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[@PrimoBeef]

Don't be the person that wakes up and immediately starts searching for something to be outraged about.

[@aserosiris]

You hit it right on the head. We have always been this sensitive, the only difference is that social media didn't exist 30 years ago. I remember when my elementary school banned pokemon cards because they were " the devil's work"

[@harlandenham]

Lmao same thing happened at my school but it was Yu-Gi-Oh! cards instead

[@Litteral]

Yup! Same at my school. All cards banned, but mainly due to older kids convincing younger kids to trade good cards away and then upset parents.

[@PSYCHOV3N0M]

​@@harlandenhamMAGICIAN OF BLACK CHAOS!!! 🤣🤣🤣

[@TheMrblaster2012]

Lol that reminds me of my school labelling Yugioh comes from the devil

[@M_k-zi3tn]

My school banned Harry Potter books

[@Shinyshoesz]

THANK YOU. Seriously, you hit on so many relatable and hilarious points here. As a former Lit major, I find it uproariously hilarious that they were blaming Fitzgerald and Hemmingway for masculinity issues lmao. As one of my favorite songs accurately describes "same as it ever was".

[@steveleadbeater8662]

This is not my beautiful Internet

[@Saboo27]

You honestly just said exactly what I say to my friends all the time. I get frustrated that everyone feels they have to fight for one side or another of whatever new thing, but then I remember that people are just searching for purpose.

[@shadowangel3995]

You aren’t wrong. So many things that people ignored back in the 90’s or early 2000’s are cause for severe retaliation or cancellation. It’s nuts.

[@daedalus372]

Totally agree. There isn’t an increase in outrage or people being offended, but there is an increase in people’s ability to share their outrage/offense with everyone, and an increase in news outlets boosting those controversial opinions for views.

[@tombstonetim8149]

I swear, half of the "controversy" around a guy like Matt Rife is made up. It's "news" outlets talking about how mad everyone is, then the response comes in from people who are mad about people being mad, and then another wave from people who are mad about whatever weird justification people have for the initial sort of shitty thing. But the reality is, he's a comedian. Very few people are going to take the initial thing he said seriously or care all that much about it. The initial "outrage" that fed the subsequent waves of actual outrage was almost entirely manufactured for engagement. It feels like "journalists" spawning anger out of thin air to get more clicks.

[@Thevikingninja117]

Bingo.

[@marcorusdesu]

This is happening whith a lot of things, it the blessing and curse of having access to so mutch information nowadays, look at the awareness is being created about people that are neuro atypical, manny older people were i live keep trying to find a reason (or a culprit) for why there are so many now, the truth is these people were invisible for all this time and just now society is catching up

[@ariwl1]

This. If I had dollar for every time I saw an article claiming "PEOPLE ON TWEETER ARE ANGRY ABOUT THIS" but when you check it's one or two randos who got maybe 14 likes on their post I could take a vacation.

[@TheIrishAlchemist205]

The same when people say there's more violence, more hate, more XYZ. Rates of lots of that have been going down for years and years, but the rate of REPORTING all of it as gone up exponentially. That's true of just about everything.

[@CZProductions]

The world before social media just meant that you weren't exposed to as many dumb people and as many sensitive people. As long as you don't use Twitter it's actually insanely easy to live life like "the good old days" and that's what I personally do! People could be freaking out about a video of me on Twitter and I would literally never know and be unaffected 😅

[@rileymachelle4088]

I used to have Twitter, but after a year, I was sick of it and deleted it. Best most healtheist thing I ever did. Shit was like quitting heroine

[@CZProductions]

@@rileymachelle4088 Ya I'll use it to check on when maintenance on a game will be over or something like that but that's it!

[@Dave_ja_vu]

I don't use social media, I only find out about most of these instances of outrage from videos like this. I think I'm better for it, but I don't know. FOMO is real, but for the most part I think I'm happier not having to be exposed to a lot of idiots

[@haliterdogan3003]

But I mean this also applies to youtube alot, and I tried quitting it, but got very bored and depressed so yea.. lol

[@jonny5143]

Agreed, I only had Facebook but got rid of that 12 years ago. No social media equals happiness 👍🏻

[@DebunkedMommy]

Weren't there massive walkouts and protests at Netflix over the Chappelle incident(s)? If Netflix had caved, we may be stuck with woke comedy over on Netflix while it circles the drain. I'm gonna have to go ahead and forgive anyone that loves stand good, innovative, boundary pushing for thinking it is under attack. It has been attacked.

[@ChristoWhat]

I saw this vid posted on Twitter so i clicked it and listened. Never heard of Matt before. Started listening to him he's funny, thanks for advertising him to me

[@charalanahzard]

I have no opinion on Matt Rife, so, any time!

