INSTANT KARMA! Garbage Parents Exposed, Youtube Radicalization Lawsuit, & The Future of AI Robots

[@cjfelldownagain]

Hi, I'm a young person. Why does no one in these happiness studies mention money? Every time I see these studies it's "Youths are stressed about the climate and political beliefs". True. But the most stressful thing is money. We get paid like shit. How are we even suppose to survive with how freely corporate greed is running free? I can't picture having a financially stable future no matter how hard I work. Weird how they always leave that piece out...

[@Anomalocaris738]

This. This exactly. Older folk got paid a livable salary. That's why they're happy. I highly doubt when the young folk like us are 60+ we'll be happy. If we're even lucky to survive that long.

[@barnsaresafeyup584]

Unfortunately, money is usually the most stressful thing in your life when you're old too.

[@ShePudding]

Truth. Unaffordable housing and the like are just the *symptoms* of a whole generation earning less well into middle age. At a certain point, we are just living in a different country than Gran and Popop.

[@crazitomali]

Democratic socalism is the only way. Workers deserve a fair share of what the corporation profits. Why is it that a company that employees a few. Makes millions a year in pure profit. Yet pay their employees 15 a hour. Meanwhile the ceo just bonuses millions a year. There should be a limit on how much the highest paid earner gets a year vs the lowest paid earner. No more than 50%

[@crazitomali]

@barnsaresafeyup584 at least they collect social security and can live off their 401k of they have them. Young people get shit.

[@MetalJunkie94]

I can’t tell you how many times on KZbin I’ve hit the “do not recommend “ button and I STILL get the type of content I’ve made clear in didn’t want to see. So I understand why people are blaming the algorithm

[@Ott3r5losh]

Based on that, then the mainstream media should be held accountable also Just curious to see if you agree with that statement or not ? Or idc. Enjoy your day

[@williammoore5081]

This is such a constant battle with me, they keep recommending me things I do not care about, or stuff in languages I don't not understand. I'm all for AI directing my attention, bur for the love of god show me things I might actually be interested in. Been using youtube for years, they should have a good idea of it by now.

[@annjepsen1621]

I've hit the don't recommend this channel option more than once to have the same channel show up in my feed and it's frustrating as hell.

[@cjfelldownagain]

I get an absolute insane amount of antiwomen posts and no matter how many times I block, report and "do not recommend" videos. The next second I see a video saying women deserve to be r*ped. Then I get a message saying "We found nothing wrong with the video you reported". I ended up deleting my Instagram. Social Media companies 100% need to be help accountable.

[@dshoultz6110]

Or the autoplay function will repeatedly play the same video, that it's tried to force feed you that month that you've already had watched

[@IWestrada]

As a young person, I hear regularly that I'll never own a house, children are beyond unaffordable, one health emergency will lead to bankruptcy, my student loans will be a permanent fixture of my life, and the climate is going to destroy everything in the not too distant future. Kind of hard to feel happy when the universal experience of American youth does not inspire hope.

[@yhavinmiles]

there is dignity in the struggle

[@CamInTheHat]

*sigh* 🙁

[@lilmochalovefox480]

Damn, very real! Sometimes it feels like I can't even breathe without the fear of something else being added to the overwhelming list of what it is to be alive.

[@kiaer.s]

All the meanwhile we are expected to trust in "the American dream"??

[@ceelow107]

This is because our public education system pumps their minds with identity politics, which gets them stressed out and full of anger and hate. All that and taking away time from an actual education. It's all they think about

[@majormonochrome8529]

I'm 26. I've given up on being happy. I only want to be secure. I have been homeless, I don't want to be homeless again. I've been starving, I don't want to be starving again. I've had no clothes, I don't want to have no clothes again. I don't get the luxury of wanting happiness.

[@SilenyChamorro]

Rings of Maslow’s hierarchy of needs and similar theories…

[@issabeganovic8822]

I hear you brother. Never the destination, always the journey.

[@Zenkai76]

Become an illegal immigrant, the country will take better care of you.

[@kezzter13]

You spend your time making pointless comments about yourself on youtube. No wonder you’re not happy and your life sucks.

[@Mainlymundane]

I would be happier if we had a functional government that stood for its people and not corporations

[@onederb71nln83]

It would be better that way for me too... But governments mare made of people and people have self interest. And there is no way to govern a individuals self interest against the populous multitude of self interests. So not gonna happen IMO until there is an impartial ruler, not a human ruler. So AI... yeah that gonna be great. Honestly there is no answer. Suffering is a part of existence and Hope stops progress. If you realize and live through these facts you may become a step closer being present. Otherwise, yeah the world is a shit show with no direction or meaning. Life is Suffering and being Hopeless will set you free.

[@goddessrick8734]

​@@onederb71nln83 How about young ppl just vote. Most ppl can't even name their local mayor. Ppl can't name a single policy passed in the past few years yet they complain about the system being broken. Before ppl throw their hands up can they make an effort to fully read an article or fill out a mail in ballot that just needs to be dropped off. A representative democracy won't represent you if only older ppl bother to vote but I guess it's easier just to excuse pure laziness.

[@Craftymom1o19]

Me over here explaining futilely guys its not just the president you need to vote for, you state and local politicians can also affect how the government runs as well just to be told “bracka bracka brah back in my day…” smh

[@AskMiko]

How you vote locally tremendously affects what happens in Congress. Politicians shift focus on one person, the President as the reasons why everything good or bad happens. Re-electing old politicians who were in office before color TV, landlines, and when one income from the post office took care the whole family causes them to remain out of touch. People have to vote them out! Ignore the propaganda about random topics not affecting your state… vote these people out and what Congress focuses on changes.

[@aouyiu]

@@AskMiko Regular people are those who shift focus. Those working in the state understand how it works and that it takes thousands of them to run the gov. It's regular people who focus too much on one person.

[@PY37Video]

That poor woman. I've had to be rescued before and remember feeling guilt, apologizing to my rescuer that I put them in danger to save me. I think if you're an empathetic human it's a natural response.

[@FALslayer]

Us Brits apologise to the chair we stubbed our toe on, and to the bus driver if they were the ones that were late. Its not the same but we would all definitely apologise as well.

[@d13x001]

bless her dear heart but I suspect the water running off her in the video, is _mostly_ water and she was embarrassed.

[@Craftymom1o19]

Cop also responded naturally “No no no your good”

[@crystaljones2335]

Couldn't agree more, having been rescued as well, it just came out of me in the moment for just that reason.

[@Kool212]

The CEO of my company made a 53% compensation increase from 2022 to 2023, and other execs got anywhere from 25-50%. No one in factory got a raise that year with the promise that "they would look into during the summer." I understand making more than your employees, but to refuse any sort of raises during record inflation and then go from 200 to 300 times the wage of a lot of your employees down the chain feel like a slap in the face.

[@erikh5512]

And what's worse is a % pay increase already favors those making more money. I was making 16$/hr at a job, got a 6.25% increase, to 17$/hr. Adding up to an extra 40$/week and 2,080$/year The avg CEO pay is 200,000$/year in canada, Or roughly 104$/hr. If they got a 6.25% pay increase just like i did, they would be making 110.5$/hr Adding up to an extra 260$/Week and 13,520$/year. Same % increase. But it affects the CEO 2.7X more Edit: 6.5X more. Idk how I got 2.7

[@serraangel7465]

They are stealing your raises. Raises should be bottom up. If you cant raise you workers you don't deserve a raise.

[@Fleato]

I feel like there should be something in place that dictates if a company gives raises to higher ups the people down the line should have a comparative raise as well. IE something like if the CEO wants to give themself a 50% raise, increase the total wages of emplyess under them by the same ammount. ( not each person but if they are taking 2 million /year bonus, the employees undeer in totaly should also be pullin gin a total of 2million or something like that) this probably isnt enough for companies with thousands of employees as that would turn into pennies for those lower but. something has to happen.

[@esmeraldagreengate4354]

My boss took 4 of his restaurant managers to Bali this year. Meanwhile his regular staff have been working the jobs of 3 people every shift since Christmas and all we get is wrung out because our shifts weren't perfect. What do they expect when you have 3 people doing the jobs of nine.

[@zwenkwiel816]

​@@serraangel7465yeah workers should really seize the means of production, or something....

[@helloMerrMerr]

My boyfriend and I have done the math. He would have to make $120k a year on top of my $40k for us to comfortably own a home (no kids) in the suburbs 2 hours outside of Chicago. An area where my parents used to support themselves and a family for less than $100k combined a year. Were also so used to the previous generations complaining, whenever we talk to someone older about financial woes, they act like we have NO IDEA what struggle is when we ARE in a worse spot than they were starting out. College is more expensive, homes are more expensive, *giving birth* can bankrupt a person. But somehow, I feel we could be last on that list and our politicians STILL wouldn’t do anything.

[@Zenkai76]

The simple solution is to move out of a big blue city, they are overpriced and crime ridden. You can go to any rural place and buy a house zero down as long as you're credit is good and when I say good 640 and 640 isn't asking much. In fact if you can't pull 640 then you don't deserve to own one.

[@jono3175]

@@Zenkai76I was going to say this lol there basically choosing the most expensive option

[@bomkata]

change your name to the bank of whatever and they will bail you out in 5 min infact they would prob hold an emergency meeting at 3am and still get it done. The government stoped being for the people a long time ago and the sad part is neither party cares about the people. We need a new party get into power and take money out of politics

[@josephmcgourty6848]

​@Zenkai76 I didn't know trash could write, but here you are doing it. Incredible.

[@Zenkai76]

@@josephmcgourty6848 typical low educated troll response, can't argue against my point and just simply insults, this is why you will always be a self hating victim in your own mind.

