Why China’s slacker generation is choosing to “let it rot”

[@TheDevouredEagle]

In the immortal words of *Tyler Durden:* _We work jobs that we hate, to buy stuff that we don't need to impress people we don't like"_

[@zakaryloreto6526]

I’m pretty sure we need food, housing and goods. If you mean dumb luxury stuff like a designer clothes or expensive cars I agree.

[@hashblack11]

I know which movie this dialogue is from, but I'm not supposed to talk about it

[@animalmother5287]

Murica

[@Founderschannel123]

@@zakaryloreto6526 tbh even food is a luxury

[@TheRaginCajun6]

Not just in China but the whole world

[@chingcheewoo913]

Very much better zombies and homeless in California.

[@CHIEF_420]

​@@ToiChutGongWuDemasiado mucho personas en la planeta. Necesitan más educación y trabajos

[@wynn3077]

@@ToiChutGongWu It would be impossible to brain wash you Chan Fat 🥱

[@vhs360]

First world countries

[@TheRaginCajun6]

@@vhs360 this includes the Philippines as well

[@shangenhung]

There’s no slacker. It’s more like you are being pushed and robbed by the bullies who are the real slackers. Since you can’t fight back, the easiest way to get those bullies while keeping yourself safe is by not doing anything, so those bullies can’t get anything from you, and this is how eventually “communism or socialism” turns out.

[@logmart8113]

They are the one who should be scared. Their loss is much much bigger than us. Enough with this bs.

[@SoulPotato007]

Be a minimalist. I choose to do a job which has very less stress, even if the income is low. I know I will not be able to afford luxury but at least I’m happy and content with what I have.

[@sickofit5547]

Same

[@daviddobarganes9115]

I agree, we have to curl into a ball so capitalism won't see us

[@22MEAP]

This! This has been great for my life and I did climb the ladder and now I climbed back down for peace of mind. No money is worth your peace ✌🏽

[@XA1985]

Their logic makes sense, what’s the point of working like a dog when there is no reward

[@SinarBaru-bp4jx]

And here i am the only one that fell that way. Especially my parent who force me

[@CHIEF_420]

🧂🧂

[@muntadar1655]

​@@CHIEF_420 bot detected

[@ravana1618]

Slacker generation is all over the world and in every country now... just not only china.

[@Terrakinetic]

I feel like the shift in the motifs of webnovels, webtoons, and manga reflect the state of mind of so many people. The plot devices always revolve around this average but hard working nobody (often one unfairly bullied by the world) who gets reincarnated, gets transported to another world, gets sent back in time, or so on. In other words they get a second chance to become the best in the world. It's no longer the shonen protagonist working hard and going through waves of training montages- It's why doesn't the world just give me everything with a magic video game system. Why can't I just have everything and be better than everyone else? Why can't I get revenge on all the people who thought they were better than me?

[@remus2985]

True and clearly visible, kinda hard to be surprised though, you can constantly find people within minutes thanks to the internet whose circumstances closely match your own views on differing things, living their life which one can presume was acquired through a more obvious path than the one the individual in question is faced with, couple that with classic government corruption and an uncertain future, and you have what we see all over the world today, disaffected youth that have exceptionally low hope and react by choosing to mass weaponize laziness.

[@D.2601]

These r the “beautiful ones” from the “universe 25” experiment. If you check about the behavioral sink experiment they say it has no relation to humans but that a big fat lie. The 1% wanted a massive de p0pulation this is modern £u genics. Getting rid of the 99%gradually so that the limited resources of the planet is reserved only for the 1% & their future gen. Hence the investment in space(more resources) & wars-weapons, pharma(to engineer virus that gets rid of target population) & AI.

[@D.2601]

21:49 so what does the govt do? Invest in engg a virus that targets the % of “non productive” population!

[@xXOverHaulXx]

Well some of them do be fire

[@WoleGqu]

shonen characters working then find out there's been unimaginable power in them all along、😂😂and they just slap because they got a strong family

[@chenghonggoh4746]

Common prosperity does not require hard work. Common prosperity requires common effort.

[@Hkchinese888]

And the efforts of mouth cannon

[@IKEMENOsakaman]

Everything is play play. Nothing's real anymore in essence. This reminds me of the quote credited to a Russian worker: "We pretend to work, and they pretend to pay us."

