We Attempted to Decode Gen Z Slang (Again)

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  • @cheeseboogar
    @cheeseboogar 2 роки тому +7363

    I'm gen z so I use those slang words like it's second nature, but having the definition explained to me made me not understand it anymore 💀

  • @juiceboxgoth
    @juiceboxgoth 2 роки тому +15737

    I love how only Shane’s answers are displayed as a tweet for no reason whatsoever

    • @artlimitless5688
      @artlimitless5688 2 роки тому +20

      😏

    • @Gabz-lz4im
      @Gabz-lz4im 2 роки тому +408

      lmao i think that's more so because his handwriting is so tiny or his writing isn't as visible as the other two, at least for me

    • @aymarienicole6240
      @aymarienicole6240 2 роки тому +10

      RIGHTTT

    • @pablitogavia562
      @pablitogavia562 2 роки тому +4

      I’m tweeting this beforei ko

    • @mmaantj
      @mmaantj 2 роки тому +19

      Maybe he has bad handwriting

  • @amia7362
    @amia7362 2 роки тому +2626

    “go touch some grass” means when someone is being delusional/chronically online and needs to go outside and see the real world.

    • @weaselarmy5033
      @weaselarmy5033 2 роки тому +132

      basically, horn knee

    • @moomoo004
      @moomoo004 2 роки тому +34

      @@weaselarmy5033 when they didn’t say that part I thought I was using it wrong💀

    • @katlindmark216
      @katlindmark216 2 роки тому +52

      basically "go do a reality check"

    • @6thHokageJuan
      @6thHokageJuan Рік тому +4

      @🌸 𝐄𝐫𝐨𝐠𝐚𝐤𝐢𝐏𝐚𝐭𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐬 🌸 ding we have a winner....it's usually the person who needs to go touch grass, telling others to do it instead lol

    • @CxrvusMxrTuus
      @CxrvusMxrTuus Рік тому +1

      Dude touch some glasses is correct about too much gaming/online time aswell

  • @palomaeliserio
    @palomaeliserio 2 роки тому +19969

    “Simone is goals, what a girlboss.” Is the most millennial sentence ever im dead💀

    • @guidetoanything
      @guidetoanything 2 роки тому +423

      But at least with Stephen it was just him being sweet (albeit through bribery) and genuine. He wasn't being snarky when he used it positively.

    • @LibertineKr
      @LibertineKr 2 роки тому +167

      @@guidetoanything This, I like the way he used it positively. Why do we gotta be so passive aggressive about everyone

    • @kirani111
      @kirani111 2 роки тому +87

      @@LibertineKr because millennial girlbosses betrayed us 🗿

    • @pamelarojas7754
      @pamelarojas7754 2 роки тому +11

      🗿

    • @LaoSoftware
      @LaoSoftware 2 роки тому +13

      girlboss. That's a word use by elderly millennials.🤣🤣🤣

  • @freya2294
    @freya2294 2 роки тому +17965

    their "cool but deranged uncle" energy really shines through in these videos

    • @MissGlass8
      @MissGlass8 2 роки тому +49

      💀💀💀💀💀

    • @k80_
      @k80_ 2 роки тому +20

      Uncle by blood

    • @seljal.3993
      @seljal.3993 2 роки тому +8

      Lol that’s why I’m watching lol

    • @jaypegasi3769
      @jaypegasi3769 2 роки тому +2

      it rlly does tbh

    • @nixpixl442
      @nixpixl442 2 роки тому +5

      @@k80_ lovers by choice 🥰🥰 /j

  • @dokibunni
    @dokibunni 2 роки тому +1655

    i'm not surprised shane got the girlboss one, they worked at buzzfeed which arguably had the worst case of girlboss syndrome in 2015

    • @0_ello_010
      @0_ello_010 2 роки тому +9

      oh yeah lmao
      i like your pfp :)

    • @hypotheticalforest
      @hypotheticalforest Рік тому +47

      He did build an entire career being a ghost hunter that doesn’t believe in ghosts 😂

    • @harutatsumi3690
      @harutatsumi3690 Рік тому +5

      Really? I never heard of any problem, what happened?

  • @catrinevansmusic
    @catrinevansmusic 2 роки тому +1617

    Something about the way shane so elegantly captured the shifting culture of "girlboss" like he was writing an essay just got me

  • @notebookbro
    @notebookbro 2 роки тому +8725

    I feel like Shane described most of these slangs more accurately than Simone.

    • @trashfor_coll5413
      @trashfor_coll5413 2 роки тому +704

      The ✨✨one sounded great to me he deserved that point 😂😂

    • @suzyeide2320
      @suzyeide2320 2 роки тому +390

      He used it perfectly in context lol

    • @solfeggietto8306
      @solfeggietto8306 2 роки тому +10

      🧍

    • @kyiawalker8207
      @kyiawalker8207 2 роки тому +210

      @@trashfor_coll5413 EXACTLY. I was surprised he didn’t get points

    • @kawawangkowboy9566
      @kawawangkowboy9566 2 роки тому +44

      I felt like I needed Rosetta Stone for this ep

  • @anaistorres4205
    @anaistorres4205 2 роки тому +6803

    Ryan deserves a point for being the physical embodiment of the stand man emoji 🧍‍♂️

    • @k.j816
      @k.j816 2 роки тому +13

      @Angelina L 👇💋 wtf dude post these links on Instagram not UA-cam

    • @Johnwicklover1994
      @Johnwicklover1994 2 роки тому +22

      @Angelina L 👇💋 i can promise no one in this comment section fucks, sorry

  • @sunchildxo8369
    @sunchildxo8369 2 роки тому +440

    Ryan’s definition of “go touch some grass” has me weak, “you know when you are just fucking jonezin for a joint…wanna touch some grass?”