[@jinkies4231]

Hey Phil I’m 22 and just recently at school my class was asked what we’d do if we won the lottery- one student said they’d buy a car so they could drive to school, another said they buy land in Mexico where they dollar goes farther, and I added that I wanted to buy my childhood home so my kids could walk to school like I once did. We just want what once was the bare minimum

[@TheRussianGenius]

That's wild to think, but so true

[@DaPeePeePooPooCheck]

I recently learned one of my partner’s coworker’s girlfriend lives in one of the homes I was raised in for a good 10 years. Broke my heart a little bit when I learned that, even though I knew SOMEONE must live there. Six degrees of separation:(

[@sparklelikeaghost]

I'm 33 and I feel this. I barely have any money saved and if one major emergency happens I'll be broke.

[@RaphaelMazone]

@jinkies4231 I’m not the best at this and I’m a day late here, but I want to say there are many avenues available through the military. They offer Agricultural and environmental science jobs through the Army, Air Force and Navy where you can build experience in the field. They offer a free education as well. It may be difficult to take 4+ years out of your life for the military and in a time like this, but I believe they offer a great starting point in life that includes many benefits as a veteran. Myself being an ex Marine in the field of IT gave me the experience and the ability to go to school, earn certifications and take courses that further my overall experience for free (well all paid by taxpayers. But even then we’re all paying taxes, even in the service. Please correct me if I’m wrong there). I know the pay is garbage but you’re given a place to stay, food, financial assistance, and healthcare (albeit not the best, but if document well throughout your service, you will be compensated accordingly for the rest of your life through VA disability ratings). You will be dealing with the daily life of the service depending on the unit you may be sent to and the (supervisors) may sometimes not be favorable in the beginning but you need to be strong and patient to deal with the bs the service comes with at time. The service has its good and bads but in my opinion, they can give you great starting opportunities in life. If anyone else read this far please share your opinion on this and id like to hear from other ex service members and your experiences.

[@DaPeePeePooPooCheck]

@@RaphaelMazone Fuck compromising your personal principles to become a tool of the state.

[@MountainMarvin]

The KZbin algorithm is definitely pushing contact that tries to rage bait the user. I’m a fairly progressive person and when I scroll through KZbin shorts every once a while out of no where it’ll recommend a random “alpha bro” podcast talking about random stuff.

[@Mr.bartz84]

Facebook does this for me. Everything is race baiting or a fight about politics.

[@naoway336]

Eh more the Algorithm doesn't know the difference between talking about a bad person and their opinions and the bad person and their opinions.

[@Sheamu5]

I've started getting wranglerstar popping in my feed, dude started out as an outdoor channel, and now he's prepping for a civil war.

[@mythking541]

I do see that argument, like I've seen more red pill or random political videos way too extreme recommended as the third option of a recommended list of videos when watching anything on here, especially when I am in a more conservative area. That being said, KZbin does have the option for users to not recommend the channel or hide the video, which has lessen them from my recommendations, at least my experience. Now, a kid, or anyone under 25 (i.e., with still developing frontal lobes) would be more susceptible to those videos when recommended and not have the foresight to ignore them, so yeah KZbin and other social medias do have some blame. But an argument can be made that if the user continues to go to post/videos like them, the algorithm will continue to feed them those videos based on keywords, genre, related post based on other users views. Meaning, it's still the user that has the final say on how the algorithm recommends videos/post.

[@riiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiip]

I see quite a lot of content especially in the KZbin shorts of misogyny and racism disguised as "be a man" and patriotism

[@gilliand1900]

Hey Phil, 22 year old here. I was born five months before 9/11 and was first shown the videos of it in middle school (yes, as part of a class). Also in middle school, my friends and I would have casual discussions in study hall about where we would hide if a gunman walked in the room. During my freshman year of college- when everyone in my family said I would get out of my shell because of the robust social opportunities- COVID hit and we had to move out of our dorms. Essentially from birth to now, Gen Z has been experiencing "once in a lifetime" events and we're just dragging our feet to the next one. Right, also we get paid dirt by people doing calculations to see how much they can make renting out their second home and watching corporations kill the planet while feeling like we can do nothing but cast a ballot. It's just a super not good time right now.

[@lynngriffin2106]

I’m 10 years older than you, and still get paid dirt, homes are too expensive to buy, rent has tripled, feels like everything is set up to extract the maximum amount from you… All that to say, all I got from that 10 year head start is nostalgia for a world I barely knew at all

[@khaightlynn]

@@lynngriffin2106 turning 31 tomorrow and boy howdy do I feel yall on that one

[@DragonKeeper69]

we should just have a general strike, stop participating all at once. No more work, school, etc...

[@SkylarReactions]

Welcome to the millennial party. We've been shit on since birth.

[@adio1679]

Hey remember when the entire WORLD was at war twice? Yeah I think we’ll be alright (or not lol)

[@CanadianImmigrant]

Yes, because the promise of financial insecurity by being underpaid, overworked, and the inability to secure a decent home at an affordable price makes me so incredibly happy. Like of course the younger generation is going to be stressed and unhappy, the government has made it blatantly clear it doesn’t care about us.

[@adriandaniels1]

And now robots and AI will steal jobs in the future (and under capitalism). Good times.

[@FilthyCasualYT]

I'm a dude in my 30's in Canada. I can understand why a lot of people my age would be far less happy than the same age bracket even 10 years ago. Hell, my 'pull yourself up by the bootstraps, pound the pavement for a job' parents even admitted to me the other day that something as simple as home-ownership is basically a fantasy for my generation. They could easily get $300k+ for their house they paid $80k for two decades ago. Barely anyone I know can actually afford to live without roommates. Our healthcare gets worse year over year. Services are over-taxed and crumbling. We were sold a promise and stabbed in the back, and there's not a goddamned thing we can do about it but try and make a pretty pattern when that wall hits us.

[@brawlybard7014]

Canadian here. My parents paid 128k for ~32 acres and a medium-sized home in 98. The land alone is worth 700k+ now. Homes that went for 40k in the city now go for 300k+. I'm 32. Many of my friends are actively considering leaving the country. One is a lawyer and another's a project manager. They're looking for a way out. These are people who are actually doing well for our generation but still see a better future elsewhere. How are the rest of us supposed to make a life for ourselves when a fucking lawyer feels the need to leave.

[@shadowtaker4611]

Fellow Canadian here. I left Canada shortly after graduation after realizing I would never be able to travel the way I want to. I ended up in China purely for the high pay and low cost of living, giving me all of Asia to explore. I enjoyed my 20’s while still saving and now I’m looking to buy land back home in a few years and will hopefully be able to afford to build a small home before 40. Never would’ve been able to have both in Canada.

[@Saphirefenix]

Canadian here too, also in 30s, had to move to rural alberta leaving family, friends, hobbies, etc. behind to afford a home so we could have a kid. I was in martial arts for years before I moved, and I can't afford to drive anywhere unless it's absolutely necessary now, so any time I see my stuff packed away still I get really depressed because I know it'll be many years before I can even consider getting back into it. Add on top of that the whole can barely afford to live NOW and we have a kid on the way. I feel suicidal quite often.

[@TheGingersith84]

There is nothing to look forward to in Canada. I can't buy a house, rents are crazy high, I have to travel 10 hours round trip to see my doctor cause I can't get a family doctor in the city I moved to 5 years ago, groceries are beyond expensive. I don't go out anymore cause everything is too expensive. All of the joys we had before are just gone. My husband and I have been talking about moving to another country cause there has to be more to life than this.

[@KaleighMacKay]

Yep. Why I’m looking to buy a house in Europe. Even with the exchange rate. I can still make a sizeable downpayment on a house that i will be able to pay off before I die

[@mwhit610]

You know what’s sad about the first story, is that those kids might even be used to it. There’s no way that’s the first time the parents have done something like that to think it’s okay to do.

[@bitchlasagna1]

I feel like the fact that they just wandered off and went to the pool says you’re likely correct. Think about the situation from the kids perspective. They are in a place they are not familiar with, in public, it’s hot out, mom and dad were acting super weird and now they’re barely moving deep asleep and we can’t wake them up. Most kids would be screaming, panicking, thinking somethings wrong with their parents or just whining that they want to go home/back to the hotel. I feel like the fact that they just left and went to the pool shows this was not a scary situation for them in terms of being concerned about their parents which makes me think this is normal behavior on the parents part

[@TheMookeeful]

Even worse, they knew to find a place that probably felt safer than when their parents are awake.

[@sneakmore]

@@TheMookeefulwhich is scary that the young children had more sensibilities than the parents, not to mention you are being detained for actions resulting in child neglect and your first thought is to run away

[@Chunamunch]

As someone who grew up around a male "parental" figure, uncle, and cousin's biological dad who would all get so horribly drunk the kids would be left to their own devices as young as 4 that I can remember, these kids have dealt with this and have been raised in it honestly. It has become normalized, thus the oldest most likely took charge and thought it safer to go back to the hotel since it would be safer than the beach (may not make sense, but that isn't the point, it's the mind of children trying to cope with adult situations). I feel so bad for these kids because their mom is part of it, my mom is what kept things somewhat together when she would be home, but had to work 16+ hour days to make ends meet, with their mom being just as bad, they won't have that figure to try and help keep things more in check.

[@unschuldshascherl]

​@@ChunamunchOh, it makes sense. At the hotel they had the staff. As a kid you put a lot of trust in people that are in any form officials and have some authority. And I mean they are kinda right. If they have a problem, including with suspicious adults, they get help more likely from service personal than from random people. When I was a kid and would have been lost for example I also would have looked for a store or something and asked an employee. And if an employee was unkind to me it shattered my world more than if it were random adults. In my naive mind those were there to help and that is what they do, and I could hardly grasp that service workers or salesmen don't leave their shitty personalities at home.

