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“What’s A 2025 Trend You Cannot Comprehend?”: 46 Current Trends That Make Zero Sense To Older Generations
It seems like every single day, there are new trends circulating around the internet that we’re expected to get on board with. Try this viral food! Buy this pair of shoes! And stream this new artist before their songs are so overplayed that they'll make you want to rip your hair out! It’s exhausting trying to keep up with all of the trends, so some people have decided to simply opt out.
Redditors have recently been discussing the current trends that they can't comprehend or have absolutely no interest in. From Labubus to Dubai chocolate to the sudden integration of AI into our lives, enjoy scrolling through these things that have been all the rage recently. And be sure to upvote the ones that you don’t understand the hype around either!
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#1
Thinking science is fake, reading is dumb, math is just for people who think they are better than you, the weather is manipulated, the pyramids are alien communication devices, Atlantis is real and vaccines are mind control. Multiple people in my personal life have gone from believing none of these to believing all of these in the last 2 years.
sahej bassi 2 months ago
This is a real theory! Think, most theorist are people opposing those in charge and what better way to discredit them by spreading made up BS that sounds like insanity.Doing this discredits those calling out wrongdoings by those in charge and lets them get away with it.
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Ellinor she/they/elle 4 months ago
I think that Atlantis and Aliens are real in the sense that I 100% believe that there was an important city that sank in the water (like we already found multiple) and that in an infinite universe the probability that we are the only form of life is just 0%
L.V 4 months ago (edited)
Yeah, other worlds and a hidden utopian city sound pretty good these days
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Lyone Fein 4 months ago
There is plenty of weird stupidity in all parties.
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kansasmagic 4 months ago
That's hardly a 2025 trend. In the 80s people believed in Nostradamus and crystals.
Celia T 3 months ago
But there weren’t quite so many. And didn’t run for president.
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Zig Zag Wanderer 4 months ago
It's definitely true. All of these things, especially the idea of anyone controlling the weather, are in the seriously deranged category.
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#2
Anti vaccines, anti education, anti common sense
so basically maga.
Purple Gurl 2 months ago
Not all of us are like that. Just like all Liberals are not Fascists.
Jan Vogelaar 2 months ago
Maga followers and conspiracy believers are closely correlated. Look at pizza gate, storming of capitol, believing vaccines cause autism, believing Trump would lower grocery prices, reveal his tax documents, release the Epstein files, stop the Russia-Ukrain war shortly after taking office. Believing that he would make decisions that will benefit the working man financially, while he mainly focuses on things that benefit the wealthy. Claiming the elections were rigged, claiming COVID 19 was a hoax and so much more. There are many conspiracy theorists in the Trump administration, feeding or reflecting these conspirocies to the maga crowd. Yes, MAGA has quite a lot to do with believing things that are not true.
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"influencers"
Deliberately in quotes. They don't influence anything.
Zig Zag Wanderer 4 months ago
I'm pretty sure that most sensible people aren't influenced at all by them. Unfortunately there's a lot of people without sense too.
Cee Grant 4 months ago
No, they influence far more people than you can imagine. Just look at the dangerous TikTok challenges if you think there aren't many influencees.
sahej bassi 2 months ago
Not to sound cruel but maybe it is for the better.I get it RIP those who dies but really eating tide pods because others are doing it natural selection ATP.
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tori Ohno 4 months ago
I like the ones that actually Teach me how to do something. Free tutorials without having to leave my couch. I'm using one of those tutorials to make my SIL a birthday present. Do those count as "influencers", or are they just teachers?
K Barnes 4 months ago
I would say an influencer isn't just teaching you, they're trying to get you to buy something or do something you weren't already looking to do.
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Marivali 4 months ago
392 million people follow Kylie Jenner. They're certainly influencing some people.
Tom Brincefield 4 months ago
A bunch of those followers are hate following, others follow everyone famous, so don't really pay attention to any of them. But that still leaves millions who hang on her every word.
Load More Replies... Evelien Stijger Martens 3 months ago
They influence way to much in a bad way, especially young people.
#4
The severe decline in apparel quality. Also, for everyone touting environmentally friendly policies, planned obsolescence of products by corporations in the interest of maximizing profit, and at the cost of everything else.
Daniela Lavanza 4 months ago
This should be higher. A big danger for our environment in the long term.
Marissa Voleta 4 months ago
YES! I feel like sometimes I'm the only one who hasn't notice the severe clothing quality nosedive. Only place I can really find cotton anymore is recycled clothes at the thrift.
Lady Eowyn 4 months ago
Almost every piece of clothing I own is 20 or more years old. Some shirts even 40 years. Buy quality, it lasts. And I don't follow fashion, just wear what's comfortable.
Mike F 4 months ago
H3ll, most anything made years ago, if you still own it, will out last new. I still have a few shirts I bought for a new job in 1992 and they are still in great shape. I bought them from KMart!
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Scott Rackley 4 months ago
You can still buy quality clothing, it's just expensive. I have some Duluth T shirts that are 10 years old. My prison blues jeans will probably outlast me.
Ivy la Sangrienta 4 months ago
This is why I buy 99% of my clothes and shoes thrifted, preferably vintage.
Len Hill 4 months ago
About 35 years ago I bought a TracknTrail pullover/jumper and have worn it almost every day since then, initially even when out shopping, but now only around home. Finally has a hole in one elbow, but still wearable. I'm struggling to find a replacement now of equal quality at a reasonable cost. They just don't make 'em like that now
#5
Not 2025 specifically, more just the past few years - there is no shame anymore. It's "cool" and "funny" to make a fool of yourself for views. Stop pranking employees who are just trying to work, stop making a mess at Walmart to be funny, stop singing and dancing in public while filming yourself, etc. I refuse to watch any creator that pulls that s**t.
kansasmagic 4 months ago
If you think people should feel shame for singing and dancing in public, then maybe you are the problem.