  • @liv2279
    @liv2279 2 роки тому +470

    as a 16 year old female representative of gen z, we accept shane as one of our own.

    • @aa-cx8nc
      @aa-cx8nc 2 роки тому +2

      not trolling but isn't the word 'female' kind of offensive now? or is that just when guys say it

    • @reap4718
      @reap4718 2 роки тому +39

      @@aa-cx8nc (sorry for broke english :S )
      For me the Word "female" isn't ofensive as long as is used correctly "male and female" bcause those are correct terms , but it is quite annoying when people used like "MEN and FEMALE" is just deshuminazing women idk if i explained well

    • @Child.DazaiOsamu
      @Child.DazaiOsamu Рік тому +3

      @@aa-cx8nc i-

    • @securityvau1t
      @securityvau1t Рік тому +5

      @@aa-cx8nc It's generally not. However, from what others have commented: when used in place of any other female-denotative noun, it may come off as strangely formal or even derogatory to some (ex: "hey female!" or "some females at work").

  • @galarstar052
    @galarstar052 2 роки тому +7893

    Shane was absolutely on point with girlboss, it's insane.

    • @daftlikejack
      @daftlikejack 2 роки тому +69

      Only thing that could've made it better was mentioning MLMs

    • @SetFireGirl
      @SetFireGirl 2 роки тому +45

      they MADE RYAN read a tweet with the word girlboss IN IT and he still didn't get it...

    • @TheVoidedRealm
      @TheVoidedRealm 2 роки тому +6

      When I think of girlboss I think of mlms so yeah negative

    • @LuceOhsure
      @LuceOhsure 2 роки тому +46

      Only thing missing is that I feel we kinda circled back to using it in an (albeit ironic) positive way? Like how someone can be clearly manipulative and on the wrong side but in a funny/quirky way, and people will support that by saying like "idk that's kinda girlboss of her".

    • @TheVoidedRealm
      @TheVoidedRealm 2 роки тому +1

      @@LuceOhsure oh yeah lol, I know came into the know of girl boss was from mlms promotion of take control of your life do it how you want too, but you won't make money at all because there's people better than you here

  • @la_arana_discoteca
    @la_arana_discoteca 2 роки тому +19166

    I think Shane's deranged nature makes him intrinsically more in tune with the youths.

  • @sean3473
    @sean3473 2 роки тому +821

    Shane’s level of effective passive humor is unmatched.

  • @angelnatt
    @angelnatt 2 роки тому +333

    OK BUT SHANE'S IDEA FOR THE TRASH CAN GUY EMOJI IS ACTUALLY SO FUNNY THO

    • @alannabailey5795
      @alannabailey5795 2 роки тому +42

      He won the tiebreaker that he wasn't even a part of. What an icon.

  • @124tutt2
    @124tutt2 2 роки тому +13964

    Shane’s grandma is the most interesting character ever
    created

    • @satarupagingerkolay
      @satarupagingerkolay 2 роки тому +120

      That's Shane Madej for you. But be careful. HE MIGHT KILL HER AND MAKE THE MAILMAN, CHESTER, MOURN IN THE FINAL EPISODE. I am still not over Gene and The Professor's death.

    • @f6cks
      @f6cks 2 роки тому +8

      Lol

    • @jules81890
      @jules81890 2 роки тому +14

      you say it like gene, who is French fries, never existed???

    • @kaikaguya1509
      @kaikaguya1509 2 роки тому +14

      Ofc, she's the main character 😌💅

    • @boobailey4509
      @boobailey4509 2 роки тому +5

      SMDH

  • @annaweigel9905
    @annaweigel9905 2 роки тому +16043

    Why does Shane know all of these, and what's his obsession with Grandma's relationship with the mailman??

    • @veronikahreskova2963
      @veronikahreskova2963 2 роки тому +128

      Hotdogatta 2.0

    • @annaweigel9905
      @annaweigel9905 2 роки тому +19

      @@veronikahreskova2963 yes absolutely

    • @thegnosticalien
      @thegnosticalien 2 роки тому +182

      Lolll all his answers were heavily grandma focused… very strange it’s like he’s legit beefing w his grandma and tryna sneak diss her in case she watches his UA-cam show 😂😂

    • @jessicaclakley3691
      @jessicaclakley3691 2 роки тому +92

      He’s been in a pandemic so he’s had to create a narrative around his grandma and the new mailman lmao it’s helped him maintain his sanity 🤣

    • @mcully
      @mcully 2 роки тому +20

      he's on twitter too much tbh

  • @ekbeanie5876
    @ekbeanie5876 2 роки тому +512

    Simone says she can never see beaver being actually used because it makes no sense but she’s forgetting that we use the chair to laugh 🪑🪑🪑🪑

    • @zxhra
      @zxhra 2 роки тому +52

      no we don't we left that months ago ur late

    • @zzzxzzzz
      @zzzxzzzz 2 роки тому +22

      late to the party

    • @fricketyfrackgettfback
      @fricketyfrackgettfback 2 роки тому +24

      Late or not, can someone explain to this 28-year-old millennial what the fuck this is supposed to be? Not sure how chairs translates

    • @DJPINK907
      @DJPINK907 2 роки тому +3

      MEMENTO MORI

    • @chameleontea9612
      @chameleontea9612 2 роки тому +25

      @@fricketyfrackgettfback honestly, I just choose random emojis that give me the vibe of whatever I'm using it for because I feel bad for the unpopular emojis. So maybe something like that?

  • @delightfulblueberries7405
    @delightfulblueberries7405 2 роки тому +356

    The fact Shane is the oldest and his personality is that of how Gen Zs humor is I wasn't surprised he understand most of these

  • @lalababayaga
    @lalababayaga 2 роки тому +6878

    Not Shane being the oldest, telling a bizarre story with his examples, and yet winning the whole damn thing lol

  • @corachandler9932
    @corachandler9932 2 роки тому +2026

    Steven really said ✨enemies to lovers✨ with Ryan and The Professor.

