The Reason Why Gen-Z Is So Weak
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No denying the economy is in a bad way, but something that's not happened before is the addiction to social media, and how stunningly damaging it is.
Agreed. As a member of gen Z who isn't on social media other than direct messaging stuff to communicate with a few friends, I haven't had any of the issues they're claiming is just the norm for gen Z.
@@stetson0075 doesn't youtube count though?
Social media and overprotective helicopter parents not letting their kids play outside. And boyhood rambunctiousness being medicated like some kind of psychiatric illness. They've raised a generation of fragile shut-ins who live on the internet and think everything is going to kill them. Everything is "trauma" and everything makes them feel "unsafe."
@@RedBloodAura ofcourse it does mister RedBloodAura person who isnt anonymus.
There's no such thing as an "addiction" to social media. It's just a tool, that many young people prefer to use a lot. It's not damaging and people put it on a pedestal as if it has so much power to enslave people. It doesn't. It's just screen with images, colours and text. We choose to go on it or not. I doubt this is the reason gen-z is weak.
The driving force behind the enfeeblement of Generation Z comes down to two things:
1. Fathers not being present in the home
2. Fathers who are present in the home, but who are so emasculated that they might as well be absent.
case by case basis on whos fault it is
but Society and the Government have a share of the blame because they are encouraging divorce and separation of the family unit
Tbh Matt Walsh very much looks like an effeminate liberal with the beard, Millennial glasses, plaid shirt, and receding hairline.
Feminism has ruined society because they raise boys without fathers.
Word!
And being raised in day care. It's horrible for brain, physical and emotional development. This is a new phenomenon we are dealing with now that most husbands have stopped providing for the family.
I personally blame TikTok, Facebook, Twitter and all those other so-called social media that leaves Gen-Z with the average attention span of a goldfish.
And I blame the greedy boomers who got everything handed to them while now working at 120% isn’t enough to get by but hey we are just whiners. Boomers are the real victims…I mean being able to buy a house $10 grand? What absolute nightmarish hell were these poor folks living in?
Agreed. I'm sure this is a huge part of all this weak pathetic human behavior.
@@dildonicplague oh please there’s nothing weak about. It’s just now there are platforms to voice everything wrong with this country. Conservatives always think complaining about not being able to make rent when having two jobs is “whining” sounds like a pretty reasonable complaint considering boomers spent little less than you would a car on a house
You’re right. Don’t forget the Kardashian Cnts too
I'd go further, and blame that portable idiot-box that fits in your pocket. Y'know that super-computer, dopamine-machine that lives there, and on your hand all day.
MY grandmother lived through the Depression, WW2, and endless personal challenges. She was always smiling and laughing and had a dozen grandkids who all loved her. This gen is insane.
Same. My grandma was born in a granary and was 1 of 12 kids. That generation was far too busy finding ways to create a better life for themselves by taking on extra work, sewing their own clothes and growing and canning their own food.
@@zada2423 This generation is not prepared for tuff times, we aren't prepared for a world war, famines or poverty. When those times come around again, and yes they'll come, this generation is not going to be ready or able to handle it, society will collapse.
Pathetic, lazy and fully deluded
What an excellent anecdote that would lead fools to believe that everyone was happy and resilient once upon a time ago.
@@Daenysthedreamer287 They were resilient. Only a fool fails to see that.
There are a small group of Gen Z who are old school who have no interest in the woke nonsense that surrounds them.
Myself included.
Like me
not gonna help them but okay.
sadly this number is decreasing due to the reason matt mention. Slowly but it will happen due to lack of will power
@@shobhandevasagayaum3276You need to fight back, it's like bullying, don't accept what is happening!
And the more we are, the more that trend will fade away.
The biggest cause of this is electronic, handheld screens given to children.
Social-medias have so much on these, thanksfully, i use a "right-winger" website.
I never saw any kids on it.
facts
Wireless radiation does damage your brain and causes memory loss
Oh c’mon…. How else are they supposed to get to know Dylan Mulcrazy?
Yes, so its adults who are failing to begin with.
We have a nation of narcissists. It is impossible to have an actual conversation with most people. The minute they stop talking about themselves, their eyes wander.
Gen z has legitimate reasons to be anxious. They inherited a country that could easily collapse in their lifetimes.
They have life time to fix it, right?
Gen-Z here, and I have been through some horrible shit in my life, but I haven't allowed it to do whatever it is doing to these other snowflakes. It's plain and simple: my generation is just feeling extremely entitled, and depending on the environments that they're raised in, that gives them this idea that they're something special. It's just pathetic, honestly.
Very well put. Also Gen Z. Glad to see there’s still a few good ones amidst this mess of anxiety-riddled, entitled imbeciles.
Side note: thank you so much for not starting your comment with “As a Gen Z-er…”, “As someone born in XYZ…”. Maybe I’m the only one, but I’m so sick of seeing everyone open with that same phrase.
Are you never completely destroyed by the fact that we’ll never get to experience the same kind of freedom and self-determination that our forefathers experienced? I’m Gen Z too and I’m not gonna say I’m traumatized but I definitely feel like everyone else kind of got to fuck around and then we’re the generation that gets to find out.
@@papermind4010oh my .... you are really something ain't ya'? Hahaha
@@Whickedlee good response, really created a lot of intellectual discourse with that one.
Good to see some Gen Z peoples standing tough. Snowflakes don’t make it out in the world.
I think the biggest cause of unhappiness is the gap between what you have in life vs what you THINK you should have. The larger that gap, the more miserable you are.
Get rid of that gap, no matter what.
I mean.. thinking about what you should have creates goals, also finding a way to accomplish those goals is a totally different matter. People are still young, it takes time to learn.
First, get rid of the poison: facebook, tumblr, tiktok..
Your mental health will improve.
Materialism. Its a symptom of being a consumer based society. Our only value is our purchasing power.
Great point!
Yep, and that is exactly the formula that social media creates. This is why they feel like they're behind, in worse condition than other generations. I didn't even know what my neighbor's furniture looked like, let alone the entire known world and what they're having for breakfast or where they're traveling to on a Wednesday.
I’m Gen X (57). I’ve been told NO so many times in my life I’ve lost count. I’ve been ridiculed and bullied and was told to suck it up and fight back. I’ve been lost, stranded and abandoned. I’ve been addicted, jailed and penalized. I’ve paid dues, fines and fees. I’ve been broke and nearly homeless, but always had a job waiting for me. I’ve sat on the bench, but occasionally got to play in the game. Life is a roller coaster made entirely by your decisions and the grace of God. Enjoy the ride through the hills and valleys.
I'm 65, and can relate to your story (not the substance abuse and being jailed part), especially about bullying, endless slap downs, and being benched multiple times.
I guess I'm on the tail end of the boomers. But my faith base and faith community have sustained me.
I’m either in a crisis, leaving a crisis or going into a crisis. I take one day at at time and am grateful to be above ground. I’m 65.
I am 47. I hold my mba degree in my early 20's, but the failure, rejection, bullied, betrayal, etc. is teaching me much better than my degree. I do like your comments "Life is a roller coaster made entirely by your decisions and the grace of God. Enjoy the ride through the hills and valleys."
Very beautifully written comment, I might say-
I was an ops manager for one of the big 3 shipping companies. I can't tell you how many 20-somethings would have absolute breakdowns over putting boxes in a truck. 😅 Everyone had anxiety over something. One guy was crying and shaking and we weren't even busy. So glad I left. These people can't face life at all.
