Gen Z Is The UNHAPPIEST Generation In America: Why?? Report

Jessica Burbank and Amber Duke react to new findings in the world happiness report that a great percentage of the Gen Z population is unhappy. #genz #happiness
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[@christopherleslie]

Amber, please cite your sources for your comment regarding the older generation "...doing really well in terms of retirement..." . CBS News article from April "53% of peak boomers ... Have less than $250,000 in assets".

[@BarneyBrimlowe]

nasdaq... "Americans have roughly $156 trillion in assets, according to Visual Capitalist, but half of that wealth - $78.1 trillion - belongs to the baby boomers. The rest is spread out across Generation X, the Silent Generation and Millennials."

[@BarneyBrimlowe]

i quoted NASDAQ for you but YT doesn't like facts

[@effentjes]

These generalizations aren't helpful and are infuriating me. Over 17 million older adults age 65+ are economically insecure, with incomes below 200% of the federal poverty level. It's not about old versus young. Amber, you need to get your facts straight. It's about wealth concentration versus the rest of us. It is your responsibility to know better. In addition, it is not about perpetuating stereotypes about the get-off-my-lawn senior citizen or what social media likes to use to sow division.

[@Tonka77]

Imagine having any assets

[@paulweeldreyer7457]

​@@effentjesI'm not sure about your statistic because many people over 65 likely don't have "income" which is recorded in that data. That doesn't mean they aren't getting any money.

[@lisa-ul4vi]

This is all by design. I think 2008 was a significant turning point. Many Gen X and boomers lost most of their retirement savings, which made them stay in the work force longer or had to return to work. Loss of good manufacturing jobs, getting more and more people into debt, mass immigration, unnecessary wars. We could go on and on. Our gov. does not have our best interests at heart. They want to create a completely dependent population so they can easily push gov. control over the masses.

[@botidobra6221]

Eastern Europe, East Asia: no immigration, no inflation before 2020. Very low crime rates. Nationalist capitalism is better than New (social) liberalism. (open borders, pro-crime policies, modern monetary theory)

[@chrisgabele75]

I generally blame it for those who voted for their short term gains, but never voted for the long term to give something for the next generation to go with!

[@paulinotou]

We are still doing it. Gen Z and Millenials are insistent on things like student loan forgiveness that is unsustainable for more than a few times and even than only affects college educated people. Gen Alpha will be paying for that.

[@Corndogg316]

This is the whole reason for having governments IMO. Individuals will often make selfish choices, it’s the government’s job to have a long view and do what is right in the long term.

[@ClementineDaydream]

@@Corndogg316 I suppose idealistically this makes sense. I only see governments also focusing on short term gains... and the gains that support their own pockets vs the peoples.

[@albertusvanlubeeck9161]

In theory, having the government as the long-term planner sounds good, but governments always end up self-serving. This is why the cycle persists. Conmen are great at getting people to elevate or vote for them. They then serve themselves until the system collapses. At that point, chaos ensues, and strong men have no choice but to put their foot down to create stability. Once stability is reached, the con artists start the cycle over again.

[@cvrart]

Unhappiness is being cultivated because it's profitable. Simple as that.

[@mr.kilpatrick2991]

yep. everything in the end is a business.

[@emmycab]

5:55 Jessica: "It's impossible, if you do the math on a minimum wage income, you can't afford rent and save for a home in this country and put yourself through school on a minimum wage job. It's just an entirely different economic environment for us." Gen X here. I agree that the cost of living is a problem, and the cost of housing is a particularly big problem. I bought my house 25+ years ago and could not afford to buy it today on my current income because of the extreme inflation in the housing market. That said, when I bought my house back in the 1990s, I did NOT do it on a minimum wage income. Minimum wage was never (and will never be) sufficient to pay rent AND save for a house AND put oneself through school all at the same time. Jessica is deluded if she thinks all of that was EVER possible on a minimum wage income.

[@BWolf00]

So so true, especially the latter...I tried to say the same thing but my YT social credit score wouldn't allow it. They especially didn't like me identifying and saying gen-boo...so weird.

