Why Does Gen Z Look SO Old? | Style Theory

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Theorist, does Gen Z look older than other generations like Baby Boomers and Millennials? Everyone on the internet seems to think so thanks to TikToker Jordan Howlett. But is it even true? Well, we that know Gen Z celebs like Reneé Rapp, Millie Bobby Brown, and Kylie Jenner tend to look older than they look, so that's a start. So then... WHY is this the case? WHY is Gen Z aging so rapidly? Today we find out.
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[@Man-ej6uv]

i think this is a chronically online thing. every gen z i know and have seen irl looks perfectly fine and their age. ppl need to go outside more

[@fuzzymelon1261]

in hs they looked like adults and in college they look like adults. theyre style hasnt changed (neither has mine but i always dressed like a kid).

[@Sirawxy]

Idk maybe it’s an anxiety thing lol

[@theoutsiderjess4869]

Im 24 and look like Im 18. I think its due to stress abd trying to look older

[@Vivelli.]

(Edit, I just realized I read this comment wrong 💀 I'm still gonna leave this here because I think it's important) there's no where or way kids and teens can go outside. You have to use a car to get to anywhere, and there's not many spaces that let teenagers hang out. Example, if we stay at the mall for too long without getting anything we get kicked out. And the neighborhood park won't cut it for older kids. Our parents can't just drive us everywhere. This causes a problem for teens too old to play at the playground, and too young to get a driver's license. Not to mention places are extremely dangerous nowadays. You can't go outside by yourself without the worry of getting kidnapped

[@rayzerot]

By the way, if you look at actual crime data, violent crime has been decreasing for decades. On average we're safer than we've ever been. It just doesn't feel that way because the media, TV and social, highlights every single bad thing that happens. Bad news travels fast ​@@Vivelli.

[@oolexer]

this is just the club penguin meme where 18 and over is represented by a penguin with a walking cane and bent back

[@turtleburger200]

18 is old for a penguin

[@nutmeg1029]

You leave my Club Penguin alone LOL

[@788evets]

Lol

[@MahnoorHussain-eq1ov]

I love that

[@piestarprincess2]

I love clubs penguin but they make a similar one to clubs penguin.

[@StevenHe]

I’ve looked 40 since I was about 12.

[@AnisaAray]

Omg I'm big a fan!

[@Nicole_the_gacha_robloxian]

OMG ONE REPLY?.

[@galactigo4463]

How da haaaiiilll do you look 40

[@FinestFantasyVI]

Somewhere theres a joke hiding that Im not clever enough to execute

[@IamNOTMoriarty]

When you was 12 years old, you were 40!

[@29028ft]

You missed vaping! Millennials were the first generation who didn’t regularly smoke cigarettes - but vaping became a thing and Gen Z took to tobacco use.

[@leeannbaxter]

This is a great point! Smoking is such an ager, I think Gen X and Millenials committed other sins though, like tanning beds. I still am shocked about how some Gen Z look but I also think it's lifestyle and food. A lot of youngins are terribly out of shape compared to older generations

[@freedomrobbins1109]

Not to mention that there's more pollutants in the air and earth (and your makeup/skin care products) than there ever has been before that age you.

[@jerseylife8701]

I smoked from 14-21 and because of genetics and my height I’m 32 and still look like I’m 23 🤷🏼‍♂️ It’s really down to the person

[@TarynRMartin]

@@jerseylife8701 Aging is mostly genetic, but bad habits certainly don’t help. I read once that if you quit smoking before 25, the damage mostly reverses itself. (I turn 35 tomorrow and am constantly mistaken for a teenager.)

[@limanino]

OMG. YES.

[@vendoses5741]

"age is just a number." is a line you never wanna hear as a child.

[@nimzi4479]

It's mostly used by groomers

[@gammaymeh3500]

Leonardo de Caprios favorite line:

[@otaku3OBSESSION]

But it is true. For adults.

[@otaku3OBSESSION]

Ageism is literally illegal

[@YayaFeiLong]

It's not exactly a line you want to hear in _any_ context, really

[@Kubosarutobi]

Huh I'm experiencing the opposite. Turning 20 and everyone says I look like I'm 16.

[@silent-hills]

same. i’ve literally had my friends say i look underage 😭

[@tom05011996]

I am still getting ID'd at ~30 It is a pain when I have to put things back during the weekly shop because I only took my phone to pay.

[@soupyvibes6170]

This is all I’ve heard as well

[@Hornet9000]

I am 27 and everyone thinks I am a high schooler thanks to my baby face. I used to hate my chubby cheeks but now l love it LoL

[@michipeachy69]

when I was 15 someone though I was 9, at 20 my then bf was asked if I was of consenting age, and now at 23 I look 20, it's definitely a chronically online thing that depends on what trend the individual gen z-er is hopping on

[@alvidentis7243]

THANK YOU! You can't imagine how often I try to explain that to my family and friends. Socrates said 2400 years ago: "The children now love luxury; they have bad manners, contempt for authority; they show disrespect for elders and love chatter in place of exercise. Children are now tyrants, not the servants of their households. They no longer rise when elders enter the room. They contradict their parents, chatter before company, gobble up dainties at the table, cross their legs, and tyrannize their teachers." It's the same thing. The old is always complaining about the youth. I'm near 30 now and all my family and friends are constantly criticizing teenagers and kids for everything. It's so sad. I have the feeling that no one tries to understand and we keep repeating the same fights, the same debates, the same problems. Like as we are not able to learn mentally and socially.

