"No, It's The Children Who Are Wrong."
Every generation goes through it. You're the ones in charge. You're the ones calling the shots. You think the entire world revolves around you. Then, one day, you wake up and hear that some guy named Ninja just made over $100,000 in one day to stream a game called "Fortnite." That's when you realize: You don't know what the heck you're children are talking about. Reddit user, u/G_Bonfanti, wanted to know about those moments when they asked:
Parents of Reddit what was your " wow I'm really out of touch with kids" moment?
I'm Hip With The FacePage
Not me but when I told my wife that our 7 year old boys have discovered the Slenderman, she was like who's that.
My own moment was when I installed Snapchat and opened it up, couldn't figure out which way to swipe or what button to push for first 3 minutes. I'm a software developer.
What's A Doorbell?
My daughter had some friends come over and they sent her a snapchat from the front door to say they were there. And I said to my daughter "oh, is the doorbell not working?" My daughter just gave me this WTF dad look. And I still don't really feel like that was a weird question.
Though I also haven't asked again any of the other times that they've done it.
What Is Time To The Young?
Several of my employees not being able to read analog clocks..wtf
When Did They Add More?
Pokemon.
Pikachu, Charmander, Mew. They all make sense. But now there's eternal space dragons that exist outside of time. What the f-ck is that about.
When Your Music Becomes "Oldies"
I went to a music festival I used to go to as a teenager. I didn't know any of the new bands but everyone was excited like they were the biggest thing ever. I then overheard someone say the Foo Fighters (who were also playing and I was excited to see) was dad rock.
You Could Just Do It Yourself?
I've only been a parent 2.5 years.
The number of YouTube videos that are just people opening toys is outrageous.
But I WANT It Now
I wasn't a parent at the time, but a teacher. I was doing some after-school tutoring for 3-4 students of mine who just didn't give a s*** about their education. One of the students said, "Miss, if we get 35-39%, why can't you just round it up to 40%?" (40% is a pass in my country, and a grade D). I started to lecture him about how "I'm not going to just give you the D, Matthew, you have to earn the D. If you work hard for the D and you earn it, I will gladly give it to you. But if you're not putting in any effort, you're not just going to get the D handed to you on a silver platter." I noticed the appalled/confused/amused look on their faces and didn't understand why. I told this story to my fiancé and his sister (who was about 18 at the time). My fiancé didn't know why they had such a weird reaction either, but his sister just said "please tell me you didn't f***ing say that" and then explained.
Memes Are Out Of Touch
There was an ask reddit post on here a few days about how to tell people are over 30. One of the top posts there was about people using outdated memes like Success kid saying "We made it to Friday!". I had just used that the day before.
The next was about using ellipsis to often. I had used one replying to the previous post. So apparently I'm very obviously over 30 online.
No, Fortnite Is Just Terrible
I'm not a parent, but an aunt. I've been a gamer my whole life, but the first time I played fortnight with my 7yo nephew I realised how far behind I was. I started it for the first time and it wasn't instinctual - you know when you used to start a new game and just "get" the menus and how to start the game and all that. I had no f-cking clue with fortnight.
Nephew had to guide me through it. What is going on?
...So Long As It's Good.
This younger guy came into work one day. He's like early 20's. He was so excited to tell us about this hilarious old movie he watched then night before. "It's about these two rocker guys, Wayne and Garth. It's called WAYNE'S WORLD. Ever heard of this? I think it might be a cult classic or something."
Are We Going To Talk About The Class?
36 year old guy about to go back to college. At orientation they gave us a link to the class' Facebook group.
After about a week I asked to join. Nothing on there but girls posting pictures like they were models and everyone asking for everyone else's Snap and Insta.
Sometimes, You Just Gotta Dance
When musical.ly became a craze.... Whenever I'd turn a corner, I'd find either of my daughters (11 & 13) making awkward faces and gestures at their phones, to the squeely sounds of some popsong run thru a smurf-filter.
It was borderline creepy at times, cuz it basically made them look like drunk guys my age trying to soundlessly flirt thru a window.
It's Like Some Cliches Are False
My son's preschool is in the town high school and all I ever see are a bunch of regularly dressed, seemingly well adjusted kids. There aren't any chains, wild piercings, edgelord T shirts, etc.
I've never seen the usual characters one would find in a high school back in my day. There's no guy with a cape, fat gothic girl with a cheap corset, XXXTREME HIM "pentaheart" clad misunderstood miscreants and my f-cking god, nobody smokes.
Just girls wearing sweatshirts, leggings and headbands and guys with jeans/sweatpants, sports hoodies and Timberlands.