Robots taking over is the only hope. Other countries will become greater and USA will become a third world country with pockets of
ultra richh areas
Wow! Lol
That's frightening.
Im gen z and would rather stock a truck with heavy boxes than deal with costumers at a fast food restaurant.
I work with probably 20 of them. They are depressed about their future. Home prices are absolutely ridiculous. They feel that the American dream is unattainable. A single wide mobile home will cost $100k without land. I understand why they would feel this way. The country has a $32 trillion dollar debt. It's not the affordable 1980's anymore.
Absolutely! Going to university is no longer tenable, with the massive fees and little hopes for a job in the field, unless one goes into the trades.
Shoot, I'm early 40s and I'm depressed for my future. I had FINALLY set myself up to become a home buyer and I was looking to purchase in 2020 with 2 year "plan".
Well, now that dream is absolutely dissolved and I'm stuck in my crappy apartment. No hope AT ALL of an affordable mortgage.
But....at least I have steady employment AND I have my crappy apartment 😂 My 20 year old car is reliable too!
If all it takes is high home prices for depression to set in, then buckle up. Life gets a hecka lot harder than that. Live in an apartment, get a roommate. Heck, find a spouse. Do something uncomfortable for a bit so you can grow and mature. It's not all their fault, they see constant curated images all around them and all their friends break their backs to live up to that standard so they think that's the only way to live. I'm 50, both my hubby and I have post grad degrees, but have 2 older vehicles, lived in the same modest home for 22 years and take maybe a vacation every other year. Gasp. The expectations of young people is bonkers. But that's the fault of social media. Get off it. Appreciate what you have.
But did they vote for biden? If so, they deserve to be depressed and anxious and fearful of the future. They voted for it
I Was born in the '60's. These kids today have it a hell of a lot harder than we did. @@TheHeggert
Gen Z young adult here, and I am thankful to have grown up in a time where life has been easier compared to most of human history. Thankfulness for what we have is something our generation so desperately lacks.
It sounds like you understand reality. You will be successful!
Good on you, if only the majority of your generation thought like you
Sounds like Thanksgiving will be more important this year.
Ah .... how refreshing.... a sane young voice.... you will be fine🙂
the majority of people our age do not concern themselves with human history lol. a lack of meaningful conversation is what i find in not only people our age but across the whole populous. maybe its my own personal lack of meaningful conversation, however i cant help but feel that most everyone is entrenched in the relentless battle for attention online and has no energy for real problems. again maybe im just speaking for myself
as a GenZ, I think our bad shape isnt primarily about hardships, its about sick unnatural social changes because of technology, social media and all of that. That isolation, uncertainty, and endless possibilities on each step are pushing us into nihilism and maddness, at least the weakest of us. We often grow up thinking that life is bad and pointless and from that point any hardship starts to be unbeareable because it's being withstand for nothing, for life that I don't even want, just surviving in fear of what torture comes next
Good point. That is why it is so important to try to find things that are meaningful to do which combats the nihilistic thinking and makes life worth living. I learned that from Jordan Peterson. And it is working for me.
Meaninglessness. I've always said that's what is driving this. This is a post Christian culture that now believes we are here by accident with no real purpose and nothing after it so live it up. And when that hedonism doesn't live up to the expectations or they don't experience the happiness they thought they'd have with an unfettered life, it becomes meaningless. My daughter's unexpected pregnancy saved her from that nihilism. She's got purpose and joy even though it's hard. So, ya, it's not the hard life that makes this generation depressed, it's the meaninglessness. And they think self care, selfishness is the answer. 😭
@@TheHeggert I agree and I think that the idea that everything is meaningless is being pushed along with the idea that selfishness is the answer as you point out. The interesting thing is that acting selfishly and self-centeredly leads directly to a meaningless life with all the deep suffering that goes with it. When we act that way, people don't like us and we become emotionally isolated. On top of that, we produce nothing of meaning. Very sad that people are being duped into going down that dark path.
@@pjjmsn well said. I think those of us saying this are being drowned out. Praying for this generation to wake up to the lies.
Nihilism has taken over Christianity.
What you don’t seem to understand is that, while other generations have gone through harder times physically, never before has a generation been so broken down psychologically. Gen-z has been under, what is likely the most intense psychological attack in history. It’s so bad that I don’t even know where to begin explaining it. This is a generation that has constantly been diverted away from truth and reality in nearly all aspects of there lives. I know this because I have lived through it. I am still living through it. I am blessed to have Christian, conservative parents who have done their best in such an evil time.
Well said.
Gen z grew up in the internet/social media era.
This profoundly affected them in one way or the other.
plus they have the lowest testosterone in recorded history. men can handle this, girls can't
And Walsh is a millionare, cant talk about "inflation anxiety"
Most Gen-Zers voted for Biden. They have no right to complain and they should embrace the inflation, and embrace being poor because they voted for it
I feel like I'm one of the few members in Gen Z that actually know the horrible impact that social media and adult sites have on the mind. They need to be banned.
@@kaledon6 in 10-15 years being a millionaire will no longer mean you’re rich
Gen X here. We suffered through the same stuff. We called it "becoming an adult" and didn't need medication to make it through.
No gen X just self medicated with smoking, drinking and eating crap. Get off your high horse I’m gen X too and our generation sucks and so does Matt Walsh.
The grunge music era was a balm, and we soldiered on.
Gen X here. 1/2 of the people I grew up with died of herion overdoses, or suicide. So we're not that great.
Ditto
Smoking, drinking and eating crap isn't needed either though. So you never needed it, you just chose to do it.
And young gen z's also don't need medication or therapy most of the time. But they'll often choose that.
I won't judge anyone as weak, but I will judge people as brainwashed, misinformed, ignorant etc. Usually "weakness" stems from beliefs that you "need" X to deal with Y.
As a member of gen Z, this is the daily message of get over it, and deal with it. I’m working two jobs to pay off my student loan for a degree that I don’t have, as well as pay back the money that I owe the college that I attempted to attend semesters at. I’m barely getting by with my bills. I’m constantly bouncing back and forth to the doctor because I keep getting sick, and still can’t figure out why. I’ve lost way too much weight because of the lack of a healthy diet, and injuring my shoulder at work, but I’ve almost gotten my vehicle paid off. I’m getting myself established in a career, and I’ve almost gotten my student loan paid off. If I can do it, I know for a fact that you can. Get a grip gen Z.
It isn’t the kids fault, it’s ours. It was our responsibility to provide an environment conducive to development into adulthood. We didn’t do that.
It wasn’t the environment, people have lived in worse . It’s the parenting . Gentle parenting. Kids all think they are special and no one made them work ! They weren’t told that the life isn’t fair and that the world owes them nothing, and that they need to work for everything. Instead parents smoothed things out so much and made their children so entitled that teachers are quitting because of it
It's because of their "Woke Feelings".
Actually, Matt, I think it IS “that bad”. I’m 78. When I was 19 I rented a studio apartment utilities included for 12 bucj a week. I drove a SEVEN year old Pontiac Chieftain that cost me five hundred bucks. Gas was about thirty cents a gallon. I could give guitar lessons at a local music store and make six times minimum wage….CASH. I had a job that paid 1.95 an hour and I could 12:49 easily make another 150 a month playing in a band at local bars and dances.
These kids are reaching maturity in a nation under siege from within.
Yeah buddy….. it’s that bad. These kids are living a cultural collapse.
Nice counter point. "Toughen up, buttercup" feels good to say but doesn't get us very far.
