"Millennial-Core" TikTok is WEIRD

[@funkyfrogbait]

Watch me react to my own cringe "millennial-core" TikToks on my Patreon: www.patreon.com/FunkyFrogBait

[@AKHV9708]

Alright so I was born in August 2000 so.... don't know which I am am I a millennial or the thing after it and somehow my boomer single parent, raise me to have common sense and I'm not on tiktok or anything that I don't know popular? or something? I don't f-ing know what to call it okay.... I truly don't know what going on. But I love funky frog bait, so I'm here .

[@Eevee-x24]

“ the anger has turned into fear” -funkyfrog

[@AKHV9708]

Funky frog bait for president ❤

[@bellathesuperpoms]

@@AKHV9708yes

[@1g5efj7t]

I am a millennial, but even im cringing and so confused. this feels like they are trying to relate to the youngster like the buscemi meme

[@graceaute3648]

This isn’t a generational issue.. it’s a desperate-for-attention issue.. and that issue is timeless.

[@justine7143]

TIMELESS!!! The desperation is too strong

[@lotanowo]

Nah, it's a generational issue. I'm a millennial and my sister is Gen Z (12 year difference) and even though I do not post anything on TikTok and am altogether a person who avoids the limelight, she still finds me incredibly cringey, and I find her cringey as well.

[@kaytesun6447]

​@@lotanowo For sure there are generational differences, my nephew makes fun of a lot of things I do and grew up with. But as a whole we both find this type of content extremely cringey. Everyone goes through cringey phases in life, but most of us "grow up". A lot of these clips are harmless, but easy to make fun of. Not arguing, just saying it's probably more a mix of both.

[@zioptis40]

@@lotanowo I'm gen z (2005) and I'm NOTHING like the other weirdos

[@urmom6670]

yall people encourage that shit too😒

[@pudge9701]

*"This person is 27."* I've never felt more seriousness in a sentence before.

[@Cherryvelvettt]

😂

[@Bl1ndG1rl]

That one was physically painful to watch.

[@Xai_Son_of_the_male_Olympians]

​@@Bl1ndG1rland mentally

[@kizzy7829]

Never in my life have I experienced so much shock

[@MuteTentailes]

As someone who is 27 - Nope, no, never. Please do not associate me with....That

[@ceaselesswatching]

It's like they are disney characters, if that makes sense? The exaggerated expressions, the noises, the wild movements- it all screams Disney.

[@jiggly-puffy]

True. I was thinking anime characters but same concept.

[@judgementbird2248]

@ville__ didn't ask you either buddy

[@ceaselesswatching]

Finished the video, I don't think I've ever seen you break 'final bit character' as I've taken to calling it.

[@CutiePatutie_SmookiePookieBear]

Spooky Spooky hair-cut 🤪👻🤪👻

[@Balck_white]

Most of them would have Disney plus

[@MarisHarken]

I am quirky and random in the privacy of my own home. The idea of putting any "uwu" stuff unironically for the internet to judge without the filter of a faceless persona gives me actual anxiety....

[@Laeiryn]

The funny thing is, there's almost no millennials young enough for uWu tumblrina phase to have hit before we were mid-20s. We "Came of age" at the millennium (it does not refer to an entire generation! Mostly because an eighteen year span of people don't come of age all at once. That's not what "generation" is for. Stop misusing it, people). If you weren't reaching adulthood sometime between 96 and 05, you weren't millennial. And tumblr didn't start until several more years after that. If you want to see millennial cringe, what you want is old Livejournals.

[@Jakabii]

As a millennial, the “omg I’m so random XD” humour was very popular when I was in high school. Most millennials (that I know) grew out of this but clearly some did not.

[@AboutAGirIlllll]

What’s funny is, this was still humor when I, a 16 year old, was in school. Not much changed throughout those years and it’s funny to see people claiming otherwise. When I was younger, I also liked big mustaches and saying XD.. it’s confusing and my head hurts 😭

[@mr.fahrenheit347]

as a gen z that’s how i was in middle school lmao

[@caitlinsdiary]

@ville__yo whyd you just copy and paste their comment bru

[@dragona-joestar]

⁠@ville__ What's funny is, this was still humor when I, a 16 year old, was in school. Not much changed throughout those years and it's funny to see people claiming otherwise. When I was younger, I also liked big mustaches and saying XD.. it's confusing and my head hurts 😭

[@osborn.illustration]

@ville__ YOUR AVATAR SAYS "GRAPE" BUT WITHOUT THE "G"? And your content is all about assaulting women. No wonder women stay away from you, good for them! Really fucking funny to see everyone tearing you a new asshole in your comments though, baby boy. At least I'm not the only one that hates misogynist incel trash.

[@SjofnBM1989]

As a 34 year old millenial I remember these types of people and how they behaved in High School and I assure you.....they were SO MUCH WORSE.

[@tifKh]

Glad I’m not the only one who knows exactly what they were like.

[@zumeybear6883]

🥹🥹🥹🥹🥹🥹🥹🥹🥹🥹

[@dramaproofbunker8296]

yeah i remember a few. They were insufferable then and they're insufferable now.

[@suzannes.5896]

Like the girls that said “erhmagerrrd” and “rawr” and it was a whole personality trait.

[@yummymummy1981]

MySpace vibes. Just less skunk striped hair and eyeliner.

[@slimkt]

I’m a 30yo millennial and can’t stand the performative ‘quirky’ personalities or the millennials that try to beef with gen z. Why can’t we just commiserate over the fact that we’re all wage slaves and none of us will ever be homeowners?

[@TheMankrikscow]

so true haha, just accept that Tiktok is something that is for gen Z and Limewire was our milennial thing or something :P

[@jhessicacomjh]

the last sentence cut me like a knife

[@Krifpumpumkrify]

It is so strange. The world won't even be habitable for either generation to reach old age, but sure, go off on people making cringe content they make money from.

[@Krifpumpumkrify]

​@@TheMankrikscow we'll just ignore the previous iterations of tiktok. Vines not LimeWire, two very different things. Perhaps the creators and advertisers should have done a better job of stipulating they had created an app designed for a specific generation? It is incredible when people gatekeep things like apps.

[@HFV_Junkyardin]

The worst thing about these cringy millennials is that they are doing this at 30+ years old.

[@supersupeng]

I love your John Oliver-esque / news reporter tone as you manage your anger

[@averycushmore7485]

"smol gorl" that is a 35 year old woman

[@Ke0h298]

that's 5'11 🙏💀💀💀

[@Sakura_st4r]

No offence but I that she was 36😭

[@LaurenJD]

This. As a 36 year old woman if anyone ever calls me a 'smol gorl' we are going to have a problem.

[@theteethburglar4716]

She is a woman with a pussy and boobs

[@MeniuGenusharo]

Timestamp?

[@Loey]

As a 30 year old woman I’d like to apologize on behalf of millennials everywhere for this behavior

[@Javajunkiexx6]

hi loey! you shouldn't have to apologize this is just childish

[@sarayuh1925]

@@Javajunkiexx6shut your trap millie!

[@lee9910]

OMG ILY

[@squinsmile]

LOEY???

[@katherineputney6524]

Honestly! Same I'm raising 3 kids who even has time for this?

[@hotgrrrl4206]

i think the reason those millennial tiktoks are cringe is not necessarily bc of their mannerisms or the way they act but bc it’s so clear that they’re only doing it for their content and don’t actually act like that irl. i think the cringe factor comes from the fact that it’s just disingenuous

[@applekoi8639]

THANKYOU FOR SAYING THIS!!! YOU ARE SO RIGHT!

[@sleepybaby8218]

my step mom actually acts like that in person shes a couple years away from being a millennial but still...

[@hotgrrrl4206]

@@sleepybaby8218 i mean if that’s the case she’s an exception and i respect that

[@sleepybaby8218]

@@hotgrrrl4206 it's the worst thing but I don't dare to ruin her fun 😭

[@maxhadanidea]

funny, normally cringe comes from being extremely genuine

[@Coolaxe760]

Omg the spooky hair cut video! I used to make videos like that when I was 13, thank the lord I didn't have social media then.

[@gingerweasel2]

For some reason the chick that claimed to "accidentally" throw random shit at people all the time annoyed me the most. If that's *actually* a problem that you have, it's on *you* to not reach out and take the glass/metal objects that people try to hand you, not on everyone else to magically know you're itching to concuss them. The way she talked about it like the people she hurts are the ones at fault was just craaaazy.

[@prettyevil6662000]

Yeah when se was just throwing the cups it was whatever, cringe uwu humor. But then she discussed throwing them AT people and injuring them because they gave her the wrong cup. Lady, that's assault now, not quirky uwu.

[@mamazeta906]

She has Ehlers Danlos Syndrome, a mobility condition that limits her proprioception skills. The target audience was other disabled people who need accommodations like plastic drinking cups so they don't hurt themselves or others. Was it maybe poorly done? Sure.

[@ben.7el]

@@mamazeta906that’s actually really important context…. yeah still annoying delivery and hyperbolic but actually makes sense what she’s talking about

[@smileyp4535]

@@mamazeta906 that... Actually changes everything lol

[@tomieclone7278]

Yeah, I feel like if that's a real problem she'd probably have to look for a neurologist or psychiatrist, not go on the net aby it

[@Soaxee]

I love how you pointed out that the behavior millennials(at least the ones in the videos) stereotype to gen z isn't ACTUALLY gen z... its gen alpha, the kids they are supposed to be raising. not saying that some younger side of gen z don't act like this or that all gen alpha act this way.

[@DopeioThePhoneBoi]

EXACTLY

[@afghdkfekjk1509]

The whole generation thing is a weird concept to begin with when people take it so litteral, but.... people named a generation alpha.... alright, i officially decline this while "grouping people by their age" trend, it says alot about the people partaking in this mess

[@Sparkle8205]

Yeah exactly this

[@autumnsprite]

​@@afghdkfekjk1509the only reason its called alpha is because its the first letter of the greek alphabet, since we already got to Z 😂

[@bellatrixpie2435]

yeah and the idea gen z has that all millenials talk like this shows how terminally online they are

[@tomatosoup4618]

Every single generation has cringe. And I hate when people dunk on each other when the ruling class is right there watching us fight

[@honeyOTU_]

A-FUCKEN-MEN

[@LittleMadameAnything]

Word

[@LaniMuahh]

RIGHTT

[@gemstone108]

Cringe doesn’t exist. Harmless fun is harmless fun and it’s only when something becomes truly harmful that it should be looked at with scrutiny.

