As if TikTok wasn’t bad enough. Apparently we’re all “uncs” now lol
OtherWhat do you expect? Most of current TikTok users are 2007+ borns
Yeah I suppose but I didn’t think it would be this bad. So I had to go on TikTok for myself and I couldn’t really believe what I saw.
Do you see what I mean? 😭😂 crazy kids
Lol you brought it up yesterday and yeah I believed you but I didn’t think it would be that bad but man this was worse than I expected.
Yeah the 20s are the new 80s to these kids.
The app has always been brain rot but the content & comment section has seriously degraded to the point that it’s genuinely concerning.
I’m all for a tik tok ban anymore 😭 only reason why I’d even support Joe Biden rn
Wasn’t trump tryna do a tiktok ban too?
Honestly these two old geesers are more alike than people would expect.
Ik he was now he’s not, but I’d rather have it banned. Seems like people have gotten more brainwashed and crazy after tik tok became popular, (believing in dating advice that aren’t from experts, believing they have some mental illness when it isn’t the case, other things etc) from tik tok.
This is why they truly are a different generation.
I wasnt calling 20-somethings old when I was 18 seven years ago. Were you guys doing that?
It’s because humanity has gone to hell lmao. No one gets beat up for talking shit anymore if it’s online
Bruh it’s a joke
That's ok they're all toddlers to me
they have the mental maturity of a toddler.
A single toddler.
I mean it would be weird for a toddler to be in a relationship 🤔
98’ I have a toddler
Not gonna lie, 24 year olds seemed ancient when I was in HS. Bet their mindsets will change when they hit UNC status
Pretty much this, light Jesus give them a break they’re kids and at most teenagers
What even is UNC?
I think it's short for "uncle"? I might be wrong since I'm 24 and out of the loop with what the teenagers are saying lol
Most "Gen z slang" that dumb crackers use is just aave from 20 years ago lmfao
What does "aave" stands for? Forgive me for English isn't my native language lol
African American English I’m pretty sure
Ah thanks! Yeah, I'm out of the loop too. xD
is african american vernacle, a lot of internet slang comes from afro centered cultures.
Literally though. I didn’t think they were “old” per se but they were definitely older and practically on another plane of existence to me at the time. When I was 15 I thought people between 30-40 were hella old. I mean it’s true, they were to me, literally 2x my age. It’s normal. There’s nothing wrong with aging, obviously adults aren’t gonna fit in with kids that young. Nothing wrong with aging. Im 24 and I see high schoolers as not much more than kids now so..
The brain rot is going to get worse
Yeah if tik tok is still allowed 😭 it’s gotten worse after 2020. Wish there was a ban like right now for tik tok. Yes its supposed to be banned but still
The last Gen Zers were born in 2012. This “OlderGenZ” sub was needed
So glad I was invited
Me too
Same here!
Same nephew
100% agree! I feel more at ease here. The og Gen Z subreddit is an absolute mess I had to leave.
Is it just me or is it all just conservative bots/astroturfers?
Im tempted to leave it, Idk why I havent (cause this place is a lot more chill)
It’s turned into a political mess at this point. This sub is 100 times better than that one, and I’m glad this sub exists for those of us who don’t want to deal with all that bs and are just chilling 🤣
r/zillennials is a good place too. Aimed towards 94-2000 borns mostly, but still a nice sub I feel.
nah, after 2010 is gen alpha
Fr I saw a reel that popped up of a girl saying that she wishes she could’ve been “scene in 2011 instead of being 1 years old”. I commented that I was in middle school at that time and it was fun but it’s not as great as you’d think.
I got flooded with comments calling me unc, despite being clearly female I might add lmao, and people telling me to go to Facebook and get off instagram. Kind of annoying because WE were on Instagram first. Most of older gen Z had Instagram the moment it came out, while they were actually in diapers. If anything, they need to stay on tiktok 😂
“Go to Facebook and get off instagram” LMAOOOO
Lol i thought instagram was the new facebook, like if anything "instagram is for old uncs" or something like that
"I was in the first grade in 2014" is crazy...
I was a freshman in high school, I don't like this...
In first grade the year I graduated. Time is a cruel mistress.
this mfers can talk now? damn, we doomed
i was in 10th. wild
Bro were all gonna be in the same retirement home why they acting like its a 20 year age gap
Fr they should be hating the older millenials if that’s the case 😭
thats yourself bro, im killing myself at 36 max, good luck.
Yikes homie, I mean I had the same plan but closer to 60, and itd be a drug fueled bender. But 36 isnt even middle aged dawg.
