Why is Gen Z Slowly Giving Up?

[@Moon-Real]

Destroy your social media addiction: moon.thrivecart.com/tc-qf2ix-3/

[@deepoi5754]

Ok

[@InlandDiscoEmpire]

Sorry, but I owe the world NOTHING. Call me weak all you want (WHY is everything still trying to use shame to get men to do what they want? Fxcking STOP! It also just doesn't work anymore, I have no shame), I'm obligated to do nothing. I never wanted to be born in the first place.

[@Oeamix]

Thanks Moon

[@FOnewmike]

CONservative propaganda

[@masternobody1896]

gen z will never get weak if we have moon youtuber. they will be renaissance men

[@mirastyle]

The ‘life sucks buy my course’ punchline was gold

[@spliffsforbreakfast]

$99 a month are you fucking dumb 😭🤡

[@Hockey567899]

lmfao

[@ares0wept]

😂

[@Ermwhat_the_sigma2006]

Bruh

[@xrfa7422]

Everything is a grift today.

[@hardwired2]

I don’t even want to think about how bad things will be in 50 years

[@VantaDraws]

It’s not too late, we can change things

[@OutrageHarvester]

@hi-be4db you're missing the "/s" in your comment.

[@belstar1128]

planet of the ape..... i mean zoomers

[@sepho942]

@@OutrageHarvester if you know what "/s" means then you are deep into the internet, wake up

[@sepho942]

@hi-be4db i got a feeling you 100% know what it means but it means "/serious" you put it when something you said is serious and not a joke because taking a joke nowadays for alot of people is impossible

[@guts60]

The only issue is that the elites don’t want this to change. At all. They’ll make sure my generation, myself included, remains as depressed and anxious as possible. They want us to fight the wrong battles, too distracted to even notice that our lives are being ruined. They want to make sure that the few who do take notice can’t do anything about it, or are even too depressed to even try. However, it’s all leading up to a point where soon the balloon will pop. You can contain the air you blow in a balloon, it will expand normally and stay fine. But too much air makes the balloon explode, there is too much pressure and it goes from everyone being trapped to everyone being free and aware. Society will hit a limit where the last domino falls, where the balloon pops, and we all wake up and realize what must be done. Either that, or we will basically become the people in Wall-E

[@kudjo24]

Most people here don't realize most of your mortgage is literally just interest in the last 5 years, it's skyrocketed because of, shocker, BANKS and those people who own those BANKS. The same people that also print and devalue the dollar which allows them to inflate everything and keep it where it is. They have basically positioned themselves as the ideal parasites of this country. Eliminate them and you have a chance or restoring wages and life, but not without the cost of a world ending economic collapse. You can yank out the leech but don't be surprised when you bleed.

[@uc22_swo1p]

I totally agree, especially the part where people realise it but can’t do anything. Especially when rioters can now be shot legally by police. But imagining the people in wall-e as a future comparisoon is still being kinda to hopeful in my eues. i perceive the future world to be significantly more dystopian if this keeps going.

[@jamoR72]

Think its time the fight was taken to the elites don't you think?If some one smashes your head into the pavement demanding you to eat shit, would you do it, or would you fight like hell???

[@guts60]

@@jamoR72 The only issue is that rallying people to riot in this day and age is kinda hard. Sure you can get the liberals to all rally together, or the conservatives to all rally together, but not both. Even when they have a common goal, they refuse to work together and one will actively take the opposing side of the other even if they hate the elites too. This is, of course, exactly what the elites want

[@JuwanBuchanan]

Just hope that a meteor hits the planet and humanity goes out as fast as possible and whatever life is left can carry on and rule the planet.

[@chatsmeow2997]

I'm glad that people - especially young people like myself - are starting to see how bad social media can be for us. I see this as hope.

[@lifexearth]

Yea, I’ve realised that myself too. Been taking less time on social media (I mainly use KZbin tho).

[@codenamejd5371]

@@lifexearth same bro wanna make a change with me

[@ambiarock590]

I've gone though and deleted social media apps from my phone and I've stopped using them (apart from YT watching long form content)

[@memeju1ce]

it’s super important to remember we need to have balance! the internet can be brilliant, but also terrible. i wish people talked about this more :/

[@RealDevastatia]

@@ambiarock590 KZbin is the only social media platform I've used in a long time, and I'm even beginning to question the value of KZbin because of the rise in petty drama and fighting amongst content creators.

[@iloveyouamberappel]

"It's too expensive in our society." Now pay for my course.

[@societyisscaredofmasculine8546]

Or don't pay? Are you confused about the difference between the cost of ESSENTIAL items and the cost of an optional luxury? Fool

[@Ermwhat_the_sigma2006]

Yeah some things are to expensive in life that's true

[@creativitysubs9935]

@@societyisscaredofmasculine8546 Hey Fanboy, amber is right. 99$ a month is like 5x chatGPT premium. Moon really needs to tier his pricing. Not everyone wants personal attention, nor does everyone want to pay 99$ for it.

[@iloveyouamberappel]

@@foxtrotosc4rNope. Haven't owned a console since Super Nintendo. Good guess though.

[@Badjazy]

@@iloveyouamberappel You are missing out games are insanely good now days and there is a lot of good to choose from too, though also a lot of trash.

[@maguffintop2596]

Gen X’rs were barely raised by parents. We were thrown outside and told come in at lunch and dinner. Siblings, friends, neighbors were family. It was tough. Many were abused resulting from parental negligence. We grew up swearing to ourselves when I have kids…, “I will protect them at all costs!” We babied them, pampered, & protected ad infinitum. But they are now exposed yo every form of filth humanly imaginable. And that has lead to severe mental issues. I’ve never dreamed we would see such a mess.

[@gytrash6167]

Living proof of that and I consider many escapes for it. Ends the same cut off the mom that raised you closing a path into a 'Possibility' of life for the other. Dosen't see how drastic life changed nor my difficulties towards getting that life.

[@SelenaSea]

Yes, Gen X were the "latchkey kids." 🔑

[@emceeriddle]

Gen X had terrible parents, you just rebranded neglect into "latchkey"

[@jeremybrimmer1990]

Boomers and their dr spoc book fucked all kinds of shit up, and those who know what they did will never, ever, own up to it so as to remedy anything. Edit: dr. Spocs book might as well have been the gangnam style for that age, just flashy goofy filler.

[@The-Negative-Commentator]

@@emceeriddleit wasn’t that the kids were neglected it’s that the world was just much safer

[@drumworkoutstuff4934]

Honestly, I'm scared to think what will become of Gen Alpha more than Gen Z. Yeah, Gen Z has their own charcuterie of issues, but we were born right before technology and social media exploded the way it did in the 2000's. I can recall physically hanging out with people and going over to a friend's house playing video games in elementary school and a good chunk of middle school. Hell, this even stuck around a good bit of high school, but the shift to hyperrealism started taking hold on many. I started noticing it with Instagram, it seemed different from KZbin, FaceBook and MySpace even. It didn't seem like innocent fun anymore. Gen Alpha though? They were born into this. Gen Z might also be dubbed the iGen, but there was a short-lived time in our lives before the iPhone came to be. Gen Alpha doesn't have that luxury to fondly look back on. Gen Z has a fighting chance to restore its identity, because they have a reference point on life before hyperrealism took over. To Gen Alpha though, this hyperreality may as well be their reality.

[@Timothyrpiano]

I guess it is up to us Gen Z people to make a difference. The question is how will we make that change?

[@rgonzalo511]

Im a millenial and i can assure you no gen z had a normal childhood. Because even me a late millenial was already sorrounded by the internet and social media by middle school. So for gen z i already now its wraps when it comes to being addicted to their tech. So either you grew very poor or two your caping. Even the absolute oldest gen z wouldve lived in the digital age by middle school.

[@drumworkoutstuff4934]

​@@rgonzalo511 Ok fuck me I guess, KZbin didn't even save my original comment that explains what I said in a deeper context. TL;DR This technological/cultural shift started happening for millennials (though it can be debated it started even earlier based on what technologies we consider harmful and to what degree of harmfulness), it has definitely been affecting Gen Z (I'm in the earlier half born in 1998, so I wasn't seeing as much of what you consider "abnormal childhoods" as smartphones and computers weren't overtly popular until the mid-late 2010's), and will most certainly have repercussions on Gen Alpha. My original argument isn't that Gen Z's childhood was completely lacking of technology or social media, but that the last specks of a life without these things ended with Gen Z (hence we're the iGen). Gen Alpha will be the aftermath. It's 4:20 am where I'm at atm, I'm going to bed. If you wanna discuss this tomorrow, I'll maybe be around then.

[@rgonzalo511]

@@drumworkoutstuff4934 nah gang computers and smartphones were already pretty ubiquitous by 2010, atleast with teens. I know firsthand since I was in hs from 08-12. I saw what it's like being in a hs where everyone is on there phones and on social media. I don't think millennials and gen z are going to change much because we grew up too technologically entrenched. If u haven't read Bowling Alone by Robert Putnam, please do so. In the book it shows evidence as to why this might have started since the 70s

[@drumworkoutstuff4934]

@@rgonzalo511 I'll be sure to give the book a gander when I can. I have a book recommendation for you as well, one I read a few weeks ago on a vacation while I was away from technology, and have been shoving in all my friends' faces since. It's called "Unwinding Anxiety" by Dr. Judson Brewer. Shit is absolutely amazing with neuroscience to back ways to help break anxiety and other bad habits. One of the key byproducts of social media taking over, lotta people have some form of anxiety. It's seemingly super prevalent in both of our generations. Even if you don't, I still recommend the book as it's cool to learn about how the mind works with making habits form, and dives into mindfulness/awareness.

[@mOwOhib]

moon went from being a critic of online universities to opening his own. I guess its true when they say you either die a hero or live long enough to see yo self become the villain

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[@roastbeef4918]

Everything is a grift nowadays

[@Ilovepoopin]

He even does sponsor spots that are the anthesis of what he's preaching. He was being against the fakery of the world and manipulating of people... And he advertised an ALTERNATIVE TO VAPING! Its just amusing how this guy constantly gives off signs that he should only ever be listened to with a skeptical ear.

[@robs009]

I know where thats from 😊

[@Yassine-W]

@@Ilovepoopin i mean he gotta pay the bills you know

[@cathalmccarthy770]

People are struggling with debt and gen Z can't afford to start a family or get a mortgage, but hey, for $99 a month Moon will sort your head out and help you cope with this online hyper reality by letting you into his online "community"

[@kudjo24]

@mantyy if it's so obvious to you, who's more stupid - the people who fall for it, or Moon for offering it?

[@kade-qt1zu]

​​@mantyySoCiEtY

[@mossytoucan6587]

As much as his videos seem logical his advertisement of his online community is probably just not possible if it's what Moon is describing the world about.