Well then they need to work harder or smarter, according to their gifts if they have any.
@@pokeroundbut it is apropos
@@pokeround Indeed. And yes… these kids need to “toughen up” alright but let’s not overlook the sea of horse shit they’ve been swimming in all their lives. They have been brainwashed with a propaganda program beyond the level of anything in history other than Nazi Germany. .
The only logical take on this so far
As a gen, I can tell you social media plays a big role
1. You compare yourself 24/7 with rich people with surgeries that do nothing like the kardashians
2. Through social media the politicize everything (religion, books, movies, relationships, identity)
3. Less attentions span so they can not focus for long that make working even harder
4. The economy is bad but social media remind us every second
5. The dopamine is not in control, so we don't get pleasure like normal people
6. Everything is link to sexuallity, that link to more p*rn addiction, and people are less likely to get a partner
7. The new trend to play the victim in social media
Pd. Sorry for my english im not a native speaker
Spot on
Your English may not be perfect but your content hit the mark.
GOOD! I love it. The less people are focused on saving and investing money and getting ahead in their careers, the better my opportunities are!!!!!
As someone who had real panic attacks for a year (the needing the breathe into the paper bag, the body mimicking heart attack symptoms, etc), I have a feeling that these kids have just decided to redefine the term. They feel a little nervous or sad and call that a panic attack. That's what happens when the entire society decides that disfunction and mental illness is cool and trendy.
I grew up under the shadow of being drafted into Vietnam and the worst inflation before the current inflation. You know who was diagnosed with "anxiety" over that?
Nobody.
Truth bomb🎉
Yup, yup. Excellent observation. If these kids had to go through even 1/4 of the BS we grew up with.....they would expire before their date.
@@ahoggan230parents and society failed them. I’m sure Ritalin and social media didn’t help either. Now they can’t be trusted to carry any kind of real burden. Very sad
The guys who came back from Vietnam came back and helped usher in the PTSD diagnoses, before they just called it shell shock. Seeing your friend who you enlisted with get blown up with his brains on your shirt and pants will do that to you.
Cuban missile crisis, both Kennedys being assassinated, MKL being assassinated, race riots, Vietnam War, war protests. The 60s were a trip.
GenZ: supports/votes for inflationary policies
Also GenZ: "why is everything so expensive?"
Also Also GenZ: votes for more govt "help" in response
Skip gen z and move on to alpha
They are causing their own demise.
Conservatives: **Votes against any type of financial aid, better quality living policy in existence but give the rich tax breaks while simultaneously making the poor and middle classes struggle more mentally, financially, and physically**
Also Conservatives: Stop whining…it’s the evil woke mind virus
@@JustAnAverageWoman69no conservatives are. Conservatives only care about keeping the rich rich. And keeping the poor poorer and dragging down the middle class
Trust me, not all of us voted for that.
Some of us have a brain.
When I was an overnight stocker at Sam's Club I was in my 50s. There were some people who were in their 20s, gym rats with muscles on their muscles, who whined about how hard the work was. And it was serious physical labor. But I told those wimps, "My kids are older than you, and I'm doing this job." They didn't like hearing that.
You the man (not being sarcastic)
Gen Z has probably the easiest existence in the history of humanity ever. Their struggle is NOT a lack of opportunity to survive, it's a serious lack of grit and work ethic.
Bingo!
There's no lazy like GEN Z LAZY!
I have to disagree. People always bring up "oh but we have all these modern conveniences". I and many other young folk would happily give up air conditioning, tv, social media, modern comforts if we could belong to a society that upheld strong values and community. If life right now is so great, explain the record high mental illness, suicide, lack of motivation, etc. The list goes on and on and on. Yes, we have modern comforts, that doesnt equate to a happy or fulfilling life.
I do think many gen z do need to fix their work ethic a bit, but a social contract goes BOTH ways. You cant tell them to fix their work ethic if nothing changes on the other end, otherwise there is absolutely zero incentive to do so. Its really not that complicated dude.
@@sunshine69962 Typical excuses. Expecting some "community" to do more before you'll put in effort.
Society is not your family & we're not your parents. There's plenty of gov assistance in place to get you on your feet.
There's a good life out there for those who want it, now delete your social media accounts, quit whining about everything, and go get it.
Better yet, leave. Go to a third world country for a while to gain some perspective.
Total wusses.
No one talks about how pharmaceuticals are tossed at these kids like candy the moment they express the slightest discomfort. They simply haven’t learned how to cope with anything beyond swallowing a pill.
That + many other issues that were documented again and again and again across the fkn internet. I'll never understand the beefs between generations tbh.
But when i needed meds, i only got one box instead of the regular two..
Those dense morons i swear. 😂
Unfortunately this has been going on longer than just Gen-Z. My wife (34) was put on antidepressants in middle school and simply can't go without them now unfortunately. Don't get me wrong, I love her to death and she's a great person which is why I married her, but it always pains me to know her brain was basically never really given a chance to learn how to "cope" and work through things itself without the aid of a pill. I myself had depression starting around the same age all throughout highschool and my early 20's but my parents were very oldschool so I had to work through it, and through exercise, eating better, and routines, it's almost completely gone now.
@@Nick94MInot at the rate they dole them out now. Started with bored housewives in the 50s, valiums and some others, as best as I can determine. But the doping of kids with versions of meth started with millenials.
I Guess it served me well pretending to swallow the pills that my parents used to give me. I wanted no part of any pill at all. Still don't to this day.
In the current society anti-depressant drugs are being used as anti-disappointment drugs. These are sad times.
As a Gen-Z'er myself I have to say that listening to Matt Walsh is good for my mental health.
You probably have a lot of anger in your heart
@@requiem5584and stupidity in the brain.
@@requiem5584why?
@alicekoscianski matt walsh exhibits a lot of hate for trans people, like, a LOT
I'm a single Gen Z-er. I don't disagree that grocery prices have dramatically increased. But I've only seen my grocery bill increase by $10-20 per week. I think it's because I grocery shop the old-fashioned way: I plan out my meals for the week, create a shopping list, and only buy what's on that list. I also cook all of my meals from scratch instead of buying frozen meals. I've noticed that instead, other young people just walk around the store and buy what they think looks good. When you do it that way, you will lose a lot of money. They also tend to shop at stores with higher prices because they have a better "environment" instead of going to Walmart or Aldi. Not to mention they eat out a lot. So I'm not going to pretend that I know everyone's spending habits, but if you're saying you can't afford to eat every day because of inflation, that's something you should probably look at.
Well said ! And very true ! Keep up your wise ways and you will be the one getting ahead in the world
Gen Z was weak long before the current inflation or covid. Another cause of Gen Z anxiety is their sense of entitlement.
"So i survived a terrible war, i had my family murdered before my eyes, i was abused.. what is your story?"
"I was misgendered online!! I was called sir!!"
@@QueSeraSeraaaalol made my evening.😂
@@JP_IN_TX I had a shitty childhood and was physically abused last year, those people who got "misgendered" made me bursting in laughter!
@@QueSeraSeraaaa I hope you're recovering, and thank you for posting.
@@JP_IN_TX I'm recovering still, the dude is already screwed and he can't have access to his money at all.
He can't go anywhere without his car either.
NEVER FORGET that they said "Once in a generation" "1 in 100 year" pandemic so you can remind everyone when they release the next one.
They'll probably just blame it on climate change somehow
You mean like next year?