...ok, but you stop looking young at 36
That is factually untrue if you actually take care of yourself. Theres more to life than just looking good too. Like drugs… and uhhh more drugs?
TikTok commenters make YouTube commenters look like Greek philosophers
Honestly, the iq between tik tok commenters and YouTube commenters is a bit difference 😂 thank god I’m not the younger generation. I still hate gen z but hey at least we grew up with actual life and not just technology. I’m an 03 baby
Yeah the worst thing about it is kids today are exposed to so much false information, and they aren’t really taught to check for themselves
What does unc even mean? Am out of the loop obviously
Lol I have the full definition that I found online. I can send it right here.
“Unc is an AAVE slang term typically used to refer to older male members of a Black family or community. The word is sometimes used similarly to "OG" or "oldhead." In the early 2020s, memes about people achieving Unc Status began to spread online. Such jokes often hinged on people realizing that they have reached an age or developed habits associated with reaching "Unc Status."
oh so its more stolen AAVE without the consideration of the impact it may have... great...
Thats been how half of slang enters the mainstream for like fifty years now
what impact, negative or positive, could "unc" possibly have??
stolen AAVE yes, but that's typical of gen z so it's no surprise. black people define american culture, as they have for like, almost 30 years now, even if it's stolen
negetive as in changing the intended meaning and without even aknowlegding the orgins of the term. at least the tiktok version of unc is closer to the original compared to "gyatt" which meant "god damn" in AAVE and now refers to someone having a big butt 💀
its annoying imo because of how often this keeps happening. even more so, that people keep saying "oh its gen z/alpha slang" when thats not what it was nor its origin. the history behind the words becomes lost...
the only positive thing here is at least they didnt sexualize it. they sexualized "gyatt", theyve sexualized "bop", and many other words. so at least its a slight improvement
yeah, like the majority of internet slang is basically african american vernacle...
Is it short for uncle?
yes
No fr. Though I'm always out of the loop with new slang
They think once you're 20+ you're old as fuck lmao
90% of TikTok’s user base is like legit children
They’re most likely joking, but again it is TikTok so I’m not surprised lol. I’m on Instagram most of the time though and I get called unc from time to time, but it’s just crazy to me how I was just their age that feels just like yesterday. Time is flying by it feels like it should be 2022 still. I guess it’s really time to start packing our bags 💀
I remember when I told someone that I was in elementary school in 2007, the way they looked at me, they thought I was in school in the 50s
I wonder what they think of those of us who started elementary from 2000-2004 lol.
Right?? I’m a case manager and one of the kids that I have on my caseload saw my “2017” keychain that they gave us at graduation and asked why I had that on my key ring. I was like “Oh that’s the year I graduated high school!” not really thinking anything of it.
They looked at me like I told them I grew up during the Great Depression and said “You graduated high school when I was 3??”
Never felt more old in my life, considering this kid is 10 years old, not like 5 😭
Facts
I started Primary School - Nursery or as it's called across the pond 'Kindergarten' back in 2001😬😬😬
You went on a kindergarten app what did you expect to see there
It's as much of a kindergarten app as any social media ☠️
Idk I see a lot of people around my age on there and it used to be that way back then especially when I was 16-19. I still see people my age but the people my age on tik tok are dumb as rocks and have the iq of 0 just like the younger generation though. I’m born in 2003
And yet they can’t stop talking about 2016. Of course you loved it, everyone loves being a child
I was a highschool freshman in 2016, it was a fucking warzone bc everyone felt like they had to have an opinion on the presidential election
Agreed. I’m glad I graduated in 2016. The trump years were miserable.
Fr like it’s probably when they were around 5-7 years old during that time. I romanticized 2008-2012 when I was young. I still do compared to 2016 I hated 2016 😭like it was alright but doesn’t beat back then
2012 was such a corny year but it aligned perfectly for cringey 14 year old me. I loved it
Yeah, I was there as a sophomore in High School
Wasn't nearly as fun as their nostalgia for their childhood makes it sound like
I thought it was alright, but kids talk about it like it was the greatest year in human history lol
Also I vividly remember everyone praying for 2016 to be over at the end of the year because too many famous people died that year, far right nationalism was on the rise around the world and some other stuff these folks were too young to remember / care about
It was particularly weird for the seniors. It seemed like every single class our teachers were telling us how important our votes/how historic the upcoming election would be. Then freshman year of college started, and it was even more nonstop by the professors and everyone on campus.
What does the University of North Carolina have to do with this?
