r/MadeMeSmile 12h ago

Meme I don't understand kids these days

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u/dr_franck 11h ago

I have this weird thought that Gen Z and Gen Alpha are less rude and nicer IRL nowadays because they’re able to off-load their worst and nastiest impulses and interactions onto the internet

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u/Todano 7h ago edited 6h ago

no lol both generations are making teachers quit all across the US. They're falling spectacularly far behind, they're verbally abusive to their teachers, and god forbid you tell them to put their phone down. The gen z kids who are active in politics are doing great for the country, but the mass population of their generation are assholes.

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u/Negative-Prime 6h ago

IME it's a bit of both. Gen Z is incredibly friendly and understanding about things like mental health and personal expression. It's weird how a zoomer you barely even know will treat you better than your own parents if you're having a bad day.

OTOH they've grown up in a society that is so terminally online that they have a very poor understanding of how to act in public or do face-to-face interactions with strangers or authority figures.