Why Does Gen Z Look SO Old? | Style Theory

[@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

[@theoutsiderjess1869]

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.

[@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

[@JosiahTrelawny82]

When you was 12 years old, you were 40!

[@lewislewis3531]

I went bald at 15 and have looked 30 years old since. Now I am sneaking up on 30, my friends say it's 'like I haven't aged since being a teenager.'

[@KurtisC93]

@@lewislewis3531 And you'll probably stay the same age for roughly the next 30 years as well Baldness might prematurely age you, but it also post-maturely de-ages you 😉

I love bald guys

[@lewislewis3531]

You have great taste haha

[@TriggaTreDay]

😂😂😂😂 your comment has me crying over here 😅. It’s not funny but boy I’m sure that was not easy to go through. Sorry you had to deal with that.

[@ingaguy6598]

It's great when you can find humour in all situation ❤

[@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.

[@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...

[@godfreycarmichael]

Now that's just crazy talk!

[@justanamerican9024]

I earned every wrinkle and grey hair!

[@hmm-zoolol]

Exactly.

[@mnn111-]

Exactly.

[@Immortal_Liberty]

a woman who wont get a man because of looking old,and no kids thus in a family unit, is doomed to be miserable. females under 50 increasingly committing suicide and taking more antidepressant each year more only confirms this. Looking young means you hare healthy,to have kids. So use it while you can.

[@lyriclanguages3780]

I'm a millenial (born in 1990). I was not allowed to wear makeup until I was in 8th grade. And even then, it was limited to lipgloss, eyeliner, and basic shadows. I did not wear any concealer or foundation until I was in college. Most girls didn't wear much makeup back then either.

[@Bobbiejoinscore]

I never really wore make up, when I was a kid I’d just wear some lipstick for fun for a day and I’d get my brothers covered in lipstick because of it

[@sillycookie1982]

'82 here. I wore only mascara (ginger blonde so they're invisible otherwise lol) till I was about thirty. I hate wearing make up now because it makes me look older when I do

[@SuperMarioArya]

The oldest gen z you can be right now is 27

[@lyriclanguages3780]

@@SuperMarioArya I don’t care about gen z

[@SuperMarioArya]

@@lyriclanguages3780 although the oldest gen z right now is 27 years old (so in 2028 the oldest gen z will be 31 years old)

[@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]

@@Monkebs45 That's not Macklemore that's Wanz...

[@RetroG64]

@@xBeast345 oh sorry didn't realize

[@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.

[@Sheyyz_Editz]

1 minute ago?!

[@Telimency]

yeah, for me this comment is more on point than the whole vid itself

[@mike15.]

i am also a millenial and no.. how do you explain 13 year old girls having D cups and 20yo having wrinkles and loose skin ? they never been to war lol...

[@BayouBarbie504]

@@mike15.the food. The vaping, the fast fashion with GOD knows what’s in it, the fillers…

[@ilTHfeaa]

fr like i remember when gen Z was like 13/14 and i was like idk 20 and they looked more put together than i did and i was just like… where did their awkward teenage phase go? 😭 they like don’t have one anymore!

[@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

[@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

[@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

[@RudolphManor]

I'm 35 and I had a talk with a young lady yesterday in her early 20's about drinking water, eating right and sleeping right and she couldn't believe that I was 35 because she said I don't look it, she thought I was around 26. 💯

[@ThallonRose]

I’m 40 and the younger woman in my community are always shocked to find out. They are between 27-32 and thought I was the same age as them.

[@landy952]

they don't know what 30s and 40s look like. I'm 45 and they always think I'm 35. I don't even look that young it's just that 45 to them is ancient like the Golden Girls. but many of them look older than I do..