[@silveravnt]

Yep. I bought my first house in 96 for $66k. Today zillow guesses it's worth $185k. That's insane. We have an extreme lack of financial education in the US. How people think they will just not get any sort of skill and raise a family on minimum wage is dumb.

[@emmycab]

@@silveravnt Your numbers and dates are not too far off from my own. 🙃

[@kentakayanagi2084]

I remember growing up in CA in the 90s and hearing all the red tape created by legislature for special interest greed, restricting developers for building homes. Looks like its on display today.

[@ProclaimedHERETIC]

Environmental reviews, title 24 requirements, fire sprinklers and mandated solar increased the cost of my recently built home by $110k in California. That was 20% of the total cost of the home. If you're wondering why homes are so expensive, look to Democrats.

[@gaga5347]

It's time for Gen Z to show that they've had enough of the baby boom and Lead.

[@charlespeterson778]

I a boomer and I didn't vote for Biden or Trump,I voted for Tulsi

[@gaga5347]

@@charlespeterson778 She changes her position to go with the flow Pretty much like RFK.

[@VincentFischer]

How can Gen Z be unhappy? They have more than 100 genders, exactly what they fought for

[@blacklyfe6881]

Not me, I'm not with that agenda.

[@hkirkrainer]

Debt is an underlying cause and an effect; public debt passed to posterity, lending to personal debt.

[@theBear89451]

Public debt is equal to private surplus, with a slight adjustment for trade imbalance. This is why the US has so many billionaires.

[@Jocky8807]

​@@theBear89451but baby boomer got the private wealth, and Gen Z got the public debt. 😂

[@michelleerwin3833]

It's impossible for them to prosper, their futures look bleak.

[@therealcirclea762]

Jessica is ridiculous. Tthe cyclic nature of civilizations seems to indicate that Z and A will be on the better end of this upcoming reset and subsequent jump in the overall standard of living. Unless, of course, she and other self-important Y, Z, and As are the last generations of our species. A species that has survived 300,000 years through actual pandemics, global ecological disasters, famines, animal migration, various predators, et al. The ego required of any generation to think... "we are the generations that will decide the fate of the planet..." is astounding. None of you, none... of....us, are that special. Generations are merely handfuls of sand on a beach that spans backward in time billions of years, and forward perhaps trillions. The tide goes out, washes some sand away, then comes in, returning some. Truly. The egos are just... wow.

[@blacklyfe6881]

Quit being so negative

[@dancrea9407]

One area that I think is often overlooked in these discussions is that younger generations tend to be single and stay single for much longer. Trying to buy a home and support oneself on a single income has always beed a challenge. When I started working the pay was $4.10 per hour. This was a union job and was above the minimum wage of $3.80 at the time. Homes in the area cost ~50k and mortgage rates where 8 - 12% + PMI insurance if you didn't put 20% down. It wasn't easy. WE (wife and I) got by because it was two of us, two incomes, and we made sacrifices. Bag lunches, a single used car, only eating out on special occasions, etc.

[@theBear89451]

To be more precise, average hourly pay has grown faster than rent over the last 50 years, but household income has grown slower than rent. The different is marriage.

[@gabeswitala2292]

Ironically there're all on antidepressant

[@mikehochburns8740]

Social media is the main thing

[@spicywater123]

100%. Social Media has absolutely ruined society.

[@Network126]

Cost of living is the main thing. I'm living in a 24 year-old Toyota Sienna minivan on the streets.

[@blacklyfe6881]

It really isn't

[@spicywater123]

@@blacklyfe6881 Zuckerbot detected

[@asianamericanadvice6016]

In many states, there are tons and tons of jobs paying 75K that Gen Z won't take.... in construction, plumbing, renovation, welding, electricity, etc.

[@asianamericanadvice6016]

These jobs go to immigrants, mostly illegal. And they do the work so that Gen Z can afford ANY housing.