[@wajmgirl]

Why dunk on some lady happy about cream cheese when Elon is right there?

[@desireecowling167]

6:51 the cut away 😂😂😂 "this person is 27" .

[@9elypses]

Real millenial humor is looking at your coworker and going "wouldn't it be great if the building suddenly caught fire?" And them nodding and sighing wistfully.

[@KossolaxtheForesworn]

millennial humor is to look over a railing and wondering if the drop would be long enough.

[@SweetestSweden]

Millennial humor is staring listlessly into the camera as your Boomer mother starts tearing your younger gen z sister a new asshole for coughing too loudly and longing for the end.

[@danicasoper6545]

Millennial humor: Coworker: "What do we do when x happens?" Me: "Oh, Dave, that's later. Maybe we'll be dead by then." Dave: *sigh* "That'd be really nice."

[@missnoneofyourbusiness]

Millennial humor is dressing as the inflation for halloween.

[@pinkypumpkins]

​@@danicasoper6545that 30 Rock reference

[@jflygare95]

Thank you for calling out both sides about the horrible inter-generational hate. We should be working together, not tryna fight about who is worse/has it worse. It's especially ironic remembering what it was like being a millennial and having everyone hate us as children for literally nothing, yet now there's millennial's doing the same shit to gen z kids????

[@ErutaniaRose]

For real. I’m Gen Z. If I have beef with millennials, it’s only because they don’t acknowledge us also suffering under capitalism. Especially if you are disabled (as I am). Like…why you fighting me?? I literally can’t even work and pose no threat. Fight the people fucking up the world.

[@derpkipper]

I hate seeing millenials dunk on gen z. Like yeah, ok, kids can be frustrating to deal with as an adult. I get it. But maybe just maybe don't...be like this. It makes me smh cuz like, did we collectively forget how it felt to be dunked on by boomers growing up? Are we really going to perpetuate that cycle? Come on.

[@mexicancandytastegood2716]

Lol my math teacher said kids these days when he's literally apart of the problem. He also doesn't do shit about bullying but he called me selfish and rude.

[@ErutaniaRose]

For real. How are kids gonna behave or learn anything when the adults around them are often heartless just because of age and teen stereotypes? Like my old HS, just a few years ago, literally did nada about bullying, often ignored legal disability accommodations, and even sabotaged SA case evidence. (I'm not even kidding. This was the "America to Me" documentary school.) Kids are seeing the world burn at the hands of adults who could care less about them or their futures (ruling class), and are then regarded in their personal lives by dictatorial rules that serve little to no purpose but to "keep things how they are" by adults also suffering and not getting much help, so of COURSE they act out and are hopeless! Everyone is feeling miserable and instead of trying to fix it, people shut down ideas and make others miserable, especially aimed at kids. @@mexicancandytastegood2716

[@angelalovell5669]

Also, the algorithm might pitch us the one we're mad about (ie our own "generation" getting clowned on) on purpose. I see way more videos shitting on millenials than gen z, and I'm a millenial. They're tryna make me boom, and I refuse.

[@bloodpup_]

“im beginning to feel a burning sense of anger as im watching this.” to “i think im afraid of this woman.” in 4 seconds has me CRYINGG

[@MatthewTheWanderer]

She was PROFOUNDLY annoying, lol!

[@miminah6710]

A

[@mystiquedarkholm3818]

At 8:10 a glass randomly fell off my counter. I think a 28yo toddler is haunting me 😵‍💫

[@OneDeadBird]

36 yr old here, this is taking me back to high school for sure when people thought being loud and clumsy was a personality. Hated it then, hated it now.

[@DXTRIPLEHBK]

Same!

[@aWERFRGT6545BGFG]

i used to be rlly loud and im clumsy cuz of adhd and due to people tihnking it was me being quirky they harrassed me even tho i genuinely just have adhd. So both sides are in the wrong here and hating on adults for being childish in some cases can be ableist. I now have rlyl bad social anxiety and feel like im not allowed to be myself anymore or talk

[@KT-oi6kb]

The "quirky" and "I'm not like other girls" era is so cringe. As soon as those fake glasses and mustache on everything came out, it was all over.

[@Rabbit-the-One]

You actually saw people act like this? I'm near your age, and never ran into people like this in school or elsewhere.

[@aWERFRGT6545BGFG]

​@@KT-oi6kb ntm the not like other girls trend made everyone start hating on girls that were actually masculine, because my personality is masculine and I had always loved video games yet whenever I expressed that, someone would call me a cringe not like other girl when I was just being myself.

[@MoMo-rx4zr]

it’s wild that anyone in their 30s finds fighting with teens online a dignified thing to do

[@Ruvieb]

Because they’re all teenagers…. Yet if you treat genz as only teenagers, then it’s “you know we’re not all teenagers, right?” *Apparently, no one understands sarcasm. Not surprising.

[@cyberiaarts]

@@Ruviebgirl what is your argument 😭

[@Ruvieb]

@@cyberiaarts Being genz does not automatically mean teenager. Plenty are adults, yet every time one of these discussions come up or genz is criticized for something, “you’re arguing with 14 year olds” is always the easy response to cut down any argument. At the same time, millennials are also accused of treating gen zers like they’re all children. There’s no winning.

[@OncleClara]

As a 37 year old millennial I 100% agree. It’s so cringe.

[@radschele1815]

Let me just say... it was not a Millennial thing. But right now, it is. 🫡

[@nopenope7937]

On a serious note, realizing that generational hate is a toxic cycle is the first step to stop it. My mom and I both realized it at some point in time and it really helped us understand each other and better our relationship. She used to see my problems as shallow and irrelevant while I used to see her as indifferent and distant, but it took some a lot of time and effort for us to see each other as humans with different lives and perspectives. Let's not be the generation that continues the hate. Let's be the ones who stop it.

[@PixlyPenguin]

Yesss!!

[@sambored9387]

I doubt that all of gen z will drop it, but at least we can make it irrelevant. So gen alpha can finaly drop it or the one after, make it smaller and smaller each time until it's gone

[@MrBrick-vb3xh]

@@sambored9387 yeah! calling kids dumb or something cus they watch stupid content is not helping, most of us watched MLG compilations or something simmilar at one point, which is basically the same, flashing colors non-stop loud sounds and such.

[@PixlyPenguin]

@ville__ I asked

[@Dreamgirljules]

Thank you

[@SkyboundSweetheart]

Imagine your long dintance cousin comes over to your house and you give her a glass of water and she just immediatly throws it across the room and goes "YOU DIDNT GIVE ME PLASTIC"

[@cas7698]

Im tired of us trying to separate it into this generation against that generation. Everyone is weird and cringy in all generations.

[@roadworkaheadyaisurehopeitdoes]

@ville__Be quiet

[@ihatepineapple0]

​@ville__bot lmao also who asked

[@Eldrisaur]

@ville__no they didn’t, bot. Delete yourself.

[@lycandetermined1312]

​@ville__ lol bot

[@Absbor]

I learnt at school, that one of the reason we got seperated it's because of how many babies were made (baby boomers) and not how cringe we are. generation gap is also referred to being out of touch with the rest of the world (like the video in which old hags guess american house prices). we all fully agree with your core opinion, unfortunatelly it's not about how cringy we humans are - it's about social construct the government made and accidentally made.

[@lo-keyloki9986]

As a younger millennial you honestly nailed this. I feel way more in common with an older Gen Z than a Disney adult and remember when we promised not to hate the next generation just to see a lot of people flip on that faster than a politician.

[@Pandemonioxo]

I really hope gen z can bridge the gap and like tease rather than bully, although hopefully gen alpha arent just vicious assholes based on how the “millennial man babies” (not all millennials, just the ones on tik tok rubbing it in gen zs faces that theyre purposefully sabotaging the next generation to get back at us for making fun of skinny jeans) but maybe were too dead inside to be affected, and that will be our strong suit in the end. Or it just continues LMAO

[@Littllebabydoll]

Literally I thought I was the only one

[@albertlassiter8608]

100% agree! at the intersection of the two I still remember all the shit millennials got (ruining the economy, destroying marriage, not buying overpriced houses, don't like golf enough, you know, important issues like that) and was like "I'm so glad we can break this trend of shitting on upcoming generations" and then the latest division started and I was like, "uh, guys? I thought we agreed this was shitty and completely unhelpful in every way"

[@missnoneofyourbusiness]

For me it's like...that's it. I'm getting old and dying and I won't get to a point in history where people aren't complaining about millennials just because we chose to wake up that morning.

[@Bottomsupyours]

I'm an elderly millennial and I have no idea what's going on

[@sydneyhernandez4291]

"i think i'm pretty cringe-resistant" to "keep it together, man" has me ROLLING

[@TapToConfirmCG]

10:35 I’m a gen Z who had to grow up WAY to fast who looks at this like “yep. Just yep.”

[@pillowdargon]

That Jim Carrey diagnosis is on point. I think it proves that what we're exposed to as we grow up shapes our humors and personalities. And what's certain is that each generation will have something that the others find cringe, indefinitely.

[@xindica.bunnyx2188]

First of all, Jim Carrey is not cringe he's one of the best actors alive, stfu.

[@ADragon-gi9mr]

everyone's different.

[@4nd1m4sk1ngwhyl0rd]

Jimcarreyitis

[@yankeydoodles]

This is well said and I think the best point here. I see it in "boomer humor" vs #Millenialhumor and at the heart a lot of the generational memes or colloquialisms are born in similar ways and have similar meanings. My favorite right now is "Me when" has turned into "POV you are...". Every generation has their own version but it's all generational coping.

[@marissanoele]

I love Jim Carrey he’s my fav actor and I’m 15 rn but I WILL NEVER act like that

[@stumbling_]

I enjoy being born at the point where I'm too young to truly relate with millenials and too old to be a "fellow kid" with the zoomers. So it's just sitting here and watching the world crumble apart.

[@therealopaartist]

I was born in 2002, so I’m also stuck in the middle. I don’t get the slang and I also don’t like Starbucks. What a cruel fate this is.

