I guess it was inevitable that my fellow millennials would carry on the age-old tradition of shitting on the younger generation's new slang, styles, and behaviors. I don't know why I thought we might break the cycle.

[–] ZombieMantis@lemmy.world 72 points 1 month ago

True, but this example feels a lot less malicious than other "young generation" humor. It's mostly just poking fun at the stark contrast between the youth culture of now vs. the 1980's, rather than just denigrating the modern youth.

[–] CuriousRefugee@lemmy.ml 40 points 1 month ago (2 children)

I've found that as an Older Millennial, I actually relate to Gen Z quite a bit and get along with them well. It's Gen Alpha that I never have any idea what the hell they're talking about.

L8er sk8ers!

[–] SkyeStarfall@lemmy.blahaj.zone 24 points 1 month ago

Gen alpha are also like... Literal children

So you know, not surprising

[–] MuffinHeeler@aussie.zone 17 points 1 month ago (1 children)

My 4 year old is gen alpha. So I'm kind of glad adults on the internet don't relate to that generation yet

[–] ebc@lemmy.ca 3 points 4 weeks ago

Gen Alpha's main influence for slang is Cocomelon.

[–] PugJesus@lemmy.world 26 points 1 month ago (4 children)

Skibidi is the only one I hate, personally.

[–] MBM@lemmings.world 38 points 1 month ago

That's gen alpha you boomer :P

[–] BottleOfAlkahest@lemmy.world 15 points 1 month ago (4 children)

Most of Gen Zs slang makes sense and you can easily figure it out from context. It even sounds better than older slang in conversation. Skibidi is an exception. W.T.F is that supposed to mean? Is it a verb? An adjective? Both? It sounds dumb and seems to mean nothing...

[–] JustAnotherKay@lemmy.world 23 points 1 month ago

Skibidi is mostly a gen alpha thing, not so much gen z

[–] match@pawb.social 10 points 1 month ago

the thing it means is "nonsense (derogatory)". does that help

[–] fallingcats@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

It's probably an interjection or an onomatopoeia, like all the other things people say that aren't really words.

Why it could be an interjection:

people just say it unprompted and without context.

Why it could be onomatopoeia:

the word skibidi represents nothing except the sound you make while saying it

Any other ideas?

[–] shani66@ani.social 1 points 1 month ago

I saw a comparison and it feels like the good is getting gooder and the bad is getting way worse.

[–] grrgyle@slrpnk.net 2 points 1 month ago

I think it's my favourite!

Watch a couple videos and it's easy to see what vibe it's gesturing at

[–] JackbyDev@programming.dev 1 points 1 month ago

Do you hate the videos or people's obsession with them?

[–] bigboig@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Aw wtf who's being shitty about gen z slang?

[–] TotallynotJessica@lemmy.world 13 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

From my experience, gen z. We're very self deprecating(depressed)