The 37-Year-Olds Are Afraid of the 23-Year-Olds Who Work for Them

Re:The 37-Year-Olds Are Afraid of the 23-Year-Olds Who Work ... by pmdulaney on Friday October 29, 2021 @11:34AM (#29039710)

What makes this Gen Z behavior acceptable? Chiding the next-older generation for their culture is akin to making fun of the accent of your coworker who was born in India. It's just rude.

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Re:The 37-Year-Olds Are Afraid of the 23-Year-Olds Who Work ... by 8f2ab37a-ed6c on Friday October 29, 2021 @11:49AM (#29039923)

IMO it's a form of ageism, but given that most of these articles are written by 20-somethings at Buzzfeed and the Verge, there's zero incentive for that angle to be highlighted, as none of them have personal empathy for it.

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Re:The 37-Year-Olds Are Afraid of the 23-Year-Olds Who Work ... by queuebert on Friday October 29, 2021 @11:57AM (#29040048)

Also rampant Dunning-Kruger effect among them.

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Re:The 37-Year-Olds Are Afraid of the 23-Year-Olds Who Work ... by k4c9x on Friday October 29, 2021 @12:23PM (#29040353)

Someones accent isn't actively harmful to others.

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