“GEN Z DOESN’T DRINK”
“GEN Z DOESN’T DATE”
“GEN Z DOESN’T BUY HOUSES”
“GEN Z DOESN’T HAVE KIDS”
“GEN Z DOESN’T SMILE”
Maybe because:
• They graduated into a pandemic
• Job hunted into an AI apocalypse
• Entered the housing market when rates hit 8%
• Watched a world war start before they turned 25
• Got their first paycheck and lost 30% to taxes they’ll never see benefits from
• Student loans kicked in the same month rent doubled
• Were told to “just network” during two years of lockdown
• Grew up on social media designed to make them feel worthless
• Watched billionaires add trillions during COVID while they lost their jobs
• Inherited a planet that’s literally on fire
• Were promised the American Dream and handed the American Bill
But yeah.
It’s the avocado toast.
Now 52% of young adults live with their parents, the highest rate ever, surpassing even the Great Depression. The most-educated and most in debt generation in history did everything they were supposed to and got this.
The system. Does. Not. Work
Just saw a blind woman with her dog walk into a Starbucks in a Longos grocery store
"Wait, is this a Starbucks?"
"Yes"
"Damn it, I don't know why he always takes me to Starbucks!"
Le jour où mon ex m’insultait, me hurlait dessus et a dit « t’es bien contente de dormir ici » et que j’ai pu répondre « j’ai un salaire et une maison. Je vais juste prendre un uber et rentrer chez moi. »
J’ai compris pourquoi être indépendante était primordial.