Do Gen Z really not approach each other and talk? I was partnered up with a woman in lab I introduced myself and she responded with introduced herself as, “I’m so and so, I have a boyfriend.” After final grades I ran into her and thanked her for helping me out on a project, wished her luck next semester. A friend of hers, I’ve never met, ran up to me yelling in a bar about it. She specifically called it weird/creepy that I talked with her to pass the time during lab all semester. (We aren’t permitted our phones)
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I (23F) have noticed some division when it comes to speaking to Gen Z men vs Gen Z women. A lot of the girls I talk to are eager to chat, (for reference, I’m goth and I dress very goth) and they are typically very friendly though the conversation is usually short.
A lot of the Gen Z men I talk to are very quiet and closed off, they don’t engage with the conversation much so as soon as I start to pick up on that vibe from them, I try to finish the conversation quickly and move on. I think I’ve mostly had issues with men from other generations misinterpreting my signals as flirting, not as much Gen Z.
Thanks for explaining what continuously happens to me, I guess I'll just go shoot myself with a shotgun now.
I 24m honestly can’t remember the last time I had a conversation with a stranger that lasted longer then 10 minutes, where we weren’t waiting in line or something.
Yeah I went to uni for my Masters and people just don't talk. They'd rather do anything else but talk. When we got a group assignment to discuss, everyone just did a one minute mini-presentation on what they think instead of making it into a discussion where we agree and disagree. I think social skills of Gen Z are cooked and if you want a leg up you probably want to intentionally develop that social muscle because man once we are the ones running the world those who can actually talk will be worth pure gold
I am astounded how bad at social interactions business students are, like bro this is literally what you'll have to be doing for a living
you were probably being creepy but didn’t realize it
We've already had this conversation. You're not allowed to talk to people you don't already know
I already know my lab partner.