  • @half-a-person517
    @half-a-person517 2 роки тому +177

    watching this is like being a time traveller painfully watching archaeologists have no idea what they are talking about

  • @mcriche
    @mcriche 2 роки тому +2207

    "YOU DON'T EVEN REMEMBER 9/11?"
    this is always strangely the first thing millennials say to gen z when they tell us their age

    • @la_arana_discoteca
      @la_arana_discoteca 2 роки тому +89

      It goes the other way too. After not seeing my Gen Z cousin for years one of the first things he said to me was, "So are you old enough to remember 9/11?"

    • @bethmacisaac1300
      @bethmacisaac1300 2 роки тому +7

      I am pretty sure that is why he said it lol because He Knows

    • @Pharm2be
      @Pharm2be 2 роки тому +36

      Ngl 9/11 was traumatic and idk it is always my first thought when someone uses 2000 as a birth year

    • @hgdellinger
      @hgdellinger 2 роки тому +36

      It's the defining moment that separates Gen Z from millennials. Also my phone tried to autocorrect Gen Z to Gen X.

    • @weirdogirl3376
      @weirdogirl3376 2 роки тому +2

      I was born a few years after it lol

  • @bellaisinhere
    @bellaisinhere 2 роки тому +151

    I think any of the beaver ones would be more likely to catch on because us Gen Z generally love things for the absurdity of it. Using a beaver to represent any of those phrases would definitely do it 😂

    • @mia-saraking5479
      @mia-saraking5479 2 роки тому +9

      yeah I felt the beaver one, that sounds like exactly something we'd do

    • @moakristenssom936
      @moakristenssom936 2 роки тому +6

      Same. Ryan should've won that one imo

  • @miledith555
    @miledith555 2 роки тому +7402

    The "not like other girls" is just one trope of the "pick-me girl" and isn't a characteristic of every pick-me girl. Like Shane said, it's the tryhard type, who wants to stand out in some way and tries too hard to achieve it and ends up being obnoxious.

    • @nox3115
      @nox3115 2 роки тому +137

      exactly that’s what i was thinking

    • @MoreThanAHappyCat
      @MoreThanAHappyCat 2 роки тому +482

      but pick me girl involves putting down other women in order to stand out, you can be obnoxious without being a pick me, but if you think you’re not like other girls by standing out then you’re pick me

    • @idek7438
      @idek7438 2 роки тому +253

      Nah I think the pick me girl's main characteristic is that they're trying too hard with the boys, like, in a romantic way. They're trying to present themselves as 'not like other girls' and put down other girls because they have ulterior motives. If anything I would say the pick me girl is a subsection of the "not like other girls" girl. The latter just wants to stand out and feel unique and superior in general while the former wants to appear unique and special in order to attract boys

    • @yeemawheaver1387
      @yeemawheaver1387 2 роки тому +50

      @@idek7438 that's what I got from it. The pick me girls want guys to choose them and find them attractive. The not like other girls are more of the type of girl who thinks she's one of the guys and acts like she's above other girls because she gangs with guys as friends.

    • @lobsterbisque0209
      @lobsterbisque0209 2 роки тому +28

      I would say yes but it’s that behavior specifically used to gain the attention/admiration of men by putting other women down

  • @alyssagggghik
    @alyssagggghik 2 роки тому +3986

    Shane got the ✨✨ right wth it was literally what she said grandma was ✨pristine✨

    • @yeemawheaver1387
      @yeemawheaver1387 2 роки тому +256

      Yea, I don't understand why he got it wrong.

    • @nanielul3812
      @nanielul3812 2 роки тому +202

      she kept wanting it to be specific, kinda annoying ngl they all kinda got a few bruh

    • @yeemawheaver1387
      @yeemawheaver1387 2 роки тому +178

      @@nanielul3812 I don't know how more specific Shane could have been tbh. He hit it right on the nail.

    • @iman1246
      @iman1246 2 роки тому +98

      with the sparkle one i thought it would be the ironic definition its come to mean like I cant talk to people because of ✨social anxiety ✨

    • @RookieAssassin
      @RookieAssassin 2 роки тому +41

      @@iman1246 Yeah I also use it more for sarcasm and stuff, didn't know people used it in a positive way lol. It reminds me of the spongebob imagination meme, I also used that more in an ironic way when it was popular.

  • @alexjones6681
    @alexjones6681 2 роки тому +133

    I honestly think the beaver is more realistic, because gen z slang more often comes from a single point of internet history and isn’t necessarily “logical” or point a to b thinking. Like if someone used a beaver emoji in a super funny way it would catch on but people rarely use emojis with their literal meaning such as dunking someone into the trash

  • @Catinthecosmos155
    @Catinthecosmos155 2 роки тому +172

    Shane’s energy in this is ✨immaculate✨

  • @michaelacardinalmc
    @michaelacardinalmc 2 роки тому +3034

    He's so right that "manifesting" is not exclusively a Gen Z thing.... that's literally been a thing long before Gen Z.

    • @LindaC616
      @LindaC616 2 роки тому +55

      Yes, I've heard people in their late 40s use it

    • @p_kix
      @p_kix 2 роки тому +144

      It was everyone's mom in 2006 after reading 'The Secret'.

