"Tianfu Morning Post": The 80s and 90s generations爆发 a PK online war

"Post-80s": Quite disdainfully think that the performance of "post-90s" is very naive. "You should go back and study hard, this is the right way. You play non-mainstream, have parties, pretend to be stupid, how can your parents bear it?"

"Post-90s": Then "tearfully accuse" "post-80s" and more adults who rely on their age to control mainstream media, bully the young; "post-80s" secretly envy and jealousy "post-90s"'s superior life in their hearts, "our 'decadence' and 'melancholy' are the expressions of freedom and creativity, you will never understand. Martian language is also Chinese characters, even if you can't read it, there's nothing you can do about it, we don't want you to understand anyway."

Trigger netizens satirize "non-mainstream"

Netizen "stupid dad" made a 16-minute anti-non-mainstream video, which was broadcast on a video website. The video interspersed serious interviews and "expert" opinions, humorously explained non-mainstream in detail and depth, ended with an original rap, extremely ironic and critical, resonating with many netizens.

Number of plays: 40020

Cheering

"Post-90s" incapable...

Another video named "Post-80s Bourgeoisie Laughing at 'Your Whole Family Are Non-Mainstream'" appeared. In the video, a self-proclaimed "post-80s" "elder sister" who didn't show her face and was only wrapped in a white towel educated the "post-90s" non-mainstream with her own experiences: "You don't even have the ability to influence society, why do you say you are non-mainstream?"

Number of plays: 164443

Counterattack

"Post-80s" are jealous

A few days later, another video titled "Non-Mainstream New Social Elite Counterattacks 'Post-80s' Wrapped-Up Woman" appeared, countering the criticism of the "post-80s" wrapped-up woman. A self-proclaimed "post-90s" girl kululu spoke in front of the camera: "Non-mainstream stepped on your tail? To be honest, every era has such people who secretly envy and admire the superior life of the next generation while hoping for chaos..." This video caused more people to react negatively towards non-mainstream.

Number of plays: 512404

Comments: 35926

Street fight

Mutual insults and curses as "brain-dead garbage"

On March 30th, netizen "Crazy Blood" uploaded a video on a video website to counterattack the "post-90s" non-mainstream girl. In the video, she refuted kululu's views one by one like a machine gun. After this video was uploaded, it was strongly supported by "post-80s" netizens and heavily criticized by "post-90s", escalating the battle again, with related comments reaching 45,000. On April 5th, someone posted on the NetEase forum - "Protest: Saying We 'Post-90s' Are Non-Mainstream? Brain-Dead Style? 'Post-80s' Are Garbage." Within a day, the click rate exceeded 10,000 and was listed as the top post on the forum, escalating the argument again.

This "battle" had a wide impact, easily triggering mutual insults, cursing, and endless arguments between two generations of young people. Someone sighed in relief: "'Post-70s' are finally free, now it's the turn of 'post-80s' and 'post-90s' to fight." The criticism of non-mainstream has escalated to the debate between "post-80s" and "post-90s", rising to the discussion about each side's attitude towards life, ideals, and pursuits, such as which generation lacks taste, which generation is more absurd.

Characteristics of "Non-Mainstream"

Personal online space mostly uses black and red as the main color. Decorated dazzlingly.

The standing posture is uniformly "in-toed".

When taking photos, boys place their left hand palm inward, fingers apart, girls all wear big sunglasses, almost covering 3/4 of their face, like to pout, clench their hands into fists, and put them on their faces. Then process the face on the photo to be "zombie white", then draw an unnatural blush, and add a pink heart at the corner of the mouth.

The photos in the space, besides their own, are screenshots from Audition, or "non-mainstream photos" - mostly featuring men and women kissing or holding a cigarette that never burns out, or a bleeding arm as the theme, the music in the space must be very noisy DISCO music, the content of the diary must use some strange "Martian text" to replace normal Chinese characters.

■ Expert opinion

Hu Guangwei of the Provincial Academy of Social Sciences said, whether it's "post-80s", "post-90s", or us "post-50s", they are just terms and cannot be absolutely divided. A decade is an interval, each generation has many differences, different ideals, advantages, and disadvantages. Appropriate discussions on the Internet are fine, I think this form is still a good thing, but it should not escalate to insults and attacks, but rather calm and rational communication, tolerant treatment, and mutual understanding.

■ E-comment:

This dispute, which currently seems to have no end, boils down to being like two stubborn and capricious children who haven't grown up arguing, you pinch my hand, I slap you, then it gets real, developing into a "real gun and ammunition" attack. Is the generational gap between generations really so difficult to bridge? In this "battle", without tolerance, there is no winner, and for the onlookers, it is ultimately a farce.