[@MaxHaydenChiz]

This is really insightful and it didn't go where I thought you were going at the start.

[@christophervilla2160]

Alanah's 3am rants should be its own miniseries on her channel. 👍

[@jarrenraves]

unfortunately I dont think we can make anyone stop doing this. People get conditioned to pick sides and die on hills, people get their daily ego boosts from thinking they're winning online arguments. I think the best we can do is entirely ignore all these 'controversies' so we dont amplify them and not make them more profitable for anyone involved

[@Nick-cs4oc]

⁠@therotten6152thinking people are that way gives me the same energy tbh. People are just figuring things out too, the internet is so new. You can act like you’ve got it figured but there’s so much more that we’re ALL still so dumb about

[@luciferrussell6874]

Yep you're right, it's part of the human psyche. Been minimizing my social media use and basically trying to never click on comments on the various apps has made a marked difference for me but it's damn hard sometimes to just not click without thinking. Crazy conditioning

[@Z_Snowball]

"...zombies are at an all time low, but the F E A R of zombies is rising..." one of my favourite jokes by Irish comedian & storyteller / improv genius Dara O'Briain once again, grown adults are throwing their toys on the floor like toddlers. thanks Alanah for the jetlagged dose of sanity

[@DarthCheeseBurglar]

I loved this piece, specially the part where you pulled up news paper articles saying same shit over years. That was gold!

[@rouster2]

Yep. People keep saying the same thing for many generations. Kids are lazy these days, kids are sensitive these days. This generation is *this* or *that*. It just keeps repeating and we never learn because we want to believe our own generation is somehow better / smarter / more hard working.

[@chaoswraith]

i saw a piece that said these newfangled things called RADIO was affecting the youth by *insert all the same things they say about video games now*

[@mendovato]

I get what you're saying cheese burglar. What I think we should take from this piece is that people outside of the norm are starting to comment on this type of bullshit. If it came up on her radar has to be getting bad. Also, maybe I just wrote what a million other people have written in the past. 😂

[@wakaneut]

While I understand the point, the news clipping of just the sentence "Nobody wants to work anymore" could be taken anywhere from tens of millions of articles published from the last 4 decades from any English based newspapers, out of context is not exactly the best proof for it. Same person could produce the same meme with "The president is out of his mind". Just sayin'

[@Ghostkielx]

Thank you! I watch my mother watch the news and she be bad mouthing everything on TV and all I can say. It has happened before, and it will happen again, and nothing will change and all we have to do is live our lives to the fullest.

[@charlespancamo9771]

I mean... it IS all lies for an evil anti-human corporate agenda sooo....

[@RobertoArboleda]

Whenever these kind of discussions happen I remember that trope regarding the super power of "mind reading" and how usually the character that has it will end up going crazy because it is too much to handle for the brain. Having access to hhe unfiltered thoughts of millions of people on social media, in the palm of our hands, even when we're taking a dump, is exactly that; and it is massively making us collectively go insane.

[@napalmsushi3272]

I've said before that it is, in a very real sense, like suddenly gaining access to a whole extra spatial dimension. Everyone is now directly and consciously adjacent to things they wouldn't have been even cognisant of 25 years ago.

[@thelinuxcolonel7292]

It's absolutely wild that there used to be a masculinity scare over HEMINGWAY. That dude was a fucking baller

[@grantlarsson9173]

He lived life to the fullest, but he was also a raging alcoholic who cheated on his wives 😂

[@JustPutt201]

You would think he'd be a more exciting writer with a rap sheet that long. Lol. Muthafucka used to take a whole chapter to describe a fucking cloud.

[@GavHensleyRL]

There is a great Randy Feltface bit on Hemingway. Wild stuff

[@NurmYokai]