[@piyulalalalalala]

As a young person in their early 20s I’ve realized that corporations never cared for their employees. I’ve seen people that worked hard get laid off. It’s demoralizing because I would love to move out but I’m constantly scared that I’ll get laid off and be stuck with a lease. Now it seems layoffs are the norm which honestly should not be allowed if the execs are getting raises at the same time.

[@changingmind2522]

I feel you here. I just moved out and I get worried about my hours every week because they fluctuate. What pisses me off the most at my job is how the managers get paid at least $6+ an hour more than I do with 40 hours guaranteed to them every single week while I’m praying to get at least half that. And even more so, I have to do all the work and stand all day while they get to sit down, chit chat, and watch KZbin videos upstairs in the office. So I get less hours and less pay than those guys while doing majority of the work. Yeah, as someone in their early 20s, I’m not very happy.

[@jono3175]

@@changingmind2522they were where u we’re at some point lol stop being a baby and level up or don’t 🤷🏾‍♂️

[@jono3175]

They get fired to fyi

[@lokitaco114]

Imagine being optimistic enough to live in a world becoming progressively more dystopian and believe that if robots were made capable of replacing humans in all areas of work that the world would become anything other than a total dystopia

[@yomammasaurusrex9571]

You're applying too much movie logic. AI and robots becoming fully embraced to be adjacent to human life is a massive boon to the overall quality of human existence. People say that jobs may be lost, but there is a potential future here where jobs may not even be required, a universal stable income would be the norm (if the concept of money is even needed at all) and people would still have drives to work and contribute in ways they cam, if working is optional and fulfilling to you personally.

[@crazycornishcrafter]

I'm sure they'll all survive Carrington-like events.

[@XRedlionx]

20 years ago, as a musician i used to work 7 to 10 hours a week and I could afford rent, food, bills and entertainment and still have money to save, not i work 40 hours a week and cant even afford to pay rent, and they ask me if am happy?

[@lfrands]

Carful, they’ll replace you with a robot

[@jscotthatcher380]

20 years ago i was a musician too. we apparently had VERY different experiences.

[@XRedlionx]

@@lfrands they already have 😆

[@JackDespero]

The abuelita is the most abuelita ever. Getting rescue from a fire and still "Ay, mijo, I am sorry, I am so old. Ay you are so sweet mijo".

[@AndrewLyon23]

I think she's sorry because she spent her life as a sedentary consumer who couldn't even move her body away from danger, which, ironically enough, is what has caused the current state of society being SO bad, that everyone is hopeless.

[@StarxLolita]

​@@AndrewLyon23brother shes an old lady

[@Hullyeah]

@@AndrewLyon23 who pissed in your cheerios?

[@A_Bag_of_Potatoes]

@@AndrewLyon23 So many words to say so little and be an ass to an old lady, wow that was about as socially appealing as a cookie dipped in ketchup.

[@pierogiwizard4276]

This country took a turn as soon as Walmart ended 24-hour shopping and McDonald's took away all day breakfast. Truly a sign of the end.

[@ronswanson1410]

I miss my egg white delight too...

[@theprecipiceofreason]

It was like a microcosm of revisionist historywhen I went there and they told me that they never had all-day breakfast. They tried to Mandela Effect me.

[@Grace-ms7un]

So back in my day, walmart was not 24 hrs and mcdonalds didnt have all day breakfast. So the world is finally back to normal now 😂❤ Edit: for all those calling me old, back in the 90s i was single digits. When my grandpa took me to play at mcdonalds we had to get there before 11am because they would stop serving breakfast. Gas was about $1.35. As for Walmart, i moved to a rural community and it went 24hrs when i was in high school. Our college was next door so when campus shut down i would study math on a walmart bench till it was done. All the nightshifts from the hospitals and nursing homes were up and about then. Gas was $3.50 sometimes 4.

[@swankshire6939]

Truly. I miss my 2 am grocery store trips

[@godsent280]

Oof, america lost the all day breakfast? Fells bad in Australian.

[@Moonities]

I’m an Englishman we are 2nd on that unhappiness list, turning I’m 30 this year I’ve got no prospect of owning my own home due to the rising costs or banks don’t want to give mortgages or the interest rates are just too high heck even buying a home if you got the money is complicated now, seeing a doctor is a game in itself living costs continue to rise and wages don’t, we have the most expensive public transport costs in Europe that continue to go up, driving is starting to become even more expensive with insurance jumping to well over 50% in a lot of cases yet we get less service plus road tax has gone up but our roads are crumbling among other things to add to why we are failing and most are unhappy in this country!Leaving Europe has morally bankrupt us and allowing xenophobic behaviour to thrive because our media wants to blame everyone else but our government and those who voted leave with the idea we can last on our own and it’s taken a toll on us as we can no longer as a state rely on our selfs to produce anything without large corporations having its way with us.

[@wezul]

KZbin: "We can identify a song owned by a major music label based on 2 seconds of bad audio; this video has been flagged." Also KZbin: "It's impossible to tell when harmful content we've already banned has been re-uploaded by other users; this video is recommended by the algorithm."

[@Mewse1203]

Right? They can automatically demonetize and de-platform a good channel because they use a regular word in the first 30 seconds of a video. But they can't get rid of hateful content full of racism and misogyny?

[@applejones5576]

What do you expect them to do? Not profit massively off of engagement bait and children that know how to set a different date on their Google account?

[@matthewmiller6568]

​@@applejones5576if they can identify copyright, they can identify harmful content.

[@lmmlStudios]

Well yeah. Sound Signal processing is piss easy and has been done for many decades. Determining the meaning behind speech, context, intent, social acceptability is outstandingly hard.

[@MickSkitz]

​@lmmlStudios ill grant you that it is hard for newly created content, but reuploading existing content would stop a huge amount of this issue. Im not saying it is as easy as audio, but it is certainly manageable for a billion dollar business

[@gabbyslife1394]

I’m 18, I recently voted in my town, for the preliminaries. I was the first young person to show up, at all, for the entire week. They sat with me and registered me and explained to me how it works. Although I’m democratic and they were all wearing republican buttons they were kind and I have never experienced that. I was so worried that I was gonna go in and be judged the entire time, which is how it has always gone down when it comes to talking about my political beliefs. I really encourage people of all ages to vote, especially the young, I know it can be anxiety inducing but it’s very important. Now more than ever.

[@FlockofSmeagles]

The real world isn't the same as the internet. There are some nutcases that are brave enough to act a fool in public, but the vast majority of people are keyboard warriors. No one's going to harm you.

[@gabbyslife1394]

@@FlockofSmeagles the internet really is the Wild West, I think the anxiety I had may have been because I live in an area with pretty extremist values and I have seen violence surrounding it when it comes to opposing views. Definitely a breath of fresh air to see people who care more about assisting others and social interactions.

[@theoutsiderjess1869]

Glad you had a good experience I personally havent voted yet and I'm 24 because I have no faith in anyone who is currently running today and I dont want the fact that i picked the lesser of two evils to be my choice instead of picking the right one for the job

[@Ohhey_Aa]

If you were in your polling place or any government funded voting affiliate, it’s illegal to wear anything with a political preference.

[@mh-tb9lu]

You’re very well spoken and intelligent for 18! Congrats and thank you for sharing

[@Tayebirdy]

Fellow young person chiming in about peoples happiness! I’m 24, I graduated high school and went to college in 2018. I completely understand why young people are not happy. I recall hearing about school shootings my entire upbringing from elementary school all the way through college, we got to witness every horrible tragedy happen in real time. Not just school shootings but police violence, war, genocide being condoned, at countless other things. We are the first generation to have technology and the internet be so invasive and tied to our lives knowing it will only get more extensive as time goes by. The wages are at an all time low. I live in a rural southern state and still pay $1,200 a month for my rent. The minimum wage of the state is $7.25 which many jobs pay, so most people are drowning in debt. I graduated as a nurse into the pandemic drowning in student debt with no money and my wages were barely enough to cover my rent as a new nurse. Experienced the pandemic as not just an average person but also was a covid nurse for a lot of the pandemic. My rights have been continuously taken away and I honestly don’t know how much control I’ll have of my own body by the time I’m 30. Democracy is a sham and not a single politician cares about helping us at all. I’ll never own a home even though i work very hard and have a professional job that pays more than the average wage. It’s still not enough. The world’s on fire and no one cares. I could filibuster about this, but point being, yeah it’s kinda hard to be super optimistic given the circumstances. But like, Taco Bell has new menu items, so. Yay I guess.

[@everstone_ranch]

I can see how you feel that way. I’m about 8 years older than you and live in a city in the south west. Here we have support services that have greatly helped - reducing our rent costs based on our income and providing us enough food to grow a family. All while I work to build my business. I’m well over 100k in debt with student loans, but it’s something I know I’ll pay off with my business later in my life. The social programs we have really make a difference in me and my family’s life. That being said - it’s our state and our politicians that made that experience possible for me. I didn’t pay any attention to politics until I was 26. Before then I thought it was just infighting. I was really shocked at the situation when I started paying attention. I don’t recommend spending as much time as I do on it - but I will tell you that one of our parties cares more than you think. And the hundreds of bills we passed in the house when we were in the majority showed their commitment to us. You can read this online in the government register. That being said - so many people don’t vote - it makes it that much harder to make forward progress. In counties like Australia you actually get fined for not voting. It’s interesting. Anyway long story short - 130 million people could vote that don’t right now - and it would push the country to more support systems, higher minimum wages, and getting the wealthy to pay their share. So don’t lose hope, this is the fight of our times.

[@Moonities]

Don’t worry buddy we in the uk are also in the same boat as you! (Minus the shootings)

[@erosheartache2398]

I know it was only touched on very briefly during the segment, but the idea of humanoid robots working inhospitable conditions/natural disasters/search & rescue or doing space exploration is probably the most exciting use for that technology that i can think of, personally. Using robots to protect human life or advancing science is probably the best case scenario, as unrealistic as that might turn out to be.

