How Gen Alpha Will Change Society Forever

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If you thought Gen Z was bad, just wait until you see Gen Alpha. Gen A is the first generation in human history to be born after the boom of the internet, and they're the children of Millennials. They will be the most technologically literate generation in history, and also the largest. virtual reality and AI will heavily influence their development throughout adolescence and that's probably not a good thing.

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[@Spectrythium]

This is scary

[@mr.d2869]

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[@NoviThought]

@@mr.d2869 I appreciate the kind words and advice

[@Nelvinkumar]

I Love You So Much. Please Tell The Whole Truth Of The Biggest Channels On KZbin.

[@NoviThought]

I appreciate it haha

[@chrislife1101]

As a gen z who can actually remember what it was like to not have a totally burnt out attention span, playing outside with friends, being bored and drawing, reading for long periods of time and expressing my imagination, and just having a more overall peace of mind in the present day at the time, it's really sad to know that the younger gen Zs and gen alpha won't know what that feels like

[@n1g3lx3n0]

same here

[@Nuxzal]

i'm a 09 and relate to you, i always used to make something creative or random. I would spend my time playing with toys. Go to the park with friends. How i spent my time on electronics was playstation 3 Minecraft.

[@deppo436]

Wdym remember? Have you completely lost your attention span? Don't make me feel even worse about my generation.

[@chrislife1101]

havent completely lost it but its pretty shit now @@deppo436

[@roxlnn1034]

Alright so I was born in 2010 I'm 12 years old, 13 in about 2 weeks so am I Gen Alpha or Gen Z idrk

[@myyoutubeaccountgotsuspend8666]

As a member of Gen Z, we have a responsibility to raise our kids in a way that fights against this sort of developmental damage.

[@matejkacmar325]

Yeah our parents were really correct in *some* things 💀

[@1HourLoopedgameOST]

im gonna be honest gen zs are really efecting gen alphas like gen alphas watch content from gen zs and gen ys not gen alphas so your job is really to be a good influence

[@arcticwolf8150]

It’s not hard people like to make things more difficult for some reason and are ignorant of what can easily solve the problems of today, and one of them is to not raise them on screens and to let them go out and play and ride their bikes or something. I play video games too but don’t revolve my life around them and stupid shit tok. I did other things when I was a kid like my friends did too and we used to all play some kind of game at times too

[@nothing-fh8vi]

@@1HourLoopedgameOST in that case, it's already too late

[@novalewis4938]

I agree, millennials did f us over but I think there is still hope with the generation that is after them. If we just disconnect them and force them to go outside they will drastically be different from the avg sticky gen A iPad kid

[@mr.god.complex]

The takeaway from this shouldn’t be that we’re doomed. The takeaway should be that it’s our job to fix it.

[@Ace501st-studios]

we were never doomed most of us alphas will be fine it is a certain few that need help

[@chiiickenz]

​@@Ace501st-studiosaha, yes. The gen A's on my neighborhood are normal. They hang out with friends and do dares and play games like hide and seek or hopscotch.

[@HaruDaRabbit]

Its morely the peeps that think they have the right to change someones happiness and try to do so in a toxic way

[@zacharyharris2177]

That’s what everyone says about global warming too, but is that getting any better?

[@smketweedsdailysmketweed1612]

@@chiiickenzof course not they are focused on being the next biggest KZbinr

[@oppa1319]

My 4 year old son is an outcast when he goes to the park because the majority have no concept of what imagination is and can only interact with the function of what is like a slide being a slide or a swing being a swing. When my son starts playing imaginary games kids become confused, they ignore him, they run away from him, or they rage at him and keep correcting him saying something like bench is not a train it’s a bench. Wild times.

[@RichardDiazWright]

As a gen Zer, that has to be the most confusing thing ever. Has playing pretend went from something every kid did to being obsolete in 10ish years?

[@TheThingsDude]

He’s an outcast but a good one ❤

[@spacelinx]

@@RichardDiazWright: I feel like it. I have a daughter who’s an older gen a born in 2006 just before the rise of the smart phone era. She’s generally quite imaginative and we had lots of general imaginative play, but she also would look at a bench as a bench but not as a train. My son was born in 2012 so he’s like gen z technically, maybe, but is much more like gen alpha. A screen is his best friend and he goes absolutely crazy without it, like an alcoholic without their drink. I did my best to keep him off at a young age, but others in his life enabled his screen time no matter how much I raged about it. He really didn’t believe in imaginative play and even now, prefers the action parts of a movie or series with no care to the story. This life they’re growing up under really pains me.

[@TR4R]

Mmm... I understand and share your worries, but from another perspective that is also interesting to watch. Back in the day kids used imagination to play, I remember that. Today it's like augmented reality from smartphones has made them perceive some things in a very realistic way while they're also submerged in the fake reality of the internet. On the other hand, their vision of the world is like a modern version of Plato's cave, it's unbelievable that when I was a kid I was pretty much the outcast and the weirdo this video talks about, but now the average child has social skills as poor as mine ones back in the day (without smartphones nor social media). But I guess, I had (and have) a lot more self-control.

[@Japica225Main]

@@RichardDiazWright fr bruh when I was a kid around 6-7 years ago we were still imagining we were in some sort of fantasy city in playgrounds

[@alphamorion4314]

As a Millenial, I suddently feel kinda humbled by the fact that I'm literally part of the last generation of people who had their childhoods in an age without the Internet

[@abisnaily]

obviously not against you obviously but the millennial generation are the ones who have chosen to give their children ipads instead of giving them a better childhood its sad to see tbh

[@alphamorion4314]

@@abisnaily I get what you're saying: honestly I personally would'nt know abour that since myself personally still don't have kids. But I get what you're saying. The thing is, I would argue ir wasn't really us, as an overall generation, but rather our parents one. Gen X, as we might call them. They had their issues, and I totally get why they might have chosen that route: I genuinelly don't blame them, mind You. They just didn't have enough knowledge to undestand where it might lead us as as species, they found themselves being parents on the pivotal point of history That is my personal perspective though: ir might just be as You Say. All I know is: even If it WAS us, we were right in the Crossroads. We might have seen the new techology and used it, without still realizing -as ir was still too new- the impact of it. All I know is that myself, whener and IF I become a parent, Imma try to do My Best ti sabe My kids from the dangers of modern techology

[@Zack_Bangus-_Not_Alt-]

@@alphamorion4314 I know this may not be responding to your comments but I'm having issue sorting myself in a generation and I'm looking for help. I was born early 2010 and have close friends born late 2009, so where am I on the "scale"?

[@alphamorion4314]

@@Zack_Bangus-_Not_Alt- I'm not an expert on the matter, honestly, so you might be better off doing your own research to see if what I'm about to say is accurate or not. But techically, on a purely "year by year" metric, I think you might be an A. If I'm not mistaken, Gen Z is considered to be up until (roughly) until 2005. You being born after that could be considered an elder A. In the end though, it doesn't matter all that much: as long as you do you, put in a tiny bit of effort in getting to know yourself and being authentic with yourself (and do not cause harm to others in doing so), then it will be okay. It might be a bit scary, but I promise you you have everything you need alteady within yourself

[@Aventius_88]

@@Zack_Bangus-_Not_Alt-as a 09 2009 kids were the last of gen z but 2010 kids can also be considered gen z tbh

[@caterina2290]

As a gen z who deleted tik tok, I understand the pain. Social media should NEVER stay in the hands of a kid, they'll ruin them forever. I hope adults will be responsible and teach the kids well

[@amiablanket]

i never istalled tiktok sooooooooooooooooooooooo

[@kotozura5066]

@@amiablanket your 100% a kid

[@KateKolate]

@@kotozura5066 *you're

[@anushkaverma2203]

i deleted instagram a couple months ago and tiktok is banned in india and honestly i can confidently say im not missing out on much. trends change so quickly that before people can even look up from their phones for long enough to talk irl about these trends, they are already old news. on to the next trending audio or meme format or clothing style

[@kotozura5066]

@@KateKolate That was the worst mistake I could have ever made

[@vikingthekitty]

As one of the older Gen A kids, i want to change Society, make it better! Nobody needs more negativity in life

[@alexrazer8138]

As a gen Z, the online way out i See it ,are radical changes, Or everyone will be Doomed in the Future. The only war Worth fighting for is against the Corporate capitalist class.

[@DudeWatIsThis]

Quit social media. Play offline videogames only. If you want to play with friends, do it in person (even if it's playing a videogame in the couch, or watching a movie together). Do this, and you wil save yourself.

[@uriurw8630]

​@@DudeWatIsThisexactly!!! i am one of the younger gen z kids (2007) and i try to hang out with my friends in person, play videogames with family rather than spend all my time online. as i am quite young, i grew up with social medias being a norm, of course i still have a concept of normality but my younger sister (2015) spends all her time online and it's really sad to see, cheers.

[@klasrem]

​@@uriurw8630 same here man (2008). i used to play baseball and hangout with friends outside or at their house to play games. had a next door neighbor as a friend. covid is when i lost all of that until basically my freshman year (last year). i lost all my friends because i moved in 2021. last year i started to actually get involved with fitness again with jrotc and my life has gotten so much better than middle school. my younger sister (2011), basically never leaves her room once she gets home from school, and has been like that since maybe 3rd grade, so 4 years ago. this school year though, shes been inviting lots of friends over (both fortunately for her, and unfortunately for me because i have to hear noisy middle school teen girls for hours) and got involved with volleyball so shes finally starting to break out of her cage. i really hope gen a's parents start forcing their kids outside or have internet curfews like what my parents did when i was in elementary school. really helps you to break out of the internet cage and have a life

[@DudeWatIsThis]

@@WHOAREWEPRAYINGTO Those are online friends. I'm a millenial and I had them too. You need real friends from your town.

[@trackee2024]

I’m a millennial and am raising 4 gen alpha kids now. We don’t spend much time on screens around here - and we’re in a neighborhood with families that have similar values. My kids are smart and thoughtful. They like reading books ( a lot), playing sports, playing instruments, coloring, walking to our little downtown. These kids are living childhoods pretty similar to mine. Maybe just… iono, not give your kid an iPad? And if you’re a gen alpha kid reading this, just go do something in real life! Toss your slavery-brick (aka phone), and go live your big, beautiful life! You’ll get more used to IRL interactions and I promise you’ll love it!

[@castirondude]

I'm watching this as my kids are playing outside and having a blast with .. wait for it .. a garden hose. Spraying each other , playing in the sand .. we have an iPad , they'll watch it at night , but they'd just as well play outside. The big internet addiction is fueled by helicopter parents who won't let their kids play outside much.

[@Ashtrixal]

I am Gen Z, and I'll raise my future kids similar to yours. Thank you for the advice. I want to put the future of my kids and their society first rather than my own convenience.

[@ThePanicman66]

I could show you a picture or video of my bedside table and the damage being done by my phone that is kept there 90% of the time I’m at home. The Formica has blistered in exact spot where I keep my phone and nowhere else. So what damage is this going to do to a small child?😳

[@Kysdoogle]

This. more things in life need to be like this and more people need to be told this as a younger gen z who lives on a farm and had restricted use of screens about (1-2 hours of tv before sleeping no other devices) until i entered secondary school/middle school although i hated i didn't have an xbox or could message my friends i'm now able to see how addicted everyone is luckily my friends aren't too attached to screens where they'd rather consume random media over going to hang out or just normal things like walking through town, shopping, exploring etc, unlike a lot of younger people i see who would prefer to have their ipads or phones just watching videos or playing mindless games whenever my younger cousins come to my home I always encourage them to play outside with me or my sister or my cousin will make a game up with me to play instead of sitting around doing nothing i really really hope that more people will take your advice so that our society doesn't become too detached and isolating.

[@ThePanicman66]

@@Kysdoogle parents think that kids being bored is a bad thing…directed in the right way it will encourage them to use their own imagination, instead of relying on a computer game which requires no imagination 🙄. As kids we had only our imagination to think up things to do. The memories I have of my childhood are great…imagine what today’s children will look back fondly of their childhood? Sitting at home eating junk food and getting mad at a digital screen 🙄.

[@Voxorius]

As someone born in the Middle Ages, I can confirm that society is decaying.

[@jonernuts]

Facts

[@JAVbro347]

As a literal fetus I can confirm that there's nothing we can do

[@simonpitt4632]

yeah

[@milo-kz1pi]

As Gorgath, the Devourer of Worlds, I can inform you all that todays society is truely saddening.

[@averagemichael]

​@@JAVbro347 Napoleon why u here?

[@klaus2550]

As gen z, literally I'm terrified for gen alpha. Half of my mental health issues have come from my Internet experiences and now I feel like I'm really stunted in a way. I wish there was something that could be done for gen alpha

[@fontanelas]

Literally I saw with my two eyes a baby that didn't speak, it was that young, crying to her mother as she was with her phone in her hands. It's scary, I remember how happy I was when I had my PSP and I'm not old, I remember sharing pokemon cards with my friends, even games, playing football and more, good times I'd go back.

[@naski420]

Im born in gen alpha and even im terrified for the people born in 2015-2023

[@user-kd7tb3rb9t]

I’m older gen alpha and we didn’t totally grow up on phones but the younger ones are

[@Demoralisd]

world war 3

[@Ngaming4REAL]

Well I gotta be protected because I’m gen alpha

[@MistaMyers]

The problem is I'm only 14 and I'm already falling into misunderstanding the Gen A slang. Even though I am right on the end of Gen Z, there's such a big gap socially between Gen Z and Gen A that people in their teens* and 20's are already feeling old because they can't understand Gen A.

[@WhatEvenIsTheInternetAnymore]

Dang im gen A and i dont even understand it

[@epicellableu5245]

Same@@WhatEvenIsTheInternetAnymore

[@idkwhy77]

"sTiCkiN oUt uR gYaT fOr tHe rIzZlErrr uR sO SkIbiDiiiiii, faNum tAXxxx"

[@epicellableu5245]

@@idkwhy77 i jUst WaNa bEe yur sigma

[@verlax8956]

+500 million social credit + rizz + poopy butthole xdddddddd roblox

[@dyzphoriia]

the internet genuinely helped me become a better person. my parents are horrible and I've self taught myself everything i know because the internet sparked my passion for math and physics when my parents trashed on me for liking it

[@dyzphoriia]

@@thatguy2521 not even a little lmao

[@faozia6843]

Are you okay man? Hows life atm?

[@dyzphoriia]

@@faozia6843 it could be worse

[@abubakr8824]

​@@dyzphoriia hope you find your way!

[@faozia6843]

Wish ya luck man stay safe@@dyzphoriia

[@M0byd1ckheac]

My 9 year old cousin is a prime example. The kid had parents who just bought and gave him a new piece of expensive tech whenever he fussed. He has autism on the lower end, but his constant and un restricted consumption of the internet worsened his mental state so badly that the only thing that came out of his mouth for years was constant unrelated and nonsensical references to the short videos he’d watched.