@@The_Lord_has_it yep. Whenever suits the irrefutable NWO's plans. I guess we should take note of any Event 202's since Event 201 was only months before the one in 2020.
that begs the question... is the real one still coming?
@@blest5132 The last one was real
how does everyone miss the fact that gen z is the first generation where sending your kid to daycare at a few months old and then leaving them in the care of a rotating cast of caregivers for the rest of their lives?
Gen z here. I was put into daycare from 6 months old to 13 years old 5 days a week. It did a lot of damage to my mental health. I basically didn’t have parents. All I did was sleep at my house and right back to daycare.
@@kari6710 Daycare at 13?
Previous generations faced way worse such as extreme poverty, hunger, homelessness and even Foster Care if the family was broken up because the conditions were so extreme for the children.
@@andrebeauchamp6897 absolutely not on a large scale. in general z daycare was near ubiquitous, where as what you’re talking about is fringe cases. i’m sure those people have serious issues, but we’re not talking about an unlucky few gen z with trauma, it’s an entire generation of people who were not raised by parents.
@@rol2377 It’s all relative. It could have always been worse. In addition, I couldn’t find a single statistical source indicating the majority of Gen Z were raised in daycare. My generation (Gen X) were primarily latchkey children because both of our parents were at work.
As a coach I just lost my cheer captain today to suicide. Nobody saw any symptoms. Her note mentioned her fear of the future. A future that was bright. I wish she could have seen what we saw. Lord Jesus comfort her parents. As a teacher I'm doing a unit on the negative effects of social media. These kids need off the devices. And we need to toughen them up. Help them to see that a permanent solution to a temporary problem is not what you do. I don't know if they even realize it's permanent.
Sorry for your loss. I think there are negative forces and people who are profiting from the things that are sickening society.
I teach at a k-12 school mostly populated by upper middle class families. Intact, caring, healthy families. We've had a suicide problem for the last 8 years. I had a former student take his own life in 6th grade. We've done everything we know to do. Last year we banned phones on campus. Including staff. We aren't allowed to have them out where kids can see them. We're praying that may help, but we all know social media has created most of this. We just don't really know how to disentangle our society from it.
I'm so sorry for your loss. It's devastating and the saddest part for me is that it happens so often in my school community that I've almost grown accustomed to it. The other day, one of my coworkers pointed out that all 3 of the women sitting next to each other from the art department had a child of their own take their own life. Mind boggling.
should...blame their parents too? They rsised them that way.
My son is 20. He is joining the marines. He gets up early every morning and works out for an hr. He likes to listen to david goggins and a. Tate. He takes no medication and just learned to change my brakes from youtube videos. Course I didn't let him get a phone until his teens and I raised him hard irish like I was. Sure men cry - in the bathroom where no one can see you. Don't start a fight but don't ever walk away from one. It is just a little blood, shake it off. No body asks to be born, suck it up. - Now some people say I wasn't sensitive enough but I have no children on any medications. And none of them are depressed.
Panic attacks 100% happened in the 1800s, they just didn't have a name for it. A panic attack is just your brain triggering its fight or flight response without you being in actual danger, so anyone who has PTSD has probably had a panic attack.
During a chat about this topic, with a friend, her daughter (aged 19) began to get personally offended and stated that her generation are the best, most intelligent and creative generation, and that our generation (in my 40s) are outdated and we dont know whats going on.
I asked her 'what can your generation do that ours cant?'
She tried several answers. Each one was completely wrong.
When she asked 'OK, so what can your generation do that mine cant?'
Answer was 'to start with, we can have a conversation without getting angry, upset or defensive, we can approach an issue with reason, rather than shouting and protesting before we understand both arguments, and we can show respect and manners'
No lie, her response: 'oh wow, really useful. Can you edit a tiktok?'
The 'most intelligent' comment always gets me. Being able to look anything up online to check for info does not equate with intelligence. I love your response to her arrogance.
I got an eerily similar response from my 21 year old niece who makes her money as a bikini barista and on only fans. My three kids are super conservative Gen z's because they were raised with a mom and dad in the home and present but my sister raised my nieces without a dad and sometimes in a car, manipulating many men along the way. Very big difference between my kids and hers. I weep for them. 😢
@@heatherscribner2993 Wow, that is awful. Yes, I've found many younger people all speak a similar if not identical mantra, and I wonder if they can even think for themselves.
These young women rallying for 'feminism' don't realize that they are debasing themselves for men who don't value women. The irony is palpable.
Your answer is too generalizing. There are definitely people of that generation who are more rational.
However he rebuttal was weak
I'm 19 and I can't believe how dumb so many people my age are.
As a gen z i agree my generation is weak and entitled. I see my generation walking through life complaining about how hard they have it and how entitled they are to everything. Most of gen z doesnt realize "what doesn't kill you makes you stronger" and that they can become better as they overcome these hurdles. Also alot of gen z expect yes as an answer to everything so that when they hear no they get an enxiety attack or have a mental break down. No is a strong word and if you go through life expecting no as an answer hearing yes feels alot better and hearing no becomes painless
😢 that was beautifully said ❤
That is so true, and I'm very glad my parents raised me by telling me exactly that
"Yeah, life sucks, get on with it"
"Life sucks, but you need to stop complaining about the small stuffs.
Just port your energy on bigger problems and see how others are suffering from it"
Very important not to let your kids sit and mope about nothing. Manual labor goes a long way
embrace the suck is a good way to get by in bad times.
Don't agree with that mentality because that encourages complacency. I think what parents should tell their kids "life sucks but YOU can do what YOU can to make it better for YOU."
That's a Gen X parent's sensible attitude. Good for you. You will be able to handle sucky stuff and things you can't change like the war in Israel and climate change.
No. It's not that people today are completely weak. It is true that previous generations had much harder lives however, previous generations also had something really important that we lack today. Purpose. All of the things that gave people a sense of purpose are either gone, dead or a pale shadow of what they once were. Things like marriage, family, religion, community. While our struggles pale in comparison to those of our predecessors, we are the first group to suffer through them alone without support from each other. The anxiety isn't because the sun is too hot or a plane flew into a building or any of that other stuff. The anxiety is because we're atomized, isolated and lonely. Lonlier than any generation before us has ever been. The problem isn't individual, it's societal and we feel completely powerless to change it.
you nailed it. 100pct. and i love your youtube handle lol
So grateful to be born in 1980!
1980s and 1990s before the Pandemic of
"Unsocial Media"!
Life before: likes, follows, hashtags, comments, views, trending, and viral!
It was the best of times and the overall human condition!
As others have pointed out, part of the problem is the absence of fathers, and another obvious problem is the obsession by the young with social media. Another serious problem comes from the predictable, but ignored, repercussions of the Cultural Marxist lunacy that breaks down and deflates young heterosexual men, who have always been the backbone of Western civilization. What has come along with that is the imposition of burdensome high expectations on young women who are expected to be ambitious and to put career ahead of family, even if they have no desire or talent for that. And all the sexual confusion by the promotion of the LGBQT lifestyle is the final nail in the coffin.
You've summerized it beautifully
Spot on.
It's women's fault since they keep choosing the wrong men to have children with....😊
I have to believe the lack of tough discipline plays some role here. I told my Gen Z nephew once when he was around 13, that he is part of the first generation of kids in the HISTORY OF THE WORLD to grow up, never having received an ass whoppin. The first kids that have EVER LIVED! You can't tell me that's had zero affect on these kids.
That’s because they have no control over their lives now. Everything is decided for them by politicians, big pharma, or whoever else is making money off the masses… like the whole college scam
💥EXACTLY ! & I'm a firm believer in hand to butt therapy.
