Gen Alpha vs Gen Z is so dumb
Summary
TLDRThe video script discusses the challenges and ironies of generational differences as seen through the lens of social media, particularly TikTok. It touches on the humor and criticism that each generation levels at the next, from Millennials mocking Gen Z for their 'cringe' behavior to Gen Z's current trend of poking fun at Gen Alpha's early exposure to makeup and adult products. The script also addresses the impact of social media on fashion trends, with aesthetics like 'preppy' and 'old money' being redefined for younger audiences. It highlights the concerns about children's access to adult-oriented stores and products, suggesting that parental responsibility is key. The video also humorously explores the concept of 'nostalgia' in the digital age, where trends and cultural references can become outdated within months rather than years. Ultimately, it reflects on the cyclical nature of generational conflict and the importance of understanding and embracing the differences that each generation brings.
Takeaways
- 📺 The speaker is struggling to find content for a video and asks the audience for suggestions, highlighting the influence of user-generated content platforms like TikTok.
- 🎮 Mention of 'skibbidy fortnite 48h hour, listening challenge' suggests the speaker is aware of and possibly overwhelmed by the fast-paced and diverse nature of online challenges and trends.
- 🔊 The reference to 'max volume' and the suffering it could cause indicates a recognition of the extreme and sometimes uncomfortable experiences that online content can entail.
- 🤣 The speaker humorously addresses the irony of generational conflicts on social media, where one generation often mocks the next for being 'cringe', reflecting a cycle of generational tension.
- 👗 Discussion about 'aesthetics' and 'preppy' fashion shows how social media can influence and confuse traditional understandings of style and trends.
- 👧 The issue of young children in makeup stores like Sephora is raised, indicating concerns about the commercialization of youth and the impact on retail experiences.
- 📱 The script touches on the role of social media, particularly TikTok, in shaping and spreading trends, and how it has become a significant part of youth culture.
- 🧐 The speaker expresses concern about the literacy and language use of younger generations, suggesting a belief that there may be a decline in certain communication skills due to internet culture.
- 🤔 There's a contemplation on the nature of nostalgia, noting how quickly trends cycle and how even recent past content can become a source of nostalgia.
- 👵 The speaker humorously reflects on the idea that each generation tends to mock the next, suggesting a continuous cycle of generational conflict.
- 🚫 A call to end generational warfare and a plea for understanding between different age groups, emphasizing the shared humanity and common experiences across generations.
Q & A
What is the main issue the speaker is discussing regarding the TikTok platform?
-The speaker is discussing the generational conflict and misunderstandings that are occurring on TikTok, particularly between Gen Z and Gen Alpha, as well as the impact of social media on younger generations.
Why does the speaker mention 'Alpha TikTok'?
-The speaker mentions 'Alpha TikTok' as a suggestion from their audience for content to discuss, but then clarifies that they found a different kind of conflict on the platform rather than the expected content.
What is the 'war' the speaker stumbles upon on TikTok?
-The 'war' the speaker stumbles upon is a conflict where Gen Alpha is making fun of Gen Z for being 'cringe,' which the speaker finds ironically similar to previous conflicts where older generations mocked younger ones.
What does the speaker think about the use of the term 'aesthetics' in fashion?
-The speaker believes that the term 'aesthetics' has led to confusion about what 'preppy' means in fashion, as it has shifted from its traditional meaning to now refer to colorful and fun outfits.
Why does the speaker mention the browser Opera?
-The speaker mentions Opera as a sponsored content within the script, highlighting its features such as a built-in VPN, ad blocker, screenshot function, and workspaces for organization.
What is the issue with Sephora stores being overrun by young children?
-The issue is that young children are ruining sample products and stealing sample brushes to create 'Sephora cocktails,' which is a mix of various beauty products that is both wasteful and disruptive to other customers.
What is the speaker's opinion on the trend of younger generations wanting to use adult makeup brands?
-The speaker is concerned about this trend, suggesting that brands like Drunk Elephant should make it clear that their products are not intended for children and that it is the responsibility of parents to guide their children's choices.
How does the speaker describe the humor of Gen Alpha?