[@BlueSpades7442]

They might not go for those jobs since they were told as kids if you get a college diploma than you will have a successful life. Fast forward now they have diplomas and underpaying jobs in organizations/companies that will fier them at the drop of a dime just to get cheaper labor. While jobs that don't require an education/debt pay way more and don't fier people as often but are hard labor jobs. What they were told as kids and what they got was completely opposite. Things might have been better if we had Millennials in office instead of these skeletons, since they are more aware of the state of the country and aren't delusional like those boomers and silent generation who should by all means be retired and should have passed the torch on long ago. All these old politicians are paid off and have made good lives for themselves and their families, why care about a generation/people that have nothing to do with you or your personal happiness, not like they can remove you from power when you have your sponsors backing you while you play into their hands like a puppet.

[@DavidDalrymple-df4eb]

The social contract is broken. Future generations will not have a better life than their parents.

[@mikehochburns8740]

Climate doesn't cause unhappiness. Dwelling on climate change does.

[@Aganoize]

You're right, I should totally never prep for a hurricane that might be coming because the climate in my area is fine now.

[@ffffnnnnul2125]

​@@Aganoizeyou're right, you should obsess over something that's unlikely to the point where you become unhappy with everyday life and push away everyone that loves you.

[@OhioVworld]

@@AganoizeYou really shouldn’t spend much energy on that. Go touch grass, eat whole food and limit your screen time.

[@GullerudGallery]

B. S.

[@C-Mack]

@@GullerudGallery but i thought bs caused climate change 🤣😂🤣

[@kennethko1534]

It's some combination of the pandemic/lockdown measures and also too much technology/internet use. People are naturally social and the more social you are in ways that are positive for others and also yourself is what makes people happy. Spending 2 years practicing social distancing, covering your faces, and consciously trying to be apart as much as possible takes time to recover from. But sadly, for Gen Z's those 2 or 3 years are literally 10% of their lived lives. It's not surprising they are unhappy. Internet/technology use is basically more of the same thing. Social media more or less just being social from a distance (just like 6 ft social distancing during pandemic), presenting a partial facade, showing only a part of who you really are (just like a face mask) and maximizing ability to work from home is basically trying to consciously planning to be apart from others as much as possible.

[@ronaldpinard6285]

Gen Z is the unhappiest and also the least spiritual.

[@mindymild]

Before you claim “spiritual” prove it exists It’s more likely Gen Z are paying for previous generations greed

[@devensilvers6256]

They are the most spiritual but they place their spirituality in different places.

[@Migwelp]

Eh...nah. Gen Z men are very much religious. There's a Christian revival in this country right now.

[@mindymild]

@@Migwelp oh no!! 😱

[@blacklyfe6881]

Nothing wrong with not being spiritual I'm an atheist and I don't want to be spiritual.

[@tonysaenz]

1. Garbage food / nutritional deficiencies. 2. Loneliness epidemic. 3. Sedentary culture.

[@cashaeleatemla]

In contrast, when asked which generation is the best to work with, millennials emerged as the clear favorite, with 42 percent of respondents indicating they are the easiest to work alongside.

[@mattheffner6831]

Climate change is the never ending battle between Mr. Cold Miser and Mr. Heat Miser

[@Network126]

Kinda hard to be happy when you can't even afford proper housing or a life. I live in a 24 year-old Toyota Sienna minivan on the streets.

[@wolfgangkush1480]

When I was 24 I couldn't afford a home either, that was 30 years ago. If I wasn't bouncing around or had roommates, I was without shelter. But even then I was happy and optimistic. I adapted, worked my way up, and even today now that I have a home and all the things I aspired to get, I still look back at the days I had nothing as some of my happiest. Some of the poorest countries in the world that I have visited have the most kind and happy people, sadness is a privilege extended to those who don't appreciate the things they have in life and dwell on the things they can not change. If you are capable and healthy, you can find happiness.

[@Incredible520]

Hard Questions for Gen Z. Simple suggestions: 1) Get off your phone and social media. 2) Go outside. 3) Hang out with family and friends. 4) Essentially, touch and feel the grass. 5) Go on dates. 6) Get off the screens.

[@yutoob6181]

Quite simple

[@albertmartin600]

1) yes 2) yes. 3) yes. 4) yes. 5) yes, & 6) yes

[@gugy68]

Yep. I’m addictive to my phone too but at least do these things: exercise and meditate for at least 30m daily. Go outdoors and eat well. That for sure helps with your mental health. Luckily, I grew up before the internet. Starring at a phone all day and not doing much else is recipe for disaster.