[@theaterkid24601]

Have fun with that bestie

[@NotMe-f5l]

Hehe, ye

[@Link-dx1lx]

I'm a 2000s baby so I'm in the same boat. I'm also a weirdo who's not really on any social media (besides youtube) so a lot of both gen z and millenial stuff goes over my head Edit: Upon watching this I'm also realizing I have completely lost the ability to tell if content on the internet is serious or satire

[@agooseinpeopleclothes]

I’m also in that weird gap, but my younger sister is firmly a gen z. Every word I say around her is embarrassing. My work also employs quite a few teens. Every day I feel more and more “hello fellow kids” when I’m talking to them. It’s mortifying. They get younger every year, yet I age seemingly at light speed

[@grindminion1086]

I hate the fact that being a zillenial means I get to experience the cringe of both generations

[@strictnine5684]

@@Bl00dyMaryit is tho

[@vomitxboi]

not a thing, on the whatever year you’re born is your generation

[@he2295]

@Bl00dyMary Zillwnials exist because of the ambiguity of generations dumbass. It was 1995 then 2000

[@lauren3173]

Get me out of this hell

[@lauren3173]

To the people saying this isn’t true… do you know how life works? We don’t just stop interacting with people because of a generational divide.

[@Sapphiregem-b2s]

Unfocnitly I relate to the 28 year old toddler, but that is because I am a 15 year old with ticks who actually cant control it.

[@JazlyneKirkman]

That video was actually about her disability!

[@kiwigirl3988]

The fact that the 28 year old toddler blames the material on her throwing it at people is insane to me.

[@perksofbeingadeadpoet]

i was checking her account and she has elher danos syndrome so

[@spookysailorscout]

​@@perksofbeingadeadpoethow is that relevant? Edit to say: I have been educated on EDS, thank you to the people who helped me have a different perspective on the situation!

[@-Some_Random_Chicken-.]

@@perksofbeingadeadpoetI’m sorry but do you mind explaining that? I don’t know what that is and I would like to understand

[@PS1DemoDisk]

@@spookysailorscoutdepending on what type you have (there are many) it can mess with your nerves and muscles, resulting in things like spasms. As someone who also suffers from EDS, My hand sometimes spasms and twitches while my fingers loosen, and that usually results in something being thrown (not very far, and it looks more like I'm just clumsy, but for other people the movement can be a lot more violent and thus things go further). Typically it's something small like my phone, so if it does go in the direction of another person it's usually not serious, but there was one time it happened with a coke in McDonald's and it landed directly on a small child stood next to me at the pickup area. Point is some types of EDS can result in the throwing issue, so that's why the other person mentioned it. The girl is definitely playing it up on her profile though for the sake of the video.

[@ItsMuffinTimePls]

I feel like most of the "cringe" people have something underlying going on... A lot of them basically scream "socially awkward" or "medical condition" especially in the last one with the "toddler". It sounded like she was joking about a condition not that she was bragging about attacking people.

[@patriciaorellana6469]

As a millennial, this seems like a call back to the ‘I’m totally random/quirkly LOUD NOISE lol lmao’ trend that lasted for a while

[@ChristopherTheBanana]

Invader Zim did irreparable harm to our generation

[@Jesayou]

I guess they didn't get enough spork of doom

[@Andy-ly2li]

I wanted to like this just enough to make it 420. Yw

[@The.Lake.Effect]

Every goddamn webcomic featuring a "quirk chungus" girlfriend and a handsome tall muscular boyfriend who was actually a big baby at heart was HUGE on this trend.

[@litterbox2010]

@@ChristopherTheBanana I don't think so. Invader Zim is pretty great and created by a talented comicbook artist. Pretty sure Disney did this to them.

[@LightYagamisHusband]

Hearing the word "smol" in a sentence makes me remember Gacha Cringe and I'm in pain

[@p34chie.b34r]

NOT GACHA CRINGE OMFG... "Meh is just a smol bby 🥺" I'M SOBBING💀

[@LightYagamisHusband]

@@p34chie.b34r AAHH, JUMPSCARE 😱

[@Immy-pn8rw]

Devils don’t fly

[@slushy_fails]

Remember gatcha heat 💀😭

[@LightYagamisHusband]

@@slushy_fails NOOOO 😭😭😭

[@wooperfan584]

1:23 this made me burst out laughing lmao. Just the old man who's shorter than everyone else doing the Sheesh meme 😭

[@swoopingsilver2949]

these are the people who bullied the “weird girl” in school for watching anime but are now being the “weird 🤪 girl 🤪” to get engagement

[@jackholloway1]

Not sold on this, I'm a Millennial and the people who were like this in 2008 are still like this in 2024

[@vainetuxx]

Gen Z here and I still cringe at people with anime obsession.

[@blairemusic-ws7hh]

weird person*. it’s not just females that get bullied hun. Shut up

[@cherrysprinkles1311]

​@@vainetuxxsame

[@AlvinKazu]

@@vainetuxxwhat do you consider "obsession?" and how is an "anime obsession" different from being obsessed with any other form of media or a certain genre of media i.e., Marvel movies?

[@NiaJustNia]

As someone who works in a primary/grade school, covid + online everything on touch screens has actually really stunted some of the kids in key social skills. Kids aged 7-10 have the most fights, resort to violence before anything else, and have significantly poorer communication, team work, and play skills, because they basically spent 2 years alone in front of screens. We literally have to have special classes and sessions to teach some of the kids how to interact and play with each other. We've had to flag 7 and 8 year olds that have been exposed to pornography and try to imitate it. We've had 9 year olds talking and giving phone numbers out to complete strangers online, because they don't know internet safety and their parents often can't be bothered. We've literally got at least 5 kids in the school who bully for fun, because they just straight up don't know how to not act like that. We're in Scotland, and we have some kids that have US accents because they were raised by the TV from infancy. We've got kids who genuinely don't understand that not everything is a touch screen, because it's all they've ever known. Most of them are at lower literacy levels than expected because they straight up lost 2 years of school an are struggling to catch up. Gen Alpha need as much help as they can't get honestly, because they're really struggling, and ridicule isn't going to help them.

[@hollow_w33n]

granted, we live in the age of easily-accessible internet, but wtf?! there’s kids that are that young that have seen porn and are trying to imitate it to boot? what in the fresh fuck are the parents doing, or rather, failing to do?!

[@Chaeley]

I literally did not realize it was possible for kids to have accents based on the TV they watch. I always remember being mystified why my friend with two British parents sounded American, because for the first five years of their life they were mostly exposed to that accent. I thought it was inevitable that no matter the parentage and no matter what they heard at home, kids always have the accent of the region they're raised in. This is mind-boggling social science to me.

[@lordskeletor481]

Also I think I remember reading somewhere that it provably stunted children's writing skills because touch screens don't allow for children to build the same hand strength as play activities for children in the past.

[@aleeflo]

It's so crazy that some people mock literal children?? It's not their fault, it's the fault of the people who raised them. And well, they're talking about generation, but whose generation is raising them... Some people have to understand that generation is just a social construct WE created and there is stupid people at every age. You really can't blame a CHILD for doing what they can with the little that they learned. And well, let's be serious, if you have a problem with 5 years old, I don't think they're the weird ones...😬

[@sambored9387]

@Burger_pants for now the oldest ones aren't even pre teens. It is not other peoples job to put consequences onto kids or onto any minors. Be kind to them, it's children with no parents, of course they act like that

[@dark_and_wholesome]

i appreciate how most of your videos aren't discouraging people for having fun but just, talking about it instead and being able to jokes about how yeah you find this cringey but they're living their life happily and at the end of the day that's the only thing that matters

[@MelanieGannon]

I agree. Most of your videos, funky frog bait, are entertaining and enjoyable but this one just seems like it's bashing people for trying to have a good time. This one kind of hurts my heart. I am the parent of a millennial and a great aunt to several gen z nieces and nephews. (My child decided not to have kids so I'm a grand aunt instead.) What you're doing here in this video reminds me of the girl at the IHOP eating her pancake and the woman in the background with the gross face. I would be the woman in the background with the gross face and yo, (funky frog) would be eating the pancake. 🤷🏼‍♀️

[@Zectifin]

@@MelanieGannon nah that shit is all cringe and you're allowed to give them the glare.

[@MelanieGannon]

@@Zectifin and I'm allowed to look at you like you're an asshole for doing so. 🤷🏼‍♀️

[@MelanieGannon]

@@Zectifin I will admit that her introduction to the video upset me to the point that I did not watch it further than 5 minutes. If the end result was of her telling people to leave these " cringe-worthy" people alone then I have to take back my statement and admit that I didn't watch the whole video. I would suggest that she may be put a disclaimer at the beginning stating these are not her personal opinions or she's going to lose subscribers like me. I know I'm just one of hundreds of thousands but if I am one and then there is another one then it could end up like illuminati.

[@memedemon6273]

⁠@@MelanieGannonIf you can’t tell the words she is saying on her own channel would be her own opinion that sounds like you problem. she is in no way like blaire (illuminati). blaire didn’t just annoy people or whatever your issue is, blaire was abusive and literally tried to make someone homeless. your “comparison” is the most offensive thing here.

[@Tsukyz]

9:31 the walking lawsuit

[@JazlyneKirkman]

Actually she’s talking about her disability in that video, she physically cannot control it

[@amyb.408]

y'know i really hate when people try to make being overtly "clumsy" a quirky cute personality trait when in real life it's usually due to physical disability and it's really embarrassing

[@Narangarath]

I mean, sure, but who are we to say a very clumsy person can't turn their source of embarrassment into a joke. I couldn't tell you how many times I've heard a crash followed by "something fell!" when my very clumsy husband has fumbled something.

