Gen Z is MELTING DOWN About Getting Older
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Narcissism that’s the problem, along with de-masculinity. You get neurotic non-coping adults.
De-masculinity is a huge problem. I cringe whenever I see a feminized 25+ year old man who can't work on their car, maintain their homes, or even manage their emotions. They won't survive when things really get difficult, not to mention the woman and children in their lives that may require their help. Men have responsibilities, and too many can't live up to them anymore.
I honestly dont hate being 32 nor getting older, I dont get the issue about growing older. The only thing I hate about growing older is I'm losing my hair. But other than that, Its not awful. I also say this as someone who had a traumatic teenage experience and ultimately feel like I missed out on those years.
The best perk of being 32, I finally have a decent amount of disposable income.
@@joshuakhaos4451 and what do you do with that disposable income
Maybe for some people for sure, but I think the missing milestones is a big part of it for most people. Lots of people have anxiety about not having done certain things the older they get and more anxiety about not knowing how to "arrive" becaise nobody's really helped them or taught them how. Millenials on down ships adrift at sea with no lighthouse pointing them to sbore.
That's sad.
Imagine thinking your generation discovered stress 😂
LOL, yeah, no shit. 😆 It's definitely not anything new, because as a Gen-Xer I clearly remember my peers making a lot of the same complaints, especially right out of college when we had to start at the bottom of the work ladder ("How do I get a job without experience, and how do I get experience without a job?").
There's this stupid mythology that Boomers and Xers bought their McMansions at the age of 21 and never had to go through economic or personal struggle at all, when the reality is that most had to grind to get to a place where they could actually be secure.
We didn't invent stress, just made it "cool" and deeply apart of our personalities.
😭😭
Nope. Gen Z didn’t invent the straw man fallacy either, and they don’t claim to.
@@flyingturret208thecannon5 of course they don't. My comment was directed to the sort of individuals that think they can claim intergenerational knowledge afforded to them by being born within a certain date range.
People saying dumb shit is nothing new.
It probably doesn’t help that all these younger teenagers try to make themselves look like they are in their 20’s 😅
I thought these 20yr olds getting all this early Botox & fillers was to look & feel older?!
We went from bashing chemicals in beauty products & seeking herbs to lip & butt filers overnight?!
As a guy I've always consistently looked 10 yrs younger than my biological age and I'm 35 so when it comes aging I'm holding up pretty well.
Is that really any different than any of these older millennials who dress an act younger.
This has been the status quo for all time ever since humanity put age restrictions on things.
World War 1 and 2 saw many conscripts and sign ups were underage and illegally lied about their age to fight for their country.
There will always be 'teenagers' who are adults and ready to face the world but are being held back by the older adults because these older adults can only see a child in those younger than them.
@@indepthmike5578Everbody says that.
I am a GenX raising my Gen Alpha like a GenXer. I am a big believer in natural consequences and holding him accountable. My job as a mother is to raise a productive member of society.
Same here. But it is not easy because you cant be with your kid all the time. When they go out to school or are with friends, they will get influenced and become confused by the wrong messages they get from the outside.
Same here, I am Gen X with a 20 year old and a 13 year old. I raised them both to be independent as soon as possible. My older one already knows that when he turns 21, he has 6 months to find his own place.
So instead of raising him/her on an iPad/Android you'll raise them on the television and DVD/VHS like all the millenials were raised, neither generation are better than the other. GenX is as guilty of this sort of behaviour as parents as the millenials are.
@@Rexhunterj She was talking about teaching children good values. I do not know how old you are but what you see on internet / tiktok today is far worse than what was on TV back in the day. And, also much less capable of being supervised by the parents. Parents cant control every hand-held device but they could a TV in the family room.
Are you divorced?
My kids are Gen Alpha, they've never seen a tablet before and they only get one hour of screen time on the tv a day.
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Good on you!
May I ask, what do you do when taking your kids on long car rides or plane rides?
@@marlonmoncrieffe0728 well my kids are 1 and 2 and we've only been on one long trip. I downloaded some Ms Rachel on my phone for them to watch but they got bored of it after an hour. So they either slept or cried. It was terrible 😂 We told our family they have to come to us from now on.
Neither does my kid he’s gen alpha , has a pc just like me and my wife . He plays or he’s watching documentaries. He also does alot of 3D work like mechanical layouts . I’m a millennial 31yrs , my son is 11
@@marlonmoncrieffe0728Millennial here with Alpha kids and my 4 kids have never played on a tablet and we've done a bit of traveling at least shorter distances to see family. I went to the dollar store and got each on a little bin next to their carseats with little cars, fidget things, magnadoodle ETC that are only for the car. The older one has markers in hers because she won't color on the seats and they can all grab a book to look at before we leave and I play stories or music over the car speaker as a last resort. It works! Especially because they don't know the alternative.🤷
When you don’t value adulthood that’s gonna happen. They’ve been told all their lives that being Peter Pan is all anyone should want. You’re actual an adult a whole lot longer than you are a child and it never ever stops happening. You should be using your childhood to prepare for and learn how to be a good adult.
