Post #3361748
2026-06-11 21:12 UTC
Yeah. I didn’t coin the term. Just an Internet meme. I don’t think it’s really fair to pick on Gen Z in my opinion. I just think they get attributed to it more often. It’s more of a “post pandemic stare”. Like, I really think isolation and long COVID symptoms did something to our society.
Sometimes I have to ask myself “am I invisible?” when I’m looking someone in the face saying “excuse me” and they just stare like a robot. Like, they don’t even have to say something. I’m literally just trying to pass them in the aisle they are blocking. It’s kind of creepy. I get this as a 6’3" guy with a deep voice too. It’s not like I’m hard to see or hear.
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@Bo7a@piefed.ca 2026-06-11 22:12
Hah. This is so fun. When I mentioned this interaction to some friends on another platform I mentioned that it isn’t even majority Gen Z doing it, but some chunk of all age brackets. But also that ‘gen z stare’ just sounds good.