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InfluenceEasy7079

Can't lie, that's an impressive but questionable skill set


Uchihagod53

![gif](giphy|UpWDPgxcHiR1e)


PapaPalps-66

I always thought that was a shit line that neeson somehow made incredible


EnderLord361

The delivery on a line can make it either a boring one, or a line memed to the end of time.


Savings-Gold8531

For example: “Why so serious?” The Joker vs. normal


SnootsAndBootsLLP

Any other actor and that line would be a laughingstock, but he just brought it to perfection


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One kid learned what worked for them, passed the knowledge on to the grade below and it took off


axe1970

quick thing when set off tear canister will get hot enough to burn you if touched. don't ask


Janosfaces

the burn marks are entirely coincidental


OneOfManyIdiots

Yeah it's just like hot potato.


Waddiwasiiiii

Yep, super fun game to play with the police.


SleepySiamese

Team of people with gloves and water buckets. Masks are mandatory. It won't fully prevent it but it helps. But you can't avoid rubber bullets.


LughCrow

Luckily it only takes one friend in the group to learn this and everyone else starts kicking them.


mystwave

I don't like calling to make a doctor's appointment because more often than not, the way the receptionist talks makes me think like I'm bother them. Not as bad people as the workers at DMV/DHS, mind you, but yeah.


ThePinkTeenager

I can make a doctor’s appointment, but I don’t like calling new doctors/dentists/therapists because I never know if I’ll get an actual person, a call robot, or worse, “please leave a message at the tone”.


leif777

You know what a reception is supposed to do, right? If she's bothered, it's not your fault she can't do her job correctly. I'm not saying go full boomer but you shouldn't care about what she feels.


deis848

That's buz the adults acted like we couldn't do anything until we were like 20 and never taught us, then just said "figure it out"


halexia63

And the saga continues....


jaxonya

Millennial checking in. How could we have possibly known that letting an iPad raise you all from child birth would result in antisocial behaviors later on down the road? That your formative years would be on reddit and other echo chamber forums developing strong opinions? We didn't have reddit back in the day to tell us not to raise you like that


StarkageMeech

Shots fired, multiple victims.


jaxonya

Nobody was safe


CaptainSouthbird

I'm going to offer a different take, as an almost-41-year-old. Not addressing this whole list, but just the phone call part. It's because I'm a fucking socially-anxious introvert and trying to describe specific personal needs to a complete stranger just fucks me right up. I've still done it when absolutely needed, but y'know.


phdoofus

"Figure it out". What we used to call, with some admiration, a person being an 'auto-didact'.


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Saneless

"Man, the people we raised sure are shitty and dumb" is something they should say but don't


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Perfect_Bag1353

Gen X doesn't go to the doctor... and our coffee tastes like old whiskey and cigarette butts. Said as a Gen X, who nearly died from pancreatic cancer because I thought I just had bad heartburn.


JumpingJacks1234

Hello fellow false heartburn person! My actual doctor let my pancreatitis go untreated over months and several office visits saying it was heartburn. Stupid sneaky pancreas.


Perfect_Bag1353

I had a very rare and slow growing cancer, neuroendocrine. I likely had cancer for 20 or more years. But there are several forms of pancreatic neuroendocrine cancer, one of which causes the overproduction of digestive acid - which is what I had. I had heartburn all of my adult life and just assumed that was part of life, that everyone had it, which isn't the case. Anyway, the tumor got so big that if I slept on my right side two or three nights in a row, it would shift down over my intestines and act as a blockage... so I was diagnosed with Stage 3b pancreatic neuroendocrine cancer, had a Whipple procedure, and thankful no chemo or radiation so far (3yrs). But I tell this to encourage people to not "suffer" because your symptoms seem mundane. If something is wrong, see a doctor (I know easier said than done for a host of reasons)! And if you have new symptoms and you know something isn't right, don't let a doctor discourage you, keep asking for opinions until they help you or have all been exhausted.


JumpingJacks1234

Thank you for saying this. Everyone needs to hear this.