[@HashiMadara]

A couple of hours ago I saw a video mentioning something along the lines of: "the human experience is to repeat the same mistakes over and over again", and it do b true yk😂

[@anubislockward3750]

It happened to me, and it will happen to you too!

[@oodo2908]

Greece didn't last much longer after that. It's a sign before a collapse.

[@emtee3098]

As a millennial I don’t think Gen Z looks old. A section of them are just so obsessed with having a glow up & looking perfect at such young ages that they course correct too hard & skip the awkward stages of youth. I honestly think the reason behind it is that they grew up on the internet & smartphones so the risk of being “caught on camera” looking a certain way or behaving a certain way is often at the back of their minds.

[@Sheyy479]

1 minute ago?!

[@NightmareShadows13]

In the wise words of Macklemore, "I wear your grandad's clothes. I look incredible."

[@RetroG64]

I'm in this big old coat, from that thrift store down the road.

[@xBeast345]

That's not Macklemore that's Wanz...

[@xBeast345]

@@RetroG64 That's not Macklemore that's Wanz...

[@xBeast345]

@@bornasotoudeh4044 That's not Macklemore that's Wanz...

[@RetroG64]

@@xBeast345 oh sorry didn't realize

[@durmgrid8037]

It also feels like we're having these generations grow up with HD cameras that show everything we've ever described as "signs of aging" in greater and more constant detail than ever, so some of it was probably just normal and we never noticed until the cameras showed it all...

[@nekousagyichigo]

I don't think so, this generation has filters for everything. So you can look however you want ok pictures.

[@gahspaniivanova9820]

@@nekousagyichigo bbvhhhg

[@ithamarlowe6158]

I don’t know, I am 29 years old and some days I just wake up with smoother skin.

[@meagain1112]

Naw we have filters for that. It’s the way the dress and all the preventative aging measures they take at too early of an age.

[@bunnybunnyyx]

Yeah millennials used digital cameras before phones with a decent non VGA camera were a thing and if you have used a digital camera you know they picked every single detail, wrinkle, fold, freckle, even dust and lint in the picture. If a generation had HD cameras and no filters it was the millennials :S

[@NekoEcho13]

Genetics also plays a role too. I have family members in their 60's that still look like they're in their mid to late 40's, while I also have family members that are in their 60's who actually look it. Honestly, I think it's better to teach the youths of today that aging is a part of life, and that there's nothing wrong with that. It's a natural thing that happens to everyone. We should be embracing that as another stage of life, rather than belittling it. S:

[@Nerdy-By-Nature]

And epigenetics! It is now known that PTSD can be passed genetically. So how much trauma has been passed to Zoomers 🤣

[@hsd287]

The video is about ppl who look older than they are because of certain reasons

[@lizhutchinson6978]

So it's not genetics? If you have family that look old and some that look young, why would you think it's genetics?

[@NekoEcho13]

@@lizhutchinson6978 because the ones that look younger than they are are all on the same side of the family, while the ones who look their age are not. You can see it on that particular side of the family from each member/descendant having that aspect in common. So yes, it is genetics. :/

[@lizhutchinson6978]

@@NekoEcho13 More clear when you say it like that

[@holofaydren5395]

My gen alpha child said... "I'm not coming for anyone. I'm just going to be chillin living my life"

[@ashmax3228]

Monarch moment 👑

[@AnnieIsaLau]

Haha I also have a gen alpha child. They can't be bothered 🤣

[@alliwhite3941]

on today's episode of things that never happened

[@aliceberethart]

Tbh, every gen alpha i know have been based. They also seem to like pre-internet ideas a lot more than gen z.

[@AnnieIsaLau]

@@aliceberethart pre-internet ideas?

[@ren-sensei3718]

as a gen z- last week i got asked if i needed help finding my mom in a grocery store (and im old enough to drink)

[@LanuxLuvsU]

I was told I had to go ask my parent if I could have a sample that they were giving out at the grocery store!! IM 23!!!

[@thisordinaryace]

I feel ya. I went to buy simple beer and let's say... even tho they saw my ID they refused to sell me one can, saying my ID is fake... that I'm just young kid. I am not sure if I should feel flattered or not

[@phantomfeather518]

​@@LanuxLuvsU The same exact thing happened to me! It sucks

[@evabelle5284]

I took my mom to the doctor recently and the nurse asked me what grade I was in, when I said I’m a junior she jumped in and said she would have guessed sophomore. I clarified college junior and she didn’t believe me

[@tjcloar1913]

lol as a gen Z my mom gets mistaken as my sister

[@KurtisC93]

11:32 - "It's the fact that we as humans are bad at identifying age based on sight alone." Oh, thank God-I'm not the only one! As a 30-year-old, I'm always wary of trying to flirt with women because I never know which ones are actually teenagers who I'm perceiving as young adults.

