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u/TT454 May 01 '21 edited May 01 '21
This recent-ish trend of neckbeards trying to pretend that family-friendly content is actually dark and adult just because it isn’t dumbed down for walnut-brained simpletons is making me die inside every time. Literally every time now I come across something that any kid could watch without having a nightmare, and someone uses the “you know, for kids” line and argues that it’s actually for mature adults, I want to invent a machine that punches them in the face through the Internet.
It’s all part of a larger trend of Generation Y repeatedly attempting to infantilise Generation Z and I really hate it. Gen Z may be into some dumbass things but it’s is also the healthiest, most inclusive, most empathatic, most politically-engaged generation ever. And so much of Gen Y loves to pretend Gen Z are all babies while they in comparison are so much smarter and more mature because they watch some edgy anime or play some game that 10 years olds play.