Congratulations, condoning assault
Depends on the way parents educate, while that form of educating is effective people tend to overdo it and thus it creates a lot of issues with kids when they grow up. I dunno to each of their own but I never seen excessive beatings as a good thing.
Oh... Asses are getting whooped out there. Trust.
GEN Z's job have all been outsourced to India
during generation x, we didn’t realize just how awesome and how rare the times we were living through were. i wish i could freeze that time period and we live in the 80-90’s forever. i miss then so much.
Life makes you tough depending how you handle the situation or how u learn from it ..
My words
Yep, makes you better or bitter.
I really can’t blame Gen Z.
1. They are the first generation to grow up entirely with access to high speed internet and with that instant access to every terrible thing that’s happening in the world as well as hardcore pornography.
2. They are were brought up not only in post-Christendom but in a society that is actively anti-Christian
3. This applies to millennials too, but work is completely unnatural today and divorced from how we worked in the thousands of years before the 20th century.
Also the rampant growing rate of house issues, drugs, MH medication for literally anything and so on.
Blaming only the internet is just seeing the tip of the iceberg.. and the thing with religion... personally so far most of the religious people I've met proved to be probably the scummiest people on earth giving their personalities and overall behaviour.
Hypocrites mainly... also the hardcore ''values'' regarding some rights and moral values which considering our stage as humans should either be altered to our present understanding or simply erased.. but again, for me religion should seem as something more private rather than publicly announced and promoted given its nature, how it divides people and creates idiotic problems from literally noting.
The Bible says you will know a tree by its fruit. The problems with Gen z say more about the character of previous generations than ourselves.
Add destruction of the family, normal community, and increasing societal norms cutting off healthy social interaction while shoving the unhealthy at them. Pills instead of learning coping mechanisms. Never had a chance really.
@@isaacwojo3273at the same time, at what point do "we" look in the mirror and stop blaming mommy and/or daddy for everything?
I mean, I'm normal. I have a full-time job, a wife, children, no felonies and I came from a "broken home." So at what point do "we" stop playing the victim card?
Go get a job.
how is pornography related ? My guy im born in 1994 and i remember around primary school HARDCORE porn was very much around .Irrelevant
While I do agree with Matt almost completely here. I will say as an older Millennial who is Matt’s age. 9-5 jobs have become hell on earth. There is no loyalty from the employer, work environments are almost always toxic, bosses live to make your weeks miserable, and you get sucked into a horrible corporate bubble. When all you do is look forward to Friday night so you can breathe a little, that is no way to live. And unfortunately this only fuels the homeless crisis and the state of these Gen-Z kids.
Thank you, somebody finally gets it.
@@KratostheThird It’s miserable dude. I’m 40 and I admit it. Being miserable all week only to have Saturday off is ridiculous. One day we are all dead.
@@mksolid82 I worked 60 hour weeks at a Dollar Tree warehouse. Place was non automated, which meant more work for us.
From August to mid December we were all forced into overtime because of the loads of holiday items. So that meant four months of hard work.
I worked there for two years until my body gave out due to exhaustion. Then I clocked in late twice in one week which was an automatic write up. I had write ups dating back to 10 months ago because apparently they last an entire year. Over 3/4ths of the grunts didn’t last several months, let alone a year.
So I was given my papers and was terminated. Two years of no loyalty.
@@mksolid82 Unfortunately they intend to keep you working until you drop.
Anxiety disorders have been around for thousands of years,just because you never heard of them dont mean they didnt exist.I used to get them as a child but didnt know what they were or why they were happening,didnt have internet to search up what it was and just dealt with it myself till they went away.
No they did not. Stop looking at history through a modern lens. You are brainwashed to think anxiety is a disorder.
Hey Matt, you know I get it I’m against the whiny, entitled generation as much as the next person but I do think a little bit you’re starting to become too disconnected from the average Americans plate as the rest of the celebrities,maybe not to the same extreme, I’m not gonna say you have no idea what it’s like out here, but there’s more than one normality that the previous generation grew up with that’s not even on the plate for us. Oh, you worked at the same job for 30 years and got a pension, that’s gone. Oh a nice house in the nice neighborhood was $120,000 and then you bought it and a few years later it was worth a half 1,000,000+
We just got done spending the last two years saying how the lockdowns affected children for generations with outcomes, yet to be seen I don’t know why you wouldn’t think the prospect of working your entire life, possibly never owning a home and living at a much lower standard than previous generations, wouldn’t affect us mentally, not to mention you’re gonna work three times as hard for half the partner that your grandma, and grandpa were able to marry. Matt, if you don’t know what a panic attack is it’s because your boss probably never fired one of the best employees you have because he made too much money and then expected you to take on twice the work in half the time. 9/11 was a once in a lifetime event, the pandemic was a once in a lifetime event entire generations of our parents and grandparents lived their entire life and eggs and gas didn’t go up $.20. It does that overnight now if not by dollars I don’t say this to be nihilistic, but it’s quite the time to be alive. all we have is a large group of older folks who built their lives when it was much simpler not just telling the younger folks what they’re doing is wrong, but they were also helping their children make it through these times it won’t be until that generation is gone and you’re left with majority young people who are trying to make it on their own that we will truly see how bad it is that’s why The average wage to not live in poverty,and just to be able to have a small house or apartment and car is 3-4 and
5x the minimum wage, see If turn 18 how do I afford a one bedroom apartment a car payment and possibly schooling unless I have some form of help
Run on sentences. Please edit and resubmit. C-
@@tvc153hey I just got off work. I could really care less about the grammer of my RUclips comment because the internet is not a real place. However if you would like to add anything constructive to the conversation feel free to 😊engage.
The most coddled generation? Not surprising.
That’s not entirely their fault if they were raised that way.
Boomers were the first and its gone down since them. We must denounce the Talmud.
Coddled? More like being treated like shit and ignored by their awful parents. Boomers are by far the most coddled except the Vietnam vets
@@GarrettBradfordTX😏 k
It’s the government, who allowed this to happen. All the propaganda, and also just seeing how the economy. This didn’t have to happen, people can’t purchase houses like they could. It’s more than that, but yeah. Also yes it’s the parents fault too.
This problem started with broken families. These generations come from broken homes and I truly think this plays a huge role
You are 100 percent right.
Just because no one was talking about panic attacks in the past does not remotely mean they weren't experiencing it. Nobody was talking about diabetes in the 1700's so should we assume no one was suffering from it? Of course not. We understand more about what people experience physically and mentally and so now we have language today that reflects what we know today. My WW2 veteran grandfather born in 1919 suffered from anxiety for much of his life. My mom knows that beyond a shadow of a doubt from a variety of experiences even though 'panic attack' wasn't the way in which people described their experience back then. Is anxiety overdone and over medicated, not doubt, but acting like it didn't exist in previous generations in the midst of their challenges is entirely erroneous.