[@Greenhawk4]

to be fair its not anything about us personally its just that nobody really looks their age anymore so I wouldn't beat yourself up for it.

[@rra7490]

Nobody looked their age in the 2000’s or 90’s either, just not as much pictures out there for evidence.

[@carimeslockdownedtree2654]

I also never feel right saying 'oh she looks cute' as someone in their early twenties because. Are they my age? Are they a teen??? I can't tell!

[@asuka_the_void_witch]

@@carimeslockdownedtree2654 a deep discourse lies beyond this

[@TheOhioNews]

I was just thinking about this the other day. This is why I only talk to women who drink. That way I know they're at least 21 😅

[@CaesarAugustus.]

I call cap on the stress theory because Millennials were born and bathed in stress. We're the first internet generation so the first to experience cyberbullying; half of us were kids when 9/11 and the War on Terror happened, and most of us were either graduating or entering the work-force during the biggest financial & housing crisis since the Great Depression, yet we get told the opposite on how old we look. Also, Gen X (80s teens) is who gets told they looked 30 in HS, not Millennials, especially not 90s babies.

[@Zazabazaa]

I'm sticking with my mom's method of aging, which is to accept it and thrive in it everybody gets old and everybody dies, I would rather spend money on things that make my life more enjoyable for me and my friends and family, instead of trying to look like whatever is trending...

[@joshuacunningham3646]

dude im a xennial--47 years old, when i saw jordan admit he was younger than zendaya i was floored lol

[@dynogamergurl]

I was also surprised, I thought for sure he was like 28

[@Doriansgirl19]

Same, I thought he was at least my age and I'm 33

[@nicolethompson2399]

It's the facial hair and style of glasses he wears a long with vocal cadence and body posture

[@lightshadowed]

@@dynogamergurl 28? He looks older than either of my parents in the 60s

[@davidjones8043]

​@@nicolethompson2399no it's not 😂

[@alexanderno1093]

educating on the risks of cosmetic surgery without shaming the victims of beauty culture?? thank you. so much.

[@iloveevrywn]

I didn't feel like it went far enough. There's an interview on Dr. Mike's channel of a woman who was severely ill for years becsise of a bad procedure. Nobody needs this. Could be affecting fertility and future health.

[@SipMyCharlatte]

Oh right, because you're not shaming a generation of women who look perfectly normal 😂

[@alexanderno1093]

@@SipMyCharlatte please show your work if you want the big kids to help explain where you went wrong in your conclusions

[@outtaspace1566]

Yes. This is sad. How these procedures are more accessible just bad and also the unethical ones… I just hope no dr*gs involved in these issue. I thought we’re going to more acceptable all kind beauty but honestly it’s just the same, just trends changed. This gonna happen to next generation as well.

[@pinkerhero]

the face age perception thing is genuinely insightful, great addition to the conversation!!

[@ShlokParab]

13:08 alphas have been on the internet from too early. I'm 17 and I've been on the internet for not more than 7 years, while these guys are on- my sister, I think from around 7.

[@IwaneTheOne]

I have a sister who's a Gen Alpha, she's been on the internet ever since she was born.. and she owned a device at the age of THREE!

[@SalKhayer]

MatPat hit this on the head. New generations don't have culture tying them together, so they're leaning on older music, older TV, older everything. As a result, they all look like they're cosplaying my parents, and I'm a millenial.

[@Dave102693]

This

[@sallislucia9015]

This!!!

[@PixlyPenguin]

Leave me, my Polaroid Camara and my baggy trousers alone (sorry for my English)

[@sallislucia9015]

@@PixlyPenguin Hahah, 100% I prefer Bell Jeans. But I totally agree hahha

[@jodiebolton744]

Did matpat say this before?

[@2nkf]

This happens with each generation back in the 2000’s and 2010’s Millennials were the old ones and probably in the future Gen Alpha will be considered “old”

[@rayzerot]

I'm a millennial. I don't ever remember someone asking why millennials look older than they should

[@RenCarl1sle]

​@rayzerot Sams. If anything I get the opposite.

[@gmk137]

I'm gen alpha

[@Ironcabbit]

Which is funny, because I notice more Millennials in their forties having a lot more grey in their beards than did our parents’ generation.

[@grampagohan3385]

They were not saying they aged better than us. This thing where every Gen says the same thing does not apply here

[@dianaboggs2346]

As someone who plans on getting married in the next couple of years, when someone offered me their wedding dress they wore in the 70s, I said yes right away. Weddings today are extremely expensive!

[@auemmjee]

They're also totally unnecessary.

