you gonna hate me for this but gen z is living the crisis.
> pandemic steals your school years
> lockdowns steal your social skills
> online classes steal your attention span
> zoom fatigue becomes your baseline
> graduate into chaos
> every skill you learn gets outdated
> every safe career becomes a gamble
> your parents’ advice stops working in real-time
> you’re told to “learn to code”
then the code writes itself
> you’re told to “upskill”
then new skills drop
> you’re told to “adapt”
then the entire industry moves to another
> unemployment eats your 20s
> layoffs become seasonal
> job listings are ghost towns
> entry-level jobs demand 5 years experience
> internships are unpaid
> full-time jobs recruiters ghost you after 6 rounds
> inflation eats your salary
> rent eats your savings
> groceries eat what’s left
> buying house is a joke
> everyone is chasing early retirement
> pollution is killing you
> you work harder than your parents
> you earn more on paper, you live worse in reality
> you can’t afford the life they had at your age
> they call you entitled anyway
> social media eats your attention
> comparison eats your self-worth
> hustle culture eats your peace
> productivity guilt eats your rest
> burnout becomes your personality
> mental health pandemic everywhere
> dating apps turned romance into shopping
> situationships replaced relationships, ghosting is the default
> commitment issues is everyone’s bio
> loneliness is the business model
> therapy costs more than rent
> and you can’t afford rent
> the news never stops
> wars stream live in 4k
> your generation watches the world collapse in real-time
still
you’re told “be grateful”
you’re told “others had it worse”
you’re told “this builds character”
you’re told “we all struggled”
think again.
pandemic + ai automations + mass layoffs + inflation + housing crisis + climate breakdown + algorithmic depression + job apocalypse + financial nihilism
gen z is, living in the crisis.
Cognitive neuroscientist Julia Mossbridge, Ph.D, says these memories from the future could mean the notion of time might not be as linear as we imagine.