Korean Millennials React to 'Gen Z TikToks'

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[@WaterStar2398]

I’m from the older part of gen z (1998 to be exact) and for me at least that’s not case at all, but gen z dose have some dark humor

[@timesqu3798]

As a a genz 03 it just depression and undiagnosed mental issues that make me make so comfortable w talking about suicide as my life can’t get anymore worser. I relate 100% these are so funny I follow most of these ppl

[@evagranroth6683]

i think for a lot of us, it helps to make suicide jokes to cope with the actual desire

[@nancyjada9406]

It's mostly us being ready to end it all and die at any moment, but at the same time feeling like we have to do something to better the world.

[@wpsl9556]

Pls make part2^^

[@sunshine6387]

I love the “Gen z won’t tell a waiter their order is wrong, but will cuss out the president.” Narrative bc it’s true lmao

[@pinkypiggy0]

same lol

[@m00nsickn3ssx6]

Thats mee

[@anonymouslycritical4154]

Same

[@myab3697]

Lol right I would literally have anxiety but when it comes to someone who makes me mad I’m all out

[@YSK-f4i]

@@myab3697 same

[@hercoeur]

i think because gen z is more open about their trauma and mental health that they make jokes out of it to not feel alone

[@bukkyg2080]

Not really, sometimes it's not about being open. Their mental health is considerably worse than other generations, this is a proven fact. It's not because they are more open rather because of social media influences, and they also handle stress less efficiently than other generations. They also try to be adults waaaay too soon and are engrossed in being acepeted by their social groups, or the huge social media fanbase "I want to have this and be that, only then can I be truly happy".

[@jazzg.6771]

@@bukkyg2080 as a millenial i think it might be a mixture of both.

[@bukkyg2080]

@@jazzg.6771yup I am one too, and can say we are more open, just too into what others have and think of us, and can almost never have enough.

[@MissAimeePond]

As a millennial, I was always told I was crazy and there was close to no talk or awareness around mental health. I'm only 25 and we've only recently put it into conversation. People say they support mental health but will turn around and make judgemental comments towards others without hestistation. I like that gen z is more open about their feelings regarding mental health because yeah it should be normalized. So sad a kid died that they felt so low but those situations can be prevented. It starts with people not being judgy and being understanding. By people I mean all generations. You aren't born a bully.

[@bukkyg2080]

@@MissAimeePond hard cuz some parents don't understand either, and therapist can't help much...friends might help but social media has loads of people with too many views wanting to shove it down our throats. It's a different thing to be open and another to almost encourage suicidal thoughts through dark humor

[@tirasbell4740]

Our mental health is constantly shit. Especially us who are in college, life just sucks, corona didn't help either lol. But we kind of cope with problems by dark humor and memes. Its basically our inside joke.

[@shanna-leeshaw1942]

Preach sis about the college part, I'm literally dying and contemplating my life everyday.

[@yoongisthreedollarchain8510]

Honestly. I’m a Gen Z and I always use dark sense of humor and memes so I can have something to think about, but the dark humor jokes I make are never meant to get people to laugh.

[@jessn.3851]

I'm an older millennial and I had poor mental health and felt college was a waste of time while everyone around me thought it was important, including my parents. I had no idea what I wanted to do so I went abroad to teach English and didn't look back. I certainly don't regret it because America has been struggling for a long time. Gen Z is just more aware and vocal about it.

[@CamomileCloud]

As a millennial, our mental health is crap but we weren't supposed to talk about it growing up (outside of dark music that our parents often did not realize was a sign something was wrong). That's why so many of us are only coming to terms with it later on in life...and after a lifetime of masking and hiding symptoms and pretending things were fine it's really not great. I actually think it's a positive thing that Gen Z is more open about their mental health, even if it comes with the branding of the nihilism generation. Just recognizing that young people can really struggle with their mental health is a HUGE step forward.

[@tanishav3167]

my final exams of 12th were cancelled, the panic attack I had while searching for my colleges. It's my last year of high school btw feels like dying ngl

[@sharonkaichessa3644]

The suicidal jokes are simply a way to deal with the actual feeling, for many of us. I know that other generations don't get it and honestly it's kind of funny seeing the reactions- lmao

[@raleshamclean2723]

yep

[@aghost4879]

they where like: “omg they says that… omg”

[@elodieelvira7913]

They would need to be funny to be a joke…I’m pretty sure that there are other ways to “deal with the feeling” that would be more constructive and effective

[@sharonkaichessa3644]

@@elodieelvira7913 hmmh, no? Sarcasm and humor is a way of dealing and copying. A pretty effective one. So if you have no idea please just move along, doll.

[@aghost4879]

@@elodieelvira7913 it’s funny for so many people and also it’s a coping mechanism

[@ravenbeast813]

I relate to the Gen Z acting friendly to the server. In the service industry, I feel a lot more comfortable serving Gen Z than older generations just because I know they’ll be more patient and understanding. Especially compared to Baby Boomers and Gen X. Gen Z also typically picks up after themselves at the table and stacks the plates, compared to older people who leave the table a mess.

[@neonme4781]

I think it's because in Western countries Gen Z don't really care that much about the social classes (maybe thanks to social medias where everyone is "equal"?)

[@shmarkpark5268]

@@neonme4781 nah it's because I feel like Gen Z has become more of a generation that will reflect on how they are treated. If not treated with respect then we won't respect you yk. The whole classes thing died a long time ago

[@fathomhuntsmen8172]

I can confirm this - my dad was scolding me for stacking the plates at the end of the table and then cleaning up the end closest to the wall with my napkin. He said it was taking too long but I've done that for years now, plus the fact that he can't get too annoyed with me because I'm 'helping' instead of just showing a bit of decency.

[@wendigo..]

@@fathomhuntsmen8172 omg same, after going to restaurants I always stack plates or like to clean up just a little bit, but my dad always says something like “it’s their job, let them do it” even though I have nothing to do while waiting for them to pay.

[@yolandaramos1737]

As a server in NYC I agree with this 100 percent. The older generations are the worst people to serve.

[@neroblack9116]

I’m a millennial that realates to Gen Z’s suicidal dark humor. Those jokes aren’t meant to have you laughing very hard, it’s just really how they be feeling. Self love is lacking and having a reason or purpose for living when you “Didn’t ask to be here” is very hard in the age of social media when your peers and people younger can appear to just be better at life despite being not as good a person as you (assuming you know them personally) it’s just hard for this Gen to have a strong will to deal with adversity.

[@kaylawilliams1085]

Do basically they want to die because they can’t deal with their life

[@xzxzojkeymtzxzx7712]

yup i am in between but i fully relate to that sort of humour too.

[@jessn.3851]

I think life would have been easier to cope with if dark humor was more normalized when I was younger. Instead I dealt with depression on my own and felt like I couldn't relate to most people. Gen Z is just being honest and it's good to be able to laugh about difficulties in life.

[@girls4chuu]

@@kaylawilliams1085 depression, actually. and it’s not normal how many of us do have it (young AND old, we’re just honest w how fucked up it feels to BE here) you really have to question society in itself n how it doesn’t support people to have happy flourishing lives, capitalism is also the main point tht has made life hard for everyone but mostly for non white people. this is of course if we’re talking about the systems in placed in america specifically but could also apply to canada, the uk, etc.

[@kaylawilliams1085]

@@girls4chuu I’m a black lady I’m only 26 I get it but also I to once thought everything I was doing was for shit But I made it through collage n life not that bad .. it’s your life you literally cn do what the fuck you want don’t have money no skills etc sell feet pictures I did I mean capitalism suck But I use it to my advantage

[@hongjuune3138]

“she liked juice world, and i just gave her free tickets” i fucking can’tㅋㅋㅋ

[@joshjin8871]

That took me out 💀💀

[@hat7475]

BAHAHAHSJDJSBS WWHATXYD

[@ezziebotch5269]

I literally just got the joke 😹🤦🏾‍♀️😂😂 P.s. hi fellow atiny 😃

[@livyrl]

OH GOD I JUST RELAISED WHAT THAT MEANT ASKJDAKHDJKASD

[@amari6675]

No cause I just got the joke and now I’m howling😂

[@jonathonkeane3598]

Yumi has a very pleasant voice when speaking English.