[@hsd287]

But 70s is way back though u could take a dress from the 2000s

[@Koffee_stain48]

AMY: “age is just a number” ME: “wanna know what else is a number…..? **911**”

[@underscore_lol1378]

This got old so fast

[@SunnyTheHornbill]

kingfisher

[@cartoonhyperfixated]

LOL

[@thaoaothi818]

Back in my days…

shut up bro

im so happy matpat left bro

[@mindsendStoryweaver]

I'm a Middle Millennial and have gotten so many compliments from Gen z on my dressier clothes - - they get SO excited when they find out my skirts are literally from the 60-70's and inherited from my mother and her Hippy phase, that my hats are from Halloween costume shops bought in November and then customized to be less specifically a character and more just *fancy*.

[@theofficialsonicpodcast]

"Oh waiter!! One fake story please!"

[@namelessliberty9869]

I'm a zoomer and I get excited about old clothes because they just look so tough. Clothes nowadays are so flimsy and basic looking but vintage clothes literally feel thicker, better material, fancy buttons, etc.

[@theofficialsonicpodcast]

@@namelessliberty9869 you don't know how to form a coherent thought come back when you finish middle school

[@naolucillerandom5280]

I would be excited about your mom's skirts too, I don't have old clothes like that, most of the ones my aunts gave me are from the early 2000s :')

[@mindsendStoryweaver]

@@namelessliberty9869 Yeah I really do adore the older materials. I grew up sharing clothes with my mom since I kinda grew sort of fast (Hit 5'7" while still in elementary school) and seeing just how flimsy everything is now a days really makes me appreciate how many clothes I kept from then since.. Well I can still fit in them and they're so much sturdier than anything else. Honestly I had a pair of vertical striped pants she had gotten in the 80's that I ended up getting handed down in middle school and I wore it all the way through college until it finally gave up the ghost cause it was worn so often that it thinned in areas. I ended up keeping it though as keepsake -- I hope to eventually cut it up and make an art doll out of the remains.

[@Jeanie-jt5dp]

your explanations are always so clear, thank you!

[@vanessaaponte3838]

Yall should do a video about ASMR makeup videos (specifically shorts), like to see if those “doing your hair/makeup in one minute” videos can actually be done!

[@GeneralPenguinIsCool]

I am Gen Z, and i know that i have MASSIVE bags under my eyes.

[@jeangunnhildrsings9012]

Same but I have had them since I was maybe 7

[@TaigaClaws]

I’m apprently not havin troubles as y’all. Grow a beard, I only get carded at gas stations

[@kathleenking47]

Vaping?

[@douglasmarshall6949]

yeah that's got nothing to do with your age

[@rra7490]

i had that issue at 19, had insomnia, can go away, im 38 now

[@Belianaria8213]

4:00 A gen z person who uses no makeup: I am younger looking than my classmates!

[@ECHOGEKO]

Same

[@anastasija6866]

Same

[@mayulee1798]

Me as well

[@itzevelynn]

Same me and my friends look like our ages

[@CaptSalore]

Literally about to graduate, yet I look the youngest in my class!

[@salvsays]

Some dude named jordan that does food secrets is like 25 and he looks 42. Gen Z looks old man lol. We were brought up on the right amount of preservatives to mummify us while were alive.

[@TaliesinMyrddin]

Stress was what I was gonna say

[@moonpleiades99]

🎯

[@yikes5683]

I'm a 5'3" 24 year-old woman that wears glasses. If I wear shorts, headphones, and either a graphic tee or a backpack, I look like a teenager.

[@aimusicfusion]

ok

[@shiannafoxx]

Same. I'm a 5 foot 21 year old woman constantly mistaken for a high schooler or younger

[@gisela_oliveira]

Exactly. I'm yet to look in the mirror and see my age.

[@viktorias63]

I'm almost 28 and I been mistaken for someone in their early 20s. This is especially the case when I'm tan and look way young.

[@CharlynY]

Well, early 20s ain't that old. Most would still look like in their teens based on what they wear.

[@user-mb5yt8cm3g]

3:28 This makes a lot of sense! Yesterday I was trying on new clothes, and I got some flared jeans with lots of pockets, and my grandparents and mom all said I looked like a hippie :P

[@aditigunjal4231]

Ha I just got a new piece of loose jeans with 8 large pockets I love how it looks on me!

[@Ghost3d_]

My dream. 😍

[@baby.nay.]

I’m 36 now and my mom and grandma said the same thing to me when I was 10-11 in 1999

[@sherlockwho5714]

They have already forgotten the 90s I see

[@Dark_Charm]

I have a pair of distressed jeans, and man I love those for the summer.

[@nekoboygames7786]

Would love a video on why some ppl have babyfaces. I have a babyface and I'm also short. I'm almost 40 and still have encounters where I'm asked to show ID bc ppl can't tell if I'm over 18. During my 20's ppl would think I was the younger sibling. Having a babyface can be fun sometimes but it can also be a curse. Especially since other ppl my age looks older than me and I'm starting to get tired of ppl getting shocked that I'm atleast 10 years older than they thought. I've never been into skincare, but have tried it. My skin is just very sensitive. I love makeup but rarely use it and can't contour at all. Just as said in the video, contouring wasn't really a thing when I was a teen. I'm afab and spent my teens and early 20's as female presenting. I used concealer to hide acne, foundation, powder and a rough (not sure how it is spelled) to slightly mark my cheekbones. And ofc I used kajal/eyeliner, eyeshadow, mascara, lipliner, gloss/lipstick. I would love to do a video one day on how I used to do my makeup, but makeup has become so expensive nowdays. Which brings me to another idea of topic I would love to see on this channel. Which is "How makeup has become more expensive and why that is". For example: I bought some eye makeup the other day bc I was going to a show and my makeup was like 10 years old, and was shocked at the cost. Things were like 3x the price I used to pay. Isadora used to be a brand anyone could afford and now it is expensive. Looking at Isadora now felt like looking at MaxFactor when I was a teen. An expensive model worthy brand I would save my allowance for to be able to buy one product of. I love this channel.