[@whymejsd]

I'm a therapist for children and families. I have a few clients as young as 11, who have anxiety over climate change, over population, and other "big world" problems. So much, the 11 year old said they do not want kids because of the state of the world.

[@stevenklnes7148]

I'm 38 and have been worried about having kids since I was probably 9 or 10 because of things like the hole in the ozone (which collective action helped assuage) but it only worsened as I grew older. Now I worry about gun violence, the economy, health care, and the environment (still) if I were to ever have kids.

[@funkspinna]

Tell them to stop listening to AOC, who said: 'The world is going to end in 12 years if we don't address climate change". That was 5 years ago.

[@whymejsd]

@@funkspinna they are kids most 11 and 12.

[@funkspinna]

@@whymejsd Meaning...they would have bene too young to have heard it at the time? Sure, but the statement is accessible online, and it was viral and could be still shared and hearing it today from other people, friends, older siblings...etc. And who knows what other unrealistic proclamations she, and others, may still make.

[@hrtsforvi]

@@funkspinna there’s multiple reasons/people that isn’t AOC coming from a girl

[@cristybryant4877]

Social inequality is a major major issue plaguing Canada and USA. There needs to be some serious change fast, I'm a single 42yr old female and can't afford to pay my rent, bills, and food. Most times I go without food. If social inequality continues the way it is how will our children and grandchildren survive? Wages are crap and have not changed nearly enough to compensate for the massive increase in price for basic everyday necessities. It is a sad sad world we live in right now people

[@Dan-Simms]

I hear ya, for years I would skip lunch to save money for entertainment, like a video game or going out to movies or dinner sometimes but now I just can't afford it period. I'm on disability and in my area we have only had a 6% income increase since 2009!

[@MaybellineQueen]

Same

[@heyhorinshi]

Dont mind that the real issue is aways poverty, i dont care how rich the richer is bit how poor the pooorest are makes all the difefence.

[@gabbyslife1394]

I’m a young person, it has been engrained into us our entire lives that we’re destined for debt, that the world is going to catch ablaze, and in the USA we have watched our country fall apart. As well as being told by older generations that we’re dramatic and we will never have to work as hard as them.

[@mharley3791]

To be fair what America is going through is nothing like what America has gone in the past. Things like the Civil War, the great depression, the cold war and the threat of nuclear annihilation is just not a thing today like

[@elijahclaude3413]

@@mharley3791 Sure, now we just have to contend with global catastrophes at an increasing frequency, blatant government-corporate corruption (or just an unmasking of the greed that was always there), completely unaffordable costs of living in pretty much every facet of life, the slow yet exponentially increasing rate of collapse of our society, threat of technological annihilation (ie AI, micro plastics, addictive algorithms, and other pollutions), and so much more... but hey, we got iPhones, I guess.

[@shelfstable6138]

I've worked in a warehouse job for 3 years. The amount of dirt, grim, and terribly packaged 📦 boxes would stop any robot. The amount of dirt getting into all those parts would stop 90% of those robots within the first few weeks

[@themastersword08]

Young black male here, I cannot agree more with the story on unhappy young adults in America. I'm 21, thousands in debt for things I couldn't control coupled with lack of guidance, and have absolutely no support system. I'm lucky enough to have a great job but it's still nowhere near enough money to support myself. That's not even mentioning the social pressures ranging from relationships to social media. I mean you've talked about the loneliness epidemic among youth so many times and it was just so shocking to me that EVERYONE feels equally as isolated as I do. Just having to accept things like the fact that I will probably never be able to buy a home or that maybe I'll get shot because someone was having a bad day and that was just my luck. Yeah no, this place kinda sucks man lmao

[@Puneeco]

As someone who grew up in the States but has now been living in Finland, the happiest country in the world (for many years running) the difference is huge. You can see your taxes at work. There's free health care, reasonable public transport, so no need for a car, and there's social rules built into the society that are of benefit to everyone. They love beaurucracy here, but you know to accomplish anything, you just need to find that one piece of paper to fill out. Also, nearly everyone speaks English, especially in the cities, but if you show a modicum of effort to learn Finnish, a very difficult language, the Finns love and appreciate the effort.

[@theoutsiderjess1869]

My parents moved to American and me an American citzen that is waiting for the day i can get the hell out

[@epictwinkaho1ic828]

Hey asking for a friend, are special education jobs available over there??? Also what about ultrasound technicians??? 👀👀👀👀👀👀👀👀👀👀👀👀👀👀

[@max8969ify]

not free "affordable" health care

[@Puneeco]

@@max8969ify Through the public health, most things are free. Sometimes yes there are extra charges but not nearly in the same realm as the states. Like I had my moles checked and privately it cost 90 euros then later, using the public service it cost me nothing.

[@Puneeco]

@@epictwinkaho1ic828 knowing Finnish helps get jobs, but there are a few English schools. They have the same jobs here as they do in the States. 😅

[@nothankyou6840]

As someone who is in their early 20's in America, I don't know how I can look at this country seriously and pretend like its a happy place to be. I still live with my father, despite having a full time and reasonably well paying job, because it is impossible for me to find a place that I can afford that is dog friendly. I cannot afford $1250.00 a month if I also want to do things like I don't know, eat food? Pay for gas to drive to work? Get my meds? How am I supposed to not be stressed and worried about my life when I'm trying so hard to do the whole "pull yourself up by your bootstraps" but the whole system is working against me?

[@georgecook83]

Rich people aren’t going to suddenly share just because they have all the money. It’s going to go poorly.

[@inconsequential5504]

I saw a Tweet (formerly known as a reasonable news source) the other day that said, "Just to confirm...everyone feels tired ALL the time no matter how much sleep they get or caffeine they consume, but also has trouble falling asleep / is constantly hungry but also nauseous with acid reflux / spends every second working or cleaning yet nothing gets accomplished?" Remember that one song by the Offspring "The Kids Aren't Alright"? Yeah that.

[@noway377]

I was just listening to that song the other day and was reminiscing about my childhood friends. We had dreams and ambitions, we would talk about the things we wanted to be when we grew up, I remember my best friend Michael told me he wanted to be a doctor like his dad. He never got to be the doctor he wanted to be because he took his own life in 2018. None of us were able to live up to our dreams and have completely given up on them. Three of them (including myself) became addicted to substances or dropped out of school. I think only one of us from our group went to college, but I know she can't be doing too well mentally because of her family history. But I am proud of her for making it farther than the rest of us.

[@MaidenHelll]

Exactly. And that song was written for gen x so what does that tell u

[@mharley3791]

It’s probably mostly do the south on social media. The amount of time young people spin scrolling is almost 4 hours a day. It’s terrible for your sleep habits it’s terrible for your mental health yeah it keeps happening

[@inconsequential5504]

@@mharley3791And who has the young learned from? Who has enabled the young when it was their job to do to otherwise? To completely lay the blame at young people and to ignore the failures of the ones who raised them is a bit unfair wouldn't you say? It's impossible to get a job without applying online. There is no escaping the internet with how plugged in to our daily life it is. That's a huge reason why if we have the internet be a Title II utility we'd already have the mechanisms in place to regulate the tech companies that obviously have had way too much free reign over....well. Everything. All in all to just boil it down to "young people screen too much" is at best reductive regardless of your intentions.

[@mdogg50050]

The video of the guy saying that every person is going to own a humanoid is something that sent shivers down my spine it feels like a video log you'd find in a horror game about how the robot revolution happened.

[@alien9279]

Long as its not all controlled on a central net it should be fine. If they're all separate entities there's no huge robot uprising lol

[@TheNezharMC]

It sounds like future slavery if eventually full AI is achieved. Not a surprise but damn if dystopic science fiction was on point.

[@apollofell3925]

​@@alien9279 Don't kid yourself, you know it's going to be subcription-based and require monthly software updates, oh and forget about right to repair...

[@asdfghjk8876]

I don’t understand the minds of the people that want this

[@Dobbyisfreelmao]

Yeah that rubbed me the wrong way as well. He sounded real creepy even though he was talking about humanoid robots. Or was he?

[@jamies5655]

"oh yikes, what happened to your face" "oh ya know... a super aggressive fight... with gravity"

[@owenmccord5078]

The earth punched him in the eye.

[@Jay_Frank]

Man tried to 1v1 the earth.

[@xsammay]

i’m 26, and while things like work, bills, and money are my biggest stresses, always hearing about how the world sucks and i have no future every time i open social media or general news definitely defeats any sort of hope i try to hold onto

[@Morbacounet]

"Young people are ruining our happiness level" is a headline I'm expecting to see soon.

[@natalyst]

and when it happens i vote we start replacing their meds with sugar pills

[@WarXxandXxPeace]

Yup... right there on good ol' Fox "News"

[@mharley3791]

I mean I think a large part of it is probably parents being incredibly oppressive and making their kids super anxious. It’s also just mostly social media and smart phones

[@apollofell3925]

"Young People Hate America" Yeah maybe America SHOULD PAY MORE

[@violett874]

I'm an older genz. I went to a prestigious university. I have a good paying job, about 6 figures. So why do I still feel like I need to double my salary to even afford to start my life? I'm still living in a crappy studio, getting excited over stacking coupons at the grocery store, getting frustrated over paying thousands and jumping over all the hoops for health care (chronic illness) despite having really good insurance, and crying over feeling like a failure for asking for basic work life balance accomodations at my job. I grew up with immigrant parents on government benefits. They look at me like I made it, but did I? When they were around my age, they were already married, moved to a new country, had a kid, and were about to buy a 3 bedroom house. I can't afford any of that. I think that's the kind of desperation and hopelessness young Americans are feeling. No amount of effort besides winning the influencer lottery or going back in time and being born to rich parents is enough anymore.

