So like when I talk to kids my age, they just all like never seem to know what that are talking about anymore, you know? We have all at one time met or talked to someone that talks like my example above; it’s hard to make sense of what they are saying and they seem like they are unsure of what they are talking about. In the poem, “ Totally like whatever, you know,” author Taylor Mali says, “ In case hadn’t noticed, it has somehow become uncool to sound like you know what you’re talking about?” (1-3) Mali targets young adults with this poem because they are the generation that talks in this way. This generation has become more and more like followers rather than leaders all because of the uncertainty they exhibit when talking. This generation
