#this is just how gen z talks

[yokai-watch-npcs]

#yo-kai watch npcs #yo-kai watch #yokai watch #ykw #yo-kai watch 3 #ykw3 #harrisville #this is just how gen z talks

[littlemizzlinguistics]

Studying linguistics is actually so wonderful because when you explain youth slang to older professors, instead of complaining about how "your generation can't speak right/ you're butchering the language" they light up and go “really? That’s so wonderful! What an innovative construction! Isn't language wonderful?"

#linguistics #gen z slang #english #as people in the reblog pointed out! #most gen z slang comes from (or was appropriated from) aave #honestly I was just excited to talk about how people in my field actually get excited about non standard uses of English #instead of ridiculing speakers #and I tagged incorrectly and didn’t point out the very real issues of language and power and appropriation inherent in modern slang #in that much of it was appropriated #and even that which experiences language change in the wider culture still originated in aave #aave is just as linguistically valid as any other English dialect because it is a proper language #and the grammar is incredible!!! #habitual be is fantastic and an excellent example of how a richer case system or a certain case can render an adverb unnecessary #and the phonology is just beautiful #anyway I’m very sorry #I fucked up

[bucksangel]

really tired of seeing gen z on tiktok romanticizing and glorifying psych hospitals by calling them “vacations” and posting about how fun they are when in reality most hospitals will not let you have your phone, they don’t have fun group activities everyday, you don’t have your own room, you don’t get a three course meal etc.

and then i’ll see people come out of some hospitals being like “i was just having a silly little breakdown and people there were actually severely mentally ill?” like where do you think you are? you’re in a place designed to help severely mentally ill people and now you’re surprised that severely mentally ill people are there?

stop romanticizing psych hospitals. stop calling them ‘vacations’. stop making fun of people with debilitating disorders utilizing the facilities that are designed for them.

#not to say that people who are going through breakdowns don’t need the same help #i just see so many ignorant people talking about how fun they are #when they’re usually not #and yes i’m specifying gen z #anyway #mental health awareness #gen z #tiktok #psychiatry #𓆩♡𓆪 angel's thoughts 𓆩♡𓆪

[kezcore]

i hate to break it to you, millennials, but gen z does, in fact, know what dvds and cds are. we grew up with them. we grew up with a lot of stuff y'all obsess over, actually. not my fault all the tech companies collectively decided to get rid of dvd players

#you're not an elder you're 30 #ALSO: WE KNOW WHAT LANDLINES ARE #I USED TO USE THEM TO TALK W MY FRIENDS BEFORE I GOT CELL SERVICE #BUT PAYING FOR A LANDLINE IS EXPENSIVE NOWADAYS SO THERES NO POINT #sorry but i just saw an article about millennials crying over how gen z apparently think dvds are useless #i mourn the loss of dvd movie home screens everyday #BRING BACK DVD PLAYERS PLEASE I LOVE PHYSICAL MEDIA!!!! #but like..make dvds scratch resistant. please. all of my old dvds are so scratched up and it makes me sad #omg i just remembered that my mom used to have a bunch of cds BACK WHEN CARS STILL HAD CD PLAYERS #tangled 2010 soundtrack cd ❤️ #i used to jam out to my kidz bop cd on my huge cd player #ummm what else #unrelated but i used to be so jealous of my friend's mp3 player #also was super jealous of my friend's flip phone #i wanted one sooo bad. more than i wanted an iphone bc i thought flip phones were COOL #i had an ipod #not one of those stupid mini phones but like an actual ipod music player #i had 1989 by taylor swift on it #god i miss my ipod #I MISS WHEN PHONES HAD HEADPHONE JACKS. WHAT HAPPENED TO THOSE #the only reason i regret upgrading my phone 💔 #kez.txt

[nico-the-overlord]

“You kids have it soooo easy nowa days! when I was a kid we-” ok but I thought that was goal? Raising future generations to not have to go through the shit of previous ones so they can be successful and thrive within their own lives? Why so bitter dude

#I hear adults saying stuff of wanting us to be successful since we’re the next generation #then say stuff like this #also speaking as a gen z kid #like hell if I looked at a gen z or even gen alpha kid and said ‘I need you to have a hard or harder time as me’ #and I can understand adults saying this as a ‘wow it’s interesting how different our lives are’ sorta thing #but then to use this statement to get upset at or berate people like. cmon. #each have their own set of benifits and challenges #it’s possible to talk about them without making yourself ‘Migher Than Thou’ #ik I have made a couple post talking about generational stuff just trying to grasp why these sorta statements bother me sometimes #nico rambles

