yeahhhhhh Holy shit that’s exactly what it is

butchcourse:

lesbiandrogynous:

averagefairy:

scotchtapeofficial:

if millennials making fun of gen z becomes a meme i’m calling every one of you out for hypocrisy

we’re making fun of them for eating laundry detergent not destroying their economy and criticizing them for being poor

see, what bothers me about this post is the underlying mean-spiritedness I always saw but never bothered to mention in this whole generational mentality. I remember exactly where the “tide pods look like candy” thing started, and literally all of us knew it was a joke because the person who posted it talked about how annoying it was that they couldn’t safely eat something that looked like a peppermint or whatever the fuck.

that’s not all I’m annoyed about, though.

each generation seems to be assigned defining traits based on stereotypes older generations see fit to give them. so then, what are gen z’s stereotypical defining traits? let me think about this for a while.

difficulty suppressing impulsive behaviors

sensory-inclined

a tendency to take things literally (~~much to the amusement of our elders~~)

hatred of sitting still for long periods of time, needing constant activity to be stimulated

desperately in need of attention and/or constant external validation

and, last but not least, unable to function without social media

now I’m not entirely sure if this all means something, but at least 5/6 of those are associated with symptoms of mental disorders. I’m not here to shit on your fun. by all means, go ahead, crack some more tide pod jokes. weird shitty trends are fair game for your jokes. but can you like. be adults long enough to catch yourselves before you make fun of a group of people who aren’t even the target of your jokes.

since when haven’t these jokes been subtly targeting autistic people