What sheltered world did this guy come up in? The list of sounds we used in daily life or quotes from entertainment as Gen X was endless. Everything from "Ruh roh Raggie" to the "arr arrr arrr" from Tim Allen's character or various Beavis and Butthead references were never too far away. "Book 'em, Danno" an even older reference comes to mind.

(However, in professional settings this should be avoided. Standard chatter with familiar people in the office you can get away with it)

Dude needs to grow up and remember to be young.

This guy works the trades? Maybe Gen Z is going back to the boomer roots of Tim The Tool Man Taylor.

My new college hire is full of energy and makes quirky sounds and I think it's great. I miss having that.

She also is really good about leaving at 5, which is something the rest of us need to be better about. We had someone in another department point out to me and my boss that she always leaves before we do, and we explained that she's the one doing things right and not us.

The only vocalizations that can be heard from my desk; "Are you fucking kidding me?"

my manager constantly hummed when talking to people, I have no idea how she never ran out of breath. it was kinda impressive

she got a promotion and moved to a different location recently :(

I like to stim by rolling my rs and changing the pitch when im working outside by myself. it's fun 😙

I keep my GenZs collared and in a closet. They do grunt, but it seems normal adult reactions to what is being done to them. Are you specifically referring to non sexual noises in the GenZs that you own?

Karma police, arrest this man! He talks in maths, he buzzes like a fridge, he's like a detuned radio...

A colleague regularly goes "grrr" and for quite some time I didn't know that had an origin other than comic books. He's 34 and - yes - officially autistic.

I am almost 70. I have meowed, mooed and other sounds all my life. Recently I have found out that I have ADHD and some Autism as well. I am getting assessed.

Meow.

Also, shouldn't there be one more year left before the oldest of Gen Z reach 30?

Some of that isn't limited to gen Z. I've had older coworkers make buzzer noises for correct/wrong (like those on a gameshow)

Assuming the Scooby doo one is stuff like "ruh roh", that specific trend might be recent, but people have been doing silly voices for a while

Although a lot of it could be tiktok trends (or vines for the millenials)

It's the sound of their dreams being crushed in the dream crushing machine. Millenials and Gen Xers used to make similar noises back when they still had dreams.

Fuck Reddit and Fuck Spez.

I do the occasional "ruh roh"

My Xennial boss is by far the biggest vocal stimmer in our office.

Recently I've picked up some 25-30 year olds.

OOP makes employment sound really weird. Like picking mushrooms. Or contracting a disease.

Zoinks!