August 26th, 2009 / 10:45 pm
Snippets & Web Hype

The Guardian’s book blog calls us “Generation Zzz”

52 Comments

  1. reynard seifert

      sort of like it.

  2. reynard seifert

      sort of like it.

  3. reynard seifert

      but i’m also a journalist by trade and journalists like a lot of stupid shit. mumblecore, for instance.

  4. reynard seifert

      but i’m also a journalist by trade and journalists like a lot of stupid shit. mumblecore, for instance.

  5. Kevin O'Neill

      Generation :( made me cringe. His label should’ve used quotation marks.

      Also: “A generation gets the culture it deserves, and it’ll be interesting to see which blogging generation writers can make the leap from screen to page – and stay the distance.”

      The natural point here is maybe the “screen” is the appropriate culture, and that this might not be a bad thing.

  6. Kevin O'Neill

      Generation :( made me cringe. His label should’ve used quotation marks.

      Also: “A generation gets the culture it deserves, and it’ll be interesting to see which blogging generation writers can make the leap from screen to page – and stay the distance.”

      The natural point here is maybe the “screen” is the appropriate culture, and that this might not be a bad thing.

  7. Guardian reader

      generation zzz? flattering name. if i didn’t know better i’d say they’re not exactly fans.

  8. Guardian reader

      generation zzz? flattering name. if i didn’t know better i’d say they’re not exactly fans.

  9. Merzmensch

      Always these Generations…
      In last decades there were so many Generations, so perhaps we should use Kanji to be able to describe the futher generations. For example:
      Generation 怠 for “Lazy Generation”
      Generation 賢 for “Generation Wisdom”
      or just
      Generation 無 for “Generation Nothing”
      And hey, there are over 50.000 Kanjis out there, so I suppose, we are adequately supplied, at least for some decades.

  10. Merzmensch

      Always these Generations…
      In last decades there were so many Generations, so perhaps we should use Kanji to be able to describe the futher generations. For example:
      Generation 怠 for “Lazy Generation”
      Generation 賢 for “Generation Wisdom”
      or just
      Generation 無 for “Generation Nothing”
      And hey, there are over 50.000 Kanjis out there, so I suppose, we are adequately supplied, at least for some decades.

  11. gene

      but seriously though, best thing about that blog post, in the comments section:

      “In Iceland that generation (to which I belong) has been saddled with the moniker krúttkynslóðin which translates to the cutiepie generation. People that Anglophones would refer to as hipsters are called krútt, i.e. cutiepies.”

  12. gene

      but seriously though, best thing about that blog post, in the comments section:

      “In Iceland that generation (to which I belong) has been saddled with the moniker krúttkynslóðin which translates to the cutiepie generation. People that Anglophones would refer to as hipsters are called krútt, i.e. cutiepies.”

  13. Justin Taylor

      I just think it’s amazing that someone wrote a compare&contrast piece wherein Douglas Coupland was the “good guy.” Don’t see that one every day.

  14. Justin Taylor

      I just think it’s amazing that someone wrote a compare&contrast piece wherein Douglas Coupland was the “good guy.” Don’t see that one every day.

  15. PHM

      The world is a vampire.

  16. Bill Ford

      He has a very good point. Lot of technically sophisiticated writers out there that are awfully boring.

  17. PHM

      The world is a vampire.

  18. Bill Ford

      He has a very good point. Lot of technically sophisiticated writers out there that are awfully boring.

  19. johnny

      That guys a twit but he’s on point about summya starring too longly at auto-feedback.

  20. johnny

      That guys a twit but he’s on point about summya starring too longly at auto-feedback.

  21. Catherine Lacey

      That is the best best best. I vote for a name change to CUTIEPIEgiant.

  22. Catherine Lacey

      That is the best best best. I vote for a name change to CUTIEPIEgiant.

  23. Catherine Lacey

      I totally agree that he’s actually right-on about a some of it… I like what one of their commenters said though:

      “Surely the Culture a new generation gets, by and large, is the one it inherits from previous generations.

      “The current generation of teens have inherited a culture where every institution has been systematically eroded and brought into disrepute – where few people have any trust in politicians, the media, the law – where those whose purpose is to help (the NHS, Social Workers, the Police etc) are regularly and publically vilified – where the Value of an individual is increasingly judged in monetary terms.

      “They have been treated like glorified consumer units since their earliest years -encouraged to compete with their peers in how they dress, what games they play, what films they’ve seen, what they listen to, what celebrity they dress like, what technology they own – All dictated by the Media and Advertisers.

      “So now they’re breaking away, finding new ways of using technology and they’re doing it so quickly that the media can’t keep up – and it worries the hell out of advertisers.”