[@fioreolivares1638]

Same. I was talking to my coworker about TV shows, food, and stuff we like and she thought I was her age. She's 22, I'm 35 (I don't wear makeup, I've tried but it makes my face itchy)

[@Mashugat]

Ya the lack of makeup probably saved your skin a lot of aging. ​@@fioreolivares1638

[@j.pnewcomer1069]

My mom just turned 50 in July(she's genX) and she often gets mistaken to be 35-40. For me at 25, I still get mistaken for being 18/19. My younger(7.5 years) brother is so ridiculously tall and isn't even 18 yet, but we've been mistaken to be twins about twice a year for at least the past 6 years.

[@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.

[@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

[@gisnotalizard]

Jordan Howlett being the mascot of this genz old thing is both a huge roast and the funniest thing ever 😂 love Jordan but he looks like my dad and I'm older than him

[@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.

[@gauloise6442]

I think cosmetic surgery is a bit like diet culture. When I was a young it was the "size zero" years, and we managed to stop that. I think the same needs to be done to cosmetic surgery, all the faces end up looking the same and we need more facial diversity and facial positivity.

[@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

[@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.

[@SigridStorjern]

I was thinking the exact same as the video progressed!

[@lonesparrow]

@@krishnavinesh5638 lol and we're not interested in this whole intergenerational conflict BS, go away.

[@Irene-uj4ep]

Well, it depends... As a Ukrainian, I feel like I went from looking super young for my age, to looking a bit older (I'm 21) and I think the stress I get from war and a chance of a bomb hitting my house played a huge role in it. So yeah, I feel like stress can actually make you look older, it just has to be a HUUUGE amount of it. Or maybe I'm just tripping and I don't even look that much older, that's just how I feel. I have no-one to ask, so I really don't know... But I hope you still get my point

[@fos9698]

@@Irene-uj4ep You have legitimate reasons for stress.

[@tralala688]

I was just about to say, every generation is stressed about something.

[@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.

[@porkcutlet3920]

@@oodo2908 No, it's just a sign of old age. They feel threatened by the younger generation.

[@madison_kr]

Us millennials got raked over the coals for years and called everything bad in the book until about midway through the pandemic when everyone finally realized that we weren't the young adults anymore and now Gen Z gets the brunt of it. I wish we could stop the cycle because every generation has cards they are dealt, some easy and some really hard, and it sucks getting told you are a worthless, lazy idiot as a collective group instead of being encouraged and guided by those that are older than you. The youngest will always act like their elders don't know anything but its up to those of us that are older now to remember what that was like and lead by example instead of putting an entire generation down because they are growing up in a different world than we did.

[@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!

[@transsexual_computer_faery]

@@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 😅

[@FunkyBruja]

It's not the clothing. They look OLD in the face!

[@HotCafeMocha]

Exactly, clothing has nothing to do with looking old, if anything older clothing is more cute and evergreen. It’s vaping, too much makeup, surgeries and believe it or not.. loss of innocence due over exposure on internet 😢

[@MonaLisa625]

Hmm, it depends. For example our mothers looked much older bcs of the clothes and hair. If you look at the photos in the 80s, you will see what I'm talking about. But of course, it is about everything, not just clothes, but make-up and fillers too.

[@BlakeH..888_]

​@@HotCafeMochaSurgeries

[@HotCafeMocha]

@@BlakeH..888_ are you grammar police😂? It was a typo cause I type to fast and don’t bother to check again

[@BlakeH..888_]

@@HotCafeMocha Too*

[@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

[@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?

[@SAR-re1fx]

I´m 32 and used to work at a high school, I was often mistaken with students, and even that, some 16-17 year olds look like internship teachers which are usually 23-24 year olds. This kids look older than I do. I know I have baby face and I´m short, but they look like grown adults.

[@fioreolivares1638]

Lol. That's happened to me too. I would visit schools and the kids thought I was a new student. Even the principal came and asked me to take a seat (even though I was there for a lesson) and he thought one of the students was the teacher. Needless to say that the student was super offended 😂. Poor kid.