[@Wendigo_Bones]

Theory idea! What is the best looking and most useful outfit for any apocalypse?

[@samhueber6829]

Before watching this video, I feel like this super applies to gen alpha cause i still remember times before social media and before phones and I was born in the mid 2000’s

im so happy matpat left bro

[@bboops23]

I've been on social media since 2004 or 2005 and had a cell phone since 2003. Both my parents had cell phones in the 90's and my brother got a cell phone in 2000. You were literally born after Myspace and cell phones. I made my Facebook account in 2007.

[@bboops23]

I think I got my first smart phone in 2008.

[@the_forest_garden]

In my personal opinion i believe its the lose of the tween phase. (so happy my neices are actually living through their tween years like a tween) Not to mention that all the products these literally children are using is NOT for their skin. They are genuinely just ruining their skin or growing up too fast. Theyll regret it once they are actually adults. Im only 20 and i still wish i played more as kid. (i look younger unlike most of my generation)

[@Soap-lx4dr]

I despise you

[@Joust149]

I've seen about a hundred articles that all say "Yeah, they've known every little doom and gloom from here to Timbuktu since they could read. They're stressed out of their minds." And I think that's a pretty solid explanation, tbh. It would also explain the discrepancies from one person to another. And for those thinking this is just an online thing, it's not. At my place of work we have issues with customers assuming our newer employees are senior staff because they look older.

[@jinnamonroll5684]

Can confirm. My stress levels are through the roof

[@hifilofiwifi]

The older generations who went and are still going through that sht too: 🫠

[@JeromeProductions]

As an 18 year old gen z’er i remember not too long ago seeing girls my age or younger look way older because of makeup

[@hsd287]

Maybe weight gain or something else

[@JeromeProductions]

@@hsd287 honestly those definitely played a part as well

[@ezergill1094]

Theory idea: the best way to pack suitcases for a trip! How to fold clothes to fit more, while avoiding creases & wrinkles, and maybe which suitcases are better for fitting more material

[@MikkiLGalloway]

think this is a chronically online thing. every gen z i know and have seen irl looks perfectly fine and their age. ppl need to go outside more

[@alexanderstanford2139]

21 looks 40 so no most my friend the same story as well

[@ClovesnSpice]

I'm 17, and have been told I look 20. Not a huge discrepancy, but definitely still there

[@alittleofeverythingandoj]

Hey, this is just a copy of another comment

[@wafflzcake]

​@@alittleofeverythingandojyeah it happens quite a lot just report the comment

[@Gringle9coolguy]

This is a copied comment and has more likes 😂

[@sammiallen4041]

Style Theory: Gen Z is born between 1997 & 2012 making the youngest age 12 and the oldest 28. Me who’s 27 born in 1996: 🤨

[@AzuraDragonFaether]

Literally me 🤣

[@kiwi-ow8jt]

Right!! I was. Born in 97 and turning 27 this year

[@jenniferharris2770]

Yes, my daughter was born in 1997 and she turns 27 this year

[@everythingschoolnevertaugh1386]

Yeah haha. I was born in 1995 and I am 28 right now. I am pretty sure I am on the tail end of the millennials. Their math ain’t mathin’!

[@TheTynell1]

the math aint mathin because the first millennial was born 1/1/2000 at 12:00 am in Sydney australia so gen z was not born till after the new millennium but everyone is determined to erase gen Y

[@CapnDezi]

This video is making me feel a bit better. I don’t keep up with fashion but my mom often tells me I dress old. I blame my aunt and our friends of the family and my grandad. All of them were born in the 50s and all of them have given me an array of clothing over the years. You can look back on picture of me as a child and Im wearing vintage clothing and I love those pictures. Now that Amy is pointing out just how old our generation dresses it makes me feel a bit more normal. Also I should have realized this but things go over my head sometimes. I notice something but don’t really process it until someone points it out.

[@TainaPR2024]

Vaping is big with Gen Z, so I wonder if that's played a role.

[@kamisevak]

Gen Z looking old faster? Boy, i wish, i'm in my early 20s and i still look like a preteen

[@JeannieLove]

Embrace it, it will change quickly in your late 20s. Everyone always tells me how young I look and when I ask them to guess my age, no matter how old I am, they're about 10 years off.

[@100madmic]

​@@JeannieLoveI am 27 year old still considering young but I am used to it.

