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Vox
3 days ago
- General
- Vox
The real reason everyone's so mad over the Gen Z stare
is a senior correspondent who explains what society obsesses over, from Marvel and movies to fitness and skin care. He came to Vox in 2014. Prior to that, he worked at The Atlantic. According to many Zoomers, concerning reports of a 'Gen Z stare' may be overblown. If it exists, they say, it's simply a response to the idiocy of their elders. Somehow, though, the concept — recently articulated on TikTok — gained instant recognition from millennials, Gen X, and boomers, who describe it as a blank, if not worried, look as a response to a direct question or interaction. Sometimes, it can be a lack of any greeting or reply from Zoomers in customer service specifically. Further reports point to a potentially related trend, where the group born between 1997 and 2012 don't say hi when they pick up the phone. Vox Culture Culture reflects society. Get our best explainers on everything from money to entertainment to what everyone is talking about online. Email (required) Sign Up By submitting your email, you agree to our Terms and Privacy Notice . This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply. But the 'stare' dogpile is also a reflection of the social skills we value and how we learned to value them; concerns that go beyond eye contact and active listening. In examining our hangups and the backlash, it becomes clear that the Gen Z stare is actually as much about Zoomers as it is the people who are frustrated by them. Does the Gen Z stare exist? The most difficult thing about the Gen Z stare is finding Zoomers who will actually admit — on record — to doing it. In speaking to a few Gen Z people, the main response I got was that they didn't believe that they or any of their friends were guilty of committing the Gen Z stare. Sam Delgado, a freelance journalist and former Vox fellow, does not relate to giving what she understands to be 'deadpan stare during conversations.' 'I was a little confused at first because I hadn't heard of it before or didn't immediately understand,' Delgado says. 'And while my other Gen Z friends aren't as chatty as I am, I've never seen any of them do this stare.' Kat Swank, a young person born in 1997 — the Gen Z cutoff — who says she does not fix upon people with a lightless gaze, was also skeptical. 'My TikTok For You Page is certainly telling me that it's real,' Swank tells Vox. 'But I don't think I've ever really encountered it, though.' Obviously, asking people whether they do an embarrassing thing is not going to elicit a rush of admissions. Psychology experts I spoke to said that while there's obviously no peer-reviewed research on the origins of the stare or its intent, they believe that at least some Gen Z starers are unaware that they're doing it. There's also reason to believe that the way young people look at older people now has plenty in common with past generations. Michael Poulin, an associate psychology professor at the University at Buffalo researches how people respond to adversity, and says that he's seen 'tons' of Gen Z stares. He's very familiar with the vacant gaze and felt its heavy void first hand. But he raises the point that part of being a college professor is looking around the room into a sea of young adults who would rather be somewhere else. Since Poulin has been teaching, and perhaps since time immemorial, students, regardless of generation, have given him that blinkless gaze. Poulin, who says he's seen stares from millennial students in the past, raises the point that the Gen Z stare might not be specific to Gen Z but rather a manifestation of the tradition of older adults complaining about the newest, youngest adults. It's not unlike the way some of our parents told us to look people in the eye and respond to them in full sentences, or the way some of us were reminded not to slouch at the dinner table, or to greet people with firm handshakes. No one sees more Gen Z stares than a teacher. Julian Stratenschulte/picture alliance via Getty Images Clearly, even in the distant past, some of us weren't making sufficient eye contact, were being too curt, slumped and ruining our posture, and doling out flimsy shakes to adults around us. 'To some degree, it's a comforting myth that all of us who are adults — who've gotten beyond the teens and 20s — that we tell ourselves that we were surely better than that,' Poulin says, asserting that older adult complaining about Gen Z probably have a few interactions in their younger years that were also complained about. 'This isn't the first generation to fail' at behaving like a responsive adult. Still, Poulin says, 'I would be willing to speculate that it may be a little worse for Gen Z,' noting that complaining about Gen Z en masse on social media is a sort of new phenomenon. Bemoaning how annoying young people are used to be kept in smaller social circles like after church or at soccer practices or lunches, but now it's all online, documented and magnified with the possibility of going viral. That's probably an issue millennials, at least, can relate to. The Gen Z stare isn't totally made up One of the reasons why Gen Z might not be totally aware of their stare might be the same reason older generations are so sensitive to it: an unavoidable difference in number and types of human interactions. Older adults have years or even decades of social experiences, most of which notably came before the pandemic lockdowns cut us off from one another and changed how we interact. Many also remember a pre-internet age of interaction, another sea change in the way that people relate to one another. For millennials and older, having learned the social skills to navigate a wider variety of in-person dealings, it can feel abrupt, even jarring, to encounter someone without them. While it's true that possibly every generation possesses social behavior that, in some way or another, irked previous ones, there may be factors at play as to why Gen Z's has manifested itself in a vacant glance. It all comes back to those two big shifts: the internet and the pandemic. 