    • @sagenebula
      @sagenebula 2 роки тому +293

      same with "endgame" - that's not Gen Z slang, that's just fandom slang that's been around forever lmao

    • @sageandren6374
      @sageandren6374 2 роки тому +55

      yeah that kinda upset me tbh, manifesting has been around for so long

    • @twistysunshine
      @twistysunshine 2 роки тому +158

      I think they're putting anything they often see younger people online saying as gen z slang. "Pick me" wasn't created by generic kids online, it's AAVE created and used by black Americans, that other people online started using

  • @PokhrajRoy.
    @PokhrajRoy. 2 роки тому +2221

    Shane: (writes an essay using halter top as an example)
    Also Shane: “What’s a halter top?”

    • @boxeswithfoxes
      @boxeswithfoxes 2 роки тому +5

      Literally me

    • @TheVoidedRealm
      @TheVoidedRealm 2 роки тому +12

      I know what a halter top is but I never seen a halter top... I feel Shane

    • @guidetoanything
      @guidetoanything 2 роки тому +1

      @@TheVoidedRealm Well considering late 90's early 00's fashion is apparently making a comeback by gen Z, get ready to see some lol

  • @pellam4600
    @pellam4600 2 роки тому +57

    shane is the best at picking up new slang because, as an immortal demon, he has to constantly pick up new slang so that people around him don't get suspicious of him using out-of-date vocabulary

  • @_skip.rope_459
    @_skip.rope_459 2 роки тому +44

    bruh isn’t caught in 4K mostly reserved for when u catch someone being thirsty on social media ?? i’m here for the specifics

    • @oompaloompa6221
      @oompaloompa6221 2 роки тому +11

      I dunno ppl just kinda use it when anyone says something weird

  • @estherjewel5456
    @estherjewel5456 2 роки тому +2866

    This is quite an interesting episode of Are You Scared tbh

  • @spooky-kid
    @spooky-kid 2 роки тому +3381

    Honestly I’d say main character syndrome is basically what Steven said, he hit it on the head

    • @kuroinokitsune
      @kuroinokitsune 2 роки тому +3

      I thought it's about d&d:(

    • @KimdraStBiryukova
      @KimdraStBiryukova 2 роки тому +54

      Yeah, I feel like Simone doesn't understand what Main Character Syndrome actually means.

    • @yimothyyarles7854
      @yimothyyarles7854 2 роки тому +35

      yeah i feel simone's definition was a main character typa vibe, when really it is just being a narcassist

    • @jaypegasi3769
      @jaypegasi3769 2 роки тому

      Yh

    • @Hessed3712
      @Hessed3712 2 роки тому

      I thought that to.

  • @justmike1201
    @justmike1201 2 роки тому +70

    Simone has definitely shifted into this reality. Ain't no way she went from making edits to working with them without scripting it.

  • @ceardataagtarlu2978
    @ceardataagtarlu2978 2 роки тому +23

    the amount of lore were getting about Chester and grandma

  • @wookiescookies286
    @wookiescookies286 2 роки тому +2116

    Shane’s grandma must be like: WOw

  • @astrangermagi
    @astrangermagi 2 роки тому +2061

    I feel like they all got the main character one right, she just described it from the person who does have it and the guys described it from the outside, looking at the person

    • @itsy-bitsyspider
      @itsy-bitsyspider 2 роки тому +20

      YES

    • @peridusk6128
      @peridusk6128 2 роки тому +89

      SHE got main character syndrome

    • @astrangermagi
      @astrangermagi 2 роки тому +39

      @@peridusk6128 oi don't be mean she made one insignificant mistake

    • @jadeykg123
      @jadeykg123 2 роки тому +35

      @@astrangermagi I'm pretty sure they were just making a joke. I don't think they actually meant anything by it. Simone seems really cool

    • @anshi5098
      @anshi5098 2 роки тому +9

      @@peridusk6128 go touch some grass

  • @2buxaslice
    @2buxaslice 2 роки тому +81

    She doesn't think it's realistic for people to understand the Beaver emoji but we're supposed to know that bugs means dancing?
    Also, can we get a series where Shane picks a random word from a hat and then creates an entire cinematic universe out of it? I think that would be amazing.

    • @Kat-qf7ov
      @Kat-qf7ov 2 роки тому +4

      not to mention she referred to all of them as 'mosquitos' when two of them are crickets like wtf

    • @emdove
      @emdove 2 роки тому +2

      I immediately understood the bug emojis when a friend of mine who’s a few years younger than me casually used them without explanation. To me, it’s a pretty obvious visual, but apparently that’s not true for everyone?
      Voting in favour of using the beaver emoji though, I loved all possible meanings. Just imagine situations in which multiple meanings could apply, the amount of ambiguity, ✨delicious✨!

  • @olivia-st4qf
    @olivia-st4qf 2 роки тому +31

    lol u can definitely tell exactly what part of the internet simone hangs out from the slang she picked

  • @Joanna-tx1ss
    @Joanna-tx1ss 2 роки тому +1767

    why is Shane so good at this when he’s literally the oldest one out of them-

    • @z.kaminska130
      @z.kaminska130 2 роки тому +79

      He's memey

    • @charfree6888
      @charfree6888 2 роки тому +71

      He rhe TikTok king afterall.🤷🏻‍♂️

    • @Laroling
      @Laroling 2 роки тому +13

      age is but a number 👵.....🚓🚓🚓🚔

    • @saffireledragon
      @saffireledragon 2 роки тому +4

      He doesn’t want to say that ghosts are real

    • @wayfairer5086
      @wayfairer5086 2 роки тому +11

      i think he's quite savvy and observant

  • @Ambarfing
    @Ambarfing 2 роки тому +894

    why is every one of shane’s answers a tweet 😂

    • @sanschmidt5457
      @sanschmidt5457 2 роки тому +110

      he spills all of his grandma's tea on twitter :D

    • @LittleTracks
      @LittleTracks 2 роки тому +48

      Because of his speech cadence.