[@sherlockwho5714]

It has its downside I'm 39 and when my coworker guessed my age they thought I was 25. It means sometimes I have to deal with that you're a kid mentality from my peers

[@user-rizzwan]

​@@JeannieLoveyou're 37.

[@KCH55]

When I was in my early twenties I did look like I was in my preteens 😂 I used to be mistaken as an elementary child. Up until my mid thirties, I still looked like a teenager.

[@RightBoyKA-POW]

*STRESS* That's why! Edit: Hey, I have a crazy idea for a new feature on KZbin. They should add a "Least Popular" option, so that you can see a channel's least viewed videos

im so happy matpat left bro

[@scurvofpcp]

I suspect the energy drinks are not helping either.

[@IamDumYt]

Fr

[@GhostWasHere0]

I am blessed to have my parents' genetics, always wear a smile, and hope for the future.

[@adamwhite3255]

That's what did it for the Greatest Generation. Well, that and cigarettes.

[@anniestart2408]

This September, first studying day, a bypasser asked me if I was excited to go to school. I was headed to Uni, as a senior. I had just turned 21.

[@leahswett9805]

I love the Ollie cameo at the end! Let’s be real, if he wants it he can have any channel to theorize about to continue the legacy ❤

[@Carmela-bixoxo]

Wow… it’s almost like humans age!

[@DefinitelyNotAMachineCultist]

But why do some seem to age faster? Probably a genetic thing.

[@rayzerot]

Whoosh! The entire point of the video went over your head

[@chaeryeong991]

@@DefinitelyNotAMachineCultistits mostly just styling and makeup

[@deathrowlemon7367]

You clearly didn’t watch the whole video

[@joselynnschmidt5795]

So it is normal to look like your 40 when you are just 20... got it

[@daniefy]

I love the fact that Ollie is the face of Gen Alpha for Team Theorist ❤

[@IntrepidIanRinon]

Ollie Patrick and his naughty grin. A trait he will master from both his dad and mom. 😂

[@harrygold8407]

Thank you so much Amy for trying to explain what ever trends my gen Z peers are par taking in which I don’t. I never understood why thrifting and cottage core was so popular. You’re 100% right we need to fear my younger brother and the rest of gen Alpha 😂

[@anikawalsh8322]

I definitely agree with the first point about clothing!! Personally I loveeee the 70s style. I try to thrift for similar styles which definitely aligns with this point!

[@PhotonBeast]

Considering some of the shiitake mushrooms Gen Z and adjacent generations have gone through in the last 10-20 years, much of which has forced them to grow up hella fast... I don't think I'd blame(?) them or whatever about looking or acting older than previous generations did.

[@seinarukishi9228]

They certainly don't act older.

[@armorclasshero2103]

​@@seinarukishi9228 college protests prove you wrong.

[@seinarukishi9228]

@@armorclasshero2103 That is not acting older.

[@seinarukishi9228]

@@armorclasshero2103 College protests prove me right.

[@user-qx1om2wj1h]

What does this have to do with shiitake mushrooms?

[@ZeroShow]

Im 24... I look 32... fr! I've never did any procedures or makeup, it's purely and ultimately STRESS! Pandemic? Yes. But also WORK, the wages and the prices of things arent what they used to be in the 90s or early 2000s, that makes our jobs pay less, and stress more! It's crazy, and I hate this being this way!

[@igorgreen1013]

19 and I look 39, yes and it's so depressing and the depression just makes it worse!

[@hsd287]

I still look 18 and I'm almost 26 now I have gained a few kilos but I still have exactly same face from back then I keep my skin and body extremely clean everyday especially since I have had acne

[@Luvigc]

As a 12 year old gen z I actually only use makeup if I’m going somewhere but only blush and highlighter and only heavy makeup and I also have the biggest baby cheeks and I am like 4:10ft which makes me look 4 years younger than I actually am

[@Amethyst454]

This was a great vid that hit a lot of points.

[@TheKisame808]

ST idea: You know Cindella's glass slippers? Could someone actually wear them? It'd probably depend on the type of glass, the person's weight, etc. And not to mention, floating across a dance floor in them.

[@_Dark222Angel_]

those sh!ts would hurt so bad

[@jp_ravenfire]

As a Millennial, I look younger than all my younger siblings, only one of which missed being Gen Z by one year. But I'm also the only one who never smoked cigarettes.

[@rayzerot]

Cigarette smoking increase both number and depth of wrinkles as well as thinning skin so that checks out

[@jin394]

I don't know exactly what the trend is, but I've read that vaping is a huge problem in high schools and nicotine content has gone up and that companies are even targetting middle school kids and younger. So drugs could be playing a role too

[@Fr00stee]

its the cigarettes

[@hsd287]

Yep I have seen so many ppl smoking heavily being only 20 or above and probably started sooner it's sad seeing that intake and stress in their minds or probably just peer pressure

[@SaryiaJohnston]

0:48 We love the pres of the fast food secrets club getting his own article

[@lilypad2245]

Way to go for style theory to bring something up that ive never heard of 😭

[@Wyntixty]

“age is just a number” prison is just a room, it’s fine!

