What modern habits of younger generations do you hate the most? Lighthearted

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Lighthearted.
What are the things that you can't stand today that just reminds you that you don't understand younger generations any more (I am 40s)? Not dieing on a hill for anything, just sharing some grumbles.

I'll go first:

Boys and men who walk around without a shirt the moment the sun is out. I am talking high street, trains, buses. Nobody wants to see you in a state you are in when you take out the bins, Steven. Bonus points for "going out" in crocs.

Crocs/flipflops + socks for anything more than taking out your bins, haha. This one is unisex, looks crap on both men and women. Ew.

That was a thing in the 90s as well though.

I'm 46 and have been a major culprit of that since i was a teen. I picked it up from the 'Valley Girls" stereotypes from movies in the 80s/90s

I hate taking phone calls anywhere 🤣

Snapchat has been around since 2011 though. My kids used to like the "funny face" filters when they were little and would constantly steal my phone which drove me mad!

Similarly, “I can’t even”. Can’t even what? Finish the bloody sentence!

And “hits different”. Oh do fuck off.

Ok .. I’m old… BUT.. We used to meet a man.. he asked us out . If we went out with him on a couple of dates , cinema/dinner/ activity. .. and it went well . Then you were girlfriend and boyfriend… these days ‘will you be my girlfriend/boyfriend is a ‘thing’ almost like a milestone like getting engaged… this happens MONTHS after being together.. sleeping together spending time together.. even meeting the parents … so fucking strange . It’s not always the boys being unwilling to commit, girls have bought into it too. (Or are they just being cool)

Black background on their screens

I do this when I don’t have the kids with me but it’s because I’m ND and find too much noise overwhelming 🤣 the noise cancellation brings me peace and it’s set to a setting where I can hear mild outside noise

vaping pisses me off. Its everywhere all the time. Just clouds of awful smells

I hear you!
I get "mum, can you pick me up/"
Me (less than a minute later): yes, where are you?
Then......nothing

“I’m really into skincare”

That was my nieces reply when I asked what she would like for her birthday! I’m 30 so don’t consider myself too old however I am twice her age
But I’ll be honest it did slightly confuse me because what do you mean you are into skincare??😂 I also moisturise, exfoliate, have various creams and lotions for various things not because I’m ‘into’ skincare but purely just because I have skin that needs caring for. Similar I guess in the way I have a bladder that needs emptying so I guess I am also into having a wee?🤔

The need to write "Lighthearted" so often.

Girls - wearing socks over tights
Boys - mullets and monk haircuts
Both - filming themselves carrying out the most mundane of activities and uploading the videos to YouTube

Came on to say the posing. My sister turned to me in Venice and said 'they are just shameless, aren't they?'.

This is quite funny to me because I feel like my mum is a bit more like you. If she doesn’t reply to me she’ll say ‘sorry was in the garden’ or something like that and I’m like okkkk that’s fine you don’t need to explain yourself to me whereas I feel the younger generation view WhatsApp messages as more fluid back and forth with no expectation of an immediate reply or an end to the conversation. We just dip back in when we can

If she started messaging me asking me if I was ok because I hadn’t replied I’d think she’d lost it!

This is all said with a smile btw and no offence meant whatsoever. It’s definitely just a generational thing.

things being called pieces! Paintings ‘This piece was inspired by…’ clothing ‘This piece was found at a charity shop’ furniture, antiques of any kind, jewellery you get the piece oops I mean picture! Drives me bonkers

Refusal to use cash. I get that most stuff is done by card/ bank transfer, but I know at least four people who ask if I can pay cash and they’ll ping me the money, rather than them having to use the cashpoint close by to take out a tenner.

Dayglo white teeth implants or whatever they are. Horrific but handy as a nightlight I suppose.

That's not new! Been around since I was at art college many moons ago (Gen X) and it was used then to describe art. Same for furniture.

It's fine to keep walking afaik, it's up to the driver not to run you over regardless if their driveway.

"That is so aesthetic"... might it be aesthetically pleasing? aesthetically jarring? - always used to need a qualifier, now appears to just mean "I like the look of that"

What is the difference between that and if her son was sitting at the table with her? Nobody has the right to silence in a cafe.

Covering their faces in photos...
Arghhh, just don't take / be in the photo then

Phones are designed to emphasise the frequencies that are easiest for us to hear. They also eliminate some other frequencies making audio sound tinny and unnatural and therefore irritating. Have you not noticed this?

The woman was 7 or 8m away and yet I could hear every word of both sides of the conversation as if I was sitting with her. That is not the case when other people are sitting in the cafe, even when they are much nearer to me.

Might also be because pedestrians have priority now - change in Highway Code rules?

This 💯!