Varsha, a 22-year-old arts and law student, says that the older generations think gen Z is weak, but the realities of the cost of living crisis, climate crisis, global unrest and social media make her 20s a game of survival.
Varsha, a 22-year-old arts and law student, says that the older generations think gen Z is weak, but the realities of the cost of living crisis, climate crisis, global unrest and social media make her 20s a game of survival.
I know boomers tend to have terminal foot in mouth disease and the emotional maturity of housecats but that response is fucking psychopathic
That said:
Babe, that ain’t just you. GenX, had that happen to me a couple years ago. Millenials deal with this too. There’s a cutoff around 1970 that’s fucking the majority born after it
No war but class war.
The year was 1989. I had rented an apartment in college, starting the last week of August. Rent was due the 5th of each month. Move in was first and last months’ rent, plus one month security deposit.
Okay, we kind of trashed the place, we were never getting the deposit back, but this is not about that.
Last week of August, we paid three months’ rent on move-in, as described above. Our lease ended after the third week of May 1990. One week later, we paid September rent. Then the rest of the months.
March 5th comes. We pay rent. I sit down and do some math. I realize that by paying a full month at the end of August on move in, then full September one week later, that the rest of the August move-in month covers the first three weeks of May, at the end of the lease. Since we’d also paid last month’s rent, that was for April. Since we’d just paid March rent … we were done paying rent.
The building manager was none too pleased when I pointed this out. I’m sure lots of college kids got fucked over this way.
eyup but the caveat is its getting more fucked as we go along so being born on the early side is better than not. even the first half of the boomers compared to second half is a big difference. also the older you are the more you got a glimpse of good times. The only thing better from when I was a kid is basically computers/internet which mostly is about having nicer media and playtime. Foods were plenty convenient with little to no plastic.
yup, not sure who I’m sorrier for - my generation, who got a taste and remember the good times, millenials, who saw the good times and missed out, or Z who can’t even conceive them
yeah I worry that Z and beyond won’t even realize what is possible.
This idea of boomers typically being emotional immature resonates with me and my life experience, but do you have any ideas why that’s the case? I’ve ruminated on it a lot. I suspect less job competition could be a factor? Lower stakes in life and the ability to be less self censoring maybe? I hear so many of them say fucked up stuff and generally be very unserious. See no incentive to understand the world their kids live in etc. I had to work so fucking hard just to be able to rent my own place and get out of share housing and they didn’t have any trouble like that, but act like I just don’t work hard enough.
Raised post-war, traumatised to fuck, shitloads of lead exposure and then told therapy meant you were crazy
Maybe. I’m not totally satisfied with that theory but it’s a start. Maybe passive consumption of mainstream broadcast media is a factor too.
self medication takes many many forms