Child of the Stars 4 months ago
They're talking about the ones filming themselves doing it, not people who are just enjoying their life.
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JayWantsACat 4 months ago
The aholes who are recording themselves in a busy area in public and get made that people have the audacity to walk through their shots. The amount of entitled people who think they're the main characters and every has to cater to their every need and want. Also, stop "gifting" people your music and/or singing on public trans when they're just trying to get where they're going.
devotedtodreams 4 months ago
I don't think that's a thing where I live - and if it is, I haven't heard about it yet. But absolutely yes - this has to stop, no matter where it's happening.
Nils Skirnir 4 months ago
But they often do hurt people. Especially the pranksters
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#6
The sudden inclusion of AI into everything.
Rook2Rook:
There is no critical thinking anymore amongst our youth. Every dilemma they have is answered by 'Hey Grok/ChatGPT, what do I do about it?'
Beak Hookage 4 months ago
Like who was even ASKING for that rubbish? But now we're suddenly being urged to use it for EVERYTHING. My phone even wants to write text messages for me. Forget it.
Nikole 4 months ago
I hate it sooooooooooooo much. Everybody at work uses it to write emails, etc. No thank you. I have a brain.
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Firstname Lastname 4 months ago
The new AI at work flagged me for "troublesome behavior." (Clocking out a few minutes early when I finish my work when I clock in early every day, in order to avoid overtime or milking the clock.) The manager was completely baffled, but forced to have a conversation with me because the AI told him to.
Foxglove🇮🇪 4 months ago
Worst thing is, there's no easy way (or even any way) to switch off the built-in AI
BrownEyedGrrl 4 months ago
Yeah. I've tried switching it off. It won't let me.
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HeavyMetalHeart 4 months ago
Google is suddenly useless, churning out AI c**p that is often inaccurate or completely made up and its general search results have become much less helpful. I need to check stuff online all the time for work and I the past few weeks I’m struggling to find things that used to appear immediately because the algorithm seems to decide what I want and it’s frequently wrong.
Zig Zag Wanderer 4 months ago
We have plenty of natural idiots without Artificial Idiots. They only give what they find on the internet, and what they're programmed to give. You know those 'sponsored' hits on internet searches? Why do you think AI results won't be 'sponsored' before long? And the sheep will slurp it up.
Cuppa tea? 4 months ago
I had brief experience with AI implementation at my previous job some 3 years ago. It was supposed to listen calls with customers (call centre helpdesk) and the to provide notes to be entered into system without us typing them. Let's say it rarely gave us something usable, most of the time totally incomprehensible gibberish. The rest was so off topic we thought it was listening to a TV. Next room.
K Barnes 4 months ago (edited)
I was largely opposed to AI until almost all my colleagues started using it to double check our translations (we work in our second language). I do get some good suggestions from it but often it suggests one way to say things is the most "natural", then if you ask it if that's natural it says no and suggests the way I originally said things. Go figure. Edit to note how BP uses AI for many of its list images now and they are fairly often SO terrible.
#7
Active ignorance.
We all have access to well reviewed information and expert research, yet we collectively choose to form opinions on topics we know little about and reject professional input. We would rather YouTube a question than read the manual.
Sly Schlang 2 months ago
If more people had even once in their life build an IKEA furniture by actually looking at the instructions beforehand and follow step by step, the world might be better.
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wowbagger 4 months ago
I've actually found it more and more difficult to get ahold of the expert research and well reviewed information. Search engines seem to deliver garbage results these days, and you really have to dig to find quality stuff. And then the quality stuff is often behind a paywall.
kansasmagic 4 months ago
Again, this is hardly a recent trend. It's just easier to get misinformation these days. Anyone can find "evidence" that they already agree with. Though there's nothing wrong with preferring YouTube to a manual. I can watch actual professionals walk through a refrigerator repair before I attempt it myself. The "manual" for the fridge is useless.
#8
Touch screens on every device.
The worst offenders are modern cars. Manufacturers are still pushing it further, despite fully knowing it‘s dangerous, because it‘s cheaper.
James016 4 months ago
At least VW are rolling it back. Their next cars will have physical buttons
Maren Villadsen 4 months ago
My up from 2024 has buttons. I love it ♥️ My parents touran also has buttons. VW ♥️ safe driving
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WubiDubi 4 months ago
EU have banned some functions from being on touch screens, like audio mute. The volume k**b with push to mute is forever.
WubiDubi 4 months ago (edited)
Fine BP, the volume p***s or c**k. No? The volume phallus.
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April Pickett 4 months ago
That's why you need an owners manual. I was test driving a newer car and had to back up, I used my side mirrors like I always do before realizing there was a screen showing me where I was backing up to.
Rachel Reynolds 4 months ago
Also, mechanically, it's easier to fix button and knobs (and the associated components and modules) instead of having to replace essentially the whole d**n thing. Which can usually only be done by a dealer since it will need to be programed and scan tool subscriptions are pricing out most independent shops. I have strong feelings about this. Support Right to Repair.
Lady Eowyn 4 months ago
I'm so glad I have an old (1998 Subaru Impreza) that doesn't have touch screens. I can adjust the mirrors/ac/heat/radio by reaching out my hand, I don't have to take my eyes off the road.