[@MrKegsworth]

You aint lying, I could use some more Yumi English time

[@no1famous890]

Yeah she has a very soft voice in English

[@stqrcles]

her voice is literally asmr

[@Jbrokeasl]

@@MrKegsworth ayooooooo

[@GojoSatoru7699]

Yumi san English is goooood!

[@PlutoIsntReal_]

In all of my friendship circles, the whole dark humor about hating ourselves, depression, and suicide jokes is pretty common. Obviously not as exaggerated as the TikToks are, but almost everyone my age is okay with those jokes, I didn't ever think about how that might be seen by an older generation until my friend told me her parents asked her about therapy because she made the jokes so often, I think they're pretty funny.

[@naolucillerandom5280]

Same but half of my friend group is actually going to therapy 😂

[@PlutoIsntReal_]

@@naolucillerandom5280 OOP couldn't be us 😭😭😭

[@iamhere1384]

@@naolucillerandom5280 I actually met one of my school friends at a therapy group before. It was so hilarious when I saw him standing in front waiting to get signed in I was like “Hey Vince is that you?” He turned around, we stared at each other for a bit then started cracking up laughing. Our parents looked at us like we were crazy which is kinda ironic 😂😂😂

[@bluefire4378]

This reminds me of when I made a dark poem. It is just my writing style even before I was depressed. Adults just didn't get that. A teacher read my poem when I told her not to.😑 I got sent to the counselor.

[@bluchismoon]

In my opinion, as a millennial, I think we all need therapy. But living in America, where the hell are most of us gonna find the time or money, tbh.

[@KayCompass]

Gen Z here, we are definitely more chaotic than the other generations but I think it's because we've been desensitized. We roam on social media where anything and everything is talked about, which in turn gives us the space to express our messed up mental health. I personally think that some of those tiktoks were a little too insensitive as I dont really participate in that wave of content anyway, but I do understand where they are coming from. I also believe that this generation will bring children into this world because they want to and are aware that they can care for them truly. I think a lot of us educated ourselves on mental health and that in turn made us more self aware. I think we'll do well once most of Gen Z manages to get out of their toxic parent's household.

[@hahahehe_unfunny6914]

True

[@roshrosh624]

Agree

[@SusanneB938]

Toxic parents? Wow!

[@shara7715]

I'm Gen Z and I'm almost certain we'll be terrible as parents

[@anusha6480]

you surely a gen z

[@user-lg6qr2bh9f]

Coming from a representative of Gen Z, they aren't always just jokes to be funny. Many of us do mean them and use them as a way to cope with wanting life to end and just hating our lives in general. A lot of people use humor as a way of coping with having mental health issues and being suicidal because when you laugh it releases serotonin and endorphins(brain chemicals that boost your mood). If this humor was taken away its likely the suicide rates would increase. While suicide isn't something to joke about (especially when it comes to telling others to do it) the fact the jokes are so normalized has the upside of helping people feel less alone about their issues

[@srshama]

Whats crazy is that most generations feel the same way during our younger years. I am a millennial and i was always told that i was going to have to clean up our parents mess and that the money that they have for retirement/medicare wont be around when i am old. I have clinical depression. We all go through this, but for some reason they are pegging this as a gen z thing. The suicide stuff is super cringe and i think people joke about it bc its a mem to say it now even though most ppl dont actually want to die.

[@beomdaeng5595]

Yup I totally agree with this. If it wasn't for relatable ppl on tiktok I don't if I would still be here tbh

[@beomdaeng5595]

@@srshama I understand what you are saying but most of the time it isn't a joke. I'm a gen z mental health is inexistent we have terrible mental health the only way to cope with it is trying to find things we like and people to relate to. If a genz say they want to kill themselves it's most likely true. I find myself like that and I'm only 13 it just isn't the same anymore but our humor is great so🙌

[@onemillionpercent]

coming from a rep of gen z as well but from the 2000-2004 era, i agree. it's really sad tho still. and hmm i wouldnt say as many people are depressed as it seems on the internet. a lot of gen z isnt even on the pockets of tiktok that house these jokes and that get so popular. millennials i'd say also relate to us in this way, twitter is full of depressed millennials. but even then, i would say i meet a lot of people irl that arent obsessed w the internet or view different things or at least idk don't seem to be entirely hating their lives and do a lot of living. but i cant say i relate, b/c tho im 19, i've been on the internet since 2009-2010ish so yeah. probably earlier than some younger millennials as well. and it's my home now and where i can vent ab mental illness, and it probably played a part in it as well, though i tried my best to shield *myself* from overexposure as a kid b/c i was aware. anyway basically a lot of it overexaggerated -- i dont think our entire gen is like that, but i think our entire gen is *empathetic* of each other's mental health and issues and trauma, and that's the key part.

[@TheLily97232]

Why the death wish though ? As a generation I mean

[@Cyaniidest]

Literally every person I know in gen z is passively suicidal and also very hilarious. That combo is deadly. No pun intended. *I don’t know why this comment blew up, I’m not even funny*

[@kelsiiie9786]

Right😭✋🏼

[@amayathomas1476]

I have younger siblings who say “ kill me” or “ I want to kill myself” because they hear it from videos and such and they’re not even depressed and I’m over here like “ excUse you?” 🤦🏻‍♀️

[@aminaabdi2939]

STAWPPPPP 😭😭😭😭 I swear your a gen z your self aren’t you

[@kingsaera]

NO LIKE I WAS ACTUALLY LAUGHING AT THE JOKES WHILE SIS WAS SAYING THAT IT SHOULDN'T BE TAKEN AS ONE

[@metamorphosis6061]

factss

[@rosaline_womble]

Yeah Gen Z hates life in general because we see how messed up things are, like the environment and society in general, which we had no part in creating, yet we have to fix everything. All while our mental health is terrible and the older generations talk about us being too "sensitive" and "weak". It's kind of hard to want to live in a world like this one.

[@CleopatraPhilopator]

I’m a millennial and I totally understand you guys. I get depressed too. But the humor about the suicidal jokes are sad.

[@rosaline_womble]

@@CleopatraPhilopator Yeah I used to make those jokes a lot because I was genuinely depressed. I never said "I want to kill myself" but it was always "I want to die", like I wanted something to kill me because I didn't want to deal with the world anymore. Luckily I'm well past that point and now hearing other people say things like that, my generation or otherwise, makes me sad. I wish everyone could get the help they need TT

[@aliciajohnson8367]

Same for me. Sometimes it doesnt feel like theres many reasons to want to live honestly. I think the jokes are sad and it's scary that there's no way of telling how close a person is.

[@ricewine353]

true I relate to you so much.

[@Blurggg]

I honestly feel so heart broken for what past generations have left you all to deal with. No planet, no progress, no opportunities, no money, no hope. Fuck.

[@booooo6387]

Lowkey felt the suicide jokes. The reason it’s such a normal thing to see is bc almost if not all of us have something going on. Like my entire friend group plus me has some type of mental issue. So it’s just a coping mechanism to make us feel better. Side note I’m 12

[@hailstar8185]

Just to let you know, it's not a good idea as a minor to say your age, please be safe. :(

[@taniyagupta9383]

So true dark humor just helps to not cry about our life

[@remypaquette2565]

Yo, I’ve been doing these jokes since eleven and I’m almost adult now. I don’t even remember why I started the feel depressed in the first place, it’s been too long.

[@Ikury_X]

@@remypaquette2565 lmaooooooo im 12 and 2 months away from 13 and ive honestly had 0 friends mah entire life and everything is a joke now. i litterally cant take anything seriously or in the right way.

