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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Stephen Johnson is a senior staff writer at Lifehacker covering pop culture and technology, including the columns “The Out-of-Touch Adults’ Guide to Kid Culture” and “What People Are Getting Wrong This Week.”
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Stephen Johnson
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Stephen Johnson is a senior staff writer at Lifehacker covering pop culture and technology, including the columns “The Out-of-Touch Adults’ Guide to Kid Culture” and “What People Are Getting Wrong This Week.”
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Stephen Johnson
Stephen Johnson
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Stephen Johnson is a senior staff writer at Lifehacker covering pop culture and technology, including the columns “The Out-of-Touch Adults’ Guide to Kid Culture” and “What People Are Getting Wrong This Week.”
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Stephen Johnson
Stephen Johnson
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Stephen Johnson is a senior staff writer at Lifehacker covering pop culture and technology, including the columns “The Out-of-Touch Adults’ Guide to Kid Culture” and “What People Are Getting Wrong This Week.”
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Stephen Johnson
Stephen Johnson
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