#coming from gen z

[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

[socialistexan]

He's right and he should say it.

#gen z coming up clutch yet again #why did this article seperate out transgender from lgbtq though???

[gen-z-culture-is]

gen z culture is all those gen z tumblr accounts deactivating bc the admins had breakdowns

#submission #gen z #culture #negative tw #mod sean coming back from the grave to clear out our inbox

[dear-ao3]

the only thing worse than have having an extended family groupchat made up of entirely millennials and boomers with millennial energy that consists mostly of my uncle only sending us pictures of his kitchen cabinets with 500 word paragraph updates and everyone ignoring anything that isnt a cabinet update is my boomer (? idk no one knows her age and shes looked the same for my entire life) step granma creating an nearly identical second extended family group chat just to wish everyone happy thanksgiving where she proceeds to be surprised that my one cousin is engaged because no one ever told her because she wasn't in the first family group chat

#my sister and i are the only gen z people someone come save us from this atrocity #not a tag #from saph

[terrence-silver]

Random Concept: Terry Silver with a TikTok-obsessed Beloved

It would be cute if beloved wanted to film cute couple moments with Terry.

Spicier with Terry during the Halloween season because of all the Ghostface masks trending.

I can imagine Gen Z beloved doing something like the Gothic Baby account if they have a kids with Terry.

Like, I do think Terry Silver, in his old age majorly keeps up with trends.

He always has.

He always had his finger on the pulse of the 'brand new thing'.

More so than young people, undoubtedly --- he's a businessman, after all.

He's too clever not to keep up. That's how he can blend in so perfectly and adapt if need be, being chameleonic in nature, changing and transforming with the times. It's how he can manipulate perceptions and cultural norms --- by being in touch with things around him, sure, like the advent of social media. The Online sphere. Being Vegan for a while, because that's a la mode and acceptable in a more Liberal, upper crust crowd in Los Angeles --- it's admirable, even. A societal badge that says one's a conscientious, good person (And Terry Silver's just that? Right?) when that wouldn't have been the case in the past. Thirty years ago it was perhaps the discourse between nuclear and fossil fuels or green new energy that mattered, and today, it's all about Tik Tok. It's Twitter. Or X, rather. And what's trending on there --- the type of stuff that can make or break one's reputation because someone said something stupid or cancel-worthy two decades ago. Heck, even the branding of social media itself changes, having one name and taking on another practically overnight! The world moves fast and Terry Silver moves with it. But, in spite of him been keenly aware what's what and what it means, I envision his Online presence is incredibly scarce and unbelievably curated on purpose and what information can be found on him on the Internet has been fine combed and is continuously fine combed so really, not only can you not find anything too controversial about him on there (maybe just the right amount of controversial, tactically speaking; acceptable controversies, as to not make him seem too inhumanly saintly and by extension, unrealistic, too suspicious and fake) --- you can't even really find anything much of anything in general except what Terry deliberately and specifically wants on there. Man's incredibly private all while putting up a facade that he's an open book --- which, don't be fooled, he's anything but.

What I mean to say with this is that Terry Silver undoubtedly wouldn't be on Twitter, for example, posting his actual, real opinions about...anything. He's smart like that.

So, any beloved of his? Gen Z or otherwise?

Chances are, they wouldn't be chronically Online either.

They wouldn't be on Tik Tok, plastering videos of themselves, their family or Terry Silver himself for the world to see consistently, because the thought of thousands of people (Voyeurs, the way an already voyeuristic Terry would see it) tuning in to see and watch his beloved --- random punks commenting on them, expressing their opinions willy-nilly, judge, complementing them, leering, passing, bookmarking, downloading and sharing said clips around unstoppably, without any monitoring as to how they could use and abuse such material...legitimately forever --- well, it presses the button of someone fiercely territorial, jealous, possessive, protective and control oriented like Terry. He doesn't like it. He doesn't allow it. He thinks it's bullshit. He would take advantage of someone's else's uploads Online for sure, if push ever came to shove, so maybe it is a bit of projection on his behalf, that somehow, someone, somewhere, would do the same to him and someone who belongs to him to weaken him or retaliate against him, so to take precaution against it, beloved's presence Online becomes, possibly, even scarcer than his, because they're the most precious thing he has and when something or someone's precious or valuable, they're tucked away. Hidden, in ways. Plus side to this, though --- I can envision Terry Silver, like a man who was young in the 70's and 80's being big on home videos instead. Private collections for his private viewing pleasure and usage only. Cute couple moments galore are permissible --- everything is permissible, in fact --- but these recordings, lets call them, belong and remain explicitly in Terry Silver's private care, because he's a man who doesn't wear his heart on his sleeve and tends to strategically tuck away everything that ever mattered to him. Everything that makes him vulnerable. Everything that can compromise or damage him. Most of everything he really is from the public. Includes beloved. Whatever children he might or might not have with them.