[@johnborzilleri9721]

I am 65 yo and lucky to have bought a house long ago at a low price and go to an Ivy League college when it cost $11k year with loans - how do your 4 points of “callous” advice help young people with that? your kind of simplistic selfish nonsense prevents these major issues for young people from being addressed…should be ashamed of yourself, but I am sure you are not🥹

[@gugy68]

@@johnborzilleri9721 you make a good point. Boomers and GenX had easier and I don’t deny kids nowadays are squeezed to the max and do not have the same opportunities as generations past. But still, the addiction to social media is absolutely not helping them at all.

[@zachculp5742]

Id love Jess to be a permanent Host, and fully replace Bri

[@charlespeterson778]

A wise man once said " If you have anxiety your living for the future. If you're depressed you're living in the past. Live in the present

[@noelvoss6744]

No one is surprised by this. They've been given everything, they live in one of the greatest countries in the world, yet everyone is a victim and everyone and everything is racist, transphobic, etc. Life is hard. You have to get by no matter what!!!!!

[@west241]

Love how they compare house prices 50 years ago. Yeah how much did the make an hr.?

[@franciswarnock8977]

All of this while Starbucks and $9 lattes is their thing. I live in a U town and you see the students all day hoarding in and out. As long as this generation is able and willing to pay nearly $10 for a fancy coffee, I don't want to hear their problem affording things.

[@ProclaimedHERETIC]

I just finished my MS, and many of my classmates would get those overpriced coffee's multiple times per day.

[@brandoncrow768]

I'll agrree that a $10 coffee Is a treat. However. Why is the coffee $10? How much was gourmet coffee in your day? .75? 1.25?

[@cosmegonzalez]

Um... no. Many developing countries where people hardly have enough to live on, and DON´T EVEN OWN A HOME have a higher happiness index than the USA. So money related issues are not a direct link to happiness. At the very least, the culture has its priorities skewed.

[@kheldaryt]

right this conversation goes off the rails because of poor analysis

[@kjhuang]

If all you've ever known in your life is living in a mud hut and eating worms, sure you might get used to it. But what if you were placed in a nice modern house and tasted filet mignon, and were then told that in a few years you'd have to go back to the hut and the worms again? A little bit different.

[@wekurtz72]

I had to do an Alumni talk at my Uni. They gave me a f'n laundry list of things not to mention or reference, including certain words, because it could 'trigger them'. Gen Z is too weak for WORDS, literally. Abandon all hope.

[@dedesunbeam9361]

Gen-Z didn't ask you to avoid certain words, the generation running the school did.

[@thequackpackattack9250]

They have no future. A.I will take all the jobs. Also not many meaningful relationships. Lack of communication skills. Its sad. I dont have any solution:/

[@ProclaimedHERETIC]

Jessica describes the problem with Gen Z. The expectation is to do the bare minimum (minimum wage job) and get everything you want.

[@Tyler-zs9il]

great show today

[@megsmith596]

The thing to remember is it will all work out, as to weather it works out well is the unknown.

[@Marcus001]

That thumbnail is devious 😂

[@COmatthews70]

My first home (when married) was 350k and 7% + mortgage... that was only 25 years ago. Seems it's similar now???

[@airgunningyup]

thats a pretty expensive house 25 yrs ago.. I grew up on long island and houses were roughly 285 in the late 90s.

[@ReflexandReaction]

Come on ladies, speak the truth. The VALUE of a dollar means nothing anymore, regardless of your salary. I make on average 80/90k per year, I can afford the mortgage, but the down payment is a devil, as everything else is also demanding so much more money. I'm also supporting my family, my wife staying home with our boys saves us thousands in day care costs. Also, it's not that our "representatives" haven't been paying attention to the future they're creating. They have, and they just don't care, greed is a heart killer.