[@samlung2724]

Something similar happened to me too. I was driving by my old high-school and the school cop pulled me over and ask me why I was skipping school. I gladly give him my license and told him I graduated 10yrd ago

[@StarArtGamer]

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!

[@Nzcade]

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

[@Kate-cu3zv]

I don't get why they included 1997 in Gen Z, I was born in 1997 and I feel more like a millenial, I share more things with millenials, my childhood memories, everything.

[@candicegosselin2004]

Well, it's because you are very close to be a millennial that's why💖 I was born in 2004 and I feel like a millennial sometimes 💖

[@sigerlion8608]

Welcome to the club. I was born at the edge of GenX And Millenials and I tend to agree with GenX POV a lot too.

[@ieronymos9265]

@@sigerlion8608 1984???

[@sigerlion8608]

@@ieronymos9265 83

[@jjnhjnh3378]

@@candicegosselin2004 2004 millennial is wild 💀💀

[@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!"

[@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.

[@rra7490]

Thats true! Better material from older clothes, I have clothes I bought at Target from 2020 and they are stretched out and thin. Sucks.

[@alt-888]

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.

[@vladimirofsvalbard9477]

1. Being on birth-control (longer and at earlier ages) 2. Constant blue-light strain. 3. Doom and gloom marketing. 4. Cortisol spiking from becoming an adult right as another economic crisis ensues. 5. Fewer friends in-person and feeling a sense of hopelessness. YES, stress ages you quickly!

[@walter1824]

Not the whole story UVA rays and Glycation (glucose spikes) does most of the skin damage Then toxins, processed foods and seed oils that are in EVERYTHING

[@alexf3036]

How do you think birth-control affects ageing?

[@sgujuhgftyyuyy]

@@alexf3036yea, i mean don't some girls need it for medical reasons like PCOS?

[@maxmeeks9910]

Yep. 100%

[@Backinblackbunny009]

YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT STRESS??? HAVE A BUNCH OF KIDS WHEN YOU CAN'T AFFORD THEM BC FREAKS ON THE INTERNET GOT YOU TOO SCARED TO USE BIRTH CONTROL!!!! 🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡💩💩💩💩💩💩💀💀💀💀🙈

[@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

[@bluhu.e]

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

[@大]

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

[@portalkey5283]

I feel sad for gen z. There were exposed too soon to toxic external influences. They didn't have enough chance to just be and to just be kids.

[@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

[@AnnieIsaLau]

@@aliceberethart pre-internet ideas?

[@ashmax3228]

@@AnnieIsaLau ah ya know.... churning butter, dancing to the melodies of Britney Of The Spears on the courtyard behind the nunnery, casually adding new elements to periodic table... etc

[@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

[@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

[@ariesearthdragon]

@@TheTynell1 Gen Y is Millennials, and the oldest were born in '81. The new millennium was when the older half of the generation started "coming of age".

[@Lynx-n5j]

Me, a Gen Z who everybody says I look like I'm 13- starting college: *Oh, you don't say?*

[@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.

[@Sueuhevffbcjjidis]

Can confirm. My stress levels are through the roof

[@hifilofiwifi]

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

[@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

[@ru4i007]

31 but everyone says I look 22

[@TainaPR2024]

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

[@underscore_lol1378]

This got old so fast

[@vevegidaymate]

kingfisher

[@cartoonhyperfixated]

LOL

[@thaoaothi818]

Back in my days…

[@大]

shut up bro

[@大]

im so happy matpat left bro

[@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.

[@伏見猿比古-k8c]

What does this have to do with shiitake mushrooms?

[@spacecaptain9188]

I've heard the opposite about millennials. Millennials look younger than their parents did at the same age. (when compared side by side to photos of their parents and grandparents at the same age).

[@joannajk-q7o]

maybe because of sunscreen? im a millennial and my mom always made sure i had sunscreen on when i was growing up where my mom, a boomer, never did when she was growing up.

[@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

[@rizzwan-42069]

​@@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.

