i continue to believe that the whole concept of zoomer brain rot is almost entirely perpetuated by outside media as clickbait engagement farming.
Some of it has existed for like decades now and people suddenly act as if it’s horrid new slang, like “locked in” is fucking ancient and “chat”/“clip that” are just stuff all streamers say. It’s no different than using sailing or theatre terms.oh my god a new generation is making different slang and memes? should we kill them???
I don’t think the issue is that it’s new or different. I think the problem is the amount. It feels like pop culture is a firehose now. It definitely feels like the democratization of culture that happened with the rise of the internet has kind of saturated our ability to process things.
This is the first generation truly raised on the internet and the speed of new slang reflects that.
I’m approaching 40 and I was online before middle school. This might be the first generation to be wholly raised on the internet (as in the vast majority of children), but it certainly isn’t the actual first.
Yeah I mean an entire generation of literal iPad babies.
Lemmy really showing its ass with memes about gen z slang. Kai Cenat is just a person, Unc has been around since the fucking 80s. Its ok for language to change. ITS GOING TO BE OK, BOOMER
Fucking some of these memes make me feel 20 years younger than everyone else here
Yeah a handful are just memes/references, like Raygun, Turkish shooter, JD Vance couch, and Hawk Tuah
“OId man yells at cloud” energy
Don’t worry kiddo, the clouds’ll start to piss you off too one day.
Kiddo’s middle aged – just not one to whine about language changing like it always fucking has
In my 40s and this isn’t that daunting. Since I try to keep up with what people who want me dead (right wing) are lying about yo a degree, that feels way more stressful than mostly innocent slang. Dogwhistles are what I get annoyed at having to keep up with.
I’ve never heard most of these terms. Is that the joke?
How are half of these “Gen Alpha phrases”? The edging Wikipedia article was created in 2004, for example.
wow, way to devolve into the YouTube comments section, Lemmy. that’s so not fetch.
just delete tik tok
What’s wrong with galvanized square steel? It’s a strong, corrosive resistant material great for regular use in damp environments. Just don’t cut it, weld it, eat it, etc. Zinc isn’t all that healthy in large amounts.
This meme sucks and punching down on the next generation sucks even worse, so instead of focusing on all that noise here’s a fun NSFW manga about Gen Alpha slang instead.
Nah, this is largely gen z slang. Still agree with you though.
Just like borders, generational divides are fictional constructs. In reality there is enormous overlap between generations.
Come the fuck on people, didn’t you make the same promise to yourself that I did to be better to the generation that follows you than the previous generation was to yours?
This shit is so fucking stupid. Do better and don’t become a fucking boomer
maybe i’m missing context here but i fail to see how this is critiquing the new generation? it’s just showing a person overwhelmed by (perceived) new slang, there’s no judgment cast here
Subtext. It’s the suggestion that these terms are so incomprehensible as to be overwhelming in the first place. The subtext is that the younger generation is exhausting, specifically in their nonsense or otherness. There’s assuming good faith and then there is intentionally ignoring the forest for the trees, and I think your suggestion is more for the latter than the former, frankly.
Who’s got the definitions
Ohio is a US state.
Source?
