Millennials point out major telltale sign you're texting a Gen Z

If you’re still confused about what really separates Millennials from Gen Z, we have another major difference to throw on the pile.

As it turns out, the way you text is basically a digital fingerprint of your generation, quietly revealing clues about your age with every message you send.

And this goes way beyond emoji choices.

People love pointing out the big differences between the two groups and, from the type of emojis you use to the way you dress, and even the ‘millennial pause’, which is the gap of silence before someone starts speaking after pressing ‘record’ to make a video.

Just in case you needed a reminder, Gen Z people are those born between 1997-2012, while Millennials are those born between 1981-1996.

Here are the signs you're texting a young person (Getty Stock Image/Natalia Lebedinskaia)

A Reddit thread exploring how Gen Z and Millennials' text has picked up a lot of attention, with people dissecting the differences between the two cohorts.

Redditors are convinced that Gen Z almost always avoids using punctuation in texts, and this can lead to a particular issue when texting someone older.

“I’ve had people slightly younger than me ask if I’m mad at them via text because I sometimes properly punctuate,” one Redditor recalled.

Another person also shared a telltale sign that you’re texting a younger person. “Punctuation really, Gen z just doesn't use it most of the time. In my experience millennials use punctuation.”

So what are the other signs that you’re officially old?

According to the hosts of RTÉ FM, a study has called out anyone who still uses the crying with laughter emoji as 'not cool'.

This conversation is definitely not between Gen Z people (Getty Stock Image)

Gen Z is much more likely to use the skull emoji to share that something is funny, which is related to the fact that they say ‘I’m dead’ when something makes them laugh.

Then there’s a thing Gen Z calls the 'Boomer ellipses', which is where older generations write something out and then seemingly leave things hanging by sticking an ellipsis on the end…

And we all know just how wildly ambiguous that can be…

For example, in a separate Reddit thread, a Gen Z Redditor complained: "Small example: Boomer Neighbor texts me asking which post office branch is ours.

"I reply right away and she responds with, 'Thanks...' Like what the f**k else needs to be said or implied? Why not 'Thanks!', 'Thanks.' or 'Thanks [smiley face].'"

At this point, Millennials and Gen Z are basically in a never-ending group chat argument, and it’s hilarious watching both generations feud [skull emoji].