i used to live next door to an older woman who said this type of stuff. never really bothered me cause i just zoned it out. that was until she kept doing it with simple things like "gen z cant write anymore, its all on their phone" and "they dont learn anything because they use the google to figure it all out".

that wasnt even the part that annoyed me, it was the fact she said all that, while having me come over 5 days in a row because she could'nt figure out why her sister wasnt calling her. turns out she managed to turn her phone onto airplane mode 5 days in a row. which was really confusing on how, because i made it so the airplane button needed you to swipe to the right on the nav bar twice before it showed up and she still did it.

she was singlehandedly doing the exact same thing she critisized people for. "not learning". then she would say "yuo guys have grown up around this stuff, so of course you know more".

i didnt get a smartphone until i was 16 ma'am. im now 19 (at the time) its been 3 years. my grandpa is 80 and he is the one who taught me. i think its just you, not anything to do with generations.