Hemingway died in 1961. 'Masculinity' depends on how one views mental health, suicide, and leaving nothing for your children. Context: - "Mrs. (Mary) Hemingway, the author's fourth wife, and other occupant of the home, issued this statement: "Mr. Hemingway accidentally killed himself while cleaning a gun this morning at 7:30 A.M. No time has been set for the funeral services, which will be private." "A double-barreled, 12-gauge shotgun lay beside him with one chamber discharged." - Worth $14,512,089.90 today. "Ernest Hemingway left a gross estate of $1,410,310, of which his widow, Mary, is expected to receive about $1 million as the sole beneficiary." - "The famed writer had three children, all of whom lived busy, exciting and complicated lives." - "Mr. Hemingway was an ardent hunter and an expert on firearms. His father, Dr. Clarence E. Hemingway, was also devoted to hunting. He shot himself to death at his home in Oak Park, Ill., in 1928 at the age of 57, despondent over a diabetic condition. The death weapon was a Civil War pistol that had been owned by the physician's father." - "The writer was discharged from Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn., last Monday after two months of treatment for hypertension (high blood pressure) and what a Mayo spokesman called a "very old" case of hepatitis." ... "The author had been worried about his weight, 200 pounds. He was six feet tall." ... "Marshal Les Jankow, another friend and the first law officer to reach the scene, said residents had told him that Mr. Hemingway had "looked thinner and acted depressed."" - Coroner McGoldrick "said that the death certificate would read: "Self-inflicted gunshot wounds in the head."" - There's more. See "Why Ernest Hemingway Committed Suicide." "Hemingway also had untreated hemochromatosis, which creates an overload of iron in the blood, causing painful damage to joints and organs, cirrhosis of the liver, heart disease, diabetes, and depression. (Hemochromatosis runs in families, which may partly explain why suicide ran in Hemingway’s; his grandfather, father, brother, sister, and granddaughter all killed themselves.) In addition to his physical deterioration, in the months before his death, Hemingway plunged into a state of depression, delusion, and paranoia (possibly precipitated by his TBI) the likes of which his friends and family had never before seen. He found he could no longer write, and the loss of the ability to engage in the great purpose of his life left him in tears." ... "While leaving for his second stay at the hospital, Hemingway said he needed to go into his house to get a few belongings. He was accompanied by a nurse, doctor, and friends, who had to monitor him constantly to keep him from harming himself. But as soon as he opened the door, he rushed over to his guns, chambered a round into a shotgun, and was only stopped from killing himself by a friend tackling and physically restraining him. Before getting on the plane to take off, he tried to walk into a spinning propeller. Once the plane was in flight, he twice attempted to jump from the aircraft. Hemingway shot himself in the head a day and a half after returning home from the hospital. " (1) Hemingway Dead of Shotgun Wound; Wife Says He Was Cleaning Weapon, 1961. (2) Hemingway Inquest Is Ruled Out After Authorities Talk to Family, 1961. (3) Hemingway Estate $1.4 Million; Widow is His Lone Beneficiary, 1964. (4) Why Ernest Hemingway Committed Suicide, 2018. (5) Who were the children of famed writer Ernest Hemingway? 2021

[@eric7591]

I was thinking the same thing. Hemingway was freaking awesome!

[@agamersjournal]

Damn this was such a refreshing take on society. This is why I avoid news as much as possible because it's just the same shit over and over again. I really only have the most control within my home and that's where all of our focus should be. If we constantly worried about what everyone else is doing, nothing would ever get done.

[@crimson2knight]

Always with giant controversial headlines and people arguing in the comment like they're the expert. XD

[@agamersjournal]

@@crimson2knight 100%! Unless I’m physically invested in that issue or movement, I can’t pretend to act like I know the solve or fully understand the problems in the first place. Even stats can be skewed or displayed in a bias manner which makes it even more impossible to trust almost anything.

[@tan2ki]

this is why i subbed, as soon as i saw the thumbnail for this video i knew you were gonna have something different to say, very nice

[@IReallyAmIronMan]

What an excellent summary of the situation. You really hit every common sense point on this in a really succinct way

[@IKIGAIofficial]

That article was portrayed beautifully in rdr2. The cowboys were seeing the turn of the century where they were slowly dwindling and everyone was slowly turning into suits with corporate jobs instead of out in the wild.

[@LelloDalamiq]

This is actually a seriously great point to make, and it's true; Controversy and reactions to controversy get views, and views sell these days; Especially these streaming-based platforms. It's marketing at it's core.

[@mvujanovic92]

I've only just started the video, but I just needed to say that I love that Alanah said awhile like Stewie Griffin from Family Guy

[@osiriskid77777]

My thoughts exactly, the emphasis on the H brought me a chuckle

[@Thephantom95]

This video is sponsored by Cool Whip.....

[@davidbyrnes8541]

Stewie Griffin is actually based on Alanah

[@JohnDBlue]

Gods, how come this makes so much sense yet is something I probably would never have realized on my own.

[@yel408]

This is such a good video and conversation. Thank you for showing the sources on screen and explaining them. Respect. Thank you

[@TmanT321]

All excellent points. I often say the same thing about all the things people get offended about. Whether it be racism, sexism, transphobia, etc. If people keep being outraged, then all that does is give more ammo to the people exhibiting those traits. If you ignore them and let them act like idiots, eventually they have no cards to hold and they give up.

[@thedadamer]

I actually think this is good to look at history to recall this stuff. Didn’t even realize people were making these arguments over and over again. That was very insightful. This way we try to move forward instead of repeating mistakes.

[@kalinora3901]

A lot of problems arise from not understanding history.

