Everyone’s heard of the millennial pause. You know, that three second pause at the beginning of every video. Well, millennials now have their moment to poke fun at us Gen Z girlies on social media and… the reactions are hilarious.
Allegedly, the “stare” refers to a blank face that our generation gives in response to things that would typically warrant a reaction. On TikTok, fellow Gen Zers are sharing their hot takes and the most common sentiment is: have you ever heard of a resting bitch face?
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One TikTok user said, “Gen Z stare… and it’s just blatant confusion.” Another added, “Gen Z stare is letting them sit with whatever the f-ck they just said to me.” Service workers have chimed in as well, revealing the flip side of millennials’ interactions.
Keep scrolling for more hilarious reactions.
The gen z stare is basically the “Are you deadass?”
Had yall ever dealt with dumb customers before? Me working at the retail is so frustrating and annoying asf pic.twitter.com/98dPFORfGL
— ᖴᖇEᗩKYᔕOᗩᑭ🧼✧.* | Proship/Zoos DNI (@SoapFoamy) July 17, 2025
I thought the wholee gen z stare thing was dumb 😂😂😂😂 but literally our stare is like a if we cant say it then our face is gonna say it for us 😂😂 i only pull the stare whennn my oldest sister tries to ragebait 😂 this wha the gen z stare looks like😭 pic.twitter.com/6IZH8dV7FX
— 𝓗𝓔𝓡𝓞𝓞 𝕏 FℲ (@vibeswitthehero) July 17, 2025
Had to Google what this gen z stare is and I’d say yes
It’s also entirely made up yank shite https://t.co/ox6ihRqmuC
— Tristan Carroll (@TristanMCarroll) July 17, 2025
Realising I do the “gen z stare” had ruined my morning
— 🫧. (@7RSJ_) July 17, 2025
I do not have the Gen Z customer stare, my eyes are filled with wonder and kindness
— Aberrant Curse (@AberrantCurse) July 17, 2025
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