Gen-Z bans scrolling phone with index finger — that’s for ‘old boomers’

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Gen-Z bans scrolling phone with index finger — that’s for ‘old boomers’
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They’re not pointing fingers — but they are giving two thumbs down on what they consider “old and out of touch”

of late, Zoomers are now reportedly refusing to scroll phones with their pointer fingers — to avoid looking like “old and out of touch” Baby Boomers.game, who set out to shed light on the differences in the ways different generations use their mobile devices.

This is also the modus operandi for 65% of millennials, aka anyone born between 1981 and 1996, per the scroll poll.To distance themselves from Baby Boomers, i.e. those born between 1946 and 1964, 73% of whom scroll through their phones with their index finger, according to the survey.Gen Z wants you to stop using this popular emoji

Their finger preference is based in a fear of being ridiculed that was sparked in an uptick in memes mocking boomers for their method of interfacing with their devices, per the survey.purporting to depict a “Baby Boomer with smartphone starter pack,” which entailed “unlocking the screen overly aggressively” and using the index finger for “everything” like a “dinosaur.”However, Boomers aren’t caving to digit-al peer pressure.

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