If you looked at collages of photos of the "older brother core" aesthetic, you'd get a pretty close approximation to my lifestyle. Even though I fit really heavily with this, I'm a bit too old to really identify with it. It doesn't really feel like a modern lifestyle more than it does if you gave NostalgiaCore a caffeine addiction. I tried finding something in that realm of "POV: Your Gen X parent is blasting Hair/Heavy Metal in the car while you ride in the back seat" vibe, but for the late Millennial-early Gen Z. As bands like Linkin Park, Green Day, Powerman 5000, Blink-182, and such become the new "dad rock", I decided to use a new term, "Zillennial Dad Core". Zillennial Dad Core is like if you took older brother core, gave it a full-time job, a wife and kids, and all the BS of modern life. He works a shit corporate job, flips off a cybertruck every chance he gets, and goes home to play on a PS2 with his kid(s). It's the guy who's playing Need for Speed Underground while their kid…
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