PS- I should add that my generation thought we wouldn’t get old and it’s biting some of us in the ass lol
Well said
I also notice the only group that is made fun by comedians is old people. What is this generation gonna do when they realize they are the butt of the jokes.
They think aging is bad but it’s a blessing to be grown, getting older, and being here. They should realize more people are dying significantly younger now and this is the federal health officials saying this.
I think a part of the problem is they get all of these cosmetic procedures done that typically older women receive. So they start to look like middle aged women fighting aging.
100% their addiction with putting man made chemicals on their face, under their skin, botox and fillers and having lots of unnecessary procedures due to vanity
That’s definitely part of it. They are getting Botox and buccal fat removal. While I’m in my 30s with no Botox yet and I still have the fat in my face that keeps it more youthful. Putting someone next to me with all that work will make them look my age or older.
@@cecee3480that’s what these kids don’t realize about buccal fat. Im a 31 yr old male and also have plump cheeks. It’s good for aging since you lose fat naturally around age 40. These gen z girls getting that shit are gonna look like skeletor at only 40 😂😂
When are we gonna realize that people age at different rates, and some twenty year olds are gonna look like they have grandkids, and other twenty year olds balls havent dropped yet
true 😂😂
With guys it's mostly due to facial hair until maybe 40s I didn't start looking close to my age until I could grow some facial hair. I'm in my thirtys and barely grow a beard. Shaven I still look early 20s. Also smiling uses more muscles than frowning.
I’m also 37. I think a big part of millennials not realizing we got older is streaming. I know that sounds silly on the surface, but right when our shows and music would have started to fade away, streaming became available so we always had access to them, unlike previous generations.
Interesting.. but you could almost argue that even to a lesser degree with cable.. Satellite.. used to be you missed a show. Life went on. Now you can watch the same shows every day, any day.. want to feel nostalgic? Home Improvement is on D+. Cheers on Paramount+, Futurama on Hulu. Heck we can't even let go of old things anymore.. Lethal Weapon 5 coming soon. A new season of King of the Hill..
Or just the internet and youtube as an always on tap time capsule.
@@johnmcternan4157 Video games as well. We can all play classic oldies like it's 2005
that's bs. I'm 41 and while I love SOME of the music and shows and movies from the 80's, 90's and my later youth I'm keeping up with what is quality in the underground currently and never stopped doing that. In fact, I've expanded my tastes/horizons time and time again to the point where the old me wouldn't like half the stuff I'm into now. It's your attitude and mind, your choices, your taste. Some people just stop evolving, stop being curious, stop exploring. Stop living and start dying. Get old.
@@charlespancamo9771 That’s a little different from what I was saying. I’m not saying millennials didn’t watch new things also, I’m saying the stuff we grew up with didn’t go away like it did with previous generations, so it was still in the mix. Before streaming, unless you owned the physical media, it wasn’t available.
Footage from the pre-HD era makes everyone's skin look smoother.
Maybe, but they still look worse. These days, they look used up, dry, and not taken care of...
What about film though. Film doesn't have a resolution. Photographs and films from the pre-digital era are generally very high quality.
@@MightyElementaldoesn't matter how high quality the film print is if the digital transfer that most people see the film through is standard definition, as was typical until remasters became popular.
As a millennial I like getting older it opens up a whole new branch of jokes I can use back in my day stuff is really fun no wonder boomers do it all the time.
Totally. Being 31 with 3 adorable small children rocks compared to where I was at 21. Would rather die than be a teenager again.
I’m 21 and I go full boomer on gen alpha
Yeah we know. That's why you guys never shut up about the 80's and 90's. And I'm one of you btw
As a 35 yr guy I'd say that while I've consistenly looked 10 yrs younger then my biological age I do sort of feel older because I have stiffness in my lower back and neck that I didn't have when I was younger which is why I have to be more careful about what I carry on my own.
@@indepthmike5578idk I’m 31 not even my dad who’s 56 has those issues , gotta do proper lifting techniques, lift with your legs not your back , and shoulders straight .
No.
The secret is no drugs and very little alcohol consumption.
Everyone I went to grade school through college look very spent because of drugs and alcohol abuse.
Oh totally. I'm 34 and know people that let themselves go as soon as they left high school. They drink like they're Frank Gallagher, chain smoke, eat garbage food, they don't move a muscle, are 300+lbs and look like Don Vito.