[francisforever2014]

it’s actually so annoying seeing the cycle of generational hatred start for people my age and older like when they were teens/young adults it was blah blah why are boomers so mean they just stereotype us blah blah and now older gen z + millennials fave topic is how young gen z + gen alpha is like uniquely disrespectful or out of touch or rude in x context like shut uppppp omg

#not a massive problem or anything just a who cares moment we as a people need to find something new to talk about #also it’s always gen z this gen z that from people that are like 22 like i need to tell you something #it’s literally just the same thing over and over again i’ve never cared less about anything ever #and i truly believe that no group is uniquely anything . not uniquely hard to work with or disrespectful or whatever like #even if you have examples i assure you other people do that shit too #or that it’s literally just their current context and that other people used to do that shit #like i was in middle school once too kids are assholes and always have been. extend grace idk being 13 is the literal trenches #they’re kids. people grow and it’s so annoying to constantly hear about how especially awful every new group is #they’re literally just in high school

[heartbreakfeelsogood]

i think millennials are the worst generation i’ve had to work with i’m so serious

#op #sorry millennial mutuals i’m sure you’re great to work with this is just from my own experience #right now at work it’s me (gen z) one millenial and then everyone else is gen x and maybe a few boomers #and like mr millenial is the one who takes nothing serious??? ever??? #first of all he’s literally mocked me a few times and i know he’s joking but it’s like idk u like that #and he’s always getting us talked to being reminded about guidelines BEVAUSE HE DOESNT LISYEN #i wish so badly i could be like ‘i think that was [name]’ because i’m not the one doing that!!!! #our manager sent a text reminding us tubs can’t be over 40 pounds and that a couple libraries were overfilled #and the tubs for those libraries were in the section he was working on yesterday #and i remember last week he said something #about how he hates making new tubs for just a few books and i said i don’t like to overfill them and i rather the drivers decide what to do #with an almost empty tub because they have a few options #like they could leave it put it in a full tub take a half full tub put a few in a bag etc #AND HE MOCKED ME FOR SAYING THAT #HE WAS LIKE OH HOW KIND OF YOU #WHAT?????? LIKE YES THATS KIND OF ME ACYUALLY THESE TUBS VANT BE OVER FORTY POUNDS #AND SOME OF THESE MEN ARE OLD AS DIRT #anyway i hate him and every millenial i’ve ever worked with i’m so sorry millenial mutuals #it’s not you it’s the dumbasses i’ve worked with #i would understand if u hate gen z a little but pls remember i’m the exception <3

[shaxxophone]

Hey heres a question for my folks born between 1995-1999, my Zillennials

Feel free to put the year you were born or the reasons for your choice in the tags!!!

#millennial #millennials #gen z #generation z #yesterday i had a convo with one of my fellow cusper co-workers #and like #we both feel like children around millennials #but adults around gen z #i went to a concert for a band I loved the other day #and the band members were all FIRMLY millennials #and they were talking about how young their audiance was there last night….which was mostly the tail end of gen z #it just felt so surreal #and i realized i really did not fit in with either group #but if i had to CHOOSE which I will with this poll #i feel like i identify far more as a millennial #even though 1997 is often regarded as the first year of gen z

[probablyaseamonster]

I love Bilbo Baggins so much

Like-

He was in his 50s when he went on that adventure

He’s a naturally adventurous free spirit but buried it under heaps of social expectations

He has entire ROOMS dedicated to clothes

He never married or had kids, even before he got the Ring

He literally stumbles on his first conversation with Gandalf. “An adventure? That sounds interrrr I MEAN very uncomfortable.” Like it cannot be more explicit

His entire Mom’s side of the family are weirdos/pos that are looked down on by society but are tolerated because they’re richer than rich

He has “after supper morsels”

“Something Tookish awoke in him” “the Took side won” LIKE you see what I mean right?