  • @charlottemejia1591
    @charlottemejia1591 2 роки тому +69

    why is no one talking ab shane’s handwriting… it’s literally perfect 😭

  • @sayurimxto
    @sayurimxto 2 роки тому +32

    As Gen Z I do not think we own the word manifesting its literally a word we all use

    • @yoj1122
      @yoj1122 Рік тому +5

      I dont think that's what simone meant by us using manifesting as gen z slang bc most gen z dont use "manifesting" literally, it's used more sarcastically now so I think she meant like how it's being used not us literally coming up with the word

  • @celestialcressy
    @celestialcressy 2 роки тому +3041

    but steven in between shane and ryan looks like hes the word and theyre the sparkling emojis
    ✨ steven ✨

  • @JenneeAmell
    @JenneeAmell 2 роки тому +3845

    Shane writes so much it’s probably a good thing he’s never been invited to guest on Puppet History.

    • @sazzlepopz1553
      @sazzlepopz1553 2 роки тому +9

      hahahahahaah

    • @greythomas6199
      @greythomas6199 2 роки тому +69

      Yeah Ryan and the professor just sitting or standing there just waiting for Shane to finish

  • @zdbzdyfsmm
    @zdbzdyfsmm 2 роки тому +31

    I’m glad that this is like actual accurate slang we use instead of slang from like 3 years ago

  • @star-kissed
    @star-kissed 2 роки тому +564

    ‘your flop era is lowkey serving’

    • @crowsoto9612
      @crowsoto9612 2 роки тому +41

      because of the quotation marks I read that in my brain like Ben Shapiro read WAP, and I hate it

    • @twtclikk7841
      @twtclikk7841 2 роки тому +27

      hashtag bring the house down yass girl slay !!!! so true bestie

    • @hanlitwin
      @hanlitwin 2 роки тому +5

      you lowkey ate girlboss

    • @crowsoto9612
      @crowsoto9612 2 роки тому +2

      @@hanlitwin this was painful to read

  • @juliawalsh7379
    @juliawalsh7379 2 роки тому +1554

    After Shane's Minecraft talk I desperately want them to play

  • @WyllowNorth
    @WyllowNorth 2 роки тому +34

    The "manifesting" one really threw me off my chair. Is Gen Z owning spirituality now too? It's been around ages lol

    • @karinag4982
      @karinag4982 2 роки тому +2

      Exactly what I thought lmao

    • @lourdesmarie.m846
      @lourdesmarie.m846 2 роки тому +14

      it’s become more of a slang term for wishing cause the people who comment it don’t actually manifest lol i see it all the time

    • @WyllowNorth
      @WyllowNorth 2 роки тому +4

      @@lourdesmarie.m846 well what a shame. Maybe they'd get more shit done if they'd do it the right way lol

    • @demonic6042
      @demonic6042 2 роки тому +1

      It’s not so much spiritual than it is just doing really ridiculous things to get what they want

    • @khal7982
      @khal7982 2 роки тому +12

      @@WyllowNorth its not that deep

  • @sydbricker4413
    @sydbricker4413 2 роки тому +7

    I'm used to Main Character Syndrome being used differently. Like when someone keeps having large life events and making advancements quickly or even in negative contexts where they have "character development" from large bad events.

  • @deadmans_corpse
    @deadmans_corpse 2 роки тому +801

    this shows why shane is so memeable

  • @kaylabrown2720
    @kaylabrown2720 2 роки тому +947

    I don't think "go touch some grass" is necessarily only for people online, I'd also give the point to Shane.

    • @rolllikeabuffalo9439
      @rolllikeabuffalo9439 2 роки тому +180

      I also thought it meant: "You need to stop being so thirsty. Go touch some grass."

    • @kaylabrown2720
      @kaylabrown2720 2 роки тому +63

      @@rolllikeabuffalo9439 I think that's one of the meanings. I have always interpreted it as "you're doing way too much, go touch some grass or something." Like maybe being online for too long, or like you said, or anything else that you're doing similarly.

    • @feellikeacinderallanaegaby2811
      @feellikeacinderallanaegaby2811 2 роки тому +126

      I personally think of it more like "you are so out of touch with reality, go touch some grass" and I think it fits the narrative when someone says some stupid unrealistic shit and/or argues about it.

    • @mushworm5640
      @mushworm5640 2 роки тому +46

      yeah it really just means "reality check"

    • @idek7438
      @idek7438 2 роки тому +16

      I think it's used when someone is getting sucked into an Internet argument to an unhealthy degree. Normally about something that doesn't matter at all IRL too, or something very insignificant

  • @Vebrittania
    @Vebrittania 2 роки тому +17

    I’m apart of gen z and I seriously didn’t know half of these.
    I don’t know if I should feel extremely embarrassed or just be relieved

  • @sanriodeppressionthermos8602
    @sanriodeppressionthermos8602 2 роки тому +37

    I need an episode of this but with tumblr slang. Ryan and shane both give off tumblr user vibes, i wanna see them all guess what bug ass (🐜🍑) means.

    • @hi-ve1cw
      @hi-ve1cw Рік тому +1

      People still use tumblr in this day and age?

  • @mindmaster9939
    @mindmaster9939 2 роки тому +810

    Steven using the first few answers to roast Ryan for betraying the Professor is GOLDEN

  • @mandolinhooper
    @mandolinhooper 2 роки тому +1174

    Claiming that the definition of “manifesting” is a Gen Z thing is a very Gen Z thing to do.

    • @michaelacardinalmc
      @michaelacardinalmc 2 роки тому +59

      Had to comment on that myself... irked me, to say the least. Lol.