Well, let me tell you another secret.
If you can prosper without alco and dru, you're probably going to be okay. Since there's "I worked hard to get where I am, but PLS ignore my upper class roots" 😂.
BTW, you're mortal too, hon'.
@@lennefujimura hella good response. Lol
@@lennefujimura and I do drink out of cups with my index finger up, lol.
@@thomasdeanda2360 Thought so😉. You aristocrats, you have no idea how determined you have to be to actually develop such a liver skill, that Isopropanol 99%+ vol 5L is a good deal, since it can sustain you for a whole week!
Every generation has this meltdown when they get close to their 30s and then in their 50s with being an official senior citizen. The 4 times in which you're happy with age is 16, 18, 21, and 67 lol.
Yeah, but no generation was so wildly babied, fragile and infantile. Time came for them anyway.
I didn't, when I hit 30 and 40 it was just "meh, another year so what?" Its all about quality of health not an arbitrary number....
yall were happy at 16, 18, and 21...?
For me it was age 9 and 35.
@@50shadesofcerakoteI was , I didn’t care about what’s so popular on social media , and letting stupid videos and crazy advertisements fool me into thinking I’m not good enough ,or all this generational bs .
As a 30 year old who people still mistake for a minor, can’t relate.
A lot of Gen Z stress is self-inflicted. I’m an extremely stressed millennial because of stuff going on in my own life. I can’t imagine how crazy you’d drive yourself melting down over whatever current social obsession they choose to stir up and fixate on.
Right? I'm more concerned with finding a house than keeping up to date with the latest trend and falling into consumerism.
I’m more concerned with how the fuck to get a job offer from an interview, as a Gen Z.
@@savagesweetheart90
Are you that out of touch that you genuinely believe all Gen Z cares about is the new social trend of the week? Because here's a bit of a spoiler, that's YOUR generation.
The reason why people in Gen Z including myself are panicking is because the oldest of us are about to graduate from college and it's hitting us that prices are only continuing to inflate, being able to buy a house is harder now than it's ever been because prior generations screwed up the housing market, many of our jobs have little respect for us and attempt to underpay us for what the work we do is actually worth, and for a ton of jobs, that college degree we spent so much time on turns out to be useless!
Businesses these days dont care about degrees anymore because so many of them have their own training programs. Unless you're going into a field that may require a Master's degree, having a bachelor's for Business Management and Marketing feels like a waste of time by comparison when every job you've applied for doesn't even tell you to keep the degree on your resume and only want work experience.
I'm 33 and know a lot of people in their early 20s who assumed I was their age and say I look mid 20s at most 😂
I always thought I looked young but this dude looks slightly younger than me
Oh, they called you mid. Sorry to hear that.
@@bhante1345 lol you almost had me there
Parents aren't guiding their kids into adulthood, then they are passed off to colleges that also do nothing to mature them . When reality hits, all at once, these arrested developed kids, with the stress of not knowing how to be an adult, shows in the face.
Once you learn to give zero fs, and just live , have fun be happy , not worry what people say , will help you in the long run . Not saying don’t care about important things but that’s the thing what’s important ?
I'm 30 and the oldest anyone's ever guessed I was was 23. Recently I was asked if I was in high school or college.
I’ve been asked if I’m my son’s older sister a few times 😂 it’s so fun
Exactly!!! I’m not worried.. this younger group walking around looking older than we are
I'm 43 and people think I'm early 30s. Late 20s i looked like i was in high school, if i shaved my face smooth. So i got used to keeping a certain level of stubble, which is now turning gray. I've slowly accepted that I'm reaching the wrong side of 40 and one day I'll just look like any other old fart. What's nice though is that i stay in shape for my health and i don't worry about certain things i used to... I spent more time exploring my interests. It's kinda hard to explain but when you stop caring about achieving expectations of others and meeting people and all that BS. You start to appreciate things you mostly overlooked, things you probably made fun of older people for in the past. Like history or gardening for example. You live as yourself fully.
I also think it's because of over medicating as well that ages oneself. Very few millennials were on ADHD medicine as kids, at least for girls, since it manifests differently than boys. After the turn of the century, prescriptions skyrocketed for kids (gen z) and today it's hard pressed to find a child NOT on some sort of medication, be it for adhd, anxiety, depression etc.
I was gunna say, all the millenial boys at my kinder were on ADHD meds, specifically ritalin, I got majorly sick from it and nearly died, then in school all the boys were always taking meds or being time outed by female teachers, School was a shitshow and nightmare that I hated with every fiber of my being and would will to end faster when I sat in the back of a class.