Irene Bucior 3 months ago
Totally agree. If you travel a lot, and rent cars, you spend the first 30 minutes trying to figure out what all of the lit symbols are for. Try finding the headlights and the volume for the GPS.
Suby 2 months ago
In one rental car, I couldn't find the radio! I had to play canned music through bluetooth.
Load More Replies... K Barnes 4 months ago
I'm a teacher and about 1/4 of the laptops at my school are touchscreen and 3/4 aren't. I can't stand the touchscreens for kids above grade 1, they seem to jab mindlessly and be so helpless, while they can actually type and trackpad click well if they have to. Seemed convenient at first but was actually detrimental.
James016 4 months ago
I borrowed my dad’s Mazda the other day. While it has a touch screen, it has a rotary controller which to control it. Never had to touch the screen even when using Waze. All done through the physical controller. The climate control was all physical buttons but since it used a push button to change the direction of the airflow rather than a dial, it took some time to get used to that.
#9
K**ling journalists and medics, starving a population, bombing an entire region into rubble, and publicly announcing plans to ethically cleanse said region, all the while denying that any of the above is taking place!
Der Kommissar 4 months ago (edited)
I am really glad that some white people never invaded lands and killed/subjugated the locals. A shame about those pesky colonizers Spain, Portugal, England, France, Belgium, Holland, America, Australia, etc.
Gebidozo 4 months ago
@Malfar, who got downvoted for being the biased pro-Israel mirror image of the biased pro-Palestinian OP: your last sentence says it all. Yes, Palestinians want to ethnically cleanse the land of the Jews. And you are rightly outraged by that. And yet you appear to justify it when the Jews are doing the exact same thing to the Palestinians. How hard is it to see that both sides are full of hatred and intolerance?
Pedantic Panda 4 months ago
Some Palestinians might want that. And some Israelis, not all Jews!
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bily_rubin20 4 months ago
Beautifully said and absolutely spot on right.....if only the world would listen!
Pedantic Panda 4 months ago
Why were Hamas voted in? What was the alternative? What happened to the PLO and what was Israel's part in its downfall?
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Labubu’s. They’re just Beanie Babies.
devotedtodreams 4 months ago
These things are so ugly, I wouldn't even put them in my trashcan, because the trashcan deserves better than that XP
Sly Schlang 2 months ago
So disgusting. Nothing cute about trolls just an eyesore. And these... Yeah whatever.
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Malfar 4 months ago
I don't get what's the fuss about labubu. At least it's not as disgusting as huggie wuggie and doesn't look as soulless as funko pops
Ashtophet 4 months ago
Funko pops are “soulless”? I have tons and am amazed at how they get the minimalistic faces to look like the person…
Load More Replies... Child of the Stars 4 months ago
Eh, this doesn't bother me. Every decade has at least one toy like this. It'll blow over in a couple of years and move on to something else.
PeepPeep the duck 4 months ago
Don’t know, but I purchased one yesterday for my niece, and it was super embarrassing validating it’s authenticity and buying it 😂
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#11
Cybertrucks.
Nicole Weymann 4 months ago
Someone on BP lately compared it to the original Lara Croft with its 1990s rendering 😂
Load More Replies... April Pickett 4 months ago
I've seen several of them around my town. They are the ugliest, most ridiculous looking machines I have ever seen. I guess it's an "Ego, I'm a Republican" thing to own one.
PenguinEmp 4 months ago
There are 4 within 2 blocks of me. 4. Silver, matte black, baby blue and poop/orange mix. My wife and I give them the finger all the time. We don't do it for anyone else. Just them. The looks on their faces is hilarious.
#12
People thinking Bitcoin is some sort of stable monetary system.
April Pickett 4 months ago
Yeah, and we now have a bitcoin repository as part of our government.
PenguinEmp 4 months ago
Your government. Mine, while I don't like them, isn't insane.
Load More Replies... WubiDubi 4 months ago
You could probably do well with some good current affairs and sociology knowledge. It is gambling though.
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turk 4 months ago (edited)
Trump uses his own cryptocoin to allow anyone from any country to donate to him to gain influence. This way he can legally accept bribes and not have to provide the identity of anyone who bribed him. He literally had the top 100 purchasers of his cryptocoin at a private White House event and refused to reveal the identity of anyone there. It's purely to get around campaign finance and bribery laws.
#13
Voting for N*zis.
Lost Panda 4 months ago (edited)
Down vote me all you want, but I'm going to say "constantly using the word Na-zi." Do I agree with certain politicians or groups? No. But that does not make anyone a Na-zi (unless they were part of the T*********h and or Neo-na-zi groups) *Edit: I did not expect Third R3ich to be censored...*
PenguinEmp 4 months ago
So that would make the current USA government N**i's. So no one is wrong.
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#14
The hard war against work from home.
We have established that it and hybrid work arrangements work great for so many people, bring efficiencies and can save businesses tons of money in needing less space.
Not to mention most software products are cloud based at this point.
But yet people are trying to regress on it.
April Pickett 4 months ago (edited)
Companies have already built/leased that space, restaurants, bars, fast food places don't have any customers, nobody's paying to park, department stores aren't selling clothes/shoes, all the little things that make your work-from-office life happen. The big thing though is bosses and middle managers feel they're losing control of their employees, even though communication and results are better. It's hard to undo tradition.
Scott Rackley 4 months ago
I always ask, what is the goal. The goal is for the task to be done on time, and done well. Is this happening? Yes. Then what is the problem?
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Control freak micromanaging bosses are behind it. They think if they're not breathing down your neck, you're not working. The job is getting done, and on time. Let us do it from home. Our air actually cleared slightly during lockdown because nobody was driving, so there's that argument also.