[@soapboxgamer9877]

Very true. Profiting on hyperbole (like news) makes it all worse, because we're presented with hyperbole as fact, because clicks/views/advertising dollars. Thank you for calling it out!

[@GTexperience_Channel]

I feel like this story hits the nail on the head. Great video! I feel like this also happens a lot in politics. Most growing politicians nowadays, seem to be the most controversial. Not something I like, but than again, talking about it here is probably also boosting their interactions again.

[@Draekdude]

Man is this spot on! History is cyclical. People only think back 10 years rather than the full cycle. This is 💯

[@BrainofQuinn]

I Love This Video, I had an idea where the topic was gonna start but I enjoyed where you took the direction. The topics you brought up and the fact you are bringing this all up as a discussion was really refreshing. I enjoy hearing these rants and understanding your perspective, thank you for sharing.

[@knubbs7907]

No you were actually perfect reading that 50s headline. This is a profound video to watch because you’re verbalizing the things I always think in my head but lack the ability to communicate in any decent way. Props, Alanah

[@MasonOfLife]

Thank you for bringing a voice of reason to the internet Alanah

[@harleysteele7025]

She's Australian and is completely unaware people are being sued by by Australia for offensive jokes so alot of just came off as blissfully unaware

[@MasonOfLife]

@@harleysteele7025 I didn’t realize that as citizens we are in 100% alignment with our country’s government We are incapable of having thoughts of our own

[@harleysteele7025]

@@MasonOfLife I should have included it here but I said in my main comment that allanah has no control over what Australia does my apologies

[@billthesaint3]

Her name is spelt “Alanah,” it’s been misspelled twice in this comment thread and it’s literally in the title of the KZbin channel

[@DomClancy]

Wow, very articulate. The Maslow stuff in particular was cool to see. Would you ever consider sharing the books you read or having a page you keep current like on Goodreads?

[@traceries5201]

Fake anger is the best audience to get you money bc they can’t actually do anything in the real world and wouldn’t make the effort if they could. It is such free publicity and brings things to the attention of the crowd that actually likes the thing other people have decided to hate. The difference is the world has become such an echo chamber of nonsense and action-less and faceless opinion. The echo chamber isn’t just our neighbors or our town it is the internet and so the echo just spreads farther as you said. Love your sensitivity segment and the highlight of the barrage of male masculinity propaganda that has always existed. This shows our history of sensitivity sure but also our fear of things that aren’t explicably the same as us or the majority of people we know. Our discomfort with difference. You made me laugh which is great bc generally it is quite sad that we still shout into the void about the same crap as we always have, for the same reasons we always have - fear, loneliness, attention. We need to hear our feelings justified so we scream and wait for the echo of comfort to return in agreement. Okay I must rewatch to get the laugh again bc I just spun into the dark place of it all. **also, idk why but when you do accents it is hilarious. I think as an American we are indirectly taught that everyone else has one compared to us. After living in Australia for a year though it was always interesting to me to hear people say my American accent was so mellow (California) as those I worked with more associated American speech with the faster, more aggressive East Coast variety. I have no idea why I went down this rabbit hole now but it is fascinating to me how people can mimic accents so different from their own so easily-some sad reality in this also is that it likely comes from a history of being forced to by society. Ok back to that funny bit again…

[@phenominal13]

This was a very smart and poignant video. Excellant content, Alanah. Would not mind more videos like this from you. You're very well read and intelligent.

[@WernerEdgar]

If the main thing you haven't heard anyone else talk about is that we are indeed not more sensitive than before, that's absolutely correct and great to hear you talk about that. (I mistakenly thought you meant the thing about giving attention to "edgy" comedians / public figures is bad (which it is, but has been noted before.) Always appreciate your insights Alanah.

[@blobber51]

Those comedians are hilarious. Love the attention they are getting. Always a good thing too.

[@GreekFreakyJoker]

I have to say this about Matt Rife. When I heard the joke, the punchline felt off. It felt like he made a dark joke thinking just the fact it was dark would make people laugh. Which is weird because most of the time he is very funny, but hey, I am not always great in my job either. And that's how I see comedians. Some times you do a good job, sometimes you miss the mark. No need to make it personal. Also it was either Plato or Socrates that complained about the youth and how they are disrespectful and generally awful, so yeah, every generation argues about the same things over and over again.

[@melkord]

Very funny? Dude is mediocre at best. He's ok at crowd work and objectively a very handsome guy. If he wasn't so handsome he would have been stuck in the local night club scene for his entire life.

[@crazyboutdb]

Sorry abit behind on your videos but some of your videos genuinely change my opinion on subjects and for that i thank you.

[@lewis1coolguy2]

Funny side, back in 70's you could not say "darn" on the radio.Speaking as an older gent, who was in his twenties back in the 80's and who hitched across the country three times back then, life then as now is all about POV. Today is better in many ways, too bad we don't make a nod to the good things we have. Anyway, you rock and be good to yourself.

