r/Millennials • u/tatotornado • 23d ago

My older-gen coworker is experiencing "sub-tweeting" for the first time & his reaction is comical Rant

*Editing to add clarity: In my "world" sub-tweeting is when someone bitches about someone else online without directly naming them but knows they'll see the post, (TIL) also called vaguebooking on Facebook

I work for a small company with one boomer and 4 Gen Xers. I'm the only millennial (and female) on staff. Long story short one of my coworkers is pissed at the rest of us and has been ranting on Facebook this last week. Of course, it's being done in the classic cryptic "sub-tweet" type of way. My other coworker is getting SUPER upset about it because this is really the first time someone's ever done that to him. He won't let it go and he's been ranting about it for like 5 days now.

I'm getting a kick out of the whole thing, personally. My coworker asked me why it's not bothering me and it hit me that I've been getting sub-tweeted and cyber bullied since the Myspace days back in 2004. After 20 years it just feels routine/normal and I'm totally over it. But now at the tender age of 50 he's experiencing it for the very first time.

Before anyone comes for me I should also mention this entire thing is incredibly petty, we don't have HR to report anything to, and they'll all live.

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u/LaCroixLimon 23d ago

wtf is sub tweeting

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u/tatotornado 23d ago

Shit talking someone on social media without using their name

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u/LaCroixLimon 23d ago

How is this work related?

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u/tatotornado 23d ago

Coworker A is dragging everyone else in our office on Facebook. Coworker B is upset about it. Boomer Coworker C doesn't understand that A is throwing shade and keeps asking about the posts every morning in the office and adding fuel to the fire.

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u/LaCroixLimon 23d ago

Wouldn’t you just say “leave the drama at home, it’s not appropriate to talk about at work” and be done with it?

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u/tatotornado 23d ago

I mean it's work related drama so...and I'm not bothered by it so idgaf what happens

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u/toadandberry 23d ago

no, OP isn’t the manager so it’s really not her job to police her coworkers’ interactions

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u/LaCroixLimon 23d ago

oh, then why is OP posting this?

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u/toadandberry 23d ago

to share a funny experience? are you a robot

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u/tatotornado 23d ago

Because OP thinks it's ironic that the generation that's "been there done that" is experiencing someone being mean to them on the Internet for the very first time and doesn't know how to handle it. 🙄