[@man9496]

This is sad as fuck

[@ishanbkumar3583]

Just sad. It's a rather widespread problem rn, with young kids developing a sort of autism because the years in which 95% of their brain develops is just saturated with meaningless shit on the internet. People are losing touch with reality by the day.

[@brynkotz5262]

@@ishanbkumar3583lmao, develop autism??

[@Hans-ht2ft]

its not really fault of them being from Gen Alpha is more about having shit parents

[@peopleyouforgot]

@@ishanbkumar3583 Autism rates have increased and it’s questionable as to why… but uhh you still can’t develop autism later in life unless you get like a brain injury or something. Autism is genetic and typically it has to do with your family, even if you don’t have family history and you still have autism, you were born with it. No one gets autism later.

[@mackowacko5166]

I’m actually surprised to see how many younger folk have been drawn to this video; I’m very glad that they are seeing this and seem to have a motivation to help us shape the future for the better.

[@mackowacko5166]

@@beachbelle_ Me too!

[@AverageNerdGamer]

@@beachbelle_ The only tech i knew existed till i was in year 2 in school was TVS big old box tvs and radios and Laptops but i was told Laptops were only for work. Then i was shocked to find out it was a lie when my friend showed me Minecraft on the Xbox360. i was one of a total of 3 kids in my high school to not have a phone and we were deemed weirdos how we had crap strict fun police parents and we were made outsiders we were told are lives sucked and we should k!ll are selfs. In the end im glad my parents did not buy me a phone so i did not turn into the brain dead internet zombies that were my classmates. I am a Gen Z and im proud of it.

[@timstone2813]

The people who are aware of the dangers of the internet are here. The folks who watch this are better at succeeding threw the great filter we are going threw.

[@timstone2813]

​@@beachbelle_I watched a bunch of.... 6 year Olds? Pretend they were playing imposter, or whatever that killing game that's based on "the thing"? is called. They said we need to wait on the server, they stood in one spot, then all pretended to run off and do choirs. I only paid attention when they said we need to wait for the server to fill.....

[@FemboyKaiSaku]

gen z is very worried for gen alpha, because we can see gen alpha so clearly since we see them in school. And it's really sad

[@veronis]

I was born in '03 and turned 20 this year. It's extremely concerning, from my perspective, seeing how Gen Alpha is doing. I remember when I was in elementary school, kids still played outside; they traded toys and Pokemon cards, read books (not assigned reading), and socialized with each other. In middle school when Tiktok was launched I had this weird feeling, like the beginning of a cultural shift was emerging with the way it was so popular, but it was nothing compared to how the app is today. Anyways, I see and hear of so many elementary schoolers and toddlers who are glued to their tablet or phone screen nowadays. This is so depressing to me because this is the most crucial development period of their lives where they need to socialize (in the real world), and with the way this is going, they're going to have many problems down the road with a shortened attention span and lack of social skills. I sound like a boomer writing this comment but this is deeply concerning me.

[@maybelater6282]

I was also born in 2003 and have the exact same feelings as you do. Perfectly said.

[@underarmbowlingincidentof1981]

people said the same about your generation and you still turned out pretty alright, didnt you. stop panicking. people always think the new generation will be the end of mankind.

[@veronis]

@@underarmbowlingincidentof1981 I like to think that I turned out alright, but as a kid I was exposed to some pretty gnarly shit on the internet and it messed me up for a while. Is it not natural to feel concern for kids who might end up going through the same as I?

[@Hey_haylei]

As somebody who’s also born in 2003 I also agree

[@benjamintay9619]

Though I was born in ‘05, I completely agree.

[@garyjenkins7249]

Gen x here. The only social media I know is KZbin. I don’t really get the other stuff.

[@PostcardsFromJapan]

KZbin is the only media platform worth watching.

[@heatherrogers548]

Happy to read from another gen x er. You tube is all I ever watch myself.

[@Nolin-sl2cz]

Yep i only use one social media service is KZbin

[@sharksarecooI]

This is a rare gen x sighting!

[@ThomasDrish]

Another gen X here. I only need KZbin. Music videos everywhere, anytime! ❤

[@wolfiesama3900]

As a person born in Nigeria into a somewhat financially troubled family, getting access to technology was hella hard and we sure as hell had to use our imagination for fun, now I’m 18 and I find myself wanting to turn off power just to enjoy the world around me every now and then

[@1HourLoopedgameOST]

same but i have no fiends so theres not much to do ima gen alpha and im homeshcooled and live in the country so no neighbors and no classmates

[@y2kplanet]

@@1HourLoopedgameOSTthat’s kind of saddening

[@1_therealcreatedjam-ph8pv]

Well yeah you have insurgencies in the north and a 1110 gdp per capita with buhari

[@kipper256]

I'm so happy my parents barely allowed me on the internet when i was younger so i could experience what it was truly like to be a kid.

[@AverageNerdGamer]

The only tech i knew existed till i was in year 2 in school was TVS big old box tvs and radios and Laptops but i was told Laptops were only for work. Then i was shocked to find out it was a lie when my friend showed me Minecraft on the Xbox360. i was one of 3 kids in my high school to not have a phone and we were deemed weirdos how we had crap strict fun police parents and we were made outsiders we were told are lives sucked and we should k!ll are selfs. In the end im glad my parents did not buy me a phone so i did not turn into the brain dead internet zombies that were my classmates. I am a Gen Z and im proud of it.

[@J4CKM4T1ONZ]

You're not alone brother

[@nickd2296]

Me too. There are no good reasons for a child to have unrestricted access to the internet.

[@creepervlogs5136]

I’m part of the second to last batch of Gen Z and I remember playing outside and it’s so sad how when I was only 5 years into my life no one played outside and ever since 2020 I’ve seen no one outside or taking walks like they did when I was only a toddler or a little kid. It’s just so sad.

[@Bertgstallner]

Nowdays you only see old people taking walks outside all beyond 40 at least. Sometimes I have brief conversations with them, but its still bad. Good thing I have been working a lot on my time machine lately. Still doesn't seem to work probably, because I can only go to year 1916. Despite this im gonna use it,even the trenches of ww1 have more purpose than this. And chlorine nerve gas seems pleasing compared to insta.

[@vann.E]

Im 2008. It was great. I miss it and i feel so sad that many people aren’t going to experience “pretend” or “tag” or even games they make up on their own. The virus ruined our society.

[@craftysteve176]

@@Bertgstallneryou are cool!

[@craftysteve176]

@@Bertgstallner do you actually have a Time Machine

[@craftysteve176]

@@vann.ESAME! I still remember when covid hit. I was ten. In the middle of the school year we started do digital and it was weird but improved my computer skills (I wasn’t used to computers) now, everything is different. Everyone at school thinks im a weirdo because i don’t do the same things as them, for example I don’t have tik tok and im a picky eater. Everything is so so so so different it’s crazy, I wonder if kids will learn about the Covid outbreak in school just like we learned about some viruses in school. I have a lot of questions for the new generation. With their habits, how are they gonna be as adults? I really wonder.

[@masudhossain5551]

Every generation thinks they're better than the last, and smarter than the next. EVERY SINGLE ONE.

[@TracyD2]

Sometimes it’s true.

[@saylorgrey1029]

I'm a Gen-Z (2002) and I'm not afraid to admit that millennials have always been better than us.

[@ProbablySoon-pv6ee]

In this case it's true (never mind, I misread this comment)

[@neuroleptika]

This time its true

[@shatakshipandey8014]

​@@TracyD2yeah

[@YukariAkiyama]

I used to be so angry at my parents for not letting me have a phone. I was pretty much left out of everything, and had to touch grass like a normal person. Now, Im extremely thankful and can actually regulate screen time and offline time. Gen A needs to clean it up, but they can’t since they’re little kids

[@Walter-vq3vm]

Same bro my parents bought me a phone when i was 19 yrs due to schooling and competitive exams. But my neighbors kids nowadays talking about skibidi rizz💀

[@alaa_.c0]

ppl had phones when they were 6 , i had it when i was 11 and started flexing w a samsung s5 , now that im 13 , i kinda missed my old self

[@Puggylord316]

@@Walter-vq3vm I am a fallen soldier 😔 Go on and live a healthy life. I have unironically said rizz once. I am too far gone. This is how it starts and next I forget what a shower is. Good luck.

[@Walter-vq3vm]

@@Puggylord316 it's never too later comrade. I'm sure of it. You must be suffering in your lowest right now but trust in the knowledge that nothing in this universe last forever.good times, bad times it's all gonna come and go. Pick urself up and be a better man than you were yesterday that's the least I can say to set things right, because trust me pal we've all made regretable mistakes in our lives at least once. Doesn't change a thing man. It's only upto us to bring about a change in our lives. God bless, amen and have a great day

[@Puggylord316]

@@Walter-vq3vm Thank you sir. May i wish you well on your travel across the internet. And hope you never fall down the rabbit hole of saying Skibidi unironically because at that point its too late.

[@kam9908]

I was born in 2003, and i am currently 20 years old. I would say for myself and most likely for the most part of people my age, this contrast can pretty much be split right down the halfway point of life. 10 and younger, our brains were not fried. 11-14 is where it sorta started. 15-20 internet was in full blast. I'm old enough to recognize it quite well, but also young enough that it definitely impacted me at a rather young age.

[@besters-rg2xu]

If you were born in 2003 you were already born fried, social media was already popular when you were in diapers. you're barley different from gen alpha

[@catsnekos5002]

Wow same here… I wasn’t that connected until i was 16. because of covid I got used to using my electronics often… After that i kinda stuck with my phone a lot more.

[@b.pack3]

You’re too far gone

[@merkkar1]

Ah, yes. I think I had Snapchat at 13. I recently deleted it, I think less a year ago when I was 20 (21 in a couple of weeks) when my husband, back then fiance, opened my eyes to all of this. We both like playing computer games so we'll likely let our future children enjoy that when they're old enough, and as teenagers I'd imagine we'd let them browse the internet through an ad-blocked web browser, but I think we'll have to be careful with what they do on the internet, no social media, and a lot of learning through books. I'm glad I read books as a kid and spent a lot of time outside making friends and stuff. Gonna try to make sure they will, too

[@alidelta7454]

As a 2004 here, you explained it perfectly Sometimes i wish i haven't got access to unlimited internet at 11 yo, but i can't imagine how scary it must be today

[@charliekeet01]

I'm gen Z, so I've grown up in a world surrounded by technology and I've seen what it's like for gen A to grow up in a world where technology is the norm. I had very little access to the internet until middle school and honestly I think more parents should do that, instead of giving their kids total access to the brainrot of the internet before they're teenagers. I know some of my friends had fallen into the rabbit hole of the internet at a much younger age, and trust me, the difference is clear. I'd like to thank my parents for not letting me fall victim to the digital world too early.

[@underarmbowlingincidentof1981]

I'm 183, so I've grown up in a world surrounded by technology and I've seen what it's like for the young ones to grow up in a world where technology is the norm. I had very little access to electricity until middle school and honestly I think more parents should do that, instead of giving their kids total access to the brainrot of electricity and the modern printing press before they're teenagers. I know some of my friends had fallen into the rabbit hole of "book" at a much younger age, and trust me, the difference is clear. I'd like to thank my parents for not letting me fall victim to the literature world too early. One day books will vanish and all these kids will not know how to cope with real life!

[@charliekeet01]

@@underarmbowlingincidentof1981 LMAO

[@lceC0ldHeart]

Same here. Generally I believe 10 is the earliest “safe” age.

[@sebaikpenyaksi1474]

​@@lceC0ldHeartfor me, i kinds think at 12, but 10 is fine but i di yjink they still need to be monitored with parental app and after 12 I'll remove that app and give the time for them to be dependent on themselves

[@_Pilots]

I‘ve been on the internet since 4 years old ; -; But at least I didn‘t watch all of the kid‘s trash, and made use of it Back when I was on the internet, it was a lot more tame. There was no short form content. The content farms weren‘t as prevalent. Useful stuff was a lot more frequent… I miss those times.

[@jesusislord27]

Gen Alpha's shortcomings are the direct consequence of their parent's crappy parenting. Facts! Today's parents are spineless. Hey parents, stop trying to be the "Cool Mom/Dad." Stop trying to act and talk like 12 yr olds. Embrace being an adult, and your kids will feel far more secure and stable.

[@neuroleptika]

Its bc gen x abused and neglected the millennials and then millennials wanted to raise their kids totally opposite, but ended up abusing the kids in other ways

[@Great_Banana]

I’m a 14 year old gen z and have a younger sister in gen alpha. I can definitely confirm the amount of screen time and the amount of absurdity in the things we watch, especially my younger sister. Seeing her grow into this monster because of the influence of what she watches hurts me and makes me feel like I failed as an older brother

[@GodofToast]

Fellow 14 year old here with a 10 year old brother and I partially agree. I personally watch philosophical/political/historical videos that are often upwards or 40 minutes to two hours long or sometimes content on games I play, primarily the total war series. I’ve never had TikTok and I stay away from KZbin shorts. My brother however watches, what is to me, degenerate crap although it’s nothing close to elsagate or anything of that nature. Mostly thinknoodles and fortnite and the like. Eh, he’s turning out alright. I think a lot of this video is just fearmongering or at least very exaggerated. I don’t really know what’s going on with your sister though Also quick not you haven’t failed as an older brother. It is entirely your parents’ fault.

[@anthonykhan1676]

My younger brother always makes these horrible jokes all the time which are annoying on the surface, but looking deeper they are incredibly disturbing. Internet is ruining our sense of humor too 🥲

[@prism058]

do all of us older siblings experience this with our younger siblings?

[@NoraHannigan678]

@@GodofToast thinknoodles used to be like club penguin and poptropica which were monitored healthy social and educational games, get her to watch those !!

[@pandemoniumonwheels6522]

I understand what you mean. I'm 16, my younger brother is 11. A 5 year difference doesn't seem that insane, but looking at his bizarre behavior and appalling entitlement is insane. I try what I can and I know he's just a kid but I can't help but feel like I'm falling him. I don't understand what it's like to grow up without a twin, he has to do everything on his own, including entertaining himself. My parents aren't home enough to watch him so his screen time is illogical and hard to understand. He love science and math and I'm worried that he'll ruin his drive to learn, if anyone has any tips I would kill to know!!

[@abbexx4283]

I was born right at the end of gen z and seeing this hurts. I don’t want to see the world burn. I gained internet access at a young young age, yet it wasn’t quarantine until it really affected me. I regret it. Please don’t give young people electronics. Please. I’m going to try to better myself.

