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So, this Gen Z group think - what is their guidebook?

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slackerinabox

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So I got into a funny argument with a gen z-er over the weekend (shoved into us at bar, minor thing) and was struck by the argument method he used - a methodology I see *all* the time on talking head new shows and the like: ignoring the fact that he should just say excuse me and instead obsessing on my word choice. "It's not RUDE.. How dare you call me rude.RUDE, you're rude. Rude rude rude.."" Deflecting at every point and just going on and on because I wouldn't admit that HE was right (that it wasn't a big deal). It was so exhausting that I just walked away and he kept on talking to himself.

Not hung up on one argument, just curious - what is this damn blog they all subscribe to? For "know your enemy" research, there obviously is one source feeding this "knowledge" - since lots of these kids seem to be target workers with purple hair I don't believe it's just the colleges churning them out.. What's their source? it's surely not the Wall Street journal.
 
slackerinabox said:
So I got into a funny argument with a gen z-er over the weekend (shoved into us at bar, minor thing) and was struck by the argument method he used - a methodology I see *all* the time on talking head new shows and the like: ignoring the fact that he should just say excuse me and instead obsessing on my word choice. "It's not RUDE.. How dare you call me rude.RUDE, you're rude. Rude rude rude.."" Deflecting at every point and just going on and on because I wouldn't admit that HE was right (that it wasn't a big deal). It was so exhausting that I just walked away and he kept on talking to himself.

Not hung up on one argument, just curious - what is this damn blog they all subscribe to? For "know your enemy" research, there obviously is one source feeding this "knowledge" - since lots of these kids seem to be target workers with purple hair I don't believe it's just the colleges churning them out.. What's their source? it's surely not the Wall Street journal.
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it was a person. generational terms mean very little in actual one on one personal interactions. sounds like it would have been just as easy for you to capitulate, but you chose not to do so.
 
In addition to another vote for "you're a grumpy old fuck now", also consider Gen Z has grown up with access to the internet more or less as we have it now. Turns out there's a lot of assholes on the internet. And it's also worth considering maybe you were being an asshole too.
 
nakedfrog said:
In addition to another vote for "you're a grumpy old fuck now", also consider Gen Z has grown up with access to the internet more or less as we have it now. Turns out there's a lot of assholes on the internet. And it's also worth considering maybe you were being an asshole too.
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HEY !!! I represent that remark !!!!!! 😡



😉
 
JM Aggie08 said:
This feels like a non-issue that you're conflating into something bigger while trying to get validation to justify your being a grumpy old fuck.
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so, a classic slackerinbox thread
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I think the OP may be over-generalising.

They ought to get a job as a newspaper columnist, though. That seems to be a staple of the column-writing industry - in that line of work, any time you have a bad encounter with a rude stranger, you turn it into a 'what's wrong with group X' or 'this is a symptom of the unique awfulness of the modern world' thinkpiece.

I reckon there's something about human psychology that means, when encountering someone obnoxious, it's easier to cope with the annoyance that the encounter causes if you turn them into a representative of a larger group or see the event as part of a general social trend, rather than just being left with annoyance at an anonymous random stranger who happened to be obnoxious.

(Though I suspect there's also something circular or self-describing about my theory.)
 
It sounds like a simple variant of the strawman fallacy. Rather than discuss the main topic where they are wrong, they'd rather discuss a non-important off-topic where they are correct.

"Rude" wasn't the best choice of words (rude usually means ignorant, uncivilized, or intentionally offensive), so they can feel like they "win" the argument by focusing on that word. It lets them ignore the argument about them bumping into you where they were at fault.

As for source, I'd say the human mind's desire to not be wrong. Then the fact that every news opinion show or internet debate uses that type of tactic.
 
slackerinabox said:
So I got into a funny argument with a gen z-er over the weekend (shoved into us at bar, minor thing) and was struck by the argument method he used - a methodology I see *all* the time on talking head new shows and the like: ignoring the fact that he should just say excuse me and instead obsessing on my word choice. "It's not RUDE.. How dare you call me rude.RUDE, you're rude. Rude rude rude.."" Deflecting at every point and just going on and on because I wouldn't admit that HE was right (that it wasn't a big deal). It was so exhausting that I just walked away and he kept on talking to himself.

Not hung up on one argument, just curious - what is this damn blog they all subscribe to? For "know your enemy" research, there obviously is one source feeding this "knowledge" - since lots of these kids seem to be target workers with purple hair I don't believe it's just the colleges churning them out.. What's their source? it's surely not the Wall Street journal.
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The source is YouTube pops. 🙂🙂🙂

Their place of academia? Reddit. 😀😀😀
 
I would have felt to make certain he didn't gank my wallet. Then asked if he hurt himself.

And my gen z kid doesn't speak or behave like that. But he would definitely body your old ass in a bar fight if you stepped up.
 
DAPUNISHER said:
I would have felt to make certain he didn't gank my wallet. Then asked if he hurt himself.

And my gen z kid doesn't speak or behave like that. But he would definitely body your old ass in a bar fight if you stepped up.
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I'll bet you taught him to say "excuse me" if he accidently bumped into some old geezer at a bar?

😉

I know my ex and I imparted that message to both my OUR daughters!
 
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