Anonymous OP 4w

I’m mad at everyone man

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Anonymous #2 4w

yeah i was gonna follow up this post with another one highlighting how insanely different i am at 24 compared to the average 18 or 19 year old. and also how different i was at 18 and 19 than these kids are.

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Anonymous OP 4w

Literally. Im 25 and the juxtaposition of people my age cohort versus the people just a few years younger is uhhhhh It has to be when the pandemic interrupted social development. Like yeah we lost the social life in college, but our brains were nearly done cooking. Not so for the kids in high school or younger when everything shut down

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Anonymous #2 4w

i just don’t believe a year in front of computers, that all those kids were already spending too much time in front of to begin with, caused…this. people act like the lockdowns were harsh and kept people locked in their houses for years when they were realistically very lax (part of why covid never actually went away and only started to curve once the vaccines were available) and lasted like 9-12 months. there’s something else going on beyond that.

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Anonymous OP 4w

That is true, and there are *many* factors that led us (or rather, them) to this. I still think that the explosion of tiktok during that time and all the conspiracy shit and Andrew Tate and his ilk played a big role in helping shape kids' worldviews when they didn't have the opportunity to experience anything for themselves, and thus no reference points for realizing "wait what they're saying is all bullshit" This will be very fun for future historians to figure out

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Anonymous #2 4w

yeah, i do think the lockdowns contributed as well as the storm on the internet that began to brew around that time. but god, it’s gotta be deeper than that. we looked like we were poised to be the most progressive generation since the boomers of the 60s and now i’m convinced we’re gen x 2.0 except even worse somehow.

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Anonymous OP 4w

Yeah!! Yeah..... Sigh

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