

The Out of Touch Adults' Guide to Kid Culture watches TikTok so you don’t have to. In this weekly guide to the secrets of youth culture, we examine the current trends, slang, hashtags, and viral videos of Generations Z and A, then explain it all in terms even the squarest can understand. So if you can’t tell your skibidi from your Fantum tax, grab your bifocals, hitch up your Mom jeans, and get ready to become marginally less clueless.
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The Out-of-Touch Adults' Guide to Kid Culture: What RedNote Is Like
The ongoing TikTok drama is creating a massive cultural exchange program.


The Out-of-Touch Adults' Guide to Kid Culture: Where Will People Go After TikTok?
Self-proclaimed "TikTok refugees" are rushing to an app called RedNote.


The Out-of-Touch Adults' Guide to Kid Culture: What Is a 'Treatler?'
Young people are confronting the side effects of late capitalism while vowing to bring their full bush to the beach, often at once.


The Out-Of-Touch Adults’ Guide to Kid Culture: The Rise of Rizzmas Carols
Younger people are celebrating the holiday season by singing each other Rizzmas Carols.


The Out-of-Touch Adults' Guide To Kid Culture: Maximalist Christmas Decor
Deck the halls, and never stop decking the halls, for any reason.


The Out-of-Touch Adults' Guide to Kid Culture: What Does 'Nothing Ever Happens' Mean?
Why do so many young people think nothing ever happens? And shouldn't they be happy about it?


The Out-of-Touch Adults' Guide to Kid Culture: Kendrick Lamar's 'GNX'
It's not the happiest time for many Americans, but at least there's a new Kendrick album to enjoy.


The Out-of-Touch Adults' Guide to Kid Culture: The Tyson Vs. Paul Match
An ugly fight for ugly times.


The Out-of-Touch Adults' Guide to Kid Culture: What Are Dirty Sodas?
They're so much less dirty than you think.


The Out-of-Touch Adults' Guide to Kid Culture: What Is Pink Cocaine?
It's supposed to be WHITE, damn it.


The Out-of-Touch Adults' Guide to Kid Culture: The Memeing of Hurricane Milton
The storm wasn't as bad as predicted, so here are some memes.


The Out-of-Touch Adults' Guide to Kid Culture: Mr. Beast's Many Controversies, Explained
Should this man be feeding your children?


The Out-of-Touch Adults' Guide to Kid Culture: What Is the 'Apple Dance'?
Being famous means something different now than it used to.


The Out-of-Touch Adults' Guide to Kid Culture: Generation Z Gets Into Marketing
What do Nutter Butter, Kamala Harris, and the Northumberland Zoo have in common?


The Out-of-Touch Adults' Guide to Kid Culture: Who Is Nikocado Avocado?
How a YouTube "mukbanger" fooled the world.


The Out-of-Touch Adults' Guide to Kid Culture: Everyone Hates the 'Minecraft' Trailer
Everyone hates the new Minecraft live-action movie trailer. Everyone should chill out.


The Out-of-Touch Adults' Guide to Kid Culture: What's a 'Wojak'?
Plus, why you should ask chatGPT to roast your Instagram feed.


The Out-of-Touch Adults' Guide to Kid Culture: What Is 'Black Myth: Wukong'?
A Chinese video game is earning raves—and stirring up controversy.


The Out-of-Touch Adults' Guide to Kid Culture: Why is Everyone 'Very Demure' and 'Very Mindful'?
Plus, are we living in a "bubblegum dystopia"?


The Out-of-Touch Adults' Guide to Kid Culture: Who Will Nab the 'Youth Vote'?
The candidates are targeting young people. Who's doing it better?