[@Devin7Eleven]

Not being able to afford a family or mortgage is de facto population control.

[@angelmunoz4152]

Dude is just a doom pill seller

[@KingofDefiance]

I think each subsequent generation failed to conquer their own respective challenges, didn’t inform or warn the next and then the newer generations inherent the accrued ordeals and issues of the past. Essentially, each generation burdened their children with increasingly complex quandaries whilst concealing their own participation within the core of the conundrums themselves, most likely out of shame and guilt.

[@ISplimeI]

I one hundred percent agree with this. I always take the viewpoint of when older people say something like “this younger generation is all messed up”, I agree with them of course, but at the same time, who is the one who didn’t take responsibility first?

[@noncomplacent]

everyone participated in and perpetuated an evil system because they were getting theirs. Morality is not something most citizens hold in high regard, otherwise this system would be toppled overnight.

[@metallboy25]

I find it hilarious when people ask what happened to the new generation. What happened was, they were raised by the previous generation. Feminist gen x and millennials raised their children to be weak. And they have the audacity to ask "How did this happen?"

[@nathanlamont9920]

Last generation that had a good amount of tradition was the silent generation and most of them today are very old if not have passed. At least in recent times, Millennials get the free pass because by the time their internet became as prominent as it is now, we all were adults. Boomers are known for the generation that revolted against a lot of traditional values. Then it simply snowballed at time moved on as there were no checks in place. I say in recent years because about 15 years ago the boomers were calling us out because we were adults who still played video games and watch anime. Things common associated with kids.

[@sirtra]

Each generation paves their own destiny. Blaming your parents or grandparents however is a very recent and new development. Think back to when you were a child, what made something popular such as fashions in clothing, music, food, celebrity status etc. Was it the things that your PEERS liked and promoted or things that your PARENTS did? You can blame whoever you want, but assigning blame won't change your destiny. Having a cry about the world being "so much harder" won't make it any easier. It is up to you and your generation alone - what are you going to do in 20-30 years when all the baby boomers are gone and most of genx are too or have one foot in the grave. Will they still be responsible for your life and kids? Every generation had some form of adversity they had to overcome, Millennials are no different. The world is what you make it. From my observations gen Alpha is going places and going to wreak havoc with Millennials world view.. it's going to be an interesting 10-20 years watching the tables turn 😉

[@Dan_Barbazu]

"Every generation imagines itself to be more intelligent than the one that went before it, and wiser than the one that comes after it." - Orwell

[@JimboThunderpants]

Im early gen Z and i gotta say, i think gen Xers are usually pretty right on, and i think gen alpha is gonna be absolutely ans utterly fucked.

[@lukav3509]

@@JimboThunderpants every next generation is more fucked than the previous one. we are digging an endless hole

[@DailyCorvid]

Orwell was mistaken to assume that generations think at all. I can barely find another singular individual capable of actual useful thoughts, much less an entire randomly selected generation. Thought is granted only to a tiny few of us, and even fewer will reveal them where they hold real value. These influencer generation rodents wouldn't know a creative thought if it appeared from a swirling magical toilet geyser, as a large blue genie voiced by Robin Williams.

[@Comm0ut]

The unfortunate truth is most people are stupid and that does not improve with time, they just become differently stupid. No one can choose to be intelligent which is a matter of luck. Evolution rewarded what humanity is, and species do not evolve for the good of the individual.

[@masonreppeto882]

@@JimboThunderpants Yeah pretty much none of them grew up with fathers in their lives.

[@BelinaBelii]

When my parents were my age (25) they had me, I was 5, they had an apartman,fields,and a house. I have a dog, two cats and depression.

[@ugaais]

Your not married that’s why your depressed..feminism lied to you

[@Mebro-m6d]

@@ugaais I can't tell if you are joking or actually serious.

[@R_wir3]

​@@ugaaismarriage won't magically fix your problems

[@thatoneguy9857]

​@@ugaaisJoke or serious?

[@ototurmanidze5578]

​@ugaais i am not married at 23 and yes get the saying "i should get married" but how as much of my addictions and ocd kick in occasionally i cant afford serious life

[@christianhernandez8190]

Here’s the answer: the same generation that complains about ours being weak is the same generation of parents that wouldn’t let us venture out into the world like they did as a kid. They feel the world is too dangerous for us to handle, and then we grow up and they wonder why

[@godnyx117]

It's ok. Boomers who judge do that in order to feel good about themselves and their shitty life. As kids, they had dreams, but they were not able to make them true, hence, now they try to put down others in order to feel better with themselves. Boomers do not deserve even your attention! Remember that their lives and dreams are over and yours just start! Let them seethe and hate, from the little, miserable lives that they have left! WE MUST BE BETTER!

[@SchrodingersBs]

The generation that came before you was preyed on by our parents' generation - you know, all those missing kids on milk cartons? At least your dumb asses weren't kidnapped, raped & murdered on such a scale that the baby boomers did! But you'll greedily gobble up animated child & every other kind of porn that exists, thereby perpetuating the cycle onto your own kids & sacrifice them for whores, drugs & comfortable existences, just as the boomers did.

[@holyphainesthai286]

You Gen z? I'm milli and I agree - my parents FORCED me to explore But we have to protect our kids more because of howany crazy fks on the street

[@shawngibson7514]

Lol, who would have guessed the participation trophy generation would have ended up this way. I saw it coming.

[@FunkyMonkey42]

Everyone is at fault you can't just say one generation is at fault also if your "answer" was right we wouldn't have this problem but try again...actually don't it'll be stupid like this one

[@fearlesspigs883]

Moon: The Economy is in shambles, you have to work for 8 years just to buy a home. Also Moon: Buy my course for 100$ a month!

[@dermeisterdesspiegels3518]

Yeah this guy is fear mongering. I still don't believe it will get that bad, politicians still need votes.

[@junglelane]

Moon is trying to survive off this medium. Complain less and get your own grind.

[@dermeisterdesspiegels3518]

@@junglelane well said! Unsubscribe!

[@MrRandomVideosLol]

he just grifting stupid impressionable depresed teenagers lmao @@junglelane

[@I_Dont_Believe_In_Salad]

​@@dermeisterdesspiegels3518 No one cares Lmafp

[@perpub]

You lost me when one of your solutions to the problems that you stated is to join your community for $99 a month. My respect for you and your motives went down many notches.

[@Jong853]

Let me preface, I have no affiliation to moon,Did you ever consider that there is nothing unethical about having a price for a exclusive community ? maybe the barrier exists to cut out tire kickers and trolls. And keeps the community focused and unified.

[@Timothyrpiano]

He’s still a content creator, so of course he’s gonna promote his business

[@lennard5393]

Komt still alive?

[@mr.jamster8414]

@@lennard5393 who's Komt?

[@angelmunoz4152]

​@@Jong853cult

[@abdulkhafidsulaymaan]

I lost my phone about a month ago and it turned out to be one of the best things that ever happened to me and I realized that through this channel. It was the video you did on instagram. there was a part in that video explaining how addicted we are to your phones- thats when I decided I wouldn't get another phone. It feels so good not having that thing with me everywhere I go. I came home last night and put my note pad and pens away, plus my coat and hat too then I proceeded to my bedroom but paused for a moment to think if I had my cell phone, then I realized I don't have to do that anymore... I don't have to worry at all times as to where this little thing is, this little devise that is my whole identity and personality, like a demon from that movie the Golden Compass; our cell phones are our souls..

[@okitslolay]

i hope this holds on for you and you can build your life around being phone free! I've been there several times either forced because losing it like you or purposely not using my phone because I was just sick of it. Eventually noticed authorities and everyone else don't really roll with that. Everyone assumes you're constantly available and makes a big deal out when you are not. It's pretty hard to not give in again because of external hardships.

[@gangstarock2455]

I remember when social media wasn't addictive...the algorithm and marketing is what changed social media to what it is today. I think most people just use it to cope with their life's problems. Phones are'nt the problem, people are the problem.

[@michaelbridges2386]

Inspiring

[@AniMageNeBy]

"Destroy your social media addiction!" he says, while asking you to follow him on Twitter... Oh, the irony.

[@acidity2k486]

Hypocrites are everywhere, don’t listen to them.

[@phattjohnson]

Good lord... you can get rid of the absent-minded ADDICTION element of it yet still choose to follow a select dozen or so individuals that actually SERVE your life, going forward. I don't blame you lot for not being able to discern the wheat from the chaff though, world's got the major dumbs lately.

[@AniMageNeBy]

@@phattjohnson Haha... I see you take the holier-then-thee stance. Always funny to see. Yesyes, feel comforted in the knowledge that it's always the other that can't discern the wheat from the chaff, but you can, of course. It's the others that follow *their* select dozen that are mindless sheep, not you when you're following *your* select dozen. Sure. It's the cozy comfort-zone people suffering from the Dunning-Kruger effect make for themselves. Or, as Alcot said: "To be ignorant of one's ignorance is the malady of the ignorant". I, in contrast, suggest not following anyone, but to think for yourself. You can hold something someone says under advisement, but you don't just *follow* them. Certainly not when claiming following people is to be avoided, except for the people you (or he) follows. You need, indeed, to be able to discern. It's only a pity you failed to discern your own bias. As for the one making the vid: he makes many valid points. Alas, he destroys much of his own portrayed charm of conviction by asking for the same things that he just warned against. "Oh, but I am different!" I already hear him say (just like you). Then why does he ask to do as he says, and not to do as he does? All say they're different than the rest, but ultimately, the proof is in the eating of the pudding. And the pudding isn't being eaten by clinging to follow him at the same social media he just bashed people for following people on. "But following me is not an addiction; it's following others that is an addiction." My god sir, if you have a truly discerning mind, you would not fall for that, yet it seems you do. He could have made his point more poignantly without asking to follow (or view or like, etc.) him on social media; that would have been far more congruent and consistent with his message, and it would have yielded far more respect. The fact he choose not to, and finds it more important to get followers on his social media than to adhere to his own advice, only shows how insidiously ingrained and ingratiating the psychological effects he warns about are: even he himself succumbed to it. It's funny, but also sad. And it is, as said, highly ironic.

[@Anistotle]

Without KZbin I wouldn't be able to communicate in English as my second laguage which I'm still trying my best to perfect it. I learn a lot of words and phrases through watching lots of gaming video and documentary stuff, mostly from the Americans and I'm thankful for it.

