Parents are and other generations. How do you explain things to them, which are normal for teens and young adults but completely strange to your parents?

#1

My grandmother: Why do these girls in TV wear these long fake nails and color their hair blue or green? Is it for attention?
Me: Why do you put on makeup and dye your hair a different color? Is it for attention?
Grandma: No, I do it for me, so I feel nice.
Me: There you go.
Grandma: Oh...that makes sense.

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    #2

    My 69-year-old dad every time I'm sitting on PC:
    - Playing your video games again?
    - Dad, I'm watching esports where somebody else is playing, I don't play.
    - Yeah whatever, don't play for too long.

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    Shelp
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    3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    *Dad then proceeds to go back watching football in the TV*

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    #3

    Mom: pause the game.

    Me: its an online game. i cant pause it.

    Mom: idc tell people no to kill you then

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    #4

    her- so what's the diffrence between a meme and a gif?
    me- it's complicated

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    Shelp
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    3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That's the same as the difference between a drama and a book: the first one is a story, a message; and the second one the format that conveys it.

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    #5

    Me: Ma’, how do you kill a zombie?
    My 63 year-old mother: Uh.. Uh.. YOU SHOOT IT IN THE HEAD!!!

    I have taught her well!

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    #6

    Tropico.

    "In this game, I am are dictator like Fidel Castro, my task is to oppress my people and that for as long as possible.
    My mom looked at me for a long time, then hesitantly said OK and left my room shaking her head.

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    #7

    I don't usually explain anything to my mom about younger people, but when I try to she just doesn't get it or laughs it off as being dumb.

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    #8

    It depends really, sometimes when i would try to explain some things to my mom she either gets:

    1. Annoyed
    2. Laughs it off
    3. Thinks it's dumb

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    #9

    It´s not really explaining, but once I wrote a bunch of slang on a paper for my mommy (38) to practice. I wrote sus, but she said soos lol. I laughed at her, then she told me that ´´sus is not a word´´ I beg to differ!!!!

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    Axolotl King
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    3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Actually "Sus" is the scientific name for a pig so it is in fact a real word

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    #10

    Mom: What’s this “meme”
    Me: it’s a funny or ugly photo and text under it
    Mom: oh so it’s like your school photo with your name underneath?
    Me: …. Cliché mother

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    #11

    My son is 20. He still can't tell the time, or understand it's relevance to daily routines.

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