[@speedssk]

I'm 20, been like that since 11 most of my friends caught on early too 🤡🤚

[@pratibhamalviya6282]

It's funny how they were seriously concerned for the suicidal jokes Tiktoks where as we were laughing our asses off, never knew the difference was this big 👁️👄👁️

[@KenDiana35]

Omfg yes I was laughing my ass off to them and I was like ??? Why are they getting worried🤣

[@bekcha4170]

Same. I was literally hitting my bed

[@lana_354]

I'm gen z and 17 yo but I don't get how it's funny either 🙂

[@camchem]

Yeah, some of the ones they found very morbid had me laughing my ass off. I do get where they’re coming from with not wanting to joke about suicide, but these days, most people who joke about it have depression or other mental illnesses.

[@aespavu]

@@lana_354 edgy

[@frozenxavier819]

As a “Gen Z” the suicidal jokes are hilarious, I relate so hard that the only thing I can do is laugh plus its kinda reassuring knowing that we’re all going though the same stuff

[@srshama]

Whats crazy is that most generations feel the same way during our younger years. I am a millennial and i was always told that i was going to have to clean up our parents mess and that the money that they have for retirement/medicare wont be around when i am old. We all go through this, but for some reason they are pegging this as a gen z thing. The suicide stuff is super cringe and i think people joke about it bc its a mem to say it now even though most ppl dont actually want to die.

[@mushroomvillage1245]

I think we are just desensitized to talking about suicide most of us can relate to that feeling of just wanting to go away. I know how you feel thanks for sharing! - From another Gen Z(er) idk how to spell so that’ll work

[@GeekyC]

It’s good I think because I’m 27 now and when I was younger and spoke about mental health you were told not to because you will look crazy or be locked away. So in a way I love gen z and wish I was a part of it because if we were as open as they are when we were younger ? I feel like our lives might of turned out VERY different.

[@mushroomvillage1245]

@@GeekyC thank you 💜✨

[@niimsaj]

I feel like mental illness is more normalised among Gen z but there's a lot of romanticising of it too. The previous generations rarely talk about mental illness, so we have to deal with it ourselves and that often results in talking about it openly while not knowing how to actually cope with it. Mental illness becomes so normal that it feels safer to be mentally unhappy than happy imo. I've also learned that we are a generation that wants to change the world with actions. Previous generations do participate in politics and so on but we don't want to just participate. A lot of injustice in our world has been brought up by us.

[@bearcub1811]

I am so happy to hear that your generation believes in wanting to change the world with action! As a millennial, I am very passionate about wanting to make a positive change in this world but I was worried that maybe it was just my generation. This gives me hope for the future!!

[@yoonglie]

100% agree that our generation romanticizes and just lives with mental health issues, and a majority uses self-deprecating jokes to cope. i personally am annoyed by self-deprecation cause i don't know how i'm supposed to feel for them. do i just say "saaaaaame", even if i don't feel that way, just to make them feel better? or do i tell them to get help, because that state of mind shouldn't be their default? kIdS tHeSe dAyS seem to like suffering i wonder if, when gen zs are older, we'll be mentally healthy enough to actually care for one another, or if the self-deprecating jokes will just be a standard in comedy (more than it already is)

[@personone1382]

also this is kinda unrelated but i really don't like when people say that "woke" people are racist. they just don't get the point! woke ppl are aware of systemic racism and are raising awareness about it, not supporting it... saying that woke ppl are racist is like saying that c@ncer awareness supports c@ncer.

[@RedFoxSkull]

The suicide jokes are really a coping mechanism. I think gen z uses humour to cope 😜 ✌️

[@lauryn2868]

Accurate like we all literally wanna die so like we joke about it.... we all collectively have the feeling where if we were murdered or there’s a possibility of death we don’t care that much if we do die, I mean we don’t have to deal with it. But yeah it’s hard to explain, like we don’t want to hurt the ones around us but we don’t really care if we die.

[@gloriasheppard7747]

I hope so, cuz I'm a Boomer and actually teared up.

[@m00nsickn3ssx6]

@@lauryn2868 agree

[@solitarelee6200]

Yeah, we millennials made the same jokes when we were their age... now all millennials are on a self-care kick tryna make it thru our 30s and pretend we were never that bitch lol X'D

[@furnacealexander8478]

Yeah no the majority of us moderately to severely mentally ill so we ignore it by making jokes and stuff.

[@lupita1432]

i low-key understand that some people will get concerned about the suicide jokes lol Most of my friends don't seriously mean them, but there's always this friend that you specially worry about when they make those jokes lol

[@yoonglie]

yess, true. at some point, it may get worse and you may never know what's happening behind the laughs

[@candiivaxxx4421]

I’m the one who occasionally worries in my friend group lol

[@gladyschu07]

Me. I’m that friend

[@MelonHere20]

Truuuue

[@miketamaahk9196]

Yeah. I mean, the most of them wanna die maximun 27 years old

[@alyssalizette9350]

I’m a preschool teacher and they “answer” phones using the flat hand way and it makes me feel sooo old 😭

[@jasmine9581]

aaaa that's so _weird_ to me Like for me the connotation for "flat hand" was always those spy earpieces Like I associate the flat hand gesture initially with hidden earpieces and that's it; maybe wireless headphones/earbuds if I broaden my horizons

[@gaygayhomosdurdualgay]

I only ever owned smart phones but I still don't use a flat hand for the phone gesture... It just feels wrong.

[@ayoayo1044]

I'm gen z and so are all of my friends. These tiktoks are accurate especially the wanting to die jokes. We joke about it on a daily basis to cope with the fact that we all got depression and mental health problems. There's not a single gen z person I've met without something going on. It's makes us feel better to relate to each other too.

[@srshama]

Whats crazy is that most generations feel the same way during our younger years. I am a millennial and i was always told that i was going to have to clean up our parents mess and that the money that they have for retirement/medicare wont be around when i am old. We all go through this, but for some reason they are pegging this as a gen z thing. The suicide stuff is super cringe and i think people joke about it bc its a mem to say it now even though most ppl dont actually want to die.

[@kinzey8]

Facts

[@Rochelle_Ballah]

1:12 Yumi’s English voice is so aesthetic, either i forgot how it sounds or I’ve not heard it in a long time...

[@Rochelle_Ballah]

Yumi and Zoey are English queens

[@CourtneyJSy-tm1gu]

They invented English

[@leedesfleurs]

I would literally listen to an HOUR of advertising if I were hearing it in Zoey and Yumi's English

[@weiirdOzdotFU]

she's so cute omg...

[@danielaoliveira7575]

yumi's voice when she's speaking english omg shes too cute i'm actually crying in my room

[@tiga1809]

When they talked about the "weird" hand gesture I was like "I've never seen anybody do it like that" and then I was like "wait I saw my brother do it exactly like that" 😂

[@miketamaahk9196]

I thought the same and then I realized that I do it myself

[@チャーリー-n6p]

I felt so bad that I was laughing at all the suicide jokes and they weren't. As Gen Z, dark humour is probably favored but growing in such a bad social society (sometimes) has made it easier to laugh about. I also use it as a coping method, not sure if anyone else does that?

[@pistachios4293]

Yeah, can't count how many times I've joked about s**c*de just to stop myself from falling apart. It's so unhealthy and I know it, but I just need to hold on and stay strong until I can get a therapist. Hang in there too, okay? We don't want another one leaving us :)

[@andreaprochowski4717]

@@pistachios4293 True that. Also, if you aren't on medication you should see if your doctor can write you a prescription. Therapy is super important, but I've been doing pretty okay without it for around a year whereas if I don't take one of my meds for a week the s**c*d*l thoughts become very real as opposed to passive. It's hard to notice for a long time but therapy and medication does wonders.

[@pistachios4293]

@@andreaprochowski4717 It's nice to know that meds might work, but it's all up to my parents since I'm not a legal adult yet. Thank you though. I hope you stay strong.

[@Ikury_X]

general humor is a coping method for me but i get dark humor more than regular humor

[@suhrealist]

all the jokes about suicide kinda remind me of tumblr days. everyone was also very open about their mental health but it got to the point where it was becoming extremely toxic. it wasn't helping anyone to get better because we were all just miserable. i also understand that the world is shitty and i would never want to bring another human life into it. but as someone who knows people who have actually committed suicide, there's just nothing funny about it for me. it's just tragic.

