There’s a simple act that can age you, and Gen Z is making fun of you for doing it.
Think about it: if you’re buying a plane ticket, an item over $500, or perhaps a large white goods purchase like a refrigerator, do you do it on your phone or computer?
If you reserve a big-ticket purchase for your laptop, you’re a millennial. Gen Zers will happily buy anything on their iPhones.
Jessie Frazelle, CEO of software company Zoo, who has over 100,000 followers on X, formerly known as Twitter, recently went viral for bringing this phenomenon to everyone’s attention.
“Apparently, Gen Z is making fun of the older generations who never make big ticket purchases on their phone and always use a desktop,” she tweeted.
“I’ve never felt more attacked in my life by something I didn’t realize I was doing unconsciously.”
That single tweet garnered over five million views, and the responses poured in. Millennials were getting defensive about it.
“How are you going to open multiple tabs and carefully compare offers?” asked one.
“Have you ever tried planning a vacation on your phone? It’s impossible,” claimed another.
“Checking in on a cell phone just seems wrong. It feels clunky and you can’t see everything you need to question your life choices. Desktop shopping enables the purest feelings of buyer’s remorse,” someone else said.
“They wear grandpa socks and grew up with iPads. I don’t care what they have to say,” another joked.
This debate has also raged in Australia.
Bachelor alums Laura Byrne and Brittany Hockley host the popular Life Uncut podcast.
Their producer, Keeshia Pettit, recently admitted on the podcast that there are so many things she considers a “laptop-only purchase.”
“I could only book accommodation on a laptop,” she said.
Interestingly, Byrne, who is a millennial, shot back and said: “I would literally book my own funeral on my phone. I’ll do anything.”
Pettit said she couldn’t understand that lifestyle, “I didn’t know people like you existed,” she admitted.
Byrne explained that while she would book almost anything on her phone, including vacations, there was still one thing she couldn’t do on an iPhone.
“I wouldn’t do my taxes,” she revealed.
Pettit then admitted that sometimes, even using her laptop doesn’t feel safe enough to make large purchases.
“I’m thinking about getting a desktop because some things, to me, seem random for a laptop. “I think I need a stable environment to store dangerous things,” she asserted.
“I don’t think I’d make a $300+ purchase on a phone. It just seems too airy and fairy and random.”
Byrne argued that Pettit’s millennial habit was a “lack of confidence” in herself to be able to make large purchases on her phone.
The clip garnered over 100,000 views on TikTok.
Once again, the comments section was filled with Millennials justifying why they use their laptops when shopping for expensive things.
“Definitely laptop-only tasks, I agree,” wrote one.
Another said: “I need tabs, I need options, and I need a big screen to read everything without the burden of scrolling around my tiny phone screen.”
“Agreed. Plane tickets, big financial decisions, job applications and taxes,” wrote one.
“I feel like a fraud when I try to buy things using my phone,” shared one.
“Some emails are too important for the phone. Must be a laptop,” another noted.
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