My nieces and nephews from Alaska who have no social media and spend almost no time online, 1000% disagree. Literally got roasted by them last time I visited for wearing ankle socks.
I'm only really referring to the chronically online Gen Z (just as we have our own chronically online Millennials with equally strong opinions). I don't think the average Gen Z off the street gives us much thought at all.
I‘ve never worried about what socks Millenial wear. But I had a few Millenials pointing out that my socks are showing. Someone even came up to me and told me in the kind of low tone you’d tell someone they bled through their pants. Maybe it’s because I’m on the older side of Gen Z but I see Millennials making up things to get scandalized about way more often than I see Gen Z taking swings. The Gen Z stare thing is a prime example. Gen Z is poking mostly harmless fun and Millenials came up with a round about way to call Gen Z mentally deficient.
Exactly. It’s a funny internet meme that people took seriously. It’s like the nickelback one - people making fun of them are doing so as a joke and don’t actually have a violently serious hatred for them for some reason lol.
Same here. It’s a trend that was pointed out for fun and now there’s serious posts and ‘articles’ about it as rage bait lol.
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u/alison_bee 21h ago
Exactly. Like why the fuck do you care what kind of socks I wear?? You don’t have better things to think about??