[@gusswanda1409]

When Gen X and Boomers were in their 20s, they were not rich nor saved much, if anything for retirement. Not many Gen Xers were buying homes in their 20s. Gen Z needs to relax and realize that every generation struggles when they are young. If they work hard, their time will come. Also, Gen Z wants to make a good living at a white-collar job after spending a ton of money on a fairly unnecessary degree. My 21yo niece works for GM and will be making almost $100,000/year four years from now without a high school diploma. You have to temper your expectations. You can't always have an amazing job that you love and where you feel empowered AND make a great living right off the bat.

[@RenegadeManta799]

The Boomers are the "soft men" that created these times. Now it's left to us to clean up their messes.

[@paulweeldreyer7457]

The problem is, most of the young people complaining about how expensive it is to live will demand the State fix it; the State will continue to print and borrow, which will continue to make costs skyrocket. 🤦

[@LeoMichalek]

people have stopped connecting like they used to, having close friends and community like they used to.. happiness increases the better your social network is. We are social beings and are not meant to be stuck on the computer. We need to focus on family, we need to serve the the community and our fellow men. A house is great.. lot's of money is great.. but all the superficial things that we have don't bring happiness.. human connection does. that will never change.

[@thomasgriffing5902]

If they weren’t depressed already, they certainly will be after watching this.

[@JoshuaHoward-dq4tv]

Cost of Living?..... gen x apartments 300-500 dollars v.s. gen z apartments 1600- 2300 dollars.

[@ApesAmongUs]

Did you get those numbers by taking the total rent and dividing it by all the people above capacity we managed to squeeze in there?

[@maxwaller2055]

😠 😡 😤 😣 *¡there are to many evil and extremely corrupt family-members and non-family-members!* 😠 😡 😤 😣 - 4:24 pm Pacific DayLight Savings Time on Friday, 21 June 2024 leap year

[@tyroneflaucher3499]

I can feel "giving up" is now giving in.

[@Coover90210]

I'm tail end boomer. I am very aware/grateful for the circumstances I was born into. When you look at the average price of a starter home vs the average one-earner income (that takes inflation out of the equation), anyone with eyes can see it has got wildly out of whack. I wish I had a solution. I would just encourage everyone to remember what is truly important. Its always analog.

[@dawn6232]

Let’s look into daycare and the breakdown in the infant caregiver attachment bond.

[@switzjon8405]

Why are folks stuck in pointless jobs? But expect more money out of those businesses?

[@mikehochburns8740]

Looking for people to blame makes people unhappy too.

[@ffffnnnnul2125]

And pretending you have no agency in your life!

[@Network126]

Kinda hard to be happy when you can't even afford proper housing or a life. I live in a 24 year-old Toyota Sienna minivan on the streets.

[@ffffnnnnul2125]

@@Network126 you live in an expensive city?

[@Network126]

@@ffffnnnnul2125 Los Angeles... I was born here and lost my housing multiple times.

[@ffffnnnnul2125]

@@Network126 yea, LA probably stinks to live in for people who aren't very wealthy. Sucks

[@ImSeriousProductions]

Well, she's not that other new host. Appreciate that.

[@daffidkane8350]

There is no sense of community today as church and clubs have declined and been replaced by communities of identity: politics, sexuality, ideology, and race. These self righteous and toxic groups are worse than church people in my youth. I stay by myself for a peaceful life. I try to avoid talking to anyone as everyone today gets triggered over the simplest and no one respects any opinion other than their own.

[@TomLinder-x5d]

I made $75 for 80hours of work in the 60's . Yes, my first house was only $12,000 with 10% interest rate. Figure the math. They can afford it if they set realistic goals.

[@whm_w8833]

This is good conversation

[@freddybie]

Part of the unhappiness comes from the lack of ability to problem solve. Rather than try and work on/fix the issues that directly impact one’s self, people want to complain and have others fix their problems for them.

[@alexwalker5645]

Jessica was focusing on “minimum wage jobs”, while that’s not even the problem. Double minimum wage is not even enough right now.

[@gametime2473]

Social media is what is making them so unhappy. People are commonly framing their lives based on what they see in social media.