High Key AF
Was on a train with a friend out to her parents house. There were three young kids chatting it up, they must have been seniors in high school or freshmen in college. They were drunk and acting like floozies and one of them says "guys, I am low key drunk right now."
Dude, you aren't low key anything right now. You are shouting everything you say and nothing about what you are saying or doing is low key.
No, That's Their Name
Couple of months ago a tabloid headline was Selena chooses Bieber over The Weekend.
I took this as who she chose to spend her Fri, Sat, and Sun with. I broke down and read the thing and was really confused until I found a picture of a rapper named The Weekend.
I've never felt every day of over 30 as when I realized it was a person and not a series of days.
But, It's A Classic!
The new guy at work who's late 20s had never heard of Coming To America.
...Who?
When they announced xxxtenacion died all over Facebook... and I'm just sitting here like who even is that???
Turning Tragedy Into Prospects Over...Who?
When Avicii passed away, I was at the hospital working and my daughter called me. She was crying real bad so I was worried and I asked her what happened. She was crying so bad, she couldn't talk but she managed to say "He died." Now, that got me all worried because I was thinking of my son when she said he. I asked who he was. Then she said that it was Avicii. I said "Avicii who?" "The singer Avicii dad!" She said. "I'm sorry honey, what is going to cheer you up?" I asked her.
"Well, if you can get me Fifa 18 for my PS4, I'd appreciate it." She said.
She hung up.
When Kids Learn From Your Mistakes
Seeing how cliques aren't as big of a deal and aren't as rigid as they were when I was in school.
My son is a multi sport athlete and competes on the math team. The overlap of athletes who are also on an academic team surprised me. There were 9 kids on the math team this year and 8 of them play sports. The majority of the honor society is made up of various athletes as well.
I'm in my 50s and this was not the case when I was a kid. The groups seem to be merging more. My kids thought The Breakfast Club was so unrealistic because they say the groups aren't that defined.
H/T: Reddit
But we should also be prepared and ready to ask the right questions to have a leg up on the competition.
"What is THE best question to ask on a job interview?"
A company's history or information about a past employee were suggested subjects appropriate for questioning.
Prior Knowledge
"When you were interviewing here, what would you have liked to know before you joined?"
"This worked for me. I asked my interviewer a question about how she had personally dealt with a company policy she had just explained. She bragged about her stellar adherence to the policy. I nodded my approval. I got the job."
A Previous Employee
"One that has always gone over well for me:"
"What were some qualities that the previous employee in this role brought to the job that you would like to see carried forward?"
"Another good thing to do is research the company you are interviewing with and you can ask things about what they may be involved in or you could drop that while reading about the company, you wondered this."
Hypothetical questions were suggested as helpful examples of inquiry.
Indicators Of How Companies Treat Employees
"A question that landed me a job once was: 'If I asked your direct reports about your management style, what do you think they'd tell me?' Stumped a hiring manager and he emailed me personally to tell me about it, no one ever asked him that question but got the job.
"In my current interviews I'm asking 'what did your company do for its employees during [the virus] to improve their day to day, work life balance, etc.' and I ask 'Is there anything your company adopted during [the virus] that they plan to keep post [the virus]?"
"These questions give a lot of insight into whether a company treated their employees well."
Past Performance & Adjustments
"If we were currently sitting in my 1 year review, what would I have done in this year for you to say I excelled in my role?"
"If I could snap my finger right now and change anything about your job or the company, what would it be and why?"
The following questions about a prospective company may not be answered from initial digging on their website.
Measure Of Success & Career Trajectories
"How is success measured in this role?"
"What are some possible career trajectories within the company that could stem from this position?"
Being A Solution
"Ask them what is the biggest problem you can solve for them in your first six months with the company. Similar to 'don't think of a purple hippo,' this forces them to imagine you succeeding in the position."
Simply The Best
"Who is your best employee and why is he/she the best?"
"You will then face 2 situations mostly:"
"panicking CEO who can't answer you 'Bob who works 17 hours a day for a slice of bread' so the fear in their faces must be a big nono for you"
"entusiast CEO who actually follow their business and can tell you who is an added value for the company and why."
– ThePiz91
My experiences with job interviews are different than others seeking work in office environments.
Having had a years-long career as a dancer, my "interview" was the dance audition, where hopefuls dance in small groups of people at a time after learning a routine and then awaiting their fate after the panel evaluates their performances.
The question I may or may not have asked in such a scenario earlier in my career was: "Did I make the cut?"
I did not make the cut. And I learned never to ask that again.