[@amyswallow742]

i'm so sorry society let you down, but I'm glad you realize something is deeply wrong.

[@MountainMemelord]

Same. If I could change 1 thing, I'd make it so that I wouldn't get a phone until I was 16.

[@Noobprokermit]

The world won't burn unless we do. Which isn't to put pressure on you or anything, just remember that if we stay strong and don't give in, the world will inevitably become a better place. Stay strong ✊

[@Mentally_onFire]

same story here. i was a science geek so all i would do was watch those videos. You are not alone because that is exactly my story too. all i learned was to never trust the internet and see my own logic in it

[@rainining]

I used to know how that feels like as a gen z. The sad thing though, I became a phone addict. It all started when I was exposed to technology at a young age, I used to be a quiet and wild 1yo so sometimes my mother would give me her phone and I would watch cartoons but in a bit hours. Like 5hours, but my phone addiction or technology addiction became worse day by day when I finally turned 4/5 and got my brain somehow more developed, I started being on my phone for around 12hours I think so? And I also was obsessed with PlayStation 4 but I stopped playing it a while ago. I used to play minecraft,fortnite,sims, etc I used to But something like that and then spent with my family some time. And it just developed from on and on, I used to have loads of friends! I was happy truly because I spend time with my family and also look at my phone for a little bit of time, and where everything hit was at 2020. Or where we got to online class, no joke I used to watch tiktoks and online videos and never ever attended online classes. Liek I would attend them but leave them in some type of room then go to another, this made being on technology and literally 24hours on my phone no joke I even sleep beside it, made my eye sight 1 out of 6. Not just that, I started getting ocd and anxiety by the age of 11 because I wasn’t exposed to the real world much all I had was technology that’s all I had. I didn’t know how to communicate properly, it got quite bad. But I’m really trying to better myself now, I’m currently 14. Started taking more care of myself like going to the gym, taking care of my skin, and taking care of my body nails and just everything of me. Physically, and mentally. And I kid you not, I feel so much happier. Even tho my phone addiction is horrible but it’s getting lower day by day, wish me best 💗 and I really wish all the people who have this same problem the best too. Why I made this comment is because I want to recommend to those people my age, to do the same as me. Cause they really might have a happier life they would even know how to communicate with others better. So please whoever is reading this thank you for reading till here and, please take care of urself mentally physically and everything. Literally love urself and take more care of urself, distract yourself from the internet.

[@parad0x200]

I’m among some of the youngest in Gen Z (2009) and this video made me realize how lucky I am to have grown up playing outside, reading and drawing when I was bored, smashing piano keys, walking to my friends houses… hopefully we can find ways to prevent the digital takeover with VR and heavy increase in poverty due to inflation described in this video, because I can’t imagine how horrible it would be.

[@AlittleBaconOnTheCob]

Well, as Gen Alpha, there is no where where, there's no houses.. for example another thing I've commented somebody:

[@AlittleBaconOnTheCob]

I'm 11 a few months until I become 12, not this year though. I wish I could play outside like how you guys got to do, my so called friends I played outside everyday started to bully me, while I was depressed, they helped and made me alot more happy, but they ruined my life, I'm fine now.. But I wish I could go outside and there's a good amount of tree's, and no houses, I found a place that where like this, but, it was someone's property, and there is also a little place with alot of sand, but it is own by a horrible, disgusting company, just destroying stuff, the place where so far away, until they build closer to the so called " little desert ", so it's private property too, and the good beautiful places I talked about is soon to be destroyed, there going to build more in that sand area, that ruined it less place to run, just making there factory, I think a meat factory bigger, can I just have a nice place to relax, or have fun in?

[@Eggeer]

​@@AlittleBaconOnTheCobthere is in your house watch videos or anime anything that the media has to offer to entertain your never ending boredom that's what I do stop being so picky and just be grateful that there's endless entertainment and socializing isn't that important as long u become successful in life and not just become one of those poor people who waste resources and litter it's fine

[@lantern2972]

Once, I (think) I encountered a Gen A. They were on discord and said "I am going to try traditional art" They then proceed to post a picture of a piece of paper with a simple pencil drawing on it and said "OMG, what the fuck am I doing, this is so different from my digital art omg" And I, a 15 years old teenager, was over here like "You've never drawn on a paper before??????" I've always drawn traditionally, like literally every day. Help???? Am I old?????? that is when I realized just HOW MUCH the slightly younger generation is exposed to electronics. They don't even get to draw on paper

[@jamaicanexile]

@@EggeerI don’t think you realize that people (including me) want to take a break from Electronic and just go outside and play.

[@MungolIsHappy]

As a old Gen Alpha, I think that I grew up good, playing outside, normally do things that Gen Z used to do, I wish that my generation in some way will improve in future, knowing what they will do when they will be adults, knowing what is real life, knowing their decisions for a better life, improve their passions, improve their country or the entire world, or only be able to socialize with people, thank you for reading this. Peace

[@victoriarobinson1403]

Thank you for reassuring society that each generation is the same.

[@sharksarecooI]

Wait, how old are you?

[@Dreamingforinfinity456]

Same. I wasn’t always on electronics and my parents showed me actually good kids shows

[@kiranpanicker7024]

I am a early gen z and the first time i used social media and played games for over an hour a day was in 2020 during the covid times

[@Daymare19]

Me too, even tho I am a literal youtuber as a gen A (I am on the edge of Z and Alpha)

[@laflamejm271]

As someone who was born in the Bronze Age, I can confirm society is decaying. It’s terrifying 😢

[@nosepicker1999]

Iron Age bros rise up!

[@m4c3-th3-mut4nt]

Haha! I'm from the Stone Age!

[@Selfdestructingwii]

Jokes on you, I'm from the jurrasic era. That's right, I'm a velociraptor

[@mgames3209]

@@m4c3-th3-mut4nt when, the Stone Age started 2,5 m years ago and ended 10000 year ago

[@mgames3209]

Btw sry if you had a stroke reading my comment.

[@cookieepasel2406]

I'm the oldest of gen a, and I adore the way older generations lived and used their minds. I try to limit my own screen time as I grow to understand the importance of my mind. I wish the younger would do this too. I wish parents would be by the kids side to guide them through the young years like the older generations were, instead of the mind rotting internet replacing parenting.

[@ChristianRodriguez-xv5qg]

Just a suggestion, try going outside and take in nature. Let your mind flow free and maybe even think of how the world works. I have done this in the past, which has really helped during the pandemic and helps you become more aware of reality.

[@Yuhyeauhuhsurebuddy1]

I'm gen z (2003), just reached my 20s and my moodstate on social media and stuff has definitely changed alot from 5-6 years ago. I want to be more interactive physically, I wanna buy stuff that matters. But then Fortnite has an OG season, you bet I'm dropping vbucks on that haha.

[@ChristianRodriguez-xv5qg]

@@Yuhyeauhuhsurebuddy1 I feel you. Same thing for me and what are the odds you and me are 2003. We have been through some interesting times as a generation I think.

[@zoekix]

if you want to you can start animation it doesnt limit your attention span and is really satisfying with the results, its also fun and when you improve it becomes better

[@Nanno888]

Wow I am gen Z And I thought gen A won't understand This

[@cmt6997]

I feel like we've heard that every generation "will change society forever" since the Boomers. The only thing that has changed between generations is consumption habits and preferences. Only a handful of people during this time have "changed society forever" by identifying and capitalizing on them.

[@NoviThought]

I agree, but I think this time is probably different.

[@simonpetrikov3992]

Well millennials did change society forever

[@SpeedyBlur2000]

@@simonpetrikov3992 Is that supposed to be a jab at them, or what?

[@simonpetrikov3992]

@@SpeedyBlur2000 it’s a partial jab but it’s mostly that they actually did change society forever

[@PixelsPolygonsNPetrichor]

​@@NoviThoughtcan you please fucking elaborate

[@IDontKnow69839]

2010: Tv is bad 2024: smaller portable and touchable Tv is bad

[@nuclearpugg]

It's the new "radio is ruining our kids"

[@HasnoRats]

Yeah literally their only argument is "If they inly watched what we watched they would be better" not to mention our parents called our shows brainrot as well

[@djWARRIOR]

They had touch screen since 2000 where have you been lol

[@acycle2124]

​@@HasnoRatsTbf, I'd prefer my kids love Little Einstein over Skibidi toilet. Sure there are good shows like Bluey nowadays, but the sheer amount of information consumed pero second is mentally taxing to anyone

[@HasnoRats]

@@acycle2124 no kid was listening to Albert Einstein in gen z

[@Blueskies2513]

in my opinion, the pandemic is what made the kids the way they are, before it they were just normal kids, but when we were all stuck inside with nothing to do, the internet is the only thing we really had, and that is what made the kids obsessed with the internet

[@danielgriff2659]

maybe, but kids had faces buried in phones long before covid.

[@Blueskies2513]

im just talking about my own experience tbh@@danielgriff2659

[@ogwinningking]

It's all part of the deepstate

[@Cosmos_6]

True I used to go outside now most of the time I’m inside on my phone and it’s hard to modarate my self on my phone COVID did this

[@skydive7054]

2020 was when everything took a turn for the worst

[@minecrash101]

As someone born during late Gen Z, this is pure facts. I even notice the effects on myself, where it's a lot harder for me to come up with original valid ideas for things purely using my own imagination. Gen A is definitely not going to notice this, so they're not going to care at all, and it hurts.

[@The_green_hampter]

What year were you born?

[@user-bd6ry7sq9e]

That’s crazy I’ve been watching these KZbin shorts for like 4 months and I really feel like they have made my life worse like idk how to explain it I just feel like my brain is in a constant fog

[@lonelyghost969]

I'm 13-14 and im already diagnosed with anxiety.. its heartbreaking to see my whole life revole around the Internet and technology while older people claim that its "progressive"

[@therealmrnoobr0blx]

As the last gen z, I already see myself falling into that hole of gen alpha just like so many others. I at the very least am able to realize myself falling in and get out soon enough, but I'm terrified that one day, my kids won't know that the boundary even exists.

[@rookinrook]

I was born in 2005 (turned 18, 5 months ago) and this video made me HURT. I suppressed my memories back when I was a little kid going outside and hanging out with my neighbors with my sibling. We use to EXPLORE outside, ride scooters, bikes, remember pogo sticks? I have a pang in my heart that longed for those times. I look outside my window and all I see is an empty place, once filled with children arguing and laughing, replaced with nothing.

[@onionstick9879]

As someone who was born in the dark ages, I can confirm that society is rotting from the inside out. And it’s horrifying.

[@Hans-ht2ft]

Sicut antiquus romanus Societas vere terryfying

[@mastergangbanger2272]

I’m super skipidi Ohio rizzler you got fanum tax lol level 5 gyatt siggama nigachad 😮😮

[@mr.nothappy301]

"the dark ages" we need that as an official time period right now 💀

[@Palhairroblox]

Uhm acshually, the dark ages are the beginning of the Middle Ages -🤓🤓

[@Hels586]

Honestly your comment was genuinely relieving, as a satire of other comments. Hope you do good in life.

[@Ereysrandomshit]

I'm one of the only "not brain rot" gen alpha kids left, being in the first year of gen A. I listen to 70's music, play OG games, despise skibidi toilet and i exercise and don't swipe on TikTok for 25 hours a day

[@CaptionGator]

Fr tho ppl like you are rare you are next to fix the society

[@-BenGaming-]

The fact that people are flexing the fact that they are normal is insane 😂😂😂 shows how weird gen alphas are

[@Ereysrandomshit]

@@-BenGaming- turns out I'm not gen alpha I'm the end of gen z

[@provdfreak]

same man same what games u play? i listen to jungle and metal and play golden age minecraft and smash brothers melee

[@MudSauce]

As someone who grew up in the late 2000’s-early 2010’s, I’d like to think that in about 20-30 years. Our current generations, gen Z and gen A, will likely deter many of their children from falling down the same path we did. Hopefully the people from these generations that do chose to have kids will help them learn and grow in an environment where technology is managed and regulated.

[@psychfan09]

What I dont get is that the parents of these kids are millennials, they grew up in the 90s/early 2000s. Yet they let their kids spend lots of time on social media. Strange.

[@JayMick]

​@racoonzah as an 94 millennial, I think it's a factor of parents back then simply not knowing what the effects could've become at the time. Back then, it was thoight to merely be an interactive television for the kids to sit down and be quiet on. A device they could pull out at any time they want a break from kids running around yelling. Sure there was some foresight understanding on how this would develop into bad habits, but the millennial generation also grew up as the first generation not to be in a better average economic status than their grandparents. We were the beginning of the shift between one job earning you a steady home to needing "extra hustles" to keep yourself afloat. In the end I find it no surprise parents delegate their tech to parenting. Many simply can't afford the energy/time otherwise.

[@nerdyworld938]

Honestly I highly doubt that’ll happen and we’ll soon get a ready player one/idiocrazy future where everyone is either really stupid and consumes mass media or engages in a VR world to forget their problems or hell both!

[@sqaurerouge1596]

thats what im gonna do.

[@Noobprokermit]

That's my hope too. By the looks of it though, there's not going to be so many kids being born in 20-30 years; at least half the people I know aren't interested in having kids. Hopefully they won't have to deal with too big a burden 🙏

[@cobaltrebel3133]

Im 29 and as someone that grew up in a pre internet world and had a chance to acclimate to it before diving in I can only imagine how unbelievably overwhelming it is for the youngest generation

[@keagaming9837]

Agreed. :(

[@shapelessed]

Only my early childhood didn't include internet use. But now that I'm a web and software developer, I can tell you with confidence that almost all of the people I know in the IT industry go back home and do NOT touch anything internet connected. Once you learn how to build mind-hogging interfaces and patterns yourself and realise how data is collected and transferred across the world you're not gonna want to have anything to do with it.

[@kaijupokemongaming6101]

Same here, I didn’t have access to the internet for the first decade of my life, and that taught me how to be bored, in a sense. I can stop going on a screen and watching online content, but growing up with this shit from day 1 must be completely mind-numbing. Gen Alpha going into the workforce is not going to end well, I can almost guarantee it.

[@mosthated.e.2422]

@@kaijupokemongaming6101 with Ai and chat gpt around what will be a “Workplace”

[@soulking126]

You yeah… it is much harder to make a friend when everyone is either super liberal, where the only thing they want to talk about is their gender and some offensive comment they saw online, and the other is a kid who talks about how his dad has a bunch of guns and a truck and how they worship trump. It is very hard to find an intelligent person who doesn’t get molded by this stuff, and even when I do, (this is a true story by the way), his parents decided to move to Switzerland, and my only contact with him is a short 30 minute zoom call early in the morning before he goes to bed.

