I guess it was inevitable that my fellow millennials would carry on the age-old tradition of shitting on the younger generation's new slang, styles, and behaviors. I don't know why I thought we might break the cycle.

[–] ZombieMantis 72 points 2 months ago

True, but this example feels a lot less malicious than other "young generation" humor. It's mostly just poking fun at the stark contrast between the youth culture of now vs. the 1980's, rather than just denigrating the modern youth.

[–] [email protected] 41 points 2 months ago (2 children)

I've found that as an Older Millennial, I actually relate to Gen Z quite a bit and get along with them well. It's Gen Alpha that I never have any idea what the hell they're talking about.

L8er sk8ers!

[–] [email protected] 24 points 2 months ago

Gen alpha are also like... Literal children

So you know, not surprising

[–] [email protected] 17 points 2 months ago (1 children)

My 4 year old is gen alpha. So I'm kind of glad adults on the internet don't relate to that generation yet

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago

Gen Alpha's main influence for slang is Cocomelon.

[–] PugJesus 26 points 2 months ago (4 children)

Skibidi is the only one I hate, personally.

[–] [email protected] 38 points 2 months ago (1 children)

That's gen alpha you boomer :P

[–] Cypher 3 points 2 months ago

Gen skibidi

[–] BottleOfAlkahest 15 points 2 months ago (4 children)

Most of Gen Zs slang makes sense and you can easily figure it out from context. It even sounds better than older slang in conversation. Skibidi is an exception. W.T.F is that supposed to mean? Is it a verb? An adjective? Both? It sounds dumb and seems to mean nothing...

[–] JustAnotherKay 23 points 2 months ago

Skibidi is mostly a gen alpha thing, not so much gen z

[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 months ago

the thing it means is "nonsense (derogatory)". does that help

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

It's probably an interjection or an onomatopoeia, like all the other things people say that aren't really words.

Why it could be an interjection:

people just say it unprompted and without context.

Why it could be onomatopoeia:

the word skibidi represents nothing except the sound you make while saying it

Any other ideas?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

I saw a comparison and it feels like the good is getting gooder and the bad is getting way worse.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

I think it's my favourite!

Watch a couple videos and it's easy to see what vibe it's gesturing at

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

Do you hate the videos or people's obsession with them?

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Aw wtf who's being shitty about gen z slang?

[–] TotallynotJessica 13 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

From my experience, gen z. We're very self deprecating(depressed)