Can someone explain why exactly this is going viral now?

So I guess because of the lockdowns and Zoomers are just failing at socialization and actually being a member of society, so sometimes when you just even ask them a basic question their eyes just glaze over and it's like they freeze and are unable to even formulate a response. So they just stare blankly at you with a dumb look on their face. This has been a thing now for at least 4 years.

I'm not sure if they copied this from White Lotus or White Lotus kind of was one of the first thing to really pick up on this and used it for the season 1 Sydney and her friend characters.

I swear they used to say this about Millennials 15 years ago, there were "thinkpieces" about it

It's the extreme amount of screen time they've had while growing up. Their brains are trained only to be receptive to sound and lights, but never having to reciprocate. So they hear what you've said, they understand that a question has been asked, but their understanding of these interactions is that you'll keep talking until you stop/until the video or clip ends. They don't actually know how to have a conversation.

>>510891884 (OP)
This is so easy to counter, just stare back at them, do not say anything, do not look away, do not break character.
Just stare, make it uncomfortable.
Make it memorable.

>>510892463
What if you do the John Cena "You can't see me!"? What do you think their reaction would be?

>>510892048
There should be some still online then right? Wayback machine link at least?

>>510891884 (OP)
>so sometimes when you just even ask them a basic question their eyes just glaze over and it's like they freeze and are unable to even formulate a response. So they just stare blankly at you with a dumb look on their face. This has been a thing now for at least 4 years.
They are accustomed to cell phones and screens. Imagine going back in time and trying to communicate with someone from the 1700s on a cell phone. They would illicit similar behavior. same concept

Anyhow, zoomers aren't even that bad. Just wait until you see the next generation who spent their first years of life 0-5 seeing nothing but human faces in covid masks. that's going to be a treat

>>510893064
senile millennial moment, I thought about it and realized I was confusing it with the "fluoride stare" meme

spambot

>>510891884 (OP)
Boomers just sold their future, they literally have no reason to care anymore

>>510894046
Obvious shop by a Zoomer. We're not falling for it!

>>510891884 (OP)
> sometimes when you just even ask them a basic question their eyes just glaze over and it's like they freeze and are unable to even formulate a response
That's me around 2010. It happens when you're a shut-in neet for most of your life. I can't blame zoomies for that.

>>510891884 (OP)
Booba. As to OP's "point", the young generation has acted like this around older generations since the invention of the "teenager" concept in the mud 20th century. It's not new