Idk. Do you actually grant that gen z looks older? Most of the 30+ year olds at work look it or worse. I say this as a 30+ year old. The weight normally gives it away. Only one of the gen z’s looks old and he was on drugs 🤷♂️
00:01 Gen Z is experiencing a collective meltdown about getting older.
02:08 Gen Z grappling with changing markers of adulthood.
03:51 Gen Z is feeling pressure about aging and appearance
05:52 Gen Z feeling older than they are
07:37 Gen Z is experiencing societal pressure to maintain youthful appearance.
09:33 Gen Z's struggle with self-image and social media impact
11:32 Gen Z is rejecting the parenting style of Millennials.
13:11 Gen Z and Millennials face challenges accepting adulthood and aging
Gen X year books (1982-1992) looks like a bunch of parents pretending to be kids. It was the age of latch key kids, they had to grow up fast.
Lots of parents in that time period also raised their kids on TV/VHS which is nearly no different to the iPad problem.
@Rexhunterj having maybe 10 movies to choose from and maybe 20 tv stations is alot different than having the world at your fingertips on an ipad
@@severepayne72 we had 4 channels😆we played outside and rode horses though. My sisters class looked like moms and dads with mortgages.
Yup I am 51, grew up in a small town of 3000 ppl, before cable tv, we had antenna, got 6 whole channels on a good clear day if the weather was good, if it rained you maybe got 3 channels.
Now we have hundreds of channels and there is nothing to watch because they are written so badly, so u end up watching reruns
My parents are gen x im a millennial , my youngest sister is gen z, me and my brother and 2 sisters are millennials. Her kid is gen alpha and my son is gen alpha . Btw my youngest sister is 15 I’m 31
People are worried about the economy. This isn’t anything new. In the 70s the economy was sucking, and I lived in mini-Detroit at the time.
People were scared at that time.
Yep, Leftist ideas were tried and failed then too.
I’ve talked to older people though and they agree it’s much worse today especially politically
@@reanschwarzer2187 Their memories are fuzzy. Objectively the economy in the late 70s-early 80s was just as bad as it is now (worse inflation, massively high interest rates that would make your eyes water, and high unemployment), and political violence and bombings were a frequent occurrence from the late 60s to early 80s.
These people all have debilitating anxiety. They're soft as warm butter.
The problem with this conversation is that you are looking at a small segment of a generation, and applying it to everybody.
Demographic trends are pretty clear and the exception doesn't exactly disprove the rule. Every generation since the boomers has been less successful by basically every significant metric.
Every subsequent generation is making less money, suffering lower rates of home ownership, not getting married, and having fewer kids. I mean, the birth rate thing alone is absolutely catastrophic.
we've been below replacement since the 70s @@spnked9516
It's also a conversation of people who aren't in Gen Z trying to weigh in on Gen Z issues. They're an outsider looking in, and they act like that's enough, its not.
As a millennial I’m enjoying getting older, especially after struggling with health issues. My bf has been asked if he’s his mom’s husband when they’re out shopping 😂 but that doesn’t mean he looks old, his mother exudes youthful energy and sunshine. Same with my parents, no one ever believes that they are their age. Vanity and how you take care of yourself plays a huge role, not to mention how you dress and style etc.
Jordan has a dad voice. That's what ages him.
Who cares about looking young, dude looks great.
@@EdgarFriendlysCivicsTeacher I don't think he looks old at all. His voice is mature and not whiny. He has a good voice. That's all.
his face/beard too
He sounds like a twink.
I blame my generation(boomer). Feminism and the welfare state destroyed the family structure and we more and more turned our kids over to the state.
All while buying properties as investment (stealing from the youth) selling their family business to corporate slagmen (destroying the economy for the future generations), making voting decisions and political decisions in office that benefit the Boomers the most in growing their retirement funds/super while all the other generations will never see a cent of their retirement.
Yeah I blame the boomers, you were all given the world on a platter by the generation before you who fought two deadly wars across borders and instead of growing the world you were given you fattened it up then squeezed it dry like a lemon before yanking the ladder up behind you.
The fact I have to give all my zoomer friends this advice is disgusting: You cannot move up in a company nowadays, so stay with them for a year, if they show loyalty and you like being there then stay but otherwise on the 10-11 month mark start looking for a new job, easier to hop jobs once you're in one and you can upgrade your salary while cheating the boomer ceos out of their yacht money.
As a gen X-er, i remember boomers referring to the government as "the man." Ironic that feminism is all about becoming dependent on "the man."
Close but that's on your generation not doing what every other country on Earth did and voting for universal healthcare. Now we are all subservient little peons to big daddy corporations we depend on for heathcare and who lobby and control the government.