[@emazur8394]

I don't believe the "hard times create strong men" cycle. Instead: > Hard times create fear. > Fear creates obedient men seeking "leaders". > Leaders create systems of subservience. > Systems of subservience create weak men. We're not in a cycle, we've been on a linear progression downwards - staying on the weak men stage but sometimes moving up to the hard times stage (Covid 19 totalitarianism is the perfect example. A new war would be another). But moving up some stages doesn't reset the downward fall, it just piles on to the existing negative consequences of being in a subservient system. There will be stretches where it feels much better because there are improvements in the quality of life created by the private sector such as technology, medicine, and jobs but there is still rot beneath. The hard times won't end until you stop seeking leaders (specifically political leaders) to save you and you stop being manipulated by fear (amplified by the dominant news media, working hand-in-hand with political leaders).

[@SeiyaSoiya-un4jj]

Excellent comment. Reminds me of a favorite quote of mine. “Those who need leaders are not qualified to choose them.”

[@Stassis]

Better to be free and poor than live in a gilded cage.

[@west241]

Well when entitlement increases I would definitely correlate unhappiness in that bag😂

[@gdavidelliott]

She said "someone working a minimum wage job can't afford to live there". That was always the case. Minimum wage is not a living wage. It is entry level, low skill, and if you are making the minimum after 3 months, you need to up your game.

[@chriscollins1525]

Amber often makes silly points, like the one about affording a house on minimum wages. No generation could afford it ! She has also made similarly ignorant statements.

[@scratchpenny]

@@chriscollins1525 That's Jessica who made that point.

[@stevealves3059]

Not to mention, a very small percentage of Americans make minimum wage.

[@lornamackay4069]

As a single mother earning minimum wage in the '80's, I could afford both rent and food, and school supplies for my children. I got a 2nd part time job at night as a cocktail waitress, and saved up a down payment on an old house - mainly from tips. It is not true that minimum wage has always been too low to afford rent and food. It may well be that it is so now.

[@brandoncrow768]

​@@stevealves3059not true. Minimum wage in California is like $20/hrs. Plenty of people make making that joke of a wage

[@mistibear7821]

Amber, this is a sinking ship! Bail out now!

[@ickster23]

Envy and fear.

[@switzjon8405]

Constantly being told your world is trash can you blame them?

[@vladthedragon8250]

You have to widen the context outside of the modern work schedule and the fruits of it to look at the 'hard men come from hard times, hard men make good times, good times make weak men, weak men make hard times' cycle. It's standard of living, it's safety and ease. It's Ashurbanipal looking at the milk drinkers they conquered and telling his generals that is why they weren't settling down, because the ease of lifestyle would make them into milk drinkers.

[@ComplyAndDie87]

Hopelessness.

[@newearthrising3502]

Addiction to trauma

[@Saffiros]

The time when boomers and previous generations could afford houses is an anomaly in human history. Most people across the world have and continue to live in multi generational households. Being a new country, there used to be a lot more property available in the US; hence the lower prices. Are we also gonna expect that everyone should be able to strike west and lay claim to big swathes of land like in the good old frontiers days? Good news is that property prices will likely plummet for the next generation, since the population will implode and the supply of houses will exceed the demand

[@Warren76317]

I also blocked this channel.

[@canadianrepublican1185]

Wow you two look really professional today .

[@joewilder]

What are you talking about? When could anyone buy a home on a minimum wage income? Today though, you can't afford a home on a middle income wage.

[@jeffjwatts]

"When could anyone buy a home on a minimum wage income? " There was never a time when that was true.

[@BWolf00]

YT is blocking my reply...work around coming.. Simply unrealistic...Jessica, "It's impossible if you do the math...on a minimum wage income you cant afford rent and save for home and put yourself through school..."

[@BWolf00]

We prioritized school, career, family and/or home...typically cutting out Wednesday, Friday and Saturday night partying, or forgoing Starbuck's lattes and eating out.

[@BWolf00]

Point is she and others are living in this weird alternate reality...where everything is attainable without sacrifice, without discipline, without goals on a minimum/"living" wage income...except that is and always has been a fantasy.

[@BWolf00]

continued - Most of us worked our way up out of minimum wage jobs developing skills to get more pay or developing a career with a company(ies) to earn a "living wage".