[@facesncharcoal4152]

I like your point about things eventually becoming toxic. It’s one thing for people to be open about dark thoughts but when so many people start to talk about those thoughts and experiences almost like a badge of honor then I think it fosters an environment where no one wants to push for improvement and no one works to fight the depression and suicidal tendencies. I understand that thsoe experiences are extremely hard and it can be encouraging to know when people are not alone, but like you pointed out, sometimes the broad spread commiserating just creates an environment where people accept their mental health and dark thoughts as a given and no longer see hope of fighting through them because no one else seems to be doing so.

[@suhrealist]

@@facesncharcoal4152 sorry i just saw your reply! i agree completely. i just started reading dan howell's book on mental health and he said the same thing about MH problems not being badges of honor. "suffering isn't aspirational." and while jokes can help lighten the burden, it doesn't mean that we should stop trying to get better and just settle on having MH problems as part of who we are. they're just challenges we can overcome and human beings are so much more than that!!

[@joannajoseph6687]

I understand sometimes it can get real toxic but for me it’s a way of coping instead of dealing with the problem I laugh it off with my friends because they also rather laugh about it and deal with it because we’re just tired of sitting in the dark room crying

[@suhrealist]

@@joannajoseph6687 i think it's okay to make light of it sometimes, but if you never seek out ways to get better, you'll just be stuck there. mh problems are something we have to work through and it really isn't easy. but we shouldn't just let them become all of who we are.

[@parkchaeyoung3423]

@@suhrealist Many people are depressed on tiktok but when u find people u can relate to it make u so happy because u don't have to be in the same old room crying with a teddy bear or something. And that is how people get better. By relating to people and talking to people and not thinking ur a freak or wierd makes u really happy.

[@jackie1096]

OMG Yumi's English is better than mine :)

[@Yasuragaii]

I love your pfp👌

[@simsrock9982]

She always had good English, humble queen :)

[@lovingweirdo4727]

It's "mine" hahaha (no offense, I just thought it was funny)

[@hehehehe-hb9mv]

@@lovingweirdo4727 I think she's trying to prove her point about her English

[@yooniemin7]

Yas

[@zoea3142]

A lot of us are actually suicidal. We have to laugh about it or we'll start crying instead. :( edit: Ok so I’m seeing a lot of comments invalidating people’s trauma and feelings. Please stop, don’t assume things about people you don’t know. Everyone has their own problems and just because you can’t understand them doesn’t mean you have to invalidate them. Be kind.

[@Azerus_]

Yeah, same. I honestly don't plan to live a long life because I'm scared.

[@mariianaavelezz]

yep

[@ubestrife]

ok

[@Azerus_]

@@hahahehe_unfunny6914 Good for you!!! 👏 👏 👏

[@fxxfxxls]

the annoying thing is that people just want attention so they fake being suicidal

[@eellloashlayy]

tw: suicide There is definitely not just a generational (Gen Z vs. Millennial) difference but also a cultural difference with regard to the suicide jokes. I think that is because suicide rates in countries such as Korea and Japan are much higher. There's a lower level of finding those things funny because on average, the likelihood that someone you're talking to has been personally impacted by someone committing suicide is much higher. Additionally, the frequency by which someone famous in the west dies by suicide is much less than a celebrity in Korea. You get many frequent reportings of a Anthony Bourdain-level of celebrity dying by suicide or attempting suicide there, so on average, the Korean public seems to be less receptive to suicide jokes, especially because eastern humor tends lean towards slapstick versus western culture, which leans more towards satire, stylistically. This is also not to say people in the west don't suffer from depression and suicidal thoughts (addressing the frequency aspect), but also what makes it funny is the premise for western Gen Z humor is the irony and hyperbole coming from the fact that the previous generations have made the world so unlivable that Gen Z wants to willingly become extinct. Coupled with the fact that on average, people in the west (or at least in the U.S. because I don't want to overgeneralize), people tend to be more open with regard to talking openly about illnesses and neurodivergencies, it's understandable why Korean millennials have trouble getting why those jokes are funny. edited for typo

[@laiainautumn-1252]

I feel like with Gen Z, when someone makes those jokes it’s to cope with internal issues and the overall stress of life. I think once you begin to come out of that rut it’s harder to laugh at because it was your reality. At least that’s the conclusion I’ve drawn from my own experiences and these comments.

[@yoonglie]

this. being in that state of mind may not seem that bad, but once you come out of it and feel better, you realize how bad it really was and you never wanna go back

[@EfeFlet]

When I was suicidal I found those type of jokes beyond funny, but now that I'm happy and healthy they feel like a punch in the face... I stopped making them because they would make me feel awful because sometimes I didn't know if it was just a joke or something I was really thinking. I sincerely hope everyone out there who is not feeling well can find peace and health, I'm rooting for everybody because if I could, anybody can

[@gaygayhomosdurdualgay]

Stop calling me out. 👹

[@kathryn-anon]

I imagine the discomfort Re: Suicide jokes also comes from the fact that suicide is a MASSIVE issue in South Korea (30.3 per 100,000 in men and 13.0 per 100,000 in women). Mental health is still pretty stigmatised here and there's very little available in terms of medical and social support for people struggling with mental health issues.

[@jeanne5922]

Oh I forgot abt that :( I laughed at the jokes but I forgot how high suicide rates are there so I understand why they're so uncomfortable :( I feel bad for laughing now😭

[@onemillionpercent]

yup exactly

[@LJ-gi7my]

tbh for me personally, the thought of just simply ✨passing away✨ is calming because I just don't wanna deal w life in general cause everything so is messed up. Like if I'm dead and rotting in a box, I don't need to worry about anything at all yk...

[@Julia-tk2em]

Me too. I’m just in this weird place where being gone, and ceasing to exist sounds so soothing and peaceful, but I know that dying means I won’t ever feel anything again. I won’t see my boyfriend smile when he sees me, I won’t be able to pet my dogs, I won’t be able to smell rain in the air. I so badly want to be gone, but I somehow keep myself alive because I’m scared of losing these things. I’m also scared that if I go, my boyfriend will kill himself too. Even if I die, the world still goes on. People will be in pain because I wanted to end mine. Okay. Unasked first venting over. Stay alive ||-//

[@binney3880]

saamee

[@reinamii6228]

What if you respawn

[@binney3880]

@@reinamii6228 D:

[@3thalluing339]

@@reinamii6228 it’ll be in a different body… unless you mean respawn at the hospital then I’m poking a whole in my air pack.

[@Chrysanthemus]

I'm a millennial and I relate to the "Why don't you want children" - I've given the same reasoning for so many years. And I'm not the only one, sadly.

[@Maddyand]

Yup, same here. Except I don't see it as "sad/sadly". To me it's a relief that I was born in a time where I have the choice to not have kids. I don't - personally for me - see kids as a positive thing in any way, so even if the world was perfect and I had all the money and mental health, I'd still not be having children. And I'm not the only one, interestingly. (I don't hate kids, I just have zero interest in having my own.)

[@Chrysanthemus]

@@Maddyand I think my only sad part is that the world is too fucked up to bring any children into it, and I know I'm not the only one thinking that. I doubt that I'd bring kids into this world even if it was perfect, with everyone healthy, wealthy and happy, because I have no interests in them either. But the state of the world is making me sad, and in that I'm not alone. :/

[@Maddyand]

@@Chrysanthemus Ahh, gotcha! Yes, I agree with all that. It's hard not to feel sad for everyone already here. For me it just doesn't make sense to subject anyone else to this. I try to think beyond myself, and in this case, I see the decision to not have kids as the more loving option. (Again, my opinion. I know that not everyone sees things this way, and I'm not trying to offend anyone who might read this).

[@aamu3]

yeah me too, the world going to ruin isnt exactly a place where I wanna place my kids upon

[@sleepdeprived_inc.]

@@Maddyand Honestly that’s why I’d rather adopt. I know the foster system is such shit and I’d much rather help someone from that hellhole rather than bring another mouth to feed amongst this already heavily populated planet.