[@mharley3791]

Maybe you should spend more time talking to your parents about the hardships they went through. I imagine they would have some wonderful stories to tell and help put things in perspective. Hopefully they will help you understand that you don’t need to compare your life to anyone else, And that you are not a failure. That you are capable. Sometimes life is hard and you just have to accept it.

[@AngelicFlash]

Same. I got a job in healthcare, technically hit 6 figures for income before taxes, but I have a car with 120k miles on it and need a roommate to afford rent and decent food. I don't make enough despite having a good job to put anything in savings for a house unless I make my life just about work, eating, and sleeping, no vacation time or hobbies.

[@Pikacrew1]

I know so many people who get ravaged by the medical system. I'm sorry that six figures isn't enough to cut it in your situation and I hope things look up. I really do. Ignore any mofo who wants to pretend like you should have it easy just because they suck. I'm poor af, but I'm not an asshole. People try their damnedest to not empathize with the "rich" but you worked hard to get what you have. You came from immigrant parents, you clearly have perspective on what you have achieved and I wish you could feel the pride that hardwork should inspire. This world is a motherfucker and I hope this world begins to suck far less sooner than later. Be well and take care of yourself

[@Mickeystwin33]

I'm an older gen z. I have a master's degree. A good job. A house (with a mortgage the same amount as my student loans 😅). A spouse. A little bit of spending money (it's tight, but there's some). I'm doing much better than most. I still feel like the world is imploding. I still feel like I don't make enough money. I'm living what I dreamed I could get to years ago, and I still doesn't feel like it's enough to do anything more than get by.

[@AndrewLyon23]

Because you are living in a late-stage capitalist system that is failing fast.

[@kitalee4752]

I'm a college student who is graduating this semester, and the world feels stacked against me. Part of it is being so aware of the world being on fire, which I'm sure is amplified by social media but when looking at the wars, politics, and trajectory of rights in the US especially, it's hard not to feel hopeless. I'm coming out of school with the knowledge that I may never be able to own a house, I'm being forced to move from my hometown due to the housing market and influx of landlord-controlled rentals going for absurd prices, and my chances of finding a job feel slim when everything in my field has 100+ applicants per listing. Even planning for retirement feels like a scam, and like the country/world is going to fall apart before my generation gets there. It's hard to stay optimistic in the face of all that, but we have no choice and just continue to struggle through it.

[@kitalee4752]

All that said, antidepressants are helpful, and things aren't all bad at the end of the day. Just gets hard, as a young person especially, to see any light at the end of the tunnel. Keep swimming and take care of yourselves, y'all

[@clevernickname2906]

Hang in there, kid. I PROMISE there will be a time when it is easier. There will also be times when it is harder. But just do your best and try to leave it a little better than you found it. Idk what your life will look like, but as long as you remember you only have one worst day of your life, and it only lasts 24 hours.. you’ll be okay. ❤

[@RikcAvlog]

Dude my lungs and heart collapsed last year i was in a coma for 2 months and im still in recovery, just take a breath relax a little it seems hard but is worth it stress and depression almost took my life, you got this ❤❤❤

[@KevinAccetta]

I graduated late 2022 and I'm *still* looking for a job... It's just an influx of emails saying no on a weekly basis, and I'm so damn tired of filling applications over and over again. It's like all these places are looking for professionals with years and years of experience even tho the jobs are for junior positions... We can't *gain* experience if no one ever hires us ffs 😪 Sorry for the rant. My tip is to stick to whatever job you find even if you don't like it, unfortunately. At least to have something you can put in your resume before looking for something better.

[@stephenanderson7686]

I know it may seem bleak and I understand that, as a stranger, my words don't mean much to you but there is an old proverb, "this too shall pass." You will get out of life what you put into it. I promise things will find a way to work out. Just keep your chin up.

[@ladyprussia3618]

As somebody who wrote my masters thesis in machine learning, and specifically in the car sector, I am very sceptical and mostly disbelieving in the idea that AGI will ever be achieved. If you work in the field you would be horrified about how sensitive and easily poisoned all models and algorithms are

[@1995pieter]

ever is quite a big word. its proven it can be done, we ourselves are the proof.

[@A.Radwick]

Dear Phil, Thank you for bringing to light the tangible impact that removing the McDonald's snack wrap has had on morale in this nation. I believe that issues like this cannot be dismissed as irrelevant in the trying times we are all facing. God bless you, sir.

[@SilentGlaceon94]

Just recently, one of my mom's first cousins died suddenly while he was working a shift (he was a truck driver). He was dealing with a lot of stress from home and work. He was in his mid 50s, which is why his sudden death blindsided all of us. This made me realize that it is imperative to do anything you can to protect your peace and not allow yourself to get too stressed out. For the past ten years, I allowed my past trauma to take over my life (Thanks high school), and now it feels like I am playing catch up with what lost time I allowed myself to slip by. All this to say, take care of yourselves, y'all.

[@wildwesley9328]

I’m on the unpacking overwhelming trauma journey right now. It’s hard but I don’t want to let people I never hope to see ever again rule my life or the way I live it

[@lynngriffin2106]

It’s better to realize today and make a change, than to realize tomorrow that it’s too late

[@notcesr7136]

This is what we need to see more of. Modern society fosters so much more stress than is helpful or necessary. Good luck brother

[@sheljustdoes]

As a data scientist, I develop algorithms daily and find the lawsuit against social media companies intriguing. When I entered the field after school, I was astounded by the biases in even basic algorithms, especially with companies new to data science. Data such as user demographics (socioeconomics, mental health) and the impact of content were often disregarded or just flat out not considered in development. Algorithms like those on KZbin and Reddit prioritize content without regard for its potential to radicalize users, and unfortunately, it took a tragedy for these companies to pay attention to these issues. I hope the lawsuit favors the victims, as biases and negative impacts of a deliverable like a novel model or algorithm are often ignored by upper-management in favor of more and more content consumption by users.

[@Theta940]

Canadian, age 34, two meds for anxiety and one for depression I'm never expecting things to get better. But I have a fair amount of hope that it's not going to get (significantly) worse for me. Hope is one hell of a state of mind if you can lie to yourself long enough.

[@XeromusPrime]

What's there to be happy about in the US? Wages are at an all-time low, cost of living and goods is at an all-time high. Everything quarter and dollars you to death (the term nickel and diming is no longer applicable) and extra random fees are added to everything we touch and do. We're overworked and underpaid. No one my age and younger can afford a home, rent is sky high, there are drug, mental health and social problems that our government refuse to even attempt to fix. Honestly I think most Americans are hanging on by a thread. It's hard to feel happy when it feels like everything's stacked against you and you have no means to change it.

[@IIITheDeadGamerIII]

This is literally what happened in the Weimar Republic (Germany, post ww1 before Hilter managed to take office). Granted, France imposed BS onto Germany which in turn, led to millions of Germans going without. The economic issues is what spurred the Hilters party to the 30% popularity it had. WIth that minority support they were able to take over the country. Unless governments step in to fix this issue, I think we'll start seeing dictatorships go on the rise. (Trump in America). Fascist or communist. And I highly doubt it'll be good for anyone.

[@fishymm5905]

@@IIITheDeadGamerIIIdon’t forget that before Hindenburg and Hitler rose to power, the workers fought back and the Social Democratic Party’s adamance to be the morally superior reformists had sided with fascists against the workers, crushing a revolution with beautiful potential. In turn, a decade later those same “neutral” social democrats helped built the Nazi party.

[@TheRibottoStudios]

And people wonder WHY Florida has just completely cracked down on partiers this year for Spring Break. Gee. SUCH a mystery.

[@SkunkApe407]

Because we're tired of out of staters coming here, getting in trouble, and the media screaming "Florida Man!!!"

[@Dontdoit_]

@@SkunkApe407ok reactionary lol you know that doesn’t happen. There’s a difference in Florida Man and Man in Florida

[@claytonreeves150]

@@SkunkApe407Do you really think anybody is buying that? Your elected representatives are out-and-proud bigots, and you think "the media" made up Florida Man?

[@jamIam6548]

​@Dontdoit_ Florida actually does something to northerners. You're a Florida person as soon as you cross the line

[@SkunkApe407]

@@Dontdoit_ wrong. I've lived here my entire 40 years. Almost every "Florida Man" is someone that moved here from somewhere else. Don't try to tell me about my state, bud.

[@UsernameValidFooH]

We need a change desperately, how can the US put off the mental and physical safety for their citizens? This is complete and utter bs.

[@YFNEccentric]

Two words: Money talks. :/

[@aouyiu]

How? Because we, not just those in power, but our society as a whole, value money far more than that. Our regs for public health and safety being eroded in favor of companies for so long says it all.

[@UsernameValidFooH]

@aouyiu clearly we aren't at our breaking point. When the going gets tough and everyone's had enough, things will change. It's just things aren't hard enough yet

[@weshasawi]

KZbin does NOT do enough of “battling these types of content”! I myself have reported videos with nothing happening even years later!

[@sparklelikeaghost]

Yep. I reported so many videos on a channel that secretly recorded young women/girls in public. KZbin did NOTHING. I cancelled my KZbin premium because of that.

[@sparklelikeaghost]

Just checked, the channel is still up and there's still a lot of videos on there that I reported, of the uploader zooming in on young women / young girls body parts. KZbin is not trying at all.

[@thewickedtim]

Per the happiness ranking, I can't remember the last time I felt genuine happiness. I have so much stress in my life that as soon as one source of stress is resolved another takes it's place so I don't get to feel any amount of relief. I think Bilbo said it best, "I feel thin, sort of stretched, like butter scraped over too much bread."

[@stephenanderson7686]

This made me sad to read. I hope you can find happiness soon. You deserve it.

[@ll2323]

I don’t even feel happy for the future either.