[@timehasdeku]

@andreasbreu4727well that’s how they get u they wheel u in then boom make u commit to thinking they go the secrets to help you

[@ShockwaveFPSStudios]

As a Gen Z myself, now I’m learning how much my parents felt. My dad used to tell me stories about how his childhood in India was rough (I’m an Indian American.), he grew up as a farm boy due to his parents being farmers, they lived in a small village where they could eat, farm animals, agriculture and yada yada yada. He told me that the reason why he was a farm boy, was because his parents… lost their fortune. They became farmers, but despite that, they grew to appreciate the countryside more than ye old social life… his grandparents were still rich, but they only used their wealth to help my dad’s side of my family whenever there’s trouble. Because of his experience, he became old fashioned. Sure, Indian 80s kids aren’t like their American counterparts (because obviously.), but growing up as a farm boy who wasn’t able to play video games on the NES, or Atari, or even act like your 80s kid in either North America, or even Great Britain, wasn’t a thing in South India (where my dad’s from) so he became more humble, wise, and optimistic. And I’d say, he pretty much raised me like a champ. Love you Dad.

[@purplespades9632]

Same, but I'm a Libyan-born American. I was born in 2006 and then moved to America in 2008.

[@jacobrodgers1661]

It’s healthy if you have a healthy route you use to escape, which majority do not. So I wouldn’t say escapism is healthy, but it could be good if your escape is say physical activity.

[@ShockwaveFPSStudios]

@Bootneck777 I didn’t say I was humble, I said my dad was. And how is my comment narcissistic? All I said was being greatful of my dad, and how interesting he was when he grew up as an Gen X kid. I don’t know where you got the narcissism from, but I’m pretty sure “letting actions talk, and keep your mouth shut” isn’t humbleness, it’s called toughness.

[@thecoolmanstation2.046]

@@ShockwaveFPSStudios bruh that is some bullshit this so called "toughness" is just a sad excause for you to be a jealous ass edgelord you can thank your dad without putting people down and when you said " they grew to appreciate the countryside more than ye old social life" it came off as you being a hipster

[@fatuusdottore]

I don’t think the video games would have anything to do with your dad growing up to be a good person. Plenty of people grow up in agricultural settings that were awful, it all depends on the parenting tbh. As you say, your dad’s family was tight-knit enough that your grandparents helped when he was in trouble. Now imagine being stuck in a farming village without that, your dad would probably be dead.

[@keyanghasemi7742]

I wish I could go back to being a 10 year old when my biggest worry was waking up for school in the morning

[@Dannysoutherner]

NOT ME! Being 10 sucked in 1973. Not sure I'd want to be 10 today with all this 57 genders bullshit. I am glad to be old enough to remember life sucking on rainy Sundays with nothing open. I love the internet, youtube, selling but social media is brain cancer thru a device.

[@gustavoparedes5975]

Me three

[@Blacknight6577]

Welcome to real adult life

[@themeemqueen]

@@Blacknight6577 ok millenial

[@tristanbackup2536]

Now it's work. 😂

[@_ABoyNamedBlue_]

As an old-fashioned traditional Gen Z kid, more and more each day I think disposing myself is the best way to avoid the suffering that’s being stacked on top of my already traumatic childhood and traumatic experiences. I’m 19 and I honestly don’t remember a time when I was truly, genuinely happy to be alive. I’ve been bullied since kindergarten, I’m not the most handsome, athletic, or smartest guy in the room so girls pass me up for the bad boys. I have lots of social anxiety so even approaching people without subconsciously thinking my existence annoys them is practically impossible, and it’s hard to make friends and find friends that actually care about me and my wellbeing.

[@kyliej6489]

hey, hope you're still alive. disposing yourself is not the best way. your past traumatic experiences suck but don't let them dictate the remainder of your life. force yourself to find ways to enjoy life. (in healthy ways don't do coke in the bathroom(do it in the kitchen instead)). learn a new skill, a fun skill: ice skating, roller skating, skateboard skating, fishing for skates, etc. doesn't even have to be physical. as for the lack of friends/social anxiety, i don't have advice for that. you can google some solutions though. i'm writing this comment instead of writing my college essay. hope this helps at least a bit.

[@_ABoyNamedBlue_]

@@kyliej6489Thank you, I appreciate you taking time out of doing your work to comfort me

[@kyliej6489]

@@_ABoyNamedBlue_ you’re welcome. i hope you take my advice. :)

[@marocat4749]

Dont give up, and i am not pretending things wont suck, but the can suck less. And it gets better if you try is clisheed, but true, in that things will suck less probably with some setbacks. Also that can only happen, if you are alive. Is the rany hobby that can keep you in forcing to interact with people that arent the worst. Or any hobby, ruitine. That can be any learning anything i imagine. I probably shouldnt talk, but i also things get most of the time better with time, especially if you dont give upo that tthey can get better. (which i know is ptrobably the hardest thing in the world, but beats alternatives) And setting archievable small goals helps immense , and yeah making friends is hard, but the any activity that you like that forces you to see people has a chance to get better that too, maybe. Socializing is a muscle too. And its a start?! Anyways trying in smaller steps but regular in some what fancies you hobby that you interact with, beats alternatives. And any hobby might get s yiu the chance to meet likeminded people to interact with. Are there any gaming areas to , thats a hobby tooo, or, really whatever, small but regular steps there begin hard , but get easietr, and beats alternatives to not try?

[@JesusIsKingAndSavior]

@@_ABoyNamedBlue_ DON"T EVER DISPOSE YOURSELF. God is 100% real (I've experienced things that I would of never imagined) If you dispose yourself, you'll regret it so much when you enter the next arena. Please NEVER consider it. You might think it's the craziest thing in the world - Repent to Jesus Christ.

[@nrrork]

I feel like a failure a lot by being 40 and still renting and not having a family of my own like my parents did. I'm the youngest of five kids for my dad, and he was a year younger than I am now when I was born. Then I look at my peers: old friends and classmates, and most of them aren't doing any better. They're not living a life I'd be any happier in. Stuck being worked to an early grave in a dead-end job, their kids grow up before they have a chance to spend any real time with them. They treat a day of just basic, minimal socialism as some huge event. I'd feel worse for them if they didn't just accept this shit as normal. Instead, they're part of the problem.

[@leehessey1154]

Cry me a river 😢

[@Jaelynne17]

You’re not the only one. 41 here, and the only milestones I’ve managed in life was to be a teacher (career path), move out of my parents home and over 1,000 miles away, and get married. Can’t afford to buy a home and can’t afford to have children. Even after almost 2 decades working in the same school district.

[@leehessey1154]

@@Jaelynne17 come and live with me sweetie l will look after you

[@LucasFernandez-fk8se]

@@MoralWorldEaterthe boomers barely had 2 children per woman. The birthrate was at 2 from the mid 70s until 2010ish. Of course they’re going to take care of their children. They had very few and their children were being raised in a more competitive world

[@sarasunshinemt4444]

Have you heard that song "Rich Men North of Richmond" yet? Cuz it's basically what you said, just in song form.

[@mathias8627]

Hard times breeds a small amount of "strong" ppl, but it destroys much more

[@DamianPendragon]

Destroys the weak people. And whats left is the strong people. Go become strong bro, I believe in you

[@Keurgui1]

@@DamianPendragonyou first bruv

[@DamianPendragon]

@penderyn8794 no it doesn't. We're all humans. Strength is strength. Now go get some

[@DamianPendragon]

@@Keurgui1 already am

[@nikoraasu6929]

@penderyn8794 strength is strength, it's not variable, you are either strong or weak.

[@Grissbane]

We have no communities any longer.

[@farleymarly2575]

Correctamondo

[@crovat5218]

The soldiers died for nothing. I hope they feel even worse

[@ambiarock590]

Car dependency and the internet killed that off

[@grammajam3682]

​@@ambiarock590city design is dog water

[@ambiarock590]

@@grammajam3682 Yep. Personal lawns instead of communal parks, making everyone use socially isolating metal boxes and not public transit; it sucks.

[@brokenteethalbumreviews5388]

I see some Gen Z kids starting to learn and some even getting into vintage fashion and that makes me happy at 31 and some still have much much to learn but I have tiny bit of hope

[@Daffodil-xw7nf]

I am 17 and I grew up feeling like I lived in the 80 or 90s, I love all the Old time things, nobody understands but I don't care about what they think.

[@staLkerhu]

Very good! Not giving a sh*t about them is the ultimate way to go! Keep it up!@@Daffodil-xw7nf 💪🧐

[@MASAHIRO-X-]

I’m 20 as of writing this. I’ve dedicated myself to the history of Asia’s horror films, stuff from 1900’s to present day.

[@TheAdventuresOfJimiJaden]

Hello, late Gen Z here. My whole life, I’ve always been into vintage things to the point where I got so alienated by shit like modern music and social media. I know people are going to say I’m too old fashioned because of my values and interests and probably say to get with the times, but I don’t give a damn. I usually don’t watch shows or listen to music made past 2010. I’m not like those kids at school where they fight and scroll on social media. Though yes, I do see some hope. We’re not entirely doomed because some people can think for themselves.

[@brokenteethalbumreviews5388]

I am proud of you kids!!!

[@alexrogers9051]

As a 37 year old I can tell you one of the main things I notice is there isn’t as much of a community. I can remember the neighborhood I grew up in being alive and people knowing and interacting with there neighbors. Now at least from what I see, people are either too busy/tired to interact with neighbors or because of how easily you can connect with people all over the world through our phones we don’t feel the need to socialize with people we don’t already know.

[@knucklestheechidna5718]

Exactly. I've worked at Amazon delivering packages and as a mail carrier. Only some people even acknowledge you, make eye contact, or wave. It's like they are afraid they will look down or away anything to avoid interacting. I've lived in the same house for two years and don't know any of my neighbors.

[@jeltoninc.8542]

It’s because of the automobile-centric cities we have in the USA coupled with the death of what are known as “third spaces”; places where members of a community naturally congregate and interact. These places used to be pubs, cafes, parks… anywhere that people can meet casually, get comfortable, and discuss ideas. Nowadays it’s mostly done on social media, which can serve as a _technical_ third space, but it’s not as authentic as the face to face third space. Note: the first two spaces are home and work.

[@Timothyrpiano]

@@jeltoninc.8542 even this KZbin comment section right now feels like a replacement of the third space

[@lateblossom]

I'm around the same age and I agree. There's literally no community. The closest thing to a community that I have is my church and without them, I wouldn't be able to survive

[@ambiarock590]

That's one reason I've seriously be considering getting a Nokia 225 or something and running that. The smartphone might have changed the world when it was first created but now it's a massive burden on society. I will not buy the new iPhone 15, I wanna roll around with a feature phone and detox from social media's and the like

[@TheSimba86]

I don't think they're weaker, they just gave up, they ran hard on the treadmill for years and have nothing to show for it. the horse learned that it can never reach the carrot and stopped walking towards it

[@canyoufeelzeschadenfreude2363]

Pretty much

[@enrlichhartman]

People ranted against millennials for how incompetent and naive are . But everyone hates gen z because they simply gave up and rather see the world burn before trying and they don't even care wat anyone thinks , I love it!