[@fendersb]

I've loved so much of your content over the years, but this is, hands down, the best thing I've ever seen from you. Thank you!

[@langleymneely]

THANK YOU!!! And no, you are not alone in your thoughts! You are elucidating a point I have been making for years now! I used to get in arguments with my sister (RIP❤️) about how she would constantly fall for the “today is way worse than yesterday” nonsense and I would explain, no it’s not worse you just have access to and can hear about more bad things today because of technology, especially the internet! As Ive gotten older I have purposely tried to avoid falling into the trap of thinking or saying “back in my day things were better”. Since I was a kid I hated adults that would espouse the idea that “young people are worse & worse every year” ignoring the fact that adults said the same thing to them. Humanity’s lack of perspective and empathy as we get older always baffles me.

[@jtraimundo]

While I agree that today's days are the best that ever were, I also do agree that young people are becoming worse. Late boomers started to have more empathy for people, caring about environment, understand hobbies etc, nowadays youngsters are throwing trash on the ground again, not recycling, are always ofended by something, always sick. I started working 17 years ago, I'm not a die hard worker, I call in sick when I'm sick etc. I have 16-20 y'old interns on the company I work for, since 2020 its been a downhill of comittement and wanting to learn. Kids being lazy I understand, and if the want to learn something, I can overcome that. Kids not giving a F I cannot overcome. They're constantly late and have neverendind excuses, when they do something wrong they don't want to be corrected, even in the nicest way possible, I honestly do not know what to do anymore.

[@xxkildarxx]

@@jtraimundo Walt Disney wanted to turn Epcot into a Utopia city because he thought the lazy youth was going to ruin America. Welcome to the older generation congratulations on following the proud tradition of "kids these days!" 4th Century B.C.E. “[Young people] are high-minded because they have not yet been humbled by life, nor have they experienced the force of circumstances. … They think they know everything, and are always quite sure about it.” Rhetoric, Aristotle 4th Century BC 1st Century B.C.E. “The beardless youth… does not foresee what is useful, squandering his money.” Horace 1st Century BC “Our sires’ age was worse than our grandsires’. We, their sons, are more worthless than they; so in our turn we shall give the world a progeny yet more corrupt.” Book III of Odes, Horace circa 20 BC

[@kiwikemist]

@@jtraimundo fire them? Lol they're unpaid interns they have no rights.

[@gregorymansour1763]

I believe the saying goes: "There's no such thing as bad publicity"

[@peelthismonkey]

unless you try to cover it and invoke the Streisand Effect

[@CuriousPug12]

Nah, in this day and age Bad publicity = cancelation

[@stephengoodman9058]

Aah, I scrolled down and saw someone beat me to it by 13 hours 😄

[@SailTheShip]

Tell that to Amber Heard. Lol.

[@PimpMatt0]

Good reason to not waste your energy on social media. Same with mainstream media, which has just become inflammatory entertainment. I do remember very well of the crime rate in the 90s/early 2000s. So many gangs and so many bystanders getting killed.

[@iasthai88]

Good vid, Alanah. Reminds me of the comedy bit by Steve Hughes..."nothing happens when you're offended!"

[@zuleo_gaming]

Really enjoyed this video. You reminded me of that history keeps repeating itself and we're unaware because we're so wrapped up by going on offense/defense and totally playing into the marketing trap. Thanks for the quality video, cheers!

[@blopenshtop]

Haven't really kept up with you since funhaus days but I've randomly got some of your commentary videos in my feed lately and honestly your points are bangers. More people need to use their heads

[@josevlog945]

Honestly I absolutely agree, the constant cycle of controversial thing is everywhere for the week or event month and then a new person says something and it repeats all over again.

[@STiROCKET06]

There are comedians outside of the US, like Canada and Britain that ARE getting arrested for the jokes they tell. That's a much bigger problem than someone being offended by a joke. You will never change my mind otherwise.

[@JayAshkevron]

You are correct, Jorden Peterson and "Watch it" guy are basically the same person. :) Also your point is spot on. Outrage bait is one of the most common tactics in media right now.

[@tomsimmons7673]

I don't know who this guy is. I don't use tiktok. I don't watch stand up comedians on Netflix. I haven't heard anything about any of this.

[@benowpuff3562]

your comentary and research are informative. non video game related videos from you are always welcome

[@hmmm...............]

The one you're thinking of is steven crowder and he's nowhere near the same type of person as jordan peterson.😂😂😂😂😂😂 I'm really confused as to how you can mix those two up.