Fearing the state over corporations who are also the state is such a missed opportunity for blame and making positive meaningful change which is why the media brainwashed y'all into fearing anything government while worshipping corporate slavedrivers.
Everyone has a shock when they start to really understand that time is real and unstoppable. The only difference here is they were raised on social media, so that shock is shared and amplified.
Plastic surgery is also something that I think distorts peoples view on the aging process. Celebrities' are the biggest culprit of this, and Madonna is a good example of an elderly woman who just can't seem to come to terms with her aging and mortality. It's just sad because you know these people have a mental illness that drives them to want to be desirable by everyone... and they can't seem to accept and love themselves as they are. Kids look up to these people as role models to imitate.
@@stefyroxanne7567 agreed. Surgery doesn't even make them look younger, just strange and tragically neurotic
Due to genetics I'm already getting grey hair (I'm 33) and I'm learning to love it and call it "natural glitter" 😂
When I turned 30 or even 29 I didn't freak out I embraced it and I always never put a timeline for myself because shit can happen and throw you off. I'm just enjoying this ride called Life.
The big issue is that the "coming to age" is getting later and later: you stay with your parents longer because you can't afford a house, you have less or no sex, you don't marry, you don't have kids, you don't have a career to invest yourself in... all that doesn't help you grow into a more responsible person... EDIT: well they covered it two minutes in that will teach me to write comments before watching ah
Chubby cheeks age slower; but there is the issue of jowls that happens later. I have chubby cheeks and I'm a gen Xer. It comes with it's own annoyances but I do still look younger than I am.
I think a huge part of the problem is that the boomer generation still holds a huge amount of sway, and they've never been able to view anyone younger than them as an adult. I live in a retirement heavy area of Florida and all of the 55 + communities are referred to as "adult" communities. And they are gated to keep everyone else out, because they don't like us Some of us millennials are in our 40s now and are still just now coping with the idea that we are grown because we are still thought of as millennial kids in the eyes of our parents generation.
Also boomers, aren't like the seniors of the 1980s..
There's even a lady in Japan
93, Taki Mika in great shape on RUclips
Stress, if you cannot handle stress and stress is all you know, it ages you quick. I am in my fifties and people think im lying because in my family people tend to look very young till we hit our late 60s. But stress is a huge factor in aging.
I've heard a lot of men in their 50s do what you are doing here: "I don't look like I'm in my 50s, I look better than other people my age, please believe me". Sorry, we look old. Nowt can stop the flow of time, get used to it.
@@Rolytoov Did you evolve into a psychic? You know him personally? Just because you look old AF, doesn't mean everyone else does. Deal with it.
beyond brutal
I’m turning 27, and people always assume I’m around 19. I’m not small/short (I’m pretty tall), but I don’t bake myself in the sun or wear a lot of makeup so my skin has remained relatively undamaged. It’s weird, though, because I’ve always been self conscious about looking less mature than other women around me.
Because they are too concerned with themselves. It is the sign of a late stage cultural decay.
People become overly interested in perserving beauty and enjoyment. Can't age properly because we have no place for our elders.
We fear aging because people have no family waiting for them at the end. It's not a good system.
Aye, to compare to the rat utopia experiment, genz are manifesting as 'The beautiful ones' behaviour. (If youve not heard of the study look it up, fascinating stuff - but incredibly black pill when applied to modern metropolitan cities.)
I’m right at the beginning of Gen Z (born 1997) and I remember when the smartphone came out, I was 10. In terms of music taste all my fav artists are from the 60s-90s so I’ve always felt old in that respect😅
Millenial here... being in your 30s is way better. Beauty is wasted on the young... and honestly, I find most of us are most attractive in our 40s. Most have grown into their personalities and it reveals itself through every part of us.
Also, a millennial and in my early 30s. Hopefully I can start dating and eventually get married.
@zenvariety9383 life is just beginning! People have their priorities way better configured and have less time for drama in their 30s. I wish you the best!
Millennials be in their 30’s with the face of a 16 year old. Gen Z be in their 20’s looking like Kuroki Gensai
The real answer is, GenZ is now learning they need to take care of themselves. I experienced the same phenomena in my early 20's. People stopped carding me, I grew my mustache out and didnt take care of myself and swiftly aged till people thought I was in my 30's at 24.
I'm 28 now and people usually guess i'm in my mid 20's now. Exercise and Self care goes a long way.
It's hygeine, all the other things just contribute to it but if you shave your face, trim your hair and comb, anyone will think you're a decade younger than you are.
No way that guy is in his early 20s. He’s not aging, he’s ROTTING
Dude going to be balding soon
@@Straight_White_Fatherly_Figurebalding and aging don't go hand in hand, though. I know guys who started thinning and balding in their early-mid 20s, but everything else about them seemed normal. Balding is its own thing.