  24. Catherine Lacey

      I totally agree that he’s actually right-on about a some of it… I like what one of their commenters said though:

      “Surely the Culture a new generation gets, by and large, is the one it inherits from previous generations.

      “The current generation of teens have inherited a culture where every institution has been systematically eroded and brought into disrepute – where few people have any trust in politicians, the media, the law – where those whose purpose is to help (the NHS, Social Workers, the Police etc) are regularly and publically vilified – where the Value of an individual is increasingly judged in monetary terms.

      “They have been treated like glorified consumer units since their earliest years -encouraged to compete with their peers in how they dress, what games they play, what films they’ve seen, what they listen to, what celebrity they dress like, what technology they own – All dictated by the Media and Advertisers.

      “So now they’re breaking away, finding new ways of using technology and they’re doing it so quickly that the media can’t keep up – and it worries the hell out of advertisers.”

  25. Joseph

      I’ll go with reynard with “sort of like it”

      while those people, others, myself, et al and etc does some of the things described and subsequently shit on (publicizing one another, publishing one another)

      who does not? It’s much more self involved to claim that one is above such activity.

  26. Joseph

      I’ll go with reynard with “sort of like it”

      while those people, others, myself, et al and etc does some of the things described and subsequently shit on (publicizing one another, publishing one another)

      who does not? It’s much more self involved to claim that one is above such activity.

  27. Lily

      cutiepiegiant. love it.

  28. Lily

      cutiepiegiant. love it.

  29. joeseife

      –“The Guardian’s book blog calls us “Generation Zzz””

      Eh, what’s with this ‘us’ stuff? The ‘us’ in question is basically Muumuu Hse and its cronies. “Us”. Is this subliminal advertising or what? Tao should just cough up the $225.

  30. joeseife

      –“The Guardian’s book blog calls us “Generation Zzz””

      Eh, what’s with this ‘us’ stuff? The ‘us’ in question is basically Muumuu Hse and its cronies. “Us”. Is this subliminal advertising or what? Tao should just cough up the $225.

  31. Joseph

      and that too ^

  32. Joseph

      and that too ^

  33. Catherine Lacey

      I think the article implicated the youngish American internet literary scene in general… whether or not the writer was right to lump us all in one category is certainly up for debate, but we’re certainly a part of the mostly 20-somethings writing and reading stuff on the internet.

      Really, I was just rabble-rousing, though. Us, them, you, Tao & co. To others it might seem like we’re part of the “co.” But yeah, Tao should give us money.

  34. Catherine Lacey

      I think the article implicated the youngish American internet literary scene in general… whether or not the writer was right to lump us all in one category is certainly up for debate, but we’re certainly a part of the mostly 20-somethings writing and reading stuff on the internet.

      Really, I was just rabble-rousing, though. Us, them, you, Tao & co. To others it might seem like we’re part of the “co.” But yeah, Tao should give us money.

  35. joeseife

      Yeah. Pay up, Tao.

  36. joeseife

      Yeah. Pay up, Tao.

  37. Janey Smith

      Zzzzz.

  38. Janey Smith

      Zzzzz.

  39. Derek

      zzzfish is conzidering submizzionz from genzzz:
      http://zzzfish.com/

      (though I’m still on the road and am way behind on reading…)

  40. Derek

      zzzfish is conzidering submizzionz from genzzz:
      http://zzzfish.com/

      (though I’m still on the road and am way behind on reading…)

  41. Nathan (Nate) Tyree

      Despite all my rage

  42. Nathan (Nate) Tyree

      Despite all my rage

  43. Nathan (Nate) Tyree

      Some people who hang out here (well, me anyway) are part of Gen X (a stupid term). I’m not sure how a ‘generation’ is defined, but it seems odd that since my generation was named, there seem to have been five more generations and I’m only 35…

      Oh, and Tao should pay up

  44. Nathan (Nate) Tyree

      Some people who hang out here (well, me anyway) are part of Gen X (a stupid term). I’m not sure how a ‘generation’ is defined, but it seems odd that since my generation was named, there seem to have been five more generations and I’m only 35…

      Oh, and Tao should pay up

  45. Ross Brighton

      Seconded.

  46. Ross Brighton

      Seconded.

  47. Jonny Ross

      what is lost can never be saved

  48. Jonny Ross

      what is lost can never be saved

  49. Zip

      LITTLE LIFE IN ZZZ; I AGREE, FELLOW TRAVELLER

  50. Zip

      THIS POST IS FAMOUS

      ZZZ’S EVERYWHERE! ZIP APPROVEZZZZ

  51. Zip

      LITTLE LIFE IN ZZZ; I AGREE, FELLOW TRAVELLER

  52. Zip

      THIS POST IS FAMOUS

      ZZZ’S EVERYWHERE! ZIP APPROVEZZZZ