If someone was somehow skillful enough to discover their names and Google them, chances are, nothing specific comes up in their search results. Not anywhere.

That's deliberate.

#would be hilarious if someone tried to look up terry silver's beloved and several of his ex conquests come up instead #you know...as a way to distract and kill the trail from the one he really loves being in the search engine's spotlight #terry silver #kk3 #cobra kai #the internet #technology #social media #tik tok #gen z culture #tw; generational gap #terry silver x reader #terry silver x beloved #halloween

[softerhaze]

a non-ruthie related hs drama update: one of malcolm’s teammates, brodi, hit on him in front of his gf (🫣🫡), luna, who obviously isn’t coping with it very well </3

#ts4 #*ts4gameplay #z #why come after brodi if malcolm accepted the rose babe....the call is coming from inside the house #all i'm gonna say #is that the malcolm/luna dynamic is literally karofsky/santana #but instead of an anti bullying squad they have a bully squad lol #*sunday save #*sunday save gen 1

[malleleothreesome]

YOUR MALLEUS POST IS JUST!!!!! AGDKFFLSVFL!!!! WHO KNOWS HOW MANY TIMES I RE-READ THAT THING BUT IT WAS WORTH THE WAIT!!!! 😫😭👌🖤💚

I'm so late to this but thank you so much Knight!! 🖤💚🖤💚 I'm so happy you enjoyed Blindfolded Malleus... I was so excited for you to read it, and I'm very happy it lived up to the hype and anticipation!!! Truly, I am so honored and grateful that you would re-read something so long 🥹 it amazes me how supportive you are!! I hope I can continue to write things that you enjoy! One day in the [regretfully] far future I swear to you that I will put out an Idia fic just for you hehehe. I'm so overwhelmed by the amount of things I am excited to write, but I guess that is a wonderful problem to have! I only wish I had more time in the day to write, but alas, such is life. Why the fUCk am I writing so formal right now daiohssadoi;hdSAO not me saying BUT ALAS. SUCH IS LIFE????? It is so.

I'm actually taking a TWELVE DAY vacation from work starting on the 22nd so I might actually do a little request event where people can send me like kink prompts or something. I think that'll be fun!

Okay and FINE I'll do some fluff prompts too for the fluff people but please don't judge my fluff too harshly, I'm still learning!!! For some reason smut just comes naturally dhaDSAHIDDASijdsan I'll start gathering some prompts and we will do a little ask game or something.

📣 By the way FELLOW HONEST THIGH RIDING ANON if you SEE this first of all, ONCE AGAIN: I wish to express my undying devotion to you and your exceptional thought process. I am positively frothing at the mouth over your request and I am PLEASED TO ANNOUNCE I am finally making good progress and it WILL be out soon. We WILL make him cum in his pants. We WILL make him cry, whimper, and moan.

#sorry knight i took over your ask to make a desperate PSA for my hero: fellow honest thigh riding anon #ILYSM KNIGHT THANK U FOR YOUR SUPPORT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! #does my millennial show when I key smash #as someone born in 96 i am actually right on the cutoff for millennial and gen z #so i choose to identify with whoever is getting the best press at the time #just kidding im sorry gen z i can't relate to yall at all... #i still like ugg boots and my hair will forever be side parted #most of my millennial cringe comes from being a tumblr user between 2010 and 2014 #it is engrained #the cool thing about getting older (young people heed my words): #i am unbully-able (and one day you will be too) #you simply cannot make me feel bad about doing things i like to do and enjoying things that make me happy #take pride in what you enjoy and don't let societal norms stop you #also you don't have to worry about getting bullied anyway because adults literally don't do that to each other #everyone in their mid 20s and beyond have learned to stop caring about what other people do for their own enjoyment #because like... lets be real... seeing and learning about what makes people happy... is super cool. the world needs more happiness #this is also a call out: if your friends or online spaces make you feel bad about your interests... gtfo of there #thats not the norm. curate your spaces for what makes you feel good!!! #your 20s are shit enough without so much negativity during the times you are supposed to be relaxed and surrounded by loved ones #this post was made by ugg boot gang #‧͙+ ̊*・༓☾ Erica Answers ☽༓・* ̊+‧͙

