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Gen Z is so socially stunted it’s crazy. Like how are you struggling to make basic small talk.

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Anonymous 1d

i get ur point but the phrasing of this is so cruel like god forbid someone is neurodivergent or socially stunted (remember when we were all stuck inside during important social development years of our lives??? yeah!) like no fucking shit we’re bad at small talk

Anonymous 1d

man we were forced to be locked at home for minimum one whole fucking year, nothing else to do but be chronically online right before/ right as we entered adulthood and society. Ofc we're all gonna be socially stunted

Anonymous 1d

its regional too tho. if u grow up/live in the south, you learn quick that you speak to everyone. doesn’t matter if youve met ur friends parents, been to the same store 100 times. everyone you see is greeted. get in an uber, greet the driver and converse if they want to. everyone gets chatted up down here. it is generational but its also v much regional. i was in chicago for an internship, said good morning to a passerby on a walk.. you would think i called them a cunt from the look i got lmao

Anonymous 1d

Well yeah some of us were socially isolated for years during important developmental periods in our lives when Covid happened. That’s not even factoring in the possibilities of a shitty home live, personal effects of covid, mental health affected by news exposure/doomscrolling, etc. It took until sophomore year of college for me to feel slightly ‘normal’

Anonymous 1d

As someone now in hospitality this is true specifically when talking to ppl of different ages or j making small talk in between doing sm and im actually so humbled. Getting better so like there’s hope but damn I didn’t realize I wasn’t socialized like that 😭✋🏽

Anonymous 1d

I talk all the time.. I’m just shy on a date because I’m scared I’ll be weird or something

Anonymous 1d

EXACTLY it’s hard for me to make friends and I think maybe I’m the problem I just had a whole conversation w the drive through attendant at McDonalds about her situationship

Anonymous

#1 1d

So it’s definitely not me

Anonymous

#4 1d

Tbf you did do that in a giant city, like my hometown we can just chat up and say hi even when I visit other just “small” towns and cities

Anonymous

#1 1d

Wanted to add but not directly reply but give my opinion on what everyone is saying. I’m ND and live in a southern area and during the pandemic I had zero contact with the outside world and grew up bullied and socially stunted. And I will still say this generation has a problem w being social and socializing. I don’t have any irl friends to the point that it impacts my mental health. So I have been ACTIVELY making myself talk to people. I set a goal on how many people I have to talk to daily-

Anonymous

#1 1d

“Not everyone can do that.” People can talk to other people. Is it more difficult to others? Most definitely. Do some people need counseling with a therapist of some kind? That’s a big resource that a lot of people write off. Op point and my experience is I will try to talk to someone and go “oh my god it’s frigid outside.” And I can’t get a response back all I get is a side eye.—

Anonymous

#1 1d

And say “but the pandemic” all you want But it’s really frustrating when you can’t even get a verbal response back from people about a simple statement talking about the weather. Atp it just shows we have an isolation issue or just an issue with simply being nice. I have autism and I still manage a nice response to people or even make a point to smile because I’m hyper aware of my rbf. There’s a difference between giving an explanation and not valuing someone’s feelings on a situation

Anonymous

#3 1d

Real!! I’m neurodivergent and I have the worst anxiety…like it’s genuinely hard for some people but I get it. (I CAN make basic small talk but my social anxiety tends to make my brain short circuit)

Anonymous

#4 1d

THISSSS northerners ESPCIALLY northern leftists are SO RUDE???? And I'm a leftist 😭😭

Anonymous

#8 1d

it kind of depends on the area im in MA and totally relate to the small town experience here, but usually with adults. people closer to my age are more likely to keep to themselves but will still talk to you if you talk first. tho sometimes i think how we speak just comes off rude anyway but thats more of a dialect thing

Anonymous

#5 23h

i live in austin texas. came from small town texas. been back and forth to missouri…you can spot a non southerner from a mile away. it genuinely is a clear distinction, ppl not from the south act and speak VERY differently

Anonymous

#4 23h

ive also spent time in arkansas and louisiana. its generational, yes. but i swear on my life, its also based on culture of origin. im black and maintain my manners getting gas in sundown towns. its definitely a choice