[@Hindsons]

As an older gen z i'm happy i got to experience both. Growing up playing outside, playing football with my friends nearly every day, colouring and drawing. Having massive box TVs with VHS and no way to record shows or pause so I'd go to the kitchen for a drink and SPRINT back to the tv to watch it in time. Having a sony erikson phone with buttons on it and a ps1 with 3 games on it and I appreciated them 3 games more than anything. As soon as i hit 12 it all changed. Now im scrolling endlessly through my phone, have a ps5 with 300 games in my library and every game bores me. I really hate what life has become and I really feel for my future children

[@mylokirbs260]

Just don’t introduce your kids to all of this Internet stuff, retain their innocence. I won’t let my kids have access to the internet, not a hope. I’m 16, and since the age of 4 my entire life has been engrossed in devices, starting with the IPad second generation, I’ve had no childhood, and no memories with friends as it was all online from my younger years. I spend every minute on it. I lost attention span, I’m super lazy, terrible social skills and awkwardness, zero work ethic and drive, and I can’t help but realise all of this is the fault of spending every waking moment on devices. Don’t ruin your kids as well I beg you. I’ve recently decreased my screen time a lot, and am so much happier. Learning an instrument and making proper memories. Hell I use CDs for music to decrease my screen time even more! It’s fun!

[@robocatro]

Older gen z as well and relate to the tech and experiences from childhood. I had a sony ericsson flip phone too, kinda miss them even if texting was slightly more time consuming. I feel sort of old because I'm with older people on the fact I want things with physical buttons to come back (it's just easier to use things such as appliances with actual buttons)

[@alessadolan5718]

Yup! I’m almost 20 and i experienced both lol

[@m00nwalker32]

As a 17 year old gen Z I agree i experienced the same I feel after 2010 The technological advancements really boomed Any kids in gen z born after 2010 Such as my brother is significantly more addicted to technology. In all honesty I think we are all addicted to technology even gen x It’s become apart of the lifestyle and it’s not alll bad it’s useful but the issue is when you’re smothered by it it takes over your other responsibilities

[@WHYYY232]

then just dont do that anymore?

[@giganticmoon]

Radio is ruining our children! Comics are ruining our children! TV is ruining our children! Video Games are ruining our kids! iPads are ruining our kids! So why don’t any of you do sum about it? The issue isn’t fixed when you all are doing the same thing. Heck, I’m doing it right now, but what matters is that you CARE for your kids by moderating their usage of the internet.

[@NOTFOUND-b2f]

Correct. We need to quit complaning about how tech is ruining the next gen and do something to stop it!

[@MedEwok]

I have three kids, aged between 8 and 0. My wife and I strictly limit their total daily screen time. Our older kids didn't get any screen time at all until they turned two, after that they got at most 10 minutes per day of age appropriate TV or movie clips, under our supervision of course. We increased this very slowly to about 30 minutes at age 6, always under close supervision. Now, at 8 we allowed them to play on their Nintendo Switch without us for a short time, but still with us carefully selecting their games. Our children don't have any kind of addiction to screens. They like watching a show or playing a video game, of course, but they also like playing with Lego, Playmobil, wooden building bricks, stuffed animals etc. and go outside almost every day, for hours. It's all a matter of parental responsibility and engagement with their children!

[@Kur0Kur0307]

These channels talking about "Oh Gen alpha is cooked/they're screwed" don't even offer a effing solution and all is just whining and poking fun of the generation itself. 😒 It's just repeating what we Gen z faced all over again when we step in the world and internet.

[@leonardbabucke4823]

​@@MedEwokGen alphas biggest problem will be climate change.

[@Darkness11164]

Gen Z is becoming their parents and millennials are too becoming their parents.

[@goosewithagibus]

I left a comment about how Gen Alpha is worrying for me as a Gen Z (I'm 25) on another video and got a lot of pushback. I do remember not having a phone to distract me all the time until my middle teens. It was the same for most of my peers. I don't think it's all roses and rainbows letting literal toddlers look at AI generated influencers that flaunt literally fake lives.

[@NoviThought]

I feel the same way. Living the entire first half of your life without phones or social media makes a big difference.

[@Panzer_the_Merganser]

@@NoviThought Exactly, went through the formative years with only broadcast TV, CD's, books, radio, and the outdoors. The latter left a lasting impression on me especially because aside from books, you were unreachable and free in your mind and body. It's fine to have a smart phone now to look up random things and share photos, but I'm still a complete person when I leave my phone at home. I am deeply worried about generations that cannot exist without being tethered to social media.

[@subconscii]

25 year old gen z? 🤨

[@Siranoxz]

@@subconscii Yes, the oldest genZ are now in their mid 20´s pushing 30´s as the older Millennials are now pushing 50´s.

[@simonpetrikov3992]

@@subconsciithe oldest gen Zs are 26 years old. In fact, the zillenials are between the ages of 24-26 Millennials are between 27-43 years old

[@alessandrocwilliam]

I am 27 years old and I don't know if you remember, but I remember that when I was a child/pre-teenager, doctors used to recommend limiting the use of screens to 2 hours a day... Imagine if they had foreseen that today there would be children under 2 years old spending all day in front of a screen? Doctors gave up advising people what to do...

[@felucca]

WHO recommends no (as in zero) screen time for children under the age of 2, and one hour a day maximum for children between 2-3. At least where I live, all new parents get these recommendations from their doctor.

[@alessandrocwilliam]

@@felucca Maybe private and public doctors do still make these recommendations. But back in the 2000's up to 2010 these recommendations were shown in the TV, in websites, all over the place doctors would recommend to limit screen time not only to children but to adults too.

[@MMorgan-e3w]

YES! I'm 32 and I def heard the same thing from my parents and grandparents. "That's enough tv. For you today!" They legit told them not to let us watch too much back in the day and that was just TV, not even the internet

[@vic4750]

i had average 10 - 12 hours per day average on screen time but i got it down to 7 or 8 hours probably gonna get it down to 5 hours soon

[@alonepotatoes]

The part he said about isolation is so true. My mom refused to give me internet access until 2020, and i remember that in the past my friends and i (their parents also didnt let them use the internet) would be treated as the weirdos and we were constantly being mocked and avoided for not using social media like the others, especially for the part of not owning a phone. At the time i remember feeling bad, but now i see why this was the best choice my mom could ever make. Im so proud I grew up playing with toys and rolling in the grass instead of recording videos for musicaly and stuff.

[@VonCraft]

I was born in the 90s in the Appalacian country side in Tennessee. Parts of the south were 20 years behind in a manner. So when I moved up north in 2001, kids couldn't understand what I was saying. I was an outcast purely for my accent. Something I had no control over initally as a kid. So I'm one of those floaters.. and the key to a healthy life is Moderation. Everything. Including the internet. Watching cable tv go away only for the literal concept to comeback. Its wild how much has gotten repackaged and sold as something 'new' and you guys have no prior knowledge to know what is and isn't worth your time. I once had a classmate of mine in a design class. We were trying to prove that dieter ramm's design principles did matter. So we as a group were breaking every rule in our horrid product (came out as a coffee maker with flames, a square cup, it was baddd and beautiful). One of the first suggestions my classmate tossed out was 'what if we made a phone that one worked when plugged in' I slowly turned to him and said 'So a Land Line...' and he sheepishly looked at the floor and said 'oh...' as the other partner and I couldn't stifle our laughter. I thought I felt old having to read cursive for someone til that hit me.

[@doglover227]

​@@VonCraftthis is a bit random but I wanted to mention that if we had met, I most likely would have been one of the few that would have been able to understand you when you first moved, as my dad has always liked going on vacation around that part of TN so even tho I never lived in those areas I am familiar with the accent. I'm a 2000's kid by the way

[@Notiisx]

That's good parenting right there. Although I am mid Gen-Z, when we didn't use the internet for most of our childhood, I'm still glad my parents restricted my use to it.

[@TheGooseIsLoose9000]

Glad to hear it worked out for you. I'll be doing the same with my children. Though I will allow them to play video games (no online multiplayer right off the bat though). I have plenty of old consoles for them to use.

[@bunk95]

A slave marketed as your Mom refuses or is abused and/or tortured into appearing to refuse.

[@jarvispoulton9652]

2 options for gen a parents: > Don’t buy child electronic devices, they become an outcast and get sad/depressed. > Buy child electronic devices, they see terrible content and/or get made fun of, and as a result gets sad/depressed. Sounds pretty bad…

[@notalaundrybag]

As a 14 year old gen z, I was lucky to have parents who actually cared about keeping technology away from me in my younger years. They spent a lot of time with me to keep my boredom away, and only now am I starting to appreciate that. Although covid has changed a lot of our habits, they still spend time with me to keep me off my phone and computer

[@bro_got_you]

Huge W and respect for your parents. I have a pretty same situation but i grew with my grandparents

[@Simracingisgoated]

i had technology just no social media. im allowed to have it now but i only use youtube

[@akira7739]

im 16 and I gotta say im really proud of u... when u enter highschool there will be a pressure to use social media.

[@notalaundrybag]

I'm already in highschool, and I do notice that more people spend most of their time in class on their phones. But I have no friends so I'm pretty much not affected

[@LocalPickles]

Same. It's sad what kids are being like these days bro. When kids are all staring at skibidi toilet it's disappointing

[@tungsten.0]

As somebody whose born in 2003 and was lucky enough to experience life without the internet for a while, I wish there was a way to bring it all back. Life truly felt colorful, free and fun. You would be outside interacting with actual people, and doing things that required for your mind to work. This is why I am heavily into the 90s and 2000s, because everything was more fun in the era without being isolated inside, and being an outcast if you didnt use social media.

[@JaggedMercenary]

Life colorful in the 2000s? lol WTF... You haven't experienced the 80s, kid. The 2000s were bleak as f***, and not only in the West. Hell, even the 2020s are slightly better, which says a lot.

[@qwertyasdf4081]

Both of you are wrong. Neither are more “colorful” or whatever. They just feel that way because they are nostalgic for you. It has absolutely nothing to do with technology or the internet lol.

[@BMoney8600]

I miss those days

[@etienne8110]

That s called nostalgia. You are just getting old. 😅

[@JaggedMercenary]

​@@etienne8110 Nostalgia is a concept invented by the leaders to make us believe that the world wasn't better back then. They use it as a tool to force us to accept more and more fascist laws and turn our world into the worst dictatorship of all-time, while telling us that it's a "positive evolution" compared to the "primitive past". Ever wondered why they forced young people to believe that ALL men beat their wives decades ago? Exactly. They want us to believe that we're blinded by our feelings for our own era, while in fact, we simply have vivid memories of how thing were REALLY better back then. Nobody with a sane mind will tell you that 2024 is better than, for example, any year between 1980 and 2000.

[@ap.pl.e]

As a Gen A, I’m incredibly sorry for what Gen A will do to society. I like to play outside, study and have a hobby for jogging ( I jog with my dad everyday ). I love going to school. It is very sad that this is happening. When I was born I was just a baby and not a skibidi toilet singing robot. I learned how to swipe and touch screen at 3. I love playing toys aswell, I got my iPad at 7, I’m grateful for my iPad Air even if it’s broken badly. I don’t watch tik tok, cause it’s... you know. Thanks for reading my comment. Thanks for the support and nice comments, usually jog with my dad 30 minutes, but now it’s 1 hour. I have good grades ( I’m happy ). My mom bought me transformer toys! :). I like to exercise with my dad outside. I feel more healthier than I used to, I started to sleep earlier ( used to be 9:30 now 8:00 ). That increases my time with my family and I can study more when I wake up ( I can wake up earlier )! But my mom was skeptic at first but agreed! My dad has been training me to lift weights ( my personal best is 10lbs, I never lifted weights before though ). I learned how to properly do a push-up now thanks to my dad. I learned how to eat more different food. I love coleslaw and salads, I don’t eat cereal for my breakfast anymore, instead I eat toast with meatloaf and milk ( I make it myself because my mom taught me ). I’ve been doing really good today, although I found out my nerves in my right hand has ruptured. It hurts really bad, so I didn’t go to school. I did take my meds and I feel better, thanks for reading my this comment.

[@the.girl.in.the.dark.]

notice how every gen a in this comment section knows it. maybe we aren't that doomed after all.

[@fvg5r396]

"when I was born I was a baby" haha anyways I feel that the mental health of gen a would be vastly improved by spending time with nature and exercising. So many people with insomnia (aside from insomnia caused by being on their phone at night all the time) have trouble sleeping because they dont spend enough time out in the sun, the things your body absorbs from the sun have many other health benefits but the process of breaking down a certain one of these will results in melatonin being produced which is extremely important for proper sleep. I don't think anyone would have to explain the benefits of regular exercise, you feel proud of yourself for having made positive changes to your body and overall feel healthier.

[@RockstarCakaNeon]

Simply cause those of the GenA who are willing to listen to us older gens have been raised differently and not the way as the video describes, yes they learned how to use a phone at an early age that's right, but they have been raised in a way that a phone or electronic device is not the world and that actually doing something is not a bad habit or a punishment@@the.girl.in.the.dark.

[@SamuelEpik]

As a Gen A myself, (At the border of Gen A/Gen Z), I agree with what you are saying. I learned how to use a touch screen at 3 like you, and I play outside a lot. While I use tech everyday, (A bit too much), I still find myself drawing and reading. The real change of when the internet started crowed my life was 100% covid, because we had nothing better to do. Thankfully, I don't watch TikTok. I watch shorts, but in my experience, shorts are better than TikTok. (Depends what algorithm you have, though.) Even then, I still went outside a lot. I just feel bad for kids way younger than me, who are crowded by screens way too much, and don't know how it's affecting them and probably their future. They are way too young to realize what is happening, and by the time that they can, it would already be too late.

[@RockstarCakaNeon]

@@SamuelEpik Shorts are not as pure as TikTok ones, I have seen quite a lot messed up stuff on TikTok just because their moderation is so horrible to begin with KZbin has a better moderation and usually acts pretty fast when you report them something, TikTok doesn't

[@ATOMICBASEPLATE]

Its all about the way people raise their children.

[@redblood_b]

I cant imagine gen a raising children.....

[@Akshat699-c3y]

I used to think That Gen Z is worse but seeing gen alpha i am glad as a gen Z that i spent my childhood playing outside and drawing and not on the internet. I can't imagine Gen Alpha becoming parents and how they will handle their children​@@redblood_b

[@audiogus2651]

@@Akshat699-c3ythey wont have to. State driven AI mandated parents, soylent green etc

[@AyathuthukaMhlongo]

​@@redblood_bif you keep saying that what do you expect to happen? I'm gen A and my parents are raising me right 😊

[@redblood_b]

@@AyathuthukaMhlongo im glad. Hope you do well in life.

