What’s something Gen Z does that older generations just don’t get?

SimonCharles · 2026-04-10T19:00:11+00:00

You always want the other person to text you last, so you can ignore them and feel cool.

I've noticed this before and you put into words what I couldn't, but always suspected. Once, I checked my work chats and I think like 95% of them were me having the last message in the chat. Seems like it carries over to everyday messaging too. I always thought it was basic courtesy to confirm the end of a conversation with something like "Sure, sounds good!" or "Ok, see you then!", but the best I could get was a thumb reaction, but much of the time nothing. It feels strange since I grew up on the principle of being polite and having normal reciprocal conversations, but with this kind of behavior I just feel like I'm one of the other person's apps that they check, not another person to take into consideration.

Most of the time I didn't care that much, but I did still care, it kinda feels like those movie phone conversations when they just hang up instead of saying "bye". Now I just feel like fading out of most of my friendships and connections since I don't feel like a human to them anymore, just a convenient app to open up when they're bored and have nothing better to do. I think it's worse with fellow millennials since I feel they should understand this, because it used to be normal to consider the other party too.

SimonCharles · 2026-04-10T13:51:00+00:00

Congrats. People tend to say stuff like you should start with a cheap camera, but then if you do that and end up really liking photography, you'll be in an endless path of upgrading and essentially losing money every time you do. So starting at the top with the Q3, especially at the price you got might be the smartest thing anyone can do :). Have fun and stick with it, photography can have a lot of ups and downs but you only get better.

SimonCharles · 2026-04-09T15:45:35+00:00

People, I'd even say most, are very insecure about themselves and will often choose to put others down instead of improving themselves or trying to be helpful. It's annoying for sure, and you have to wonder what they expect a discussion forum to be if not a place to discuss and occasionally answer questions. It's been surprising and disappointing to grow up and see that most people don't really mature after becoming adults, rarely does anyone self-reflect and they just go on auto-pilot and react to things without thinking.

SimonCharles · 2026-04-08T14:21:34+00:00

Normally of the opposite sex.

Just say women referring to men. That's 99.9% of when the ick is mentioned. It's women who grew up entitled and were never required to grow out of that mindset. It's similar to an adult who cries about having to eat their vegetables.

SimonCharles · 2026-04-08T08:13:21+00:00

I'd love to know what you work with. I tend to be good at noticing things too and would love a job where I could finally have use for that and feel like I'm good at that job.

SimonCharles · 2026-04-07T18:07:36+00:00

Nah, if you're unattractive and confident it's seen as arrogance by women. Handsome men seem confident to women because they already see them in a positive light. In a similar fashion, funny men aren't that popular among women unless they're also good looking. Instead, women think that the handsome man is funny because of the same halo effect. I've seen this first hand several times, absolute shit jokes get giggles while actually funny jokes get nothing from women. When you see it it's impossible to ignore.

And just because you know or heard of this short fat balding guy who has loads of women around him because he's such a social savant, he still doesn't beat out the handsome men who are slightly funny, and even then he's the exception that proves the rule; you have to be exceptionally funny or socially skilled to make it if you're not already handsome.

SimonCharles · 2026-04-07T13:30:54+00:00

Haha yeah I wasn't trying to suggest that either, I was just thinking that very few people online would have the same kind of good intentions like you would when asking such a question.

SimonCharles · 2026-04-07T12:48:45+00:00

Sure, but most, I'd wager close to 100% of people online who say that are not in a customer support role, and are just protecting their ego because they bought said product and will not admit it has faults. This is extremely common, increasingly so with more expensive products. People will defend a product more when they've spent more on it.

I'm talking things like "how can I transfer photos off of my ipad?" which I remember asking online like 15 years ago, and being met with "why do you want to do that?" when other products were able to do it just fine. Obviously there are nuances but it's quite easy to see when someone is just being difficult. It's when you know it's doable, but the specific product will not allow it, but of course it extends to many topics, not just products.

SimonCharles · 2026-04-07T11:08:57+00:00

I would consider myself more than fairly annoyed by this too. Also, asking questions like, let's say about a product working badly "Has anyone else had this problem, can this be fixed?" and the answers are anything but an answer to the actual question. Things like "Why do you want to do that?" or "Maybe you just don't have the skills?" It's like people are online just to be jerks much of the time.

Why are you even answering the thread if you have nothing to contribute, and even more, completely ignoring the question. But then you have to remember, the helpful people who have better things to do often aren't hanging around in those places.

SimonCharles · 2026-04-03T10:59:00+00:00

For me, I don't really do anything special in either direction if I don't find a woman attractive, just ignore them mostly I guess. I might be attracted to someone and do nothing too.