[@VR20524]

Why bring up minimum wage? It was never designed to give a comfortable life. It was the first rung if the ladder; not a hammock. It was designed to build experience so you could better yourself and climb the ladder. What happened to ambition? Why is being successful evil?

[@lanceweeda1147]

Jessica is spot on!

[@johnwatts8346]

if the reason a person is unhappy is climate change, well then they kinda deserve to be unhappy.

[@spicywater123]

It probably has something to do with the fact that everyone is on their phones and technology inundates our lives. I think being connected all the time and the constant fear of missing out ruins our lives.

[@mikehochburns8740]

We are not in hard times

[@ffffnnnnul2125]

Not yet

[@Network126]

I disagree . I live in a 24 year-old Toyota Sienna minivan on the streets. I work and pay bills and contribute to society.

[@tedgayer336]

OK, she's way more watcheable than the monster you just fired.

[@chamboyette853]

I don't think it is economic because it is relatively easy to find jobs. It's social media.

[@horsesrlife5311]

very not true 😭

[@chamboyette853]

@@horsesrlife5311 Uhh unemployment is th lowest it has been in years.Duhhhh.

[@horsesrlife5311]

@@chamboyette853 oh yeah the economy is booming I forgot

[@AK-nx9lg]

Spoiled and no real adversity.

[@Harveevideos]

Cellphones + social medias.

[@spicywater123]

Thou shalt not make the unto thee any graven image.

[@MirceaKitsune]

Hmmmm. Could society treating young people as slaves and taking away all their rights and agency under the guise of keeping them safe have anything to do with it? Nah, it can't be: Must be those depressing social media posts, we powerful people not having enough censorship and mass surveillance to keep you all safe is conveniently why kids are depressed!

[@theheroformula-org]

You need to be smarter and disciplined these days and think outside the box. Don't go to school, get into a trade, start your own business and move just outside a smaller town and avoid the unhealthy city life. Micro homes and micro communities are the future. Adapt.

[@ProclaimedHERETIC]

Yeah, but welders don't work behind a keyboard and an air-conditioned office. That's a hard pass for most Gen Z'ers.

[@hidesinlonggrass3229]

Voting for Biden leads to unhappiness.... Go figure.

[@DannyAnderson-gd2kt]

Guess who is going to be saddled with the national debt from the Boomers? Gen Z and Millennial's.

[@davidbatlle6019]

And you voted Democrat for this

[@trukxelf]

Depends on what side of the balance sheet you're on; Federal deficit is someones asset

[@C-Mack]

Gen Z and Millenials overwhelmingly support democrat policies of high taxes, high inflation, excessive printing and spending adding to the debt....sooooooo, GenZ & Millennials are directly as much at fault for the national debt as boomers 🤷‍♂

[@damienfowler2358]

The zoomers won't be the "strong men" to make good times. The "strong men" will be the gen-alphas.

[@switzjon8405]

Being drug up too

[@cadijakareema]

If family is what makes people happy, why are the children in foster care and the parents in the nursing home😂 Its like 2 plus 2 equals 5,6,7, even 8 sometimes-George Orwell

[@stefanalee]

What happened to the Forgotten Generation? Oh wait..!! lol

[@timgersh6787]

So I believe in work hard to pick up but its not simple, well it is simple when you know how its done but nobody tells you. Min wage is not enough well its on you to make it better but its what you value and in some way turning them into profit. Every generation is a little weaker than the one before but its our job to go further

[@Outlier999]

Whoever told them they're always supposed to be happy?

[@ET_LWO]

Bright future in your segments together

[@ET_LWO]

Bring Robby’s tyrannical rule to an end !

[@LG-km8fw]

Nobody buys a home on minimum wage minimum wage is just a starter for 16-year-olds.

[@BobSmith-lb9nc]

GenZ sees that Western civilization is over, and that they have no future. Z stands for Zombie, the zombie generation.

[@Aganoize]

Thinking is pretty hard at your age, but do try and engage with asking why is it they see western civilization is 'over' and look into if there is a foundational logic that can be followed. Then you can follow the idea toward any facts or misunderstandings. I'm sure you have time since you're retired with nothing to do.

