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About
#This Generation is a parody photoshop fad based on a series of images created by Ajit Johnson Nirmal that illustrate the current generation’s dependence on technology. The series was criticised for being seen as a criticism for being born on a wrong generation.
Origin
The first images were created by London-based artist Ajit Johnson,[1] where he illustrates the techological depence of the current generation. The images were featured on the website Distractify on March 31st, 2015,[2] and on Johnson’s tumblr, getting over 140,000 notes in a week.[7]
Spread
On April 6th, 2015, user MERYLimPeril uploaded to Imgur a variant of the image featuring diverse words and changing the bottom line for #YOURGeneration. On two days, the image recieved -8 points.[8]
Criticism
Johnson’s campaign has been seen criticised for the believe it was a generational criticism against the current generation. On April 7th, tumblr user in shepard we trust uploaded a version of the images that parodies the image series by claiming technology is bad (shown bellow), getting over 22,000 notes on a day.[9]
Various Examples
Search Interest
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External References
[1]Facebook – Ajit Johnson Nirmal
[2]Distractify – Brutally Honest Posters About This Generation’s Tech Addiction
[3]Tumblr – Search for this generation
[4]Twitter – Search for #thisgeneration
[5]Vine – Tagged #thisgeneration
[6]Instagram – Tagged #thisgeneration
[7]Tumblr – This Generation – Ajit Johnson
[8]Imgur – #YOURGeneration
[9]Tumblr – This generation