the discussion despite my birth year being within the category technically.