[ravenkings]

i don't think we talk enough on this website about how hot antonio banderas is

#though tbh i suspect that's bc most of gen z (and thus this website) just knows him as the voice of a cartoon cat.... #this post comes to you from me watching the skin i live in

[iconicpopstar]

I hate this gen z vs millennials rivalry, I think it makes no sense. I saw a tiktok these days where a grown woman said she asked her 16 years old sister what gen z thinks millennials do that isn't considered "cool" and made a list. Girl why are you trying to impress your little sister, who cares what literal teenagers think of you... wear and do whatever you want

#and it's always this superiority vs inferiority complex of youth vs older #I think it's embarrassing from both sides but at least when it comes from gen z I know it's probably a teenager... they're growing #when it comes from adults it's just... girl... #also if anything trying to impress younger people just makes you uncool imo lmao

[luvevee]

Scarlet and Violet, performance wise really lacking to the point where it's obvious there needs to be changes to how staff need to be treated better and given more time to work, are really some of the best games in the mainstream series I've ever played and I just really want to talk forever about how amazing it all is

#my switch is getting repaired for drift but man am i itching for it back #I was in the middle of the champion assessment too #but omg I really love the game and the writing and grgrgrgr #I want to bite sada/turo until they blow up #i want to hold arven nemona and penny for being such well written characters with their struggles and bonds together #i want to shake clavell's hand for being an older man in a very gen x/z environment trying to be hip but also wanting the acadamy to- #actually be safe and welcoming while taking accountability for how bullying was ignored and his own dismissal of team star #i want to cry because the teachers are so nice and understanding and actually educate their students while being open to help #and how miriam is an example of someone who tries so hard to achieve their dream for it to be just out of reach #and how the gym leaders have so much personality and how the e4 are so close-knitted together with a little girl in the middle of it all #how koraidon/miraidon thrive under the love the get from the protag and how they act just like giant dogs with the attention they want #and how they're considered low on the ladder in their species in terms of power and size but still have lots of pride and power #i wanna learn more about the crater grgrg #just really really love this game and i miss my lite neee come back to meeee #and yeah i've played from firered to now in terms of mainstream so yeah def i'm being serious #but for real the staff deserve more respect and time literally everyone can agree the game could've waited if it meant better treatment #I really appreciate the love that went into it despite the crunch but it's still shit about the obvious rush #like we know it's not the switch please lengthen the time for people to work on the games so both parties can actually enjoy things #but yeah #pokemon sv spoilers #rosebud posting 💐

[bingobongobonko]

whenever i hear the gen z stuff, like i give the younger folk flack sometimes but its always in jest ykno, but it leaves a bad taste in my mouth to think them unfocused and rude. maybe they are, fuck if i know, i havent been in school for years now. but its strange. are they really unfocused, or are you just bad at teaching. pointing at a board and giving out homework is not teaching. no offense. and frankly i sympathize with kids who don't listen to authority; kind of respect it, in a sense. not rudely mind you, but idk. kids been treated like they can't have their own thoughts and feelings and autonomy, they get spoken over and forgotten, their needs are always assumed rather than asked, and then people are frustrated that children are actually telling authority to fuck itself. like maybe if we treated children in a non-patronizing way. they're not stupid, they're not naive. their word holds as much weight as anyone elses, and its that, for me, that kinda like. Yeah. I get it man. you're frustrated, you hate school, you hate doing work you don't care about, you hate the world, you hate everything. but it won't always be like that forever, and i know it wont. so i really don't care for the whole "technology ruined Gen Z" shit. no, parents not understanding how to see their children as people did. parents and communities not even trying to see eye to eye with their kids did. everybody wanna be like. these kids need discipline, bitch okay? these kids need attention and someone to understand. you punish and then give no recourse to better themselves. and theyre not ruined, theyre kids. even "problem" children are kids. and kids can fucking suck, they can be the cruelest motherfuckers on earth and there is no excuse for that. but i just think kids got it real fucking bad nowadays, between the state of social media and the way the world treats them like an afterthought. and when they do matter, theyre being used