[@rxt1991]

@thewickedtim I empathize with you on that so much, between finding a decent job and school and some of the things phil discussed like climate change and the shitstorm that is american politics, I just don’t know what to do anymore. I feel as if i’ve forgotten what happiness is.. I hope we both can pull through this craziness. much love from the pnw

[@AnnaReed42]

I thought of that quote myself, earlier today, as I was thinking about how much I needed to get done and how little time and motivation I have in which to do it. Stress is a bitch.

[@Atreides42]

Love that the Social Media defense of "Waaah, it's HAAARD and i don't WANNA" is somehow accepted by lawmakers whose peers came up with or embraced phrases like "there's no crying in baseball" and "pain is weakness leaving the body"

[@TheCyberCrabTV]

1st amendment auditer

[@Jay_Frank]

No pain no gain

[@LowLevelPro777]

Elmo asks how everyone is: Everyone is depressed Phil: That seems like a great idea

[@Xeonort]

I had the same thought. Phil! Elmo’s tweet was a cautionary tale, not a blueprint!

[@TheRussianGenius]

I'm 26 in Scandinavia. Lived in Iceland for 10 years, Denmark for 10+, and nearly everyone is suffering from low money. Poor health due to money (as in eating cheap food). Heck, I didn't eat for 6 weeks (or pay rent) starting in August last year due to not receiving money on payday. The youth is being cheated on. I don't condone criminal behavior, but it's very understandable

[@tobiahfaulkner1489]

As someone who has worked for multiple companies that are embracing AI and robotics, I can tell you that they will not be used for the good of all but for the good of the shareholders. If you are employed in manual or repetitive labor that can be automated you will be replaced without regard to the impact on our society.

[@noway377]

Anyone who thinks this will be good for humanity in the long run is delusional. This will only do more harm than good.

[@XanderCat]

​@@noway377 count me among the delusional because you can look at this from the perspective of looking at history. And in history new disruptive technology has been shown over and over to eventually be for the good of all, I don't see why AI will be any different.

[@xxkerosenexkidxx]

That is the one thing I was thinking learning about all those robots Phil mentioned...🙈

[@sledgehammerguy5858]

The Luddites were right and yet we laughed at them.

[@ItachiUchiha-sh6of]

I wish you were wrong because it has so much potential to revolutionize the way humans live. Imo this could be a "humans discovering fire" level of societal advancement.

[@owensquelch449]

The fact the kids went to a safe area like the hotel pool shows they are pretty responsible for their age, unfortunately and fortunately, they are not like their parents.

[@leelewis8749]

Sadly they probably have a lot of practice by now.

[@RsBlankspace1]

About the happiness ranking. As a person in their 30's in America I can say for a fact I understand these results. When you look to the older generation and see what they have and what it took to achieve their goals is defeating when compared to the amount of money and/or time that would be required to hit them same goals. All of that is happening while the oldest of the population are still running country with the majority of them keeping their interests first and not country. The lingering negative that just in the air that I don't always think about is when you watch how easy it seems to be to manipulate a large chunk of the population to believe a narrative or will just accept a lie with clear proof showing otherwise. Even if fact come up to show someone in the wrong and you watch them dig in deeper to the false topic at hand. Bit of a rant but I just really felt this story and relate to it.

[@FaithlessLooter]

As someone with a career in manufacturing the robot story has me worried about being made obsolete and losing my job to a machine that doesn't need breaks or pay.

[@BlueWoWTaylan]

Oh don't worry. I am sure there will be a plan to give a living wage to all the workers these 'advancements' will displace...and surely won't be ignored... SURELY. It is going to be a disaster.

[@TentacleBeast]

I work in a large box company warehouse that has been "attempting" to automate for more than a decade. These robots don't understand when a case is broken or leaking, don't "see" in the same way we do, rely more on sensor eyes and reflectors over visual scans, and cannot cope with power surges or flickers. Glares off of certain surfaces cause them to see "phantom objects", and the systems lack a certain intuition to avoid stacking products in certain ways, (i.e., cat liter stacked on wine cases stacked on popcorn.)

[@lorieakin5771]

"Help, someone stole my robot." 'Help, someone high jacked my robot." "Help, someone kidnapped my robot." "Help, someone hacked my robot. It's doing the twist/ walk like an Egyptian/ Dougie on 3rd Avenue and won't stop." What emergency calls do you think will happen?😂😂😂

[@vivisimonvi]

I think the cost of living and more importantly rent and housing prices should be at the top of the list of things young folks are most unhappy about.

[@procrastinator547]

Legit can’t afford to move out of my parents house. My dad bought his first car for $25…. Wake me up when everyone’s ready to strike and fight the rich. Until then I’m done participating in this hell of a society.

[@Caterfree10]

I mean, the standard of living in the US is so shit, between the sky high rents, the flatlined wages, the ever increased food and medical bills, and still no universal healthcare in sight, no wonder my generation is depressed. All because the boomers said, “I got mine, fuck you kids”.

[@voxveritas7941]

And legislating to oppress anyone but male WASPs.

[@strikethatreverseit9108]

Every generation blames the one before. That's nothing new. The Alpha's and the Beta's will feel the same way about Millenials and Gen Z. If you want universal healthcare then you need to figure out how to take the power away from Big Pharma. This is a capitalistic society and they are one of the biggest industries that benefits from said capitalism. There's no way their going to go gracefully. You know it and I know it. It's not that simple. Lobbyist laws are going to have to change for that. Good luck

[@tooblue127]

Not to mention this generation will probably never get to retire. So there is no end to the grind. I will be working till I die.

[@jenna6149]

Then you have people like my father who has been consistently employed since childhood and retired at 75. We should all have to work an endless number of back breaking jobs because he did. No vacations... no joy. He doesn't believe he in the concept of "deserve " in a positive context. No one deserves time off work. People deserve to go to jail etc. When I became disabled he was disgusted. He also still tells me I should find an under the table job to supplement the pittance I get in disability. He doesn't understand that life doesn't work like that anymore. My corner store is a chain, and they want 5 forms of ID and 10 waivers before you do your first shift.

[@TheCardinalArt]

Yes the combination of crap trickle down economics and massive deregulation along with massive cuts to social welfare programs has created exactly what they wanted... a dystopian country of Metropolis. As long as the richest get their private parks and islands it doesn't matter what the poor in the under city have to go through. I can only imagine how economist of the future will use this era as a teaching tool in how to bankrupt an economy and destroy capitalism. I feel for every young person trying to become independent and building a life. No one can pull themselves up by their bootstraps when every pair of bootstraps have been taken away from them.

[@followeroc2]

The dominoes have been falling for awhile now, one of the early ones was all day news stations that need viewers so they report on things that would normally not make national news or even state wide news. "If it bleeds it leads," is a major component of this problem. Relatively small issues for Americans get reported on and the topics are all bad things. People currently think we live in the most dangerous time in our nations history, when crime is actually way less than years past. I am not surprised that the younger people are unhappy, and this is all without mentioning social media which studies have shown make people less happy. I really appreciate the bamf of the day segment. It helps me personally feel optimistic about things. Keep up the great work Phil.

[@PsychRick]

American dream used to be buying a house, having kids and retiring… in this economy we have had all three in question for the newer generations and that’s why we are unhappy…

[@fastf1ng4zzz]

The story about the cops is the story’s I wish the news talked more about. Positive stories lead to positive vibes and lives.

[@jackhanson508]

True, but still ACAB.

[@yawnclark]

One of the major problems with social media today is doom scrolling, pipelines, and algorithms taking us away from purposefully watching content. Although I'm not sure YT/Reddit should legally be held liable, I do support algorithms being downplayed or outright removed.

[@reiksson5729]

I am from Spartanburg, South Carolina and growing up there a lot of people hoped to work at the BMW plant because it provided a good paying job. The company also gets special status for tax purposes because it is a "job creator". I am not saying that we should not be developing robotics or moving technology forward(that is how we have the ability to not be all farmers and living subsistence) but those people who depend on those jobs to live a middle class life and provide for their families are going to be left out in the cold while I do not think their special tax status will be removed. One of the things that BMW liked about my home county was there are not really any unions at all so the people lack the legal capacity to make a unified complaint.

[@Flayre01]

As someone who started watching youtube very young, i can say with 100% positivity that youtube and other platforms overly push alt right content, it radicalized me thought all of my middle and high school years, there are videos out there that flat out prove this by making new accounts and going on incognito, within a few vids and shorts it'll already be suggested to you, and watch one of those vids, and suddenly its all thats in your feed, i watched the same happen to my brother whos only a couple of years younger to me, its very obvious that the platform only prioritizes engagement and naturally the more you get radicalized the more you will engage with that stuff, especially once its all you hear from the website, which will happen, there is no regard for user safety, no regard for misinfo protection, and general hate speech protections, its gross that these platforms will try to just hide behind a far outdated law

[@4xdblack]

Genuine Question: what kind of alt-right content? And what would you consider the line between moderate right and alt right?

[@freedomishavingachoice3020]

This is our negative news bias. Media literacy would teach it and awareness is a start. Leeja Miller talks about this in her latest video. She's a lawyer. I'm sorry platforms put profits over your well-being. You did not deserve that.

[@niftythegoblin]

It also tends to happen when you've already got low self esteem or if you're young. I fell down that rabbit hole for a few months back when I was 15/16, especially when it came to gender politics. Why? Bc I was a young queer kid who was insecure about their gender and sexuality and had a lot of internalized queerphobia, so it was easy to watch videos about people "disproving radical sjws who believe there are a billion genders" and laugh. How quickly that turned into me watching Sargon of Akaad and stuff was crazy bc you click once, and like you said, you get recommended them forever. Luckily, I never harassed anyone over it, but I surrounded myself in those communities that made fun of "sjws". It took me so long to get them all out of my subscription feed once I realized these dudes were hateful sacks of shit pushing stuff that is easily disprovable.

