Things That The New Generation Does That Annoys Everyone

Age Gaps

Oftentimes, different generations find it hard to understand one another. But one thing that people over the age of 30 can all agree on is that the generations after them are all pretty annoying

The things these youngsters get up to can be quite questionable at times. Lucky for us, a few Redditors have stepped up and posted about experiences. Let’s take a look at a few of them,

Memes?

Expect that I’m not up to what’s going on on the Internet. I was in my late 30s when a friend’s son tried to explain to me memes. He got them wrong too. Do not cite the old magic to me, witch. I was there when it was written.

I have been on the internet for a lot longer than these young kids. I was there when it was invented!

Story credit – Reddit/bluegreenwookie

Feel Like A Kid

I’m in my late 30s and still feel like a kid. I thought one day a switch would just flip, and I’d feel like an adult, but that never really happened. I think everyone essentially feels like a kid their whole life. They just get better at pretending they’re adults.

I’m 40 now. I was teaching my nephew how to drive two years ago, and I thought to myself, “Why am I the one doing this? Shouldn’t a grown-up be teaching him?” Then I realized I WAS the grown-up, and I was very nearly 40

Story credit – Reddit/OhhhhhDirty

College Town

I took a job to help a friend who owns a pizza shop through the summer because it’s a college town, and with all the students gone, he can’t staff it adequately despite really trying. I do what you’d expect to make pizzas, ring people up, bus tables, etc. I already have an awesome job/career, but it’s early in the morning, and it ends at 9 am, so I am free to go from there and work until 2 for my friend. I’m the oldest there by a few decades.

No one there has given me grief, but my eldest (22) did make a remark that I was pretty old to have the position (I’m 47). I replied that he clearly hadn’t taken in the example his hard-working dad and I have shown him his entire life and that I would NEVER be ashamed of doing honest work…whether through need or, like me, doing a favor for someone in need. Period, the end. He immediately apologized and went and cleaned his room.

Story credit – Reddit/llc4269

Humbling

I remember working at a McDonald’s once, and we had this woman who came into work as part of the crew – she was probably early 40s, and I remember thinking how humbling it had to be to work here at that age.

She was only there for about six weeks. Looking back, she probably lost her job, had kids at home, needed the income, and couldn’t find anything else.

As someone who had a father who refused to work because “it was beneath him,” I have mad respect for people who are able to let their ego go and work next to someone less than half their age making the same wage. Nobody ever wants to be in that situation, but sometimes it’s necessary.

Story credit – Reddit/FourSharpTwigs

Exposure

A couple of years ago, Ozzy Osbourne was featured in a Post Malone song. Teens were saying, “this Ozzy guy is gonna explode from this exposure.”

It upset me more than I’d care to admit. I couldn’t believe the generation that doesn’t remember a time before the internet didn’t think to first Google “Ozzy Osbourne.”

Story credit – Reddit/[deleted]

Never Get Old

I had a classmate who said the same thing a couple of decades ago. She thought 20 was ‘over the hill,’ and by 30, everyone was just decrepit and miserable and eagerly waiting for death. So she wanted to die before she reached that milestone.

She was 17 when she expressed these thoughts. She wasn’t suicidal at all. But she also wasn’t the sharpest knife in the freezer.

Story credit – Reddit/[deleted]

Party Chat

I’m 45, and I still play video games. I grew up in the 80s and 90s. Video games are all. So when some kid gets in our party chat (Xbox) and starts chewing me out or making fun of me cause I’m old and shouldn’t be there, it ticks me off.

Like, what are you gonna do when you’re 45, kid? Tell the house robot to leave you alone while you play more call of duty VR?

Story credit – Reddit/Silver_Draig

No Phones

Or until their friends get phones. We don’t buy our kids phones until middle school when they start going out without us, but their innocence was definitely lost in 2nd/3rd grade when their friends got phones. It was very sad for us.

The best example I can give is Squid Games. My 4th-grade daughters saw it while waiting for the bus, watching with a group of kids from their class on someone’s phone. I would never have let them watch that show, and it did negatively affect them. One has been sleeping on the sofa since then (“to be closer” to parents), and the other sometimes says, “I was just thinking about someone being shot.”

Story credit – Reddit/i3aby

Contacting

Send emails like a text or a dm. You’re contacting me about a problem, and I know that from the fact that you’re emailing me. I need you to tell me more than the words “I have a problem.” Give me some details to work with upfront, so I don’t have to go back and forth with you all day.

This does not necessarily correlate with age necessarily. I’m just lucky that none of the adults I work with communicate this way.

Story credit – Reddit/ScruffMacBuff

“Cringe”

We went to Disneyland last month, and I asked my 9yo son if he wanted to wear Mickey’s ears, and he scoffed and said, “That’s so cringing.”

I replied, “Kid, you’re at Disney, one of the few places on earth where everyone has a free pass to be as cringe as they want without judgment.”

His eyes lit up, and he picked out a pair and wore them happily each day we were there. I know peer pressure starts young, but getting to see him “release” his cringe and just have a blast was so worth it.

Story credit – Reddit/[deleted]

Thinking They Know Better

Man. I tried helping so many people with weld tests for a job. I’d always get the same story, “I was in the top 5 of my weld class” or “I weld at my friends’ shop (or dad’s farm).” Naturally, they fall on their face during the weld test. So I’d critique everything, from how they prepped the plates to every single pull of the trigger. I always warned them I’d do it and that I’ll offer tips along the way because I wanted them to succeed. I hated doing weld tests.

Maybe 5 out of 100 would listen to my instructions. I explained what they did wrong, why it was wrong, and how to correct it, and they’d ignore me because they always knew better.

Listening To Music In Public

Kids who listen to music in public without headphones.Absolutely that! Never mind the musical choice. It’s not like phone speakers are any good, especially on a phone that’s probably been dropped a few times.

I’m sure it annoys other people younger than 30, too, though. Also, melodramatic drama – oversharing unnecessary drama on social media.

Ruining The Forest

I hate kids who ruin the forest behind my house. They party and leave a mess, they cut down trees, and they even leave things scattered in the path where people need to walk. I can’t believe how inconsiderate they are.

They also pull out my garden every single summer. But they do forget things, and for that, I am grateful.

Story credit – Reddit/daz3d-n-c0nfus3d

Trauma

Using trauma to excuse mistreating people. This generation has pioneered making it acceptable to process and be open about trauma, and that’s a great thing.

But it’s not cool when you behave in a cruel and selfish way and expect to get a pass because of it. Your mental health problems are not your fault, but they are your responsibility.

Story credit – Reddit/zugabdu