I’m a Tar Heels fan and that’s always the first thing that comes to mind when I hear unc lol 🐏
Good question, it has to do with Sam Howell and Drake Maye earning “UNC status”
Wait until they find out that 98% of the population is older than them
All fun and games until I meet their moms
Bunch of toddlers
98 here. We will be in the same retirement home as 2007 borns most likely so see ya at the dining hall old sport
Imo the problem is people our age being bothered by this… it’s too online. IRL you would never care what literal 13 year olds think but TikTok has everyone worried about kids thinking their old. In reality you are very young in your 20s and most people our age only interact with other adults (unless you work with kids or have younger family) so why worry about “being old” when 1) you’re not and 2) you shouldn’t be worried about what 13 year olds think when most adults see you as young like ur never gonna interact with these people anyway lol
So real. This iteration of the Internet has smooshed all age groups together in such a bizarre way and this is kind of the consequence of
Personally we don’t really care about it too much, we just find it funny lol.
I don’t mean you specifically but I know a lot of people who care lol. People feel like their time is over because they can see practical children online with slightly different slang or trends or whatever lol. I think it does bother a lot of people because there is definitely a very widespread fear of getting older that has existed for generations. But the Internet exaggerates what’s actually happening.
Yeah which is pretty illogical in hindsight because when we look at the bigger picture, we’re still very young. We’re no where close to being old. Yeah there’s more of a strong presence towards those on the internet born about 10 years later than us and we may not be up to date with the slang but that’s just because the slang is moreso targeted towards those in high school and college even. Even with that, it still doesn’t change the fact that we still have a lot of whole life ahead of us.
Exactly lol. And we have our own slang and culture that we would otherwise engage in with our peers if it weren’t for all the mixture between adults and kids online.
The average person is going to survive to old age. That’s your current age several times over. In the grand scheme of thing we are so young.
My parents are in their late 50s and someone in their 20s is like a kid to them! We’re going to be in our 50s one day reminiscing about our youth in our 20s lol
I can't let TikTok know I'm 21 💀
Only kid allowed to call me unc is my nephew
yeah kids. i remember thinking 25 was so old at 15. ten years in the past for me was age 5. putting that in the reverse was like entering another dimension entirely
When I was 14 I thought 24yo were old as fuck too
People 2007+ will be the most uneducated brain-rotted generation yet!!! Let them call us old who cares? At least we(most of us) are not fucking stupid!!!
idc if they roast us i just want them to put more effort in and be funnier and more original lmao
I still believe that deleting my tiktok account was the best decision I made for my mental health
Eh they are all literal children...
Your first mistake is opening up tiktok
Tbh I’m not surprised
Most TikTokers are 2007-10 borns
They’re kids, or at most teenagers, give them a break. We found some inane shit funny too when we were their age, remember Ugandan Knuckles? Or Deepried Memes? That’s shit was out doing, and my god looking back it was top tier brain rot.
We’re no better than them, all we are is older.
This is what it’s like being over the age of 20 in literally any K-pop fan community. It’s crazy. Anyone that’s not a teen is middle aged apparently
I'd rather be Boaz than Unc. If anyone understands that you are incredible.
Meh that just convinces me that I don't need TicTac even more. I'll just let the kids play anyway.
They call me old but we will all end up in the same retirement home, but im gonna have a few years before them to learn all the games to beat their asses.
How are they gonna call us Uncs when they just learned how to talk
Have y’all seen the posts where they’re romanticizing high school in 2018…
What??? This is going too far. I graduated high school before then 😭
I don’t understand why they romanticize eras so quickly. I mean really, 6 years ago? I don’t remember anyone romanticizing 2008 when I was a sophomore. When I was around their age we romanticized the 90s, but that’s because it was 15+ years away and my friends and I were babies and couldn’t remember any of it 😭
Not super surprised, on some level I feel like that’s motivated by COVID. Like, some of these kids probably wonder what it was like to go through twelve years of school without doing any of it online to the extent they do now.
For me, having been a junior in 2018 myself, I honestly don't miss being in HS then at all.
I knew I reached Unc status when some of my co workers told me they never played Happy Wheels in high school
WUT? That was old hat for me, its tradition at this point
damn remember when we were like 12 on tumblr writing essays on fan theories or writing really bad rupi kaur poetry? even our tags sometimes were full sentences LOLLL bring that back
They're just trolling I really don't take it seriously, they only do that because in the back of their mind they secretly are afraid of getting older someday as well so they mask it and cope by calling people in their early 20s uncs. Makes them feel better.
They even call mid 2000s borns “unc” now, lol.
Do they? I thought they cap it around 2002/03?
