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Its getting genuienly sad that younger Gen Z and Alphas just literally have no idea how to be people.
Its wild growing up an undiagnosed autist, and now ... I had better social skills than the average normie adolescent does these days.
Personalities are just, whatever is trending on TikTok.
Of course there are exceptions to this, but dear god its sad to watch.
This happens to every generation as age. Our parents looked at us and thought the same
No, its not the same.
In the past, the younger generation was broadly more literate and better informed about the world, than their parents
Gen Z and Alphas are worse.
In the past, the younger generation had an at least potentially brighter future to look forward to.
Gen Z and Alpha have a guaranteed Great Depression 2.0, water wars, failing infrastructure, exploding food and housing costs, a rapidly ossifying neo-feudal class structure, massive amounts of debt.
The mismanagement of climate change in the last roughly half century guarantees all of that in the West, and Global South, barring essentially a literal miracle.
In the past, younger generations were not absorbed into digital screens nearly 24/7 that literally program behaviors into them, where those behaviors are finetuned to turn them into mindless consumers or some kind of cult adherent, or gambling addict.
The mass proflieration of for profit social media acts as drugs do, especially so on younger, less developed minds.
Sure, the introduction of TV did something of the same kind, but not to the same extent, or scale.
If you think this is the same, you're simply unfamiliar with the relevant data and studies, and dynamics at play.
Acting as if Gen X and boomers arent glued to their screens and sending god awful fascist memes around.
It's different during your formative years I think. Kind of like that girl who was locked in a closet by her parents and never learned to use language. Part of that was they ran out of funding and time to teach her more since she was beginning to understand, but still. There are developmental windows for things that are quantitatively different if you miss and learn later. We have no idea how social media or constant dopamine stimulation affects development during those same vulnerable stages or how it can cause you to "miss" certain milestones or not get the practice you need for the next step you learn after. We're only just learning what it means.
Youre getting down votes, but to some extent this is true. Social media in particular has a markedly bad effect on especially developing youth.
I think the down votes are because even though some points are salient it still gives off a vibe of "get off my lawn!" This isn't helped by the comment above pointing out that all of our parents thought that we were vapid and shallow, without an understanding of the world, molded by television and heavy metal.
Like the points are valid but by casting out across an entire generation... Many members of which can vote and drive and are part of society... It really weakens the message. I want better for the generation that comes after mine. They are being brainwashed in much the same way I was and that should stop. But also I was brainwashed and the world hasn't collapsed yet. Maybe it won't collapse with the next generation, maybe not the one after and hopefully none of our worst fears come to pass.
I hope it's enough that right now we are just a rumble beneath hearing that pushes the world towards a future where everyone is included in the benefits of our society.
Yeah no
Why is he getting booed at? He's right!
Probly cause it was a weirdly hateful and aggressive response to a shitpost. I dunno. We have clay tablets about how weird and fad driven the younger generations are. You aren't supposed to understand the young, this is just some doomer ass "this time is different!" BS. Every few gens there is gonna be a new disruptive thing that's really gonna do it this time. I don't buy it.
The bitter people beginning or entirely feeling out of touch start this trash, but they aren't worse than the people who tell you they are part of the youth and they don't get it either. That's pick-me ass behavior. Let these people live.