[@f1shn0td3d]

I am a 12-year-old from Gen Alpha, and I can confirm what’s being said in this video. You would be surprised from how many people at my school only know internet. There is actually someone in my grade who only knows Skibidi Toilet, and every time he comes to home room, he opens up his Chromebook and starts watching it. I’m trying to raise my attention span and am separating myself from shorts, but what is going on with my generation is just sad. Edit: I’m 13 now, time to worry about taxes even tho that’s 5 years away

[@lukasaoo88]

Good luck

[@lukasaoo88]

- gen z

[@supremegentleman3075]

based skibidi toilet enjoyer

[@LongKat]

liking skibidi toilet isnt bad, but making it your life is bad. Same thing with roblox doors, kids love it for some reason..

[@CyberNoah]

try to have balance!

[@iam_will985]

I'm 15 (born in the middle of Gen Z), and I've got to say I really enjoyed getting the best of both worlds. Playing with my friends and family outside, hiking, drawing, and just spending time with my family have been some of the highlights of my life. But I also take pleasure in watching KZbin, watching TV, and playing videogames. I feel like I got an almost perfect balance between the two, and I've become more than thankful for it after seeing what Gen Alpha has become.

[@underarmbowlingincidentof1981]

you only see the internet part of Gen Alpha. They are having the other stuff too, they're just not showing it or posting about it. You are 15. You think you were the last good generation. I am 22. Some of my friends think they are the last good generation. etc. Even my great grandfather had it in his memoirs about how my nation was falling due to children spending too much time in front of the radio and wasting their life reading books instead of doing something noteworthy. Even Tacitus. Even Aristotle. Even bronze age tablets say the exact same bs. ... and still humanity prevails.

[@bro_got_you]

Im 15 and same bro i couldnt agree more

[@fridgethefridge4040]

windows xp, windows vista/7, watching youtubers playing minecraft after school, life was good

[@Krummple]

I’m fifteen but I definitely think that gen y had the best balance

[@wysockifamily1747]

Just turned 15 today, and holy shit I miss the old days. Coming home from school and drawing in my multiple sketchbooks for hours on end made me so happy, Why can’t we go back? I need the old days back😔

[@grinningsun4327]

I'm a millennial and I'm always sympathetic to generations younger than me because of this shit. I grew up knowing what it's like to have a community in my neighborhood, playing on trampolines and riding bikes with other kids, going fishing with my grandpa, playing on the swing at the park... I'd go home and cool down with a tall glass of kool-aid, and play Sonic 3 or Ristar until I fell asleep. I remember staying up at night on weekends to watch Adult Swim n' shit-- those were the days. Things were simpler then, and media truly was for entertainment, but also did manage to slip in some very wholesome and meaningful values about love, trust, friendship, and being good to those around you. The gift of life is now trivialized, nothing more than a commodity now. Your identity is rendered to nothing more than a costume to be changed and manipulated. The things I had and loved so dearly have been quietly stripped away from gen z and alpha. How can one know to fight for what they never knew they had? Does freedom and independence exist if you're convinced you already have it? We know what we need to do. Anyone can look at the situation and know. But human nature dictates that we won't until it's far too late. Your video hits home because it's been on my mind a lot. Subscribed~ I appreciate your effort immensely in articulating it all.

[@iiCounted-op5jx]

I do wish I could've grown up like that

[@shrin210]

You just having a Nostalgia Bias.

[@grinningsun4327]

@@shrin210 That's valid in some cases, but this isn't really one of them. It's more of a lazy cop-out statement. I can actually grab a cave and wag it at you going-- "Back in myyyy day, when you bought a video game, you got the WHOOOOOLE, GAAAAME." And be right. And the people making your indie darlings that bigged down in bs? Mostly people from my era that miss those times. xD

[@shrin210]

@@grinningsun4327 You are one of those who got the Game and I'm one of those who got jealous bcoz our family couldn't afford one. What do you think, which group of kids was in majority then....

[@Maebbie]

ok boomer

[@Akaria.Luvs1]

The way that I got used to having a iPad or phone with me at all times is crazy. I am very much aware that many people didn’t have that back in the day. I hate how so many people my age are acting like 6 year olds. Yes, I do occasionally act in that way, but do I do it ALL the time? No. From the Stanley cups, to the gossip, to the discrimination on things such as Lgbtq, the weird obsession with being Jamaican, the slang, the adults who can’t understand the crisis happening in our generation right now, to the skincare, to the feeling of wanting to be free but also scared I will get looked down upon by others generations…. It makes so much since why there is a literal mental health crisis is happening right now. I’m getting tired. I wake up, I take a shower, I get ready for school, I get on the bus to GO TO SCHOOL, then when I get to school, the popular girls are blocking my locker. Because they had to be put in the same homeroom as me. Then depending on whether it’s an A or B day, I go to Ela, then Math, then Health, then Homeroom, then lunch, then social studies, science and finally Spanish. (A day) BUT if it’s a B day; then I go to Social studies, science, Spanish, homeroom, lunch, Ela, math and finally health. Then at the end of the day, I get on the bus. And the bus ride is even worse. The boys my age treat others horribly. One time when I was in 6th grade, some kid told me the most inappropriate pick up line I wish that I didn’t understand. My mom doesn’t even need to have any kind of talk with me, I know everything about adult life. I’ve known since I was 10. I’ve dealt with toxic friendships, I was peer pressured to jump into a relationship at TEN. My “best friend” convinced me and manipulated me to like girls. (Which don’t get me wrong their is nothing wrong with liking girls, at around this age kids discover themselves more sooo.) So let’s see all of the trauma I have added up: - My parents had quite the unhealthy relationship. - My parents had a huge fight in front of SIX YEAR OLD me. Traumatized me for life. - My mother ignored me when I couldn’t speak up for myself in school. - At 7 my little brother’s best friend (who was 6.) Emotionally manipulated me and gaslighted me into ‘dating him’ and tried to convince me to let me agree to him sticking his hand down my LOWER clothing. (Luckily I had a brain and never let him touch the middle.) - At 8-9 when I was in 4th grade every girl at school ignored me. Made me feel isolated. Took advantage of me. Treated me wrong. Took from me and never gave back. Turns out they were all talking behind my back, and my “best friend.” Was the one behind ALL OF THIS ignorance. Ever since this event I have hidden my emotions from others and never have felt seen or heard. I keep quiet, and don’t stick up for myself because when I told someone they didn’t listen. - At 10, being peer pressured to think I was Lgbtq at such a young age, I dated my BEST FRIEND. Later lived to regret it, as she gossiped about me with my friends and turned my entire 5th grade friendgroup against me due to one small argument we had. (Plus being the dumb idiot I was I posted a “tiktok” on it 💀) - At 11, (of that same year cause I am a summer child.) I got with this one person, online sadly. It lasted 6 months, I grew super attached to her because of my lack of parental support, as I have never had a full on emotional connection with my mother. In the end I destroyed her in a way- (That was 2 years ago however, and we have learned to put it in the past since we were both impulsive idiots.) I became depressed (literally) for months. - Dated another girl sadly, one who was a year younger than me, a few months after, at that same age. Also didn’t end well because do to my impulsive behavior and decisions, because oh my god I was a dumb idiot. It ended in a kind of wild way. - Also forgot to mention when I was 11 I moved states. Turning 13 in July. But it still doesn’t mention the fact that I will never forget 2017. If my Mother had just let my Father be a part of my life, I could’ve grown to be a way more confident person…and I wouldn’t have had to experience all this trauma. My day usually consists of: -Wake up -Shower -Get ready for school -Go to school -Finish school exhausted, - Get on annoying bus, - Walk half a mile to get home - Procrastinaste doing homework - Listen to music - Mindlessly scroll through KZbin shorts. - Eat dinner - Go to bed AND THEN IT REPEATS. EVERY SINGLE DAY. I am tired of it. I can’t take the cycle anymore. It just repeats. My life is too boring. To dull. I used to think of life as a beautiful thing, with so many opportunities but now I think of it as a never ending train track that gets more and more predictable and repetitive every SINGLE day. And no, I have never intentionally hurt myself because I’m sad. I just sit there silently. Doing nothing. If something doesn’t soon change in my life I’m just gonna…you know what I can’t do anything. I’m just a kid. It’s honestly all too much. Thanks for listening to the perspective of a 12 year old. :) I guess.

[@cheese_covered_water]

Heya, I was I’m a similar situation you were in except most of that happens around 10-14 with me. I know that you’re most likely too broken emotionally, but it gets better. The internet will fuck you up, yes, but when you leave your hometown it’ll be a miracle. Also, even if finding real friends may be hard but it WILL come. Ask me how desperate I was and I’ll give answers. You just need to wait, what you’re doing to protect yourself is ok. However, once being 12-14 passes, life does get better even if your too mentally ill to see it.

[@myusernamebeforewashorrible]

Im 10-13 ( no way im actually sharing this ), and all my classmates ( i barely interact with them honestly ) are all nice, I guess maybe because homeschooled? And i have never seen a real "brain dead" alpha, nor a stereotypical alpha, and this is crazy, What is happening??? I do slang, but literally none of the other things you listed, Its actually really sad.

[@cheese_covered_water]

@@myusernamebeforewashorrible Its because you're homeschooled

[@DoctorSteamYY]

Very mature of you. You need to know, that the pain is something that coexists with you. If you feel it, you do exist and you are aware of it ; ) That's the bliss of life - Consciousness.

[@myusernamebeforewashorrible]

@@cheese_covered_water geez, im soon going to be transfering to a real school so uhh, this makes it more terrifying-

[@deeewews3366]

I am 14. Even though the age gap between me and Gen Alpha is not too far. I have absolutely no clue what their slang meant. And while trying to figure out what their slang is to attempt to communicate with them. I figured, this is probably how the previous generation reacted to our generation. It is truly horrifying how drastic how slangs and humour can change in such a short time. No kid a few grades below me understands what YOLO meant.

[@AngerInducingPills]

Dude me too,like I only know rizz the rest is just weird

[@Infoflexy]

lol i am a 2011 kid and gen alpha slang is confusing, but i did have to learn both gen z slang and also gen alpha slang cuz i was born at the intersection

[@Chumplnator]

i swear not using tiktok makes you feel like a boomer in terms of slang, i'm 14 and it took me like half a year to figure out what gyat means.

[@kaden-sd6vb]

I thought MY humor was stupid and broken nonsense, but Gen alpha shit is somehow even more nonsense than tf2 characters screaming about cocaine or something. Alpha slang is even worse.

[@realnagisafan01]

Same here, and people younger then 13 in general makes me feel like im 34 for this reason,,, which is weird since im literally later gen z

[@splarty]

As someone born in Generation Alpha, it’s very depressing, difficult, and everyone of my friends are sexually weird, or having suicidal thoughts. It surprises me how no adults seem to realize it but how they are more cruel. It saddens me a lot because all I can think of is my death, my mothers death, or other stuff, like depression, anxiety, grief, loss, and I had to go to 2 different counselors at school because of that. I’m just so sick of it.

[@user-iu9ki7be4h]

That must suck.. cause ive had those kinds of thoughts and my mind cant imagine how i would feel, how sad will i become, or will i just ignore and forget they ever existed. While i love them, i dont know if i'll react to thier passing at all due to the fact ive grown numb to the feeling of sadness (i only ever feel sad when i remember the past and think about how the future can erase everything you have)

[@splarty]

@@Icedgamer5657 I try to not either but sometimes I do go insane or out of control.

[@user-iu9ki7be4h]

@@splarty if you think your going out of control i recommend controled breathing (i know.. it seems weird), but i swear when i want to feel calm i take a deep breath and empty my mind of thoughts (please dont judge cause i honestly dont know when i picked up this habbit)

[@unicornishcornish]

Hello, if you're gen A then your no older than 13 😮 Have you considered talking to family and friends in real life? It's unlikely you'll find solutions to your problems on the internet since it's major reason why you're unwell in the first place. If talking isn't helping. You might find doing things with other people outside of virtual world helps your mental state. You could start a new hobby, join some group that meets up in person and does something fun and normal like kicking a ball, woodworking, gardening, painting, playing instruments anything really.

[@user-iu9ki7be4h]

@@unicornishcornish great advice. But.. sometimes there are just people out there who generally want to give out usefell information online (ik.. i gave someone advice off my own experience, which isnt good..). And also this guy probably has a hobby and a group of friends and family he interacts with so.. i bet he just made this comment to point out what the youngest (not really) of the gen alphas "can" become

[@thatweirdo35]

As a younger gen z guy, (like... 15) I can't help but have this feeling of dread. This world is a very odd place and I don't think I want to see what happens next. Everything is so confusing.

[@CalebCox-wd7tf]

I'm around the same age as you and is a sophomore in high school.

[@babbish78]

As a Gen-A, I'm starting to think we are. With the amount of stuff thats going around the world, and Gen-A is going to be our MAIN generation in a couple of years, I can say we're definitely fucked.

[@ConstantOfAnafabula]

Relatable. But we have nothing to do or lose anymore, all we could do is the watch the brain rot happen.

[@psyience3213]

I'm more than twice your age but you and me both brother

[@Mr_Toodles]

Your parents were put in an impossible situation. I'm a millenial that took a huge interest in tech when I was like 9. My parents heeded my wishes to explore tech because back then this was all still fairly new and exciting. But, I had locks and controls on everything I did. Most from my generation would never even consider doing such a thing. It sucks but the hard truth is, you are going to have to lock and moderate YOURSELF. Your parents aren't going to do it

[@BLACKAAROW]

I was born in 1994 and I am so grateful that I got to experience a little over a decade of a normal childhood before social media and smartphones took hold

[@redblood_b]

You're so lucky... I'm an older gen a and I hate it all its so dumb

[@victoriarobinson1403]

There was MySpace in late 90s and Facebook came out in 2000s. Technology develops fast.

[@milkdoves]

​@@victoriarobinson1403 Yeah, but we still didn't have apps and phones you could stare into yet. Social media still didn't have a huge presence.

[@TsarVladolfPutler]

@@milkdoves Older Gen Z here. I can remember how my childhood used to be about Tom & Jerry, GTA Vice City and GTA San Andreas instead of swiping at screens and this Skibidi BS

[@H41030v3rki110ny0u]

​@@victoriarobinson1403Myspace wasn't even launched until closer to the mid 2000s lol .. and facebook was not that popular until the later 2000s either

[@yelanbastet7327]

Middle Gen Z kid here, but this is so tragic. I genuinely cried once or twice throughout the video. It's so messed up and my friends and I noticed, so we made a pact that we'd raise our kids together without phones and electronics for ages, teach them about the wilderness, shit like that, take them on adventures *outside*. It still breaks my heart that we're discarding something so beautiful, harsh and real for something easier.