[@rajparida7148]

Enlightenment 😶‍🌫️

[@hunger4wonder]

or, "because they pretend to pay us, we pretend to work"

[@rajparida7148]

@@hunger4wonder both way it's true

[@susanfanning9480]

That's a brilliant comment, sadly.

[@raduromanesti6408]

im 22 , its not just china

[@syproful]

I give you a tip. Being dumb is actually a gift.

[@sharongillesp]

It’s a REAL shift with no immediate outlet but is brewing to explode.

[@EvonneLindiwe]

It's not just them

[@CHIEF_420]

🧂

[@Michael20]

Enough with the lazy podcasts, do videos

[@joaodecarvalho7012]

The last generation... Everything China does is epic.

[@timfoo8228]

Proud to be a slacker.

[@aeomus26]

Tan Ping is justice ✌💪👍

[@michaelericlambert2487]

Amazing episode!!!

[@Sirjohnwilliamuk]

The answer is simple indeed, their father's worked hard and they have no need to do so...

[@fredjames6121]

Covid gave us time to think thats all we needed to realize the bs in about a 'successful life'

[@TheZhulinken]

It's called "lying flat" not "let it rot", the U.S. youth is "let it rot" by taking fentanyl or robbing a supermarket.

[@ius5031]

Chinese “Youths” are no better

[@therminust4]

U$ Tranq zombie pandemic

[@D.2601]

These r the “beautiful ones” from the “universe 25” experiment. If you check about the behavioral sink experiment they say it has no relation to humans but that a big fat lie. The 1% wanted a massive de p0pulation this is modern £u genics. Getting rid of the 99%gradually so that the limited resources of the planet is reserved only for the 1% & their future gen. Hence the investment in space(more resources) & wars-weapons, pharma(to engineer virus that gets rid of target population) & AI.

[@4_youtube_is_dead]

It's canon

[@D.2601]

21:49 so what does the govt do? Invest in engg a virus that targets the % of “non productive” population!

[@mungpujanarko2256]

Terimakasih, sy suka dengar scmp podcast 👍

[@Hkchinese888]

What’s the point of making 9 yuan per hour working in factories 打螺絲？

[@Hkchinese888]

@@ToiChutGongWu 9 yuan isn't enough to buy me half cup of coffee. 🤣🤣

[@Hkchinese888]

@@ToiChutGongWu 嘩，原來西澳咁撚多小粉紅，怪不得以前麥高雲同志咁親共。

[@Hkchinese888]

@DW_482 Why not?

[@Hkchinese888]

@@ToiChutGongWu 挑， 今次大陸女足真係衰收尾喇，八十九分鐘先失波。😂😂

[@Hkchinese888]

@@ToiChutGongWu 大陸女足九成半執包袱，下場對美國機會等於零。 喂，點睇？回應吓。 Edit: 英國

[@sbrazwell42]

College is a mirage..train for real jobs. Learn trades..take classes as you go if you want to expand your horizon.

[@NWforager]

bleak stuff. New way to destroy an economic enemy . Disenchant their youth . Win .

[@___beyondhorizon4664]

These laying flat and let it roit generations needs mental health, but its not easy to get in China or Asia. Going to work at jobs which you sre not passionate about its like a hamster running around the wheel just to get food, and repeat until death

[@infinitebeing1119]

Actually the leaders need real mental treatment to calm down their destructive ego.

[@sleric3]

It would not be wise (counter-productive) to swim against the tide. Happy people are more productive. With AI such as ChatGPT productivity can be increased. There should be the option for 9-9-3. This will give the opportunity for others who want a balanced life/work to find a job.

[@willliam1420]

So planking has arrived in China

[@mohamaddarwish3765]

So i guess, the one who responsible for the animation had a day of?

[@chaoticlife311]

Linkin Park Point of Authority. RIP Chester. Just because it happens to someone else, what makes you think it wont happen to you? The point is, can you still rise above it when all the nightmares are thrown at you?

[@gnofleasfoamfollower6322]

✨✨Impressive continuity.