@@Straight_White_Fatherly_Figurebalding and aging don't go hand in hand, though. I know guys who started thinning and balding in their early-mid 20s, but everything else about them seemed normal. Balding is its own thing.
@@Tyler_W no its genetics and stress related
@@Tyler_WI know a few men who just shave their hair off and they look younger. I live in a military area so maybe you just associate it with that-some do that for ease and don’t want to fuss about their hair.
I'm a millennial, and I've recently taken up cycling.... enough said.
As a 32 yo millennial I have to say I love my life way more now than I did in my 20's. Married, kids, house, career, hobbies - all these things I only dreamed about back then became reality. I think Gen Z has such a negative outlook on the future they don't look forward to any of these things because they don't think they'll ever have them. I remember talking to one Gen Z guy and he asked me if I had kids and when I told him I had two he said "jealous" and when I asked "why?" He told me he'll never be able to afford to have kids.
Gen Z will be fine eventually. Remember how we felt only a few years ago?
I'm a millennial in my 30s and I'm just at the beginning of my career. Hopefully I can start dating this year and get married.
My mother nursed me while watching Star Trek TOS. Star Trek has always been an integral to the way I think. I can only imagine the insanity that will result from today's media.
Kids in colorado look old as hell. This is real. Early twenties straight looking like mid 30s. It's insane
Its the sun. and drugs
Staring at a screen 21 hours a dayr for decades will do that.
Gen Z ARE NOT AGING. They all look 2 years old
So I’m 31. A coworker of mine is 19. He asked me how old I am. I tell him I’m 31. He looks at me surprised. He’s says “I thought you were 19”! 🤔 hmmm
Don't worry, soon we'll all just live in an augmented reality where you can be anything you want forever and ever. I'm gonna be a wombat named Butch.
tbh, "Jordan" here legit looks at least 55 and im a 43 year old dad with big deard saying this, the guy looks old to me.
I don't use tiktok and even I know that guy is a satire account. Haven't y'all literally watched his videos before on PCC lol
"I had such a tumultuous time when I was younger I didn't think I'd get here." And you just nailed the issue overall. Carry on.
I’m a Zillennial and I’m not worried about getting old.
i like how this chick looks like a modded oblivion character
We use to go outside and hangout as kids. Girls got together for slumber parties and sleepovers and the fellas had game nights playing super smash or halo. All of Gen z spent their entire childhood and youth being on social media. They don’t know how to socialize without being on TikTok.
I'm 53 and I laugh at these kids on TikTok being like "I'm 28 now, I'm so old!" Do you groan when you pick your keys up off the floor yet? No? Then STFU lol.
Im 35, been groaning since like 29 lol. Imo its the overall lack of exercise or just movement in general. People are moving less and less, bodies turn to stone small movements become difficult. Old gens were more fit because there was no internet, you wanted to buy something no amazon. Put your shoes on and outside you go to buy what you want. Most work was way more physical overall, even cushy office jobs back in the day before all digital era you would still have some mild exercise thruout the day because you had to get up and go fetch a file, or go print shit. Now days you sit at the start of your shift and you probably dont have to get up a single time all day if you dont want to.
Inflation has destroyed the old “grow up” way
The greatest generation thought boomers were a joke because the men didn't wear hats and it was a sign of a mans maturity and honor in a way to wear a hat and those guys wud say I can't trust a man who doesn't wear a hat, because it was a sign of the younger gen saying no hats for men. Now older men have suits, younger men don't have a few suits to pick from but older men from a young age had his collection if suits as a man he had himself something to wear when needed. New generation men don't own suits and wear a polo as their best dressed. 2 ways a man looks good 1 in a suit, 2 in his work clothes. A man who can dress both...
It's crazy because when I was a kid, I'm a millennial, my dad's friends had jet skis boats and houses. With two cars! And the crazy thing is my dad's friend was a body man at the local body shop. Nice guy, didn't sell drugs, and didn't have a side hustle. He had two kids as well. There's no way a body man would be able to do that on today's salary. And if anybody's thinking, I'm talking auto body shop
I'm still a few years from 30 and I have been complaining about today's youth since before I was 20.
It´s the opposite in my case. I´m Gen Z, I´m about to be 24 years old in 27 days and I´m told constantly I look like a teenager... like bro, seriously? I´m a freaking adult. A few days ago me and my best friend were hanging out in a restaurant near my place and this lady approached us asked us "shouldn´t you two be in school right now?" we gave her a "WTF" type of look and that isn´t the first time it happens
I’m 36 and work at a university; I often get asked when I’m graduating 😅
I’m late millennial 1994 and Im pretty addicted to my phone. People say I look young for my age. Luckily I don’t really play games on my phone. No smart phones or tablets till your 16. I didn’t own a iPhone till the iPhone 4s. My first phone was a flip phone. No video games without a button or a keyboard or mouse
The only thing I’d consider agreeing with the Chinese Government is that we may need to enforce limiting children’s screen time. Parents won’t.