#fool's monologue #people just fucking complain abt how bad the new generation is. that theyre stupid and without empathy and slow. and lacking social skills #Okay. dont give up on them. why are we giving up on them #we see the issue. okay. meet eye to eye. try to understand where this is coming from #instead of degrading them and viewing them as faulty for not listening to you #im early gen z so im probably biased but idk. it just sucks man #kids are not stupid

[pocketgalaxies]

laura tilting her head back to look up at matt through her glasses that are definitely sliding down her nose and going "HEHEHEHEH. COME AND KNOCK ON OUR DOOOOR." and rolling her die without breaking eye contact

#how did her mind jump to come and knock on our door djfhgnsdfg #also so hilarious to see travis pathetically attempt to learn gen z slang and receiving nothing but hate from the cast for it #and then laura making a reference to a sitcom from the 70s and getting nothing but laughs #1h44m c3e57 #text #critical role #cr3 #cr lb #cr spoilers #laura bailey

[vimbry]

every time I see some online journalistic piece try to start a generation war over things no-one, regardless of age, actually cared about before, like, "they're coming for your skinny jeans!!!! they hate the thumbs up emoji!!!" I feel like this

#then you get the insecure adults coming in like ''hmph! #I'd like to see those little gen z haters try and prise the skinny jeans (that are probably older than them!) from my ''ancient'' body!'' #and it's like moooommmm (who is the same age as me) you're embarrassing meee

[evansbby]

possibly controversial opinion but…

#coming from an older gen z… #a lot of the younger gen z ARE really lazy #they just are #I remember when I worked as waitress and all these 16-18 year olds started #I was around 22/23 #and this whole ‘minimum wage minimum effort honeyyy 💅🏼💅🏼💅🏼’ stuff is all good except #they’d literally do nothing and rely on the rest of us to do EVERYTHING #like they are fuckinf lazy and don’t know how to work #and listen when I was 19 and started work for the first time #I DID NOT KNOW HOW TO WORK EITHER #but I had hard work instilled in me so I’d actually TRY #and guess what the managers don’t want you to be perfect or amazing as long as you’re trying #listen we are all getting paid minimum wage here #but you still need to put in some sort of effort so we can all get home on time #instead of you doing nothing and us doing everything #and not all!!! bc I remember there were two 16 year old girls #only 16 like literal babies #but they worked so hard #or not even worked HARD but like they TRIED and they were helpful #I’m sorry but kids these days have such bad attitudes and are lazy as fuck #99% of teenagers today and idec if I sound old when I say this #it’s true they just haven’t been raised right or something #look I also always say minimum wage minimum effort but that doesn’t mean I’m lazy and not helpful at all #idek y’all i remember coming out that job like… wow… so this is how people are raising their kids #my younger brothers do not act like this it’s genuinely insane #badly behaved lazy ass IDEC IF I SOUND OLD AND BITTER #it’s the truth lol

[andromedasummer]

earning the reverence and loyalty of my older coworkers by loading and unloading the dishwashers in the communal kitchen whenever i can and wiping down the countertops and tables when nessecary

#they keep coming over from their part of the office for food/drink and then go ''youre an angel usually no one else does this but us'' #one went #''i thought gen z didnt clean!!! what is this!!! a miracle!!!'' for a full minute and that was less fun

[spaceman-spaetzle]

are there any memes that roderich would enjoy or is he simply too much of an old man for them?

seeing that I think canonverse roderich uses a 15 year old desktop computer that he complains about being slow yet refuses to upgrade it, i don’t think he’s very good at keeping up with memes at all.

luckily, we have kugelmugel. i’m sure they text him things with 0 context with no warning.

think the best way to describe it is like: I’m sure rod would read the far side but he Would find cow tools funny.

bro probably thinks you pronounce meme as “mehmeh” but it won’t stop him from finding strange memes kugel sends to be funny.

also. probably really specific memes about chess or very in the trenches of his interests. I think about this rly unhinged Schubert fan account a lot basically.

tl;dr he might be a bit confused but he’s not as much of a killjoy as you’d assume

#ask 4 me #hws austria #hws kugelmugel #he likes dark humor but not the kind that edgy 14 year old boys like if that makes sense #from what I’ve read about viennese humor it rly comes off to me as like #kind of a strain of darker gen z humor #but naturally rods not gonna know younger slang #i wish i was better with words