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I haven't hit that point yet. They've changed what It was, now what I'm with isn't It, and what is It just isn't that interesting to me?
Like, rock and roll burned down the Silent Generations' collective brains. The Greatest Generation was sure DnD was a cult. The Boomers were sure video games were going to turn a generation into bloodthirsty murderers. Gen X doesn't and has never existed, and us Millennials...don't see what's so funny about 67. Like, when I looked up what Skibidi Toilet was, I recognized it instantly as Source Filmmaker Youtube Poop. Where's the weird and scary?
The latest moral panic is social media. And if your instinctive response is, "that's different" then you might be right... or you might just be the same as all the people in previous generations who thought their moral panic was different from the ones that came before :)
It's literally having a real effect on kids brains though, especially the short form videos with their constant stream of dopamine. It's also been seen time and time again that the algorithms are pushing people to more and more extreme alt right content. This problem is mostly with the big companies though, with their algorithms actively pushing for this result.
Quite possibly! But I think it's still a moral panic, unless you insist that means it's unfounded.
I think the thing I disagree with most is the morality part of it. It's not only on moral grounds people are panicking, but also on scientific grounds.
I am still complaining about the generations before me. And that means I am still young.
May I add:
- Which medications your rely on are actually slowly killing you.
Reject adulting, return to childhood.
What did Picard do to deserve that hate D:
Issue on the last point. The previous 3 or 4 generations are ruining society, and are responsible for the state of the next generation.
Ok but how will that affect "financial reasons?"