[@clarificationplease5419]

Thank you😂!!! My 'clumsiness' is a symptom of my autism that no one ever really took seriously. I've sprained my wrist and ankle, broken my left wrist n thumb and have unknown cuts and bruises every day. It sucked being made fun of for it, now it's a trendy cute thing

[@lizrdspice]

HAPPY ALSO MAKES ME UNHAPPY 😭 that one and blurred lines- big no no for me

[@karmakaughtthekat]

​@@Narangarath I mean yeah, but constantly doing it on purpose for humor instead of just laughing at it when it happens naturally feels a bit weird? Idk, im a naturally clumsy person myself and i like to laugh at my fuck ups, but i cringe seeing people go overboard with it because it's "quirky"

[@persomnus]

I have dyapraxia which is what they're mimicking to look "cute." Sure sometimes it's funny but most of the time it's embarrassing and frustrating. I have trouble holding my phone without dropping it. I've broken it the first day I got it SEVERAL TIMES before I started buying overpriced otter boxes in store and phones got tougher. Actually having dyspraxia isn't fun. I can laugh at the time I accidently hit my dad in the face with pasta because my hand involuntarily let go as I was lifting it up, but that doesn't make up for the expensive, pain, and embarrassment it also causes.

[@MadMax-dp2bb]

As a millennial, I'm genuinely confused. I've never met a millennial like this. I'm convinced these people only exist online.

[@UnofficiallyAdulting]

I also came to say this. Not one single person I interact with act like this.

[@rileynatalie]

Almost 37 here. 👋 I would literally disown my friends if they acted this way. Same goes for if they tried to start making TikTok’s or being “influencers”. My kids (14 & 16) don’t even do TT trends or dances. However my oldest rags me abt millennial core all the time even tho I don’t actually act like that nor would I ever. 😂

[@jmo53214.]

​@@rileynataliesame!! 39 and these are the type of people that make me physically ill. The look at me energy just sickens me. My kids act like every move I make is humiliating but I would gladly permanently remove myself from public if I ever behaved like any one of these people.

[@Mirupuuu]

legit, if you want milenial humour it's in vines compilations, not on milinial influencer's tiktok account. These make me cringe so hard, but nothing cracks me up more than "two dudes chilling in a hot tub..."

[@kelseyrheney8107]

I’m 29 and haven’t seen anyone my age IRL act like this.

[@bipride1763]

As a gen z, I’m just tired of the jokes that “gen z doesn’t know this old technology!” Yes.. yes I do. I know what a cassette tape is, I know what a VHS is (Hell, I used to have one), I know what a VCR is, I know what a landline phone is- etc. I grew up with CDs and millennial siblings+gen x parents. I’m not stupid, I know and remember clearly what life was like before smartphones.

[@thecolourfulpill]

I remember that clip of Ellen making a girl FOLD A MAP, as if it's a universal "old people thing"? While I handled maps a bunch of times, I know that I would probably struggle with folding it - not because of a "lack of expierience", but because it's an annoying and frustrating task. It's the same with a lot of old (or even new) technology. It's especially funny with people using flip phones as examples of archaic tech, as if modern phones don't try to mimick them? It's laughable.

[@bipride1763]

@@thecolourfulpill YES and also why is there this obsession with using old tech?

[@rach2111]

There are cusp generations, where you have one foot in both worlds, I'm an elder Millennial.....a Xennial, raised by boomers who are on the cusp of Gen X. I feel I can identify more closely with Gen X than the Millenials that came later on. I hate all of you. Let's just put it that way.

[@rach2111]

@@bipride1763 Listen to something on vinyl, you'll understand.

[@joerichardwad1645]

I think most of the jokes are about how you guys can’t do things, like tell time, read, drive a car… stuff like that.

[@toriwaa]

at 15:30 , LOVE THIS MESSAGE. Seriously that's what I thought before you said it. Same page !!

[@spritezilla_the_bebop]

As a Gen Z’er who grew up working VHS tapes/DVD’s, saw my mom have a Blackberry flip phone in the smart phone era, plays an authentic NES, owns and operates a record player and who listens to a CD player on the daily, I can confirm that I have no knowledge of vintage tech.

[@Gabby15789]

Fr our group is just stuck in the middle so confused watching this horrible tennis match go back and forth 😂

[@ashwoods2334]

i remember a baseball game i went to with my family where my dad said he had a "big surprise" and pulled out his work-issued new blackberry- it was so exciting for my little self and for my brothers...like holy shit, our dad got the most fancy phone on the market at the time !! i was 5 yrs old. i'm 17 now, almost 18. it's so wild that people have this idea that we don't have any clue about old technology- my first phone was a flip phone and i have over 50 CDs i use often. my brothers used to fight over who rewinded the VHS at my grandpa's lol

[@gaymer6689]

@@ashwoods2334 dO yOu eVen kNow whaT a flOppy dIsK iS?

[@specializedchemicals6669]

i feel like many older gen z or just poor gen z people in general have grown up with vhs, flip phones, home phones, cds, blocky tvs, and lots of 90s things. a lot of them were even old enough to remember the few years before smartphones were beginning to be a thing in the common household. this is why i can't stand the whole "generation talk" because it just seems like a grab at feeling better than one or the other.

[@marianneheyvaerts5526]

@@specializedchemicals6669here in Belgium the American trends were a thing quite a lot later. I remember my parents having flip phone Motorolas. The first smartphones my parents got, the first iPad. I’m in a very weird in between ground as well. I literally taught someone who was 3 years younger than me and I just didn’t understand him anymore…

[@llehyloh]

Millennials act like how I act when I’m home alone, high, and cooking because I have no embarrassment at that point in time

[@k_t530]

So you are taking attention seekers as the standard for an entire generation? That's stupid.

[@OFWGKTADGAFLLBBLSBFB]

@@k_t530uh oh! Someone’s mad

[@k_t530]

@@OFWGKTADGAFLLBBLSBFB you got mad from that?? Ok...Must be an awful soft world you live in.

[@ReiAnikaAyanami]

​@@k_t530 dude you're being hysterical right now. relax.

[@AtomicMama42]

Bro, i still only do this in my home high because i was severely bullied for being outgoing. ​@@k_t530

[@paulacolnaghi5204]

Okay, i agree with all the points made in the video, but the part about how cruel gen z can be about people they dont like is soooo freaking accurate. It even scares me

[@andyshemesh9693]

Ok yeah this is something I’m noticing. Gen Z are extremely critical and judgmental. It’s giving insecure so refocus insecurity on other people and judge…

[@paulacolnaghi5204]

@@andyshemesh9693 EXACTLY, like im gen z too but the way that this generation feels so entitled to judge others is insane

[@fall_tea8857]

Yeah im gen z too and noticed it and the fact no one gives a crap i worrying

[@littlecake453]

Yeah, like tf, it's scary as hell now to be on social media.

[@paulacolnaghi5204]

@@littlecake453 social media is beyond scary. It's truly a blessing and a curse to society

[@WhumpRudder]

First, my 15 year old loves you and introduced me to your channel a while back by saying "I really love their content, they actually remind me a lot of you." I take it as a massive compliment ❤ Great content. Speaking as an Xennial raising some awesome Gen Z and Alpha kids, I also find these videos SUPER annoying. That said, give it a few years. Not invalidating your experience here, I promise. Every generation in their late teens to early 20s (I'll limit my generalization to the US and Canada) seems to go through a "disillusioned" "we had to grow up too fast" phase. It seems to be part of adjusting to the awful realities of being an adult, realizing how little control we really have over anything and how limited our opportunities are, processing our trauma, and wishing we could have had more time to just be a kid. Not a thing specific to Gen Z, but definitely part of your journey. Every generation seems to have a different coping mechanism though. Gen X shuts down, Millenials laugh until they cry, Gen Z... tbd. Cynical positivity? It's almost like the brutal cynicism of Gen Z except you guys actually give a sh*t and show your feelings. I really hope this isn't the case for y'all, but generally, once you've had a decade or two of being beaten down by adult life, struggling against end-stage capitalism, in a broken-from-the-beginning system that doesn't seem to benefit 99% of people or change no matter how hard you try, watching the generations before you carry on pretending that everything will work out fine while you slowly lose any remaining hope you had for humanity or the planet or the children's future... maybe then, just maybe, you'll get why someone can get THAT excited about flavored cream cheese. I'm not gonna lie, in my early 20s I would have thought anyone getting excited about a houseplant or special cheese or a new ball of yarn was a sad weirdo who gave up on life. Now I am that sad weirdo, but I didn't give up. I'm just taking my happiness where I can find it. Little moments of joy to cling to while I try to make the world a place that doesn't make Gen Z want to unalive themselves. Love you all ❤

[@amoonlightinjune]

“I think I’m afraid of this woman… the anger has turned to fear” took me out

[@deromanus5595]

I also think having siblings blurs the lines between gen z and millennials. I was born in 95, at the tail end of the millennial generation, but I have sisters who were born in 99 and 2003, so they're gen z. but our childhoods were...largely the same. we also definitely share aspects of our humor and cultural outlooks. I am also a college professor, so I'm constantly around the newest generation of adults, my 18-21 students, so I think that gives me some more realistic insight into what gen z is like outside of social media. and also - I remember the prevalence of this type of humor in the 2010s, the heckin doggo speak, and it was just as annoying (to most people, in my memory) then as it is now. the most obnoxious people you know will always get the most attention online, unfortunately.

[@Ariel-lol]

I’m 17 and I go to college so you might actually have some 06s mixed in as well. (Like very veryyyyyy few) I promise you we aren’t any different than the 19-20 yr olds, we can drive, we have jobs etc😂 I actually have a few friends in that age group that are also in the same class😭 I mean I was like 4 in 2010 so I started to remember things during that time (the 2010s were amazing tho fr, not sure if that’s cause that was basically my childhood or something lmao)

[@theamazingalex99]

Seriously, why must all the most obnoxious people get the most attention? I feel like it breeds even more obnoxiousness 🥲

[@gaywaterfrog]

My immediate thought was “Omg they are NOT a college professor they’re like two years older than I am 🙄” so um…that was a jump scare for my mortality

[@deromanus5595]

I definitely know I have at least a couple 17 year old students! I find they frequently are more mature than their older peers haha @@Ariel-lol

[@Rita-kx3yr]

I really vibe with this comment. I'm a 97 baby but I grew up with siblings 7 and 6 years older than me, and I got all their hand-me-downs. Doesn't help that we were kinda poor when I was a kid, so the 80s, 90s, and 2000s ended up lasting a bit longer than average I think. As a result, I don't really feel like a Gen Z person? I spent so many years being grouped with the rest of the avocado toast generation that it's a tad confusing to now be told I'm actually a part of an entirely different group?