[@yuurinikiforov758]

We are just trying to cope up our anxiety, fear and depression in this dark sense humor, its way of saying "you are not alone" life is sucks like big time 🙃🙃🙃

[@cintia4eva816]

As a Gen Z teenager myself I feel totally represented

[@itsjustme7498]

As part of gen z all I can say is it's hard not to be depressed when it feels like we have zero chance of a happy future due to the future generations destroying anything good we could of had like healthy air to breath or a full lifetime on this planet

[@moonanx]

wait don't u mean past generations? future generations are also gonna be suffering from the later consequences too

[@katacsomor8215]

Yes.. Fresh air, animals, water... One day I was thinking how I'm gonna die, and I thought that I would be shout down for a bottle of water in a little street, bc of the need of the water

[@katacsomor8215]

@FROGGIE yeah! Bts for life💜😊😅

[@katacsomor8215]

@FROGGIE yeee high five! 🖐

[@gyrthez246]

Gen Z here. Interesting to see what millenials think about the way we see and joke about things. The tiktoks I found to be 100% accurate, didn't really miss a beat, especially the jokes about suicide. Not every Gen Z person is as polite as shown in the barista/president tiktok though, but again, the constant pressure and struggles can cause us to develop anxiety to the point where even if we wanted to complain, we just decide for our own mental wellbeing that it isn't worth it. As opposed to being behind a screen where some people feel a disconnect as if another human being won't read what they wrote on Twitter. We're looked down upon by a lot of older people, yet we're the ones that keep being told we have to fix everything that those generations caused, despite at the same time rarely being given any sense of empowerment by the older generations to fix the problems they caused and expect us to fix. The tiktoks about mental health highlight a societal problem moreso than a problem with our generation, we receive so much pressure yet when we finally crack under the stress we're looked down upon by some people for "being too weak", compared and contrasted against other people (mostly other people of an older generation that didn't have to deal with the same stresses as we do), and there's not a whole lot that's available in terms of medicine or therapy that can help you as quickly as you need it to without making you feel like a useless zombie. When some of us joke about suicide, generally the people doing it are dealing with something mentally to some extent, or are going through a bad period; just in general can relate to feeling that way to some extent. 99% of us don't actually think about the implications of suicide when we joke about it, for example the impact on others around us, what it would actually look like, and so on. We're more so desensitized to the idea of suicide rather than suicide itself, and unfortunately a decent amount of us can relate to feeling like we don't want to be here to deal with the continuous stress and pressure anymore, hence suicide jokes.

[@srshama]

Whats crazy is that most generations feel the same way during our younger years. I am a millennial and i was always told that i was going to have to clean up our parents mess and that the money that they have for retirement/medicare wont be around when i am old. We all go through this, but for some reason they are pegging this as a gen z thing. The suicide stuff is super cringe and i think people joke about it bc its a mem to say it now even though most ppl dont actually want to die.

[@poppypayne6271]

@@srshama about the suicide, I have a habit of saying "I want to die" and "I'm going to die" but most of the time I mean it in a "I want to disappear and never be heard from again" kinda way, but it's kinda true that were all desensitized to the idea of suicide....kinda concerning but not really

[@laceyl5682]

@@srshama curious about how you feel now about those things.... as a millennial myself my thoughts about having to clean up our parents mess ect have not changed. I don't see how it's any different for me now than when I was younger and first had those thoughts

[@deepseatofucreature4204]

I am a millennial and I enjoy dark humor when it is well done, I find some of these jokes funny and some of them I feel like are just trying too hard to be edgy. Personally I don´t find these jokes offensive but I can see that when someone on tiktok is like "omg I am gonna kill myself", person who is actually suicidal can think of it as making fun of their pain. It´s kind of strange to me, especially in these times, when almost everybody is encouraging you to be open about mental health etc. However, I am 100% sure that I would be like this if I was teen/in my eary 20´ right know. At that age I used to say things I would not now and I am cringing at myself just thinking about it and lot of these people will probably cringe at themselves too in 10 years. I feel like as I am getting old (I was 30 last month), I am just really tired of BS.

[@ainnusaibah5344]

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[@Endthe_Zuruu]

Honestly pretty much all of these tiktoks are relatable and true. The jokes are bitter but so are we. All of our parents barely gave a crap about us and this made us shut down. We have to go through things by ourselves and that makes us bitter. Now we just go with the flow, we don't care anymore🤷🏾‍♀️

[@daebakday6981]

So interesting! bec you just literally described Gen X's typical life - neglect & not caring. but the reaction of Gen X was slightly diff (less despairing although still NGAF) bec of not having the internet so they still had to work hard to do things (like going to the library to find a research book - or even waiting for it if it was already taken out - just to do homework) but it's harder to the generations POST internet bec ironically, by making life easier, it made it more meaningless and the neglect was felt more intensely. so sad.

[@Endthe_Zuruu]

@@daebakday6981 Uh yeah... I guess. But now that you've said that since Gen x are mostly our parents and grand parents you would think that they would so something about the neglect. Im not sure if you were trying to one up us by bringing up the fact that gen x had to work a lot harder due to the fact that they didn't have internet but doing that isn't going to make me feel anything besides more useless than I already feel. I'm not sure what your point in bringing up Gen X was but if your were implying that we're both bitter, cool. If not and you're just being an ass because you're older and think our generation has it easy and there's "nothing to be sad about" step on a lego and sleep with warm pillows. (Respectfully ofc)

[@daebakday6981]

@@Endthe_Zuruu "Im not sure if you were trying to one up us by bringing up the fact that gen x had to work a lot harder" - OMG noooo def not trying to do that lame pissing match! I get why you jumped to that conclusion (and reacted all salty) cuz you guys get a lot of sh*t from Gen X that sounds like that, BUT i was NOT coming from there AT ALL. i'm just trying to understand how 2 generations went thru a very similar thing (neglect) but reacted a little differently. Dude, i'm an educator and i'm literally just trying to find ways to build bridges between the generations, which i think comes from understanding each other's perspective. and this: "since Gen x are mostly our parents and grand parents you would think that they would so something about the neglect" OT1H - what you wrote is exactly what's bugging me, like WTF? you WOULD think that! genX know exactly what that's like so why would they do that?? but OTOH - it makes sense on the most basic level that gen X COPIED the parenting style they grew up hating bec that's just what happens. People copy patterns subconsciously :( the question is who's gonna break that cycle. i know i did, but i'm just 1 person so it's like "ok slow clap for you but what about the rest of the world..." i'm still looking for answers...

[@Endthe_Zuruu]

@@daebakday6981 Oh yeah def. Sorry for reacting like that. I hear you though. They understand what we're going through but they ignore it because they had it worse and that's all they focus on. Which is why we don't reach out and talk to them about anything at all because they always try and make it about what they went through

[@daebakday6981]

​@@Endthe_Zuruu that's exactly it. OMG thank you for writing that! so change needs to start by genX just getting off their highhorse, like "ok we get it, you truly had it hard but that doesn't make genZ's neglect less significant! Neglect is neglect." the question i'm kinda left with now is - do GenX even realize that they're neglecting their kids??? i think there's a good chance they don't even have a clue! bec if they're giving them more attention than they received as kids, then they probably think they're being great parents and that genZ are just ungrateful... i wonder...

[@MoldyWarts]

I feel weird because I vividly remember millennials making similarly dark jokes around the same age that gen z is now. Obviously there are differences, but self harm and casual references to jumping in front of cars were definitely a thing in millennial online spaces I visited.

[@HoshiMiddayDelusion]

As a millennial, I agree. Tumblr, MySpace, etc were full of that kind of jokes back when I was a teen. I definitely relate to the suicidal joke tiktoks. I can't help but feel like Gen Z are doing that because they saw us doing it and it became normal to them as a coping mechanism. Very sad that two generations in a row can relate over something like that.

[@KimmiiaS]

I can confirm as part of the youngest millennials ( those aged 26-32 currently). We were really into that kind of humor from our teens until now.

