US Politics on Yik Yak | u think people in the 70s weren’t like omg all my friends have walkmans i need to get one?? every generation does this. it’s human nature. the only difference now is that the ratio of avg wage to cost of living was a shit ton closer back then.

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u think people in the 70s weren’t like omg all my friends have walkmans i need to get one?? every generation does this. it’s human nature. the only difference now is that the ratio of avg wage to cost of living was a shit ton closer back then.

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7 upvotes, 9 comments. Yik Yak image post by Anonymous in US Politics. "Sad"

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Anonymous 1w

Defending overconsumption & trends instead of exploring why we feel the need to buy things to fit in

Anonymous 1w

also it’s much more obvious that trends affect sale now because of the internet??? this is a stupid post

Anonymous 1w

You literally buy something to fit in. That’s fucking stupid

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boariskarloff 1w

that’s not what the post is about. not my post. not the original post. thanks for the sentiment i guess?

Anonymous

#2 1w

i didn’t say it wasn’t? all i said was it’s not a gen z specific problem.

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OP 1w

i think that statement is WHY the post exists, though. like yeah it’s human nature to do this - but the hyper-presence of advertising and ease of buying shit from the internet exacerbates an existing problem, and they target young people especially it’s not “because they’re gen z”, but gen z is disproportionately affected

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OP 1w

What I mean is that we should examine where this need to buy & fit it—which you correctly pointed out has existed for a long time—comes from and who benefits from this drive for consumption

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boariskarloff 1w

well you said i’m defending overconsumption. which i’m not. just defending gen z. i agree with what you’re saying but it just has nothing to do with the point of either post