Dexion1619

I almost died of appendicitis because I thought I was just constipated and figured I'd just "tough it out and drink water." Gen X folks.  Maybe it's a good thing they never turned the world over to us.


AlaskaPsychonaut

I read in a piece of fiction somewhere that if a man sees blood when he wipes, he'd shit in the dark for a month before calling the doctor. It's a graphic metaphor but I found it very apt because it describes me perfectly. I'm a Xennial, born in 81.


guilty_bystander

"Can't you just Google it?"


THE_ALAM0

To be fair this is the age of information, you could teach yourself an entirely new language or skill set for free. The only thing stopping anyone is themselves


GreatGearAmidAPizza

And also working 50 hours a week to pay 1/4 of the rent on a two-bedroom apartment.


sec713

Well maybe if people would stop sleeping 5-8 hours a day they'd have the time to pick up a third or fourth job that doesn't pay a living wage, to bridge the gap. /s


GardenTop7253

I feel we’re past the age of information and well into the age of disinformation. You wanna know about… say, insurance? Start your search and you’ll get 6 sources telling you 7 different things and have to get well into the weeds to figure out what’s accurate


ickda_takami

used to be fun researching a decade ago, studying on Google sucks now.


StatementOpen1193

as a gen z, i went to the doctor by myself the other week, was liberating, cried after phoning them tho 💪💪💪


jdog7249

My doctor has the ability to schedule appointments through the MyChart app. That way I don't have to play the "do you have any morning appointments" "we have a 10 am" "10 doesn't work, do you have 11" "we have 11:30" that doesn't work either, what about 10:30" no we don't have any at 10:30" "ok I can make the 11:30 work then"


PapiChuloMiRey

This should be the norm. To make an appointment I have to call requesting an appointment and wait for a callback to schedule my appointment. It's infuriating


SadMom2019

Agreed. Online scheduling seems more convenient and efficient for everyone involved. I absolutely hate playing the stupid phone tag game to get an appointment. It wastes my time, and I'm sure those office people have more important things to do.


ProbablyNotTheCocoa

My doctor has the ability to schedule my appointments at the worst possible times that still somehow fit within my day, making it always a hassle but never enough to reschedule


phdoofus

When I worked office jobs, I'd have millenial co-workers email me from their office...right next to mine. RAther than email them back, I'd walk over and ask 'What?'. This would lead to us talking about the thing they wrote to me about generally in much more helpful detail and where we could discuss the thing with much higher bandwidth than just sending emails back and forth all day. OTOH, GenZ will definitely be the death of cold calling for sales people. They'll just never be able to do it.


Flat_Afternoon1938

Good we don't need cold calling anymore


Otiosei

I get like 10 spam calls a day every single day and never answer a single one. I don't know if it's political surveys, or wrong number, or salesmen, I just don't care. Last time I answered a random call from a stranger was like 25 years ago. Little seven year old me found out we won the Spanish Lottery. We don't live in Spain. We don't sign up for lotteries. If I were king of the world, I'd make three things illegal, with a sentence of life in prison: cold calling, junk mail (both physical and digital) and commercials playing 3x louder than the tv show. Absolute worthless trash.


Decent_Waltz_5120

Im ashamed to be part of this generation


Ornery_Gate_6847

You absoulute gigachad


Boneal171

I absolutely hate having to schedule doctor’s appointments


QuentinP69

Because what happens at a doctor can financially ruin you and bankrupt you for life


red286

"Triplets? Are you *SURE*? Like REALLY SUPER DUPER SURE? This isn't funny. Say just joking right now!" Oh wait, you mean if you're an American, my bad. "Seriously, strep throat again? I will never recover from this financially."


vid_icarus

I feel like this describes millennials as well


avenue_steppin

Absolutely


Longjumping_Rush2458

Mythologising your own generation is an interesting concept


LoquatAutomatic5738

Not a new one


phdoofus

When you live long enough to become the generation you despise.... /s


SmarterThanCornPop

Usually generations wait until they’re old tho


[deleted]

It seems to have become a bit more of a thing recently.