[@Munchkin.Of.Pern09]

As long as both parties can legally consent, and there is no coercion going on, then yes, age is just a number!

[@emanuelrojas2]

She should have said, 'Age is relative'.

[@QuacktheQuelea]

"im stuck like this... forever...." the most real line ever. im gen alpha and my sister a gen z looks like she is 20! she is ony 15!

[@pluviosity]

mate, 15 years old is not gen z. You're both gen alpha.

[@RaptorThe_Iguana]

@@pluviositytechnically 15 is gen-Z it’s literally at the start of the video

[@arandomteto]

@@pluviositydude, idk how to tell you this but 15 is gen z

[@Rose_Light08]

It is gen z till 2009 after it is gen alpha ​@@pluviosity

[@Someone-ui5uk]

@@pluviosityas a 16-year-old, there’s no way that I am a Gen Alpha.

[@rimondleonard4108]

Well,my face stuck at 13 years old, i even needed my mother to clarify that im 18 to take my driving license (yes,it sucks) and I'm still stuck with that face

[@miniwolfii17]

Once when I was 14 in a Kohls, I was standing NEXT TO MY PARENTS AND BROTHER shopping and got asked 3 TIMES if I worked there 😭

[@kingsillies]

New style theory!

so?

[@aishazayed997]

why is the title a personal attack ☹️

im so happy matpat left bro

[@jayslavaa]

NAH CUZZ

[@ZandiA_Arts]

., Well no one will forget the "HEYYYY, THATS JUST A THEORY"

[@jessj2530]

Why are you offended by it?

[@hm12-i]

No

[@sa1ko152]

Love the videos! I would really appreciate it, and it would help the scientific style of the channel(s) if you would cite your sources during the video or put them in the description. Some of the sources could be interesting from a psychological research point of view

[@Elloth]

12-27. 28 is 1996

[@ishaandw]

Someone literally just posted a picture of their grandfather at 18 who looks 25 and himself right now at 18 who looks 12.

[@tronophono913]

Smoking before 18 was a thing. They smoke packets a day.

[@zekiz774]

​@tronophono913 still is.

[@davidjones8043]

Not like it was, bro sorry​@@zekiz774

[@p2__]

"Age is just a number" and prison is just a place

[@aleishamoon3869]

😂💀

[@vaderladyl]

Well, prison is indeed, another place.

[@themightyironoak]

Another theory video, sign me up. Automatically goes on my watch later list. Alsod o a theory on heavy metal battle vests with loads of patches. Perfect for style theory.

[@Sharsis88]

A+ addition of having the Wind Rose short in the end there as a cameo. Rock and Stone!

[@davidroddini1512]

13:03 “…because Gen Alpha is coming for all of us.” Agreed all of the “older” generations need to band together against those young whippersnappers! 🤣

[@ryanweavile]

I found this so ironic because I'm 20 years old, almost 21, and everyone says that I look 16.

[@Kayla-ew6od]

I think the best part of this style theory episode is the fact that Alie will lead the rebellion and I’m actually a child so I wanna be a soldier and Ollies army and take down style theory, food theory, game theory, and film theory with him

[@user-wx7yd6xd6q]

At first, I thought that covid hadn't really affected me, but then I realised my forehead - only my forehead, is full of WRINKLES

[@avaldram]

I think older generations say they're less stressed in general because they grew up in an environment that teaches that admiting feeling bad is a weakness

[@sunstonespice]

No, I think it’s the opposite. Older generations both had less stress in their formative years while also building resilience and methods (likely by necessity) to handle stress.

[@jinnamonroll5684]

Older generations didn't know as much as we do. Ignorance is bliss

[@vaderladyl]

@@jinnamonroll5684 Know more about what?

[@theninjamaster67]

@@jinnamonroll5684 Nah it's not that older generations didn't know it's that older generations pretended it didn't exist and swept it under the bed like a little kid hiding their mess.

[@KatelynDombach]

Millennials look young for our age. Idk how since we have been stressed out whole lives but we do.

[@thisisnotausernameXD]

Maybe never quite feeling like an adult despite however old we are does that?

[@jessj2530]

Eh. I think millennials look their age.

[@schizotakes]

or ego. a lot of yall do look your age ngl.

[@ThiCC_Yosh]

Y’all millenials are cute. my siblings are all millenials but im a gen z, and man they cute asf. (cant generalize but at least most of the millenials i know)

[@samarasylvan8462]

Millennials still dress like we are highschoolers.

[@Atotallynormalperson]

I was a little scared of what this video was gonna say, but im glad it got to where it ended. thank you for telling it like it is: not a big deal in the slightest

[@elalaela2694]

Didnt know this was a thing but then I remembered back when I had a few streaks of my hair bleached so I could dye them some fun color and my neighbour asked if I was growing grays. GRAYS. I WAS 16.

[@Voysey]

Tbf I think it just comes down to the sun. You see 15 year old Americans and they look about 40 but 15 year olds from the UK, where its often cloudy, look about 12. I would imagine gen Z would look younger if anything since a lot of them prefer staying indoors + all the lockdowns we had a few years back. It's an odd one.