[@jonessii]

not everyone is terminally online and know about the weirdosphere

[@Jakeplusplus1]

Yeah, this is along the lines of something I’ve been really annoyed with media lately: what gets pushed is what gets engagement and that engagement is completely blind to whether it’s good or bad engagement. Just a bad cycle of rage baiting/shocking media/etc. generating clicks, generating ad revenue, causing that same type of material to get pushed more.

[@Terrell070]

You're correct. If one does not like a comedian's content, the best course of action is to watch something else.

[@stormcwalker7373]

This is literally it. I feel like I'm losing braincells hearing everyone from every generation make remarks about how things are going downhill, how people dont wanna work, how we cant make the same jokes, etc. Like cmon you have to realize that your parents' generation said the exact same thing about you, its just that now you're no longer a child so you actually see the world as it is, unlike "back in the day" aka when u were 10

[@jackbrooking4754]

I disagree it’s only the last generation or two that seem to be taking part in the offence and oppression olympics. Or don’t want to work or acting like they lead a difficult life. Before that if someone made a bad joke that upset you… it was your problem. Not the worlds. The newest generations are a bunch of over privileged, under disciplined, self entitled, lazy, pretentious C U next Tuesdays.

[@Bookish1995]

Yeah. It's always been that way. Even thousands of years ago.

[@martyk656]

The difference is it's now also younger generations of adults also wanting to be protected from being offended not just old fogeys. People in general are much more disrespectful of others in public today than they were 30+ years ago. Disrespectful and easily offended are both the new normal. In private do and say what you want. In public be aware and respectful towards the people around you. This is reasonable standard that most people can maintain. When you choose to watch something that then offends or upsets you, turn it off. You can complain about it, but keep in mind it was your choice to watch it in the first place.

[@aarons.2323]

The "don't want to work" thing has some actual validity to it though since I would say 2020 (hmm, what happened then?). Speaking as someone in customer service, in the last four years there has definitely been a shift in the quality of people the company I work for tries to hire. So every generation might say that, but there are undoubtedly points in time where it's actually unequivocally true. Right now, yes. It is very hard to find good help.

[@illuminahde]

Older generations always said that the younger generations were too crazy. Now, we say the kids are all a bunch of pussies who take themselves too seriously. It's been reversed.

[@lukeford9766]

So glad someone has finally spoken sense. Very good and honest video, social media has played such a big part in spreading the whole "cancel culture" thing

[@kiwikemist]

"cancel culture" itself is a term invented by the media to generate more clickbait.

[@NyneIX9]

This video is one of her best. THIS is what goes through her head at 3 AM? Lol

[@Tyler_W]

The more things change, the more they stay the same.

[@lordsysop]

You really hit the nail on the head... this needs alot of exposure. Sain people are loud or yelly. We need logical people to make more noise

[@foosterOG]

Perfect! This is the perfect answer to generational beef! You are a talented writer and satirist. You used a timely example, provided a logical counter argument, cited examples (I rarely, if ever, see those. Well done!), and were entertaining. Thank you for an excellent video! I definitely learned something. Great job!

[@stridersoa]

This is 100% what I thought when I started seeing the outrage headlines. Like its basically marketing 101 at this point, because any publicity is good publicity. We collectively shouldn't be rallying against most individuals (public office being the exception) Quiet quit them and move on. Rallying others against someone is the first step of the Barbra Streisand effect taking hold.

[@BeastGamerKuma]

Through out the years things repeat themselves and it is crazy. You are right, before video games it was comic books, before that it was Shakespere, it goes on and on.

[@MeneerSoepgroente]

7:41 I’ll raise you one. I found Marcus Tullius Cicero writing in one of his letters about how Roman men are no longer proper men, but spoiled. Cicero passed in the year 43 BC. There was little talk in the Roman Republic about banning video games at that time though.

[@squeekyjam]

I think you’re spot on with referencing Maslow’s hierarchy. I also think that the hyper focus on individuality is a byproduct of social media and American/Western obsessions with individuals instead of collective identities. I also think that is influenced by capitalism and its tentacles that end up in all aspects of our lives. Awesome video!

[@effect08]

Damn this was really good. Especially the last 5 min or so. Really got me thinking how long have I been saying people are too sensitive just in my life. At least 15+ years.

[@jk7648]

Dude that's really cool that you were able to recognize the behavior she's describing in yourself and gain insight into it rather than getting upset. Pretty dope ngl

[@munjerkucci]

People have always been sensitive. They just don't have twitter.

[@studentstudent5044]

People are more sensitive today though like absolutely 100%

[@flygod916]

@@studentstudent5044 the point that was made totally skipped over your head don't it lol

[@studentstudent5044]

@@flygod916 There was never a point made. It was just unintelligent rambling with no argument or clear opinion. People are more sensitive today than in the past and That’s a fact. We’re dealing with extreme political correctness and wokeness. You’’re a joke for even trying to talk against that.

