My adopted grand daughters are Gen Z as well as many of the young people I know in our community. These young GenZ are industrious, learning to contribute to the community rather than use it for their own benefit. Instant-media displays the corruption of the Gen Z culture, this is unfortunate. Monetizing intensifies self-focus; but distortions in thinking are not unusual in the natural man - who are not, on their own, capable of escaping the limits of self. Though disheartening to see, it is clear the collapse of life in GenZ captures those who are driven by fettishes and therefore imprisoned by their ‘self-want-glut’ identity.
The collapse of life is not new. What could be new to ‘the dead in a self-focused attitude’ is a Hope that is outside of self.
Every generation gets stereotyped. Boomers raped the environment and spent all the money. Gen X are the mTV generation with short attention spans living in parent’s basements. Millenials are whiney, wine drinking Nexflix watching, uselessly educated. Gen Z are video gamers, social media addicted, unrealistic and unprepared for life. This obviously cannot be true of all. And may not even be true of most. But there’s never been a shortage of negative stereotypes plastered all over the media.
There are definitely some standout, exceptional young people, as we mentioned in the article. Check out https://www.greatman.com and https://www.freyaindia.co.uk for just two examples of young people with their heads on straight. These creators are up against a hard struggle, getting a handful of comments and likes versus the millions of views their vapid peers get on TikTok. Let's show them our support.
I will call it a mixed bag. There is the clout chasing with instagram and such. We have always had conspicuous consumption. The lens of social media only gives it more impetus. There is also a resurgence of people actually cooking and preparing their own food. Some for growing you own food as well.
We had a couple generations of people who grew up on fast food, ramen, and cheap pizza that had no idea of how to feed themselves. During the height of the pandemic when there were shortages and empty store shelves, I just laughed to myself. The only things that were in short supply were the stuff that people who don't know how to cook reach for. For those of us who cook from scratch, there was plenty. The only shortage that affected me was a temporary shortage of yeast when people went on a bread baking spree.
I am confident saying that there are a lot more people that are getting into making their own food trying to get by while making their student loan payments working at low pay jobs that their worthless choice of degrees got them than there are following the stupid trends of "social media influencers."
I dunno. I grew up in the era of Jordache jeans, Izod shirts, Sperry Topsiders, BMWs, hedge funds, and cocaine. Seems to me in land-o-plenty America every generation repeats the excesses of the previous just in different ways. The difference I see between then and now is the atonement for guilt. Gen Z can’t enjoy basking in their hedonism without blaming previous generations for screwing up everything. Watching them consume French wine and caviar while pretending to care would be funny were it not for the fact they’re hell bent on bullying others with their wokeness. I don’t like bullies.
My adopted grand daughters are Gen Z as well as many of the young people I know in our community. These young GenZ are industrious, learning to contribute to the community rather than use it for their own benefit. Instant-media displays the corruption of the Gen Z culture, this is unfortunate. Monetizing intensifies self-focus; but distortions in thinking are not unusual in the natural man - who are not, on their own, capable of escaping the limits of self. Though disheartening to see, it is clear the collapse of life in GenZ captures those who are driven by fettishes and therefore imprisoned by their ‘self-want-glut’ identity.
The collapse of life is not new. What could be new to ‘the dead in a self-focused attitude’ is a Hope that is outside of self.
Every generation gets stereotyped. Boomers raped the environment and spent all the money. Gen X are the mTV generation with short attention spans living in parent’s basements. Millenials are whiney, wine drinking Nexflix watching, uselessly educated. Gen Z are video gamers, social media addicted, unrealistic and unprepared for life. This obviously cannot be true of all. And may not even be true of most. But there’s never been a shortage of negative stereotypes plastered all over the media.
There are definitely some standout, exceptional young people, as we mentioned in the article. Check out https://www.greatman.com and https://www.freyaindia.co.uk for just two examples of young people with their heads on straight. These creators are up against a hard struggle, getting a handful of comments and likes versus the millions of views their vapid peers get on TikTok. Let's show them our support.
I will call it a mixed bag. There is the clout chasing with instagram and such. We have always had conspicuous consumption. The lens of social media only gives it more impetus. There is also a resurgence of people actually cooking and preparing their own food. Some for growing you own food as well.
We had a couple generations of people who grew up on fast food, ramen, and cheap pizza that had no idea of how to feed themselves. During the height of the pandemic when there were shortages and empty store shelves, I just laughed to myself. The only things that were in short supply were the stuff that people who don't know how to cook reach for. For those of us who cook from scratch, there was plenty. The only shortage that affected me was a temporary shortage of yeast when people went on a bread baking spree.
I am confident saying that there are a lot more people that are getting into making their own food trying to get by while making their student loan payments working at low pay jobs that their worthless choice of degrees got them than there are following the stupid trends of "social media influencers."
I dunno. I grew up in the era of Jordache jeans, Izod shirts, Sperry Topsiders, BMWs, hedge funds, and cocaine. Seems to me in land-o-plenty America every generation repeats the excesses of the previous just in different ways. The difference I see between then and now is the atonement for guilt. Gen Z can’t enjoy basking in their hedonism without blaming previous generations for screwing up everything. Watching them consume French wine and caviar while pretending to care would be funny were it not for the fact they’re hell bent on bullying others with their wokeness. I don’t like bullies.