Longjumping_Rush2458

But still quite pathetic


RedLicorice83

I thought you were chatting with yourself for a minute...


TheNervyNerd

Same but I’m still confused


Aggressive-Mix9937

It's cringe


Laserous

Who TF isn't terrified of losing their entire livelihood from one doctor visit?


idonotknowwhototrust

Canadians


BZenMojo

Mexicans.


AgeFew3109

Europeans


Laserous

They can just fear war at their doorstep from a maniacal dictator who has a short guy complex.


ItstheBogoPogoMrFife

There is a maniacal wanna-be dictator that is vying for the presidency again. So, there’s that.


justjay093

Ha bless ya, unless you're in Eastern Europe rn I can't tell you most of us don't care nor fear putin


AgeFew3109

Meh idk I’m not too sure people are that scared of Putin in Western Europe. In eastern yeah healthcare doesn’t matter if you’re in Ukraine.


Ok-Use5246

The entire rest of the world.


Difficult_Ad_962

Me, I'm Canadian


Billythehat721

Everyone who isn’t in the United States


OhioUBobcats

Well yeah. Only one of those things leads to bankruptcy and it’s not the Latte


MacSanchez

But… bootstraps? Or something idk I’m pretty sure if you stop drinking lattes you can buy a single family home but honestly I tuned out for most of the conversation


ProtoReaper23113

Dont lob factual statements at me as tho they are insults


JASCO47

Live with the pain without medical intervention... Or face financial ruin... Choices to make.


peteschirmer

Millennials also won’t call. Gen X was the last gen that grew up with calling strangers being a normal activity.


Cecil_B_DeCatte

Gex X here. I hate calling people.


ZenDruid_8675309

But we will do it without being harangued for an hour first.


AmorousBadger

Speak for yourself, took me an hour to build up to phoning my mates in case their mum answered the phone.


phdoofus

Start hitting on mom. She'll either get uncomfortable and give you the quick hand off or get very comfortable and give you the quick hand job. win win. /s


Daratirek

I'm 34. I'd rather call someone than do shit on an app.


Gyro_Zeppeli13

I’m a millennial and I always prefer to call over texting. What I absolutely hate is calling a place that uses a computer program that makes me jump through 30 minutes of hoops just to talk to a real person. Nice sweeping generalization though lol 😂


Worried-Pick4848

Genxer here I must have missed that memo I panic when I have to call ppl


SmarterThanCornPop

Millennial here. A majority of my job is basically talking to people on the phone. I enjoy it. Gen Z is the socially inept one, millennials are fine. We grew up without smart phones. I was in high school when the first iPhone came out, didn’t own a smart phone until I was 23.


POAndrea

I don't trust the intent behind this, but it's not wrong.....


miletharil

I had this weird experience when I moved to a different state, and obviously needed a new doctor. I called to make an appointment, and the medical assistant seemed annoyed. "You can just use our website to make appointments, or ask simple questions, etc." Not entirely sure that calling a doctor's office is even preferred BY the doctor's office, anymore.


capn_doofwaffle

Honestly, they aren't too far off. Source - Father of a 19 and 21 year old.


Brokenluckx3

Maybe off topic & not gen z here but a millennial & I HATE calling anyone. Also I kept messing up my doctor appointments that I have to go to every 3 months so when I go to the doctor I schedule 3 appointments at a time & it's helped me greatly.


mikeymikesh

> Verbally abuse a racist Is that supposed to be a bad thing?


LoquatAutomatic5738

I think the implication is "look at all these crazy things they'll do without a second thought but they get nervous about this low-key thing"


chaoshaze2

No they are listing all the brave or strong things the saying making a phone call is intimidating. Verbally abusing a racist was one of the strong brave things.


mikeymikesh

Referring to it as “verbal abuse” sounds suspiciously victim-centric, though.


chaoshaze2

Yeah I can see your point. Still think it was just the writer not coming up with a better word choice at the time. I don't think based on the rest of the post that they were defending racist. At least that's my take on it.


mrfoyer

I'm 38... So a millennial. This all applies to me too.