Nikole 4 months ago
My job tracks us on so many different metrics now it's crazy (we're in the office two days a week). Just look at the output, not how long we took for a break or were unavailable for phone calls! They even track productivity daily. I am not a number!!
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fizzysh7 3 months ago
You can’t properly supervise people working remotely. Lack of common space equals no team spirit. People must see each other to work together efficiently as a team. That is one thing. Another is, the offices are leased or built from scratch and the costs are HUGE. If it’s not used it’s super unprofitable.
Winter 4 months ago
I think it's mainly the bigger companies that have bought or leased multi-storied office buildings in the CBD or other expensive areas who are trying to force their employees back to the office... The un-occupied multi-story office buildings still have to be [*expenively*] maintained, unless they sell them, or cease leasing them, which will lose them a lot of money - I mean, who wants to buy or lease a large office building in an exclusive area, if they're not going to find anyone willing to work there, when they can happily work from home? Those corporations are getting frantic - money will continue pouring out of their pockets unless they can get those home-loving employees back into their slave pens-I mean "company offices". Because if they don't, it won't be just Big Business who will suffer - ultimately, it WILL effect the entire country's economy!
#15
The amount of money spent on fake nails. Eyelashes, too, but I dont know how much those cost. I hear women bragging about how much they spend on their nails though.
Karen Bryan 4 months ago
Why spend a ton of money to look as if you have caterpillars on your face? i don't get it.
Nicole Weymann 4 months ago
...caterpillars on your face AND lego bricks on your hands. These thick nails look so weird!
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SchadenFreudian Psychology 4 months ago
If they’re not super-long, a weird shape, or have excess decoration all over, I’m cool with a manicure. The excessive ones look ugly to me. That said….it’s THEIR nails, and they can do what they want. If I don’t like it, I can ignore it. (And I’ve got other things I’d rather spend the money on. But again…it’s THEIR money.)
Mreoww 4 months ago
Same. I love having fun with my nails, but I keep them a manageable length. The minute nails begin to look like shiny claws, you’ve gone too far.
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StrangeOne 4 months ago (edited)
I can understand nails. Some people do them themselves, or get the stick on ones. Some people have a hard time growing their nails and keeping them maintained, or they work in conditions that are hard on their hands and nails, and they just want some help keeping them nice. Plus, there's array of art and colours to choose from. It's fun. If someone gets joy out of it, why not. I was paying about $72-$135 for a set of gel overlay. Normally I spent the lower range on a refill that included 2 colours. If I really wanted something fancier, like cateye and art, I would pay higher, but I have a strict budget. Since my nails grow very fast I had to get them done no longer than every 3 weeks. It eventually got too much and I just started growing out the gel and slowly filing it off. I missed my natural nails and the ability to scratch an itch.
StrangeOne 4 months ago
The risk is with the UV lamps. This can get mitigated by remembering to wear a strong sunblock with a high UV/UVB protection. Wearing a mask and ensuring the salon is equipped with sufficient airflow and ventilation, and having those fan vacuums at their station can reduce the particles and fumes you breath in. I think, personally, acrylics are more of a health hazard as it involves toxic acrylic powders and potent monomer liquid, and the 2 are getting mixed together. Then when it dries the filing begins and more particles become airborne.
Load More Replies... tori Ohno 4 months ago (edited)
This shouldn't be here. Women can look how they want, and groom themselves how they want, leave them alone. I'm allergic to the products used in fake nails, so I don't have them, but it's no different than dying your hair in order to express yourself. This isn't a trend or a fad, it's been around since the 60s and isn't going anywhere.
Ellinor she/they/elle 4 months ago
I love having long nails in fun colours, it's making me feel prettier !
#16
Microsoft saving your Office files (documents, spreadsheets, and presentations) to the cloud by default.
Espionage becomes easier everyday.
Lost Panda 4 months ago
I keep turning off the "back up photos to cloud" option on my phone, but after every update it automatically turns back on. Instantly get the "You're out of space" no sh!t why do you think I didn't back it up?
Zig Zag Wanderer 4 months ago
Yup! I have to bypass every attempt to store my private information on someone else's computer.
Saniyaya m 4 months ago
Haha! Nope. The truth is very few of us have anything on our devices that some dangerous entity would find useful.
Plentyofoomph 4 months ago
And with a recent update, all my documents now save with a header that says OFFICIAL. Spend ages formatting a document, then go to print and it inserts that header and ruins the formatting.
Verena 4 months ago
That is company specific. On your private computer and software ask a friend to help you with the settings.
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Streaming culture… paying rent on media that you constantly don’t have access to, and then having to research which companies to pay these subscriptions to, and hiked up prices to avoid ads, etc…
I buy DVDs, CDs, Vinyl, Digital Downloads, and pirate, it’s not expensive, one time purchases, and I own it forever and can watch/listen whenever I want.
Ellinor she/they/elle 4 months ago
I will stop watching my movies and shows on pirate streaming sites when the legal ones stop stealing us and the movie theater lower its prices and start banning loud and rude people. Until then I'm team pirate.
K Barnes 4 months ago
I love to watch a show before bed or read online. Our cable company accidentally clipped our cable cord while servicing our neighbours, and for over a year our internet/cable would cut out for 4+ hours at a time multiple times a day or repeatedly every 10-15 mins. I was so grateful for my DVDs and paper books until our ombudsman finally resolved the complaint. I no longer buy digital.
#18
The AI boom.
It's basically a more efficient version of Google and more useful for consumers than businesses.
Imo, it's like the Dot Com bubble.
Anyone check out Amazon AI? Billions of dollars in company money; negative usefulness because human reviews are far better.