'It's sort of almost as though they're looking at me as though they're watching a TV show,' says Tara Well, a professor at Barnard College. Well's research is primarily in social perception, cognition, and self-awareness. Like Poulin, she has seen the Gen Z stare coming from some of her students. If your social interactions are largely dependent on scrolling through an endless amount of faces or staring into a lens, it might affect the way you interact with humans face-to-face. Well explained to me that the stare has made her think about the idea of 'self-objectification' a concept in psychology where people see themselves as an object or solely by their physical appearances, and begin to see other people as objects and images. 'We don't see them as dynamic people who are interacting with us, who are full of thoughts and emotions and living, breathing people,' Well tells Vox. 'If you see people as just ideas or images, you look at them like you're paging through an old magazine or scrolling on your phone.' It's not difficult to see a connection between social media and self-objectification. If your social interactions are largely dependent on scrolling through an endless amount of faces or staring into a lens, it might affect the way you interact with humans face-to-face. On social media everyone just bleeds into an endless swipe if they haven't captured your attention. On top of that, Gen Z is the first generation to grow up with fully built out iterations of Instagram, TikTok, and other social media platforms. They also have largely experienced so many customer-facing interactions — ordering a pizza, speaking to customer service rep, buying movie tickets — as automated. Of course, technological developments weren't the only thing happening during Gen Zers' time in high school and college. Many were also navigating those crucial years for social development during the pandemic, when life and school was shut down and held virtually. Swank, the millennial-Gen Z cusper, said that during her high school years, she had full access to Snapchat, Facebook, and Instagram ('the old Instagram where you're putting the worst photo you've ever seen of yourself with a sepia filter'). At the time, she didn't yet have TikTok and those social media platforms hadn't unspooled their now-sophisticated algorithms into the apps. But her younger peers did. I didn't mean for this photo to be so ominous, but since we're talking about the decline of an entire generation's social skills… Getty Images As a zillennial, she suspects she avoided the worst: access to TikTok combined with the pandemic. All that and 'your social life is all fully all online? I can only kind of imagine, like, where your social skills kind of go from there,' Swank says. 'Online, you can just stop engaging with someone, and you don't need to talk to them — I can totally see that bleeding into real life.' While many of us had our social lives affected by lockdowns (and all have access to social media), Gen Z is the only generation who didn't get to experience what adult social life felt like before it. Why the Gen Z stare is so off-putting Part of what Well studies is how humans react to each other. She looks into the small things, like how we modulate our voice when we talk to someone or how we react to small cues — the beginning of a smile, the small raise of an eyebrow, the end of a laugh, etc. These details help us decipher an interaction, to keep a good conversation going or end one that's run its course. The Gen Z stare seems like the antithesis to these things. The person giving the stare may not know or want to reciprocate these cues; they may not have the practice or knowledge to help their conversational partner. At the same time, the person they're staring at has nothing to work with. That may explain why people may find the stare so irksome, regardless of whether or not the starer's intention. 'People interpret it as social rejection,' Poulin, the professor at Buffalo, told me. 'There is nothing that, as social beings, humans hate more. There's nothing that stings more than rejection.' If there's any solace for those feeling the frustration, or for Gen Z tired out of the discourse, it's that there that younger generation will likely give up its signature stare. 'Gen Z will grow out of it because people are going to keep having in person interactions,' Poulin says, noting that it might not be at the same rate as older generations who grew up with face-to-face interactions. 'They will have more in person interactions, and they will experience consequences of engaging versus not engaging.' When they do, older generations will probably find something else to complain about.