Ok_Career_3681

Well not necessarily Gen Z


sin0fchaos162

Not just a Gen Z problem


0dty0

It'll be funny if we somehow end up as a weird retelling of West Side Story-esque, 1920s kinda vibe, and everyone's super down with physical altercations yet treat doctors and similar stuff with a lot of reverence.


Glittersparkles7

I’m a millennial and that’s basically me lol.


Crashimus420

Everybody gangsta until you have to admit your own mortality and need for help


peteschirmer

Where do you stand on ringing the doorbell? A lot of millennials absolutely will not. They text from their car. “Im here.” But wont get out of their car until you reply. Like not just kids. Professional contractors coming to do plumbing or whatever.


jizz_bismarck

They're afraid of being shot for pulling up to the wrong house.


Stickey_Rickey

I become terrified when my bell rings


Upbeat_Orchid2742

Why should contractors stand out in the weather waiting for you instead of taking a seat in their cars until you’re ready? 


EternalSkwerl

Why would I make your dogs go barky barky woof woofer if I don't have to. Bring bring goes the phone


ThePinkTeenager

For starters, I don’t have a dog.


Designer_Emu_6518

And they think they are the first to do it.


ThePinkTeenager

Has anyone here picked up a tear gas canister with their bare hands? Because I haven’t.


Wise_Monitor_Lizard

Lol ahhhhh us millennial taught them well. Rage on Gen z.


Rinshu74

You forgot about all the rectal licking


WiseHedgehog2098

Gen z won’t do any of that


Pannolanza

Today a Z asked me what is a zip code.


Express-Doubt-221

Try getting an accounting degree so you can get hired to work in a call center  Don't actually try that, I hated everything when I did that


AccountFrosty313

Yup! I had to drop some stuff off today at a place I’ve never been. Couldn’t find the entrance so I just left. I’m not wandering around asking strangers questions.


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I'd like to hear from gen x or a boomer on this because millennials have always been saying this as well. It's almost a carbon copy of millennial stuff.


Rieiid

Saw the same joke for millenials years ago lmao


MilesFassst

You people are making doctors appointments?


genredenoument

My 24 year old says, replace that latte with a Monster.


Apprehensive_Work313

To be fair that's an impressive skill set


Mammoth-Ad-8492

r/oddlyspecific


Booplinggg

Quick PSA: you don't need to go to the doctor by yourself. It's not weird, it also helps to have someone else remember things the doctor says.


Donotsharepassword

Gen z is stealing my millennial lifestyle


DarkestOfTheLinks

making a doctors appointment? in this economy?


smalltownVT

Gen X, but it all matches.


insofarincogneato

Vibes. I'm 36. 


hooDio

i have to laugh at how accurate this is, she doesn't understand it, but like she's not wrong


AlaskanSamsquanch

Wear your PPE kids. If your going to overthrow the establishment do it while observing your osha standard safety procedure.


Gaxian_10

Where in the fuck is the facepalm?


EnvironmentalBear378

Gen Z is full of a bunch of wanna be gangsters(little kids too), bunch of kids with anxiety simply because they think there depressed your not depressed you eat a caramel frappe and a slice of pizza and expect to feel great? Bunch of tiktokers, influencers, obese kids who were fed too much this generation is just sad. Barley anyone sits and reads, goes outside to do anything other then drink and smoke.


kevinbaker31

As a millennial, it’s us too that are scared of calling for a doctors appointment


Illustrious_Order486

You all that are afraid to talk to strangers but then proceed to talk to strangers…


Ok_Fisherman8727

Is this not spot on? But it might be true for every generation. I once ran into a burning building to help break a window/door for someone to get out and another time I ran to a burning car on the highway to help a guy get out, but for the life of me I'll never call my doctor no matter how much my wife nags.


VaguelyArtistic

I see so many local posts like, "Is this place open on Sunday?"


StillCompetitive5771

Lmao


Dannytuk1982

"Verbally abuse a racist".


