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Generations speaking different languages

TheCatWoman

I don't understand most text speak and emoji's are a totally different language to me, I'm wondering if in a few years time the older and younger generations will be speaking such different languages that they won't actually be able to communicate at all?

I find text speak in email, posts and every day conversations maddening as I have to spend so long working out what people are actually trying to say, as someone who's dyslexic it's really difficult and having spent so long learning to overcome my dyslexia  it feels like a slap in the face that people are so lazy with their language.

How do others feel, it's probably only me who feels like this, but it sort of feels like a double discrimination as some of the worst people for doing it are other ND's

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  • The only times I tend to use this Gen Z talk is when I say lol (laugh out loud), tbh (to be honest) and irl (in real life). When it comes to emojis I tend to write what I’m writing and then use emojis afterwards. Only time I use emojis only is when I’m in distress and I send my mum crying emjois, or if I haven’t got time to respond I’ll send a quick thank you emoji 

    I don’t know what half the Gen Z’s talk about though so I feel so embarrassed and ashamed to be in their age group (especially the older ones)! Even I don’t understand what the F they go on about and don’t get me started on tiktok. How is watching someone blinking meant to be fun or entertaining?! I get bullied by Gen Z’s for not being like them and then I get bullied by other generations for being an F ing Gen Z! I can’t win! Sorry for my rant! 

  • in reply to Elfilis

    No, it's OK you rant away.

    I'm still a little fuzzy on what all these Gens are, I think gen z is the under 30's? I've never been on tiktok, but I can't imagine wanting to watch others blink, unless I was wondering if they were a psychopath or not? Psychopaths have a low blink rate apparently? 

  • in reply to TheCatWoman

    As far as I’m concerned, alls these genz are just random labels for people depending on what year you were born in. I think the Gen Z boundaries start from 1997 so yeah they will still be under 30 but not far off. I think Gen Z stops at 2010 but I’m not too sure on that one. I think the baby boomers were just after the war? When I have googled all the boundaries seem to change. We might have different labels next year the way they change them. Don’t even know who came up with these labels. Either way I was defo born at the wrong time as I just don’t get what my age group are into. 

    I won’t at all be surprised if those tiktokkers are psychopaths, they all seem to be bullies and liars from what I can gather. Apparently when my mum was on holiday in turkey with her sister and daughter, the daughter said about some supposedly oh so famous tiktokker was staying in their five star hotel and flew a private jet there and back but it turns out she only visited that hotel for a few hours but stayed in some cheap b and b and took the easy jet flights there and back as she was on both flights with my mum etc. I’ve never heard of her or watched any tiktoks. In fact when I was watching season 4 of clarksons farm, I had to fast forward that female farmer and all of Jeremy’s pub staff because the girl farmer was more interested in doing stupid faces and putter her overalls on and off in front of the camera (and was tarted up the ying yang in make up) and the pub staff were that miserable without having their social media or phones with them, Jeremy even said to stop being miserable Gen Z people! I’m sorry for my rant but I feel I’m the only Gen Z girl who actually seems to say and think this. Hope you guys don’t think I’m miserable 

  • in reply to Cinnabar_wing

    Can’t agree with you more there! I mean Yoshi and Kirby are healers in my opinion! Seeing their little faces just makes me feel better, until the gaslighting 

  • in reply to Elfilis

    I strongly believe in the healing power of Nintendo games!

  • in reply to Cinnabar_wing

    Both my parents are Gen X but they are at the beginning of that generation. Ugh when I was 16 everything was a nightmare. I was asked to leave school, my mum was gaslighted into not loving me and I had nothing else to do. That’s when I rediscovered my Nintendo games and I got back into playing them again. 

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  • in reply to Cinnabar_wing

    Both my parents are Gen X but they are at the beginning of that generation. Ugh when I was 16 everything was a nightmare. I was asked to leave school, my mum was gaslighted into not loving me and I had nothing else to do. That’s when I rediscovered my Nintendo games and I got back into playing them again. 

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