No , why you didn’t hear about is is because they kept going . They had a 100 things to do a day for their lives to be ok. Woman had to make candles. They had to use what they had from cows , milk to make butter and to make cream and they had to plant vegetables ans fruits and then they had to harvest and can them. So you know how exhausting canning is ? Or making candles ? They had to make their own soap. And wash clothes in buckets! They made all the things we buy at a store and that is why the average age for death in women was 30. Plus they had like 12 kids and no one took care of them but themselves. And they were isolated. So yeah they were too exhausted to talk about or have panic attacks. Because if a child died they barely had time to grieve because they had 11 more to take care of and they were probably pregnant. So it wasn’t that they kept it in but manual labor had a way of making you so tired that you just keep going until you physically can’t
@@sandysmith71 Nope. That's not it at all. Yes people pushed on through but that does not remotely mean they weren't having anxiety problems. The existence of modern day therapy and medicine means people nowadays better understand what is going on in ways where generations long ago had no way to articulate or understand or record their experiences. If they did we would know that they definitely dealt with such issues. Maybe not to the degree that people do now with the pace of life and modern day pressures but they absolutely existed previously.
"My pronouns are o & ffended" - Gen Z
My pronouns are Nick/Her
My pronouns are he/him. (I will take no questions or comments about this, can’t change gender)
I identify as transparent, my pronouns are who/where
My pronouns are 0/0 as I have none and go by biology
@@Kyle11011I identify as mysterious. My pronouns are what/how?
If I’m gen z I’m blaming it all on the previous gen who raised them lol it only makes sense
yup because everything we learned came from the Previous Generation simple as that
yes i know at some point we have to take responsibility for ourselves but i don't think it's highlighted enough how the previous generations fucked up when it came to raising us
It's not just about working hard, it's about working hard and not having anything to show for it. Why bust your ass for 10 years if you're going to be in the exact same place you were, when you started? What about this elitest way of thinking? Life is about suffering? So we can't try to better it? This is why people have anxiety. When they try to better their lives, the response is,
"no, you're gonna suffer and like it you pussy!"
"And while you think about that, I'm going to retire to my mansion."
Baby Boomer here. This is what I find so scary if WWIII comes - which seems inevitable - where will we find courageous people to defend our country? Such wimps we’ve bred! I truly mourn the loss of hope I see even in my 12 year old granddaughter!
War as terrible as it is removes the weak and creates harden heroes out of the survivors.
I'm not glorifying war but in the end we weed out weaklings.
They will have to raise the draft to 60. It'll be back to us old folks to hold the line. I'm confident the enemy has no HR department. May God help us.
What i fear is a bunch of foreign countries wars that AMERICANS will have to pay for in blood
I worry about that, too. Had a recent civilian job at Fort William Henry Harrison (home of first Special Forces) and was at the same time greatly reassured and impressed by the young soldiers there while wondering just how many of those type were still out there.
@@doshutokeshi3877Unless they are in my neighborhood I'm not going
Give me a break. If you want to talk about a generation that had it rough let's talk about the generation of young people who fought in WW2. They weren't whining about anxiety. They were dealing with stuff like getting killed, having friends, siblings, parents and children killed. They had limbs blown off or other life altering injuries and they were the lucky ones.
My ancestors fought in both World Wars and lose friends and colleagues, but they managed to have a good life after that.
They had jobs, families, rewards, and earned those.
My late grandpa had a terrible childhood, but he become a very kind and professional lawyer.
And from what i have been told, he never complained, never abusive, never upset.
He worked hard and it paid, if he was still alive, he would see criminals on the loose and that "diversity" that either drugged, raped or murdered whoever they want.
The tiktok generation have it easy with their "oppression"..
@Tacorikit This^^^. Culture today is all about being a victim. It's simply crushing our humanity today. I too was sucked into this way of thinking for a few years until I finally said enough was enough and through watching self-improvement videos/reading books I saw the truth in how everything is up to ourselves to make things better and was finally able to "see the light". Both of my grandfathers also fought in WWII and both were in some pretty brutal situations but were able to live pretty good lives after. I feel it's similar to why marriages are becoming more rare and failing- people think "oh my parents didn't make it together why should I get married?" Yet there's plenty of couples out there in their 80's who have been together since their late teens/early 20's. It's all about wanting to DO BETTER than what you were given so to speak.
The Civil War has WW2 beaten by miles. The Revolution was even harder.
“Because someone’s had it worse you’re not aloud to point out problems currently.” How does that make any sense? It’s an extremely ignorant way to look at the world and it’s also how problems never get solved.
@@DLR24It's the boomer mindset.
We can’t discount the very real symptoms felt by this generation. To blame events is futile because as Mat Walsh points out every generation had its share of problems. Welcome to life. But there is a difference with Gen Z. This is a generation raised on medication. This is also a generation not raised with faith. God, Jesus have become marginalized. When a nation, a generation lose faith they lose spirit, collective loss of soul. Our faith through religious belief develops resilience.
Gen Z sees a decent paying job but finds out they actually gotta do some work and chickens out.
I think Gen Z is scarred by their teachers telling them about their sex lives. Teaching children about sex at such a young age is psychological damaging. We knew that already since forever.
A big reason why they are weak is because they were raised on the internet and social media.
The oldest ones were born in 1997, and by the time they were 8 - 10 years old, MySpace was already the go to social media site.
While I will argue that Millennials are also weak to an extent, they had actual childhoods in the late 80’s and 90’s. They were raised with the Boomer economy still growing, which gave them a plethora of good Hollywood movies, shows, and so on. They also had toys like Super Soakers, and actual slot car racing kits to build and experiment on.
Gen X was the last generation to grow up in an analog world. Boomers of course were allowed to roam outside, had far less restrictions, and were more free, as long as they got home before dark.
Gen Z has none of this. The more unstable ones never had a real childhood, and easily break on social media. They can’t take edgy jokes.
I blame a lot of it on the anti bullying campaigns and the "don't fight back, go get a teacher" attitude.
I got bullied quite a bit as a young kid, it taught me to stand up for myself. When I started standing up for myself, many of my bullies eventually became my friends- which taught me forgiveness and self-awareness- they were picking on me because my reaction was amusing, and looking back I can't blame them, I was a spaz. I learned to have a sense of humor about myself. So many weak people now who don't know how it feels to get punched in the mouth, then to hit back, then to laugh about it
@@gatergates8813i fought back as well, none bothered me after that.
@@QueSeraSeraaaa well done
@@gatergates8813 Some people aren’t going to like this comment, but being bullied actually adds character.
How? Because the kid learns resistance. The only time I ever went to a teacher was when I knew I couldn’t defend himself.
Defending thyself is important, and sadly young people today weren’t taught that. They allowed the schoolyard bully to abuse them, and now they act offended on Discord because someone didn’t use the right pronouns.
@@gatergates8813 Yes, the anti bullying campaigns did a lot of damage.
Wow. I’ve never disagreed more with Matt on this. I had a quick rebuttal to each point he made and it’s not even difficult to do. We’re talking about a generation of children who have been raised in spiritual darkness overtaking the culture seemingly unchallenged, in broken homes, unstable economies and under the care of parents who aren’t faring well and seem to be scraping by or just barely holding it together. I don’t think this is a fair assessment because it looks at the study in such a narrow scope that it doesn’t accurate slow the contributing factors which lead to the study’s results.
I kinda agree with you.
Matt has more or less a grandpa's opinion as far as this video goes - tough love
And no other generation has experienced that?
@@zada2423 the speed at which there's influx of information bombarding us for the past 5 years has stressed all of us out - imagine children with developing impressionable personalities. The concept of taking a breather is non existent.
@@APP-hm6bf information stress can be simply ignored. Nobody is forcing you to be on your phone 24/7. Economical stress has occurred for generations
@APP-hm6bf Not really. I'm content and grateful for every opportunity in my life even if I pass it by, and I consume alot of information online, but I don't use social media except for youtube, so that may be the only caveat.
I think it's mostly kids being raised entitled/constantly validated, lack of culture/religion, and social media.
