“Expect that I'm not up to what's going on in the Internet. I was in my late 30s, when a friend's son tried to explain me memes. He got them wrong too.”

“Act like 30+ is old AF. Honestly it'll be on you before you know it and you'll still feel 25 at 40.”

“Took a job working at a Mcdonald's cleaning, as a favour to my mother's manager. Wow are kids brutal when you're my age working in a position like that, you become the punchline to all their funnies as "Or you'll end up like him!" I've never had a reason to think about folding a kid in half til I had to deal with it 40 hours a week.”

“Act like they invented something, or discovered a brand new thing when they have the internet and can look up exactly where and when said thing came from. My roommate told me a young co-worker of hers was dressed in early 2000s fashion and when she told the coworker she "had that same outfit in high school" the coworker replied, "No they just started making this last year." I told her I remember dressing very 80s in my late teens, but I was fully aware that I was copying 80s fashion, and I feel like Gen Z kids dress like it's the 90s/2000s but they think it's brand new like they invented it.”

“I’ve heard 20 year olds say “I hope I die before I have to turn 30.” I wish them the best of luck.”

“The look of astonishment when anyone finds out our age. I’m in my late 30s. When someone in their 20s hears that, they developed this look of shock likes it’s the 1500s and I should have died already from old age.”

“I'm 45 and I still play video games. I grew up in the 80s and 90s. Video games is all. So when some kid gets in our party chat (xbox) and starts chewing me out or making fun of me cause I'm old and shouldn't be there it ticks me off. Like what are you gonna do when you're 45 kid? Tell the house robot to leave you alone while you play more call of duty vr?”

“Kindergarten/primary teacher here. Kids are so wholesome until the parents buy them a phone.”

“I'm only 29 but I hate that young people try to exclude us from fandoms, saying we're too old for that. Life doesn't just stop at 25 and not all of us want or have kids and partners. Let us enjoy things!!!!”

“Act like they've experienced more than us. I'm only 33 but wow, the amount of 16 to 22 year old that talk down to us is absurd.”

“I’m 35 and young people seem to be both more sensitive and simultaneously RUDE as heck! I don’t understand, being sensitive should make you more kind :(“

“Sometimes you make bad decisions and choices. Like we did.”

“Call me old when I'm only 30.”

“Just being loud in an otherwise quiet place. I take the bus and almost everybody is just quietly looking at their phones or listening to music except for the inevitable kids loudly facetiming or something.”

“Send emails like a text or a dm. You're contacting me about a problem, and I know that from the fact that you're emailing me. I need you to tell me more than the words "I have a problem." Give me some details to work with up front so I don't have to go back and forth with you all day.”

“Sneering at younger kids or their own peers for being 'cringe'. I promise you that you're as cringy as they are, it's just going to take you ten years to realize it.”

“This is trades specific. I'm 36, and I've been practicing my trade for 16 years. If you're 18-21 years old and ask me how to do something, then turn around and do the exact opposite of what I suggest, then quit wasting my time. I'm here to help you learn, if you're not willing then find somewhere else to be.”

“I'm 55 and I love playing Fallout. Then when I mention it to my classes (physics teacher)... I get the "You play games?" exclamation. Yes, Sonny. I am not dead yet.”

“Think they invented everything. Granted, I'm sure I also did this, but it's infuriating watching someone who "discovered" butterfly clips and makes a tutorial on how to wear them . . .”

“Listen to music in public without headphones.”

“Oversharing unnecessary drama on social media.”

“If I get asked for advice, give the advice and the outcome of what will happen, then they do it anyway and exactly what I said will happen, happens."

“Ruin the forest behind my house. They party and leave a mess, they cut down trees, they shit in the middle of the path.They also pull out my garden, every...single... Summer. But they do forget things and for that, I am greatful.”

“Using trauma to excuse mistreating people. This generation has pioneered making it acceptable to process and be open about trauma, and that's a great thing, but it's not cool when you behave in a cruel and selfish way and expect to get a pass because of it. Your mental health problems are not your fault but they are your responsibility.”

“Speak with confidence about shit they don't know about. Especially when it relates to life experience.”