[@Observer168]

常将有日思无日，莫待无时想有时

[@BladeBarn]

ive been looking for a Facebook etc group about lying flat but there are none ive found

[@joeygio9586]

That’s because Facebook itself is blocked in China

[@tutubism]

it sounds to me that like they lack some sort of ambition or purpose in life and that's rather sad..

[@TheDevouredEagle]

I think the idea is more of WHY have ambition or purpose when it actually won't fulfill your life and it will only bring more unnecessary stress and faster physical breakdown, but I could be wrong, it's just my opinion🤔

[@Marebito_]

nowadays this YOUTHS😤 they don't wanna work overtime for peanuts to get someone else rich. what a generation. this is so sad.

[@drakenkraken8455]

Your purpose serves no purpose in the sum total of the universe. These people are not sitting depressed, they are enlightened. Life is a sheer joy, a playfulness, a fun, a laughter, to no purpose at all. Life is its own end; it has no other end

[@robertwilsoniii2048]

​@@Marebito_The ironic thing is that China is supposed to be communist. Shouldn't they be given housing and enough money for doing not that much work?

[@robertwilsoniii2048]

Isn't that the meaning of communism?!?

[@willliam1420]

Eat bitter= perseverance

[@coffeebreak100]

I love “reality bites’ ❤

[@alyxgurr755]

I wonder why is it that you even have to work 996. Who made that the reality. It's it the progress or maybe there are foreign investments involved.

[@superturbo2]

Who wants to sacrifice their lives for a crazy dictator without getting anything in return anyway...

[@sharongillesp]

A happy life is earned through HELPING OTHERS and finding YOUR STORY. NOT through CAPITALISM!

[@willliam1420]

So Slackers are helping the job market. People willing to work have more chances of finding a job

[@danielr4774]

And in that job they'll have 5 times the workload to make up for the shortage

[@gdutfulkbhh7537]

Well, maybe in the free world... but the mainland China situation is very different.

[@olderchin1558]

This is nothing new or transitional. There will always be some that are fragile. Not all are cut out to succeed or even survive on their own. We had the hippy, flower culture, druggie, doomsayer like for decades. The easy life of the middle class also add to this culture. It happens in every culture around the world where freedom of expression exist. For China, 1 child to 6 parent ratio will create a greater distortion. Like the west, community of dropouts from society will start to form in farms communes and cities, the future homeless generation. Human beings are not uniformly the same, intelligence and abilities varies for each individual.

[@mytruth3777]

Seems you don't understand there is a systematic demonic attack happening that has really geared up in recent years. It is not a problem of people being fragile, as you stated.

[@leon__ore]

I hope this is not happening to the youth of real China, I wish you a peaceful sky over your head🙏🇹🇼

[@wynetsang]

China's youth is relaxing for a moment before Armageddon arrives.

[@JimboBart]

Same as in the West.

[@PyroMax]

China doing what it can do best. Copying

[@princegunag7]

Before ✝️⚰️ life = Now My ✝️⚰️ life

[@doraKitty23]

They should move to live in indonesia 😂

[@natashabenton2308]

Indonesia bukan negara yang ramah terhadap orang China

[@peekaboopeekaboo1165]

What do you mean by that?

[@anonmouse15]

In a manner of speaking, they will; dressed in uniforms and holding guns.

[@123321ps]

Y dont u make a episode of how many teenagers got addicted in drugs and cannabis in USA.

[@CHIEF_420]

​@@mudshovel290🌬

[@willliam1420]

She can't get a job in the USA that's why she in HK? LOL She did grew up in USA

[@sneckotheveggieavenger9380]

Lazy young people

[@4_youtube_is_dead]

Controlled groomers boomers

[@sneckotheveggieavenger9380]

@@4_youtube_is_dead lol I'm 16. You g people are just mentally ill. Their parents endured famine, wars, and locerty and built China. What struggle the young Chinese have to compare?

[@TRIXD_OFFICIAL]

First

[@princegunag7]

My life 👀 👁️ 🔪 🎃

[@misterbig9025]

Do they want to become wives of Indian men?

[@夜深了-z2o]

It’s dangerous

[@willliam1420]

LOL

[@animalmother5287]

I miss chinese 🐱. I miss beijing

[@cooliipie]

So tight