Venting Our generation had the shittiest life experience ever

[zdeweilx]

Unstable job market. Rising housing prices. Overwhelming inflation. Loss of purpose. Scarcity of meaningful human relationships.

I think normies don't fully realize how unlucky we were to have been born in such a shitty period.

In comparison, our ancestors were lucky enough to have been granted ideal conditions and were able to lead such a peaceful, enjoyable life compared to the mess we have been left with.

Our generation had it very tough, it makes perfect sense to be depressed and suicidal, now more than ever.

 

[LastLightFade...]

Unstable job market. Rising housing prices. Overwhelming inflation. Loss of purpose. Scarcity of meaningful human relationships.

I think normies don't fully realize how unlucky we were to have been born in such a shitty period.

In comparison, our ancestors were lucky enough to have been granted ideal conditions and were able to lead such a peaceful, enjoyable life compared to the mess we have been left with.

Our generation had it very tough, it makes perfect sense to be depressed and suicidal, now more than ever.

I agree, we're pretty much fucked in every way, we're probably going to be having another great depression era.

 

[derpyderpins]

Yes and no, imo.

There's an argument to be made about tech and modern convenience making the lifestyle of a sad wageslave a little more comfortable than in the past.

but. BUT. The difference in life experience versus expectations, reasonable expectations, is insanely drastic.

The productivity increase from 100 years ago to now is unbelievable when you consider the supercomputers in our pockets and all the tools we have.

Yet, we have more hours worked per household and less inflation-adjusted dollars for those hours. We should be prosperous.

We should be in a new renaisance, working 2-4 hours a day and indulging in art, philosophy, or inventing, building, and so on, whatever passion you may have, or even just focusing on your family, dedicating your life to raising children better than past generations.

But we're instead more of restricted tax cattle than ever, and now we see clear evidence that elite billionaires make their money by stealing ours through, eg, the stock market, so that they can rape, traffic, kill, and maybe even eat babies.

And what NO ONE wants to talk about with the "mental health crisis" is that it is largely a logical reaction to this ^^^ difference between reasonable expectations and reality.

 

[Blackthorne]

I think anyone at any time is unlucky to have been born ultimately.

I'm not denying the truth of what you describe. However I always think about the generation of my grandparents who lived through the war. Millions of men died fighting. Millions more were gruesomely injured. Europe was a wasteland. Millions passed through the gas chambers and were brutally murdered. It's still not that bad pretty much anywhere in the west except for Ukraine. Of course that could change quickly but history does show it can get much, much worse. The corona virus was nothing compared to the Black Plague to give just one example.

That being said even though I was unhappy during my youth my generation did have it better than yours. Like the generation before us we screwed up big time. Sorry about that. I'm still hoping with every new generation someday we'll finally get it right and create freedom, justice and prosperity for all. I'll admit it does look bleak right now.

 

[Cauliflour]

We live in a very strange time period as us humans were never designed to be able to get whatever we want with a simple button press and that's gone and properly fucked up how our brains work. There's never been another generation in history like this one which has grown up with that. You can trace a lot of modern problems back to the internet becoming mainstream and integrated into our daily lives.

 

[CenturiesEnd]

I personally wouldn't project my experiences onto an entire generation. There's tons of Gen Z people out there with jobs, homes, and fulfilling relationships. I see it everyday. In fact, the stark difference between my life and their's is particularly depressing and part of my CTB reasoning.

Thinking objectively, the modern world is much less poverty-stricken than the 20th century. Less war, less disease, more quality of life technology available. It's really a blessing, in a way, that we can live in a time where we can turn on a heater in our homes instead of freezing at winter time. Or shower in warm water instead of dirty, cold community baths. At least those of us that live in developed countries.

 

[DownwardSpiral]

Yea it's bad, especially the rise of screens. It has severely socially impaired us and now way more people are feeling awful even though our technology has improved.

 

[glitterpvppy]

Best childhood. Worst adulthood.

 

[itsgone2]

I completely agree with OP. And it's going to get worse.