[@anakoART]

As a millennial, I had no idea this kind of humor would be fun to any millennial.

[@marguerite_jaune]

Ditto…

[@brookesmith9287]

Exactly what I was thinking.

[@filejobean]

For real. It's more a case of Tiktok isn't real life and people will do anything for likes/views even if it means embarassing themselves. Like, I can be a cringy weirdo, but not in public lol

[@Hubersey]

Yup. There are ppl like this in every generation, unfortunately. This is definitely not "millennial humor". This is annoying to everyone.

[@ellissageorge725]

It's a particular brand of "dorky" humor that people didn't think was funny even when I was in high school.

[@Erie_VR]

6:30 killed me 😭😭😭

[@Galaxy-pig]

Real

[@17Snowmen]

BAHAHHAHAHAHHAH

[@jasperjazzie]

i love how compassionate you are, acknowledging that being "cringy" doesn't mean people deserve to be harassed and called awful shit, we need more people like that

[@lilianathehistorian2919]

As an older gen z, I remember a lot of these millennial quirks from late elementary and middle school. I always associated it with “12 year old behavior” rather than being generation specific. Honestly what I think it is is that there’s always people who don’t drop the mannerisms of their teen years. It’s just extra visible now because of the internet. I can only imagine someone my age saying sheeeesh when we’re 40 lol

[@myapatterson3505]

Yeah, exactly, I haven't said smol, boi, and potaytay since 7th grade 😭 it's just embarrassing seeing an almost 30 year old lady do it. How am I younger than them and seemingly more mature. I hope it's just for the cameras. Age ≠ Maturity I guess

[@mossypebbles]

yall remember scute?

[@Kyla94934]

Totally agree

[@Max25670]

I noticed that when people talk about millennials it's always about the one's born in the 80s and when they talk about the zoomers, it about the one's born in the 2010's. The 90s babies/2000s kids generation definitely gets the ignored middle child treatment whenever generations are discussed.

[@haroldharold9042]

very true

[@ChocolateRouge]

us middle children are ~zillenials~

[@jerichovandertraps5701]

I was born in 99 and some millennial aged people act like I didn’t grow up with dial up internet and vhs tapes. Then gen z freaks out like I’m not only 1-11 years older than them. I had a friend born in 2000 keep asking me what grade I was in when she was in X grade and she kept getting flabbergasted that I’m only ONE year older than her “but born in the 90s?!?” Lmao

[@OctopusWhoSeesAll]

@@ChocolateRougeyes~

[@Raebrained]

​@@ChocolateRougeOoo I like that 😂

[@me4_prez]

6:42 "But they look like theyre 15 and a half." "Lol yeah thats embarassing." "So I guess the Steven Universe fandom is doing wonders for their aging process." LEAVE US OUT OF THIS HELLO?

[@PrinceKumaVoca]

I do think the "childish humor" can also be a symptom of being forced to grow up too fast with the combination of early unchecked internet usage and becoming adults in the worst economic circumstances ever.

[@thehillisalive]

Yeah it feels like a coping mechanism tbh

[@VainVanitas]

That was my thought as well. I'm a millennial and because of how much things have changed in such a short time, how fast it felt we grew up, and how difficult it is to actually be an adult, I often still feel stuck or stunted. I've been leaning more towards the "adult" side of things lately (I'm very excited about my new fridge for instance) but I also still get way too excited about little things that are nostalgic (like finding a copy for an old care bears movie I used to love as a kid at 5 below). Yes, those videos were cringey because they're over the top, but I'm also aware that I do some cringey over the top stuff as well (yes, I was a theater kid as well, so may be connected to that too lol).

[@VainVanitas]

@Eet_Mia lol fair. I didn't mean the nostalgia itself was cringe. I don't squeal, but I do find myself making strange, but excited noises. It's usually not something I give any thought to it just happens. Most of the people in the video seem very aware of what they're doing though which I think is what makes iglt *more* cringe.

[@lenarakahn]

gen z went through the same thing

[@hmmok2594]

It's definitely a flavor of regression, you're probably right.

[@jepros]

I think ageism plays a big part in all this. If we treated aging less harshly and didn't act like it's the worst thing anyone could do/that it devalues a woman's worth - even though it's all literally unavoidable - people wouldn't want to cling to youth so much.

[@jennifercarbery227]

Oof this hits hard

[@jjk4754]

yeh i agree, that and the fact that a lot of straight women still believe they have to do things to please men because of how they were raised and men are proven to be attracted to very young women so aging is seen as you becoming less desirable in the eyes of society AND romantic partners

[@user-hr8es7gx8c]

this !!!!!!

[@namkia205]

​@@jjk4754Men are disgusting then just forget men become lesbian

[@nickelcobalt98]

Yes! Also feel like a lot of “generational hate” is just jealousy/bitterness towards the younger generation because of how we view aging as a society

[@AnAnxiousPotato]

As a 1992 millennial I'm so thankful I don't know anyone personally from my generation that behaves like this. These people activate my fight or flight reflex.

[@marydavenport6148]

As a 1992 millennial as well I could not agree more. I don’t think I’ve ever met anyone who behaves like this.

[@HelloLillyy]

X2

[@emilycatlady3595]

Same.

[@littlemisshowei]

I’m a 1992 millennial too, and mind you I like to joke that I’m not a real adult, that adulting is hard, and a big part of reparenting myself is letting out the child in me sometimes. Yet, I’ve never acted, and don’t know any millennial around my age, who acts like the ones shown here. I was actually pretty shocked lol. I’m all for people having harmless fun and doing whatever makes them happy, even if it’s cringe, but those TikToks were still hard to watch lol. Like the KZbinr mentioned, it’s more about them being a certain niche of people than about them being millennials.

[@cowardlycurry]

I think the millennials who act like that are usually desperate for attention and/or watched too much Shane Dawson growing up 🙃

[@MiriahOrganizesStuff]

I KNEW you did improv comedy! I just KNEW it! You’re hilarious and I was like “they would be good at improv” and then I was like “maybe they already does/did” and then it was CONFIRMED.

[@olliewithnojob]

sorry to correct you, but kal (funky) goes by they/them i’m pretty sure !!

[@MiriahOrganizesStuff]

@@olliewithnojob I'm so grateful you did, I'm a new follower! Changed it to they/them. Thank you!

[@muscleandhate]

I think the cringe and overacting isn't really a millenial thing, there are just always people like that

[@jiggly-puffy]

True. And they love attention so they obviously would gravitate toward the “film yourself for the masses” app whether it’s tiktok or insta.

[@64bitmodels66]

​@ville__keep yourself safe

[@stingray1irwin0]

@NotVille_ I know who you are

[@rebeccadodd1394]

Exactly, there are people like this in every generation, and people who are embarrassed by it in every gen lol. They are not representatives for the majority of any generation

[@Bunny-ft9dy]

Yeah I'm a gen z person and had a friend about two years younger than me act like the woman with the cream cheese. I still liked her and thought she was funny though bc she didn't over do anything. And she was also normal most of the time

[@Fitzroy_Fox]

As an elder Millennial who's 40 next year, let me say two things: 1. I'm too tired from work and existing to do the stuff these Millennials do online. Didn't even know this was a thing until your video. 2. I agree with you - ageism is stupid. I don't have my own kids, but instead will often be that "big sister" or "mom figure" for my younger folks. They need guidance and support, not scorn.

[@geminineda4669]

I luv this ❤

[@Grigeral]

Same... Also 40 next year... It's a depressing discovery right??

[@MissLunee]

idk I think we can learn from eachother. And im not talking about age, it’s about situations

[@Mimiii17]

So hard to be an older gen z because growing up with millennials and experiencing similar things I felt like one and now I’m like wtf😂

[@kishinumaayumi]

Genz core facial expressions will be the open mouth looking at side looking at camera thing

[@therealrosewish]

as someone who’s part of the “young” Gen Z community I severely apologise for some of us making those cringe songs. I partially blame Gen Alpha too.

[@cloudstrife4534]

We’re all cringe in some ways, and at some times. You don’t need to apologize for anything.

[@DoRiToBaG1278]

Don't apologize, embrace your "cringe". It's fun. People are literally just making you feel bad for having a good time, and that's a them problem.

[@Milkieshake97]

the moral of the story is be cringe and be free!!! but dont spread generational hate because of it. no need to apologize for that stuff :3

[@blitzvalentine363]

Gen Z is blamed for a lot of things Gen Alpha does. Not saying Gen Z is perfect, but yeah

[@bubbles4826]

Well those cringy songs like “sticking out your gyat for the rizzler” weren’t meant to be taken seriously and were only jokes that’s why we like them

[@NicholeElizabeth]

Please continue “screaming into the void.” We are listening. 💜

[@d0llysp1t]

The “spooky spooky haircut” one genuinely frightened me to my core

[@eggmon420]

I saw this vid on instagram and everyone was commenting “spooky spooky toothbrush”. I low-key feel bad for them ngl.

[@nothanks5440]

@@eggmon420yeah I thinks it’s a little cringe but they seem genuinely happy lol. And if these videos are making em happy then let them yknow?

[@electricbop]

Eh, I don’t mind this. In the scope of things it’s harmless, if a bit weird but so what? There are some horrible realities out there. Things that have genuinely frightened me to the core

[@customarymagic]

​@@nothanks5440i agree with this, they make me cringe so bad but they seem happy. Unfortunately last year they got doxxed and run off the platform, last I heard

[@jerichovandertraps5701]

Because it was so spooky

[@R3B3LF1GHT3R]

As a fellow former theater and choir kid the amount of cringe was to powerful even for me. You are stronger than me

[@bellama420]

As a former theater and choir kid too, it was too powerful for all of us. And that is scary.

[@ironictea]

​@@bellama420I salute you fellas. The struggle is real

[@sargaa8471]

how can you know that your known for that

[@booneshow1863]

I enjoyed theater as well. That was fun, though, because you have a script and reason to be wacky and over the top.

[@sosansational]

FOR REAL

[@scarletreality2684]

"So I guess the Steven Universe Fandom is doing wonders for the aging process" actually killed me. The nonstop comments FunkyFrogBait does are gold.