[@BobSmith-lb9nc]

@@Aganoize Gen Z is in agony and confusion over reality, when they should simply accept their fate with a future Islamic Caliphate under Sharia Law. Read Douglas Murray's The War on the West, and The Strange Death of Europe. It is a fait accompli.

[@ProclaimedHERETIC]

GenZ sees that Western Civilization is over, because their progressive and liberal friends are killing it.

[@daffidkane8350]

The 70s and 80s were not perfect but they were much better times to grow up. TV was relatively clean fun and entertaining, and school was not a toxic political battle ground. Most schools were not a battle ground for racism and feminism like it is for sexuality and gender today. Most of my teachers were respectable and competent but today many are trash and my kids hated the school experience. Plus 70s and 80s media had largely trustworthy and neutral journalists but now too many are perverts and political activists and in the pay of the billionaire. My kids will be ok but that’s in spite of societal trends working against us and because I am a very hard man. Economy and society needs an overhaul as it only favors the political, cultural, and capitalist classes.

[@cadijakareema]

If its true that, if you work hard you will do well, then why do the people that work the hardest get paid the least amount of money😂

[@nicevideo2020]

This generation needs God and Jesus Chris our savior. I'm single and have 3 kids, working and i'm always busy. Yet i have time for my children, my own things. This generation is lost because of their own beliefs that are not aligned with family values and God. Instead, they're worried about some calling then it, they, them or all nonsense.🤷‍♂️

[@kerrywang1126]

"Worrying about climate change is sort of a privileged position". Last week, 1300 people died in Saudi Arabia on their Hajj pilgrimage. Mexico and India also each had 100+ heat-related deaths in the last month. Mexico City is about to run out of water in the coming weeks. Truly, it is those who are privileged enough to be shielded from the harshest effects of climate change find no reason to worry.

[@luggagecombo12345]

I wonder what happened right after 2006?

[@deadgolfer6345]

Pay rent and save for a home and put yourself through school on a minimum wage job? I made minimum wage in the 80s, you couldn't do even one of those things, much less all three. Was there a time you could do all three of those things on a minimum wage job? Also, it should be noted that things are different now. Not that some things like houses are not more expensive, they certainly are. But entire families had one car. They ate out . . . never. You got a coat for Christmas. Houses had no garage, much less a two-car. A master bedroom closet would hold about 9 total outfits - which was possibly enough for all your clothes. My grandparent's house was a two bedroom with a window unit for AC in the south. And people worked really hard. Not like what I observe young people doing. Once again, things are certainly more expensive. But they are also better. And we want more. And people watch youtube videos at their job. And they do buy avocado toast. And $50k cars when lesser ones are available. Both things are kinda true.

[@Ivan-xk4uy]

Where did you grow up and when?

[@deadgolfer6345]

@@Ivan-xk4uy Mississippi - born in 71.

[@chrisburnett9905]

I had the same experience you did growing up in Ohio in the 1950s and 1960s. There's a lot more materialism and less work ethic today.

[@brandondelaney1815]

Bring Bri back

[@KathleenDavis-i8o]

Intelligent discussion! These hosts are great! (Unlike that horrible lady you subjected poor Robbie to this week.)

[@Critical-Thinker895]

I can count on one hand the number of Gen-Z that you could claim "work hard". That's a joke. The ones that do are succeeding. What I do see if a plethora of Gen-Z who repeat the same phrase, "That job's not worth my time". Then they're back on their $1000 phone. I'll be that guy. Gen-Z are a lazy lot that want an easy job where they can just work a few hours a week (and they pick the hours) and they want to be paid a fortune for it. Boomers like me did not start out owning a home and sometimes I was hardly able to afford diapers for my kids. Stop pushing this narrative that we all made plenty of money to afford anything we want. Maybe your parents did (aiming at the hosts here) but a lot of the rest of us did not. You have always had to work for a living and that's the fact that Gen-Zers can't cope with.

[@kheldaryt]

you are mostly right. minor disagreement on A. think there are more young people that do work hard and have it figured out but they don't whine as much.