    • @verysIeepy
      @verysIeepy 2 роки тому +82

      it's chronic online-ness at work, like when brittany broski made the unfortunate comment that AAVE was "stan twitter language"

    • @charminsi
      @charminsi 2 роки тому +30

      Yeah…manifesting is a pretty old concept (dating at least as far back as the early 19th century new age/spiritualist movements). I stopped using the word because I realized the concept doesn’t align with my personal religious beliefs and I also did not want to encroach/appropriate another religion/belief system.

    • @MrGamer9941
      @MrGamer9941 2 роки тому +9

      Yeah it’s been around but it’s definitely more popular now and among gen z

    • @galarstar052
      @galarstar052 2 роки тому +14

      @@charminsi i mean... it's evidently a bullshit concept anyway.

  • @MySockDrawers
    @MySockDrawers 2 роки тому +27

    Whoa half way through I realised who Simone is she's the person who made all those awesome BUN and Watcher crack videos! Hell yeah Simone!

    • @hi-ve1cw
      @hi-ve1cw Рік тому +1

      What's her old YT channel name?

  • @grasual_
    @grasual_ Рік тому +4

    i think it's hilarious that simone said the beaver emoji would be too vague to catch on when literally an emoji of a chair was trending for a hot minute

  • @abigailsalmanac
    @abigailsalmanac 2 роки тому +801

    Okay but like what a balm to the pain of Buzzfeed Unsolved ending today 😭

    • @medea4751
      @medea4751 2 роки тому +2

      🥲🥲

    • @Pyxlean
      @Pyxlean 2 роки тому +20

      Only a few hours till the final episode......

    • @notcomfortable_here
      @notcomfortable_here 2 роки тому +4

      aw i forgot :(

    • @abigailsalmanac
      @abigailsalmanac 2 роки тому +6

      @@Pyxlean I’m having an emotional breakdown

    • @p_kix
      @p_kix 2 роки тому +8

      I thought I was emotionally ready, but it turns out I'm not. This helped.

  • @amandamarie1042
    @amandamarie1042 2 роки тому +652

    Shane’s Grandma and Mailman saga had me crying the whole time. A+ content ✨chefs kiss✨

  • @amkamomega
    @amkamomega 2 роки тому +5

    Shane has an ability to create his cinematic universe from anything.
    just this episode we saw MeeMaw, Chester, Diane, and slugs
    This is why the Hot Dog saga was one of my favs

  • @yeseosbakery9563
    @yeseosbakery9563 2 роки тому +17

    shane's handwriting is so satisfying to me

  • @goodgoodmeme
    @goodgoodmeme 2 роки тому +1345

    Sad they didn’t get to guess what “poor little meow meow” means

  • @alexhorton7505
    @alexhorton7505 2 роки тому +5791

    I’m really surprised they didn’t cover the “😭” and “💀” as our version of “😂” because I feel like that would have led to an interesting conversation
    Edit: I didn’t out right say it was just a Gen Z thing, and I’m not denying millennials use them as well, I’m just surprised they didn’t cover them since they’ve been used a lot more than in the past.

    • @DeathnoteBB
      @DeathnoteBB 2 роки тому +25

      That’s not a Gen Z thing that’s just an internet thing

    • @chriscrowe11
      @chriscrowe11 2 роки тому +378

      @@DeathnoteBB its 100% a gen z and younger millenial thing, which are one of the most prevalent demographics on the Internet rn

    • @TM.BECK14
      @TM.BECK14 2 роки тому +17

      I feel like those emojis are way more used by millennials. I've even heard gen z people say they can automatically tell if someone is a millennial if they use those emojis a lot.

    • @Ebonyfox2
      @Ebonyfox2 2 роки тому +49

      @@chriscrowe11 Naw, those are anime emojis. They were a thing before they became fancy emojis in the form of T-T and x.x. Last one is basically just lol in emote form.

    • @dotdotdot...176
      @dotdotdot...176 2 роки тому +4

      I feel like a lot of millennials use that too

  • @soph996
    @soph996 2 роки тому +18

    Personally I'm just so happy to see Simone thriving like that
    Like, I remember her "BuzzFeed unsolved as vines" and all her other content vivedly and to find out she's been working at Watcher for some time now? Amazing
    Go off, Queen
    (There we go, internet slang)

  • @nabeelaudah5171
    @nabeelaudah5171 2 роки тому +1

    "That's where I like to live, on the edge of getting it right." das a big fat mood.

  • @miagibbs820
    @miagibbs820 2 роки тому +687

    i completely agree that "manifesting" is not a form of gen z slang. yes its a word that is popular for us to use but we use it with its original definition

    • @miagibbs820
      @miagibbs820 2 роки тому +36

      i also have never seen anyone use the combination of mosquitos and crickets and the pen emoji

    • @itsy-bitsyspider
      @itsy-bitsyspider 2 роки тому +18

      @@miagibbs820 it’s exclusive to just tiktok

    • @Pollicina_db
      @Pollicina_db 2 роки тому +6

      @@itsy-bitsyspider Nah that’s for younger zoomers

    • @mattsaracen7
      @mattsaracen7 2 роки тому +4

      But a lot of these words aren't gen z slang so

    • @angelwithashotofvodka3005
      @angelwithashotofvodka3005 2 роки тому +10

      yeah like it’s literally just a spiritual thing lmao

  • @forresttherunner4092
    @forresttherunner4092 2 роки тому +392

    Honestly, some of these aren’t even new terms, they’re just tumblr terms from like 5 years ago that breached containment (I.e. “go touch some grass”)

    • @coley4242
      @coley4242 2 роки тому +38

      i knew most of these because of tumblr lol

    • @LindaC616
      @LindaC616 2 роки тому +14

      I'm "old" and know "go touch some grass"

    • @kayladonovan3278
      @kayladonovan3278 2 роки тому +1

      literally

    • @cridow
      @cridow 2 роки тому +50

      it honestly surprises me so much to see tiktokers and twt ppl using terms that went out of fashion on tumblr months sometimes years ago... or recreating discourse that already happened....
      and then saying tumblr is dead

    • @124tutt2
      @124tutt2 2 роки тому +24

      Okay but literally all gen-z terms are stolen from tumblr phrases from 5 years ago and aave from 10 years ago.

