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    11 hours ago

    Because you finally let him put it in and he found out how Rumi it was in there

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    11 hours ago

    When they’ve got a bottle of mouthwash in their nightstand drawer next to the lube…

    “oh, how thoughtful”

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    7 hours ago

    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.

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        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.

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          Youre getting down votes, but to some extent this is true. Social media in particular has a markedly bad effect on especially developing youth.

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            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.