[@mcrazza]

Alanah delivering food for thought, as always. This is why I'm subscribed.

[@plazus]

Thank you, Alanah! Finally a voice of reason! Much needed in now days

[@elisabetpujadas6542]

Thank you, Alanah. I agree. I also think it matters who is being "sensitive". Basically if it's the person in power being sensitive about anything changing, this is normalized and rolled into the 'respect for the establishment' diatribe. However, if it's a disempowered person or community bringing attention to an issue, the 'snowflake' labels start flying around. I appreciate how your commentary here helps highlight this double standard in what is meant by sensitivity.

[@skult227]

I love this video so much that I tried to like it 3 times because I forgot I already liked it. Thank you so much for being so smart, it heals my brain. And thank you for mentioning the triangle of needs and lenny bruce etc. Great video and very constructive, rational opinions.

[@wheelInmotion430]

Can you simp harder?

[@GraylightSynes]

Thank you for the greater point on "sensitivity." I've gotten a LOT of abuse over my life for being a sensitive person. People would bully me and then demonize me for having a reaction, telling me to "stop being so sensitive." I've been told every step of the way that my feeling emotions strongly is a flaw, that it makes me less of a man and less capable and just simply less. People are sensitive. It's a human trait.

[@langleymneely]

As someone that has grown up being sensitive never feel bad for it! Your sensitivity and ability to access your emotions in a positive and meaningful way is something to cherish especially as you get older. Something people don’t often discuss is the importance of emotional maturity and intelligence and that usually comes about when sensitive people are able to understand who they are and react accordingly. Numbing away your emotions only leads to horrible pent up frustration and anxiety. Cheers for sharing that!❤🙏🏾

[@ThaPimpminista]

My grandad once told me "always remember... Opinions are like assholes, everybody got one and most of the time they full of shit." This has helped me ignore the majority of the BS on social media.

[@OttoVonBizmarkie]

That’s a pretty common saying I don’t think your grandpa gets to own that one

[@huntertuggle2667]

I thought the special needs helmet joke was pretty funny. I don't know if we are more sensitive or not, but I definitely know we have a confirmation bias problem. We look up articles trying to disprove of what other people are saying without looking at the articles they are reading that contradict are own opinions. Both sides of the argument are very bad at doing this.

[@SusanBinks]

YES! Thank you for speaking on this. Your insight is spot on. It's not that people are more sensitive in general, they are more sensitive to being manipulated into de-sensitizing abusive behavior and harmful cultural norms.

[@xxxxSithLordxxxx]

Mad respect Alanah. You are definitely right and I praise you for taking the time to make this video. A lot of people don’t talk about this.

[@ProfessionalZach]

8:10 I loved this voice you did, personally. 😂

[@TJofthePJs]

Thank you for a fantastic perspective and educating content Alanah.

[@halflucan]

As a brit, I think we're regressing There's a real risk that the police might end up at your house for committing a "gross offence"

[@RehAdam]

Very well said, my mother used to say how they wouldn't even know what happened on the other side of london. Now we hear everything the world has going on.

[@authorrayrogers]

You're absolutely right. We've always been sensitive. This is the first time in history that every single person on the planet has a platform to air that sensitivity for every other person to see.

[@Franklin43-]

its a circle of hypocrisy, some Comedians scream at the offended while having the same animosity towards anyone who dislikes their material.

[@kylepulman]

God I love this take. I get a lot of comfort in being reminded that there's nothing new under the sun

[@BenevolentZombyJesus]

Completely correct on this. It really is a self sustaining ecosystem; we've incentivized rage bait journalism and hacky, edgy, comedians by telling news outlets and Netflix that hate farming is profitable.

[@TheHollowBlade]

I mean all of life has become how to bait and trick people. Video games are plagued with cheaters, everywhere you turn there are people scaming one another and it seems to only be getting worse. All of life has generally become “how can i walk over all these people to get ahead” its no surprise that nothing in media cares anymore about being genuine and instead are all trying to one up one another with fake headlines and click bait. For businesses its all about making shareholders happy so the execs can get massive bonuses which i dont understand how that aint a conflict of interest… our world is more fucked than ever before and i doubt its going to change unless we have a fully world altering event like ww2 or some crazy extinction event. Humans are greedy animals and the greed has become like that scene of world war z with the zombies climbing ontop of one another to get the living flesh.

[@dankcreme3687]

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[@NoName-ym5zj]

I understand what you are saying Alanah, stand-up comedians are the true root of evil in our world and we need to cleanse the world of this evil with any means nesseceary. This makes so much sense, thank you.