You are partially correct on kids being bombarded by information, and I see social media as an easy tool used to make people feel validation and expose them to radicalization, however this influence succeeds the precession of kids being inadequately raised to confront failure, express humility, and emotional control in tandem with the aftermentioned void left by the absence of a strong religious/cultural core.
It's not a surprise while the family unit/cultural core continues to degrade and single motherhood continues to explode, that more young people will continue to grow up dysfunctional.
I am a gen z, I am worried about the economy, but it doesnt cause me anxiety or panic attacks, [thats if its actually causing most gen z any panic attacks at all]. I think we will be just fine. God's got everything in his hands
I've pretty much had it with this ridiculous society. When I get my time machine working, I am so out of here.
Which time will you go?
Take me with you
The lack of empathy in the comments is astounding. Also, Matt you don't even touch on the complete transformation of our communities and culture that were the support structure for people like my parents. Most neighborhoods are not like that anymore and people have never been less connected to those that live right next door in this digital age.
While I can appreciate that sometimes you do have to "suck it up and deal with it" the message you are sending, "virtually every generation has had it worse than you so stop whining" is not one of hope, but of resignation. It is the reason so many men and women choose to end it rather than live because they don't see a path to greener pastures. Certainly a refocusing on what you have and what is possible is key to improving anyone's life, but respectfully I don't think that's what someone would takeaway from your message.
Get over yourself, kid.
No bro, all Gen Z's are fkn wimps that can't deal with reality.. jokes aside, he probably documented the cases of those that are more vocal (ironically enough those that are spoon fed) due to the presence of social media.
He makes a video, cooks up some half baked points and slaps labels on an entire generation because of that. It's no wonder people choose to rather end it for good when seeing the type of behaviour seen in this toxic cesspool of a comment section that for most of these rude idiots transpire in real life too.
Agreed. I was talking to my family about this recently. My partner and I saved for years and bought our first home at 30. Old house in a high crime, run down neighborhood- best we could afford as two professionals working with masters degrees.
There are two houses on my street with kids that I've seen. Not only are fewer people having kids, but parents my age can't afford to live in suburbia and have the sense of neighborhood community I grew up with, and my parents grew up with.
My neighborhood should be THE place for young parents, but the economy has crippled people's ability to not just build families, but stable communities. Everyone I know with kids my age either bounces around different apartments as crazy rents keep kicking them out, or are living with parents. It's so sad.
Pride is killing everyone. The generations have just been a loop of being hurt, not being able to cope, growing up never receiving the love that overcomes the trauma, and the resulting hardening of the heart to pridefulness. Everyone's hearts are hardened and they just accept that this is reality, resulting in another generation where it begins anew. We don't need more pride. We need to be broken down and brought back up in sincere love and humility that is found in Christ Jesus. If this is viewed as weakness, so be it. However, it is the truth.
don't forget the boomers and gen Xers that were in the leadership roles when gen Z was growing failed to prepare us adequately, but he's just hating on zoomers to get clicks from boomers who get their jollies off on laughing at young people struggling
Gen-Z is so anxious BECAUSE they are protected from all actual physical hardship and discomfort. So everything is anxiety, everything is "trauma." Physical pain seems to damp down anxiety. Because now the bad thing has happened, so you can just deal with it rather than endlessly worry about it. This is the reason for "cutting" and other such behaviors. When you live entirely in your head and have no contact with reality, everything is up in the air, everything is a potential calamity that never comes. This is a recipe for mental torment. It's a symptom of overprotective, over-scrutinized helicopter parenting and lack of rough play during developmental years, as well as a sedentary, permanently-online lifestyle with no physical or social component. They're just constantly in their heads, living a disembodied, cerebral existence and drinking from the firehose of the internet 24/7. The movie "Fight Club" is kind of a dissertation on the problems of Gen-Z (though it was originally about their parents, gen-X). Oddly enough, just getting punched in the face allows you to go, ok, now I know how that feels. Now I can rank order various things and decide what's worth worrying about and what isn't. But if you avoid pain all your life you're just constantly living in fear of everything because it's all unknown and unquantified -- and you're untested. You think everything is going to kill you. Even momentary discomfort makes you feel "unsafe." Everything is medicalized and every feeling is some kind of disorder. We may be living modern lives but genetically we are unchanged from half a million years ago. Maybe we know why we're living in human zoos staring at screens all day, but as far as the body is concerned, something is very wrong. It is indistinguishable from solitary confinement in prison. So people's minds go off the rails. It shouldn't be surprising.
TL;DR-- The lives people live are driving them crazy. These kids need to play peewee football or something, ffs. And bring back bullies, they serve an important social function.
you're 100pct right. living in your own head can be disaster. Ask me how i know
“Life’s tough, get a helmet.” - Candace Owens
Gen Zzz when they go on about pronouns and their perpetually offended takes on everything.
when I was 22 the interest rate on a home loan was 22%. I was homeless twice and my high school counselor told me "guys like you dont' go to college". I never felt even a little unhappy. They were all just things I had to over come.
So true, I guess you must have been a boomer, Interest rates and unemployment skyrocketed after the Jimmy Carter years, gas prices must have tripled and we had those even odd days to get gas and wait in long lines. To think GenZ has it tough today is laughable, they are the biggest whiners in my 60-some years. If Biden ever gets us into a ware then they might need to toughen up, but GenZ has had it easy, too easy.
I remember that interest rate. 😏
As a 23 year old Gen Z I agree with Matt, but there is one thing that I wanna add in defence of Gen Z.
With all the comforts that people have in the modern times, people are getting further and further away from things that can't be bought with money, from the authentic lifestyle.
People became more isolated and estranged from each other. It's harder to make friends and find partners to make family with. In the age of social media and oversaturation of information (most of which is garbage), not all but most people became less focused what makes them more superficial, materialistic and childish.
I also noticed that people started wasting more time on the superficial entertainment rather than have a meaningful life goals.
Thus it's much harder for people to have dreams like becoming a great artist, scientist, explorer, etc. Because people think that why do all of that if being a TikTok influencer pays off more. In the modern times you can earn more money from being a degenerate Twitch streamer than from being the next Leonardo DaVinci. Also the sudden rise of AI doesn't help the situation.
Gen Z's were born in the extremely nihilistic and materialistic time.
No doubt previous generations had harder struggles, but unlike them most Gen Z's have nothing to fight for.
Anxious about what? Life is challenging. So what? So is dating. So is college. So is work. You become great by overcome great circumstances. To me, this is a privileged spoiled generation who's greatest motivation in life is waking up to video games, social media, and swiping left or right.
The 1990s were just too good, especially for a child. There was this illusion that this was life, to us trauma was our parents not letting us play an extra hour of video games. I'm grateful for growing up in that kind of prosperity, but many of our generation aren't equipped for life as a result.
Parents should stop molly cuddling this kids and make them learn how to deal with the real world they may think they're helping them but they really are not they're enabling them and helping to feed this sort of entitled behaviour from their children
You mean parent, as in single mothers
@@IronClique well their dead beat fathers can always jump in
We live in a world where children tell their parents what sex they are ,how can a parent reinforce discipline on their children?, it's a tragic era, we live in
@purplelove3666 Discipline and structure FROM BIRTH, sprinkled with spanking when appropriate does the trick.
People shouldn’t “have” kids - you have to raise and develop them into productive adults...and that is hard and take constant attention.