  • @karly6051
    @karly6051 2 роки тому +1

    "Like she wears a halter top for the mailman... What's a halter top?" I really loled

  • @disappointedbutnotsurprise1216
    @disappointedbutnotsurprise1216 2 роки тому +2

    I know the definition of "go touch some grass" but in a way more dif context lol

  • @ani_a1198
    @ani_a1198 2 роки тому +216

    Shane's SMDH on every definition example 😂

  • @Mousy0913
    @Mousy0913 2 роки тому +416

    A lot of Shane's answers were more accurate than simones 💀

    • @bernat1
      @bernat1 2 роки тому +15

      louder!!

  • @md_jashim
    @md_jashim 2 роки тому +2

    That grandma has gone thru some shit LMFAO

  • @thisorthat7746
    @thisorthat7746 2 роки тому +5

    "damn dude thats a voluntary human centipede" there are so many great qoutes this episode i just cant keep up

  • @angiegibson6598
    @angiegibson6598 2 роки тому +1317

    Honestly Simone is so cool, she was just an unsolved fan with a tumblr like 4 years ago (one of the post mortems she sent a book and package from the Czech Republic) and now she works with them!!

    • @kuroinokitsune
      @kuroinokitsune 2 роки тому +21

      Huh! Thanks! I knew her accent was familiar:)

    • @gabriellefavero
      @gabriellefavero 2 роки тому +82

      I used to follow her instagram page and freak out when Ryan or Shane noticed her posts and memes! And now she's working for them, it's the dream!

    • @scarlettbat
      @scarlettbat 2 роки тому +67

      simone made a crack video so good, she became part of the canon 🥺

    • @humaira6891
      @humaira6891 2 роки тому

      omg i remember that. so cool

    • @saraiguess1063
      @saraiguess1063 2 роки тому

      I THOUGHT THE ACCENT WAS FAMILIAR N NOW I KNOW WHY

  • @uhohspaghettios2391
    @uhohspaghettios2391 2 роки тому +451

    As a millennial, the best thing about Gen Z slang is that you can understand almost all of it just by having some context. That's probably a product of it spreading via the internet, but it's so much easier to figure out Gen Z slang than, say, 1950s slang even if you were given equal amount of context for both.

    • @Inanedata
      @Inanedata 2 роки тому +46

      I think recency also plays a huge role, as a millennial you've got a huge amount of context baked in and shared between gen z that you don't with folks from the 50s.

    • @Lupehkun
      @Lupehkun 2 роки тому +21

      A lot of gen Z slang is rephrased or recycled 2008-2015 internet slang which originated with young gen x and millennials so not that surprising we can piece it together.

    • @heather2701
      @heather2701 2 роки тому +2

      @@Lupehkun wait, really?

  • @lordlandcandlestick3010
    @lordlandcandlestick3010 Рік тому +1

    “my whole life could be responded to with a standing man emoji” HELP XD

  • @justmonika1229
    @justmonika1229 11 місяців тому +2

    i can't believe i knew about them for a whole ass year and never bothered to actually find out more until march of 2023 when i was drowning in homework and needed a distraction

  • @kedtheduck
    @kedtheduck 2 роки тому +1544

    Manifesting isn't slang, but it was kinda brought into everyday speech with Gen Z due to the amount of people talking about their spirituality in social media, but it's always been a thing.
    Also, endgame has been a fandom term and has been carried over from previous fandom generations, so it's not exactly new....

    • @RecreateLife
      @RecreateLife 2 роки тому +63

      Yeah I was gonna say that endgame definition was not Gen z slang 😂 I was like wtf

    • @P34K74X
      @P34K74X 2 роки тому +10

      Endgame is like stuff from the keyboard community and it was basically copied from that community, and im 14 and ive never heard anyone use the word manifesting like wtf

    • @katestarnes1709
      @katestarnes1709 2 роки тому +54

      @@P34K74X Wait you’ve never heard someone use manifesting???

    • @devilovesdevil
      @devilovesdevil 2 роки тому +18

      right thats what i was thinking, i was like since when have some of these been inherently gen z slang???

    • @Bllue
      @Bllue 2 роки тому +15

      Um millenians have been slammed for trying to "manifest" power and success for the past 20 years

  • @butterflyfairy6730
    @butterflyfairy6730 2 роки тому +205

    as a gen-zer, i have to say i liked ryan’s emoji more lmao

    • @johanvajse8410
      @johanvajse8410 2 роки тому +9

      if Ryan had stuck with one meaning, I'd agree
      but having four very different examples was too much

    • @lol...
      @lol... 2 роки тому +1

      I think it was too abstract to be jn the true spirit of gen z Ngl. Many emojis are used based on what they look like but not what they symbolise, and not really wordplay based on that. E.g. standing man emoji and Easter Island emoji. I could see it as a euphemism because internet things, but the other definitions weren't really great imho

    • @feellikeacinderallanaegaby2811
      @feellikeacinderallanaegaby2811 2 роки тому

      🦫🦫🦫🦫🦫🦫

  • @averysonnet3166
    @averysonnet3166 2 роки тому +1

    i hope this becomes a series!! Great vid, really enjoyed your take on gen z slang

  • @sabrinavaleri8673
    @sabrinavaleri8673 2 роки тому +4

    Dunkirk, such a good movie! Watched it like a billion times

  • @leliasaffold9233
    @leliasaffold9233 2 роки тому +227

    I’m convinced that Chester the mailman and Grandma are gonna be the new hot doga™️ bc I am wayyyyy too invested in their story now

    • @satarupagingerkolay
      @satarupagingerkolay 2 роки тому +4

      I hope he doesn't kill Chester or Grandma in the final episode. I am not over The Professor's and Gene's death.