[@kingashant6323]

I completely agree. And I've always said that people have always been complaining about stuff like this. It's just that the people making the jokes or making the bold claims can't outright ignore the people calling them out. You either didn't care to listen to the people telling you it wasn't okay or didn't have anyone telling you it wasn't okay because they weren't affected by it

[@briocon7]

this is the only take that matters. you are correct alanah. especially about the idea that netflix likely encourages comedians to be edgy. i honestly think its the same strategy whistlin diesel on youtube uses to go viral. his entire channel is about breaking expensive or rare cars or doing relatively dumb things and it makes people so mad they’ll share his video with a friend so they can be mad together. lol

[@ricochico1144]

Thank you for being so incredibly based, Alanah

[@ashleylewis1536]

You are a lot wiser than you give yourself credit for. I think you've brought up a very important point that a lot of people miss. History is clearly rampant with references to the Sh** as what we are going through today. Clearly it is just the Internet which has amplified the issue and I feel a lot better having heard you remind me of this. Thank you 😅😅

[@mistermelancholy7698]

Hey so this was a masterpiece 👌👏👏👏👏 standing ovation, bravo, my favorite video of yours by far bar none.🎉❤ Even reminded me of some of the reasons behind my own values. Very good insight for the Internet.

[@trefen2534]

"Nobody wants to work anymore" because work sucks! Always has always will.

[@Introverted_goblin_]

Your 1950s news anchor voice is great. 😆

[@spark_bears]

She nailed it!

[@DEAlonso]

Thank you for this. The only thing that has changed is awareness heightened after the digital age and the ease of access to information.

[@Matthew-ij3zm]

This whole Matt Rife controversy is insane to me. I've been following him for years and he's always made jokes like that. People came up with this thing that he'd been pandering to women but he's always made jokes about women. Hell, I've seen him be so rude to women in his audience before, yet people are acting like he tricked women to like him and purposely built his whole image and career aiming to attract women and now regrets it, hence the domestic violence joke. That's so weird. I can totally understand people not liking him and his jokes, but the narratives people started constructing around this make no sense to me.

[@kjh4496]

He’s not funny.

[@Matthew-ij3zm]

@@kjh4496 What does that have to do with anything I said?

[@StephenYuan]

​@@Matthew-ij3zmIf the narrative is that his standup career is all about manipulative negging of women, how does anything you say contradict that?

[@Matthew-ij3zm]

@@StephenYuan Oh, I wasn't really trying to get too much into how this particular part of some of the narratives is stupid. I mean, he takes care of himself, seems to care about the way he looks, works out, modeled, acted... is hot, basically, - and then some guys who wish they attracted as many girls as he does think that he's been actively trying to do exactly that - attract women, hard, desperately. The point I was trying to make is that I've seen Matt do a bunch of misogynistic jokes before and call women out both in his audience and on social media for "hassling" him in the middle of his performances. He's been vocal about women being annoying. Maybe doing that and being hot at the same time means he's trying to be seductive or even manipulative, go figure - I know it does work for a lot of women, they love the type, but regardless... He's always sort of complained about how a lot of women behaved in his stand-ups, he's always done the jokes he wanted to do, and he's always just been himself. But, now, people are saying he tricked women into liking him and did a particular joke just because he regretted it and wanted to get rid of them. Again: it's weird. Hopefully you'll at least understand what my actual point was now, regardless of agreeing or not.

[@dudewithavideocamera]

Good video, it has always been surprising to me as well that more people don't think about things in this way. Humans have been having the same discussions over and over again for all of recorded history. We have writings dating back to ancient Greece and Rome where people are complaining about "kids these days" having no morals, and how things were better when the writer was younger, etc.

[@chinothepony]

I love this perspective. A lot of us get caught up in the chaos of the news cycle and think that everything swirling down the drain is a new report on today. If anything, it proves we are more consistent throughout time than we thought. And all these companies know that the biggest profit comes out of conflicts. Hence our government involvement in war. I would love to hear your possible solutions however. Because awareness is what helps us break out of our patterns. Your video felt like the cliffhanger ending to a movie!

[@RavenAshe]

Dude you are one of the few people who can approach this topic and dont come across as preachy.

[@NMChe56]

rage bait is a for profit industry

[@esaedvik]

People keep saying things are getting worse (in terms of almost everything, but especially that "we used to be able to say anything!") and yet...the past was the worst.

[@darkartsdabbler2407]

Very well done! Not enough people are talking about how the whole thing is one big outrage grift Regardless of what side you’re on, if you’re posting and commenting about these things you’ve already lost, we’ve all lost

[@LupusYonderboy]

You're spot on. The phenomenon is utterly transparent, but because it's always a great opportunity for spewing shit, there's no reason for many people to reject it or call it out, and instead just start and use these situations.