Men in their 30s in the 1960-1970s looked like they were in their 40s or 50s. Just look at old movies and sports athletes esp. football.
Please let Mary Morgan never age!
She's already filling out 😂 and people don't tend to get smaller as they age.
Tangentially, I generally pride myself on not knowing or caring much about pop culture, but I find myself addicted to these vids (at least the first few minutes) as Mary is so adorable, lol.
On topic, I'm guessing that the younger crowd thinks they look older because they see so many pics of contemporaries through filters, but personally, IRL I can barely tell a teen from a 30yo these days... just a mass of folks smaller and younger than I am!
Plus, everyone's gonna be looking young af as beautification/rejuvenation/genetic-modification technology reaches singularity-level maturity in the coming decades. The next generation will be 200 IQ superhero-looking demigods.
I think the secret is don't take drugs, alcohol and have a good skincare routine...You gonna aging like a fine wine!!
Being young and youthful hasn't ever gotten me a compliment, much less a girlfriend. I wasn't able to go to prom, I didn't have a gf, amongt tons of other things, for a number of reasons. My youth (under 30) wasn't a fun time, ever.
So I can't relate to this at all. These people had noodle salad by the lake and now they're crying things change.
All generations go through the same thing
I'm 28, and people often guess that I'm 22 to 24. I found an old picture of me on Facebook from when I was almost 20. I thought I looked 15, but a couple of my friends said I looked 10! I'm sure that if I shaved and kept my hair line covered, people would ask if I finished high-school yet.
I’m 27 turning 28 this year so I’m pushing 30 I look back fondly on my early 20s those were fun times but also really tough. I truly look forward to the future and being an older more experienced man. Aging is a blessing never understood why people see again as a shameful thing the only other option is you can literally die.
My grandfather always said don't fear getting older. I'm almost 40, and people still think I'm young. It can cause issues. I think glasses hide the age in your face and eyes.
My best advice is to slow the process with no substances, no alcohol, maintain a good work-life balance, and exercise
I have had so many friends fall because of drinking. Don't drink, and life will be easier.
I was born in 81, and I am 42 currently. I keep getting mistook for a 20 year old. I agree the younger kids want to look older when they are young, and when they look 20 years older than they are they are upset. And yes, they do look old. It's not just stress.
I'm a millennial that was raised to be GenX. I love getting older. My tattoos, muscles, and rare grey hairs are coming together for a nice "lumberjack" look.
Your just accepting reality and making the best of it. These kids were babied so hard and lack accountability, they are being released into the world and i think the shock of life isnt all love and pronouns and life is fn hard. Thats a glass shattering reality moment imo. Like just look at all the stories you hear of teachers saying they cannot educate the kids, like if a kid is misbehaving they cant do anything about it or they might get fired.. these kids have zero respect and because the real world isnt a safe space cushy classroom they learning the hard way.
I’m 29. I haven’t hit most of the milestones of life but I don’t fear aging. I remember what my granddad looked like when I was younger and I won’t mind looking like that
It's because of the makeup and style. Fashion changes quickly, so while you're still wearing what you grew up with that's old people clothes for the GenA
Gen-Xer here. The scariest moment of my life was when I realized that my parents grunting whenever they got up from a sitting position wasn't them making a funny joke. Those grunts were real.
This is a generation that is ENTIRELY too concerned about matters that are completely out of their control: the climate, wars, and now aging. This shit is inevitable kids, time to grow up.
I think you nailed it earlier. They thinks they're aging faster because they have a constant time line of photos to look back on and reference.
Uhhh people had photos back in the 70s…
Gen Z melt down about waking up in the morning. The sun rising. Taking a breath.
I'm 28 and have tuffs of gray hair. My body and mind are older than my actual age while my savings looks like I'm a 8 years younger
The Avril x ATL concert is the best thing to happen to me this year so far
I’m Gen X and my oldest daughter is Gen Z. One of her friends thought I was her older brother. She really didn’t like that. 😂😂
To be fair mate black doesn’t crack unless on crack
Someday, people will understand that social media is not a reflection of the whole world. Not even a single county or township.
This is true, at the time I was 27 and was delivering pizzas while waiting for my paperwork to go through for Halliburton for a CDL position, I was told it could take over a month.