[@mr.kilpatrick2991]

ahh..well...many are still fairly young like early 20s and "giving up" so i very much doubt they ran all that hard for all that long. I think many of them for whatever reason were shocked when they found out they have to pay back loans and work their ass off for life to get somewhere....oh and make good choices

[@mr.kilpatrick2991]

@@enrlichhartman right because "trying" = effort

[@enrlichhartman]

@@mr.kilpatrick2991 right! Working and stuff like that

[@tadsonic]

Moon "Destroy internet addiction by paying me 80 bucks a month"

[@JimboThunderpants]

And joining a DISCORD. LMAOOO

[@WafflesssFalling]

I recently got home from a residential mental health hospital (different from a psych ward!) and honestly it was really helpful. DBT (dialectical behavior therapy) is honestly something I think everyone should learn. Finding individual meaning in the real world and interacting with in-person community has shown me that there's more good than I thought. You CAN find meaningful connections with people. You can feel peace by recognizing your accomplishments, including tiny ones. You can do hard things.

[@thekeyimani]

I’m so proud of you man ❤💗🙏🏾

[@bbqfire6199]

Did they pay you to say this?

[@WafflesssFalling]

@@bbqfire6199 lol I wish!

[@WafflesssFalling]

@@thekeyimani thank you ❤️💗

[@theucheao]

“Recognizing your accomplishments” FACTS. In fact, every time you do something good to yourself, tell yourself, “thank you --- for caring for yourself”. I want to do that every time I do something good to me. Like eating

[@Revengeofmontezuma]

I'm a zoomer with bad parents so what you said at the beginning resonated with me. Being subjected to infinite opinions, beliefs, ideals, etc, without a solid foundation of ideals from family or from growing up, makes it very difficult to form an identity.

[@bunez69x]

Exactly! Getting beat up and abused all your life can do something to you! I live in a pretty undeveloped poor and overall trash country, it's even worse for me as I'm a 14 year old female, as my country is really misogynistic. Though, this made me pretty tough, honestly. Thankfully , the thing that's been keeping me hopeful is my future, since I'm going to go to canada for college and then the rest of my life, these situations have led me to realize how meaningful and important this life is (even though I'm a Christian, I believe this life as much as the afterlife is vital) , so I've decided to actually do something impactful ! Sorry, if this comments a bit too long, but I had a lot to say, Have a nice day !

[@LtRacoon734]

The fuck is a zoomer😂😂

[@LRK-GT]

In the worst way: "It's okay..." The previous generations of parents (at least back to boomers) had no clue what/why they were teaching the values they did, too. You aren't alone, but it's pretty easy to see it's been getting worse for each progressive generation. I thought millennials had it bad w/ brainwashing, mixed-conflicting and hollow 'values', shite economy w/ no understanding from other gens, etc. No. Zed'ers got it worse, and gen alpha / your gen's kids are getting it even worse than you. I know this sort of schadenfreude doesn't really make it feel any better, but know you're not alone. If we can all work-around the engineered 'generational divide', we all have similar issues, that reach and originate far beyond 'our little worlds'.

[@KingAries85]

You’re a zoomer and still blame your parents for not having a foundation? Dude you’re in your late 60s by now. I’m considered an X linnel and I’m only 39 boomers are my grandparents generation and gen x is my parents

[@duck_foiegras]

I've heard stories about Gen X postal office workers and grocery clerks making enough income to purchase a home back in their days. Imagine that today with the same jobs.

[@OneTheBlue]

It's true. Although I think that era ended sometime in the 90s.

[@HalcyonDaze33]

That lacks a lot of nuance, it was not unusual for us to have several roommates just to afford an apartment and our parents expected us to leave home after we graduated high school. We largely lacked resources or knowledge; and had to learn through trial and error. Our ability to buy a home was usually based on buying some shit-shack in our mid to late 20's then fixing it up. I think the guys that are critical of your gen for being lazy, etc. are looking at you from one narrow and flawed vantage point because they just think you have a better standard of living than we did and blame our standard of living for why so many of failed- thus have a 'what's your excuse' mentality. Guys like Moon have a very rosey outlook on what other people have gone through. Sincerely, good luck with your path, but the generational conflict/ blame game doesn't help anyone (including jackasses from my gen that don't see how rough you guys have it). I think the world has always been shit, but the problems of the day are different kinds of shit that different generations have to deal with. I wish you the best and hope you guys do alright. Don't give up, be resiliant. You can do it, I have faith in you.

[@OneTheBlue]

This Gen X-er rented a cool downtown apartment for 210 dollars a month - Utilities included. I only had to work 25 hours a week to maintain a decent lifestyle.

[@HalcyonDaze33]

@@OneTheBlue that’s laughable, not my experience or anyone I know.

[@fuckyoutube-d2e]

its your fault, you believed black rock and ESG that people respecting your zhey zhem pronouns was the most important thing. that and defunding police, and letting immigrants in. enjoy the world you set on fire

[@Jaysin412]

It's so hard to find a job, a relationship, buy a house, not strangle your intrusive, lazy, accusational, landlord, hold a decent job, get your landlord to fix your leaky faucet, of broken fridge......and just live a day without massive stress dropping on your shoulders..... yeah, I feel that.

[@gytrash6167]

Landlords really don't even need that position. Last one tried to use sex as an Alternative payment with my sister when He is married. This one is just Straight Psychotic. Overcharge days when more hours are being taken just to pay for.. let's just say the worst Structure to be remotely called a Double wide house.

[@Jaysin412]

@@gytrash6167 mine is trying to make me replace an entire ceiling fan, motor and all, when it just needs a replacement blade, told he to send me the model number and I'd have it ordered.... no, the whole unit needs reolaced... such a cunt

[@Jaysin412]

@@ChristianHill-ep2ho yeah.... if she wasn't a 60+ yr old hard-core dyke, I'd consider it. But yeah she don't like dick

[@Gaggerlotion]

Having trouble with your landlord, are you?

[@dudedude-su7pt]

No wonder why millions commit suicide every year globally

[@Digitalsurfer265]

I can barely fathom the fact that I’ve been on social media for almost 10 years. How many thousands of hours I’ve wasted

[@literallyhomeless1043]

Honestly the younger generations just feel like toys for a generation that's living longer than it ever dreamed of

[@helenarichard]

I'm a millenial. My mother has a good job, the original lazy girl job. She logs in at home and jokes "can't you see I'm working? Oh well everyone is being lazy at work, may as well join them". I agree with her, her generation is lazy and got everything. But she knows I struggle to get a job and hold it, despite a useful master degree. I feel like us millenials are often used a useful idiots who have to feel "proud" for working hard, two full time incomes. Some have woken up and can see that it is just to pay for the retirement of a generation that calls us lazy. We do wanna work, just not for a bunch of lazy old parasites. We want to work for ourselves and our children.

[@nonplayablecharecter]

My dead grandpa was a farmer

[@RealDevastatia]

@@helenarichard Are you saying all Generation Xers are lazy? I beg to differ. We were handed the same raw deal by the Baby Boomers that you were. Take a look at who has been in power and hoarded all the wealth for over 40 years. Hint: It ain't us.

[@EnjoyeroftheLegion]

​​@@RealDevastatia So do you want a higher wage or place to rest at? Can't take both unless you really work for it, just saying.

[@volkanotb3775]

@@RealDevastatiagen X starts in 1965. Yes, your generation is the problem you are talking about

[@gnarlycat]

Bad parenting, poor education, and social media have ruined Gen Z.

[@NTJedi]

Kids in the 1990s seeking attention: Drives motorcycle, wears leather jacket and sneaks into bars Kids in the 2000s seeking attention: Acts like vampire and wears goth clothing Kids in the 2010s seeking attention: Boys wearing earrings, dresses and wigs saying their female Kids in the 2020s seeking attention: Teenagers cutting off their private parts and pretending their a different gender

[@RandomCommenter-qu2oc]

@@NTJediAt least with with everything until the 2020s it wasn’t inherently destructive

[@leozeld_nb]

@@NTJediWhat

[@thekiller7994]

@@leozeld_nbNTJedi is summarizing each generation

[@paperandmedals8316]

All you really needed to say was bad parenting.

[@KelvHuff]

Born in the 80s, I was raised with timeless values: treat others as you want to be treated, embrace failure as an opportunity to learn, and view criticism as a tool for growth. I've always believed that words can't harm me, but I've made it clear, 'don't mistake my kindness for weakness' - a lesson learned early on. In the face of conflict, I've never been one to instigate, yet I've always stood my ground. My time in the army sculpted me into the man I am today: resilient, unflinching, driven by passion, and guided by honesty and empathy. However, it seems that in today's world, there's a growing tendency to shelter and shield, to applaud without reason, and to take offense at the slightest provocation. It's as though the age-old wisdom of 'Sticks and stones' has been forgotten. As we encourage this 'applaud generation', we risk losing the essence of resilience that was once a celebrated virtue. Strength isn't just in the absence of sensitivity; it's about understanding when to be strong and when to be compassionate, recognizing the power of both.

[@saras.1912]

What you said is so true. You described my thoughts perfectly.

[@Schwupsdupsbeepboop]

Neither am I from the 80s, nor have I been in the army, or sharing similiar events to you (excuse my English please, it is not my first language). Yet I feel like the phrase "back then everything was better" does not come from no where. Of course humans are humans, and if a person has killed another one 1683, then another one will still do it in 2023. But, "back then" people were respectful enough to hear you out, and have a calm conversation, although you might differ in your opinions. Let's take the Israel-Palestine conflict as an example: People usually don't care that you have an opinion, they care about what your opinion is. And you just can't make it right. Whatever side you choose, you will still be called out, insulted, threatened. This scheme works for basically everything. But the point is that you should have an opinion, and take part in open discussions. But now that everything is digital, we "don't know" each other. I don't feel like talking to a person, but rather as if I'm talking to an object. So discussions do happen, with a lot of people actually! Thousands of people replying to each other, based of what maybe one person said! Yet those are usually way too emotional and not factual or rationed (rational thinking). So long story short, we have to lie down our cellphones and VR sets and talk to each other. We have to learn to relearn the value of honesty and kindness. I hope that whoever reads this does understand what zi mean, particularly the creator of the original post I'm replying to

[@melb6746]

Every generation has its a holes. I'm sure the generations before yours thought you were all jerks

[@tonkysue207]

Wish you could be our prime minister..wise and such honest words .💙uk

[@MargaritaMagdalena]

If you believe that words can't harm you, you just haven't experienced domestic violence.

[@tomsnowden6201]

Millennials are slowly giving up…gen z was born given up.