  • @seniorhugeballs
    @seniorhugeballs 2 роки тому +472

    Steven was right. manifesting isn't slang its literally just what the word means despite the candle emojis which I've never seen anyone use in my life💀

    • @axelinerys3841
      @axelinerys3841 2 роки тому +22

      I remember people using the candle emojis on Twitter back when I was on there. It mostly depends on the community you were in. Like a lot of shipping ones would do a candle circle and try to manifest scenes between those characters. I’m not on Twitter anymore tho bc it was bad for my mental health so idk if it’s still used that much.

    • @DC_let_the_Waynes_be_happy
      @DC_let_the_Waynes_be_happy 2 роки тому +3

      @@axelinerys3841 I'm still on Twitter and people definitely still use those,you're right tho,it depends on what community you're in

    • @axelinerys3841
      @axelinerys3841 2 роки тому +1

      @@DC_let_the_Waynes_be_happy awesome! It’s nice to have an active users input lolol

  • @veryyvethh8601
    @veryyvethh8601 2 роки тому +7

    Ryan's guess for 'go touch some grass' is pretty accurate though 🤣

  • @stellarSketcher
    @stellarSketcher 2 роки тому +262

    can't believe shane won by a mile. he's still got those demons working for him

    • @ESCL2004
      @ESCL2004 2 роки тому +11

      Those gen z demons man, they keeping him updated

    • @Theo1442
      @Theo1442 2 роки тому +3

      @@ESCL2004 yes! That’s what I was about to say !

  • @autumyang5193
    @autumyang5193 2 роки тому +223

    Shane’s “smdh” always gets me, love him

  • @juanameneses5060
    @juanameneses5060 2 роки тому +1

    The beaver emoji being all multi-use loving this video!!

  • @pinkcloud8182
    @pinkcloud8182 2 роки тому +3

    i don't use the beaver emoji but i fckin LOVE the otter emoji . lil guy is just living his best unbothered life

  • @darkchocolate5494
    @darkchocolate5494 2 роки тому +289

    never felt so out of touch as a teenager, i have never unironically used any of these phrases 💀

    • @andersondipnarine8244
      @andersondipnarine8244 2 роки тому +14

      It's means ur brilliant don't fall for it

    • @dawnfairy9868
      @dawnfairy9868 2 роки тому +98

      @@andersondipnarine8244 lol it’s just slangs?

    • @Takeninthelight
      @Takeninthelight 2 роки тому +66

      Most people use it pretty ironically lol but as a fellow Gen Z (20

    • @dawnfairy9868
      @dawnfairy9868 2 роки тому +8

      @Soma,,,, 😍👇 ew dude

    • @Angie_ar99
      @Angie_ar99 2 роки тому +5

      Same, like I didn't even know whey they meant

  • @rxpt0rs
    @rxpt0rs 2 роки тому +27

    Shane "Urban Dictionary" Madej

  • @Lunababy333
    @Lunababy333 2 роки тому +4

    More of these decoding videos please 🙏🏼🙏🏼

  • @cyanolycapulchra
    @cyanolycapulchra 2 роки тому +1

    it is SO cool to simone having a whole ass job at watcher and BEING IN A VIDEO!!! i still watch her old bfu compilations!!! like omg yes queen climb that ladder

  • @GirlyDeadpool
    @GirlyDeadpool 2 роки тому +447

    I want a book of Shane giving slang word definitions. We could also get a whole story about Grandma that could get very interesting lol.

  • @Mountainflow3r
    @Mountainflow3r 2 роки тому +691

    Simone: *calls Ryan's suggestions for a beaver emoji incomprehensible*
    Also Simone: "And a string of bug emojis basically means twerking!"

    • @adrianac8186
      @adrianac8186 2 роки тому +109

      right? gen z would eat up a beaver emoji on god

    • @horrorhistory7342
      @horrorhistory7342 2 роки тому +33

      I think it was more the fact he put four options lmao

    • @alannabailey5795
      @alannabailey5795 2 роки тому +14

      I thought all the meanings were obvious until she got to that one. Never seen it before in my life.

    • @birdeynamnam
      @birdeynamnam 2 роки тому +13

      @@alannabailey5795 it’s mostly on tiktok, and specifically kpop fandom

    • @Caspien
      @Caspien 2 роки тому +4

      whats really funny tho is that the beaver emoji or just saying beaver is slang

  • @user-oo8wt3hr1t
    @user-oo8wt3hr1t 2 роки тому +2

    I can't believe that girl gets paid to read urban dictionary

  • @catey2270
    @catey2270 2 роки тому +1

    this was hilarious!! would love more episodes of this

  • @rebeccatrujillo2680
    @rebeccatrujillo2680 2 роки тому +576

    Missed you Stephen. Great to see the guys together again

    • @tortilla3520
      @tortilla3520 2 роки тому +15

      Without seeing them together, I felt like a lost child in the middle of my parents divorce all over again

    • @user-cf9im
      @user-cf9im 2 роки тому +12

      It's Steven

    • @kelthulhu
      @kelthulhu 2 роки тому +2

      @@user-cf9im It is, but the automatic subtitles say it's Stephen. I get where that would be confusing.

    • @madeniquevanwyk
      @madeniquevanwyk 2 роки тому +1

      Glad I'm not the only one!!!

  • @oogaboogass
    @oogaboogass 2 роки тому +45

    Shane's grandma watching this like:
    👁️👄👁️SMDH