[@cait_lin5106]

Y'all we just gonna ignore the Bradley shitting his pants in 911 one That had me DED🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@coral9702]

I think a lot of gen z uses suicidal jokes to laugh about their problems, rather than processing them. I mean thats what i did/do.

[@C.E.C.I.]

I'm a gen z (born 2001)... I did laugh and was like "omg me" when the suicide jokes came up... I'm sorry... 😔 I can definitely understand that the suicide jokes can be very not okay, and yet I relate and laugh about it. However, I wouldn't say the jokes in my daily life because then it would just make everyone awkward around me.

[@MK-fx2rm]

Kind of unpopular opinion (I'm not rlly sure if it's popular or not lol I don't talk to many ppl) I feel like gen z knows it's a sensitive topic, and we also know that so many ppl feel this way. So ppl joke about to make ppl more comfortable talking about it, or let's them know that there are others going through the same thing as a way of comfort. It's a little easier to raise awareness about something if it's like an inside joke. 🤷‍♀️

[@alex-fs9yt]

@@MK-fx2rm you make a good point

[@jacim9446]

@@MK-fx2rm as someone who was seriously suicidal I really talk openly about my past issues and also find suicide jokes funny Most people around me think it's somewhat relatable because we'd rather were never born in this world but now we have to deal with it

[@woozihae]

I mean it's fine it's just a way to cope with the feeling and it's not like you're hoping that for other people lol

[@boppop8703]

Yea tbh it doesn’t sound as funny online than in person.

[@grandpamarky1265]

As an "older" gen Z, those hand signs or whatever, what even are they. I never understood them. Keeping up with social media trends has never been my thing 😅 Shit mental health I can relate to. It runs in the family + having childhood trauma = train wreck mental health. Cant figure out why Im still alive 😜👌🏼

[@hat7475]

Yeah, I also think that the hand signs are recent. And as always, I have started using them and can't stop. Oh gosh🐱

[@honeymelonade]

I really think things like those hand signs, tik tok and the new idol culture solely depends on what kind of person you are and at what part of the gen z era you were born in.

[@Lucilfer0007]

Adults tell us that we're too soft for being depressed so I guess the only way for me (personally) to express my feelings is to joke about death and suicide.

[@Ana_16350]

I’m somehow the only Gen Z that doesn’t want to die apparently 😀

[@graceful1537]

You’re not alone!

[@reylim4306]

can't relate, but we love that for you! like, if you're good with life, then live it!

[@kirtu9035]

same

[@midnight-hq4zg]

Lucky

[@onyxtheeempress9298]

I wanna live this life bro, I want to live

[@pinkypiggy0]

as a older gen z who suffered from depression and had real suicidal thoughts, I don't really make those jokes, I've seen too many people die from suicide to take it lightly, but I still relate to the jokes and laugh about it. I just don't like to make them myself.

[@katierasburn9571]

yeah same, i won't make them myself but if the joke is well done and the timing is on point i'll laugh, i laughed at some of the ones in this vid

[@Yvonnaanderson]

sammeee

[@merry2882]

Same but when i was younger i used to say these things all the time, like how i wanted to “kill myself”. Nowadays i dont even use those exact words anymore because i feel they carry too heavy a weight but i do still joke in a similar fashion using other words, like “i want to stand in the middle of the road for a car to hit me” or “i want to neck myself” or “i want to die” but i make sure i say it to people i trust to be similar as me and who will understand the dark humor because not all gen z understands dark humor

[@solus8685]

SAME

[@littlebug1392]

'97 here, I feel the same!

[@marissa9183]

The suicide jokes I feel are a way to cope with our problems. Sometimes we say “I’m gonna (k word) myself” as a way to laugh it off. We would rather make a joke out of the situation instead of having to deal with it I guess. Let me know if anyone else thinks this or if it’s just me.

[@srshama]

Whats crazy is that most generations feel the same way during our younger years. I am a millennial and i was always told that i was going to have to clean up our parents mess and that the money that they have for retirement/medicare wont be around when i am old. We all go through this, but for some reason they are pegging this as a gen z thing. The suicide stuff is super cringe and i think people joke about it bc its a mem to say it now even though most ppl dont actually want to die.

[@vixenashes7417]

SAME

[@seungcheolswife]

@@srshama i agree there are people that just say they wanna *bleep* themselves as a meme or a joke but I personally do it cause i know no one wants to hear a sob story about my mental health so i turn it into a joke or just change the subject

[@siobhanchampion2692]

I'm Gen Z and I completely relate to the dark humour. My friends and I are always making dark jokes and don't really think anything of it, even if it's a friend who struggles with dark thoughts. It's probably bad but it's just how we are

[@ddarnell_]

Dad: Why did the girl cross the road?" Daughter: "because she didn't have a seatbelt?" Dad: "I- sure lets go with that..."

[@Nuashi5]

For the suicidal jokes, there's a lot in this generation but also in previous generations, but we're just more open about it. I used to make them all the time but not much now cause I realized something; I didn't necessarily want to die, I want to disappear all together or remove myself from society and become a hermit or something (but obviously I cant). We're basically the last generation who grew up with hope for our future, but over the years a lot has changed but also little has changed too. Especially with social media, we're getting a lot more news and stories of deeply ingrain societal issues that hasn't bee fixed for decades which is one of the reason these jokes still persist.

[@crestmoon8423]

tw // suicide mention 7:31 as someone from gen z, i personally joke about it to cope, i know other people irl who are around my age who do the same thing. here in the states lots of young people have a mental illness (not all but most) the way i see it, if im gonna have a mental illness, instead of carrying this with me in a bad light all the time, why not make a joke about it here and there? and laugh at it. at least that way i wont always remember it in a bad way. that’s how i see it!

[@jerseyf8985]

I watched this with my teen daughter. We laughed big time. This is like a daily thing in our house. The struggle is real. I truly think I hear her depression level drama on a daily. She will hear some of these video comments from me. This video honestly made me feel it's not just my child and less alone. We bonded over this video. We def...laughed so hard. Thanks for this reaction.

[@cheribii]

I’m a millennial that grew up depressed and on tumblr so i’m desensitized to suicide jokes, but gen z took those jokes and made it their whole thing 😂 I think a perfect word to describe them is nihilistic

[@jazzg.6771]

Think so too as a millenial👍🏼

[@onemillionpercent]

yup but i'd say millennials were the OGs here lmao. as an older gen z girly who grew up on tumblr as a kid trying to help depressed teens and adults out

[@SCW95]

born in 1995 and i never know what i count as. feel like i'm sandwiched between Gen Z and Millennials and can identify with both.

[@RydiaLS83]

Millennials: 1982-1996 Gen Z: 1997- early 2010s 1995 will that makes you a Late Millennial. Millennials and early Gen Z are very close to each others. I was born in 1983. I have and still have a tough time relating to my first cousins in Jokes and other socially events because they were all born in Gen X. but I can related to their kids. with events and jokes. they were born late in the Millennials and early Gen Z.

[@celiasky4669]

@S I completely relate to this. Born in 1997 but have older cousins and friends from 1995 - 2000. Sometime I find myself relating to millenials and other times I'm laughing with Gen Zs. I love my memes but I also read Jane Austen books every year so maybe I'm a boomer 😂 Just be you! And try take the healthy mindset or good traits from all generations. That's what I'm trying to do

[@camchem]

Can relate. 2000 here. I relate to a lot of the younger millennials, but the youngest gen Z kids are an anomaly to me. What confuses me the most are the TikTok and Instagram “influencers” who are just pretty, have expensive clothes, are decent when it comes to fashion, and can dance mediocrely on camera. Just WHY is there an obsession with these people??? It’s a lot of materialism and just wanting to be Instagram pretty, which I just don’t understand. Why are we reverting back to the materialistic tendencies of our parents and grandparents? Especially when most of us have literally no money.

