dead [he/him]@hexbear.net to Pop Culture@hexbear.netEnglish · 18 days agoPope Leo does the Gen Alpha '6 7' gesturehexbear.netimagemessage-square19linkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up11arrow-down1imagePope Leo does the Gen Alpha '6 7' gesturehexbear.netdead [he/him]@hexbear.net to Pop Culture@hexbear.netEnglish · 18 days agomessage-square19linkfedilinkfile-text
https://www.thedailybeast.com/pope-leo-xiv-awkwardly-blindsided-by-gen-alpha-brainrot-six-seven-stunt/ https://xcancel.com/FinnishZoomer/status/2055659930632221180#m https://www.tiktok.com/@donrobertofiscer/video/7640420488644267297
minus-squareBlakey [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·18 days agoIt’s one thing to find “six seven” obnoxious. I mean afaik the fact that it annoys old pricks (like me) is half the point of the meme, it’s fine to dislike it. But this extreme, performative hatred of it is deeply suspect.
minus-squareRobert_Kennedy_Jr [xe/xem, xey/xem]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·18 days agoTrying to imagine getting so worked up over kids doing some trend where they wiggle their hands that I attack one of them.
It’s one thing to find “six seven” obnoxious. I mean afaik the fact that it annoys old pricks (like me) is half the point of the meme, it’s fine to dislike it. But this extreme, performative hatred of it is deeply suspect.
Trying to imagine getting so worked up over kids doing some trend where they wiggle their hands that I attack one of them.