[@seinarukishi9228]

This is the most inside generation in the US, its not the sun.

[@thisisnotausernameXD]

I'm sorry, but idk what it is with UK makeup trends but it makes kids look even older than kids from anywhere else. It's definitely not the sun.

[@legendswarble2845]

A lot of America is also coastal and cloudy, so I doubt it's that.

[@rayzerot]

Past generations got way more sun in their late teens and early adulthood. Something else is going on here

[@Voysey]

@seinarukishi9228 Sommat in the water then idk 🤣

[@JustADogLover396]

That thumbnail is BRUTAL! I love it, never change.

[@Firestar1992]

I had a brief point a couple of years ago where I was working retail again. Being a 30 year old, after working there for like a month I learned that everyone assumed I was 19.

[@BrodieMitch]

that is impossible because if everyone looked older then that would just become the normal for that age

[@auemmjee]

They look older than Millennials is what's being said.

[@hsd287]

Normal is when a person ages progressively as per their age but the problem is some ppl aging way faster and gaining more weight and grey hairs than they should

[@pewdiepiesubbot8672]

As a gen Z-er myself, this video has convinced me I live under a rock

[@zoarsnowpaw3549]

Same

[@Blue2x2x]

As a millennial myself, I give GenZ my sympathies for the aging from stress. And I'll give them props on recycling clothing that I couldn't do. Anything else, like make-up, and plastic surgery. That's on them. Deal with the consequences of your own actions. I'll see your wrinkles from the other side. Lol

[@CatsInHats-S.CrouchingTiger]

The little eyes on all the characters are so funny! 😆😹 I enjoyed them! Very nice…

[@connorstallins5804]

Am I the only one that reflects on my life like this? "Reminds me of when I used to see friends in person.... (6th grade) THAT WAS 10 YEARS AGO? Man, I am getting ooooooold..."

[@soonny002]

The THREE most significant factors in ageing skin are wealth, smoking, and sun exposure. Millenials were probably the first generation to adopt sunscreen en mass and they started working more in the office. The younger generation are also less likely to smoke (more likely to vape). Generally speaking, the richer you are, the younger you look. The poor age is a lot quicker because of chronic stress. This is not generational because every generation has their share of rich and poor. Therefore, wear sunscreen, avoid sun exposure as much as possible, don't smoke, and just be rich.

[@kevinkarlwurzelgaruti458]

That just be rich line really hurts.

[@MayonnaiseMustard]

Wow… it’s almost like humans age!!

[@PhotonBeast]

Shocking! :)

[@ECHOGEKO]

🤯

im so happy matpat left bro

[@LiamAili-vv1wt]

Why do you say that on almost every comment

[@rayzerot]

Go do something with your life mate

[@KieoiCwoiy]

3:18 This makes perfect sense! When I tried on some flared pants with lots of pockets yesterday, my mom and grandparents thought I looked like a hippie. :P

[@TheExplorer2K]

I was literally thinking about Gen Z being old then 5 minutes later, this video shows up!

[@NidotheKing]

I'm only 30, but I've always looked old. I was always taller and broader than other kids and I had a full beard by 17. Going bald at 23 also added to the effect.

[@changingpeopleslivesmoon2993]

bro gen z is lucky cuz pepole back in the 1800s who were kids look like adults

[@godjesus2107]

War can do that to kids.

[@impudentstrumpet2655]

This is just what I was thinking of! There was this video of a group of 10-12 year olds back then who all looked 40.

[@Mustideer]

Kids back then had jobs and all that man KIDS in factories

[@changingpeopleslivesmoon2993]

@@Mustideer yeah

[@changingpeopleslivesmoon2993]

@@godjesus2107 no what i mean is even before war kids look older cuz the were in factories

[@yeetaku]

as a gen z, ive been asked multiple times at theme parks my age bc i accompany my younger siblings often....and everytime they think im 14 or younger. im 17 😭😭😭

[@BjornCopperside]

What makes stress different between generations? Social media, you constantly see the news and talking to some stranger on the street is seen as weird.

[@realbiggestlegofanconnor7007]

For some reason Amy mentioning the pandemic made me want to play animal crossing new horizons

[@CryptoDabber710]

Don't forget about all the processed foods and toxic chemicals we're consuming constantly, that has played a huge part also.

[@armorclasshero2103]

Nope. All things equal across last 3 gens.

[@morganschull6597]

I dont think thats the case because im gonna be 29 next month and im consistently mistaken for 22-23 and i eat plenty of processed foods lol

[@leeannbaxter]

I agree with this and these young ones are very out of shape.

[@user-bw7th9fe4r]

I like how she exactly hit all of the points and they all pretty much applied to me..

[@ShadyRadaideh]

at 15 yo, a cop asked for my ID (first months of covid) and in the gym someone asked me which college I GRADUATED from so yeah some o us do look older than they are I turned 19 this year and I look the same age as my friends from 2001 and older

[@igorgreen1013]

Felt this 🥲