A Gen Z'er yelled at me because I said these were bad movies.
I was at a bar last night and previews for a marathon (on TNT or TBS maybe) was advertised. These 2 20-somethings next to me got all giddy. I struck up a conversation about movies.
1 girl was got super offended that I said the Twilight movies were bad when discussing good movies vs. movies one likes. I think she took it as a slight against her (it was not) so I tried to further explain (unsuccessfully) that I myself like plenty of bad movies. Guilty pleasures, if you will.
She asked me what are examples of movies I think are good. I said, Casino, Goodfellas, and Shawshank. She thent went into a rant about "the patriarchy" and how those are very male-dominated movies that I "idolize". I said, "Well, I like the movies, but that doesn't mean I "idolize" that type of person." She couldn't grasp that either.
She then asked me, "How many fights have you been in?" I looked confused and said "What?" She repeated the question. Even her friend looked at her like she was nuts. I humored her and answered. She was trying to make some point. I couldn't hear her very well and what I could hear didn't make a lot of sense. Something about growing out of fighting? This started out as a conversation about movies, so I was pretty lost at this point.
It was very typical of someone her age who (CLEARLY) leans left. She was talking very fast and in a tone where she made it clear she thought very little of me. She wanted me to know she thought very little of me and was dying to call me a sexist, misogynist, or accuse me of something. You could hear it in her tone.
It was one of the most bizarre moments of my life. What the fuck is wrong with that generation? They can't have a conversation with someone they disagree with without screaming or insulting you in some way. An accusation is usually thrown in there too.