[@Annoitedpastorlewiswalkin]

amen i am 17 and i want to do the same for my kids to I'll even homeschool my kids if possible

[@AlittleBaconOnTheCob]

I'm 11 a few months until I become 12, not this year though. I wish I could play outside like how you guys got to do, my so called friends I played outside everyday started to bully me, while I was depressed, they helped and made me alot more happy, but they ruined my life, I'm fine now.. But I wish I could go outside and there's a good amount of tree's, and no houses, I found a place that where like this, but, it was someone's property, and there is also a little place with alot of sand, but it is own by a horrible, disgusting company, just destroying stuff, the place where so far away, until they build closer to the so called " little desert ", so it's private property too

[@AlittleBaconOnTheCob]

and, the good beautiful places I talked about is soon to be destroyed, there going to build more in that sand area, that ruined it less place to run, just making there factory, I think a meat factory bigger, can I just have a nice place to relax, or have fun in?

[@KygoCalvinHarris-xu4kv]

Books matter, sports too

[@yelanbastet7327]

agh god kiddo that's so horrible. You don't deserve to be treated that way and honestly, good riddance you got rid of those kids. Make the most of that place while you still have it, and when you don't anymore, make an effort to find more places like it yeah? stay off your phone n connect with the things around you, vitamin d really does improve your mood and produce endorphins and serotonin, it'll make you happier than you think :) Find like minded people where you live and make friends who you can take outside with you on little adventures. The best thing to keep in mind for you is that the human mind is the most amazing thing ever when put to good use, you can come up with the craziest stories if you let yourself run wild without electronics for a bit. Stay adventurous and stay free, however you see being free, go climb a tree, read a book, or run around in some tall grass, be safe but have *fun*. Last bit before i end my yapping, but the best thing you can do for yourself is keep an open mind to everything, to every side of the story and genuinely never ever believe everything you see on the internet. I have so much advice and this is only scraping the surface, and I'm sure there are so many others like me who have the same stories, advice, grievances and all. Never hesitate to reach out to anyone, hell, keep commenting on things like these with like minded (or not) people and take in everyones advice. You don't have to listen to it, but it's good that you know it so you can use it for later if you have to. Be adventurous, and find what freedom means for *you*. And *never* stop fighting for it. (Sounds cheesy but it works, trust me) Be safe :)@@AlittleBaconOnTheCob

[@Mapleconsentnotfound]

As someone who is in Gen A, I can confirm that my life has been destroyed by the internet. I also used to watch SpongeBob and do other things than be on my phone, but when I got my first phone my whole life was dedicated to watching/ making these videos on the internet. I can see the next generation being even worse than our generation.

[@SLyttziyippe]

true. at least you are self aware. I'm gen a too and i can't bother when i am in school and people just say shitty slang and don't talk properly. I feel like i just wan't to be exterminated. not see this terrible world again.

[@qoooooooq]

Ask your parents for a flipflop phone. Not those Samsung touch screen ones, get a real one with real keyboard. It can decrease your screen time and you will still be in contact with your friends and family

[@Throwawaychannel-1]

I'm not sure whether I'm Gen A or Gen Z, all of the sources I've found have said different things. I agree, though. When I was younger, I'd spend most of my time reading and drawing to pass the time, until I got my first phone around 9 years old. From that, I started getting laptops and switches, and I hate having to see my life almost dissolving around me because of it. Like we don't even have things to draw, I don't go out a lot and it is horrible.

[@sup4303]

Gen b 🤣

[@Mapleconsentnotfound]

@@sup4303 lol mb about that

[@glowingscramble]

As someone who was born in the late 2000’s. What also hurts is that older generations don’t seem to understand how this could affect the development of most of our younger siblings (or cousins) Even though it only existed for a chunk of my childhood, those times where you could still look at a screen without being allergic to the outdoors is what I truly miss… When Gen Z as a whole becomes parents (if you choose to have them) PLEASE restrict their time on devices, or just don’t introduce them to one until the gain conscience of the world around them. ❤

[@bread_enjoyer141]

God may bless you. You are truly right.

[@clarenceboddicker9360]

Older generations know damn well what it's doing. The problem is that it's being exploited by big business to sell you shit.

[@Bullboy_Adventures]

Especially comic books and color tvs. That stuff will rot your brains

[@sirtopoftheworldegg]

@@Bullboy_Adventures ...how?

[@glowingscramble]

@@Bullboy_Adventures comic books? explain how they rot your brain?

[@Sept1973]

Well GenX here and all i can say is yes this world and society has gone to the shit. I grew up in the greatest of times the 80’s & 90’s were fantastic but after 2010 everything slowly but surely went downhill.

[@misterwachulochulo5262]

Man I'm 24 and I was happy as fuck in my pre-internet years. I'm south american so it took even longer for the internet to become huge here. I feel like people were much more social, cheerful and confident. The massification of the internet has made people strange and sardonic. I just don't understand. I feel so much older than I am.

[@ProjectCOOP]

The internet has also made people think cursing every sentence is normal.

[@phir9255]

Same age here. I wouldn't say I feel older I just started envying younger people more. I feel like in the future younger people will take all the good jobs.

[@simonpitt4632]

i think its still not giant in places like cono sur

[@BeesKneesBenjamin]

@ProjectCOOP omg hahaha I thought I was the only one noticing this

[@GlitchBoy-ws5in]

​@ProjectCOOP Curse word is like an action Genre of the conversation, people loved it, You just have to just it wisely, otherwise it becomes bland from over useing like the 14yrs Edgy kids who use Racial Slur and Told Gay people to KTS, which is kinda sad.

[@crimsoncat510-el7dy]

I’m a gen a, and I do sympathize with how they said that we might see looking at phones as an innate behavior. I feel less awkward socially if I’m looking at my phone than if I’m just staring off into space.

[@tonywells6990]

How can you be gen a if you can string a sentence together and keep your mind coherent long enough to type more than four words...

[@skyhorizon517]

Damn a gen a putting together a sentence? That's wild.

[@crimsoncat510-el7dy]

I’m shocked too.

[@proto_arkbit3100]

@@tonywells6990 As of 2023, the oldest Gen-A'ers are 13 years old. That is old enough (I hope) to be able to string a sentence together.

[@blue.ae6568]

@@proto_arkbit3100 I actually searched it up, and im pretty sure the oldest gen a are like 10

[@the_vine_queen]

I am an older member of Gen Z, and I can confidently say that my generation is the last to grow up without the internet, at least at first. I didn't get my first phone until I was 12. I consider myself to be a socially well-adjusted person, despite mental illness. But I couldn't have done that if my parents had bought me a phone any earlier. I was barely able to make it to near-adulthood when COVID hit, so I could comprehend what life was like beforehand and complete school mostly normally. I had a framework before being shoved into the deep end. Gen Alpha doesn't have that. This is the beginning of the end. And I can only imagine how absolutely messed up the generation after will be.

[@zonk1477]

I can't imagine giving a kid 5-7 unattended access to a smart phone or tablet. Just no that can't be good. I wasn't even allowed a phone until 13. Felt left out even than for a while as most got it at 10. But seems like that all went out the window with Generation Alpha.

[@pastelnut027]

I’m an older gen z as well and I received my first phone when I was 7. Granted it was a simple Samsung flip phone, and I only had it cause I was being relentlessly bullied in school. So I had the phone with me in case I needed someone to come pick me up from school instead of walking. Until then I was stuck with a blackberry until I was 11, which was when I got an iPhone and even then I was without a phone for a while. (In that time, I only had access to the internet through my mom’s computer and that was to watch shows on KZbin) I think we can definitely help iPad kids by restricting their screen time and not giving them personal smart devices until they’re older. And if they do need a smart device for whatever reason, use parental controls to make sure they don’t accidentally wander to the wrong side of the internet (and don’t spend too long on the device).

[@Epala-vs9om]

As a late gen z when i was young the smart devices were aready out, but im really thankful to my parents that dont let me use any kind of smart devices and actually use the immagiantion, and as you said in the video i was a little of an outcast in the scool periods, because i was the only one that dint use smart devices. As a kid i was really mad about my parents for not letting me using their phones or computers, but a few years ago, those same videos made me realise that my parents (and relatives) where rigth.

[@syrinna5198]

I work at an elementary school filled with kids from gen alpha. The kindergarteners and first graders are the most misbehaved students I have ever seen. Some students in kindergarten are already cussing at each other and at their teachers. They are also completely unfazed when the teacher is asking them to stop misbehaving. Their attention span is so low that it is almost impossible to get them to focus on a simple lecture. And even worse is that their brains are filled with useless memes and challengesfrom Tik tok and KZbin that encourages this behavior.

[@paolaugo]

So true !!! I teach in a high school and I totally agree with you. It's so sad...

[@bra195]

So sad..

[@RockyMountainRetriever]

Maybe u should stop forcing kids to go to your prisons and sit in your prison cells for 18 years.

[@mokje_]

​@@RockyMountainRetriever How old are you?

[@gond6099]

Probably not even a high schooler yet​@@mokje_

[@antscomfortchannel]

As a person apart of Gen A, it sucks to see my generation go down this direction. I remember when we were all so happy, always outside, ect. Now everyone is faking disorders, isolating themselves, making their depression or anxiety worsen just by doing this, and it really sucks. Because we all used to be so happy. We had ‘feelings.’ We felt amazing emotions. We always felt happy. I really hope someday the older generations will do something to supervise my generation. Because at some point they could be put into serious danger. I’ve also been groomed at some point. - trust me, the Internet isn’t always filled with nice people. Stay safe out there y’all. And thank you to my older brother for helping me around the Internet, watching over me. -Anthony, a person apart of Gen A

[@derplez]

About the Mental Illness part, us Gen Z's also suffer from people like that. It really sucks.

[@crosscutcobra]

@@derplez dementia gaming

[@derplez]

@@crosscutcobra LMAOOOO MY WIFI SUCKS ASS I DIDNT KNOW IT GOT SENT 3 TIMES 😭😭😭

[@bro_got_you]

​@@derplez😂😂😂 same issue bro

[@Simracingisgoated]

the mental ilness thing is mostly gen z

[@TheGoldenboyo]

Sadly, I think that the human quality that is deteriorating more than any other with each generation is empathy. The polarising is causing us to dehumanise those we disagree with in a way like no other time. Growing up as a millennial, I still had close friends who held views I completely disagreed with...and we could laugh about it. It was just seen as an opinion whereas now, it's seen as an identity.

[@fvg5r396]

I wholeheartedly agree :(, I work with kids in tutoring and I've been doing that for a while around six years now. Back when I first started these kids were so much nicer and always gave it their all, but now nearly all of them seem to just not care about anything constantly swearing at me and just not giving any effort. I pray for these children. 🙏

[@RiTchieKII]

We are all aware of it and all actively acknowledge this issue. I only hope the next generation is aware of it as much as We are, they are the ones who can do something about it

[@PixlyPenguin]

maybe because we keep shitting on the new ones..

[@Millzu]

Exactly! As a gen Z, I have had CLOSE FRIENDS of 4+ years cut off friendships because of a opinion of mine that does not affect them at all and they saw nothing wrong with that. So many people in my life completely lack empathy, or even brag about it. It’s pathetic.

[@smearfo5612]

I understand your viewpoint, but at the same time, the nazis existed, slavery existed, war has existed and continues to exist to this day. Humans have an uncanny ability to view others as less than human for any number of superficial reasons, and have done so for as long as history has been recorded.

[@awa_de_uwu__-]

as a late gen z, i vaguely remember when not every kid were with a tablet doing shit. But, guess what? Peer pressure + phones are very much required since elementary (not explicitly but teachers assigning homework through the parents phone, so if my mom/dad didnt see it, i couldnt do it) and spreading false rumors is wayyy faster + the fact that no one before 12 years old of age comes out of their home to play with friends. Im not american, i live in a small, very dense city, lots of buildings so a perfect place for "robbers" i mean, its true, but parents have adopted de habit of completely neglecting the child and not giving a flipping fuck of what he does even in school or overprotecting them. I wanna move out from my city asap

[@r1ddhi]

My sibling just turned a year old and I'm genuinely concerned because he literally watches phone instead of playing with toys. As a gen z, I promise to raise my kids well and try to avoid screentime of my brother. It's not too late, we can still try to protect the future generation from this brain rotting.

[@MextizaCalifa]

Bro take it away it'll become an addiction, ayleast limit it and also put flipping child locks my son is 4 he only has access to you tube kids which im constantly monitoring to block bad behavior parent kid shows or anything thay doesn't allaign with how im raising him.

[@irminalasimin2385]

I agree but i'll admit, you're their older sibling and instead of just saying this try to do something about it if your parents aren't doing anything like convincing them to stop or smth. I'm an only child btw, so don't judge me too hard ^^'

[@Servenifer]

someone shouldnt watch phone atleast until theyre like 9

[@What_is_wrong_with_this_world]

Gen z? Haha.. good luck

[@aidenisweirdok123]

gen z? nope.. in my opinion the last serious generation was gen y

[@michaelbeauclair1891]

I'm gen A, and I'm just thankful for my parents shielding me from the internet and politics until i was 12. right now i'm 13, and I can't believe everything has gone so bad with the world.

[@LandOfBreakfast]

You’re latter Gen Z.

[@supermarioman13]

you're really late gen z. my parents kept me safe until I was 9, when i moved to a less secluded neighborhood. kinda wish I never started playing video games, but atp they're a major part of my life and it's one of the ways that allows me to easily hang out with my friends. I'm worried that in a year, when I'll be in highschool, I'll make poor choices with my money that may harm me later on.

[@justyouraverageketchupkons7298]

The exact label of the generation doesn’t matter at all-that’s not the point. The video is about the time period for those growing up in the late 2010s and 2020s and how damaging it could and quite possibly will be. It doesn’t matter if you’re late gen z by one year or early gen a by one year, you’re still the same person. If you’re born in this time then speaking frankly, you’re screwed.

[@gamesboy123able]

You are still a developing child kid

[@hello-rq8kf]

"until i was 12" buddy you're still not even half done developing, (respectfully) get your ass back outside or pick up an instrument

[@SillehSunny]

As the eldest of Gen A (13) I am happy that my screentime during my 1-9 years was only limited to KZbin and offline games, allowing me to get good social skills (Especially if I am invited to a party) and experienced of what it feels like to be in the older generations, I will now teach my younger cousins/siblings on how to control their Screentime and prevent to be consumed by it and focusing on the number of likes and views they get "Edit: fixed grammar"

[@The_war_thunder_noob_02]

You made a solid text about the brainrotting problem and NOW you put an edit

[@Allyfyn]

You're gen z if you're 13. Anything saying gen alpha starts earlier than 2012 is outdated or has outdated sources.