[@Locastorm-qg6rv]

I'm a Gen Z guy and I just wanted to say, that isn't true. I was born into the millennial world changing and dying before creating something new. Overtime, we started to give it up.

[@tomsnowden6201]

@@Locastorm-qg6rv the millennial world? we've not even seen that

[@Locastorm-qg6rv]

@tomsnowden6201 I have. It's just died out very quickly.

[@tomsnowden6201]

@@Locastorm-qg6rv Millennials haven't even passed a piece of legislation as the majority group, I think you can count the number of millennial reps on one hand....You've been living in a boomer hell hole like the rest of us.

[@ActuallyBoomer]

Millenials are slowly giving up because they lost a game of Bubble Bobble.... (Just a joke)

[@Gotinha123]

We were the generation that was promised everything. "If I work hard enough, I can achieve whatever I want!", that's what all those superhero movies taught me... And then I grew up and realized: that's not how things work. Here I am, all alone, no friends, no girlfriend, feeling like I achieved nothing. Life is not fair, there is no such thing as karma or a savior, just this cold reality to get used to...

[@farleymarly2575]

Your mistake was you believed in superhero movies, something which was non existent in my time, In my time we were told life is not fair you make it what it is, sorry for your pain, but you can change your circumstances, we didn't believe in depression or adhd, we just kept moving.

[@AusDenBergen]

Yeah, those people tell you that. But they never acknowledge the corruption and the corrupt. Like they don't exist. The ones that make some efforts meaningless and make energy dissipate into the atmosphere. They need to be acknowledged, identified and addressed. Each generation has that duty.

[@darknessinc.Inc830]

I just wanted a life in which i could be loved unconditionally, but not even my parents showed it to me, how could i like a world that took everything from me since i was a baby? Luckily, this life taught me very early how it really works, while others where getting playstations by santa, i never believed in him, and was instead struggling to not die at the modic age of ten......such a sweet world huh?

[@jason5265]

Who’s we?

[@Robbenklopper86]

well pull yourself together than. If you are an adult and haven´t achieved any of theses things, there is noone else to blame but you. Seriously this is so stupid. I don´t know what is worse. people like you whinning or others rewarding you for it telling you how society is to blame. deep down you know very well that you are in life where you are because of you and not someone else.

[@jbBehemoth]

I'm gen x, it wasn't that easy. I graduated college 4 months before 9/11. The bubble broke. The internet used to assist us. Now it tries to controls us. I think that's one of the main issues.

[@BULLHOGBEATS]

facts

[@GoogleAreEnemyCombatants]

Computers used to assist us. Now they try to control us.

[@yeetme434]

​@@GoogleAreEnemyCombatantsDon't copy , he just said that ...

[@toonsquad497]

Started highschool that year 😊

[@GoogleAreEnemyCombatants]

@@yeetme434 read it again, carefully. And fix your attitude.

[@jimbartosevich498]

Wow. Join my online community for $99 per month to overcome... Online addiction. The joke just writes itself.

[@someguywithnochallenger8178]

Almost like Scientology.

[@guillaumegeay6671]

Moon is everything he is "fighting".. Just discovered the dude and already seems shady af

[@bestintheworld4850]

I used to believe this idea that society is really bad now and that the good old days were amazing, but I realized that’s what people have always thought, like Late republic Romans thought that of early Rome, late ancient Greeks of early ancient Greeks, etc. But in 100 years people will probably look at this era and comment “wow they had it so easy but just gave up” Like how the media just shows the negative things around us, because of corse, that’s what sells, and their objective is to make profit, not to inform us 😂 like all newspapers here just inform about gruesome crimes, although just boomers read newspapers. Anyway it’s extremely nihilistic to think we are indeed in the worst time ever, people have thought that for like 6000 years.

[@samashby8203]

Moon does a great job capturing the essence of what's going on. In the end, society is both what we inherit and what we make of it. We are all adults with a sphere of influence, however small or large. Influence your small patch of the world for the better. Improve the situation around you one little thing at a time. If we all do this, we'll move society in the right direction. But we need to decide what the right direction is also. We are not powerless. We have power over ourselves. It's a conscious decision we must make - to make the world better. I'm 37 and facing the same struggles as everyone else. I was made redundant in March. So I started my own business and it's going well enough. I vow to make it a success. And I'll improve my small patch of the world by becoming good at business, delivering a good service and in doing so, I'll have the means to pay future staff a good, if not a highly competitive wage. I'll foster young talent, train junior staff and give them a leg up in my industry. That's at least a goal I can shoot for and in doing so, improve a few people's situation.

[@CRASS2047]

That is exactly the attitude and outlook everyone needs. Couldn’t have said it better. I’m a small business owner, got tired of depending on others for my survival or success. Business is thriving. Been into manifestation lately. On step 2 of 3 to reach my first major milestone. Then I work on the next. Keep working to make your own orbit better. You’ll get there

[@TheMadMonkey3]

Just out of curiosity, what type of business did you start?

[@samashby8203]

@@TheMadMonkey3 I’m a graphic designer, I’d reached Design Director level in the last few jobs. I’ve sent half my career in advertising and the other half in brand. So my business is a branding studio. Im not saving lives… but I do want to make a positive impact with the business, in the city and for the people I do business with and the people I hope to hire.

[@TheMadMonkey3]

@@samashby8203 that sounds awesome man, thanks for the insights!

[@vcdgamer]

As a Gen Z, I guess I'm one of the lucky ones. Since I basically grew up detached from social media until I was 17. And growing up, the only social interactions I had were with my closest friends, not to mention I spent 6 years in a military high school where discipline was the hallmark.

[@vcdgamer]

@@ChristianHill-ep2ho We were together since the very beginning. Ever since my family moved into the neighborhood when I was about 5 years. I ended up having two very close friends less than a year later.🙂 The whole neighborhood was basically like one big family until all of us eventually moved out one by one. But we still keep in touch and reunite once in a while. I miss them already.😅 P.s Like I said, Most of people my age grew up detached from social media until we became older teenagers. That was how it is for average Nigerians of our time back then.🙂

[@vcdgamer]

@@ChristianHill-ep2ho I guess... Sadly for me, I'm built different. Never really one for socializing both online and in real life. Which makes me super selective about my friends. If I see that we have no connection whatsoever, I stay out of your way. But once the similarities show and that person's of good behavior, we'd be as close as siblings. I ended up having a best friend after high school, and we still meet up every time. He's basically my bro. 🙂

[@bulletproofweasel]

i feel that with the social media detachment but i honestly kinda wish i had strict parents or was sent somewhere to get discipline because it changes your life entirely... Im glad your doing good dude fr

[@iiCounted-op5jx]

@@ChristianHill-ep2ho lol

[@DaACTUALLYREALReddie]

Kinda same here bro, i have a little bit different experience than you, but when i was very little and younger, i loved interacting with my friends during my kindergarten and lower elementary years, and some kids at the playground, they were really friendly to me and each other :D

[@danielhance1467]

I gave up on social media about ten years ago. It was very difficult to quit, and after that I quit reading the news, which was even harder. Im so much happier without it and don't have as many panic attacks

[@jeunejaegerx3458]

Thank you so much for the message you put at the end of the video… I promise to use this crisis for the growth of my strength, so I can be a beacon of light for my peers and those that come after me.

[@u-neekusername4430]

I'm GenX & my son is GenZ, not ONCE did I ever tell him that the world was anything that it's not. I'd already been fed the work hard get ahead the company will take care of, you'll be rewarded for the work that you do, you should buy a house by 25-28, because that's what they did, but it was wrong. I paid attention to the realities around me & he ABSOLUTELY has no chance of having his degree be worth the debt it will incur or buying a house. But that said *I* can't ever buy a house again (divorce sucks esp as female primary carer - STILL!) or get paid the same I was paid 10yrs ago w/less experience. So you're not alone in being disgusted by this world or concerned for the future. Just remember wisdom comes from experience. Experience & wisdom combined with the energy, enthusiasm/inspiration & fresh eyes of youth makes for a powerful team force! Just remember that. All is not lost, yet. Don't isolate, organise.

[@sumrose7972]

Right here with ya mama. My teen, I hope, understands everything I've told her, and she has witnessed. My most biggest heartache for her, is the friend thing. This is what most breaks my heart as her mom, she is such a beautiful soul, and her friends are hardly aware she is there and I see how much it effects her. They only consider her when the more popular, cooler, richer ones, aren't available.. and oh does it make me furious but I can't bar her from them, or tell them what utter jerks they are.. cause well. I treasure my childhood friendships, and she's yet to experience a real best friend. These kids just don't seem to understand how friendships work. They are very vapid and I worry about how they will find meaningful relationships in their futures . Throw all the extra, pansexual, a sexual labels they all use and I just don't get how this will help any of them in the long run?? It's just a crazy ass world out here.

[@MrS22222]

Did you give him a purpose?

[@leehessey1154]

With advice like that you should write a book and pass on such valuable knowledge....call it " how to get ahead in life for gen z and other dumbys"

[@kudjo24]

Maybe keep voting Democrat? That will fix things right? LOL

[@u-neekusername4430]

@@beowulf_of_wall_st Re-read it mate, I didn't tell him to get a degree nor is he in Uni....not even in same country I started in anymore, Uni free when I got here NOT now. It's all shite, so get off ur arse n do something. I'm disabled now n I'm still willing...no one was when I was able n in USA....N you can't even see outside your own preconceived biases to process what I actually typed. Instead of pumping yourself up by trying to put other (ERRONEOUSLY) down, DO SOMETHING PRODUCTIVE. ASK QUESTIONS INITIATE A MOVEMENT not "post a pix" or "dox this creator" BUT TAKE DOWN THE POWER. They only have power thru complacency or BRUT FORCE. I'M READY TO FIGHT BOTH, are you? Or is this easier?

[@Nightweaver1]

The world is far worse off now than it was when I was growing up in the 1980s and '90s.

[@samr.england613]

Too many people and the resultant environmental destruction and degradation. I grew up in the late 1960s, 70s, and early 1980s, and it was worse in the 80s and 90s. You know what's really sad and tragic about environmental deterioration? Every new generation sees the present state of environmental deterioration and ecological destruction as, "the norm".

[@GaryHighFruit]

@@samr.england613 Right. Every Gen thinks the world is too bad. In some ways it gets worse, but some ways it's better. In the 80's pollution was out of control. We had Brown air!! No one THOUGHT about the environment. Now we're aware. People are doing more to help it, and their health.

[@josem588]

@@samr.england613 is because back then the EPA didn’t exist so there weren’t many regulations on pollution so for the 70s pollution increased a lot due to the post war prosperity

[@samr.england613]

@@josem588 The EPA was created in 1970. But under Presidents Reagan and Bush Sr. it was constrained and often restricted from performing its intended function.