I get a huge delivery to a middle school that I actually attended 7-8th grade, it was after school hours and I was let in by some cheerleaders and saw my old coach too, he's the one I made the delivery too surprisingly he looked way younger than he should have looked since he was my coach like 15 years ago lol.
But the teens at the middle school looked like we did senior year!!!
And if you look at Gen X they graduated high school looking like they were in their 30s pushing 40.
At church I got mistaken for being a 16 year old and I get asked about the youth group (high school) sometimes and im almost 30.
I just turned 60 over a month ago. I saw many changes over the last 5 decades. Lately, I see see so much more blackness and lack of colour, popular fashions look minimalistic and grubby like the Dirty 1930 and 40's So similar to many dystopian sci fi fantasy stories I read in Heavy Metal comic/magazine as a teenager.
I’m 40 so technically a millennial… I still feel young, and with how the overall trend socially seems (on social media at least) it feels like this is the first time when I find myself thinking “omg, these young people are acting like old people and offended about everything… that is supposed to be the gen x’rs job 😂”
About looks though, I’ve always heard “but your a baby” when talking to someone 10-20yrs older. It’s been like that forever. If you want to feel young, just talk to someone older. Also it helps to partake in some dirty jokes in the living room (not with a camera on you), and just blow off some steam with a friend. Laughing at dumb stuff and realizing the absurdity of it all helps your mental state. You can laugh… or you can cry… laughing is better
Spending lots of your time online makes time zoom by. Combine that with the pressures of succeeding in study and life when the economic conditions to do so are much harder, and you have a bunch of people who feel they didn’t have a complete childhood.
You guys rock, keep up the great work
Bro they only do that cuz they want to make the lady feel good, she could be gray and they still gonna call you the older brother when he’s you’re 16 yo grandson
Bingo. Always guess a generation or age group younger than you really think, because it's flattering to be mistaken for the mom when you're the grandma but not the grandma when you're the mom.
@@ThePastryNinja yeah women always look 20-40 years younger then they are lol
It's poor diet, end of story. Boomers I guess didn't start replacing home cooked healthy meals until they themselves were having families so gen x onward has basically been raised on fast food. As a millennial I learned to cook around the age of 18.
Born in 83.. people still think I am 20 or 21…. They don’t even think I have a 21 year old at home….😅
I’m not worried
Im in gen z I just finished high school last year and im kind of glad im get older, it comes with wisdom and maturity but its also kind scary.
Kids also dress very adult and a shocking number of them are getting surgeries to alter their faces. Just being normal makes it more difficult to place you if you’re immune to trends and such.
I'm 25 and people who meet me for the first time usually guess I'm no older than 15 or 16. A cashier once asked me if I was in middle school or possibly a freshman in hs. A security officer at the airport felt the need to ask to verify if I was over 12.... Yes I'm serious. But that's the youngest anyone has ever guessed me to be (thank god). A few months ago I was at a restaurant with my family, and when I ordered an alcoholic drink, the waitress gave me a questioning look and said "Do you have your ID?" WITH ATTITUDE 😂😂😂 I didn't get offended or anything. I just said yes and gave her my ID. She handed my ID back and in a defeated tone replied "You look very young." These are just a few of the many instances of people assuming me to be a lot younger than I am. I would attribute my good fortune to genetics and the fact that I don't ever wear (and have never worn) makeup.
I'm the oldest of gen Z, 1997 and feel insecure about looking too young. I feel other men my age look older than me and it makes me insecure. I feel looking younger comes off as dumb, and unserious, and less respectable. And I prefer a shaved face, but don't want to look like a 16yr old lesbian. How can I have an older looking face? Should I persue a career in smoking? Alcoholism perhaps? Crack?
Need advice.
I am 53 years old I remember back in the 1980's seeing the previous graduating classes pictures up on the wall. I noticed that kids from the 1950's looked like older adults while kids from 1960's to 1970's were starting to look younger to the point that the 1980's graduating classes looked like children in comparison. Generations from the 1950's to the 1980's had the fear of nuclear war looming over our heads. Gen X had a lot doom and gloom related stress I seriously thought back 1988 when I graduated high school that I was not going to live to the year 2000 due to nuclear Armageddon.
Having good morals and being a person of character and honesty is how you age gracefully.
im 50 years old and people think I'm mid 30's, I was born 1973
because they are bitter this makes you age drastically
I’ve constantly talked about how it’s unnatural that radio stations proclaim their songs are this or that when 90% of the time all they’ve been playing the same songs for the past 10 years. The other 10% are sometimes catchy but never really hit as well, which I attribute to my own taste. Glass Animals has a catchy tone but it’s recent hit is utterly forgettable
My dad is 75 and doesn't have any gray hairs on his head. I'm 45 and all the chicks call me Gray Bush