[@candlerosemint]

you're still the youngest of gen z lmaoo

[@SillehSunny]

@@candlerosemintTrueee

[@justsomeguy6110]

Similar situation for me, but I suck at socializing. I'm well versed in old tech, even more informed than some gen z people, so I'll try to pass on my knowledge. Nice comment

[@puff-puff-tenshi]

to be honest, it's mainly the fault of the parents who decide to give their kids electronics at a young age. back in 2014, when i was around 6-8 years old, you'd see kids going outside, having fun with their friends. sure electronics existed then, but at least you wouldn't see a KID with one often. it was mainly teens and adults who used phones. Now thanks to parents giving their young children electronics, now even kids use phones, and laptops. there is a reason why KZbin is really the only social media app I have, wnd plus I don't really use it much. And instead of Gen Z to at least help the generation, to become better, they're all here complaining. It's so frustrating since Gen Z also created all of these slangs and made most of these social media apps a total disaster. It's a thing that will continue for possibly many generations to come..

[@rjbalbuena7789]

As an older millenial it gives me some peace of mind to see some of the younger people here in the comments still think and talk with sense. Stay your course. You're a rare breed now.

[@DORAisD34D]

This is why I like KZbin comments better than tiktok comments. I’m gen z, and I like how on KZbin (for the most part) are aware of what’s going on. But on tiktok everyone is so mindless, and talk about the “millennial pause” and regard y’all as weird

[@shashish6856]

we're not a rare breed.

[@_Pilots]

I‘m a younger Gen Z, but a lot closer to a millenial at a mental level. You shouldn‘t worry with me having at least 86 billion braincells left :P (unlike some… *other* Gen Z and Gen A… a.k.a. TikTok users)

[@Drag0nvil]

Though I wholeheartedly agree with the sentiment of encouraging people to keep their rational about them... Was it really necessary to call them a rare breed? I mean what life has taught me is that the stereotypes that form our world view usually are based around the loud minorities. - when a news outlet selects content. Will they publish a day in the life of your average Joe, or will they pick something out of ordinary whether it was something good or bad? - what will go viral, something normal or something extreme? - when you make small talk with someone. Will you tell them about something average or something noteworthy? Until you experience something your opinion is usually influenced more by the related minority then the majority. Doesn't the fact that young folks are flocking to the comment section to express their inner thoughts proof that there's plenty of rational people wearing the gen alpha label? Sorry for the rant, I guess something about this post having the effect of the straw that broke the camel's back. I see statements like these a lot and guess it piled up causing a need to vent.

[@vixii_spl]

​@@Drag0nvilI was just getting ready to leave a comment like this, actually. I'm already seeing millennials start to fall into the "these damn kids" mindset that... quite literally every generation falls into as soon as it becomes the third youngest for some reason? I wonder if I'll be acting like this over generation beta Me personally, I'm a little more optimistic about Gen A just because I think every single generation does something right or figured out something that the previous generations couldn't. I am nervous about the technology oversaturation, but the categorization of all young people as being shallow goes back to the fucking invention of writing lmao

[@aster7420]

As a part of early generation Z. I miss the time when the internet was just a small thing and me and my friends could just be more active together, go outside and play sports and overall have a more positive mindset. Nowadays we've been pretty badly influenced by the growth of social media and other global stressors. I fear what's to come to the younger gens that hasn't had the chance to experience that.

[@Hans-ht2ft]

i mean, there is nothing really stopping you from doing those activities

[@aster7420]

@@Hans-ht2ft Personally I still do, but my friends unfortunately don't feel as motivated to anymore. Edit: probably due to reasons like these.

[@besters-rg2xu]

By 2009 your grandma was probably already on facebook, you didn't experience the old internet, sorry

[@aster7420]

@@besters-rg2xu I meant the activities and mindset. Also in comparison to now and what was back in the 2000s. The internet definitely was still way smaller.

[@besters-rg2xu]

@@aster7420 The activates and mindset are practically the same, the overall paradigm has remained unchanged since then 2001 internet in 2009 felt like a completely different world

[@Educated_Guesser]

American society has these problems. Most of the world, not as much. I moved with my family to the Philippines because it is far less toxic. We have the same technologies. Toddlers have tablets. But a saner society raises more sane children. Good luck to you back there.

[@nuprynce8250]

I completely understand this, if I could move out of America I definitely would😂

[@Lylactal]

Luzon visayas or minadnao?

[@Kcaisen]

Tryna go to Denmark frfr 🇩🇰

[@Kcaisen]

0r possibly finland

[@E.S.T.A.R7]

Exactly that's the thing it's the American society they promote things to kids and wonder why they turn out like that

[@KingGamingRoblox]

As gen z i actually had to *EARN* a phone at the age of 13+ and had to het good grades, and no swearing.

[@provdfreak]

same i had to save £130 to buy a refurbished phone from 3 generations ago lol took about 6 months i think

[@Serlavian]

As someone between Gen Z and Gen Alpha my PC is broken but my dad will send it to repair if I get good behaviour in school

[@Chaisounds]

Im gen z (14 turning 15 soon) and i feel like im one of the last people that has had a relatively "normal" childhood, i had friends, played with toys, and explored nature and such. Its crazy to think that i could have not had this and be influenced by electronics all my live, its both a extremely interesting and revolutionary notion and a terrifying thing to think about

[@utahraptorgamer5183]

2008 kid here (15) I can pretty much say the same thing, I've always been slighty introverted however the pandemic ruined me completely, I spend all day every day online and am home schooled, I'm in boyscouts but I just sit in the corner afraid to talk to anyone, I don't think to fondly of my future.

[@Datsyoashley]

Gen A (13) here and i want to say that im glad you got to spend most of your childhood around people you liked, the only people i got to socialize with were my cousins and while it was fun it wasnt all too often because a war happened when i was still in kindergarten in my country and i started to spend time playing video games at what i assume was the age of 6 but it was for a limited time per day and got my own device when i was 7, i like talking to people but i only have a few friends and dont interact with half of my cousins much anymore due to some issues that i wont delve into

[@Chaisounds]

@@utahraptorgamer5183 yah same dude

[@Chaisounds]

@Datsyoashley yah, I'm really fortunate that I have some long lasting relationships, I know alot of people don't realy have that and get broken up about the smallest details. I think a reason for this is because I live in a prominently Bangladeshi populated area and even though in not Muslim my self lost of people here are so you see lots of bangali kids going to the park and socializing wich is very rare compared to other places. Also almost all of my friends are Bangladeshi so it's less weard to be like "yo, Wana go to the park tomorrow dude?"

[@sleeper6548]

​@@utahraptorgamer5183it's the same for me, I too am 15, and was introverted, and because of pandemic, went full on with social anxiety

[@ariatheroyal]

As a generation alpha member (I'm not proud of it, and yes I am 13), thank you for posting this. I have ADHD and I am somehow looking down on my peers and going 'how in the world do you guys have a worse attention span than me?' I've been learning how to manage my attention span my whole life, and I knew tiktok wouldn't be good for me. Meanwhile, everyone else just gets addicted because they get hooked on the intensity and it's so sad to see. I have a younger friend who said they got a phone at two years old. TWO YEARS OLD? How is that even legal? I'm so happy I got bad social skills instead of a TikTok addiction. To be fair, I've also been raised by literal boomers, but gosh it's sad to see what's happening. Edit: Before the replies to this comment turn into an argument about whether 2010 or 2012 is the cut-off year, gen alpha is a relatively new concept so popular culture is still deciding, and we're probably going to turn into some in-the-middle generation like zillenials anyway.

[@Gravity_Fans]

I’m also a generation alpha, just a few years younger then you- (I’m like 10, a 2012 child) My sister has had acess to the internet sense she was 2 years old (she’s 5 rn), and I got a tablet at 4 years old. I’m honestly concerned for everyone in my age group, and I personally think we’re done for. I once talked to someone in my class, and they unironically, without bursting into laughter, said “bro yeah for real, I’ve got rizz from Ohio.” To quote a thing I heard somewhere, we’re all gods children, and he left us in a hot car. I’m also desperately trying to cut myself off from TikTok and KZbin shorts and trying to read more, but it’s kind of tough. I’m afraid of becoming someone who can only speak internet memes and lives on short form content, with an attention span similar to one of a goldfish.

[@SirBing83]

​@@Gravity_Fansnah your fine it's currently 1997-2012 your In cutoff they update it every now and then

[@Gravity_Fans]

@@SirBing83 please explain more on what that sentence means

[@roxlnn1034]

Alright so I was born in 2010 I'm 12 years old, 13 in about 2 weeks so am I Gen Alpha or Gen Z idrk bc it says 2012 is the ending year for gen z and early 2010s is gen a so@@Gravity_Fans

[@SirBing83]

@@Gravity_Fans your gen z it's now 2012 is included it's the cutoff year now

[@sm4rd4]

This video describes my fear for the future almost perfectly. I'm 14 years old and want things to go back before society went into a constant brain rot. Pretty much everyone in school uses slang that just seems annoying, therefore it's harder to make new friends.

[@joebidenofficialpotus]

Not very skibidi of you, you should get more gyat rizz

[@AverageNerdGamer]

The only tech i knew existed till i was in year 2 in school was TVS big old box tvs and radios and Laptops but i was told Laptops were only for work. Then i was shocked to find out it was a lie when my friend showed me Minecraft on the Xbox360. i was one of 3 kids in my high school to not have a phone and we were deemed weirdos how we had crap strict fun police parents and we were made outsiders we were told are lives sucked and we should k!ll are selfs. In the end im glad my parents did not buy me a phone so i did not turn into the brain dead internet zombies that were my classmates. I am a Gen Z and im proud of it.

[@mr.jitterspam9552]

​@@joebidenofficialpotushehehe

[@wrong_place0]

​@@joebidenofficialpotusong ong no skibibity rizz ohio

[@cewla3348]

@@joebidenofficialpotusnot a sigma skibidi move

[@user-lk1te6vo6s]

I am a 13 year old Gen Alpha. I grew up playing outside with friends, but the change happened around 7 or 8 years into my life where I stopped playing outside and the internet began dominating my life. The change itself is very foggy, so I can't really remember what it was like, but just to clear it up gen alphas HAVE experienced simpler times like this (At least I did), but I doubt anyone remembers it vividly. Edit: Thanks for correcting me guys, the creator of this video said Gen Z ended at 2010 so I assumed I was a gen alpha, thanks for the clarification :))

[@Derkzandstra]

Same

[@Randominternetguy23]

if your 13 your technically gen z

[@Derkzandstra]

Im 12 so right on the edge

[@user-lk1te6vo6s]

@@Randominternetguy23 gen a is 2010 - 2023 i was born january 2010

[@jacobquiroga626]

You're a Zalpha, not a pure Gen Alpha... The Pew definition of Gen Alpha is outdated.

[@Sebowsky_]

As a 16 year old Gen Z, I've been limiting my internet usage for the past 1-2 years out of my free will. My parents used to be strict about using phones and computers too much, but around 2019 they kinda stopped caring and let me do whatever. When COVID-19 was ending and lockdowns stopped I was kinda tired of digital entertainment and started doing other stuff like cycling and swimming. I realized life isn't all about politics and being part of a fandom and arguing what's right and wrong. The internet is an amazing place, but it's become so mainstream that it feels like the real world is an escape from it, not the other way around.

[@adamsteinmetz3223]

How do you begin m8?

[@deadlystalker7483]

Im chill with it all. Im just pissed that they had to use my fucking birth month for the pride month. why me. Why no July????? HUH???

[@deadlystalker7483]

​@@adamsteinmetz3223 Escaping the online world, or undertaking a digital detox, is increasingly crucial in our hyperconnected lives to maintain mental well-being and productivity. This essay outlines a technical approach to achieving this balance. Setting Boundaries: The foundation of a successful digital detox lies in setting clear boundaries. By defining specific online and offline timeframes, users can establish a controlled environment. This concept aligns with the principles of temporal isolation, where users limit their digital exposure during designated periods. Digital Detox Periods: Scheduling digital detox periods, such as weekends or entire days, serves as an effective technique. It corresponds to the concept of segmentation in network security, where one isolates particular systems from the network to enhance security. In this context, a digital detox can be seen as a form of "offline segmentation." Unplugging Devices: To execute a digital detox, it is essential to power off or physically distance oneself from internet-enabled devices. This is akin to "disconnection" in network terminology, where a device or network segment is taken offline or removed from the network, thereby breaking the digital link. Engaging in Offline Activities: Diversifying offline activities, such as reading, exercising, or spending time with others, is analogous to load balancing in networking. In the digital realm, load balancing distributes network traffic evenly across multiple servers. In the context of a digital detox, this concept can be applied by evenly distributing one's time across various offline activities for balanced well-being. Mindful Online Presence: Being mindful of online activities is analogous to Quality of Service (QoS) in network management. QoS ensures that specific network traffic is prioritized for better performance. Similarly, individuals can prioritize their online activities, ensuring meaningful interactions and content consumption while avoiding mindless scrolling. A technical approach to escaping the online world, or implementing a digital detox, involves setting boundaries, scheduling detox periods, disconnecting from devices, engaging in diverse offline activities, and ensuring a mindful online presence. By applying concepts from the digital realm to our digital lives, individuals can strike a harmonious balance between the online and offline worlds, promoting overall well-being and productivity. Sorry i wrote so much

[@420moby]

ive always been thinking in the back of my mind that fandoms and the modern state of politics will destroy the world but nobody agrees with me anymore

[@Superluigi881]

As a member of gen z the internet back then already warped my brain irreversibly to an extent with weird fetishes that I really shouldn't have seen. It took many years to even acknowledge I had a problem, let alone start trying to turn it around. The next generation is so screwed. It's only gotten worse.

[@AshleySpeaks4U]

I kept my Zoomer son away from tech for a lot of his life. He got his first phone and could play two PlayStation games when he was 15. He played with kids outside, drew, beaded, read, and wrote. I'm Gen X and if I grew up without it, so could he.

[@emptyhad2571]

We need this videos up on the algorithm.

[@NoviThought]

Appreciated

[@blazingstar9638]

I subscribed 🔥😎

[@josephjaniszewski7127]

Happened to me

[@Sculpturesque]

You're succeeding since it got recommended to me

[@CaneDoesStuff]

Yes

[@sloughjykk]

Hi, an early gen Alpha here. I was raised mainly with Gen Z (I grew up with cable TV, toys, an old 2009 wii and my mom would occasionally let me stay on her phone). I'm gonna put it in basic terms - most of the kids my age have absolutely no hope. We know the world is extremely unstable, we've been exposed to world problems at unnaturally low ages (for me, it was around 9) and we're well aware of the fact that the world is in shambles. My childhood was cut short, and the last time I felt genuinely happy being a kid was when I was 7. To the older generation: please, be happy that you got to fully live out your childhood and cherish your memories. Thank you.