Eater
5 days ago
- Entertainment
- Eater
One of LA's Best Taquerias Makes Its New York Debut
is a born-and-raised New Yorker who is an editor for Eater's Northeast region and Eater New York, was the former Eater Austin editor for 10 years, and often writes about food and pop culture. It used to be said that tacos in New York weren't as good as in other regions of America, say, Texas or California. But NYC's taco scene has certainly improved in recent years. And now, a famed Los Angeles taqueria is making its East Coast debut in New York City this month. Tacos 1986 will open in the West Village at 1 Cornelia Street, at West Fourth Street, on Thursday, July 24. The taqueria's first location outside of the Los Angeles area is going to be part of a three-part complex — One Cornelia — run by the owner of East Village speakeasy Please Don't Tell, Jeff Bell. Tacos 1986's focus is Tijuana-style tacos, per co-owners Victor Delgado and Jorge 'Joy' Alvarez-Tostada, who grew up in the Mexican border city. The menu includes grilled meats layered onto house-made corn and flour tortillas. There's the popular carne asada (steak) and the adobada (adobo-marinated thin pork cut from a trompo), along with chicken and mushroom varieties. Then there are also taco iterations with varying degrees of grilled cheese, from the mulitas to the vampiros to the quesadillas, as well as the recommended perrones (flour tortillas with grilled cheese and layered with beans and meats). The team will also offer their breakfast tacos and burritos during the daytime, with scrambled eggs, meats, mushrooms, salsas, bacon, beans, and much more. Delgado and Alvarez-Tostada previously worked together with Bell, serving food at Coachella in 2023. And Bell was determined to work with the duo at some point, leading to One Cornelia. The rest of the building includes two cocktail bars. There's the agave bar Mixteca, led by longtime Please Don't Tell staffer Victor Lopez, which is set to open in August. In addition, luxe basement bar Kees will open in the fall. Bell talks about how the significance of the address — the three-part complex sits at the confluence of West Fourth Street, Sixth Avenue, and Cornelia Street — along with the addition of Tacos 1986, makes the project that much more special. He recounts how passersby will point to the restaurant signage, exclaiming, ''Oh my god, I went to UCLA and I had this every day.'' The video interview kept getting interrupted by people recognizing and talking to Delgado and Alvarez-Tostada. And then, a certain pop star used to be a nearby resident. Taylor Swift had lived on the West Village block and has a popular song named after the street. Bell notes, 'If you stand out for an hour, you're probably going to get a dozen Swifties taking photos with the Cornelia Street sign.' The adobada perron from Tafcos 1986. The New York Tacos 1986 will be a slim, standing-room counter-service space at 250 square feet. When the rest of One Cornelia opens, customers at the cocktail bars will be able to order the food. The restaurant will serve its own aguas frescas, too. Initially, Tacos 1986 will operate with evening hours, but it'll expand to include morning and afternoon hours later on. That's when breakfast will be served. 'It was a mission, a vision,' Alvarez-Tostada says about expanding into Manhattan. Delgago positions it as: 'How do you say no to New York City?' The two are focusing on this restaurant for now, but they're not totally ruling out a future expansion in the region. Ultimately, Tacos 1986 NYC is about showcasing the team's West Coast taco sensibilities to the East Coast. 'That's really the goal in this small corner of New York: to represent Tijuana and Los Angeles,' says Alvarez-Tostada. 'I would love to create a nostalgic vibe for people who know it and have been to Tijuana.' Eater NY All your essential food and restaurant intel delivered to you Email (required) Sign Up By submitting your email, you agree to our Terms and Privacy Notice . This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.
Politico
6 days ago
- Business
- Politico
Who's giving to Hochul and Delgado?
GOV RACE $: Small donors are still a small part of the campaigns of both Gov. Kathy Hochul and Lt. Gov. Antonio Delgado as they head toward a Democratic primary matchup next June. Hochul's campaign committee raised $120,000 over the past six months from individuals who gave $250 or less, accounting for 3 percent of her $4.4 million haul. Delgado raised $112,000 from them, or 8 percent of his $1.5 million. An ability to tap into small donors could be crucial in the months ahead. Next year will be the first gubernatorial election in state history with a matching funds system, letting candidates tap into as much as $7 million in public money. Hochul has not yet made clear whether she'll attempt to participate in the new system. A campaign spokesperson said the governor will be making an announcement on her plans soon, possibly after the Republican field becomes clear. Delgado has committed to joining the system that can let underfunded candidates close the financial gap. Hochul has $17.5 million in the bank to Delgado's $1.4 million. One major factor limiting Delgado as he seeks public financing: The system is limited to donations from state residents, and out-of-state money has accounted for a third of his fundraising. He brought in $89,000 from Virginia, $61,000 from Connecticut and $58,000 from California. That compares to $150 Delgado raised from Syracuse residents and $25 from Buffalonians. Delgado is also limited by the fact that some of his fundraising has gone to a still-extant lieutenant governor committee. Money to that won't be counted under the formula