[@theadeoittheorist]

0:04 Gen-Z is aging like a banana 😂😂

[@SailorMoonVideo]

This moment keeps replaying in my mind over and over. It's everything I ever needed to accept aging as an Elder Millenial.

[@thesoundsofearth4454]

This is the kind of journalism I live for. Thank you! I am a zoomer who doesn't wear makeup and never really has, but this gives so much context to my generation!

[@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!

[@bhavikgoyal6843]

​@IwaneTheOne hopefully its wholesome videos right?

[@KitKitsuneVixen]

yeah up until like 13 i was just watching youtube (not even commenting or anything) and i only started looking at other social medias after that

[@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

[@大]

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.

[@adamwhitef7ck697]

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

[@carrisebear3499]

Honestly it’s genetics, drugs, stress, diet, and presentation; in that order. It’s a very individualistic experience that can’t be lumped into one generation or another.

[@Razor-gx2dq]

Probably the best comment here, we are all different.

[@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. 😂

[@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.

[@xtrerr]

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.

[@MorganJ]

4:36 Omg I LOVE her peter pan collar! Those were in when I was a teenager. I hardly ever wore that style though because I found the high necklines to be sensory-unfriendly.

[@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

[@KitKitsuneVixen]

the smoking thing is crazy because i feel like we were all firmly taught about how smoking is bad. like, i would never touch a vape or cigarette, yet apparently it's just getting more common

[@tinkerbellrochester7021]

Yes..the chubby cheeks. Had them my whole life. I will be 60 this yr. If you can keep them,I highly recommend it.

[@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

[@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! 🤣

[@alin5573]

When i was 14 everyone thought i was 20! Social interactions were a nightmare. Just imagine you are a kid and want to make friends with someone who thinks you are 5-6 years older than them. And its the same or even worse the other way around, you interact with an adult 6+ years older than you and they expect you to act like them and know things.

[@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.

[@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.

[@itsari1290]

@@pluviositysorry man your just old

[@kingsillies]

New style theory!

[@大]

so?

[@Leukick]

LACK - OF - SLEEP ... due to all the endless scrolling daily on school nights. Previous generations did not have that

[@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!

[@RepentImmediately]

They're also totally unnecessary.

[@hsd287]

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

[@lisabarraclough5957]

lots of 70's dresses are very Cottagecore. So it's having a moment.

[@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.

[@trphoenix_.]

9:02 dang it my anxiety issues are making me look older

[@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.

[@vozeviolaogiulia]

Congratulations for this video, very informative

[@pinkerhero]

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

[@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

[@______heart5889]

Smoke does not age you like that

[@janellecharles7337]

Video: Gen Z looks so old! Me: Bro, teenagers in the 80's look older than the 30-year-olds that play teenagers in movies and shows nowadays.

[@pewdiepiesubbot8672]

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

[@zoarsnowpaw3549]

Same

[@roryandbro1561]

I already knew that tbh

[@vanemari1320]

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!

[@pepebotella5210]

Great episode. Very claryfing. Puts a lot of observations and counterarguments into words!

[@aishazayed997]

why is the title a personal attack ☹️

[@大]

im so happy matpat left bro

[@shxrlia]

NAH CUZZ

[@ZandiA_Arts]

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

[@Username0467]

Why are you offended by it?

[@hm12-i]

No

[@szonator]

"Age is just a number" famous last words

[@kittenfarms]

ppl have asked me if i am 16 since i was 19, im 21 now. i think everyone just looks different and ages differently, thats all.

[@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'.

[@Not-Ap]

Your as young as you feel!

[@ryanweavile]

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

[@carolselfridge5925]

No jobs, covid, the feeling of hopelessness, it is stress. Worry wrinkles are real.

[@RetroTaylor94]

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.

