I think when I moved from not liking things younger people enjoyed to simply having no idea what they enjoy at all.
I’ve never been particularly with it on trends and such. When I was younger I knew the trends and rejected them in the spirit of youthful rebellion, aspects of my personality were defined by what and who I wasn’t.
Then I got a little older and rejected the things people slightly younger than me enjoyed. This came naturally, because I was no longer the target audience for these things it was easy to write them off as if I were.
Now I don’t even know enough to reject them. My knowledge of what younger people like seems to be about five years out of date. When something new comes along that seems irritating to me it seems to pass so quickly I don’t really have time to register it, and when I find something new I enjoy there’s apparently whole fandoms about it where (presumably… hopefully…) very young people fight about it, and they’re fighting about things I genuinely don’t have time to decipher. It’s like it all moves too fast for my vision to really gain focus, by the time I’m able to tell what I’m looking at everyone else seems to have already moved on.
A post a bit ago reminded me of one: When texting, I end sentences with punctuation 99% of the time. Apparently, this holds different meaning to younger people in at least the US. Thankfully, I’m not messaging any of those, but it still bugs me for no real, good reason.
When I could no longer understand the latest online slang, I realized I’m out of touch with whatever the current online generation is (gen alpha?).
I’m a Millennial and I could kinda follow Gen Z humor for the most part, but then Gen alpha came along with Skibidi Toilet. That broke me, I’m… I’m done.
Is it really that much worse than the annoying orange and other random YT videos?
Yeah gen Alpha stuff is mostly off the rails. I still keep up with the slang and general touchstones though.
This just cements how chronically online I must be, because as a millennial, I am familiar with E, Ugandan knuckles, and skibidi (watched the whole series)
When progressive commercials about becoming your parents did “finding the game” and “social media influencer” I’m like “well I crossed over to being with the parents I guess”
Lol I’m autistic, I’ve never been in touch. I rarely understand what’s going on but I fake it really well!
To answer this without a Hall & Oates reference, a younger Gen Z friend of mine was talking to me about looksmaxxing and aurafarming and I just had 0 fucking idea what he was on about.
I then realized I’m out of touch and out of time.
I’m pretty sure the latest episode of South Park explained these concepts. I’m old and miserable, so I feel asleep halfway through.
No, it’s the children who are wrong.
When I was out of time.
that kinda makes me outa my head.
when you’re not around
But did you know I was out of my head?
No, it’s the children who are wrong.
I was never under the impression that I was in touch.
Same… I am on the very mild end of the autism spectrum, and had to consciously learn how to socially interact with kids my age like I was Jane Goodall studying some damn apes or something.
When they started saying “ts”
I’m out of touch?!
No. It’s the children who are wrong.
And out of time as well.
But I’m outta my head when you’re not around.
I don’t think I’ve ever been in touch.
Every time my friends talk about whatever the new popular TV show is.
Me: “Um, I ate some edibles and watched a Law & Order marathon”.
