A term used by Gen Z (๐ฅถ๐ ๐ฅ๐ฅณ ๐) to depict the "other Gen Z" (๐ณ๏ธ ๐๐
๐ปโ๐พโจ๐คฌ) or aka "Alt". (Short for
alternative)
Alt (typically females) is a
personality that is recently becoming more apparent on websites such as Twitter, Tumblr, and TikTok. (TTT).
Alts typically exhibit behaviours such as:
- cancelling โ
- social media activist โฎ๏ธ
- dyes their hair or wears lipstick ๐ข๐ฃ๐ด๐ต
- "GIVE THEIR LAND BACK" ๐
- has short hair (typically female/white) ๐ฉ๐ป ๐ฆฒ
- puts this โจemojiโจ in every word
- extremely political โ๐พ
- plays instruments ๐บ
- "HEY! You're not a POC! STOP."
- anti colonialism โ
- hangs these flags up ๐ณ๏ธ โง๏ธ๐ณ๏ธ ๐
- pronouns in bio ๐
- "EAT THE RICH" ๐คฌ
- despises the
popular kids ๐ฏ โ๏ธ
- furries ๐ถ
- "BARK", "HISS", "ROAR" ๐ฆ
Gen Z: "You're weird..."
Alt: "THIS IS EXTREMELY OFFENSIVE TO ME! DID
YOU KNOW THAT I HAVE FEELINGS TOO? I AM GOING TO CALL YOU OUT ON TWITTER AND GET MY FOLLOWERS TO CANCEL YOU! ALSO YOU CANNOT SAY THE WORD WEIRD
BECAUSE YOU ARE UNDERMINING THE STRUGGLES OF THE MENTALLY ILL! USE WORDS LIKE 'UNIQUE'!
CULTURAL APPROPRIATION! 1312!"