[@jukeboxjammer2343]

My whole life, I’ve been told I look older than I am. I’ve leaned into that a LOT the past few years with my style. I regularly wear a button down shirt with a vest, fedora, and bow tie. When I was in my junior year of high school, I even bought myself a tweed jacket off Etsy. While most everyone else my age tends to dress like typical teenagers (t-shirts, shorts, crazy colors, etc), I dress like I’m in my 60’s and I love it. However, even outside of that, I’ve been told that one of the biggest things that make me look older than I am is just because of how I hold myself, physically.

[@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

[@Jeanie-jt5dp]

your explanations are always so clear, thank you!

[@Finlandball39]

I never thought I’d see Big Tugg on Style Theory.

[@loopsie_]

wait fr? where did you see him-?

[@Finlandball39]

@@loopsie_11:14, on the left.

[@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 😂

[@tea98988]

I didn’t start wearing makeup until I was well into my 20’s. I am in my 60’s now, my skin is so much nicer than women that are 10, or even 15 years younger than me.

[@gauloise6442]

Agree, my mom forbade me to wear to wear foundation (only could use powder), I think it saved my skin. Also the right amount of sunlight, not too much, but not too little. I never put sunscreen on my face with all those toxic chemicals.

[@shmwmlam3953]

I rarely wear makeup. Not even once a year. And I look young than lot of younger friends if mine. I am 40 and even girls in late 20's think I am one of their own...😂

[@void9662]

I love this content as someone who is definitely awful at guessing ages. Just slightly bothered by the age math as someone born in 1997 would only be a max of 27 this year.

[@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

[@bolladragon]

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.

[@Sueuhevffbcjjidis]

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

[@vaderladyl]

@@Sueuhevffbcjjidis Know more about what?

[@theninjamaster67]

@@Sueuhevffbcjjidis 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.

[@TaliesinMyrddin]

Stress was what I was gonna say

[@moonpleiades99]

🎯

[@skyhart9926]

Too much social media facing the screen. Less going outside for sunlight. Less play outside. Too much makeup for females.

[@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.

[@historylover8815]

The other thing you have to think about when factoring in why Gen Z stress is different is that those other generations were able to lean on each other during those events (9/11, JFK assasination, wars, etc.). But the very nature of the pandemic removed a lot of people’s support systems bc we weren’t allowed to be in the same room as anyone else. It was both scary and lonely, while the other events Amy mentioned were just scary. Social distancing really did a number on people’s mental health, especially since many Zoomers were at a critical period for learning how to socialize.

[@skwarepeg1068]

This video was really well done. That said, look at some high school yearbook photos from the 50s! Now THOSE kids looked old! HAHA

[@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.

[@Oliverfinlay2010]

0:15 the fast foods secrets club creator Jordan

[@Swecan76]

I am 48 year old male (gen x). I've been mistaken by younger co-workers that I was 35 or so. ironically when I was 17-18 I was passing as older to get into nightclubs and bars. Also, I started to lose my hair at early 20's and shaved it all off at 26 and been doing that ever since.

[@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?

[@Username0467]

Eh. I think millennials look their age.

[@g3n0sc1d3]

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.

[@namotori]

The stress part reminded me of a colorized video in the streets of some city, where child labour was at it's highest during the industrial revolution. In the video some kids were staring at the camera and they were the size of 12 year old with the face of 50 year old. They had so many wrinkles on their face, they were exhausted. Stressed.

[@MekiThomas-ei9fb]

The years 2020 and 2022 thats when i realised dam bro the stress hit you hard it took a toll on me

[@JordanFayter]

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.

[@aiztoh]

I'm pretty sure Gen Z looking old is just an online thing. we can easily tell if that person is young base on their voice, their looks, their style and their way of speaking, especially their way of speaking.

[@MIRA_LUNA09]

It's obviously a nonsense online thing, millennials can't just accept they do look their age.

[@ShoshanaLeah6886]

34 here.. I’ve seen gen zs that could pass for my parents 🥴 it mostly makes ME feel inadequate and juvenile.