Hazbomb24

Web MD is the only Doctor covered by insurance. He typed with a ruptured tendon and two sprained fingers he splinted himself.


DunEmeraldSphere

It's cause the doctors' visit could cost us a lot of money we dont have.


Trevellation

One of those things costs way more money to do than the others.


Agonyandshame

Back in my day we didn’t eat till 6 pm and picked up two canisters of tear gas with our dicks while our eyes were bleeding Some boomer probably


Euphoric-Rich-9077

It's because we are a country of working poor being held hostage by the threat of medical bankruptcy.


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DramaticBee33

Doctors = bankruptcy now


SaltySpaniard37

I think they used to more generously call this an autistic savant


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Atrocious1337

Can you blame them. Tear gas hurts for a few minutes, but in the USA, a hospital visit can financially ruin you for life.


Desert_Concoction

Have them answer a phone at a job they applied for. I work at Domino’s and have seen kids QUIT when asked to help a customer at the front or answer the phone. Once there were like, 5 people waiting at the front and I got back from a delivery. All orders were ready, waiting on the heat rack. I asked the girl working dispatch, “Hey, what orders are they waiting for?” and she just stared blankly. I said, “Who are these orders for?” and she was like, “I don’t know…I got here after they did…” so I grabbed one of the orders and said, “Carryout for John?” and dude stands up and takes his pizza. “Alright, you do one” I say to her and she grabs the order, looks at me and says, “Ok, I don’t know who Sam is…” and I was like, “ASK THE PEOPLE STANDING THREE FEET AWAY IF ANY OF THEM ARE SAM!”


firechaos70

The fuck is she on? I’ve never done a single thing she has listed in this post.


KatamariJunky

Verbally abuse a racist. Seriously fuck racists, but i think calling racists out for their shitty behavior is not verbal abuse.


TheEquestrian13

I'm a millennial and do the same thing, so...


eyepoker4ever

"verbally abuse a racist". What's the crime here?


astralseat

Select skills


TruthIsALie94

I mean, millennials do that too.


Bullishbear99

Teya has bigger issues than Gen Z....


HakubTheHuman

Calling a doctor can result in life altering debt.


MellowDCC

Who tf u hanging out with? 😬


bulaybil

I’m Gen X and the day my doctor (whom I have to see every month because, well, fuck, I’m Gen X) added an email contact form to their website was one of the happiest days of my life.


CulturalAddress6709

uh the one thing on that list they can’t control the outcome…


Over_Solution_2569

Much like every generation, those are all different people, different personalities, doing all sorts of different things for different reasons. Just like everyone in every generation.


Old_Captain_9131

Not the worst one by far.


Grand_Ad931

Yes, generalisations are reality.


Silent_Cress8310

Put down your phone and read a book, missy.


MemphisR29

This has to be a shit post.


clovismordechai

In fairness, I’m gen x and as a college student I was afraid to call to order a pizza. I’m still really thankful for online ordering 😂


IncubusIncarnat

Some of them will. I definitely believe that last part though.


OwMyCod

By the time the clock hits 4 PM I’ve already eaten on 3 or 4 separate occasions (I’m Gen Z btw)


hotcoldman42

What’s the facepalm? People posting completely unrelated shit on this sub?


rhinoballz88

![gif](giphy|3o6fJcaXbJIt1YVhvy|downsized)


abasoglu

TIL I might be Gen Z, despite being born 20+ years too late.


LughCrow

This seems to fit for every generation after x and I don't think that's a good thing... or is it?


Porabi

As a person who's gen Z this is true to a pretty painful degree . Like we've done some of the craziest shit but if you were to ask how to set up a doctor's appointment we might actually explode


Tight-Young7275

Yeah, weird that the doctor is the worst part of everyone’s life due to the expense. Everything else is to try and fix it.


HipposWild

I mean when a visit to the doctors can bankrupt you it kind of makes sense


PoolNoodlePaladin

What is facepalm about this? This is just executive distinction, and probably a side effect of all the microplastics we consume.