24 Popular Trends Among Younger Generations That Older Adults Are Officially Sick Of Seeing

I graduated from high school 14 years ago, and I can confidently say that if I were to walk the halls of my high school today, I would feel like a dinosaur. Many of today’s popular trends feel totally foreign to me and even confusing. So redditor u/Fyre-Bringer asked, “What’s something you heard the younger generation is doing that absolutely baffles you?” Here’s what people (plus some members of the BuzzFeed Community) said.

1. “I guess there’s, like, elementary school-aged kids with full skincare routines now? That’s wild…”

—u/retrosnot86

2. “Young people seek information by watching TikTok content rather than Googling the answers. If you have a lot of time to spare, you will often get good info, but I’m middle-aged, and I’ve always been a big reader. I will do almost anything to avoid having to watch stuff (or listen, for that matter) when I can more quickly visually skim and immediately determine if the information is relevant to me and seems legit.”

—mimib4fdb36f95

3. “That they use phones instead of laptops. I use my phone a bit, but it’s hard to imagine it being my only computer. I need at least 20 inches of screen, a trackball, and a keyboard with physical buttons just to think properly. I don’t want to budget my battery to last all day if an important text comes through. I want my internet signals sent over a hard wire. When my computer stops working, I want to open it up and swap the broken part with a better one.”

—u/gameryamen

4. “I’m almost 28, and an 18-year-old I work with mentioned how guys ask for her Snap. I guess the days of asking for phone numbers are completely gone. I’m not too surprised because I prefer Facebook Messenger over the texting app, but it’s still so weird that we don’t get phone