Blog Post 5 📓 Blog Post – Respect vs. “Uncle Energy”

📓 Blog Post – Respect vs. “Uncle Energy”
✍️ Written By Chaos Samuel

So here’s a little social math for you:

If you’re late 19 and your friend is late 20, congrats — you are basically the same age.

Stop acting like they’re a fossil from ancient Mesopotamia 🦴📜.

One or two years is not a generation gap. It’s not even a proper Netflix series gap 📺🍿.

But then you meet people who’ll be like:

“Ah yes, this is my Uncle Kevin. He’s… 21.” 🙃

Excuse me? Your “uncle” is barely out of Freshman Year 🎓.

Man’s still figuring out if paying for extra guac 🥑💸 is financially wise.

Meanwhile you’ve knighted him into your family tree 🌳 like he survived the Trojan War ⚔️.

The truth is, respect ≠ mandatory senior-citizen titles.

Respect is how you act, not how many extra candles are on someone’s birthday cake 🎂.

Being polite 🙏, listening 👂, not talking like you were raised by YouTube prank channels 🤡📱 — that’s respect.

But let’s also clear something up: respect doesn’t mean casually yelling your dad’s name like he’s your Fortnite duo partner.

To those who call your parents or other full-on adults by thier name, chill.

They’re double if not triple your age 👴👵.

They’ve survived rent, bills, and bad knees.

Maybe add some respect for full-on adults — by adding sir, ma, mr, mrs, you know the drill 👔.

Stop being outright rude.

Here’s the real balance check:

• Under 2 years = agemates 👯. Equal suffering. Equal Wi-Fi bills 📶💀.

• 3–7 years older = “senior friend” 👌. Advice mode unlocked, but not royalty, just respect.

• 7+ years = okay fine, “uncle/aunty” territory 🫡. Starter pack: absolute respect + slippers.

• Parents/adults = no debate. Titles, manners, the works. Don’t test them.

  You will get smacked. And that’s usually not abuse, it’s correction in the form of discipline.

At the end of the day, respect doesn’t mean worship.

It’s not kneeling when they ask for the TV remote 🙏📺.

It’s just not being a gremlin 👹.

So next time someone one to two years older than you tries to pull rank, just remember:

their Spotify account still has the same artists as yours 🎶.

They are not your ancestor 👀.

Also to those who are fond of shouting their parents names without due respect, and you just happened to be younger and adjacent to me — the next time you shout “Oi, John” at your dad while i am there… prepare to meet God.

Just kidding. Not kidding.💀

Chaos Samuel

✒️ Writing without permission. Living without labels.