[@Bing_Challing]

5:08 what are you Gru? “Smol gorl” my girl got the nose and everything

[@kprnva6727]

i'm a millennial and i see gen z as our younger siblings. we're so alike in many ways and our upbringing has plagued us with national event after national after international event and so on and so forth. we're getting poorer, we're more depressed, we own less power.. let's not fight over small generational issues like trends, memes, music, and art. there's a lot to appreciate within both generations.

[@FableCircus]

I agree; I always felt bad for Gen Z because I knew if things were crashing down in my generation (housing market, stock crash, 9/11, war), it was just going to get more dystopian for them. Social media was only just rising while I was in high school, and now gen z gets cyber bullied and faced a pandemic during crucial years. As my gen z cousin would say , "Millenials were promised the world and had the rug pulled out from under them so they deserve to feel bitter. My generation always knew we never had a chance."

[@dylan_1884]

This, the generation wars is just as dumb as the gender wars. There's way too much important shit going on to focus on trivial us vs them bullshit.

[@kyliedroid]

​@@FableCircusYou nailed it. We dealt with a lot of shit and crushed dreams, but at least we even had things to dream about.

[@yeetymcneety]

GOD you don't know how good this is to hear!! I'm in my early 20s, on the tail end of gen Z, and I hate knowing that a lot of millennials automatically look down on me when we're not that different in the grand scheme of things!! It's sad how quickly people forget what it's like to be young and to struggle in these ways. It may be the fucked up kid in me, but it baffles me how quickly people stop caring about how children experience the world and how they feel. The genocide in Gaza has been hurting my heart so much to watch, and it hurts even more to know that my generation is being villainized for wanting senseless violence to end. It makes me feel crazy to close TikTok or Insta and see people supporting such vile acts. Covid peak was hard, I turned 18 in 2020 and graduated in 21. School was just a nightmare for me, too. How can my pain be swept aside without a care in the world when my generation is next to make change, to pick up the pebbled from the broken pieces that were shattered further?

[@thenopedetective]

Literally, in some cases! I'm 1994, my brother is 1997.

[@TheMakeupChair]

Me and my partner just binge watch your videos on our days off, you’re too funny!

[@KittyMiller-gk7wd]

Me too. As soon as I put my kids to bed -> frog❤

[@CultivationOfMayhem.]

whatt???@ville__

[@julokreen2074]

@ville__ get a life 💀

[@Ch1ldh0rder]

@ville__ you have to be rage bait man

[@reap3514]

@ville__worst bait bot ever

[@sarahd1250]

I think another thing is we watched the millennials on KZbin when we were preteens. And now that we’re in our twenties and they’re in their 30s and still using the same humor we found funny as children, it’s an extra layer of juvenile

[@artemisiakyrell7727]

Also who else remembers them cyberbullying us back in the day for the heinous crime of being cringy children, apparently it was only okay when they did it

[@Dippindappin]

OMG THIS!!!

[@sebthealien]

This shit right here

[@iamtsiyct]

right after the 13:13 tiktok came up, a galaxy z fold ad appeared i fear their promotions are evolving

[@SleepyDragonAMVs]

tell me why "this person is 27" is the most brutal takedown i've seen all year

[@jadetheslime3140]

timestamp?

[@jayla7661]

​@@jadetheslime3140 6:40

[@kayrinkaj]

It's probably cause you are so young that 27 seems like a veeery old age to you)

[@trippingandbrowsing1269]

At this point, it doesn't matter what the topic is. I see Funky and I click. It's just that simple.

[@lwaysDrawing]

As it should be. All Funky videos are... Funky.

[@riley4660]

Frr

[@midiii_]

Fr

[@freddiefishton]

Real (real)

[@The-ms2ub]

Same

[@starbit5065]

As a fellow pre-9/11 zoomer, I’ve learned that every generation is weird and cringe. As while human life is only temporary, cringe is eternal.

[@Killjoy_Mel]

Cringe death of the universe. At the very end of entropy, only cringe remains, cold and dark and cringy.

[@ShrikeofCrows]

As a post-9/11 genZ, I agree 👍

[@liaecho5380]

Love this

[@coquette_snail]

This is such a beautiful way to word this

[@Slayyyaphine]

Millennials are a special and unique type of cringe tho

[@magpiemailer3069]

7:53 You can also buy about 5 different versions from your local kitchen store! Including metal ones!

[@Miribees]

This was a really well done video. I’m also an older Gen-Z and most of my friends are millennials. I find the biggest divide between us is that they remember the twin towers falling whereas I was too young. I wouldn’t be shocked if part of the “cringe millennial humour” comes from the fact that at least for North American millennials, the towers falling were a huge change. My friends are younger millennials but hearing them talk about it is really sad, and ultimately they didn’t even get the full shock of it since we’re Canadian. But yeah. From my understanding millennial childhoods/teen years started okay and then they weren’t and kept getting worse with the 2008 financial crisis… etc. and now over 20 years later like you said we’re watching democracy fall in real time. I feel like because we (Gen-Z) didn’t start out with things ever being okay we came out more cynical, so we can sometimes feel disconnected from the previous generation. Millennials have been constantly kicked while they’re down over and over, and in a way it’s no surprise there’s a childlike humour as you said. Things are only getting worse, and when I look at the bleak future of millennials I’m also looking at what’s going to happen to me, and I’m sure I’m not the only one in my generation to feel a lot of fear about it so we lash out because we know it’ll be us soon and it’s easier to just shit on it and distance ourselves. All generations have their key differences but imo I’d say that the average Gen-Z and Millennial have more similarities in common to how the average lower income Boomer was raised in comparison to the average billionaire, and I think that’s the key difference we should be focusing on. Eat the rich, since they’re the reason for our suffering, and I hope they have a lactose free version of that pumpkin cream cheese in stock next year because I too want to feel a crumb of her happiness. 🫠

[@1hawtMetz]

Ayyy American born then raised over seas then kindergarten'd in America then "grown" in Canada (age 7-11) when the towers fell 55mins from my Toronto-burb school where I got to finish "grade 5"...n moved on back to the states jus in time to do "5th grade" 😅 and OOOOPS 😮 no one asked? I'm sorry. TL;DR: can DEF relate & appreciate the post fr best vibes from a chatty CANAmerican millennial 😅

[@elliot6748]

Lots of great points made, I'm focusing on the cream cheese for a sec It's actually super easy to make pumpkin spice cream cheese using pumpkin butter (the one that's like apple butter, not spiced dairy butter, which can also exist, apparently) I eat dairy and non-dairy on occasion, so I found a good vegan cream cheese (which is not available in Canada, unfortunately) and whipped that with a few tbsp of pumpkin butter, and bam, it's done!

[@1hawtMetz]

@@elliot6748 thanks!! that sounds delicious and now it's making it harder to stay in bed and do a cliche "Saturday AM sleep-in" lol tooo hungryy now. I'm jus now awakening to the fact that pumpkin, spice/flavor/option...CAN extend beyond tgiving and fall lol forget my travels; my world xp feel so small rn🥴

[@Zectifin]

the generational fighting is bullshit. I've talked to gen z who are reasonable people and hell they even experienced the same media as me because older siblings handed down video games and DVD collections to them. Then I talk to some millenial and they are a toxic asshole and have experienced none of the media I did and we have nothing in common.

[@alexwyatt2911]

Your comment does a fantastic job of identifying why some Millennials often cling to a childish sense of humor. 9/11 and the 2008 crash completely changed the trajectory of Millennials’ childhoods and, subsequently, their lives. I have so many Millennial friends who have Master’s degrees because after getting their Bachelor’s degree, the job market was so bad that it made more sense for them to stay in school. Of course, that crazy amount of student loan debt contributed to the future inaccessibility of homeownership for Millennials. The safety and life opportunities enjoyed by previous generations just weren’t there for Millennials. Most of my Millennial friends were working 2-3 jobs at a time during their teens and throughout their twenties. It was a very big deal to me when I finally stopped working a second job. It felt like I had finally ascended to being a “real” adult and was living life like it was “supposed” to be. (Yes, I’m very aware that people are still working multiple jobs because of the wealth disparity, greedy capitalism, and the hollowing out of government programs; my point still stands re: generational opportunities.) I’m an American and was born smack dab in the middle of the defined Millennial generation. I both admire and adore Gen Z. And I mean this sincerely-Gen Z is the only reason that I feel hope any more. That’s one of the reasons I feel anger when Millennials lash out or mock Gen Z. I also feel second-hand embarrassment. The reign of “The Young People” is over for Millennials. Like every generation before us, Millennials are no longer the authority on what’s cool and what’s cringe. The torch has been passed to Gen Z. Clearly, that freaks out plenty of Millennials and their subsequent meltdowns are so embarrassing for me to witness. Millennials need to accept that they’re free to wear jeggings (i.e. jean leggings) and “The Young People” are free to declare that jeggings are lame. Also, I am thrilled when I see Gen Z reject toxic masculinity and creepy media tropes and social inequality that Millennials just endured rather than rejected. Gen Z is rightly frustrated with Millennials’ failure to come together and work towards social and legislative reform. To me, Gen Z is a revelation and potentially-the coming revolution. Gen Z shouldn’t have to save us all, but they may just do it anyway.

[@JinxFan2003]

I like how you not only provide a funny and entertaining video, but also a balanced and sensible take on the stupid generation war between millennials and gen z

[@StolenSweetroll64]

I'm a millennial and I don't understand how anyone can still be experiencing the female equivalent of the peter pan syndrome after going through the era of BME olympics, 1 guy 1 jar and 2 girls 1 cup. I have been dead inside for approximately 15 years

[@maxdanger17]

this made me cackle lmao i guess some kids weren't terminally online like we were smh

[@malmao5275]

I mean, in fairness, that is often exactly why some people go thru Peter Pan syndrome. Some ppl can get caught in a cycle of childish behavior if they feel, even subconsciously, that they were made to grow up too fast.

[@ladybug3380]

Thank god I’ve never seen any of those videos. I didn’t want to be scarred for life.

[@miscelaneasdealguem]

Lmaoo. I was raised on 2000s internet with no parental supervision. I am not okay!

