#some millenials coming after gen z just sound like boomers and it's not cute when a boomer does it and it's not cute when anyone else does

[akindplace]

Some posts on this website claim to be from people who are such intelectuals because they have a life philosophy or because they have found themselves, and that teenagers these days are lost because they have no sense of self. Maybe because being a teen is also about figuring out who you are?

Some people still in early adulthood (not just here, but in real life too) keep going after kids for acting in ways that are, in essence, clearly normal teenager behavior. You see, if teenagers never experiment with their very own "silly little things", how come they will find themselves? It seems the identity struggle they went through in their teen years, which were not that long ago, was completely forgotten.

People claiming they have found their own lifestyle, how they have their own individuality so they don't need to do whatever teenagers are doing these days forget that they were also teenagers once, just as lost, just as awkward and experimenting with style, trying to figure out who they are, what media they want to consume, what they like to study, what kind of job they want... and then some adult was being just as cynical towards them.

But eventually, they figured it out, and they have only found themselves now because they went through that experimentation phase. Instead of being comprehensive towards younger generations now they're grown up, they became just like that annoying adult who criticized them when they were a teen. Like being a kid isn't already hard enough.

Point being: how can anyone become anything if they don't experiment? How can anyone know who they are if they don't go through phases? If they don't try to figure what they enjoy and what they don't? And why engaging in small joys like the media teenagers consume these days should mean someone is superficial, dumb or vain? Maybe if you had small joys, you wouldn't come after teenagers with the same "argh, kids these days!" crap when you're an adult. That is just creepy, cynical, pseudo-intelectual behavior.

You act like growing up isn't a process. Like it isn't about learning from mistakes. Or that figuring yourself out is a continuous thing one should go through.

Anyone can pretend they were born with the personality of a fully grown adult, that they never went through phases or ever felt lost, but deep down, every one as a teen is just as awkwardly trying to figure themselves out as the so called "kids these days".

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#some millenials coming after gen z just sound like boomers and it's not cute when a boomer does it and it's not cute when anyone else does

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Allow people to like you, to enjoy your company, to want to be your friend. Allow them to compliment you, allow others to think you're cool and funny even if you think you're not. It is not up to you to tell others how to feel, and remember that people might see the positive things in you and qualities that you have been failing to see while being too self-critical. Allow yourself to be liked by other people, even when you don't see why they should. Don't self-isolate because you think you are not good enough for other people.

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