[@josem588]

@@samr.england613 and me thinking that since the 70s pollution in usa decreased

[@Phoschan]

I have a personal rule that I will not use any form of social media or play games on Sundays, and I had to force myself to do anything (read books, go for a walk in the park, or go to church) to keep my mind calm and worry-free. honestly it does help and I've been doing this for 5 months now.

[@TheGloopOfMobius]

That’s really good and cool.

[@Quintapion]

Good cope, I need to do this on weekends tbh.

[@FarhanLabib-e3r]

Yup, I need to do this

[@FarhanLabib-e3r]

Thursday and Friday

[@SensSword]

Good job on observing the sabbath. God isn't found in the churches but in the natural world and in our close friends.

[@zayonkiber2510]

The skit on tradtional culture and value switches to scientific ideas/ ideologies was spot on. We are disengaging ourselves from not just culture but the acutal real world, the natural world. 😮

[@jeffreyhamilton8950]

If you feel weak get off social media, lift weights, challenge your own worldview and be open to others, get out of your comfort zone more often, and learn to trust in yourself over the opinion of the crowd. You are so much more than you know and you won’t realize it until you challenge yourself.

[@Timothyrpiano]

I do believe in challenging yourself, but I also believe in taking one step at a time

[@JustinCase807]

Jeffrey, that is at least a start. People need to find purpose in doing good to others on top of that though.

[@NobleDorito8698]

Wow so all the solutions to one's life problems is to get an expensive subscription by a "masculine sigma" youtuber and start lifting? Idiot

[@PAX---777]

Except all of society/women are a complete absolute mess.

[@jeffreyhamilton8950]

@@PAX---777 don’t worry about anyone else, just get your own shit together and watch how the other pieces fall into place.

[@ladykavia]

What do they expect? To get and hold a decent-paying graduate job nowadays requires the *same* tenacity, persistent and drive creating a multi-million startup did 20 years ago. It’s so much easier to refuse to play the game.

[@Pedgo1986]

There are problems for sure but maybe for starter stop going into debt for nonsense diplomas like history of dance, gender studies etc. market is oversaturated 10x by humanities disciplines that's why it has no longer value natural, formal and applied science is gold mine literally but its hard to get.

[@melb6746]

Trade school should seriously be looked at as an alternative to a university. A good trade will never leave you out in the cold during a recession, and there's no debt like with university

[@sergiowinter5383]

Reject urban society, return to hermit

[@billbradley5296]

I did ❤

[@RobertBreedon-c3b]

@@melb6746 I have convinced my oldest grandson that trade school is the better option for him the world will always need skilled trades and kids today don't want to get a skilled trade cause it is too labor intensive. Grandpa here has a skilled trade and did me very well over my working life could afford a good home my wife could stay home and raise the kids. I was never without work even in the early 90s recession I always found work. It also let me retire at 51. Now 57, I can still do side jobs if I want to. I am glad I have more years behind me than I have in front of me.

[@Heyworld21]

yeah, as a gen z kid born right before gen alpha I can agree with this. My parents did not let me have social media when I was younger and she taught me from a young age that the world is not all rainbows and puppys and I do better than almost every kid in my school

[@DORAisD34D]

That’s good

[@tusharjaggi9235]

I wish my parents hadn't exposed me to social media ever

[@little_luna9521]

Same, im also a gen z person born in 2003

[@Mo0shii]

@@tusharjaggi9235 sound cheap, nothing wrong with it, but see it as it is, thats your prob.

[@jettmthebluedragon]

@@little_luna9521well social media can be a good thing 🙂the issue is you have to tame your emotions 😐fear anger and hate are very strong emotions and people have to stop being triggered over the smallest things like democrat or republicans 😑part of my family are republicans some are democrats 😐sure we have our disagreements but I don’t hate them for choosing a side as they are family 🙂sometimes a way to kill your enemies are with kindness 🙂

[@Jarod-te2bi]

0:50 that’s how we all feel, that’s how I felt after high school, went an extra year just to get my diploma for years I was promised if we studied hard focussed on what we wanted believe in ourselves, we can achieve anything. Welp as a show while after and I’m still stuck where I am, it’s hard to find a job(especially since May. The jobs aren’t once people want or can afford you an apartment or house and are being taken by foreign students because it’s a college town where I am.) everything’s getting more and more expensive it’s getting harder to see the light at the end of the tunnel. 😢

[@sheldoncooper8199]

Its actually Insane how Fast the World has changed since 2006. Its impossible to keep Track of it.

[@theucheao]

The Internet

[@sheldoncooper8199]

@@theucheao Yeah i agree it changed from Quality content in 2007 to 2011 to the Sh*t we got Today. aka Instagram and TikTok

[@baronvonjo1929]

I swear 3 years ago it was always about Millennials. And then overnight someone flipped a switch so now everything is about us Gen Z.

[@maguffintop2596]

I noticed that too.

[@mattgonzales774]

yup and in ten years ppl will be bitching about gen alpha lol. this has been happening for centuries, it's so fukin dumb >.

[@KingdomSeaker]

That’s the social game at play, accountability hot potato

[@ambiarock590]

The media just needs some sort of scapegoat right>?

[@aronbrown742]

That's how normies work. Just keep shifting the blame and make fun of the new people in order to fit in.

[@LeonardWashington1989]

man you've been cranking out content consistently now. keep it up

[@manosassassin]

He's outsourcing some of the work so yeah

[@Sebaboo_Vail]

gave up social media 3 years ago as of june 29 2021 never felt better. i feel so free and refreshed. its easy to quiet, delete the apps

[@Mohawks_and_Tomahawks]

We used to raise kids to be adults, but now adults want to be kids forever. That is one of the biggest problems.

[@CoHawk73]

It’s not that adults want to be kids is that there are less opportunities in this world for kids to become adults.

[@ekay4495]

It's cause young adults now realize they're literal slaves to the system, work or be homeless, hungry, dead, why'd you think there's been such an increase in homelessness and a lack of help for them? Also work and you get nothing out of it, "You'll own nothing and be happy" - World Economic Forum Billionaires say

[@radicallarry7044]

Bro found out how any economic system works ever@@ekay4495

[@RandomCommenter-qu2oc]

⁠@@ekay4495Andrew Tate was undeniably wrong about leaving the matrix. That’s not what the characters in the matrix did. What they did was go back in and manipulate it for themselves. Getting rich isn’t leaving the matrix, it’s controlling it. Past billionaires have already set the ground work, so put in the work, pick up the pieces, and get rich.

[@Arbysroastbeefjuice]

@@CoHawk73blame the boomers for that

[@freedomis4all]

I'm a millenial and I've given up on society like ten years ago. They are just waking up to the realities of the modern world. It will pass. And life will still suck.

[@rc_hoov7374]

I encourage you to not give up on people yet. Someone has to spawn "John Connor". Good luck.

[@kmena05]

yea I graduated HS ten years ago and I thought those times were bad, now it's worse.

[@ShadowFrosty101]

i have told people this many times before and im going to say this again but the world is getting worse i knew this was going to happen and i warned people but no one listen now look what is happening

[@sortofanoakyafterbirth3661]

I graduated HS in 2006. What a different world it was. Hard to believe how much/worse it's changed in only 15 years since the great 2008/2009 "recession". Incidentally I lost my first ever real job in Feb 2009, learned why I lost it, and stopped caring about 'retirement' and working hard for a company. I'd settle for a tiny home, gardening, and chickens...

[@Arbysroastbeefjuice]

But you created this……..

[@ThuderDragon2408]

Older generations have always complained about how the newer generations are weaker, this argument has been used on every previous generation. And every time the “new generation” grows up and gets older they become the strong generation which their children and grandchildren look up to

[@joeywheelerii9136]

Cope

[@ttcc5273]

“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.” Horace, Book of Odes 20 BC

[@furiousdestroyah9999]

This whole concept has pretty much been debunked at this point. The answer is that there is no "weak" or "strong" generation, just generations on different stages of their development/maturity

[@JusticeforLiberty]

​@VirginThotvsChadSuccubus cope and seethe all you want , but it is true.

[@thisisfyne]

It used to be true. But there's no way to convince me that the safe-space-and-pronouns generation crying on tik tok daily will ever be regarded as a strong one.

[@emmettyoung7603]

i was born in 2004. my childhood was punctuated by the 2008 housing crash, political unrest 2016-on then the covid pandemic, now another big recession. i know a lot of places got better after after 2008 but my neighborhood didn’t recover at all. i was lucky to have parents who had jobs that kept us afloat. looking around as a young man i realize that my surroundings are destroyed due to pollution from factories, houses cost 200,000 dollars in areas where there are no jobs, investment firms are buying out farms to make solar farms putting even more people out of work. i saved and saved and saved for a car, but the cheapest cars are 15-20,000 dollars. i know cities are bad but rural areas get ignored until uncle sam needs his dollar or young men to go die overseas.

[@metalgrinch]

The issue with millennials vs gen X is that gen X was raised with what the world truly is and to be ready for how human beings truly are. Millennials were raised with an idealism of what the world SHOULD be, and if not granted, to protest, ghost, or burn bridges against those who dare bring any sort of "negativity," as they are just working against the utopia millennials were taught could be possible. Essentially, they were raised with an idealism of toxic positivity, unlike Gen X who were raised with just being realistic. Gen Z takes what millennials learned but skyrocketed. Basically, each generation raised with more and more idealisms becomes more easily offended, manipulated, and ultimately more easily controlled.

[@momo_genX]

Back because I got a joke for you brother, inspired by your video. Woman going through menopause: "Doctor, how do I go through menopause, have less symptoms, and not take estrogen?" doctor: start drinking even more tap water and make sure it's unfiltered.

[@I.I.I.A2]

Well, my friend, Gen Z was never the main character, Gen Alpha is. They will have to fight in the Great War and create a new system. Down with the industry. I mean, that's written in their name, lol.

[@maguffintop2596]

@@I.I.I.A2 who decides these appellations? Utterly arbitrary.

[@I.I.I.A2]

@@maguffintop2596 You think I'm serious?

[@maguffintop2596]

@@I.I.I.A2 phwew 😉

[@jayl5032]

The odd part is the working week controversy, it's very strange to me. You're shunned if you're not working a back-breaking, 60 hour a week job with no social life. If it's one thing I agree on with the zoomers, is that we shouldn't be shamed for not wanting to be wage slaves. Fuck that shit. I want to live good and not give my time to an overlord who will make x3 profit from my hard work.

[@alleygh0st]

I'm somewhere in the middle. "what's there to do? do I need to take 40 hrs to do this and why?" work is so badly managed but I think ity'S somehow on purpose, like daycare to keep people occupied with something, so they don't take control

[@robgau2501]

I have to say, I'm glad I'm Gen X. I feel sorry for Z. The world is completely different for them.