[@ShannonMichelle7937]

Lmfao same

[@darkangelprincess101]

I have watched four videos in a row not realizing the video has changed from one to another until I'm halfway through a video. You keep making two unrelated contents in one video

[@AdaireKrickets]

The tide pod situation is what introduced me to " Sensationalized news" and how 99% of videos were jokes....until the news began to report on it and there was a "spike" of teenagers eating them. It was typically small children and the elderly that ate them due to the bright color and sweet smell.

[@NisaWisa-bx7gz]

⁠​⁠@ville__ trolls used to be believable my guy💀

[@rosesweetcharlotte]

Yeah, it's a big reason why they changed the boxes they came in. They used to be clear, which made them look rather like candy bowls

[@commi3fr0g]

i noticed that with a lot of what happens on tiktok. i’m not allowed to have it because all you see on the news is “a new dangerous tiktok challenge” “a new challenge that everyone is doing”. the story will always be about a little kid dying from some sort of sh challenge that LITERALLY NOBODY HAS EVER SEEN ANYONE DO ON TIKTOK!! it’s sad that it happens but it’s not that common. plus, they aren’t “challenges” if only a small percentage of tiktok knows about them. like the stupid skull breaker challenge. when i saw it on the news, my first thought was, “i never seen anyone ever fucking do this” i asked my friends, my cousins, etc. i swear people just hate tiktok and want to make it seem like it’s a grooming ground with drugs and sex and sh. it’s really not bad, it just means you need to stay away from the people who post that stuff to not get it on your feed

[@nicolegriff9430]

Meanwhile, what teenagers actually do has been the same for generations: Getting drunk in a field. Or, more often, trying to get someone to buy them liquor so they can get drunk in a field, and failing.

[@marypatrick3821]

i love that you touched on how hateful gen z can be, not that it’s exclusive to us but that it can change with us and there’s no need to hate and make people feel bad about themselves. we can just not like it, and scroll. no need to spread hate when we need to come together now more than ever against the common enemy 😤 you said it perfectly

[@eveoffillory5752]

They really can be extremely cruel for no reason. I absolutely adore Gen Z & will always protect them but man sometimes I'm completely shook by how cruel they can be. Fortunately most all the ones I work with and am related to are extremely kind & very empathetic. I have so much faith in them and I pray they don't let us down.

[@eveoffillory5752]

We all have to work together & be better than the generations before us. While the banter is fun, there isn't room for a divide this time around. Not to get all morbid but S*!TS getting out of hand. As previously stated, We have to stick together against a common enemy

[@purpleghost106]

@@eveoffillory5752 Yes, exactly. Climate change doesn't f*ck around, we need to be united against oil corps or we all gonna die. Boomers legit don't get that it's like an event horizon, we can't get too close or it's too late. So, I hope we can put our petty BSing and bickering down as playful and get along enough to do the important stuff Edit: Also apologies on behalf of millenials for some of us being absolute sh*ts about this. IDK how anyone missed the memo but some did

[@Nauticalhighseas]

​@@purpleghost106I prefer oil. More range of reliability on my precious road trips.

[@Nauticalhighseas]

​@@eveoffillory5752Called being honest and not taking a crap

[@siennarena5165]

I was born in 91 and these people are pretty embarrassing. I remember as a teen being the "weird quirky" person was a thing and it seems these guys never this go, even in our thirties.

[@Catalina-Winemixer]

93 here. When MySpace died so did my Rawrdom.

[@tessiepinkman]

-90 here, and you're so right. I personally do not know anyone who would think this is funny. I just do not get why this is what's called millennial humor? I'm really not following.

[@siobhanlb]

Yeah, I'm fairly certain almost no one acts like this in real life, no one would actually hang out with people if they acted like this is real life

[@JohnTyree]

You are all thinking of what your millennial life is actually like. GenZ doesn't get to experience that. They only see compilation videos of what you put on Facebook ten years ago. It's of course going to be the most extreme caricatures of the era.

[@p.f132]

Same. 91 here. These people give me *extreme* flashbacks to the moment when our parents alls ended up getting facebook accounts.

[@Autistic_EthanOfficial]

3:20 what my classmate hear when I get excited:

[@ashleysweetpaw286]

As a Gen Z who DID get emotionally abused & exploited by their family & friends, who DID used to watch almost anything & everything on a VHS, & who DID have a flip phone. I can’t help but feel slightly irked at how we sometimes get treated

[@CheddarSticks_]

Same, I didn’t necessarily grow up with VHS tapes but I have watched them and know what they are and it makes me so frustrated when millennials treat us. I had a teacher who was absolutely flabbergasted that we knew what a VHS tape was and took it in a way that made all of us feel stupid. Like our generation was right behind yours geez

[@gunnasintern]

both generations grew up with the same media, movies/shows always had reruns on tv and games get cheaper as time passes, plus there were ports too on Virtual Console. both generations aren’t really that different in general, and if you want to really get deeper into it; Gen X essentially planted the seeds of our modern world (internet, digital infrastructure, fandom culture, etc)

[@BoringTroublemaker]

Honey, you HAD a phone. Most millennials didn’t have an actual phone until they were adults. It was absolutely not common for children to be given cell phones and if you brought one to school it would likely be confiscated until the end of the YEAR. Your experience is very different than that of millennials. Furthermore, I’m not sure why you bring up emotional abuse as if you’re the first generation to have trauma.

[@alim.9801]

​@@BoringTroublemaker I don't know how you meant this comment to come off but this kinda feels weirdly gatekeepy and serious considering the topic

[@BoringTroublemaker]

@@alim.9801 what, exactly, am I gatekeeping? The experience of not having a phone? My point is, each generation had its own experiences, that’s why they are their own generation. Gen z trying act like they had the same experiences as millennials _but harder_ is absurd and objectively false.

[@doritoarts9878]

"flip phones would send gen z into a coma" is so funny. my first real phone was a flip phone and i'm 18

[@moqimonster]

same buddy, and honestly? i prefer the flip phone, i still have it too. if i ever wanna use social media i have to go home and pull out my computer

[@VodkaMutini413]

My first ever phone was a Nokia. I didnt get a flip phone until we got an upgrade but my Nokia was cool because my mom got a butterfly case for it and it had a cute charm where the antenna was. Omg you remember when phones had antennas you had to extend up to get service? Haha

[@cinny1313]

My first phone was a 20€ non flip nokia. I thought it was the coolest thing ever

[@moqimonster]

@@VodkaMutini413 i think my grandpa had one of those and i thought it was the coolest thing ever, like something out of a sci fi movie, i never had one myself tho

[@fadavieirachaib6962]

Growing up I always wanted a flip phone and got very disappointed when I was 13 and my phone couldn't flip. I'm 20

[@williamadams930]

I mean, if these people's greatest evil is "Liking stuff annoyingly" and "Emoting immaturely", frankly I don't have a real problem with it. It's stupid, sure, but my generation Naruto ran and did further stupidity. My parents had their own stupidity, and despite their denials, so did my grandparents. Every generation is stupid. Literally, every single generation. It has to happen.

[@dariazhempalukh]

I still do Naruto run. If you want to fight aerodynamics then be it, but I’m gonna be that streamlined ninja when I need be on time to my appointment

[@LoreleiCatherine]

From the millennial side of things, the Naruto run was what we called the Inuyasha run at the time because it’s like exactly the same thing but from an older anime and that’s something that always made me laugh because even me in high school in 2004-2005 would run like that through the hallways But before Naruto was even popularized in America 😂😂😂😂 My actual live kids do the run that I STILL call the inuyasha run 😂

[@batpoisonz]

nah none of this have a real problem with it. I'm pretty sure op's thing is just to point out how cringe things are, but they themselves point out how cringe THEY can be too. so it's not really in bad faith or in any harm :o

[@tiny.insect7832]

My dad’s generation shot each other with bb guns in a river LOL

[@wayIess]

Oh Lord, you just reminded me of the planking fad when I was in highschool. Now that was millennial stupidity.

[@malphasblackwing420]

I finally found a person on KZbin who shares my vocabulary skills and my nihilistic cynicism about people in my age group…

[@Insertnamehere-l2m]

“Smol gurl” Ma’am Taylor Swift is 5”11 that’s anything but smol 😂😂😂

[@SithBunny1]

5'11"??? Bitch is taller than me???? OK, I'm going halfling barbarian on her Amazon ass!!

[@creepergirl_playz849]

Holy shit really?

[@Insertnamehere-l2m]

@@creepergirl_playz849 Yeah 😅

[@SieMiezekatze]

180 cm ?? Less ???

[@batabids]

she's REALLY tall but people don't realise it haha

[@bexiboo1981]

I’m pretty sure every generation has the capacity to be cringey when given the opportunity to film themselves.

[@viceroy___]

Shhh don't be so rational here.

[@darrienjones8917]

Honestly...I just want to know what other generations with our technology would've been like. It probably would have been way darker, but also just as cringe

[@thesayerofthelaw]

Not the 150+ year olds. Because they are all dead.

[@Mikayla-jt5xp]

frfr no cap

[@daymastery]

Yeah. I think people tend to forget that every generation has/had their fair share of cringey trends as well.

[@livingpers0n485]

I appreciate you mentioning the impact covid has had on those younger people. I was at the end of middle school when covid hit, and I can say for certain that those few years has definitely stunted my education. I still have a 7th grade math level and I'm almost out of high school, just those few years has taken me so long to slowly catch up on a society that's basically over it by now. I have also seen how the chronic addiction to the internet has severely damaged gen alpha. When you get exposed to as much as the internet can allow you, you tend to see some pretty horrific shit before you even learn how to count. Not to mention how it models in your head how societal expectations and social interaction is supposed to be, and can cause children to get serious issues growing up trying to our grow those.

[@Zectifin]

yeah millenials will get all "you don't understand we lived through 9/11". I was in sophomore year and watched it happen all day since most of the teachers said it was one of the most important events we were going to live through and we needed to be able to see it if we wanted. yeah well thats nothing compared to having to hole up in your house for years and not be able to see your friends and have to do school remotely and some didn't even get to experience their graduation and dating and shit like they normally would. its probably more traumatic than anything I experienced with 9/11. yeah I experienced it too, but its not as bad as an adult. I already have lots of friends that I hardly ever see because we were so busy. We almost had more time to interact online since we were stuck at home and my whole friend group got to work from home. So no, I think they totally understand. it might be a different type of trauma, but we both experienced a terrible event that changed our society forever.