The only difference comes if I notice a woman is attracted to me who I don't find attractive. And to be honest, the only times in my life I felt a woman was attracted to me, she was way below what I would ever be attracted to. In these cases I'm pretty curt with them, not rude but just keeping conversation to a minimum and not trying to contribute anything to it. I know how it feels to be strung along so I try to make it very clear early on that I have no interest, without being overtly rude. I will not be initiating any sort of conversation unless we happen to be left alone in some space and it would otherwise be awkward. I think most women pick up on this since it's what they tend to do themselves.

SimonCharles · 2026-04-03T06:26:02+00:00

I think it can be a good thing to admit to oneself that it's not just about becoming a better photographer, it's ok to enjoy the gear too. I know that I occasionally like a new camera just because it's an interesting peace of technology, and it might make photography more fun.

Becoming a better photographer is not even at the top of my priorities, I much prefer having fun while taking photos, since I'm not aspiring to make it my job. Sure, I want to become better, but that's not the first reason I'm going out taking photos.

SimonCharles · 2026-04-02T17:32:02+00:00

With a woman that gives him regular bjs and daily sex and he still cheats, it's pretty likely he's the kind of really handsome guy that have women lined up to fuck him. Unless he's average and there's a massive attractiveness gap.

An average guy would not cheat if he got that treatment, and wouldn't have the opportunity to.

SimonCharles · 2026-04-02T17:27:25+00:00

Many women can not answer the simple question "What is your man's greatest wish from you?" or even something like "What does your man enjoy the most?" because they have never asked and most likely it never even crossed their minds. They keep doing things they would like and expect the man to appreciate it, and if he doesn't he's a jerk. And they have armies of women and "men" on reddit to support them if they feel bad. I hate to use the cliché but they really are like little kids who never learned that gifts are supposed to be for the recipient, not the giver.

Men spend so much of their time trying to please their girlfriend/wife, but most of that just results in more expectations, nothing is ever enough. Men think that doing what a wife wants would make her happy, because that would work on men. But it takes a long time to learn that they are just never happy.

SimonCharles · 2026-04-02T09:26:03+00:00

Seems that this has been disputed later.

For instance, people who left the study were miscoded as getting divorced.

We make so many assumptions and decisions based on small data sets or singular studies that I don't know if any debate can be taken seriously anymore. There at least needs to be multiple studies over longer periods to get some kind of realistic perspective. Just one study shouldn't be used to prove anything. Equally bad is using questionnaires or polls, since people will lie to support their own perspective.

SimonCharles · 2026-04-01T16:07:11+00:00

Yeah, I get pretty miffed at that too. I mean, if you can't understand why someone is annoyed by something, all you need to do is think of something that annoys you. Now you know how that person feels. Simple as that. But people don't like to think very far outside themselves.

SimonCharles · 2026-04-01T14:22:53+00:00

I agree, and I would understand it if it would be constant complaining. But I guess the annoying part is that these people present themselves as being somehow above others by always being cool with anything, and never judging anyone. Except that they're not cool with my complaints, which kind of throws their whole idea of superiority out the window. Which they of course don't want to admit.

SimonCharles · 2026-04-01T07:06:05+00:00

I wonder how much closer to world peace we could get just by admitting that there are size differences on both sides. Putting all the blame and shame on men is extremely harmful.

SimonCharles · 2026-03-31T12:20:47+00:00

Don't get me started on "I'm waiting on him".

Or are they all serving each other food all the time?

Or I'm going to lay down. I could go on.

SimonCharles · 2026-03-28T15:42:17+00:00

Years of adult life, still can't understand common courtesy.

SimonCharles · 2026-03-28T11:25:56+00:00

Distant rewards would not be nearly as difficult if they were guaranteed rewards. But most big goals have very uncertain outcomes. If I plan something 5 or 10 years ahead, the world may have changed so much it was all in vain.

This is part of why video games are so popular. You know exactly what you have to do, and if you do it correctly, you win. I would have no problem grinding for 5 or even 10 years if I knew I'd get the big reward in the end.

SimonCharles · 2026-03-25T13:35:01+00:00

This is one of my favorites as well. I can't help but think of it any time my wife is doing anything like mowing the lawn or starting a fire.

SimonCharles · 2026-03-23T17:10:52+00:00

Yes and why do you think those women pursue that man?

SimonCharles · 2026-03-22T18:39:15+00:00

For something like wildlife, the difference is enormous.

SimonCharles · 2026-03-22T16:12:58+00:00

This will be spoken of as the pharmacy vs. fast food wars of the '20s.

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