[@freedomishavingachoice3020]

​@4xdblack For example. There's being prolife for yourself, then there's choosing to be prolife for others by blocking access to medical clinics. Where did they get told blocking access for anyone entering was good? Follow the money. Try putting "Abolitionists Rising" into the search bar. They generated attention in Kristen Hawkins comments. Why do you think they promoted themselves there? Then explain why an identified hate group (prolife ideology) gets to recruit where we know kids are accessing them? How are they any different from the proudboys? They're standing back and standing by for their leader to incite them with the next bit of misinformation we can then link to criminal activity. The leaders never go to prison for the incitement. It's passed time they did. KH still lies about reproductive healthcare in shorts that would absolutely fool my elderly mother in law.

[@freedomishavingachoice3020]

@@niftythegoblin my elderly mother in law can not easily disprove anything on the internet, yet she's allowed to be lied to here on the regular. I legally can't keep her offline. Therein lies the problem. If our white brain matter is growing or regressing these lies will absolutely trick us.

[@prismindraijin1354]

"Stupid ALWAYS finds a way" new shirt design for the next drop. Calling it now and letting Phil know, I'm a 3xl aiming to get down to XL

[@ronswanson1410]

I dig it

[@luisfelipe9765]

They have a point with the algorithm. I get wild recommendations about stuff I never clicked in my whole life. Using don't recommend, unlike, and even blocking the channel does nothing to prevent this videos from appearing on my feed.

[@lgparker4263]

Youngish person checking in (under 30) and I'm pretty happy. I've got a good marriage, two little kids, a house, pets, the American dream if you will. I think the huge difference between me and a lot of my peers is absolutely money. My partner and I made good finical decisions when we were in our early twenties and newly married. We are definitely solidly middle class but because of my partners job in tech and our penny pinching early on, we are very comfortable. We can't go on vacation and we can't go to things like concerts but we can always afford our groceries and any big shit hitting the fan issues. Things could be better for sure, but I know just how much worse they could be too.

[@morbidtexan]

Manager: "RT-2! Why did you throw Bob in the dumpster?" RT-2: "You have been calling Bob a 'trash human' for months, sir."

[@mallarybingham4801]

Manager: "Fair enough" 🤷🏻‍♀️

[@brittanyhoover1428]

Lmao

[@xfreak385231]

😂 well done dude. Well done!

[@valentinasalsapicante7525]

I am a young individual who was brought up in the United States and resided there until I turned 24. It's challenging to envision a better life when you're constantly informed that there isn't one available for you. Retirement seemed unattainable, owning a home was an impossibility, and with climate change on course to render much of the world uninhabitable, learning to live with and on the brink of disaster appeared to be the sole option. I am now residing in Mexico and am happier than I have ever been. Here, homeownership is guaranteed by the state, retirement benefits are increasing, we have universal healthcare... Of course, we can't escape the feelings of anxiety due to climate change, but it's easier to maintain hope when you know your government supports you. This very hope has enabled me to live frivolously and truly enjoy my 20s. I am only 25 now, but honestly, I'm not sure I will ever move back.

[@jdsd744]

So...I am not sure this accessible for everyone.

[@FlockofSmeagles]

You've been there for a year, calm down.

[@Patricia-cn7ox]

That isn’t the experience of most women in Mexico, you’re probably one of the privileged ones. My friend had 0 support from the government when she had her baby, she thankfully also had a green card and was given some support in the US as she was a single mother. Mexico is great in theory, now when it comes to practice, things are drastically different sometimes.

[@jdsd744]

@Patricia-cn7ox yeah I didn't think so. My step-father left Mexico to live here- in the us- so I doubt how often these programs are as beneficial as this person described. I didn't want to say it, but this seems like a situation where either money, connections, luck, or looks came into play rather than it being an average acenario.

[@Patricia-cn7ox]

@@jdsd744 I mean, the programs do work but they’re also costly so developing countries have a much harder time implementing them effectively. I live in France and you get universal healthcare among other benefits here and they do work really well but for Latin America who often deals with a lot of corruption among other issues, governments aren’t at the level of providing real coverage for the whole population.

[@Pocket_Sized_Satan]

Oh my god finally someone recognizes that its the algorithms that need to be changed so they dont push out negativity or misinformed content

[@lordgarth1]

😂

[@Wwattz]

Yeah but where do you draw the line? What's positive vs negative?

[@Illiminator31]

​@@H-to-OAnd the people that scream have no idea how complex an algorithm is to design, maintain or adapt and we certainly don't need some tech illiterate politicians to legislate anything.

[@Illiminator31]

Why do tech illiterate People always blame the algorithm when they not even understand the basics of how a algorithm works or how a algorithm chooses content?

[@Vampria227]

“Country’s been kinda shit since McDonald’s cancelled the Snack Wrap” YOU ARE SO REAL I FEEL SEEN

[@gustavomiguel3435]

Oh man, props to those policemen for that! Absolutely heros. Was anyone else really expecting that story to turn dark or have a negative twist? It's so rare to have wholesome stories, I'm glad this one didn't turn out that way.

[@pierremaiden]

Caring about being a good parent is a sign of being a good parent. (Generally speaking)

[@ocifer]

I remember watching a livestream from the mass shooting AS IT WAS HAPPENING and it was awful. The dude who was live-streaming didn’t really try to help people, and he kept trying to get past police when they constantly told him to move back as if there weren’t a shooter who was actively killing people. It was awful. He kept calling himself a journalist in order to try to get past police lines

[@rollercoastergirly]

I work at a wholesale club. We use a robot made by simbe to scan our aisles. When they expanded use to all the stores, the robot didn’t know the layout well. She ended up stuck in a bathroom in one store, accidentally tripped a shopper in another and in a different club a customer got so annoyed they punched the robot. Sometimes she tries to walk onto the forklifts or she thinks there’s something in front of her and can’t move. She gives reports on signs that she sees that are wrong but she often misreads the signs or even can’t read them at all if there’s a glare. If she makes a lot of mistakes while the ai is adapting, imagine how bad those mistakes could be on a robot that will be responsible for handling heavy objects and machinary

[@coll4455]

The woman apologizing for needing to be rescued from a fire was so relatable. I swear I apologize for existing at least once a week. That’s a good indicator of how my mental health is doing. 😅😂

[@amiecollins3155]

As a Canadian, I find it so strange that 1) You have to apply to vote in the US and 2) They can unregister you for any reason. In Canada, you are automatically registered if you are a citizen over the age of 18. Even incarcerated people are able to vote. You will get a notice card in the mail but if you just show up to a poll on election day with photo ID, you can vote. I find it so strange that America claims to be the country for freedom and democracy "No taxation without representation", but yet voting is still so restricted. Not even to mention Puerto Rico. I hope things get better in the future but its hard to see that happening with how things are going.

[@jordanmartin3434]

I'm an American, so I'm curious where you got the 'unregister you for any reason' info. Not trying to start so stuff, just wanting to know how true that statement is

[@InsoIence]

@@jordanmartin3434 Check out 2018 Ohio case of voter purging. They have removed those who haven't voted in recent elections and/or didn't respond to confirmation notices.

[@wildwesley9328]

There’s plenty of taxation without representation. Anyone who is working at a salaried job before the age of 18 has taxes on that salary without the right to vote. Our government was a lie back then and is still a lie now.

[@a1uffy]

I don't know where you heard "they can unregister you for any reason." I'm pretty positive that would be highly illegal and an insane breach of American citizen's natural born rights.

[@InsoIence]

@@a1uffy You are a Google away from your answers. Ohio 2018 case of 'voter purging'.

[@FashionBackwards7]

I’m not surprised at all about younger people feeling more unhappy. As a 30 something, it feels so difficult to explain to a boomer why I’m scared and how life feels much harder. Sure, they had to deal with the Cold War and the recession in the 90s, but the world nowadays just feels so unstable and unattainable. With the rise of fascism, the cost of living and our rapidly deteriorating environment, it’s hard to feel hopeful for the future.

[@Mortisk]

The story of those monsters who got drunk and left their kids on the beach of all places scared me. As a dad of a 5 and 7 year old it kind of hit close to home and the idea of my kids walking around the ocean unsupervised makes me so anxious, yet these parent's are more than okay to do that just because of something as dumb as getting drunk. I'm so so sooooo happy the kids were okay and were smart enough not to stick around, but this story just made me particularly upset

[@patrickpinder4118]

I was so excited to get another 30-minute video! Then Phil started delivering the news and...yea .... the world is on fire just in more detail.

[@RedneckAlien42069]

Art made by AI should not ever be allowed to be copyrighted. Also AI companies should be required to ask/pay artists in order to use their style in AI. It needs to be limited before this destroys millions of jobs.

[@blumhlx]

On the happiness, part of it for me as a young person is the cost of living. I'm in my last semester of college, I'm ready to graduate with a degree in computer science. I have no debt whatsoever and I have a place with my parents to live rent-free. I am in the top percentile of young people as far as my earning potential. I have no debt crushing me, I have no life circumstances requiring a sizable portion of my future salary, I should be set, but I'm not. Even under my fantastic conditions, it's going to take me at least 5-7 years of AGGRESSIVE saving to afford the down payment on a house. It's soul crushing to have such an advantage over other people my age and still not be able to make it out of the trenches without extreme cost saving.

[@zagarose191]

I love the idea of robots helping with household needs because with everyone in the family needing to work to survive it would be nice to come home and relax, but if I brought home a robot grandam would kill me long before the robot. She already is scared of build in cameras in laptops and the fact Alexa can turn on/off lights LOL. She is waiting for my Alexa dot to take over the house.

[@krisspkriss]

"Better to be a dog in times of tranquility than a human in times of chaos." - Feng Menglong, in Stories to Awaken the World. Might be more literal than intended, with humans becoming the favorite pet of AI in the future.