[@worldtravels7187]

As another early gen Alpha, I am so surprised that people just don't care for phones. I still don't have a phone and basically everybody my age has one. I'm grateful I didn't just get given a phone so I could shut up. Yeah, it's pretty lonely sometimes not being able to relate to others that have more access to the internet but once you get older, you're going to understand that was for the best. Of course, I'm not perfect. I watched Ryan's Toys Review and CookieSwirlC, but those two are the only content like that. I remember watching Cbeebies and and Tinypops, you know. Cable. I remember playing with toys and didn't stop until around 7-9 years old. That's the average age kids stop playing. But I think I've turned out decent because I absolutely love reading books and drawing. Like I said though, not perfect as I admit I spend a lot of time on the internet playing.. Roblox. I walk outside and see about 90% of the people using their phones or listening to music. I complained about this to other people my age and they thought it was normal. I don't get it as you can use your phone all you want when you get home but it seems so important for you to use it 24/7. What can I say though, I'm still just as bad.

[@felucca]

@@worldtravels7187 Yeah, if you feel the need to keep your phone with you 24/7 and check it all the time, it's an addiction. My husband (lol I'm old) went to get our car fixed at the shop and came back with the biggest smile on his face - "I had to wait, but there were OLD PEOPLE there, waiting with me! They didn't have their nose stuck in their phones! We TALKED, about astronomy, and they even made EYE CONTACT! ... wow, the fact that I'm impressed by that says nothing good about us in the younger generations, huh?"

[@dsank2001]

Thanks for the insight youngan. Lead your own way ❤️ #2001

[@CloroxCasserole]

Oh my god I relate to this a little too much for my liking. Like those days when I just spent hours outside putting together little obstacle courses with my sister and racing 💯 and making Wii’s of everyone I know 💯💯 the golden age.

[@tdsjack51]

Same, I also grew up with the Wii and it’s weird that so many people don’t have that good as childhoods as we had I just feel bad for them growing up on vrs and phones and all those other things 2010 gang

[@Musicisavibechangemymind]

I was born in 2010, so an early gen alpha. My mum worked as a nurse and since my dad had died when I was younger, I spent my time surrounded by different people. These people were usually parents of children who had grown up into adults already and so they had fun figurines for me to play with. They would read me stories, they would bring me to op shops, they lent me books to read for myself. I would go with them to meet their friends and kids, who usually had pets or kids my age that I would spend hours running around with. I even went on bike rides and walks around the neighbourhoods. They always encouraged me to write and draw and it was a treat betting to watch a recording (from the day before) of Wallace and Gromit early in the morning, while biting into a ham and cheese toasties. Gen Alpha isn't bound to be stuck on their phones for all their childhood. I believe that is mainly based off of how they are parented. What I can say though, is that it will be much easier now to be an irresponsible parent, with the rapid growth of technology whizzing through our hands.

[@ktclips7153]

💯

[@mxxetal]

2010 is Gen Z

[@FDCGaming2010]

@@mxxetal Its really complicated, some sources say gen z ended in 2009 some say in 2012 as someone born in 2010 i say i'm a mix

[@krasistefanovlol]

@@FDCGaming2010 yeah i think im just gonna say the same, but im starting to lean more towards gen alpha (i was born in very late 2010)

[@FDCGaming2010]

@@krasistefanovlol I was born in April 11 2010 and i already know how to disassemble a laptop and change the thermal paste i know how to do a clean install of windows and i'm happy i know how to do that.

[@ToastyHua]

It's saddening knowing that kids who are born in modern society will never know the feeling of playing outside with friends and sketching on a piece of paper when there's nothing to do. I was unfortunate enough to be exposed to the internet at a young age. Before I had access to electronics, I would always rely on toys and cartoon shows to keep me entertained. I was more mentally stable that time when internet changed everything. Parents, for the love of god, please do not leave your children unsupervised on the internet, it'll literally ruin them without you knowing it.

[@shinjonmal8936]

New things always needs experiment for moderation and sadly we've become that experiment

[@chiiickenz]

Sadly I don't have friends because I was stupid as a kid because I did not wanna have contact with anybody

[@-Mawce-]

Dude, of course they will, it's not like the outside was erased.

[@kingcactus5883]

​@devious_toaster the devs announced that they will be removing grass due to a lack of players interacting with it

[@Cosmos_6]

I was lucky enough to now be exposed until seven I wish they kept it from me for longer. Also video games are fine

[@damnthisisalongname_4764]

As a young gen Z (2009) I am honestly scared. I grew up with the internet all around me but the community I grew up in (until I was like 6, then I had to move) was very in-person, outdoorsy, hang outy, kind of community. I have seen the media, seen how polar it is. I try to connect with people about issues but they all are so polar it’s almost impossible to have an actual conversation without them going off on a rant about how I’m personally offending them or how I’m wrong or something. My sister is one of the older gen Alphas and she is so glued to her IPad that it’s actually scary. I can’t exactly be talking because I’m also always on it, but I have literally nothing else to do lol. I can’t go outside by myself because my grandma will get mad at me, I can’t draw cause my grandma hates that, I can’t read physical books cause I don’t have any, the list goes on. I just have everything here, but at least I try to use my time effectively to do worthwhile things. Wow, I wrote a lot didn’t I?

[@Azurethewolf168]

This is barley a paragraph

[@sleeper6548]

It's still hard to imagine that 14yo today were born in 2009

[@DaRocketGuy]

What's wrong with drawing???

[@clol6049]

im 14 aswell. i dont have any physical books either because at the moment i cant really afford any so i instead read free online versions of books;p or research papers. im still straining my eyes with blue light, but ey.............atleast it's not doomscrolling on TikTok......

[@CyberSurvivor44]

bro your grandma won't let you draw? time to get a better grandma

[@lostline01]

I'm from Russia, and i am 14 years old (born in 2009). Due to my parents conservatism I was raised on dvd players and soviet cartoons. I got my first smartphone at age of 10. I am still going out with my friends but i feel that we are deep-diving in to social media trap. Shorts, Reels, TikToks are destroying my mind, my productivity and feelings. I came up with idea to start a pocket notebook that i would treat like my phone, take it everywhere and write my thoughts down. Wish me luck.

[@NewBuildmini]

Я на 4 года старше тебя. Моё детство прошло похожим образом. Когда я впервые услышал о ТикТоке, я установил его чтобы понять что это такое. Но вскоре рекомендации о всяких роликах которые мне не интересны (да и которые невозможно отключить) мне надоели, и я его удалил. Справедливости ради я там мало сидел, меня он не особо интересовал. Да и в соц-сетях я тоже не особо сижу, я в них зарегистрирован лишь для связи с семьёй, родственниками, друзьями, одногруппниками. Сами по себе соцсети и прочие приложения не зло - просто должна быть мера. Они становятся злом как только ты уделяешь им столько времени, что это начинает негативно сказываться на других аспектах жизни. Кстати, у тебя хороший английский (впрочем как и у меня).

[@Taefiyy]

I'm a person that was born in 2012 (idk what generation it is) i'm happy that i wasn't born after 2012 i hope gen alpha soon gets fixed please

[@WynnicWither]

2010-13 is Gen Zalpha

[@harryvonwhinkerwhistlejones]

Unfortunately, being a Gen-A myself, I hate the fact that I am part of probably the worst generation to date. The societal impact that the internet will have on this world is incomprehensibly terrible. Yes, I agree that parents should not be giving kids access to the horrible place that is the internet until they are at least in high school. I'm luckily able to understand what the world is and not think everything is online. Am I on the internet for most of my day? Absolutely. It's hard to get off, being exposed to it by a young age by my parents has had a major affect on how I use it. I will agree the internet has indeed had an impact on my life. I was first exposed to it at 3 years old. That is genuinely horrible. I'm sad that I was exposed to this at such a young age. But at the same time, it's not like it's taking a major/noticeable toll on my mental health. I was diagnosed with ADHD at ≈4, and that was long before TikTok or actual brain rot really popped off. My short attention span is from genetics and not the internet. I hate TikTok with a burning passion and I hope that it rots like the brains of the children who use it. I feel like I am one of the more mature Gen-A's, especially for how long I've been on the internet for. When TikTok really hit main stream, I was, thank God, old enough to realize how stupid it was and knew not to use it. There are pros and cons to the internet. I personally believe that the biggest factor in deciding wether there are more negative or positive outputs from the internet on a child is how a child uses the internet. Thanks for reading this for some reason. Have a nice day. edit: bro yall, stop leaving replies like "you arent part of a bad generation! dont let yourself think like that!" like ik my generation sucks but i dont really care all that much, i just wrote this because i was bored and i dont need people trying to comfort me on non existant problems, to me, as long as im not a reason this generation is bad then idgaf, thats how i think and how i will continue to think

[@Upstartfir]

I agree I don't see any of the things in the video happening to me apart from the things it says happen to adults

[@duaisoverhere]

Exactly, say it louder for the people in the back 👏🏻

[@lukasmarx5264]

my opinion is that you're not the worst generation to date. that title gets thrown around alot and I think you shouldn't let that get to you too much.

[@retroburst155]

I like how no one questioning 9 year olds having yt accounts and writing whole essays

[@harryvonwhinkerwhistlejones]

not 9@@retroburst155

[@birdsareyes]

This is absolutely chilling. As someone on the edge of Gen Z, I've already experienced the distraction of my peers. Younger kids, third graders even, checking their phones during class. My own peers, mindlessly scrolling through TikToks. I remember when I was in third grade, walking to school, confused why some of my former friends were on phones and TikTok. I should be free, since I don't have a phone yet. But I barely have any friends, and the ones I do are luckily well moderated. However it still makes me the only person in my grade, and most likely the grade below me, without a phone. I wish things could change. Nothing feels real anymore.

[@greece_stronk523]

you dont need a phone to have friends

[@suqmaddiqq]

I@@greece_stronk523 It's a LOT harder to keep the connection (ironically) without one.

[@Theaeretical]

Same bro. Born in 2010, still don’t have a phone, but the buses are so boring. Everyone just scrolls and it’s very hard to have conversations. I am worried for the future

[@suqmaddiqq]

@@Theaeretical You are Gen Alpha if you're a 2010 kid bro lmaooo

[@birdsareyes]

Those are lunchtimes for me. I just gotta deal with it.@@Theaeretical

[@jasonmillers6941]

There’s one thing most people forget in these types of discussions; especially because most people are persuaded to see doom in everything. What people forget to add to the equation is the natural ability of species to adapt and evolve. When bench-marking different generations, keep in mind that each subsequent generation adopted and adapted in some way shape of form; so, as much as an older generation may not be able to see a path, the next generation will.

[@Helloitsme-vt5hq]

I’m an older gen A kid, this is genuinely scary. Like I’ve worried about this, and how am I supposed to be a famous Broadway and voice actor if we all live virtually 😢

[@siegechamp2295]

I think you nailed the point with "inability of critical thinking". My opinion is that schools should have this as a priority to teach the kids, and I do NOT get it, why it isn't at least being demanded by the public

[@NoviThought]

@siegechamp2295 hard to say honestly

[@Azurethewolf168]

No, the parents should. NEVER let anything personal with your kids be involved with the government.

[@siegechamp2295]

@@Azurethewolf168 I thought of that possibility too. The problem with that is state sponsored brainwashing of the parents. But what if I said you, that we should instead give a LOT of autonomy to the schools, protect said autonomy with a strong worker union of the teachers, and made the compulsory primary school law more loose, so the parents have more manouverabilty to avoid said institution

[@Azurethewolf168]

@@siegechamp2295 no

[@DaRocketGuy]

It's pretty simple why critical thinking isnt mandatory. People who think critically dont spend as much money. They stand up for themselves. They're independent. Horrifying stuff for any oligarchy.

[@ZionS45]

Giving a child an iPad is child abuse

[@HexoseMonophosphateCunt]

We gotta find a way to stigmatise social media presence somehow so that it won’t be cool and will be unappealing to the kids in future. As someone who is going to be a parent soon im extremely scared about raising children.

[@johnosullivan-nq2wd]

I wish they would pass a law where it is illegal for a child to be looking at an iPad or smartphone inside a restaurant LOL

[@LEGO-CREAM]

@@johnosullivan-nq2wd the amount of little gremlins ive heard screaming over... subsay surfers/skibidi toilet videos is just... not even funny at this point

[@Ririi17]

​@@johnosullivan-nq2wd or just anywhere and limited too 1-2 Hours a day. Kids need to use thier Imagination, its so sad too See Potential great minds get turned into mush because they have never been challenged in thier childhood.

[@R_wir3]

nowadays even schools give children their own ipads

[@ricoshred]

I can tell you by experience, the only thing that got me through this mindless scrolling and digital content consumption is literally physical activity. I tried everything else: journaling, socializing, mental work - it all helps, but not as dramatically as consitent physical work. It's like everything I did in my daily life: socializing, work, hobbies - had me at a 100%. It was like an all stat. booster.

[@NoviThought]

@ricoshred 100% especially outdoor exercise

[@eafe394]

@@NoviThoughtnoice

[@eafe394]

@@NoviThoughtthe government in 20 years will prevent companies from doing this cause peoples are becoming way to dumb

[@bunk95]

Are you being kept as a slave?

[@eadecamp]

Our bodies were meant to move. Kudos to you.

[@user-bo1yt5du5g]

Well, now it's up to us from gen Z, when we have kids, to keep them away from screens for a while and make them enjoy childhood the way they should. It's gonna be difficult, but it is gonna be worth it

[@rubber_ducky6879]

As a gen z that didn’t get an iPad or iPhone until I was 14 I can say it was an amazing experience that I’m now grateful for. I learned to read in preschool and spent my time reading and writing

[@broneedstotouchgrass]

Nerd, as a 2008-born gen Z, I got a device when I was 8.

[@rubber_ducky6879]

@@broneedstotouchgrass see I was born in 2007 I’m just better (I was born December 31)

[@realnagisafan01]

@@rubber_ducky6879oh my god being born late in the year seems to suck 😭😭

[@WhatEvenIsTheInternetAnymore]

As a early probably gen alpha (born 2011) I'm kinda annoyed that people assume I can't do anything outside of electronics because i love story writing, reading books, drawing comics, and I used to ride bikes alot. (i do it less now because literally nobody is ever outside). im not trying to sound like a *sigh* "i was born in the wrong generation" person its just how i feel.

[@donchan1980]

Same! I learned to read and write in preschool, and it's helped me drastically, since I had a 12th grade reading level in 5th grade. It could also be other stuff, but I think it helped a ton!