This man was BUILT for queer/neurodivergent headcanons and you can TELL the story would be a bit different if Tolkien hadn’t lived in the 1930s

#bilbo baggins #the hobbit #catch me being weird about a fifty-year-old man with hairy feet #he's gay and autistic i don't make the rules #read the hobbit just for this #listen i know that words had different meanings back then #but every time it says he's queer or flustered or something #hits different as a gen z #please i need friends to talk to about how queer bilbo baggins is #every time i see someone being like #bilbo baggins just wanted to stay at home and have dessert #i feel like that one person who's like #*snotty voice* read the book #i'm a filthy casual but i am free

[weirdasscomments]

#when my dad would drive me to and from boarding school during breaks we would be in the car for 3 hours and talk about the same thing #almost the whole time #and one time it was just memes #we had a discussion about meme culture #and the spread of information #and how various memes reflect the general state of my generation #i didn't have the words for it then but i think the main point i managed to get across was #gen z grew up hearing from millenials about how shit everything was. we didn't even have a chance at optimism #and it reflects in a lot of the jokes. gallows humor fr #and that's something my father and people his age could never really understand. being bombarded by so much awful information so young #i remember lying in bed at night not being able to sleep at 10 years old over climate change #having a panic attack over the presidential results in 2016 #apathy builds from that #and it shows in online culture #as much as it shows in real life #out of context comments

[idiosyncraticrednebula]

I feel like whenever people discuss "gender roles" on social media and just in society at large, they simplify it way too damn much.

#txt #like i'm not saying that societal norms are always correct #but a whole host of people seem to think that gender roles were just enforced by the Patriarchy to oppress people #as opposed to response to the situation they lived under #now again i'm not saying that there weren't some societies that didn't go too far with this shit #eventually it did become about separating men and women but even then y'all have no idea how people truly lived back then #people talk about this shit with zero fucking empathy for those that lived back then #because you pay too much attention to the people of the 20th century when society has advanced to a point that a lot of crap started to see #restrictive and outdated. if the society requires change then it should go for it #but y'all really believe this shit was invented for the sake of “oppressing women”. y'all are silly as fuck #y'all need to drinking the “patriarchy theory” kool-aid #it's killing y'all's braincells and critical thinking skills #while y'all swear y'all are incredibly critical and nuanced #**stop #it's really annoying how people address this topic #i mean feminism and all kinds of super progressive and narcissism-fueled ideologies dominate the discourse so ofc people are gonna be #incredibly biased and insensitive to people of the past because they had some ideas they clearly don't like as opposed to viewing them as #flawed human beings #50 years from now people are gonna shit on gen z for a lot of things even though we swear we are so morally superior and not like those #“savages from the past whose misogyny and hatred was so high it could blow up a whole city” like give me a break

[postmanlinksbootyshorts]

the way tiktok rots ppls brains is SO embarrassing. a friend of mine will sometimes bring up some shit she heard off that site and i have to bite my tongue to not be like "that doesn't even sound remotely real"

#never forgetting when we somehow got on the topic of eminem in call #and ppl were (tbh rightfully) ragging his newer rapping style bc he lost it after sobering up #and she mentioned how all he talks abt is getting canceled #and it was so obvious that was just some stupid gen z ''i've never listened to eminem and think this is what this yt man raps about'' joke #and as the resident eminem enjoyer it took everything in me to not go #girl he raps about current events and politics now #like maybe I'M wrong bc i haven't listened to curtain call 2 but i forced myself to listen to music to get murdered to bc i was curious #and wanted to see if he got better (spoiler: not really) and not once did he bring up getting canceled #ne ways today she mentioned wanting to get off birth control #bc she saw ppl on tt saying that getting off ''made them realize they were gay'' #and i'm pretty sure some parts of my brain liquidized and leaked outta my skull #like twitter and tiktok really made ppl lose some critical thinking skills #niyah.txt

[autisticlegolas]

i don’t think millennials understand that during the 2000s/2010s gen z were children. we were alive. you’re not all knowing and the only victims of the trauma of those decades

#just reblogged a tiktok with 2 girls with gen z humor and 2000s/2010s editing/music influence #just wanted to comment on that #how gen z were also influenced by the culture #was going to talk about the pop culture and the effects on the humor we have but it took a dark road #was supposed to go through lothlórien ended up in mirkwood #sorry for that #not to be personal on main but i desperately need my big sister to understand i’m only 2 years younger than her it’s not THAT big #whenever we have a talk about generations (only happens bc of social media discourse) she sees me as someone who don’t understand the #fatphobia of those decades especially the 2000s #darling i was in kindergarten pulling my tights as high as possible to get myself a flat stomach and a smaller rib cage #i was not older than 6