[@Samuel42069]

@@user-zh3cj3dq2x time doesnt exist

[@NoshikiYT]

@@user-zh3cj3dq2x same bro

[@darknessinc.Inc830]

@@user-zh3cj3dq2x i had access to internet at 13, my life was still crap for other reasons...i tho am glad that i didn't have the crappy pronouns generation with forced woke messages everywhere (even if i am still a Z)

[@willdegra317]

Same here. GenX parents messed them up though by raising them to be weak. GenZ can't help but to ruin themselves

[@NoshikiYT]

@@darknessinc.Inc830same bro I only go by my gender which is a male

[@nooneinparticular9879]

I think the reasons because we live an a system that 1: Doesn't give a crap about us. 2: its easier to die 3: we'll be poor even if we get a big wad of cash 4: just existing is expensive 5: were too dependant on our technology to do anything

[@MC-wm1ob]

You got it.

[@ct6852]

On the plus side: they're also absolutely LOADED with information like people have very, very rarely been. Memes. Concepts. Conversations. Documentary videos. Personal stories. Pictures. Philosophies. Life Hacks. History. Knowledge of Foreigners. Politics. Multi-tasking ability. Internet and tech literacy. etc. etc. etc. They have HUGE potential. Just need to know when to unplug and interact face to face. And when to put their judgments aside. If given opportunities they'll be more than fine.

[@TheComedyGeek]

Listen kids, Gen X went through this exact thing. A world that didn't want or need us, being middle class seeming impossible and feeling like a failure because of it, cynicism and apathy abounding, and yes, a hell of a lot of just plain giving up, or "slacking" as we called it in the 90's. I wish I had some wonderful advice to give you on how to get through it, but I don't. My generation, um, doesn't exactly specialize in cheerfulness, and now you know why. All I can say is that you WILL get through it. Hang in there, and take your pleasure where you can find it.

[@phoenixdaronco9540]

I've seen a lot of pessimism in this comment section, but the sentiment at the end of your comment reminded me that there may be a light at the end of the tunnel. Even though you said you didn't have wonderful advice, the words you do have were still helpful to me. Thanks, man!

[@TheComedyGeek]

@@phoenixdaronco9540 You're welcome. Glad I could help. :)

[@jun31d_14]

@@phoenixdaronco9540I agree I think we’re still very young as a generation and we still don’t really know how the world functions and, our brains are also not as developed, I guess time will tell, right now I’m just going to hang tight and pull my seatbelt on and hope for the best

[@karagandrk]

49 years here. I totally agree with you. Younger generations don't know what it was like in the 90s, especially in the first five years. Now people used to think it was just raves and parties until Monday morning, but the reality was pretty much darker for younger people.

[@juggernaut2035]

Makes a change from being told "I managed to buy a house as a single dad blah blah blah" Thanks

[@magicmantis]

This is the era where we really need to come together and help each other.

[@ChalupaHoopaBasketball]

💯

[@HourglassCalculus]

Ik

[@-ZM_Gaming-]

Not installing tiktok, Instagram, Twitter, and all that and only using essentials like Facebook and KZbin might have been the best decision I have made yet

[@staticsfs6823]

I love how Moon is telling us to stop Social Media When his KZbin channel started in social media.

[@vomit_girly]

Almost like he's an hypocrite

[@MJ-fj9yv]

It is the only way he can talk to you, dummy.

[@rico-fs1cr]

I think he meant not to overly relay on them or there simply was no better way to tell people.

[@SnuzzyLuvvs]

Gotta get the message out

[@johnnylego807]

Love your videos Moon. They are extremely important. Unfortunately they don’t want us to change, THEY created this situation. A man who is depressed is generally stuck, and a man who’s stuck can do anything, especially being plugged in, if you unplug, and see the world for what it truly is, those that do are also stuck. They’ve created the perfect situation to control us.

[@9000ck]

I think its morally strong not to have children if you know you can't provide enough attention, care and a stable home for them.

[@Timothyrpiano]

I want to have children, but the way the world is right now and the way I’m predicting it’s gonna be as I get older, I’m definitely worried about bringing a child into it. I have to think about it

[@michaellimpus1289]

As someone who reluctantly had children, i could not agree more

[@Magdalena287]

It’s a cop out, you don’t want to have kids because your selfish and self absorbed. You couldn’t imagine ever being a better person for the sake of a family so you keep wasting your life on bullshit.

[@ksc5522]

Yes, but having children has given me the higher purpose I was lacking, it has forced me to have focus and discipline and has turned me into a high value person. Don't let your fear of the future keep you from finding a higher purpose. The transition to parenthood is hard, but it is life changing and worth it, you won't regret having children.

[@alleygh0st]

@@Timothyrpiano find people who are willing to fight for a future and have those children, absolutely

[@dw4956]

Gen Z has not given up, they never started in the first place.

[@Jose-wv4wq]

This why we must visit suffering everyday through doing the things we don't want to. Exercise, read, challenging yourself.

[@Nefus1988]

I´m Millenial here born 1988 bought my first smartphone when I was 23 years old. So glad I was able to live through some years without internet and social media

[@Timothyrpiano]

That’s so crazy that you bought your first smartphone when you were 23. Mine was given to me as a birthday gift when I was 11

[@jamiewilson1532]

I liked my slider phone and would keep buying it off of ebay until I no longer could find anymore. And then all the basic phones were ugly and bland, so then I caved and finally got a smartphone. I hate how intrusive all the apps are, always asking for more and more data and more and more permissions and then constantly listening and tracking.

[@bigschnozer576]

Back in my father’s or grandparents days their goals were buy a house get married and buy a car, now a days you think getting a good job that pays well a far fetched dream

[@Timothyrpiano]

It shouldn’t be like that

[@Matt-83690]

I Think the destruction of communities and the internet are the worst things that happened, nevermind the constant violence, hate and negativity, its easy to see why so many are so lost.

[@itskevinjustkevin]

It breaks my heart as a fellow generation z child to see the world rot and burn away to think that my generation is solving the world's problems or doing anything about it we would rather curl up into a ball and never go outside over again. It's a travesty that's what it is

[@marocat4749]

Its apearently the most politivcal generation ever, so i wouldnt say that, its just a lot media fuckery and its not loke conservatives never defended fucked up systems. I get wanting to curl up, but expecting to save everything, oh a bit hope that something can be done might be whats rally healthy, whatever something is.

[@itskevinjustkevin]

@@marocat4749 I can't do much, but i can give you this good advice. When the atomic bombs fall, cover your eyes and ears, lay on your belly with your feet facing the re-entry vehicle's trajectory if your outside. The 1st thing you want seek after the nuclear exchange is clean water, atomic fallout is deadly and has a half life of 30 years, seek a place not tainted by the black rain and fallout. Next you'd might wanna arm up with whatever can harm, there will be fighting after the countries fall, lots of fighting.

[@bungerbungerbunger246]

I still remember when all the older generations were staying stuff like "the youth, Generation Z, will save the world 💖 these 14 year olds are our future, and what a bright future it'll be 💞" Okay, cool, so we saw the world. And surprise surprise, we are just as flabbergasted and terrified as every other person who cares, PLUS we were expected to fix it!! wowie! 🤡

[@DORAisD34D]

Younger gen z is innocent. A lot of the older gen z are the ones who populate tiktok, only fans, and politics

[@Danielle14..6]

@@bungerbungerbunger246 funny we’re not responsible for all of this the older generations have the power to change but they don’t want to do they’ll just suffer in their pile of garbage they’ve created what a bunch of 🤡 mad world we live in guys please understand the end is near nothing in the world stays forever you all matter a lot and as a human I have to tell this to anyone reading this you matter and you are loved never tell yourself you don’t matter that is a lie the biggest lie in the whole world you all matter because you’re conscious beings who are capable of doing anything, Jesus is coming and the end is coming as we know it I know most people don’t believe in Jesus but you need to understand the book of revelation just read signs of the end time and it applies to the world we’re living in RIGHT NOW you all have a soul and what you do on this earth matters A LOT please repent and believe in Jesus and obey God he doesn’t want any of you to perish none of you should perish we’re all just born one day and that’s that but we’re all here for a reason and He made us so we can have a opportunity like this to be reunited with him through his son This is the most important decision of your life Jesus loves you and he died for us sacrificing himself please take this opportunity to make the right decision your soul never dies remember that 🙏🕊️

[@hardwired2]

I believe that the #1 key to success is discipline and perseverance. Keep going guys just stay strong 💪 ❤

[@thedesensitizedsympathizer5307]

I can't afford to destroy my video games and consoles anymore though

[@Robbenklopper86]

yep thats the truth, people have it so easy and cofortable that they don´t know what real effort means. I blame high speed internet for this.

[@MatBad96]

Your comment is such a cliche that my mind became numb to it but when I paused and thought it through it's true. If I just put down my electronic devices and do the things I know I need to do to move forward then my life would completly change - it's that simple!

[@vcdgamer]

Yep. That's the neat thing.

[@vinayseth5899]

@@MatBad96 Why not just use your electronic device to do the things to move you forward?

[@psilocin6739]

Working 40 hours a week for our current global/social situation just isn't worth it anymore in my opinion. I don't, or can't trust anyone and i hate it. I don't think depression is what's causing a lot of us to feel this way, I've analyzed what's going on in the most logical way i can and decided it just might not be worth it.

[@jeltoninc.8542]

Yes I see it as people viewing the odds and choosing not to care about the game anymore. It’s like when you’ve realized you’ve lost in chess before it even happens. What’s the point of playing when the outcome is inevitable? Might as well let the game end and start again.

[@salzkasten]

Why would I play when my opponent is Magnus Carlsen all the time? I cant hope to win so the only winning move is not to play

[@Timothyrpiano]

I think it’s both

[@enrlichhartman]

That is why youth generations are waiting for the world to burn . Is more easy to build something from the ashes.

[@Timothyrpiano]

@@enrlichhartman I’m at a point where I wouldn’t mind a world reconstruction. It’s probably never gonna happen but it would be great

[@angelocaduto.official]

We’ll be alright. Our ability to persevere during hardship is truly phenomenal

[@ericvulgate]

During the troubles I bought forty acres in the painted desert and left the city forever. I'm five miles away from the next guy on the road and I never miss constant interaction or having to step over junkies to get to the gym.

[@Timothyrpiano]

I bet it’s very peaceful. I wouldn’t move out in the desert, but I’ve definitely thought about living in a forest away from the city when I get older

[@apalapaemo]

I am 25, but buying a decent house and starting a family seems so far off in the future, it boggles my mind.