-The speaker describes Gen Alpha's humor as largely influenced by TikTok, which they refer to as 'TikTok brain rot,' although they acknowledge that it is a form of peak humor for that generation.
What does the speaker suggest about the nature of generational conflicts?
-The speaker suggests that generational conflicts are cyclical, with each generation often criticizing the next for being 'cringe' or out of touch, and that this pattern has been repeated throughout history.
Why does the speaker express concern about the shortening trend cycles due to social media?
-The speaker is concerned because the rapid pace of trend cycles on platforms like TikTok makes it difficult for individuals, especially younger ones, to establish a consistent identity or aesthetic, as they are constantly expected to adapt to new trends.
What is the speaker's view on the concept of 'nostalgia' in the context of current social media and generational trends?
-The speaker finds it ridiculous that nostalgia is now applied to events and trends that are only a few years or even months old, rather than the traditional longer periods, and expresses a desire to move past this trend.
Outlines
🤔 Struggling for Content Inspiration
The speaker begins by expressing their difficulty in finding a topic for their video, noting that they are at a loss for words. They ask their audience for suggestions, mentioning some they've received such as 'skibbidy Fortnite' and a '48-hour listening challenge'. The speaker then discusses the irony of an ongoing 'war' on TikTok where one user, Jen Alpha, is mocking Gen Z for being 'cringe', which is seen as hypocritical given the previous mocking of Millennials. The speaker also touches on the changing definitions of fashion aesthetics like 'preppy' and 'old money', influenced by TikTok trends, and the serious issue of young children disrupting retail stores like Sephora.
😣 The Impact of TikTok on Youth and Retail
The speaker continues to discuss the negative impact of young children in Sephora, comparing their behavior to a childhood prank and questioning the lack of parental supervision. They mention their daughter's interest in 'Drunk Elephant', a high-end skincare brand, and express concern over the marketing towards children. The speaker also addresses the lack of public spaces for children, leading to issues in retail stores. They discuss the influence of TikTok on current trends and how it has changed the way generations consume and create content, comparing it to previous generations' sources of trends.
😅 Generational Tensions and Humor on TikTok
The speaker humorously addresses generational tensions, noting that each generation tends to mock the next. They discuss the concept of 'Millennial core' and how it's been a subject of ridicule, particularly on TikTok. They also touch on the fast pace of trend cycles, with nostalgia setting in for things that are only a few years old. The speaker reflects on the fleeting nature of internet fame and the pressure to constantly adapt to new aesthetics and trends, feeling overwhelmed by the speed at which they change.
🙄 The Futility of Generational Labels
In the final paragraph, the speaker dismisses the importance of generational labels, emphasizing individuality over the arbitrary categorization of birth years. They make a satirical suggestion for resolving generational conflicts by adopting members of Gen Z to 'end the war'. The speaker encourages viewers to subscribe to their channel with a playful and humorous tone, ending with a series of nonsensical and catchy phrases that encapsulate the lighthearted nature of the video.
Mindmap
Keywords
💡TikTok
💡Generational Conflict
💡Aesthetics
💡Old Money
💡Cottagecore
💡Influencer Culture
💡Nostalgia
💡Content Creator
💡Preppy
💡Sponcon (Sponsored Content)
💡Gen Alpha
Highlights
The speaker is struggling to come up with content for a video and asks their audience for suggestions.
Mentions of various internet challenges and trends, including 'skibbidy fortnite 48h hour listening challenge'.
A discussion on the irony of generational mockery, with Gen Z making fun of Millennials in a similar fashion to how Millennials mock previous generations.
The observation that the term 'preppy' in fashion has been redefined by Gen Alpha's aesthetics.
A humorous take on the confusion around fashion trends and the blending of different styles like 'old money' and 'Cottage core'.
The endorsement of Opera browser for its built-in VPN, ad blocker, and other features that streamline the browsing experience.
Concerns raised about young children disrupting retail experiences at places like Sephora.
A critique of the marketing towards children in the beauty industry and the inclusion of adult-oriented ingredients in products for younger audiences.
The impact of TikTok on current trends and how it has become a source of cultural influence for Gen Alpha.
