Is youth wasted on the young? Should we respect our elders? Are popular opinions amongst different age groups really that polarising? GEN TALKS digs into the generation divide by giving a rotating set of Gen Z, Millennial, and Gen X representatives a chance to explain themselves.
This month, we’re talking hedonism, or, more specifically, who can afford to be hedonistic. Much has been said about Gen Z drinking and going out less, but a tweet that recently did the rounds—amassing 1.2m views and nearly 20k likes asks—“if the notorious Gen Z puritanism thing is less an organic social shift and more them being priced out of hedonism. Four pints and a pack of cigarettes is £50 now.” We put the question to our Gen Z reps to find out if there’s any truth to it.