PenguinEmp 4 months ago
Also about ten percent of the ai summary, is now quoting other ai summaries.
SchadenFreudian Psychology 4 months ago
I’ll keep asking: Why do we need AI? How does it improve our lives?
Doctor Strange 4 months ago
The problem AI is being implemented to solve is wages. It is there to make it so employers don't have to pay wages anymore.
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The Other Guest 4 months ago (edited)
This particular snafu has since been fixed, but recently when you googled "Was 1985 40 years ago?" the AI response was along the lines of, "No, 1985 was not 40 years ago. If the current year were 2025 then 1985 would have been 40 years ago, but it is currently 2025 so 1985 was 40 years ago."
The Other Guest 4 months ago
Adding screenshots; one from yesterday, one from August: google-ai-...9d-png.jpg 
Tom Brincefield 4 months ago
Except for when it puts incorrect information into the summary.
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At work (food service), I’ve noticed a growing number of people, both customers and coworkers, thinking it’s okay to wear Airpods/headphones while interacting with each other. Personally I find it disrespectful and dystopian, but I guess they don’t. Either way, I don’t get it.
James016 4 months ago
Just bear in mind some of those headphones could be ear defenders. My son’s pair gets mixed up for headphones constantly.
Lady Eowyn 4 months ago
Some people with autism can't cope with/process all the sounds they hear. Those ear defenders let them lead a more active life.
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SchadenFreudian Psychology 4 months ago
Hey, if you’re trapped for eight or nine hours a day in a place where people are constantly babbling about something trivial….I say wear headphones! You can either have me look “social” and “interact” OR you can have me get my work done. Pick one or the other; you can’t have both.
Verena 4 months ago
Here people think it is totally ok to close themselves entirely off when participating in traffic. Earphones closing out sound, eyes glued to the smartphone closing out vision.
Little Bit 4 months ago
At my local supermarket all the staff wear headsets. I think it is so rude and ignorant when they start talking to someone through their headset when they are in the middle of serving a customer. I have hearing difficulties and on many occasions thought they were talking to me when in fact they were talking on their headset, and other times when they were actually talking to me but I ignored them because I thought they were talking on their headset.
Tim Gearing 4 months ago (edited)
I walked into the chemist shop the other day wearing my sunglasses and had a conversation with the Pharmacist. I realised shortly afterwards about the sunnies and replaced them with my reading glasses….and then apologised to the pharmacist.
Laserleader 4 months ago
Why? Is wearing sunglasses a problem when indoors?
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Regitse Jensen 3 months ago
For some of us it is to avoid burnout because we are sound sensitive among others, being out in the world with sonds, lights, smells can be a lot for some people, especially neurodivergent people, noise cancelling helps a lot.
Felicia Baxter 4 months ago
it's fine to wear them, just remember to pause your music or whatever your listening to when people talk to you
#20
Dubai chocolate. It is $$$ and maybe it’s just me, but it does not look appealling to me at all.
juicyfizz:
And the trend has skyrocketed the price of pistachios!
DrBronxx 4 months ago
This particular picture looks like chocolate mixed with the manure from Back to the Future.
devotedtodreams 4 months ago
It looks like someone stuffed vomit into chocolate. Never tried it, never will.
SchadenFreudian Psychology 4 months ago (edited)
Anything about Dubai, really. If aliens studied earth culture in their alien school, and had an assignment to make a diorama showing the most stupid things about earth, they would come up with Dubai.
Lost Panda 4 months ago
My oldest bought this once (one for everyone in our family to try) because it was on sale. She was raving it was delicious. My wife and I tried and understood instantly why it was on sale XD
The Other Guest 4 months ago
I'm wondering if it depends on the company that makes it. I had it once at a chocolate festival, made by a professional chocolatier, and it was scrumptious. Judging by how busy that particular booth was, I'd say I wasn't the only one who felt that way about it.
Load More Replies... Cuppa tea? 4 months ago
You know the hype is over, when they are selling in Lidl for 2€. Just like Prime.
Felicia Baxter 4 months ago
my mom wants to try this, I want to give it to her for her birthday or christmas
#21
Mullets. Like, I get the irony standpoint, but no, they're genuinely fashionable and attractive right now, and that confounds the hell out of me
SchadenFreudian Psychology 4 months ago
I already lived through the 1980s once. Instead of the cråp parts of the 80s, like mullets, let’s bring back the good parts: Roe v Wade, science, and separation of church and state.
#22
Protein obsession.
jogam:
Few people in developed countries have a protein deficiency. It's fine to try to get more protein, but hyper-focusing on one nutrient most people get enough of already means not focusing on other nutrients that far more people are not getting enough of.
Lost Panda 4 months ago
I have to have ensure or protein shakes because of being underweight... I hate it, so I don't see why people are obsessed with it...
HeavyMetalHeart 4 months ago
My medication causes me to be permanently hungry but I’m at risk of diabetes so have to keep my weight down. High protein foods have been my saviour, they’re the only thing that curbs my hunger, keeps my blood sugar stable and lets me lose weight. I’m so grateful for the high protein trend because there are so many tasty protein enhanced options now.
Dre Mosley 4 months ago
Yeah. Starbucks just announced that they would be offering protein infused beverages. Why?
Cuppa tea? 4 months ago
Apart from meat, all extra protein in yogurts, milk, powders is extra load to your metabolism. Unless you are pulling 100kg sleigh across Antarctica, you don't need extra protein. You will s**t it out anyway. Also - still calling meat "the protein" in cooking videos.
