Yeah. I didn’t coin the term. Just an Internet meme. I don’t think it’s really fair to pick on Gen Z in my opinion. I just think they get attributed to it more often. It’s more of a “post pandemic stare”. Like, I really think isolation and long COVID symptoms did something to our society.
Sometimes I have to ask myself “am I invisible?” when I’m looking someone in the face saying “excuse me” and they just stare like a robot. Like, they don’t even have to say something. I’m literally just trying to pass them in the aisle they are blocking. It’s kind of creepy. I get this as a 6’3" guy with a deep voice too. It’s not like I’m hard to see or hear.
Hah. This is so fun. When I mentioned this interaction to some friends on another platform I mentioned that it isn’t even majority Gen Z doing it, but some chunk of all age brackets. But also that ‘gen z stare’ just sounds good.
I agree its a term that definitely let’s people know what you’re talking about without having to explain it. It’s a common experience and the term fits well in describing it.
I understand the sensitivity of young adults in disliking the term though. My generation had “fail-ennial”. Both are placing blame on the generation so the elder generation doesn’t have deal with the worsening material conditions the new generation faces. “Millennials just don’t want to work hard”. “Gen Z is socially isolated”.
It’s simple explanations that direct blame onto the individuals of a generation so we don’t have to address the material reasons that make it so common.
Yeah. I didn’t coin the term. Just an Internet meme. I don’t think it’s really fair to pick on Gen Z in my opinion. I just think they get attributed to it more often. It’s more of a “post pandemic stare”. Like, I really think isolation and long COVID symptoms did something to our society.
Sometimes I have to ask myself “am I invisible?” when I’m looking someone in the face saying “excuse me” and they just stare like a robot. Like, they don’t even have to say something. I’m literally just trying to pass them in the aisle they are blocking. It’s kind of creepy. I get this as a 6’3" guy with a deep voice too. It’s not like I’m hard to see or hear.
Hah. This is so fun. When I mentioned this interaction to some friends on another platform I mentioned that it isn’t even majority Gen Z doing it, but some chunk of all age brackets. But also that ‘gen z stare’ just sounds good.
I agree its a term that definitely let’s people know what you’re talking about without having to explain it. It’s a common experience and the term fits well in describing it.
I understand the sensitivity of young adults in disliking the term though. My generation had “fail-ennial”. Both are placing blame on the generation so the elder generation doesn’t have deal with the worsening material conditions the new generation faces. “Millennials just don’t want to work hard”. “Gen Z is socially isolated”.
It’s simple explanations that direct blame onto the individuals of a generation so we don’t have to address the material reasons that make it so common.