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There are downsides to aging, but it can also be a liberating experience. Being of a certain age means there’s less pressure to keep up with trends and fit in and that can be a great thing. It can also mean you don’t always understand what those younger than you are doing and a Reddit thread digs into this topic.
It asks older people of Reddit to share “something young people are doing that puzzles” them. More than 5-thousand responses have come in and these are some of the best.
- “The overdone lip injections. I can’t wait for this trend to die.”
- “Taking pictures of yourself all the time. Even as a younger person I can't imagine doing this.”
- “Van life. The whole 'Van life is so glamorous, look at me sipping my coffee sitting in the back of my van in front of the sunrise' thing is WAY overrated and very, very fake.”
- “Influencers and those who are influenced by them. It drives me crazy! So many of these influencers are just narcissistic idiots who really don’t know anything but if they are pretty and talk a good game, people follow them and believe in their ‘brand.'”
- “This is really small, and makes me feel real ancient, but pulling their bathing suits up their butt cracks. It just looks SO uncomfortable to me, but y’all do you. I’ll sit over in my full coverage, granny bathing suit that’s probably ugly, but I’ll be comfy”
- “Blasting pictures of their young children all over social media”
- “I kinda hate the claw-like nails that are popular right now.”
- “Wearing comfy shoes (like sneakers) to the club.... I'm not mad at it, I'm mad my dumba*s never did that... lol”
- “Buccal fat removal surgery.”
- “I am 50. I am actually amazed by young women's self confidence. So many of the amazing young adults I meet through my kids just scream self confidence. I still feel insecure at 50.”
- “Botox in their early 20s. There's nothing there. What wrinkles are you trying to fix?”
- “They are SO good at makeup. I don’t know if it’s because they have better products, the availability of tutorial videos or both but they all look amazing and we were walking around with orange faces and smudged eyeliner. Not gonna lie I’m a little jealous”
- “Letting everyone on the internet know exactly where you are at all times and what your schedule is seems a bit nuts.”
- “Crying on the internet. I’m talking full on snot bubble crying. Maybe it’s my childhood trauma talking but I can’t fathom having an awful thing happen to me and then whipping out my phone to tell my “followers” about it. Maybe bc I have No followers. I just bury it deep and slap on a smile like my mom taught me”
Check out the story at Reddit