After working some unspecified foam into her hair, blow drying, and -- most importantly -- moving the part of her hair to the center of her head, TikT

How Gen Z harnessed the internet and destroyed the generation wars

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2021-06-11 18:30:10

After working some unspecified foam into her hair, blow drying, and -- most importantly -- moving the part of her hair to the center of her head, TikToker @speedforcecosplay looks right into her camera and says, "Are you happy now? Now stop telling me I look like your mom."

If the issue of side parts versus middle parts -- or whether skinny jeans are cool -- means nothing to you, be warned. These two seemingly arbitrary style choices are the latest distillation of something that's been taking place since the beginning of time: generational warfare.

In one corner: Gen Z (those born from around 1997 to the early 2010s). In the other: millennials (those born from about 1981 to 1996).

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TikToker @ladygleep in July made a video where she said, "Prove me wrong, but I don't think there is a single person who looks better with a side part than they do a middle part." Her video has more than 2.3 million views and the audio has been used in more than 28,000 videos.