[@Kitsuiko]

​@@Zectifin @livingpers0n485 I admittedly have never heard any fellows talk about 9/11 but as far as the internet goes....we watched live beheadings. Like, back when the internet was young and videos were just up without warning you could just... click a link and be entirely unaware you were about to watch a person die when we were kids. Is this link going to be a funny video? Am I going to see some unfiltered, violent sex without warning? Is it a joke to get me to watch something completely stomach-churning? Since trigger warnings weren't a thing yet. We grew up in the era of goatse, blue waffle, 2 girls 1 cup but people legitimately didn't know what those were going to be and so you innocently went to go see with your innocent kid eyes and then probably have lingering trauma. I recognize you guys get exposed to a lot of internet as you're allowed but you also get exposed to a SIGNIFICANTLY more filtered internet than you may realize. It's... it's for the best.

[@erenthebombjaeger]

I agree so much I missed the latter half of my senior year since that’s when COVID hit and I got my associates in the midst of the pandemic and I honestly feel like I didn’t get a full education especially out of my college years. I feel like I cheated through most of it being online and being given so much leeway and now I’m getting another degree and I feel so behind it’s odd. I especially don’t feel 21 😢

[@jaydenking7408]

Im so sorry youre gen alpha thats rough 😔❤

[@The-one-and-only-Fruitcake]

I was homeschooled starting a couple months before covid and I went back to public school in 9th grade so my education wasn’t really stunted but thanks to homeschooling and social distancing, my social skills were severely lacking. Add that to the fact that i’m autistic and yeah

[@Anatsuii]

I love your video because we get to laugh a a lot at the begining in an innocent way and at the end you give us a really good social analyses that I didn't expected berforehand but that I'm very happy to hear at the end ! really this is gold !

[@MANTACORE9]

As a genuinely clumsily individual. Acting like being clumsy is your identity just looks like your trying to be a main character. The “I’m so clumsy nothing is my fault it’s just who I am UwU” makes me cringe harder than (insert good line here)

[@Nico42048]

A slug being sprinkled with salt ?

[@CL0WNP4RTY]

She has EDS, a disorder that fucks with your hand strength and makes you bump into things more frequently. While I agree that her way of handling it was cringe, she was defnitely playing it up, but I don't believe it was fake.

[@zombiemombie666]

I have dyspraxia, so I literally have “clumsy child” syndrome and I’m not as clumsy as that woman. She made me want curl up in a ball with the cringe. Actually being clumsy is a pain and tends to piss people off because yet again you’ve chucked coffee across the carpet.

[@benwilliams3698]

@@zombiemombie666yeah it pissed me off because I too have dyspraxia and I could just tell she was playing it up, being clumsy doesn’t mean throwing your arms around 🙃

[@robinTradeMarkSymbol]

​@CL0WNP4RTY as someone with hypermobile EDS, it's definately very exaggerated lol

[@creepydude94]

"many of you have forgotten what it felt like to be mocked and belittled by your parents and grandparents" yeah this is actually something that's been pissing me off so much. I remember being a teen on tumblr and seeing a bunch of posts being like "we're gonna be different, we're gonna uplift younger generations" and now there's just this dumbass online generations war. It does seem to be mostly a chronically online problem, but it's not exactly a good look to be around 30 beefing with teenagers.

[@r4ndom7000]

the brain only finishes developing and maturing in your mid to late 20s. these 30 year olds don't have the life experience or emotional maturity of a grandparent. they're still young adults entering a stage of life which is often filled with pressure, and they're trying to navigate a world in which they're for some reason held to the standard of people who are decades older than them. also idk why anyone would expect millenials to bother "uplifting" a generation that literally does nothing but rag on them ? you're forgetting that gen z started the beef. you don't get to constantly sling mud at a group of people then demand they uplift you lmao be real

[@thatbooknerdoverthere7899]

@@r4ndom7000 At 30 you're an adult, a full grown up adult. Can we stop infantilizing women 💀

[@kristinavee1012]

This “war” is literally just on the internet

[@yin4296]

This makes me think of a gen x I saw on Facebook saying that gen z should be afraid of them bc they fought in real life not on their phone. All said in a Facebook reel posted to a gen x group on Facebook lol

[@chuggaa100]

Because outside of your bubble the tumblr population is small and insignifigant

[@NotMe-f5l]

I’m glad a KZbinr can see the balance between generations flaws and their good

[@IzzillenI]

Fr

[@9monava]

I love the way you embed so much content -- brilliant!

[@danhatter6823]

If you’ve ever played Undertale’s Genocide route, or at least know of the final Sans fight, he has an attack that’s a big laser that deals 1 damage to you every frame you’re in it, and leaves you poisoned for that much damage as well. That’s what it felt like watching most of these TikToks.

[@marg0gh]

ur so real for the undertale reference

[@Loveyourself21072]

My childhood😭😭

[@nightcoreeclub]

epic undertale ref

[@lannydragonlover]

Your comment literally made me lol. Thanks for that, what a perfect analogy!

[@Ahriri__]

I’ve never played Undertale unfortunately but that describes how I felt as well 😭

[@ickicki]

People say "to be cringe is to be free". I've yet to understand this concept. The second-hand embarrassment I get isn't from someone experiencing joy, it's because they are clearly trying.. way too hard. For attention, I suppose? To feel special? It's feels inauthentic, rehearsed and unnatural. How can forcing a quirky, "I'm not like the rest of you" persona 24/7 possibly be freeing? Someone just being themselves, like wearing clothes out of the norm, participating in a niche hobby, etc. are not cringe to me. The weird pseudo-personality people act out IS. People can tell when you're trying MUCH too hard for validation and it makes them uncomfortable. Life shouldn't be a performance! Just be real! Be authentic! You're not a cartoon character, you're a human being!

[@pennyforyourthoughts4]

Same vibes as those dramatic infomercials!!!!

[@voidmatic]

for me, the "I may be cringe but I'm free" thing is definitely more directed towards things like being yourself, enjoying nerd shit, wearing whatever the hell you want and having interests (some kids online nowadays seem to act like any interests you have die off when you turn 18 it's wack). all that said, so much of the behaviour in those clips and many others is so fake and performative. fake laughs, forced "silly" faces (I called it lelepons "humor", cuz I thought we'd all agreed on not liking it lol) and I agree, it's cringe but I think it's more cringe BECAUSE it's so fake.

[@hotsexyangel]

@@voidmatic yess I was abt to say the same thing!! Being cringe to be free is more of an accepting your natural quirks & flaws kinda thing, it’s not about adapting over-the-top behavior to get attention.

[@timburtonlover369]

Unfortunately I'd say the majority of people who use cringe to describe others don't make the distinction that you do, and one problem with the "be authentic" rule is that there actually ARE people who are authentically expressive in a way that others may perceive to be fake or "unnatural", i.e. a lot of autistic people. Like I don't think the woman at 12:01 was forcing anything, she was just allowing herself to get caught up in the emotion of the moment, yet she's included in this video and there are plenty of people who will still call her cringe. As for the others, does it feel to me like they're trying too hard? Yes. But can I be completely sure that every single one of them is not actually doing these behaviors for their own enjoyment? No.

[@Loonlings]

It really just depends on what thing is cringe or whatever. For an example, growing up in the art community I was told sparkle dog ocs are cringe and bad. Now being much older (20), I sometimes make sparkle dog ocs because I couldn’t back then without being called cringe when it was really only having fun as a kid. Which is why I say now “to be cringe is to be free”. But yea I agree when it’s shit that feels unauthentic like this that’s when I feel like it doesn’t count anymore

[@TakusenX]

Honestly, as a Millennial, I feel like Millennials and Gen-Z have a lot more in common than either of them realize. I'm so tired of generations going after one another so unnecessarily! It's way more cringe and hurtful than any of these embarrassing TikToks from EITHER generation.

[@saritavenkatapathynaidu9533]

Ditto. I have all the respect in the world for the challenges that seemed so new to use as we came of age, but were baked into our culture by the time Gen Z had - no wonder it’s a generation that’s been defined by depression and a helpless sense of apathy, I can’t imagine. Just being old enough to remember before 9/11 and have a sense of self (I was 11yo) makes a huge difference in how fast the world moved in some of my most important developmental phases, and my bestie and I often talk about us being the last generation that remembers what it was like to live without the internet affecting our lives. That stuff makes a massive difference when you’re younger than 10, and it’s obvious that it’s has a huge impact on parenting in a mostly negative way, too. I have friends that are parents and I’m not sure that I will be one, but I’ve also been reflecting on the idea that millennials may be the first generation to be able to really push away the social pressure to have children. Sometimes I think that people like me, who love and appreciate children and take it very seriously, are the ones who would be more qualified parents, but the people who take it for granted are often a significant portion of the parents in our generation. All of these factors and more amount to the fact that growing up is hard, and that neglect and other problems advance over the years as we develop technologies that are supposed to be relief and support, but end up doing the whole job. I can’t say I’ve got the solution, but just talking about it like this video is very productive and perspective changing for anyone who didn’t understand- and I’m hoping it brings about more conversation and attention to foster positive change and compassionate cooperation.

[@dianeyoung8130]

I think younger millenials like 90 - 96 babies sand older gen z share a lot in common. Older millennials ..... idk and I feel like young gen z are really just iPad babies lite

[@rosa3299]

​@dianeyoung8130 The development of technology and social media really did something. I was born in early 2000's so in a way perfect timing to see technology and social media grow and become what is known today. But the Gen Z born during the prime of social media... I can't relate to them. I can't relate to the Gen Z that are still high/elementary school. When I compare my childhood and teenagehood to theirs, it's so different.... My childhood is more similar to generalmillennial. The moment technology was born and developed. Going through these phases before entering their prime. Leading to social media. It's so weird

[@MackAttack-ys9uo]

@@dianeyoung8130the iPad babies are gen alpha I’m gen z (2006) and never touched any type of tablet until age probably age 7 I feel like gen z was the last gen to grow up without constant technology at our hands I mean I remember schools switching from all paper to chromebooks and I did and still do hate it

[@MackAttack-ys9uo]

@@dianeyoung8130btw I think the oldest gen alpha are 12 or 11