[@missflower6142]

I feel like most of the suicide jokes comes from a place of truth. My friend, sister and I joke about it with each other because we have all been there and made attempts or thought it deeply. 1:38pm June 30 2021

[@emanitate777]

I don’t mess with the suicide jokes because it’s a serious topic for many people and may come off as triggering. Not only that but you can’t tell if someone is kidding or being truthful when they say things like that. But besides that, I would say I have broken and dark humor, like I’ll laugh if someone falls awkwardly or makes a weird face but when it comes to dark humor it usually pertains to my own experiences, for example, I practically devour the whole “ dad went to go to the grocery store for milk but never came back” genre.

[@katierasburn9571]

yeah basically, i would never make those jokes myself but i can't say i didn't laugh at some of the ones in the video, especially if they're well timed with good shock factor

[@nithidesikan6458]

Said it in front of my gen x dad and he was like “save me a seat in the afterlife”

[@dianag8570]

Personally, as a Gen Z, I actually don’t find a lot of the suicide jokes funny. I feel like they have to be done a certain way for me to laugh but even then, I feel a sense of guilt laughing at a heavy topic. As for the hand gestures, I think most of them are done ironically so i never them seriously

[@im_my_13th_reason22]

Right!?

[@joannajoseph6687]

Like I understand it’s a heavy subject but that’s Many peoples means of coping it’s either that or sitting in a dark room crying your eyes out every five seconds which doesn’t seem OK

[@thatonechoirweeb1715]

I like making jokes about my depression and anxiety and my other mental illnesses because it makes me feel better about myself and keeps my mind off what's going on with my life

[@Kalani_Saiko]

same, I usually like dark hunour but suicide jokes are depressing in most cases

[@ævrilll]

Im so glad you don't fine these funny, you are a healthy person mentally and in general, los of love to you

[@ka1e876]

Honestly these were all relatable and hilarious

[@itsgengreen4683]

We need part 2!!! lmao it’s astonishing that you guys reactions 😂

[@itsisabel420]

Honestly, most of the tiktok s are accurate. Albeit, accurate in an exaggerated way, but still relatable. The dark humor is a way of coping with a lot of the mental issues youth now face, which has been proven by multiple studies, at least ones done in the US.

[@moon-cp7xy]

A lot of the suicide jokes r people trying to cope with there emotions and alot of gen z r depressed so they post the jokes on tiktok and other kids relate to them sadly I can see why y’all said what y’all said but making jokes and laughing helps a lot more better than kids sitting in there room thinking and contemplating suicide

[@bora3859]

your smiles in the beginning made my day 🥰 so lovely!

[@hoshiakitoro3094]

Personally, as Gen Z, I find the suicide jokes funny because I relate and it’s kinda like a “I’m laughing because of the pain.” I think the reason why we find dark jokes so funny is partly because it’s like us making reality lighter for ourselves by making/forcing the pain to be funny/relatable 🤷‍♀️

[@lexiebutch3305]

I'm a gen z and I honestly love how other gen z people will like post these tik toks because they're just having fun with the stereotypes people give us it's hilarious... But also I kind of relate with some... Especially the one where they wouldn't correct the waitress or waiter for giving the wrong drink because of major anxiety... same🤣

[@rlwings]

Wow! Yum speaks English! - I had no idea!... Um, her cuteness just got cuter!

[@razzen88]

I think my problem with the suicide jokes is they aren't even funny Last girl was super funny tho

[@Laurenlad]

I’m a gen Z and I don’t think I related to any of the tiktoks, but some of them made me laugh. It makes me sad so many people joke about wanting to die though. 🙁

[@shontelprescott3755]

Are you in college? Do you have parents that constantly belittles how much the education system messes with our health? If the answer is no then good for you. Cause your parents are great and college is shit specially if you go in science field

[@Laurenlad]

@@shontelprescott3755 I’m sorry to hear that and I’m worried for how much university might affect me because I want to go into a science field too, but no, I’m in high school. I just live with my mom but I’m eternally grateful she doesn’t belittle me or what I say.

[@shontelprescott3755]

@@Laurenlad I'm happy for you, that you have an open minded and understanding parent. And for college all I have to say is I hope you survive and find lot of friends. It's really depressing and hard but one of the good things about college especially in my biology department is that they are so many helpful and cooperative people. Honestly without them I would've dropped out. I probably failed my chemistry courses but because everyone was so reassuring I wasn't as bent up about it. One time I was stressed since I talking about how my friend's parent allowed them to drop out and I said that I wanted to drop out too. My mom was like hell no and didn't listen to my reasoning. What I also noticed is that most of my friends make suicidal jokes and honestly now that I think about it, it's honestly really concerning.

[@supperphroggy]

gen z is considered pretty chaotic, and ngl as a gen z person, sometimes the dark humor what gets us through it.

[@bigfoodstyle5531]

I’m a Gen z and have a millennial mom and we get along perfectly. I dunno I think Gen z and millennials are the perfect duo

[@naah]

I'm very firmly a millennial but actually resonate with the nihilistic suicide jokes gen z make. I think it's probably a mental health thing though. Like, I've been diagnosed with depression half my life and I've been on meds that long as well so it's pretty much something I can laugh about at this point.

[@sugarcookie9182]

i'm laughing so hard because me and my friends do that hand gesture randomly like literally everywhere even in lectures and it's so funny watching you guys react to it ousahdjhsgd

[@jnne4048]

depression is on the rise in our generation because of what we've experienced collectively amongst other things - the disconnection between a parent and their child is probably the worst it's been because of stereotypes and stigmas surrounding gen z. the "generation of change" or the "generation that should be better than the rest" is how we're described because everyone else seems to think we know all the answers and should be racing to clean up the mess *older generations* left bearing in mind *we're still kids.* we're oppressed and put down by the expectations of today in the form of the education system, being stripped of what makes us us and forced to lead lives that aren't ours. if you're expecting us to fix the planet why ruin it even further? how are we supposed to care for the planet if we can't care for ourselves? we've given up caring for ourselves because at the end of the day the world doesn't stop turning just because we feel like dying every minute we're alive. everything we're going through now, this plague, the marches, the movements, the violence - it's all going to make up our childhood and it's what we'll remember years from now. older generations have gone on about living through wars and playing outside before technology for longer than i can remember meanwhile climate change and social injustice continues to surge left right and centre - parents complain about their kids not doing well in life and compare them to others, increasing their insecurities with every "is that the best you can do?" and "i would've done better". they build us up with dreams and aspirations and break us down with suffocative environments and UNREAL expectations, planting toxic ideas in our heads and making us doubt everything we do. reaching out and talking about our problems leads us nowhere because when we do we're lectured and demoralised to the point of being embarrassed and afraid to ask for help because "there are other problems bigger than yours" and "maybe if you got up and did something about it you wouldn't feel like that" - it's hard enough to even consider talking about our problems let alone "getting up" to fix them. we've been judged, laughed at and desensitized to quite literally everything that has gone on because at this point anything remotely catastrophic that happens from now will be accepted with open arms. dying would be the greatest gift this generation could be offered which is why we joke about it so much. it's not dark humour anymore, it's a whole generation who would gladly accept the consequences of global warming, world war iii or whatever major crisis because they all want to die. if this is what our childhood is going to end up being i'd rather not stick around for the rest. how am i supposed to "make my life my own" and "live my life my own way" if all the things i've learnt are outdated, prejudiced and unrelated to today's problems?

[@chloechin3412]

I think that at first, it makes us all feel better temporarily when we make fun of all the horrible shit we go through. But after awhile, it turns people more cynical and unwilling to believe in the best of people and our parents. When you start seeing so many people depressed, you begin feeling depressed too once you realize there's a whole generation that's going through similar struggles. Everyone joking around about this stuff may make us feel better for a bit in the beginning, but it ultimately transforms your outlook negatively. That's why I really wanna discourage joking about suicide, because it could possibly do more harm to people than being a coping mechanism. It's not healthy and I wish more people would not only recognize that, but also try to think of how this could affect themselves/others. Being united in your struggles can be a good thing sometimes; it can make us stronger and we feel mutually understood. However, I feel like this isn't like that anymore.

[@chelseyowens7709]

Very well said.