Lady Eowyn 4 months ago
I'm old, not as active as I used to be. My doctor told me to add protein to my diet. That's why I did. Not to jump on a trend.
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Gen X Feral 4 months ago
I have a great idea. If you hate Americans so much, why don't you inflict yourself on another country? Why don't want you here anyway
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Bro.
Bro.
Bro.
Bro.
Spencers slave no more 4 months ago
That's insulting. Nice to know you consider my sons dôuchebags It's simply short for brother, a term of affection between males. It's no different to females saying sis, love, darling etc.
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#24
Just the way so many people view s*x as something inherently bad and dangerous. We're literally going backwards and it's wild to me.
Beak Hookage 4 months ago
S*x is bad but also you must be having as many babies as possible. MAKE IT MAKE SENSE.
Gebidozo 4 months ago
Those who say you must have as many babies as possible don’t think that s*x is bad. They probably think that extra-marital s*x is bad. But even the most conservative, fundamentalist Christian (whose views I do not share) won’t say that s*x in general is bad. There is no such doctrine in Christianity.
Load More Replies... devotedtodreams 4 months ago
This is too extreme, yes, but the opposite (that s*x is EVERYTHING) is also not good. A healthy middle ground is best.
Gebidozo 4 months ago
It’s different for different people. People with high libido who like s*x should have it as much as they want with whomever they want (consensually, of course), and shouldn’t be s**t-shamed. People with weaker s*x drives, asexual people, etc., shouldn’t be peer pressured into thinking that if you don’t get laid you don’t have a life. People are different.
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Lyone Fein 4 months ago
STDs, pregnancy, etc. I would say that s3x is indeed inherently dangerous.
Felicia Baxter 4 months ago
either wear a c****m, take pills, or don't have s*x at all unless you actively want to get pregnant, that's what I say
#25
Young men’s hairstyles. I can appreciate generational differences in styles, but the broccoli/alpaca haircut that they all have is atrocious.
AmputeeHandModel:
It's not just that they get the same haircut — did you know they go to salons and get PERMS to look like that?! Yeah, they don't all have curly hair. They're so desperate to fit in that they're going to a salon, and paying $100 to sit there with curlers and noxious chemicals in their hair like my mom in 1988 so they can look like a f**kin' idiot.
SchadenFreudian Psychology 4 months ago
I was young in the 1980s. I was there, Gandalf. I was there 3000 years ago.
Fellfromthemoon 4 months ago
Now I'm convinced all haircuts/hairdos are atrocious, just every period picks a few styles that become fashionable and nobody sees the awfulness of these hairdos. A few year passess, and everybody realizes the truth, then new cringeworthy haircuts comes that everybody starts liking for some obscure reason, and so on./s
Zero Costa 4 months ago
I'm starting to think the mullet resurgence trend isn't so bad after all
StrangeOne 4 months ago
It's either long and dishevelled, or broccoli head. Everyone is getting the same d**n haircut as if the demands of uniform hair in North Korea has spread worldwide.
SchadenFreudian Psychology 4 months ago
This. Thank god for the military; at least they make men shave, like civilized human beings.
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#26
Gen Z stare. When I interact with young people they stare at me like I shot their dog, like even basic social skills and communication are missing (no, not in the context of wanting the girlfriend experience from a minimum wage worker, just interacting with young people in appropriate places).
Ashtophet 4 months ago
Trust me, it never went away, we’re just good at hiding it.
Load More Replies... HeavyMetalHeart 4 months ago
I’m Gen X but generally get on well with Gen Z. I’ve never noticed this issue. People can have bad attitudes at any age.
SchadenFreudian Psychology 4 months ago
I disagree with this one. I really don’t have a problem with it. Then again, I’m a GenX woman with RBF, and I’ve been ordered to “Smile!!” by overbearing men all my life.
Zig Zag Wanderer 4 months ago
I don't get this. Perhaps people are more friendly in Australia.
Slapdash1 4 months ago
No, he's complaining about the utterly brainless vacant looks that gen z permanently have on their faces
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Gg 4 months ago
It didn't even resonate with me until one day at work. Everyone is in line for ice cream. The woman in front of me is asking her friend to hold her spot so she can go use the bathroom. Then they both just started at each other for a good minute. She repeated the question. More staring. Finally, I jump in and say I can hold your spot for you. Then they both turned and just stared at me for a minute before turning away to state at each other again. Like what is happening?!
Sam Trudeau 4 months ago
Then there's what I call the "Gen Alpha smile" where when those kids smile, it looks like when their mom says "big smile, bigger, bigger, teeth" that kind.
Nikole 4 months ago
Yeah, I have never encountered this... Not to say it doesn't exist, but this seems like a gross exaggeration.
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#27
“Spill the tea” or “that gives me ick”.
Dirk Daring 4 months ago
I don't bother with getting annoyed about each new generation's slang. I'm from the generation of kids who didn't get a Nintendo for Christmas because our parents overheard us talking about how "bad" it was.
Sly Schlang 2 months ago
I am the god of hellfire... And I give you... FIRE! Tadumm
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Dre Mosley 4 months ago
"Her body is tea." WTF does that even mean? Or "She has a nice face card." What? You mean, she's pretty? Just say that!
#28
Overconsumption and debt.
#29
Videos on Facebook that don't tell you how long they are. My mom sends me videos and there is no bar at the bottom, even if I pause it to tell me how long the video is. I don't know if it's a 90 second video or 18 minutes and I don't know how much time I need to have available when I click the link.
Malfar 4 months ago
I just don't watch facebook videos at all. No controls like decreasing the volume without pressing physical buttons on the phone, no way to roll back/forward a few seconds? No deal.