[@Valentino016]

Your overthinking

[@Timothyrpiano]

I wonder how far off it’s gonna be in 5 years from now when I’m 25

[@justacat869]

Same here. My parents had an apartment when I was young and they gave it to me, but they keep saying that it's too small and I need to buy a house when I have a family. But both seem like a distant dream.

[@LiberPater777]

The cherry on top of all this insane mess, is if you're a man, and have all the "normal" criteria of the past to "start a family" (job, car, house, etc.), it still won't matter, because 80+% of women won't care unless you're the top 5-10% of men. They'll see you as below average, and won't have any interest. But, let's say by some miracle, you _do_ wind up in a relationship, married, and have a family. You then get to look forward to a 50% shot it will fail. And, it will more than likely be your wife that pulls the trigger on the marriage whether you like it or not. Then, she gets to take your kids, your house, half your earnings, and _then_ you become a wage sIafe by having to pay child support and/or alimony for God knows how long. Ain't that just grand? Who wants to sign up???

[@justacat869]

@@gg_ingy I have a bedroom, a living room, a kitchen, and a bathroom. It's enough for one person, maybe even two, but for a family, it's a bit small. Still, I don't plan to start a family in the near future, but it's something to think about.

[@god563616]

Gen X are the parents of Gen Z and their generations are literally IDENICAL yet Gen X cant stop dragging Gen Z the generation they created and wont give them ANY solutions or encouragement. They are just letting them live in depression.

[@rico-fs1cr]

Some of them even actually do give advices but in such a monotonous way with so much repetition that it just feels like much more difficult than it has to be. Not to mention that they can even be mad at taking notes and forbid it to "improve one's own memory". Yeah, in a world to remember all the stuff to even maintain your job while Zoomers are more immersed in speculative fiction lore and memes that's gonna happen.

[@RobertBreedon-c3b]

What are we are supposed to coddle you till we die get off your ass and go get a job and suck it up butter cup how is that for a solution and encouragement, the world doesn't owe you a thing is how I was raised. Our Gen-Xer Grandparents went through a depression then a World War came home and went on with their lives no crying about what war did to my life.

[@emanonymous]

I'm a millenial (dob 1987) and I lived through my share of tragedy. i grew up in the suburbs of nyc and i was a high school freshman during 9/11. I knew people who lost family and friends. during the real estate crisis of 2008 i ended up homeless in the streets working part time at a grocery store just to survive. if i can offer one piece of advice- do not under any circumstances join the police or military. don't put your life on the line for a psychopathic class of authoritarians who constantly fuck over your loved ones and community.

[@_vofy]

To the contrary, if you feel like it's something you would like to do, by all means join the police or military and bring your core values to the power structures.

[@emanonymous]

@@_vofy the police and military have no values. they have slogans and marketing but ultimately they only follow orders. if they don't they're fired, discharged, or imprisoned. make no mistake; the most horrific atrocities ever committed on mankind were by the military and police

[@sitrueis4007]

Our generation is here to change things but this world is so fuck up that its hard.... Fuck boomers and X.

[@firstlast8258]

@@_vofya sucker is born every minute

[@xrfa7422]

@@_vofy There are power structures in all societies, especially the industrial ones. In a tribal society, there is the chief and his men.

[@RageCookie1428]

I have gone through many challenges as Gen z. I never had parents, but I'm trying to become the best version of myself without them.

[@Timothyrpiano]

Hope you get to that point

[@SupremeLoui]

As a baby boomer I can say that this is exactly how we felt about the millennials back in the early 2000s.

[@ImTitan16]

No offense to you personally but i feel like alot of issues we have today came from your generation

[@ZENIGMATV]

I still feel that way. After Gen X things went downhill

[@SupremeLoui]

@@ImTitan16 If you don't mind I would like you to give some examples of said issues.

[@ImTitan16]

@@SupremeLoui well the way yall raised gen x wasnt good. Alot of you guys left your kids at home with little supervision. Child abuse rose alot innthe 70s and 80s when alot of boomers had kids. And you guys kinda created the whole "move out when your 18" model that has proven to be bad for future generations

[@ImTitan16]

@@SupremeLoui alot of you guys brag about working hard but refuse to see that you guys grew up in extremely easy times

[@adnreasrost9135]

“The children now love luxury; they have bad manners, contempt for authority; they show disrespect for elders and love chatter in place of exercise. Children are now tyrants, not the servants of their households. They no longer rise when elders enter the room. They contradict their parents, chatter before company, gobble up dainties at the table, cross their legs, and tyrannize their teachers.” Greek philosopher Sokrates 469-399 B.C.

[@nmc1859]

❤

[@jordan10158]

being a millennial, it's weird to see zoomer's world. We watched it all change. But they know no other world. When I was young, someone spending every day socalizing on the internet was only for shut ins and now it's just normal. I have found some balance in between the two worlds but I can't imagine much of Gen Z knows what a world without the internet constantly at your fingertips is like.

[@thisisfyne]

What strikes me the most is how uneducated they are about the technology they use, being totally ok with the lack of privacy and constant ads / sponsored garbage shoved in their face all day long. The internet wasn't supposed to be like this, but companies took over and somehow the zoomers embraced it as a positive thing (??????). Teens used to want to rebel, do their own thing, think by themselves - but now they aspire to be a sponsored influencer making big bucks on social media. I've never seen a generation so eager to fit in the corporate machine. And those who "rebel" and "use their voice" still do it in a completely egocentric way, spewing their little unique pronouns and gender to the world expecting tons of likes and shares online + special treatment IRL. It's disgusting.

[@jeltoninc.8542]

It is disgusting, but it’s also kind of poetically horrifying. Within around four generations the corporations have created the “perfect” consumer. They literally bred humans like farm animals or domesticated dogs.

[@grimsbycwt]

​@@thisisfyne 👏🏽

[@darkchild130]

@@thisisfynethis knowledge, and observing their self destructive behaviour fills me with a strange kind of dull dread.

[@MR_THINQ]

If the internet was unplugged gen z would need therapy.

[@YTRayne]

Never want your videos to stop, could listen to your content for hours

[@hollyloomer7667]

I am a Gen X mother with, millennial and Gen Z kids. My millennial had to move back in with us because of economics. My Gen Z is still in school, however, the differences in these generations are so stark, it is frightening for me to even help them understand the world around them. I don't even recognize it myself so how the hell am I going to give them any advice? I can't because none of it is the same. However, all I can do is give them as much of a safety net to try and make sense of all this fractured reality.

[@dr.strangelove9815]

You are doing a lot by being there for them, a real blessing. You're not alone. Most people have parents, children and even grandparents under the same roof now. We're going back to generational homes that were typical before the 1940s, when the economy, and world, was in turmoil. I wish all of you the best.

[@Samookely]

@@dr.strangelove9815 id honestly prefer the generational home model, having more family together helps generate community which could be the one thing that’ll help us against whats ahead.

[@theucheao]

Being there for them is all they need. They’ll use their brains to figure out their lives naturally. Just be there for them and love your children unconditionally…

[@taoistangel2280]

I recently deleted all my posts off of my socials. I've been struggling as to whether or not to co tinue using social media in general. I think I will, your reframing of joining to be as utilitarian as possible was a strong argument. Time and time I come back to you channel to be challenged and you never disappoint. Thank you for all the hard work, you'll have my attention for a while. ❤

[@am_a_Muhammad]

It honestly feels like hard work does not pay off, at least not as much as before. Now, it just depends on how popular you are which 75% relies on chance. I studied and worked as much as I can and yet, I am still as same as 3 months ago but anyone who is famous becomes different once a week. I think now, it will start the age of chance, not hard work which is just honestly disappointing. They don't care how much you worked for the society, you matter if you are black, Asian, brown, gay, lesbian, trans, bisexual, a woman or any of the genders that exists now. And if you are a white, straight man, you will never be liked, even if you worked your arse off to save the world. It is just based on chance, not hardwork.

[@nopenever3]

Yes, chance is a factor but chance favors the prepared. I am sorry to say 3 months is not enough time to improve your situation and comparing real life to the internet is part of the problem. I am Gen X and my success took 30 years. My husband's success took 15 years then another 25 of dedication. The white man syndrome will run its course. This has happened before, hiring "quotas" , promoting unqualified because it was not based on job performance. It didn't work then and it will sort itself out again in time. Gen X grew up with the myth that you can work at one company for your entire life, like our parents did. We had to overcome, constantly changing jobs due to corporate mergers. I agree with Gen Z having significant challenges and they are significantly different than the past but it's up to you to adapt. No one can fix it for you. I know that might sound harsh but you must work with the hand your are dealt. It's up to you to make it. My Gen X friends that had it "easy" were much less successful and much less fulfilled. Try kicking a$$ and taking names. You got this. I believe in you. Attitude is EVERYTHING. Be well

[@HalcyonDaze33]

Attractiveness and charisma have always yielded an advantage. You can succeed without them, but it increases the diffuculty considerably.

[@AR15rules]

"The world is too expensive and it'll take over a decade to buy a house. Now buy my 99$ Internet course"

[@XPV247]

This video has made me realize that I am very hopeless, starting a change for myself is just too hard😮‍💨

[@prokings5060]

Moon i am 16 and i quitted porn and started to go to gym cuz youre vids inspired me thanks

[@the_rajji]

I'm so glad I ran into your channel. Such well thought out, well made pieces that provide much needed insight on the ways of the world.

[@dancehallvibes42]

Millennials are the generation that found out it was all a lie (well some of them). Gen Z grew up knowing it is a lie. That in a way is freeing. This next decade is going to be interesting. Not saying it’s going to be good or bad, but it will be interesting.

[@willdegra317]

What exactly is all a lie? Because GenZ believes delusion over actual facts. Millenials give more power to government -- who is lying if not psychopaths in power?

[@sumrose7972]

I think many of us Gen Xers knew as well, we just couldn't be bothered to care.. and unfortunately that apathy has come back to bite us in the ass.

[@ttcc5273]

Gen X here, a lot of us pretty much thought it was all a lie too. GenX response to a parent asking a high school age kid “so Lloyd, what do you want to do with your life?”: “I don't want to sell anything, buy anything, or process anything as a career. I don't want to sell anything bought or processed, or buy anything sold or processed, or process anything sold, bought, or processed, or repair anything sold, bought, or processed.” Maybe it’s a cyclical thing, or maybe the parents of Millennials made big promises (or told their kids to dream big).

[@Howtoman126]

I am from gen x and there was always weird kids like how there’s this one girl who thought she was Yoshi and Yoshi sounds now she is a divorce lawyer they’re just going through her phase

[@epicproportionsmediaproduc6697]

“If the rule that you follow brought you to this, what good is the rule.” -Anton Chigurh - No Country For Old Men