for public money, which requires candidates to raise at least $500,000 from 5,000 state residents, counting only the first $250 of donations and money from people who gave $1,050 or less. Delgado is currently at $126,501 from 1,722 state residents under the formula. So he's made progress in the first four months of his campaign but still has a ways to go. Until public financing comes into play, the big donors are still the most important. Gubernatorial candidates can currently raise $9,000 per donor for the general and an additional $9,000 for a primary. Hochul received the $18,000 max from 55 people. These top donors included former MTA board member Nancy McCartney. While McCartney's now married to a Beatle, her ex-husband Bruce Blakeman is currently Nassau County executive and among Hochul's possible Republican opponents in 2026. The Democratic governor also received $8,000 from former Republican New York City mayoral nominee Joe Lhota, as well as $18,000 from his wife, Tamra. Hochul, who has supported expanding the state's film and theater tax credits, received plenty of big checks from Hollywood and Broadway. That includes $18,000 from Kevin Huvane, the agent for Tom Cruise and Meryl Streep. She received the same amount from Byron Allen, the owner of a conglomerate whose assets include The Weather Channel. The governor has also been fundraising for the state Democratic Committee. The top donor to the party was the Greater New York Hospital Association, which has given $1.2 million since June. Most of Delgado's fundraising has been for the primary. Only 10 donors gave him more than $9,000, contributing a combined $83,000 he'd need to sit on until next July. His top donors included marijuana company Naturae. Two executives there gave him $18,000, while another gave him $9,000. Musician Natalie Merchant — a longtime Delgado supporter — kicked in $9,000. — Bill Mahoney From City Hall 'CEASE AND DESIST' FOR PALADINO: Lawyers representing the girlfriend of a slain left-leaning activist are demanding a public apology from Council Member Vickie Paladino after she claimed the murder victim's girlfriend did not immediately call the police following her boyfriend's killing. In October 2023, Claudia Morales was with her boyfriend Ryan Carson when he was brutally attacked at a Brooklyn bus station. In the aftermath, Morales became the target of right-wing harassment revolving around claims her and her boyfriend's politics contributed to his murder. In a series of now-deleted social media posts — which came in response to a photo of Morales posing with Democratic mayoral nominee Zohran Mamdani — Paladino made similar claims that Morales' politics impeded the murderer's prosecution, claims that Morales' lawyers say are baseless. 'Your misuse of elected office to defame a private citizen for political gain has forced Ms. Morales to seek legal representation, and we are formally demanding that you cease and desist all such communications concerning our client and issue a public apology for your defamatory statements,' Morales' lawyers wrote in a 'cease and desist' letter obtained by Playbook. 'Your conduct has caused Ms. Morales to suffer significant harm and has further ignited a wave of vile online harassment and threats that put Ms. Morales and her loved ones' safety at risk.' Morales' attorneys said Paladino's statements were knowingly false and defamatory. The letter also notes Morales called 911 and cooperated with law enforcement at every stage of the investigation. Carson's killer was convicted in February and sentenced to 20 years to life in prison. Paladino has deleted the posts criticizing Morales. She did not respond to Playbook's multiple requests for comment. Morales' lawyers are also urging City Council Speaker Adrienne Adams and the Council to take action against Paladino. — Jason Beeferman From the Capitol 'THERAPIST-IN-CHIEF': Hochul is ministering to nervous business leaders in an effort to assure them a potential Zohran Mamdani mayoralty won't spoil New York City. The moderate Democratic governor — who is yet to endorse the upstart democratic socialist who won the party's mayoral nomination in June — has pitched herself to the private sector as a backstop. 'I've become the therapist in chief it seems. I'm saying to everybody, 'We're going to be okay.' Maybe it's the mom in me. I know how to calm down situations, and we'll get through this,' Hochul told MSNBC's Morning Joe today. 'Don't panic, everybody. Let the process play out. Let the voters decide and then we'll deal with it. But I did raise those same concerns, and they need to be addressed.' The new role is a tricky one for Hochul, who is running for reelection next year. Mamdani is pressing for hiking taxes on New York City's wealthiest residents, a proposal that must pass in Albany before it can be law. The governor has opposed income tax hikes. Raising taxes would put her at odds with deep-pocketed donors. Hochul insisted she can work with whomever is elected mayor in November. 'I can work with whomever the voters want me to work with,' she said. — Nick Reisman IN OTHER NEWS — SUBWAY HEAT: DOT Secretary Sean Duffy and Rep. Jerry Nadler clashed at a House hearing Wednesday, each accusing the other of lying about rider safety in New York City's subway system. (POLITICO Pro) — CUOMO CONFESSION: Former Gov. Andrew Cuomo admitted in an interview Tuesday with NY1 that he 'did not run a good campaign.' (Spectrum News) — IN LIMBO: Bills to protect access to gender-affirming care were quickly passed by the state Legislature, but the local laws have stalled in Albany awaiting Hochul's signature. (Gothamist) Missed this morning's New York Playbook? We forgive you. Read it here.