#30
Everyone left and right complains that the economy is horrible, and yet Chickfila and McDonalds literally ALWAYS have lines, and UberEats is booming. It seems people have completely abandoned the desire to actually shop for cost effective groceries and accepted that spending $15 every time you want to eat something is just OK.
StrangeOne 4 months ago (edited)
I eat very well most of the month. Coconut milk kefir with chia seeds and blueberries. Avocado on a bagel. Stir fry veggies and rice. Every now and then I want fast food. Unless one is keeping tabs on every single person who is at a fast food joint and knows what they buy at the grocery store, you don't know if that person eats there all the time or if that's the first time they've been there in a long while. Plus, what does it matter to anyone? Eat what you want to eat and let others be.
Bgray450 2 months ago
Yeah, freedom to eat what you want is valid, but the more people pander to fast food c**p, the more they'll produce. And we all pay.
Load More Replies... Saniyaya m 4 months ago
maybe they just don’t enjoy cooking… or are tired at the end of the day.. or they enjoy eating out. Who cares… it’s not hurting anyone
Pollymere 4 months ago
I used to love having the odd McDs or KFC. I've eaten there about three times in the past year and it's been truly horrible each time. I've been given food with time stamps two hours past. The quality has seriously diminished in an attempt to keep it affordable but it's still ridiculously expensive because the food isn't where the money goes.
SchadenFreudian Psychology 4 months ago
I went to concerts before the corporations started making them more expensive than a car payment. Going out to have fun is normal and natural. Not the kids’ fault if greedy people made it more expensive.
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Kids going to hardcore shows and trying to cancel promoters and bands because of the moshing. Stay home.
Ellinor she/they/elle 4 months ago (edited)
Sabrina Carpenter. She said over and over that she wasn't kid friendly yet parents don't look at what their kids like, buy tickets to her concerts and then try to cancel her for "being inappropriate".
Cuppa tea? 4 months ago
Pictured is crowd surfing, not moaning. Nowadays all reputable metal festivals and gigs have security that allows both, as long as it's safe. People respect and look after each other. If anyone shows a hint of aggression is escorted away. But safe crowd surfing is tolerated. Check video of Czech band Gutalax - there's guy crowd surfing portaloo.
SchadenFreudian Psychology 4 months ago
WTF?? I’m a child of the 1980s. This is unimaginable to me.
#32
That "@grok explain that" comment in every single twitter post.
Lady Eowyn 4 months ago
Grok is a word that Robert Heinlein invented in his classic work, Stranger in a Strange Land. His estate should be suing for theft of intellectual property given how it's now being used.
Andrew Curtis 3 months ago
I first came across Grok as an invented exclamation in Judge Dredd AD 2001 comic in the 1980's
#33
Giant pants. People are wearing jeans that could fit a family of 3 in each leg hole why?? They also often wear them with a t shirt that's 2 sizes too small. It's so goofy looking!
PenguinEmp 4 months ago
Never left. It stops a lot of criminals running away fast though.
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Undercover 4 months ago
Yeah, as a fat person skinny jeans made me look like an overflowing yeast dough 😬 plus the wide pants are comfy af 🥰😍
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Luke Branwen 4 months ago
In my case, it'd be like that scene in The Simpsons where Homer is trying out those "comically large" clown pants and he's like "I've never seen pants that fit me so well"
#34
People harrasing other for profit, and it's not even funny.
Dirk Daring 4 months ago
I'm guessing "influencers" and/or the "It's just a prank bro!" crowd.
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#35
I’m a teacher, so these are from that perspective:
* 6-7
* Labubus
* Boys with mullets
* Children getting perms (especially boys).
Rachel Reynolds 4 months ago
I'm pretty tolerant of Gen Alpha slang, but if my boys say 6-7 again, I will have fewer children.
Karen Bryan 4 months ago
My mom gave me perms several times because my hair was (and is) ungovernable. But now I'm a certified old lady, and I just go as short as I can without shaving it all off.
Plentyofoomph 4 months ago
6-7 will die out soon. It happened to sigma and skibidi, it'll happen here
#36
My final boomer transformation has been over the phrase "its giving" but not ending the phrase with "vibes" for whatever reason.
Like.
"Its giving cringe."
Instead of 'its giving cringe vibes." Or something of the like. Idk why but just the open ended phrasing of the "its giving" trend irks the hell out of me. Lol.
Maren Villadsen 4 months ago
I hate cray cray. Seriously! Just put in that one missing letter. And hubby and wify. 🤢🤢
Load More Replies... HeavyMetalHeart 4 months ago
Eh, I love the constant evolution of language. Every generation has these sorts of phrases.
April Pickett 4 months ago
Well, we are sensitive, caring adults, with mental capacities of grown-ups. We know better. Those kids aren't finished yet.
#37
That every news story has to include some random TikTok clip/opinion.
#38
Cigarettes making a comeback
_Light_The_Way:
There's no winning with nicotine. Once vapes were banned, people just switched back to cigs
Ellinor she/they/elle 4 months ago
It's getting banned in more and more places in France (Yay !)
StrangeOne 4 months ago
I think the best thing to do is ban the addictive ingredient nicotine. Oh yeah, lets see how many people actually enjoy smoking, or if it's just the nicotine calling.
Strings 4 months ago
Want your mind REALLY blown? Study was done on "tobacco nieve" people, using low dose nicotine patches (studying the effects on things like glaucoma and ulcerative colitis). After the study, they did a follow-up about withdrawls... and found none of the subjects HAD them.
