Anonymous #1 1w

I think we should evaluate why adults being themselves or not taking themselves too seriously is considered cringey

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Anonymous OP 1w

i think you and i might not be on the same side of the internet

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Anonymous OP 1w

I’ve listened to soo many amazing analyses of this on YouTube. It boils down to millennials being “cringe” because they didn’t grow up in a surveillance state like most of gen z has. They could, unironically, be cringe and free. But for us, everything could be recorded and posted for the world to see, and the best defense to being cringe is to effectively scapegoat millennials and put the attention on them

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Anonymous #1 1w

What do you see that’s so cringey? Bc all I see are them being silly and it’s called cringe

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Anonymous #2 1w

Literally. them being care free and authentically themselves is considered cringey, it’s sad. As you get older, you learn not to care so much about being “cringey” or “embarrassing” too

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Anonymous #2 1w

That’s led to this new generation of “nonchalant” people, and it applies to everything. It’s cringe to care about relationships, your job, your family, friends, hobbies, etc. too much, so people are over correcting and simply not showing interest or emotion about anything under the fear of being labeled cringe or weird. Millennials are all grown adults so they were never wired to be like that.

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Anonymous OP 1w

i see so much bs girl ✋😭 like that one girl who was being super over the top about some pumpkin butter i think, or that one man going around throwing a tantrum cause his wife didnt dry his shirt correctly??? or that one video of the mom and her gen z kids doing a "we're a pack" video like on all four and shi, or those couple videos where the girl is clearly putting on this like toddler front for her "alpha" bf

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Anonymous OP 1w

Exactly. I feel like I’m closer to a zillennial than gen z, and I got out of high school as the whole surveillance state and online cancel culture trend became so common. So I personally can’t relate well to younger gen zs being so afraid of being recorded and publicly mocked. I’m so glad I can be myself and not worry about all of that, but I’d hate to be in high school now

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Anonymous #2 1w

i personally think gen z is and can be very cringy online so im not sure what makes yall think our gen is super nonchalant? i think its more about how millennials are cringe in a "acting like a toddler" type of way vs gen z is cringe for the love of the game. Like there's def genz's who post cringe stuff that gives off "acting like a toddler" vibe but imo the majority of genz cringe isnt usually "toddler"-esk like how the majority of millennial cringe is more "toddler"-esk

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Anonymous #1 1w

I just don’t think that’s a millennial thing, ppl being angry, annoying or oddly hung up on something. That’s just a human thing across all age ranges. It’s only noticed tho when millennials do it

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Anonymous OP 1w

that's not what im saying, im talking about being comfortable posting those types of things online. Genz grew up seeing ppl get bullied to the bring of offing themselves, obviously they're going to be more cautious on what they post online, one viral video can change ur life for the better or worse regardless of intention. But millennials don't really understand that concept in the same way because the internet came much later in their lives and back then, ppl wouldn't exactly make it -

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Anonymous #1 1w

I’m referring to how dating is a hellscape now for gen z with the epidemic of “nonchalant men”. It’s not cool to care anymore. Obviously that’s not everyone, but I feel like it is an issue exclusive to younger people (mostly teens) because of this weird culture we’ve created around passion = cringe. I also think the nonchalant issue has been building up over time, and maybe just rebranded. It used to be where a man who cared about his partner was “whipped”, and that was considered bad.

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Anonymous #1 1w

- habit to go out of their way to finding all ur personal information cause one post or video rubbed them the wrong way. Like ppl send death threats to ppl for the smallest things online, and thats not to say that millennials dont get any but a gron person like a millennial receiving a death threats for a stupid post will be affected much differently from that than a kid like a genz receiving a death threat for posting some bs online u know?

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Anonymous #2 1w

Also not caring about people and other things in general. I see it a lot with other women when I compliment them. Pre covid the responses were largely positive and grateful, but nowadays I get weird looks for telling a girl her shoes are cute. It’s cringe to be friendly and outgoing

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Anonymous #2 1w

i mean everyone was forced to be locked at home doing nothing but interacting with strangers online, imo u cant exactly be mad that it changed people. The internet is a fucking hell space and u never know how ppl will react 🤷‍♀️ ofc ppl will be affected psychologically over that

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Anonymous #1 1w

Ahhh I see we’re on two totally different topics, and that’s okay. I seriously hate what you’re talking about with sending literally death threats and actually harming people over stupid shit like a cringe video, or something very mild taken completely out of context. I think a lot of people forget that’s a real person with real feelings sometimes

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Anonymous #2 1w

i dont think we're on different topics at all? like thats my reasoning to why genz is "less cringe" online than millennials, i dont see how that's different from what ur saying?

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Anonymous #1 1w

Nah I’m not mad at people for it, but it’s incredibly disappointing that it ended up this way. I will say it was expected from people in high school and younger who were still developing, can’t fault them on that, but grown adults doing a 180 and losing all compassion after COVID is completely inexcusable.

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Anonymous #1 1w

Im saying more so that we react to cringe things far differently than millennials, rather than us being “less cringe” in general. Like people in our generation actually get angry and hateful over silly, inconsequential things online. Millennials never saw it that seriously and they still don’t

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Anonymous #2 1w

girl thats not a generational thing at all, people have always gotten angry and hateful for the smallest things online like that has nothing to do with generational differences, thats just the effect of the internet. Its why so many people have done a complete 180 since covid, like yes dont use covid as an excuse for shitty behavior but U cant seriously expect people to not change drastically in some way after going over a year without socializing with another human being outside of their screen

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Anonymous #1 1w

but like regardless, different generations interact with the internet differently for sure, and genz is just more accutely aware that their video can be perceived in a negative light than millennials are 🤷‍♀️ like thats the real reason millennials come off as cringe

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Anonymous #1 1w

I guess I’m letting personal anecdotes get the best of me. Personally, I got a lot kinder and more empathetic during Covid, especially because everyone was going through such a difficult time. I do disagree though that every generation does that as widespread as it is with us. I don’t really see such a severe lack of nuance with older gens with certain things outside of politics, which is a whole mess I don’t want to get into. I think nuance is just a dying concept lately

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Anonymous #2 1w

A good example of dying nuance that I see near daily on here is someone having an issue with their s/o, usually minor like “my partner didn’t talk to me all day”, and there is always at least one commenter saying “they obviously hate you so break up”. It’s just way too common to ignore in my opinion

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Anonymous #2 1w

i mean the internet has always been a cesspool of misunderstanding nuances and going to the extreme, especially after "anonymous" and just community spaces like this or twitter or even reddit were created. Like regardless of what someone says, we don't have any way of telling if the person who's commenting "they obviously hate u, break up" is being fr or not, let alone genz. Like sure sometimes u can tell from how someone types but overall we'll never know if the person saying a nuance, or in-

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Anonymous #1 1w

- in this case the people calling millennials cringe is only gen z is all im saying 🤷‍♀️

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Anonymous #3 1w

They made fun of boomers bc boomers are/were horrible to them and their parents’ gen. Not the gen next to them. Gen x is called the forgotten generation for a reason

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