I remember the worst date I ever had. My biggest regret is that I stayed for the entire thing. I should've left as soon as I realized this was not going well, which was basically at hello. But he was paying so I drank, a lot. I'll keep names and dates to myself to protect the innocent.
0/10
Big Brother Reaction GIF by Big Brother After DarkGiphy"Went to brewery, date said I had hairy arms and that meant I was horny, said "you look really awful in this light" and then tried to dig out of that hole by saying in his native language that was a term of endearment long term couples said to each other. 0/10 did not date again."
Lucky 13?
"My wife wanted to plan our 13th wedding anniversary. I was excited because usually, I plan it. She bought us some new disc golf discs and after a quick supper, we went to play. We hadn't played in forever. We were laughing and I had a great time. She served me with divorce papers and told me that the date was a test to see if she still had feelings for me. I also learned that she was having an affair that started well before our anniversary."
- rmorlock
Two Hours from Home
"Not necessarily a date but a person I was dating invited me to his parent's house for the afternoon. He wanted to introduce me to them and show me the house he grew up in. I thought it was super sweet and had no problems going. He was also in the middle of moving and needed to pick up a few things, so it really didn't seem that unusual."
"Yeah, we got there and it was awful. His entire family was there. They traveled from hours away too. This was not just meeting the parents, it was meeting the ENTIRE family. Even worse? At some point, this idiot told his parents that he had proposed. We had been dating TWO months. I spent the entire afternoon dumbfounded and just playing along."
"We were two hours from home and I had no cell service, no way to leave at all. We ended up spending the afternoon brainstorming wedding ideas and planning an Alaskan honeymoon that his parents planned to gift us. His brother even called to say congratulations! We drove back to his apartment in silence. When we got there, I got in my car and left, didn't even bother grabbing my stuff. Weirdest experience ever. I have no idea how he broke it to his parents that we weren't getting married."
You're Cut Off!
"Got set up on a blind date once between mutual friends. She shows up to the restaurant already a little tipsy, orders multiple appetizers and only takes like one or two bites from each one. Then she proceeds to order 3 or 4 more drinks and is visibly drunk at this point. She gets up and says she's going to the bathroom and staggers off. About 15-20 minutes go by so I try to call her several times but no answer."
"Finally I decide to pay the check and just leave. About 2 hours later I'm sitting at home and I get a call from an unknown number. It's the police department. She was picked up on a DUI on her way home after she ditched me and gave the cops my number to see if I could go bail her out!"
- mox44ah
Sorry?
Bbc Three Idk GIF by BBCGiphy"Well, I gave this answer on a different topic, but it ties in with this. We were out on a date, we had been seeing each other for a while, close to a year maybe. She gets a phone call. Suddenly she looks destroyed. Her fiancé had just died in a motorcycle accident."
What in the world? I mean how can we ever expect to pair off with the dating pool being inundated with liars and nut jobs? I'm going to delete my apps.
Girl, Bye.
Sassy Beyonce GIFGiphy"Had a girl openly flirt with the bartender in front of me. She says she wasn't. But handing him her own phone and asking for his contact info in front of her date seems like it to me."
Crazy!
"Came out from a movie, late at night, and date's Camaro was stolen. Apparently, he called his WIFE (that I did not know he had) and let her know where he was and what happened. She showed up and realized he was on a date! She started chasing ME around the parking lot telling me she was going to kill me. Saved by the cops who showed up just in time to take the auto theft report."
Hey Mom
"Met a girl at a country bar one night in my 20s. We were both pretty drunk but hit it off pretty good. Ended up getting her number and we agreed we'd go on a real date. Fast forward to the date, she gets in my vehicle and... she looks almost identical to my mom. I was mortified. I was polite and we went for lunch where I found out she also had a boyfriend she "wasn't sure if she was into". Never talked to her again."
- SgtGo
Liars...
"When I was in college many years ago, before the advancement of cell phones and social media, I was chatting with a girl I met on a BBS who lived on Long Island, NY. I was 18 at the time, but lied and said I was 22 because she said she was 25. We spent a few weeks emailing each other, as well as calling each other."
"We even exchanged pics. When we finally met up, things blew up. Turns out we both lied about our ages: She was really 33, and lied because she thought she looked younger. She admitted she sent a college photo to me. We still had dinner together, but it was awkward as hell. We never spoke again."
Doubles
Kill Me Now Season 1 GIF by FriendsGiphy"It was a double date. She was more interested talking to the other girl throughout the whole thing. Found out later from the other guy that his girl cheated on him with my date."
Ummm... I think I'm just going to stay single. That is a handful of crazy. Why can't people just be honest? I swear the search for love warps people's brains. Be careful out there people.
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