[@zwenkwiel816]

Why not be a human in times of tranquility though? Nah scratch that I wanna be a dog

[@zwenkwiel816]

Why not be a human in times of tranquility though? Nah scratch that I wanna be a dog

[@kayleighfredericks5495]

I hear the story about how young adults in the US are thinking the world is going to hell in a hand basket, and I think "It's not that bad" Then less than 10 minutes later, I learn that robots could be taking so many jobs from young people in the near future.

[@fairsaa7975]

And climate change is a rapidly approaching issue that we're not doing anything substantial about, and we are socially regressing to the point of taking rights away from minorities who are just trying to live their lives, or deport them out of countries entirely, as a notable rise in fascist leaders is appearing globally in Europe and the USA.

[@marcellagflowers]

wow I wish I had your life then, bc my immediate thought was "uh yeah, everybody is depressed and poor 🤷🏼‍♀️💁🏼‍♀️"

[@HighOnCelluloid]

I think part of the schism between the happiness of the old & the young is the general frustration younger Americans have for older Americans ever-more-strictly enforcing their dated expectations & prejudices onto us. Many of us are - or have peers or children who are - members of increasingly oppressed and disenfranchised groups, and the wealth & retirement opportunities that were open to older generations simply aren't available to us now. So even if we have faith in the basic humanity & compassion of our fellows citizens, we're plagued by a sense of horror at the casual cruelties going on in the world, all while fearing that not enough is being done to ensure we have a happy or healthy future.

[@HinataElyonToph]

Also doesn’t help that every time it seems like we’re taking a step in the right direction, something just kicks us back down and pummels us so we stay there longer

[@Jaxthegreater]

I went on my one and only float trip before our wedding. It was my coworker, her fiance, his coworker and fiance's coworkers cousin, aptly named Kyle. Kyle and his girlfriend engaged in domestic violence in front of their small children because they were drunk. I had to get in between them multiple times. I was the only man to do so. I eventually called CPS because they ignored and didn't feed their kids the entire time. Some parents just shouldn't be parents.

[@VagabondTE]

The lawsuit has a point.. Section 230 protects them from posts but has nothing to do with algorithms. It's like using the free speech argument to scream in someone's face.

[@MxProcrastin8]

The one time i had ad blocker turned off on KZbin was the day that it allowed MULTIPLE anti-trans and anti-climate change advertisements even after I reported and blocked it it was just replaced by another of the same company

[@Pikacrew1]

Can't recommend the brave browser enough. Built in ad-block. Watching KZbin on my TV is useless to me now because of the ad bombardment. The amount of right winged ads too, fuck man.

[@TyrWolf88]

What's the range for "young person" here? I'm in my 30s. I spend the majority of my time working a job that physically destroys me. Some of my coworkers have to choose between rent, food, car payments, etc. I had a guy who had to come in and work while having covid because he didn't have enough PTO to cover his sick time, and he couldn't afford to not get that paycheck. And now those jobs are going to be replaced by AI and robots. On top of that, many of us are living in a world that continually tries to deny our existence and vilify us for no good reason. How are we even supposed to try to be happy when we're told that we are monsters who don't deserve love and happiness and are made to constantly struggle just to survive?

[@NDE-SDJ]

Yeah, we are only like 10 years out from robotics and AI changing a lot of things. We just don't know what that will look like. Glad I get to (hopefully) be alive to see it.

[@Jeffrey.e]

I used to think the fear of robots taking over was only a sci-fi concept, but with how fast technology has advanced, so too has the hacking and controlling of technology. It really is not too far-fetched to suggest that someone could potentially hack into a warehouse of robots and change their commands to cause chaos or pandemonium.

[@Henke_Reboot]

This is why I always say please and thank you to Alexa. When the robot uprising happens, I want them to remember I was kind 😳

[@armorheadallan]

As a 26 year old who does suffer from depression. There numerous reasons why the youth may feel really unhappy these days. The world and our future continue to further slip from our grasp with issues such as: •Rising prices despite deflation, and stagnant wages. •A housing crisis created by banks, corporations, and greedy rich people soaking up all the houses and assests, and inflating rent and house costs. •The world tempurature rising and natural disasters occuring more often, yet nothing is done about it. •Our country using our tax dollars to fund wars and completely ignore using the tax money to help people like in Maui, Flint, railroads in Ohio, and numerous other problems that could have been fixed long ago with a fraction of what they give to war. • Blatantly corrupt politicians that clearly do not care for the American people and only care about pleasing their party, or anyone who lobbies to them. •Corporations getting away with avoiding to pay taxes, and continue to exploit employees and the American people, and both the government and the people let this slide for whatever reason. •Obvious assassinations to keep the status quo. Like with Jeffery Epstein, or more recently with the Boeing whistleblower John Barnett. Or how about the countless scientists that make industry disrupting discoveries in the medical field or amazing renewable energy inventions, only for them to "suddenly" die before their discovery/invention can do any benefit to our society. Clear as day assassinations. It's such an open secret that there are memes regarding this, yet we don't do anything about it? •Colleges became incredibly expensive, and less accessible to the common American. Degrees that do not give any leg up in the job market. Hundreds of thousand of dollars in debt and loans that will take decades, if not, an entire life to pay back. •A completely broken medical care system, that basically abuses the poor, sick or people in need, and is needlessly expensive on top of that. People my age can't afford to go to the doctor even with insurance. •It's a pretty well accepted with people my age that we will never get our Social Sercurity, and the whole thing will fail in the next decade or two. With all this in mind, what makes these problems worse is that our government and corporations are run by geriatrics who have lived their lives and will never see the consequences to their actions. They fail to recognize our discrepancies and worries, continue to call us entitled brats that just need to work harder, and calling us braindead or stupid depsite refusing to acknowledge that they didn't teach us, well... anything. They pass laws and make business decisions that are completely detached from reality or further contributes to the laundry list of issues. No one represents us, our problems are silenced or ignored. Our plights are not taken seriously, misunderstood, or are completely seen as jokes. And by the time we can have a seat at the big table, it may be too late. Additionally, I believe social media contributes to youth sadness. Every social media site, no matter how different, will always show the most extreme, ridiculous, or just straight up untrue ideas, or perspectives that further paint a more warped reality, and further divides us. I've deleted all my apps and found reality to be nothing like online. I'm happier with what I do instead of doom-scrolling, and absorbing mindless garbage for hours. I remember opening twitter, or instagram and immediately seeing a stupid, out-of-touch, or extremist take that angers me and contribute to this garbage. Going outside and meeting people is a way more entertaining, better, and healthier way to getting in touch with yourself and reality. TL;DR: Everything, is expensive, on fire, or corrupt, and our problems are ignored. Social media is bad and divides us.

[@mssiegelman]

Fuck, man. Pretty much hit the nail right on the head. Hope things get better for you.

[@d47000]

All of these things have been problems for decades and decades. It's just because of the increased spread of information over the past twenty years that more of it is coming to light.

[@MegDoesStuff0]

I hope Phil sees this comment; you hit the nail right on the head.. over and over again

[@xblade149]

Thank you for this list. It brought tears to my eyes. And don't forget systematic racism and homophobia still running rampant in this country

[@gabbytheartfriend]

I don’t know what it says about the KZbin and Reddit algorithms that I knew that they would be the primary subject of this legal action; if someone sees one hateful video that promotes misinformation, it increases the likelihood they’ll be exposed to more of that content. Hell, I’ve gotten hateful and/or misinformed videos on my feed and even when I try to tune my recommendations, they still get recommended. The fact that it’s so easy to get incorrect, biased info without context or fact checking is terrifying. I’m genuinely scared for my kids’ generation and how hard it’ll be to know what the hell is true.

[@merpins]

Boomers: "Why are youths sad? Must be the climate change we refuse to do anything about. Can't be that we hoarded all the wealth, increased the cost of living, and didn't increase wages proportionately. You young'uns gotta pulls yourselves up by the bootstraps, go to college for basically free, get a well paying job by walking in to a place and asking for it rather than putting in a resume, and buy a house for 90% under the current market like we did! Then you'll be happy!"

[@MaidenHelll]

Oh please they are just trying to do what’s best for themselves, let’s not act like they have more say than u do

[@dragonwaz]

​@MaidenHelll ...I mean they literally did. They were voting before the youths were of voting age. That’s how generations work. For multiple generations, every generation aging into voting range inherited a better life. Until the Boomer generation. The government doesn't exist in a generational vacuum where everything wrong today is a result of today's votes. Things effecting us now were voted for years ago. A lot of the success or failures a president sees in his first year in office is usually his predecessors choices coming to fruition.

[@merpins]

Ok boomer. @@MaidenHelll

[@stevenlutzko983]

In regards to the happeniness, i just turned 25 years old 12 days ago. I also got a promotion a few days before where I'll be making close to 39k a year, but i still cant afford to live on my own, have insurance (health or car) and put food in my stomach. Its depressing and an incredibly sad reflection on the state of our country. So learning people my age are sad/depressed isnt shocking at all.

[@erikh5512]

I feel you. I got promoted at my job the other month to "Regional Supervisor" and even with a Supervisors pay i wouldn't be able to live on my own. I got excited when i got the promotion, and started looking at houses to rent, so i could move out of my parents basement finally. And ended up just crying since it would still be impossible

[@TheVoggerChild]

I love how these new studies come out and 95% of us have never hear of it, and never even had a chance to be a part of it.

[@robertterrell7057]

Yeah no fucking duh a a study with over 5% of an ENTIRE population especially younger gen(ya know the kids who hate doing shit like that) would be impressive.

[@crystalar99]

That's now how studies are done. They use sampling!

[@PJ_Wong]

I'm 26 going on 27, and I'm the happiest I've been in my whole life. But I know I'm the exception, not the rule, and my heart goes out to all the young people out there who are in a bad place and hurting.