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Aliens interact with and are totally confused by Gen Z humans? (and an emo as well, if you can?)

Sorry you waited so long, I was struggling to come up with something since "gen z" is a much broader term than people realize.

First, allow me to introduce you to the...

Bright young people who passed their tests with flying colors. While the image only shows these notable three for this story, the graduating class composes of many skilled individuals with varying backgrounds.

Unlike many of this generation, these very few are lucky to get their dream job.

They worked hard to get in. They really did. But no matter what they did, or where they found success, they were met with critism from older generations.

These three in particular, and one older man placed in charge, were placed on a Spaceship to train as the new star sailors. Aboard this same craft were several aliens, who were used to human ways from the generation preceding.

Immediately upon boarding, the discrimination was clear from the older male. He especially seemed to hate a young boy with long black hair and piercings. The boy was often met with phrases like: "when I was your age..." and "I can't believe they allowed you onto the ship looking like that."

Despite the hostility, the three did as humans do and were seemingly cheerful. They passed around beverages on their breaks, gave each other high fives and fist bumps, and sometimes they gave out hugs. Jokes were common. The alien crew members would admit these jokes were a little weird. From simply saying "bread" the group would burst in a fit of giggles and be told off by their instructor. Mental health was a common joke among them too, often laughing about being "dead inside" and failures. Such sad "jokes" juxtaposed with such bright expressions really did a number on aliens. Weren't human smiles a GOOD thing???

Upon asking one of them about these same jokes, the human simply offered up a colorful image of a young boy giving out finger guns, captioned "nothing really mattered".

"It's okay," the human would say. "We're all that way."

Despite the instructors complaints, there was nothing wrong with the humans work performances. They were just the same as the instructor had been back when he was with his old crew. They were inexperienced and maybe a bit complain-y for sure, but... so had been the instructor at their age. Hell, he used to skip work and get drunk in the hot boiler room. Still had a scar from being dared to touch heated equipment. By comparison, these three in particular were actually much better than the last crew.

Aliens observed this and looked through human's written records. As far as alien's can see, the humans have always, ALWAYS, been filled with varying personalities like this generation. Gen z wasn't as odd as they claimed - well, odd by comparison. They had their own unique quirks, and interests, and styles, but so did any other generation. What was it about gen z that scared the older generation?

To look deeper meant to learn of a new word. Prejudice. The hate against gen z was nothing new to human behaviors. It seemed... ANY "group" different than another "group" was met with hostility. Simply being a new batch of humans with the crime of being born in a different year was enough to scare the elderly among them. Gen z wasn't the first with this discrimination. No, many, MANY sources were found against millennials too. An obsessive amount one can say...

Even farther back one can find complaints about the "boomers", even if they weren't called that back then. So... why did the "boomers" not learn and treat future generations kindly? Why did the millennials themselves turn around and complain about gen z?

Despite the constant badgering, these three took it quite well. How do you three handle the older man's prejudice? And with that, the entire crew now had a new catchphrase among them.

Older man (slamming down a piece of paper onto the desk): "How am I supposed to work with this?"

Alien (looking it over): "I can't say I understand the problem."

Man: "It's not specific enough. I needed you to categorize these by the alphabet."

Alien: "We've been over this. We do not sort letters the same way human's do, I simply am not familiar with-"

Man (already walking out):"just redo it"

Alien (moving the paper underneath the "forget" to do it pile): "Ok Boomer"

Man (from a distance): "Everyone needs to STOP CALLING ME THAT."

So all of these of fun and you really should go read the notes and comments on this but here are the favorites from when I saw this

I also saw a hectic of humans which I liked but for some reason I didn’t screen shot it and I don’t feel like going back now~

There was a post somewhere that described how we categorize groups. You know, like a herd of cattle, a murder of crows, a miracle of unicorns.

It went on to propose a group of humans might be called a "kindness" by the aliens.

Anyway, I think not. How about a hectic? A hectic of humans? Do I need to explain this one?

But I'm also happy to hear other options.

The brief summaries

The silly/weird things I have seen and heard at work.

A kiddo running to her car yelling"you can't catch me I'm the Ginder Bread Man!

A kiddo smelling an adult and saying"you stink".

A kiddo rolling down the hallway

A kiddo inching down the hallway like a worm

A kiddo taking all 18 oranges from the breakfast cart...no other kiddo in his room got to have an orange that day...he even stuffed a few into his pants pocket

A kiddo saying that kids in 1st grade shouldn't date(even if they were not really dating). That they are too young for that and he was going to break them up.

Weird things kids do pt. 2

* climb up a smooth wall like Spider-Man

* while playing with plush animals; pretending to fight off an alien invasion that is stealing cats

* taking the blanket cloth basket, putting it on their head, then putting the baskets over their head, and then started to spin in circles

* building a small fort under a desk, and reading in the dark without a flashlight

* climbing up onto the wall cabinets and sitting on top of them

Things kids do part 3

Things I have seen/heard about

*Whistle a tune only they know, told to stop...get other kids to start whistling the random tune... :/

* get into the craft closet, start painting themselves...invite other kids to paint themselves, get caught...only remorseful about losing the opportunity to continue painting others.

* built a small fort in break space, it collapses, kid says they like the collapse fort better...kid wiggles under mass of blankets and pillows, stays there until break is up

* kid comes into the room upset, yelling about how people are irritating and kids in class are too loud. I let them vent, once they are done I said I am happy they asked the teacher for a break...they told me they walked out of class without permission...teacher immediately called to inform them that the kiddo is with me and then tell the kiddo I am glad they recognized they needed a break, but next time PLEASE let their teacher know before leaving class. O.o

* kiddo earned two stickers as a prize, they gave one of the stickers they earned to their friend

We've talked a little about this before, but let's dive into the why.

Why are aliens so opposed to humans smiling?

One of the most well known and widely warned about traits of humans is their smile. The alien species known as humans use smiling as a means of friendliness. Various context clues trigger a smile, from "I am showing I am happy to see you", to "I'm trying to diffuse the tense situation," to even "I hate you but I'm gonna be polite about it." With so many "friendly" uses, humans smile and they're smile a LOT. Even a more knowledgeable human can slip up.

Even on their own planet, humans are one of the very few who do this. Similar species, both apes and monkeys, will smile in either submission or aggression.

Teeth are a common occurrence across the universe. They evolve for one or both reasons: to eat (especially meat) and for defense.

If an alien is from ancestors who were often bottom of the food chain, it stands to reason that a smile translates to "I will eat you."

With predator species, a smile subconciously translates to one of two things. Defensive or dominance.

Dominance: "I am better than you. I will bite you if you don't agree."

Defensive: "I feel threatened. I will bite you if you don't back off."

Though rare, a handful of alien species consider smiling to be a submissive trait. "My teeth are clamped. I won't bite you." This could have led to humans being bullied, if humans were so easily bullied.

Just as aliens are warned of this trait, so are the humans. A single, uninformed human can quickly cause a lot of stress and tension in a ship simply by trying to do the opposite.

The best course of action, everyone found, was a simple tool. Masks are often put to use to hide the ferocious smiles.