A comparison between the humor and trends of different generations, noting the cyclical nature of generational mockery.
The mention of 'SLE' and how language from other communities is being adopted and sometimes inappropriately used by Gen Alpha.
The idea that each generation tends to consume and then create content influenced by the previous generation.
Concerns about the shortening trend cycles and the pressure to constantly adapt to new aesthetics and trends.
A reflection on the changing nature of nostalgia and how it now includes very recent events and trends.
The humorous suggestion to end generational conflicts through a donation-based 'adoption' program.
A commentary on the importance of not taking generational labels too seriously and focusing on individuality.
The final message encouraging subscribers to engage with the content and the playful use of internet slang.
Transcripts
for the first time in a long time I
don't know what to Yap about I have to
make a video and my well of talking has
run dry what do I do I ask you guys you
guys are funny and I got suggestions
like skibbidy forttnite 48h hour
listening challenge max volume why do
you want me to suffer this badly roomie
and a few of you suggested Alpha Tik Tok
the bread and butter of commentary you
know what's fun picking apart silly
ideas at best and harmful ideologies at
worst to validate their weird Behavior
you do not have to accept her rejection
but that's not what I got when I
searched Alpha on Tik Tok it's not what
I got at all it's not gen alpha alpha
Tik Tok not yet I stumbled upon a war
right now where Jen Alpha is actually
making fun of gen Z for being cringe and
if you don't know why that's important
well it's not but it is painfully ironic
because not too long ago there was and
is a war on like jenzie making fun of
Millennials for being cringe and don't
get me wrong they are jenz is trying to
cancel Eminem honey that's cute listen
little kitties let me make this quite
clear this man was around even before
you were here so what you all mad cuz
the man was a liist while mumbling
gibberish there's a whole genre of Tik
Tok now with Gen Z mocking millennialism
and
humor when I popped off then you go gave
me just get ready with me to go to Tar I
would like to preface this by saying I
have never done a grwm in my life first
we must have our stabies because I need
it a lot and I have partaken in this
because I couldn't
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resist not to be that guy or girl derp
uh but me thinks that's wrough if you're
not Ravenclaw crunchy plant mom taking
care of your proper and doggos until
I've had my coffee don't talk to me one
of the things people are talking about
are how Jen Alpha's obsession with
Aesthetics has led to a lot of confusion
on what preppy means in fashion where
previously it might have meant something
like this but now it just means like
colorful fun outfits and people are
really confused about this and as
someone who is fashion illiterate
obviously I get it I I don't think this
is a reach when I say aesthetic
aesthetic it means like beige Target
with my gen Alpha daughter we're going
to see what she calls everything
apparently this is preppy this is also
considered old money and again I have no
argument against this what is that style
I call that preppy in the 19 like '90s
or old money old money you would call
this old money yeah old money crap
you're not wrong this might have been
preppy back in the 9s like she says but
she's not wrong about it being old money
this look is large white family renting
out a golf course for Christmas and if
that's not not old money I don't know
what is we also got Cottage core a very
popular look when I played Minecraft
more no that's more coet that's Cottage
core they're the same shirt and Livy
Olivia Rodrigo core again she's not
wrong this one's Livy it's Olivia
Rodrigo Vibes people were coming after
her mom's parenting under this video
which I found so strange it's just
clothing dude relax Tik Tok has no short
of people taking the most unserious
things and taking them very serious
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concern arose when places like Sephora
are being taken over by literal twins 10
to 13y olds we're talking if you haven't
seen Sephoras are being overrun by
children ruining sample products and
stealing sample brushes and stuff to
make Sephora cocktails where they just
mix a bunch of products into one which
is disgusting and ruins the experience
for everyone else going to Sephora I
don't need to tell you why this sucks
this is like when you'd go to friendlies
after school with a bunch of your
friends and you'd put [ __ ] like ketchup
Mayo salt pepper packets and cream and
various sauces into someone's water and
make a make your own version of a
disgusting cocktail and then force your
friend to take a sip for for no reason
just for no reason making disgusting C
Tails as children is a tale as old as