Wales Online
08-07-2025
- Sport
- Wales Online
Wimbledon update issued after star collapsed in front of shocked centre court crowd
Wimbledon update issued after star collapsed in front of shocked centre court crowd The Bulgarian was winning his match before collapsing to the floor in a heap as play was stopped Bulgaria's Grigor Dimitrov gets treatment (Image: AP ) Grigor Dimitrov is set for a spell on the sidelines after suffering a heartbreaking injury at Wimbledon, with coach Jamie Delgado confirming the Bulgarian will be out for at least 'a few weeks.' The 34-year-old, seeded 19th, was in inspired form and leading world No.1 Jannik Sinner by two sets when disaster struck early in the third. At 2-2, Dimitrov clutched his chest in pain and collapsed to the court with a pectoral injury. He received immediate medical attention before briefly leaving the court, only to return and retire moments later. It marked a grim milestone for the former world No.3, who has now retired mid-match in five consecutive Grand Slam appearances. Delgado, who has coached Dimitrov since late 2022, told the BBC the incident was emotionally crushing for the team. 'Completely gutted, disappointed, heartbroken," he said. "The work he's put in to get to this stage and play matches like that against someone like Sinner—it's really hard to take.' Article continues below Delgado added that Dimitrov was playing "tactically perfect" tennis and described it as 'one of the matches of his career' before injury cruelly intervened. Dimitrov did not fulfil post-match media duties on medical advice, and his team are now awaiting test results to assess the full extent of the damage. However, Delgado admitted the road ahead could be long—both physically and emotionally. 'It's getting harder to pick yourself up after these lows,' he said. 'This is the tournament he looks forward to the most. He loves the surface, the setting, the history—he even feels half British.' While there is no official timeframe yet, Dimitrov is expected to miss several weeks as he begins recovery. Earlier on in the match, Wimbledon bosses decided to close the roof of the court at a crucial moment in the encounter. Dimitrov served out the second set to go 6-3 7-5 up, and the referee came to the court to inform the players that the roof would be closed due to fading light, so they could switch the floodlights on. There was a 10-minute delay while the roof closed and the umpire announced the decision to the crowd. Two-time champion Murray raged at the situation. He tweeted: "So ridiculous to close the roof at this stage of the match. At least an hour of light left….well over a set of tennis can still be played. .its (sic) an outdoor tournament!" Tim Henman, on BBC commentary took a different view, however. Article continues below "It's a judgement call but there is time that could be played without closing the roof but certainly looking for a convenient time and certainly at the end of the second set at 8.25pm, they're not going to finish this third set without shutting the roof so this is probably the best time to close the roof and then let the players get back on it," he said.
Malaysian Reserve
08-07-2025
- Business
- Malaysian Reserve
Grant Cardone and Tony Delgado Share Stage at CPAC Latino
HOLLYWOOD, Fla., July 7, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — Two of the most prominent voices in business and personal empowerment, Grant Cardone and Tony Delgado, delivered back-to-back keynote speeches at the CPAC x Latino Wall Street event held this past weekend at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel in Hollywood, Florida. The joint appearance marked a significant moment for conservative politics, financial literacy, and Latino entrepreneurship. The event, a collaboration between the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) and Delgado's Latino Wall Street movement, drew hundreds of attendees from across the country. Entrepreneurs, political leaders, and young professionals gathered to hear hard truths and actionable strategies from two of the most dynamic figures in their fields. Cardone, known worldwide for his 10X Rule and multi-billion-dollar real estate empire, focused his message on economic independence and aggressive goal-setting. 'If you want freedom, you need capital. And if you want capital, you need courage,' Cardone told the crowd. 'Stop thinking small. Nobody's coming to save you.' Delgado, a tech entrepreneur and advocate for wealth-building in underserved communities, spoke with equal intensity. 'We're no longer waiting for a seat at the table. We're building our own,' he said. 'Latinos are the backbone of the American economy, but we need to become owners, not just workers. This is our time.' The CPAC x Latino Wall Street collaboration signaled a larger movement: the merging of political influence and economic empowerment within the Latino community. Panels throughout the day addressed issues such as decentralized finance, real estate investing, immigration reform, and building generational wealth. Both Cardone and Delgado emphasized self-reliance, discipline, and urgency. They didn't hold back. 'We are done being silent,' Delgado added. 'We are done being passive. The new generation of leaders looks like us — and talks like us.' The event wrapped with a networking session and calls for continued collaboration between entrepreneurs and policy leaders. Organizers say this is just the beginning of a national movement. Check out their YouTube interview here: Grant Cardone at the First-Ever CPAC Latino | Latino Wall Street Media Contact:press@
