Some of that isn't limited to gen Z. I've had older coworkers make buzzer noises for correct/wrong (like those on a gameshow)
Assuming the Scooby doo one is stuff like "ruh roh", that specific trend might be recent, but people have been doing silly voices for a while
Although a lot of it could be tiktok trends (or vines for the millenials)
I am almost 70. I have meowed, mooed and other sounds all my life. Recently I have found out that I have ADHD and some Autism as well. I am getting assessed.
Recently I've picked up some 25-30 year olds.
OOP makes employment sound really weird. Like picking mushrooms. Or contracting a disease.
Zoinks!
It's the sound of their dreams being crushed in the dream crushing machine. Millenials and Gen Xers used to make similar noises back when they still had dreams.
Karma police, arrest this man! He talks in maths, he buzzes like a fridge, he's like a detuned radio...
I do the occasional "ruh roh"
All those 35-year-old gen-z folks are certainly weird.
I keep my GenZs collared and in a closet. They do grunt, but it seems normal adult reactions to what is being done to them. Are you specifically referring to non sexual noises in the GenZs that you own?
My Xennial boss is by far the biggest vocal stimmer in our office.
I'm 37 and my ~24 year old coworker and I just speak in memes to each other for most of the day.
Meow.
Also, shouldn't there be one more year left before the oldest of Gen Z reach 30?
A colleague regularly goes "grrr" and for quite some time I didn't know that had an origin other than comic books. He's 34 and - yes - officially autistic.
23 skidoo, daddio!
To shreds you say?
The only vocalizations that can be heard from my desk; "Are you fucking kidding me?"
I hate how they talk about people like property they own.
Gen Z:
My new college hire is full of energy and makes quirky sounds and I think it's great. I miss having that.
She also is really good about leaving at 5, which is something the rest of us need to be better about. We had someone in another department point out to me and my boss that she always leaves before we do, and we explained that she's the one doing things right and not us.
Replace "Gen Z" with "parrot" and this still works.
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