Yeah. I’ve been told that everyone 18+ is “unc”.
seeing this shit makes me seethe bro. tired of these baby ass mfs
What does “Unc” even mean?
its AAVE for an older black family member
...essentially rn these younger kids (probably younger gen z and older gen alpha) are tiktokifying the word to be a derogatory word for old person.
I hate how its essentially colonization but for langauge... its getting super annoying fr
is this the new “boomer” trend?
Pretty much
I’m actually cool with my level of self awareness and relative youth at this age. I don’t miss being a stupid teen
Me who started high school during that time period. 😂
I wanna throw up
Damn unc
Finna blow away in the wind any day now
Well yeah, we are nearly a decade older than them, that‘s uncle territory. I don‘t really see a problem with that, I‘m 21 and I see 31 year olds as „old“, not like in elderly old but like in damn that person lived life so much longer than me old.
as time goes on the maturity of younger folks decrease more and more .
They are all acting like we won’t share a retirement home.
What the hell does "unc" even meaaannn 😭😭😭
I was reading it as U N C like the college lol
I must be a u n c
Everyday I thank my self for deleting TikTok
I mean... it's white kids trying to sound cool
This has never been what "unc" has meant
It's always been in reference to men 40+
And used as a term of endearment, not an insult
But they're white kids online who don't respect older people
I mean most ppl on TikTok are like 2008+
I’m only 20 and I feel like that to be fair
I get called unc too 😭
We’re just getting older that’s alright, I remember seeing my uncles, aunts and siblings at my age now and thinking they were also old af 💀
24 means unc? bruh they gonna call us grandparents by 30
Ancient ones by 45
They’re just yanking your chain
I hope to god I don't see memes in the next few months saying "Ok Unc"
this slang makes me so confused i try to learn it and as soon as i get the hang of it there’s like 30 new words i need to learn, im just tryna be hip with the kids
I got off because I had a very specific curated group I watched. Dnd, Star Wars, vrchat that sorta thing.
Idk what tik tok did but after the US court scare my group vanished from my feed filled with the default dancing children. I almost thought I got hacked I had to manually block every account it tried to push until I finally abandoned the for you page altogether. FOR YOU as in based off what you watch. After that I never went back, left a sour taste in my mouth. Bittersweetly happy that it’s descended to such madness,
welcome to your cringe phase kiddos…
Let them have their fun, soon enough they will get the same treatment
It was inevitably going to happen, at least i'm glad i find it funny xd
im 21 and got called unc for using wizz like everybody on that app not pushing 30 😭🙏
Yikes I graduated in 2016 I don’t even bother looking at comments on tik tok. Their brain rot here is an example : tik tok is about story teller talking about a dead dog. Top comment on the post “is the dog dead”
Uncs represent
"How you feeling, fossil" 😭 why
my friends who are 18 call me “unc.”
I’m 21.
Unilateral Non-Entity Coalitions?
why would you take tiktok comments this seriously lol
I don’t actually. I just thought it was funny.
What’s a UNC?
University of North Carolina
Class of 2021. Have I reached unc status?
What does unc mean??
I just turned 27 and my coworkers (22-25) call me unc lmao
Should at least say gramps or something
People are uncles/aunts at like 14 lol
Lol I agree but it’s TikTok so the term isn’t going to match what the actual definition should be.
Yeah, you’re right about that. TikTokers are a different breed
Seriously, my dad has multiple nieces and nephews that are older than him!
Yeah all my younger siblings and cousin call me unc lowkey a vibe but like chill 😭
Same old cycle repeating once again lol. Nothing new. At least we’re maturing. I don’t think their declining attention span will permit that, teehe.
Seems to be a recurring theme now, how did the whole 'unc' thing come about?
Give it about 6 years, we’ll see who’s unc to who then.
Once people are 20, they're ancient to teens. Doesn't help that most young gen z are billed by the rest of gen z especislly the zalphas. Our generation will be overtaken by alpha soon.
Wait, I was a freshman in HS in 2017-2018, and I'm UNC status now??? 😭😭 Jesus this type of discourse makes me feel like a fucking crypt keeper 💀
We did this to millennials and eventually they’ll have their “old” moment too xD tale as old as time
Help me I turn 24 in 4 hours
Being offended by children is a waste of time
I think they’re being self deprecating. They know they’re not old.
They always forget that one day that we will be our ages to. Time goes does slow yet fast when you aren’t paying attention.
Unc? Boy, we’re gonna be in the same retirement community. I’ll see you at pickleball, big dog.
You do understand they’re joking, right…?
Lol on TikTok, you never know.
I forgot to add this one as well. That last comment though lol.
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