22 Gen Z Trends People Admit They Find A Little Weird
I’m old enough to remember when millennials got picked on the way Gen Z does now. Part of getting older is looking at the generation after yours and wondering why they do anything the way they do. Boomers did it to us, and some of them are still at it. Now it’s our turn to be confused. Gen Z will get its chance someday.
That being said, I’m glad I made it through my twenties without anyone expecting me to get a broccoli haircut.
In this AskReddit thread, people from different generations shared the Gen Z trends they find weird. I’ll admit I do a few of these things myself, but for once, millennials aren’t the ones getting called out.
1. “They film EVERYTHING”
2. “Broccoli haircut. Will definitely age like milk”
— anon
3. “My daughter uses the word “aesthetic” to mean nice. Ex: that’s so aesthetic. Wtf”
4. “The desire to ‘go viral’. One of my greatest fears is being involved in a viral video in any capacity, but for so many zoomers that’s their number 1 goal.”
5. “Finally I can ask this. Why do a large number of Gen Zs not use capital letters? Is capitalization going the way of cursive writing?”
6. “You need to ask Chatgpt/Ai for f*cking everything.”
7. “Proper punctuation in text messages being seen as aggressive or rude.”
8. “Using Snapchat to text message using pictures of their foreheads and the ceiling.”
9. “I feel like talking to people my age is often just reciting internet videos at each other that are triggered by random keywords rather than actually connecting.”
10. “Speaking in TikTok sound bites.”
11. “Gen Z-isms like starting sentences with, ‘Not me…'”
— decdash
12. “The way everything needs to be a micro-label or aesthetic, and the differences between some of them feel so minuscule that I’m not sure why they all need to exist in the first place. I’ve seen both “clean girl” and “vanilla girl” on TikTok, but…those both just seem like minimalism to me?”
13. “Everything cow print”
14. “Excessively posting pictures of your food.”
15. “How normalized overconsumption is.”
— Zadsta
16. “The misuse of the word gaslighting.”
17. “As a Gen Z myself, I find trying to diagnose ourselves with a mental disorder pretty weird. I’ve never done it, and I would never do it, but I know some people who do it just for attention and stuff. Pretty annoying for people who are actually suffering, in my opinion.”
18. “Our lack of care when driving??? Why are you guys on your phone?? Pls get off of your phone when you’re driving. I see it in other ages but a lot with Gen Z.”
19. “Might be unpopular to say IDK, but I really dislike the unironic ‘I’m just a girl’ attitude a lot of women my age have developed.”
20. “The culture of negativity. It’s so hard to make friends or a friend group that isn’t based in commiserating or complaining.”
21. “Everything is cringe. No one wants to be genuine and enjoy themselves anymore.”
— le_oof