These 8 Gen Z habits are baffling. Let us Zoomers explain. There are reasons why phone greetings, uppercase letters and bar tabs are going the way of the dodo. Dad’s old point-and-shoot, on the other hand, is making a comeback. August 20, 2025
(Illustration by Anna Lefkowitz/The Washington Post; iStock) By Ethan Beck , Jade Tran and Abigail Walker It’s impossible to pin down the essence of an entire generation. Still, as members of Gen Z, we spend a lot of time thinking about what makes us different from those born before and after us. Boomers can’t navigate technology. Millennials walk their “doggos” and despise “adulting.” Gen Alpha is doomed. As for Gen X? No one really knows. In this article Gen Z’s strained relationship with greetings Gen Z’s addiction to headphones Gen Z’s fear of uppercase letters Gen Z’s love of voice notes Gen Z’s obsession with digital cameras Is the generation born between 1997 and 2012 allergic to driving, glued to their headphones, and obsessed with the digital camera revival trend? Well, it seems (Video: Amber Ferguson, Abigail Walker, Ethan Beck, Jade Tran/The Washington Post) Now it’s us sitting in the hot seat, facing bafflement from both sides. Our generation w...