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Senjo Krane 3 months ago
I think cigarettes are fading out. I don't understand why people willingly pollute their lungs, knowing what we know now. I'm a 10 - 20 a day btw
#39
Leopard print. I thought that we, as a society, had already established ages ago that leopard print is tacky — and yet, here we are
April Tysdal 4 months ago
I have 1 leopard print shirt and I look amazing in it!!! As long as you don't go overboard who cares!
Jayne Turner 4 months ago
My son in law once commented that he hated leopard print. I think I had leopard socks on. So now when I visit, always have a little leopard print on! Pretty I know, but it's fun!
#40
Nothing beats a jet2 holiday. ffs i can't hear it anymore.
SoakedbreadNCheese:
I hate when a meme is literally an ad 😭 being rent-free in your head is what they want, and we’re giving in every time.
Ria C. 4 months ago (edited)
This is a subject I'm glad I have no clue and no interest in looking into.
HeavyMetalHeart 4 months ago
Advertising slogan that you hear a lot in the UK.
Load More Replies... James016 4 months ago
I have just been on a jet2 holiday and it was excellent. More so as we booked special assistance. They did our passport checks while we were at the special assistance area before we were escorted to the gate
Niamh_ie 4 months ago
I am currently on one that's also fab but the advert still really annoys me.
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Skibidi toilet, I will never understand this trend or why it has gotten so widely used by children and teens.
WubiDubi 4 months ago
A meme made with a sandbox PC game called Garry's Mod. Kids ran with it and now major corps are trying to cash in with a movie. It's a head in a toilet you can banish.
Load More Replies... SchadenFreudian Psychology 4 months ago
Little kids (and people with a little kid’s sense of humour) think toilets and bodily functions are the funniest thing in the world.
Felicia Baxter 4 months ago
i've heard the show itself is about the struggle between content creators and the YouTube algorithm, with the toilet people representing the algorithm and the camera's representing the content creators
Ivy la Sangrienta 4 months ago
The only thing that pops into my mind when I hear "skibidi" is Scatman John and that song...
Serena Myers 4 months ago
"An animated series of fast-paced YouTube videos and shorts" apparently.
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I strongly dislike the aura trend.
Senjo Krane 3 months ago
Gee, the more I read here the older I'm feeling. I don't know most of this new language.
April Tysdal 4 months ago
Aww aura replaced cool and now there's points involved? Boo I'm old and not cool
#43
High waisted anything. It looks so uncomfortable. And I don't find it flatters anyone's figure.
Bur* 4 months ago
They do not flatter my body type at all, and I know I am not alone. Can no longer find my 2010's low rise jeans. I blame Taylor Swift 😄
Load More Replies... Mreoww 4 months ago
Nah I love high waisted things. I personally find them comfy, and they stay up.
Seabreeze 4 months ago
Same. Hold in allll that jiggle. And its just feels like a nice little hug.
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Randomosity 4 months ago
I only wear pants that are high-waisted. Even in high school I didn't want to show off my butt crack when bending over.
Babynursemissy 3 months ago
They definitely don’t work for everyone. I have a double curve scoliosis, so my waist is larger proportion-wise because the distance from my last rib to my iliac crest is too short. So, “high-waisted” ends up with the waist sitting halfway up on my rib cage.
#44
Any of the brainrot like Italian brainrot, or 6 7 or mustard. I genuinely can't wrap my head around them.
Nicole Weymann 4 months ago
Had to google it, so grain of salt/disclaimer. There was a rap song called "Doot Doot (6 7)" by Skrilla, where 6-7 comes up several times in the lyrics. Apparently a reporter commented on basketball player LaMelo Ball's technique that he played like a 6'1'' tall player while being 6-7 tall, and the comment got dubbed with the rap song...and then everybody did it (or referenced it with hand gestures) whenever the numbers 6 and 7 came up as a kind of inside joke, sometimes adorned with basketball references.
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Young people buying old digital cameras for ridiculous amounts of money.
Senjo Krane 3 months ago
Those are not digital cameras BP. and they are worth a lot of money those.
#46
Nirvana shirts as a fashion item.
DrBronxx 4 months ago
Nothing wrong with that. Go to Japan, and you will find lots of people wearing shirts featuring bands, characters, tv shows, movies etc. that they have never even heard ot - they just liked the design. Unless there is some deeper meaning that is rude and/or controversial that the person had no knowledge of, I don't see a problem with it.
Sam Trudeau 4 months ago
I always as them what their favourite Nirvana song (Mine, and the only one I've heard, is Smells like Teen Spirit) is and they have no idea.
What do you think ?
DrBronxx 4 months ago (edited)
"You kids with your loud music, and your Dan Fogelberg, your Zima, hula hoops, and Pac-Man video games!"
SchadenFreudian Psychology 4 months ago
If you don’t like it (and it’s trivial) ignore it. But if it’s a dangerous trend (like MAGA)….try to make it dîe out.
Joe Publique 4 months ago
MAGA is far more than a benign trend. It's a full-blown cult.
Load More Replies... StrangeOne 4 months ago
Just because it's a trend, doesn't mean you have to get on the bandwagon. Just do you.
DrBronxx 4 months ago (edited)
"You kids with your loud music, and your Dan Fogelberg, your Zima, hula hoops, and Pac-Man video games!"
SchadenFreudian Psychology 4 months ago
If you don’t like it (and it’s trivial) ignore it. But if it’s a dangerous trend (like MAGA)….try to make it dîe out.
Joe Publique 4 months ago
MAGA is far more than a benign trend. It's a full-blown cult.
Load More Replies... StrangeOne 4 months ago
Just because it's a trend, doesn't mean you have to get on the bandwagon. Just do you.
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