Is it any wonder Gen Z has embraced dark, gallows humour?
Within the indifferent irony, destructive memes and satirical tweets lies an authoritative psychological method of comfort
Generation Z
A sick joke is being played on all of us – we’re being infantilised by convenience tech
Shortcuts are no harm occasionally. But when we shortcut everything, what do we lose?
Words and phrases of 2025: Romo, forked, grey rocking and the Gen Z stare
Did you ‘floodlight’ on a first date? Were you ‘aura farming’ on Instagram? Some terms, once heard, couldn’t be unheard
Don’t blame Gen Z, ‘financial flexing’ is nothing new
Social media has only increased the pressure to flaunt spending, but there is an alternative
No generation is the best. None is the worst. We are all great. We are all appalling
Alpha, beta, boomers, Joneses: confusion reigns about the ‘gen’ paramaters, never mind which is the greatest
Younger people have taken control of their finances, for better and worse
Investing from your phone has brought great advantages, but pitfalls too
Does a Pacino-De Niro bromance ad contain the seeds of a cure for male loneliness?
With their depictions of fun buddy bonding – harking back to a time before technology swallowed communication – Madison Avenue is modelling the sort of friendships that are waning in society
The vibes-based politics that elected Catherine Connolly are powerful, but ultimately empty
Can she be president for voters who stayed at home as well as those who came out to vote in protest?
No, Lily Allen, we were never meant to know this much about one another
The centuries-deep tradition of the artist trading in metaphor is gone, as Allen breezily lyricises about her infidelitous husband’s bag of sex toys
The world of work is absurd. Take the Irish legal profession for example …
Acknowledging the strange nature of work, and injecting some humour, can improve our humour
Madagascar’s president has fled country following Gen Z protests, opponents say
Andry Rajoelina flown out of African country on Sunday by French military aircraft, says opposition leader
Morocco’s Gen Z protests: two dead and hundreds of arrests in clashes with police
Anger over poor healthcare and public spending on 2030 World Cup
Gen Z want managers to change the way we work
Young people value physical and mental health and personal development over career advancement according to recent reports
‘For millennials the biggest fantasy was threesomes. For Gen Z it’s monogamy’: Why young people are having less sex
Regardless of whether they are still at home, or in their own place, younger adults seem to be finding it harder to form long-term relationships
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