Don’t do it, kids!

Learn from our mistakes!"

“Big, fluffy false eyelashes.

Close-up of a person receiving eyelash extensions applied by a technician

I don’t know how these younger girls stand it, but I admire their skill.

(Just want to make it clear that I’m not shitting on the aesthetics of young people.

You do you, my sweet children!

A woman is standing in a bathroom applying lipstick, looking into a mirror. She has curly hair and is wearing a casual outfit

The eyelashes are just not for me.)”

“Blasting pictures of their young children all over social media with 1,000 or more followers.”

u/assylemdivas

3.

Three women in bikinis walk hand in hand away from the camera on a sandy beach with the ocean and people in the background

“Well-done makeup, including contouring.

I am an old hag and have NEVER mastered the art of makeup.

Young women who are into it seem to watch a couple of videos and become total artists.”

People are lined up against a gym wall with "VOTE" signs, waiting their turn. They are using their phones and talking

“The overdone lip injections.

I can’t wait for this trend to die.”

u/chubbybarbie81

5.

Person in denim jacket, cropped denim top, and ripped jeans, holding a matching denim handbag, stands confidently on a sidewalk with a floral garden background

It just looks SO uncomfortable to me, but y’all do you.

“Wearing comfy shoes (like sneakers) to the club.

I’m not mad at it; I’m mad my dumbass never did that.”

A woman in a beige dress slices a blue and pink layered cake at a party. Other people are in the background. Plates and napkins are on the table

u/RemoteTowel7152

7.

“Voting against their own interests.

Now, they’re shocked Roe was overturned.

A woman holding a small dog smiles and waves at a ring light-equipped camera, with a black cat in the background

Nothing is more important than your rights and freedom!”

Don’t do it, kids!

Learn from our mistakes!"

Woman lying on a bed in a cozy, wooden-paneled van, smiling and holding a mug. A hat is beside her on the bed

Or they don’t want to finish school because they don’t enjoy it.

Or they don’t ever want to vote because ‘that stuff’s boring.’

u/RooBeeDooBeeDoo

10.

Woman applying makeup is visible on a phone screen set up on a ring light. Background includes a clock and wall decor

“Buccal fat removal surgery.”

u/walkingoffthebuz

11.

“Not limited to women, but gender reveal parties.

Do I have to bring a gift?”

“Crying on the internet, and I’m talking full-on snot-bubble-crying.

Maybe it’s because I have no followers.

I just bury whatever is wrong deep down and slap on a smile like my mom taught me.”

u/FreshJuice60

13.

“The performative nature of everything.

Ask someone to dance?

Have signs and cameras filming and gifts.

They film everything; it’s wild.

There’s no concept of privacy or events just being for them and their loved ones.

It’s like it’s all a movie or play put on for the world to see.

They don’t seem to live their lives for themselves but for their followers.

It’s really sad.”

“Putting up with bullshit you know isn’t okay.

Realize your worth, ladies sooner than later.”

u/Anticrepuscular_Ray

15. u/galacticprincess

17.

“Focusing on social media appearance.

The lighting, the posing…it’s all for likes.

They post where they are and where they go.

The complete transparency over their location floors me after being told not to tell people that stuff online.

“I am 50 and am actually amazed by young women’s self-confidence.

So many of the amazing young adults I meet through my kids just scream self-confidence.

I still feel insecure at 50.

But so many young women have that self-confidence.

She is so fierce.

She makes no excuses for who she is; she is amazing.

And her life is not always easy.

She just handles the world like it’s hers to be handled.

And I watch the same thing from her brother, her sister, and everyone they know.

They kind of give me hope that the world is getting better.”