Entitled toddlers
I’m so thankful I was born in 78 and was raised the way I was. Society has gotten so weak and it’s pathetic
Yaa cheap housing and gas prices is something you should really be thankful about
Yaa cheap housing and gas prices is something you should really be thankful about
People are soft. This is what happens when you baby my generation for years.
The internet and the social media era really made some of the weakest pack of humans in history.
Oh my God I got a paper cut I got so much anxiety 😭😔
😂😂😂
Maybe GenZ should quit voting democrat
In defense of people crying about 9-5, a lot of it isn’t the job itself. It’s the commute. When the “8 hour” labor law was put into place, people didn’t envision what cars would one day do to society. Before, almost everyone worked in the town they lived in. Now, that’s rare. Most people have a 20-30 minute commute, with a 1+ hour commute not being uncommon. That really drags out the day and increases stress, especially if you live in a traffic-heavy area. Now I don’t think that circumstance is bad enough to cry about, but we must admit it is problematic for the workforce.
Gen Z here were not all like this. Yes, I may face 'anxiety' when attending a job interview or trying something new such as driving lessons, but that's it! I don't fear the future; it will happen no matter what I do/don't do. My life has been easy af compared to my parents and grandparents. I don't understand my 'peers' obsession with 'victim points' and the untrue statement that life is hard. Sure, things like buying a house ain't easy, but I also don't think people should go in with the idea that an early 20-year-old can buy a good house. You need a job to earn the money and afford the mortgage. Honestly, I was told to suck it up and move on. It works well!
GenXer here - I can’t believe one generation made so much difference. 🤦🏻♂️
If somone from the 1800's saw all of the laws and regulations and restrictions and complexity of life we are subject to they would have a panic attack.
I did have a lot of panic attacks in middle school, and then I grew up and took control of my life
Yeah, they used to call it "having a meltdown". Before that, it was hysteria.
@charizards5146 what does that have to do with my comment?
@pixel9548 yeah, I wouldn't call it having a meltdown though, it was a bit different than that
That's not how panic attacks work. If you think that you can just "take control of it," then you've never had an actual panic attack, and you don't know what a panic attack is.
@@travisreifke4356Right!
They weren't allowed to leave their parents or an adult supervision for most of their childhood. They weren't challenged and were constantly protected. They were only allowed to go outside with an adult. Which is something most adults do not normally do. Meaning that they generally did not go outside. They were raised on the internet and largely by the internet. We have failed this generation.
I'm EXTREMELY thankful to hear you say that there's no denying that a certain lifestyle was easier to establish and maintain just a few decades ago compared to today. That alone is an important statement to make and for people to agree upon. That's reality and I come across far too many people who deny or downplay the impact of that reality. Thanks for saying that, Matt!
A millennial trying to call Gen Z weak is hilarious when y’all are the ones who started all of our problems we have in America and have also faced 0 hardship.
Matt just belittles everyone. Wonder why he never changes a mind. They were raised to be scared of everything. They're doing what they were taught.
Truth hurts sometimes, I see it more that he's honestly pointing out how little people have allowed themselves to become, they could be bigger if they put in the effort to
He belittles what deserves to be belittled.
Story time: When I was younger, (aprox 6-7) I was at a fair with my family and for whatever reason (I can't remember!) I wanted something or wanted to do something and my father said no. I began to whine and cry about it not being fare....my father promptly stopped, knelt in front of me and said "FAIR is where we are at now, the world/life is not FARE, it's actually mostly unfair!! LEARN TO DEAL WITH IT....otherwise disappointment will haunt you for the rest of your life! Now stop whining before I give you something to whine about!" Probably one of the most valuable things my father ever said to me! That and "man plans, and God laughs!"
Reading your spelling is not fair to my brain.
Fare is what you pay to ride a bus. Fair is what you meant.
...the Blessing of being raised with a strong Father in your Life...most Moms would never tell their kid that..
@@zombiemom6701 ...apparently our storyteller, like Shakespeare, ye bard of olde- prefers the Olden Ǣnglish spelling..."ond Fare ynogh says Aye"
How about just wait till I get you home!
They're scarred by the wrong pronouns getting used! Piss weak!!
Can't say Boo to a Gen Z without them needing to be assured that everything will be okay. God it would be great if we woke up one morning and there would be no smartphones or internet for that matter! Where's the time machine set for the 1970s-1980s?
If you find it please let me know where it is!!!
This is so true!! These fools have no idea how the real world works.
Adversity builds character. Just can't get away from that. I had a very unsettled life bouncing around Montana the last decades and never had everything I wanted. But as a wise man once noted, sometimes you get what you need and that struggle always worked out. 64 now (somehow). Much more settled, content and happy as things are mostly working out but never assume it'll last forever and always looking for the next problem to handle. Welcome to Life. In fact, NO REGRETS as one adage always holds true: "Most hardship and adversity become adventures once they pass."
I am a Gen Z, and whenever I hear my husband complain about working all day I tell him he didn’t work all day- he worked for 8 hours. People in the 1300s and most of human history worked literally all day, and ate bread and milk for nearly every meal. We have it good now, just stop with the pity party and get off social media for the love of God.
All of gen z is so anxious because they’re stuck in their own heads since they have it so easy nowadays. Nothing is like how things used to be.
I agree with you Matt, but let's not forget that in 1910 right up to the early 2000s, the reported news and daily exposure to tragic events and world wide coverage of those tragic events was at least 90% less common in the daily lives of all humans on our planet than it is today. This constant exposure of non-stop "bad news" since the mid-2000s has now grown today to become the #1 anxiety-causing symptoms we all suffer from. Gen-Zs era was not glorious, and it's probably even worse today. Life is tough and continuously challenging, but Gen-Zs were not brought up to be able to face the reality of what a real, strong and resilient human being we can be, they were raised to aim low, have it easy, and allowed to stay home until age 25....
Excellent point about the 24-hour news cycle. I stopped listening to the talking heads hype up doom and gloom about 5 years ago, and feel all the better for it.
To deal with the bad news, i do things that doesn't involve them in it.
People are weak.
can be account but is not relevant if you are not ignorant or brainless, I can put as sample how brainless GenZ is that when I was hiring people and decided to make myself the interviews I instantly regret it, just imaging being the owner and manage a company with already over a hundred employees see a human that is hard to distinguish his genre with a hard obesity, blue hair introducing himself to you like this" hi I am ... and my pronouns are they and it", after him a white man telling me he was a black woman, and I believe just with those 2 I do not need to provide more examples, but that wasn't the worst part, the worst part was that they had a diploma and can't answer me the more basic questions about the field, they had no idea what the work was about or how to do it, after the interviews I was trying to understand how that was possible, those people spent years studying and zero qualifications to actually perform in the field, plus they start telling me about their medical and mental conditions that requires special needs because 8 of 10 I interviewed claim to suffer PTSD, one of them even told me the sad story on how after her pet died (was a white rat) she fell into hard depression that required therapy and drug prescription; then after this experience I decided to increase the salary of my employees and also took out of the requirements a university diploma and already ordered that any with a diploma from a list of universities I gave them can't apply to work for me and curiously I found great workers that are performing incredibly good that had no diploma, I still can not understand how we reach this point and what all these young people are learning in the university nowadays.
"stay home until age 25"
The idea of "out of the house at 18" only came about in the 20th century. Families used to stay relatively close to each other for time immemorial. It's not written in stone that 18 is the magic cutoff date.
Now if you're talking about "not sponging off of others into adulthood", that's a whole other topic.
Gen-Z is the most threating obstacle to our future.