time for that I will give them some
Grace but those drinks were only
terrorizing our friends and this is
terrorizing the general public at an
adult makeup store for adults where is
your mother supporting this my daughter
found out that has drunk elephant and
cry screaming for me to buy her
everything from them Lord help me girls
are expensive
oh okay why is this happening a lot of
people think it's because of the lack of
third places you know like malls
libraries places where kids can just
hang out to be kids go outside they say
well uh if you live somewhere like
Florida not happening American cities
are overpopulated and underhouse largely
built for cars and not pedestrians I
wouldn't feel safe leaving a kid to walk
around anywhere by themselves outside of
the neighborhood and have you been to a
mall lately I have and it was scary okay
it felt like a wasteland I felt like I
was in an abandoned Chuck-E-Cheese
Confederate flag and everything people
don't go to malls anymore it's just
jewelry stores and tumble weed yes
Claire still exists and so do their ear
infections as soon as you get your ears
pierced but kids don't want their kid
stuff and kid jewelry and kid makeup
anymore they want drunk elephants and
their colorful branding that have
ingredients like retinol in them that
was that was a little aggressive I'm
sorry retinol derogatory an ingredient
that is meant for reducing wrinkles and
promoting collagen production at 10
years old and they want whatever coet is
I had to look that up it's whatever this
is why are we putting everything in a
box this doesn't look any different than
preppy to me I don't know drunk elephant
has kind of doubled down on this and I
do wish they stated more clearly that
their products are not for children and
children should not use them it is and
should be the responsibility of the
parents to not buy their kids this stuff
or give them the $74 it costs to get
something like this I'm all for spoiling
your children and giving them nice
things if you're fortunate enough to do
so but how about something like this or
may I interest you in uh this how about
that and a lot of these trends of course
are caused by Tik Tok a place where
adults and children and the government
don't get along that's where you get all
the trends now this is revolutionary
information did you think you were going
to hear that in this video hey Tik Tok
we got Trends over here when genen Z and
older were kids we got our Trends from
curated places like Disney or Jade 14 or
whatever that magazine was that provided
ginormous posters of Justin Bieber for
your bedroom to watch over you as you
sleep now these worlds are so integrated
that skibbidy toilet is permeating my
life to the point where I kind of think
it's
good this is actually funny and it's
it's not it's not that different okay we
used to listen to pen pineapple pen pen
whatever and the gummy bear song and
whatever [ __ ] this was I don't know
it's not that different gen Alpha humor
is largely Tik Tok brain rot as they're
calling it I'm not calling it that I you
know I'm not calling it that don't get
me wrong this is Peak
humor I'll just give you a snippet
sticking out your G for the rler you're
so
skib you're so Phantom tax I should also
at least mention that it's also crazy
that they use language from other
communities like SLE and then gatekeep
it thinking they have the authority to
let us know when it's no longer cool to
say it I don't want to harp on that
point because they're literally children
but I just know that it's a thing that
people are going to bring up genen Z is
now making stitches of gen Alpha content
that I can only describe as like look at
what the kids are doing these days when
I was a kid I spent my time outside and
I did silly little innocent things and
now gen Alpha is wearing makeup and
making inappropriate Tik toks for their
age people have been complaining about
the younger generation looking older and
wanting to act older forever
this is not new is it a serve is it a
sleigh where'd you get that [ __ ]
Checker print rug your Amazon stor spell
restaurant your outfit is so cute today
it's such a SLE you still say SLE you're
a grandma your grandma spell
Restaurant They're not wrong I think gen
Alpha has largely become more illiterate
of a generation I that pains me to say
but it's just so funny because this is
exactly what Millennials did to jenzi
and now jenz is turning around and doing
the exact same thing being angry at the
younger generation for coming after them
for being
cringe you're obsessed with us
Millennials howby Banned Me from starbe
Millennial core
really Millennials do that I thought
that the millennial pause Millennial
core is that your aesthetic I'm
flattered time is a flat circle and
history repeats itself constantly my
dogos think I'm I'm pretty swag
shouldn't you ma' are you really trying
to make fun of Millennials when your
generation doesn't even know proper
sentences I'm Riz I'm Riz Boomers did