[@minnaanna1250]

As a gen z... Those suicide jokes might appear funny but they are 100 % real... Literally most gen z's mental health is so messed up that we often have suicidal thoughts Also most of them are depressed asf THOSE ARE JUST LIKE A COPING MECHANISM!!

[@viktoricedaddynikiforov485]

The thing abt the suicide jokes is that a lot of gen z are just... passively suicidal. We're more open abt our mental health and we realized collectively using humor to cope with our situations would make us feel a little bit less shittier so... yeah :"D

[@emogirly]

Everytime I hear our suicidal humor I think "wow, where did we go wrong for us" 💀💀

[@LuftWang]

7:46 I think as a gen z, we make jokes like that as a coping mechanism from the topic itself being taboo or poorly handled by grown responsible adults in our lives. Though, I must say there are some disadvantages to it being so normalised now. I feel like it’s harder for us to talk about it seriously and even if we’re ready to open up and have someone reach out to us, it’s hard to go “hey I think I need help”. So we keep doing what we’ve been doing with the jokes and people can’t tell us apart from those who are still doing it as a coping mechanism. I hope the last sentence makes sense. The de-stigmatisation should be so that we can talk and relate to each other on it and hopefully be able to come to a point where we’re ready to get help.

[@김서연-t2h]

7:44 “i don’t know why they use those suicidal jokes” it’s bc we just humor as a coping mechanism so when our therapist or friends ask about our trauma or issues we can make it sound less sad so they don’t find us weird. like one of my “friends” said “yeah you have depression and severe trauma, but you can at least act normal” because if we weren’t to joke about it, we would probably get bullied or made fun of for opening up or what we went through, which would make us feel more shitty. i’m not speaking for all of gen z, i’m just saying from personal experience. it kinda connects to the our behavior we have when we talk to waiters.

[@artlessthief]

Yes girl get that sponsor!!

[@echodvc4543]

I’m Gen Z, and I don’t think I’ve ever joked about wanting to kill myself. I don’t think any of my friends have either. They’ve joked about getting in accidents for money (they never did it), but have never joked about death.

[@endersquack]

I can't say I find any real humor in jokes like those.

[@echodvc4543]

@@endersquack me neither Mate

[@yuh.kxyla15]

Right, the only thing I say that's kinda related to death is "I'm so dead!" as in: laughing.

[@zoea3142]

the jokes about suicide are not always meant to be jokes. many of gen z are very suicidal and it is a coping mechanism, we try to laugh so we dont start crying instead.

[@dongsicheng170]

Right…

[@Chi-zc8ds]

I'm early? What is this? No but excited to watch this chaos as always 💙

[@jenvie0H02]

I think so many kids on TikTok use dark humour because they lost a huge part of their youth because of the pandemic. That's difficult for anyone to accept, so I think this dark humour lets us share our resentment with others who also feel somewhat robbed not even just in the sense of the pandemic but also environmental issues etc. It's crazy to realize how much the world around us is changing and apadting.

[@hewpack5407]

Appreciated this vid and reading so many comments from gen z. As a millenial, I feel like a lot of our issues with our parents & feelings of hopelessness overlap. The older I get, the more I realize that my parents, their parents, etc all dealt with similar problems (mental health, abuse, neglect, systems that fuck them over, etc.) and it keeps trickling down to their children. We keep passing down a shit society to our children. Sometimes the only thing that keeps me going is knowing that there have been people in all generations fighting to change things for the better. I see hope in the ways that gen z has continued to have conversations about mental health, a self awareness that leads to change and challenging systems around them that no longer work. It is a lot of unlearning, building community, and honestly all of it fucking sucks (as it can feel like we are continually cleaning up past generation's mess). All of the knowledge that you have that past generations do not understand or didn't have emotional, physical, financial tools to understand, is a catalyst for change. It is power, and not hopeless 🧡

[@secretlybees]

i'm a millennial, but i remember literally everyone making the 'make yourself be dead' jokes within my circle. tbh, most of these are relatable to me and people i know. that being said, i WAS born really close to the start of gen z soo

[@LindaC616]

Congrats on that sponsor, Zoey! Get that coin!

[@basiicmax]

As a Gen Z that’s about to start college in a few months, my life has come to a point where there’s a lot of things I just genuinely don’t care about and I kinda feel bad for not caring but I can’t help it.

[@samthepancake69]

Hey, as a recent college graduate I want you to know..... It might not get better once you graduate but you aren't alone. I'm living in my parent's house and trying to get a job (but not trying as hard as I *could* be); it's really hard to find motivation to do literally anything and it feels like nobody else understands. It's true that nobody in my house can relate but there are so many of us out here who do.

[@howl2060]

I know I'm late but here's my two cents on the whole suicide jokes-thing. I think that the suicide jokes are connected to the topics mentioned in the first tiktok you watched, our parents can't help us handle our feelings and so we kinda have to deal with them ourselves. 그리고 제가 한국친구랑 이런 개 얘기했잖아요! 친구가 다 "아 미국인 왤케 강렬할까?"라는 생각 했어요. 이거 나이 차이만 아니고 나라 차이도 있잖아요.

[@howl2060]

제가 한국나이로 21살이니까 다른 사람은 다른 경험이 있을 수도 있어요!

[@jmsb1205]

8:28 yes this is very related especially the scene where she asked to look at the pictures

[@E5TR0G3N]

As a millennial, I think I had the same reactions you guys did. 😂 Also, I didn't know Yum could speak English so well!

[@myobpatton7286]

I appreciate your reactions. Love you guys ❤❤

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Yooooo flip phones be making a comeback with the folding screens tho!

[@GwyndOwO]

I think our jokes about suicide are less about desire to die but more about a lack of will to live. We just dont care enough about living to the point where death can be appealing at moments? You know what I mean?

[@munecabonbon]

Our humour is dark because we grew up with the internet and we've seen some dark shit, or even just constant morbid news stories, there's stuff I've stumbled upon that I still think about at night. It's like we got desensitized to a lot of it and we make jokes to cope with it

[@mariahortiz7837]

most gen z people didn’t even know they were gen z until tik tok

[@rachiepants3408]

As an early Gen Z (1997!), I don’t relate to a lot of the jokes, though I thought a lot were funny. But I agree that the suicide jokes are a bit over the top and I also feel like I’m maybe getting too old😂 This was a fun video to watch!💜

[@celiasky4669]

I completely relate to this! I mean for me I relate and used to find them funny but now I get worried at the frequency. As someone who used to joke to cope then tried to OD due to depression, realising the jokes you made are your truest wishes and that your friends also do the same makes it not so funny anymore. I don't point it out but I do check in if the jokes become more frequent than usual.

[@saanvik7687]

hey, you might be in more of the millennial part. since people born in the early 1990s belong to millennials. you might be a mix tho :)

[@maeganoneal8151]

The suicide jokes seem to stem from how hopeless we feel about growing up in this time period. There seems to be this responsibility that we need to “fix” major issues in the world. We feel incredibly pressured and like there’s no real way to have a good life if you aren’t born wealthy/privileged. most people are simply exaggerating about how a mild annoyance or a stressful day at work has them feeling like they don’t want to exist anymore. It mostly comes from actual mental health problems and also the environment we are in right now. It’s fair to say that it can be too dark, though. Triggering someone or making light of suicide is not the end goal in 99% of the cases.

[@hayakhan3868]

Killing ourselves is the most relatable bestie

[@justanna]

As a one language American... I am SO impressed with the rest of the world... I know a few words here and there in other languages.... but I've never fluently spoken anything but American English... you beautiful humans make me want to learn a second language... **bow in internet** You are amazing. Love your videos!

[@ilikecushions]

I'm a millennial and I can totally relate, even back when I was a kid I was pretty aware of how shitty the world was (I was born 1990) and have always had depression. There's definitely hope though, it's slow but I can see change happening. Mental health, among other things, is becoming more of a topic that people talk about which is great. Plus I always keep in mind eventually there'll be more like-minded people who care for us and our planet and fewer of the older generations with their short-sightedness. Being a teenager is rough, especially these days. Stay grounded and keep on going, guys - you can make it through.