this to Millennials you know they had
beef I would bet that Boomer's parents
did this to Boomers when they were kids
listening to sinful music like The
Beetles and showing their shoulders I
don't know where Gen X fits in all of
this I feel like they're kind of an
elusive generation where are they I
don't know all I got is what Joe Rogan
Elon Musk it's all I can think of you
guys were probably doing crazy [ __ ] in
the'80s too that that older generation
complained about like Dungeons and
Dragons hair metal and um doing cocaine
I'm not here to start a generational War
I think other people got that covered
some of these videos were clearly for
fun and wholesome all right first thing
how do you answer the
phone how do you hang up the
phone and some of them poke fun at other
gener
like without like a Mean Streak you know
like this is all fun in games here we're
all in on the joke is that
coffe oh I was just taking a
boomerang sticking out your jack for
theist but some people are getting
genuinely heated they're like 10 calm
down Millennials are old enough to be
their parents also like these are middle
schoolers they're OB actively not cool
why are you giving them unlimited power
within reason let them have their little
thing like we did Growing Up sticking
out your G for the I saw this Tik Tok of
someone saying that Generations
generally consume the content of the
generation before them like how growing
up Millennials generally consumed
content created by Gen X gen Z consumed
content created by Millennials and gen
Alpha is consuming content from jenzi
and so on and I think that's true of
course while also consuming content
created by people their own age when
you're a kid internet culture sort of
trickles down to you from the older
generations and most of gen Alpha isn't
even old enough to be on social media
right now but when they get older we
will see gen Alpha start to form their
own culture when it comes time to pass
the torch to gen Alpha which will
probably happen kind of soon I hope that
genen Z can be like chill about it genen
Z adopted the idea of the content
creator right when we know an internet
before the Creator gen Alpha will not
know an internet without a Creator so it
will lead them to resent it or have this
kind of like it's the status qu who
cares yeah exactly like it's everybody
does it so I don't but I think a greater
look at this really shows how Trend
windows are getting shorter and shorter
j z is such a nostalgic generation in
terms of fashion and
media to the point where we're now
nostalgic for things that we made on Tik
Tok in 2020 that was 4 years years ago
like what are we doing the things people
used to be nostalgic for are things that
are like 10 20 years old but now we're
feeling nostalgic about things that
happened literally 6 months ago I just
realized things are moving so fast
because of Tik Tok and the influx of
influencers and creators how am I
supposed to be a clean girl aesthetic
Queen when next month I'm supposed to be
a mob boss croat skibby aesthetic RZ
Queen your honor it's impossible to slay
under these conditions the bird that
made billions of childhoods
I can't even remember the last time I
heard that bird today's kids will never
know the impact I just found the early
2000s bird you know the summer bird the
ear excuse me the early 2000s bird it's
a morning dove the early 2000's bird you
know they've been around like before
true I haven't heard it in years bro I
miss that noise it feels so rare that's
crazy morning doves they're gone they're
extinct we don't have them anymore they
don't exist anymore they only existed
from the years 2000 to 2009 and they're
gone they don't make Birds the same
anymore why are there so many when you
realize this sound is nostalgic because
these birds went extinct in
2020 and they're officially a 2000's
baby's memory now you know you can still
go outside right to a point we need to
end Nostalgia I'm over it this is
ridiculous believe it or not we still
have birds and now people are confused
about being a cusper between jenz and
Jen Alpha none of this matters at all I
was born when I was
born and who gives a [ __ ] I could be
wrong but I feel like Generations used
to idolize to a degree the older
generation like I'd look at my big
sister and think she's so cool and I
want to do everything she does and
consume the media she does because she
is older than me but today people's
little siblings are calling them cringe
if you donate $5 today you could adopt a
genz person and end the war on gen Alpha
versus genz very important and you you
could save them if you donate $5 today
you'll get a little postcard in the mail
with their face on it and like a little
bio on on the back like a pen pal but
you don't talk to them you just give
them money and you get to look at their
face sign up today it's just a sign of
the times and while I am worried for
genen Alpha not knowing how to spell
restaurant I'm not their mom anyway