I've been trying to rewatch childhood shows on streaming services, and I found one that I really wanted to watch, but the episode was 24 minutes long so I clicked off it which is weird because as a kid I used to watch 2-3 episodes of said show in a row with no issues, and I thought "it's because it's live action, you think it's boring" but when i try to watch cartoons, I have to force myself to rewatch it and not get bored, even if I did click off it and you to reddit or YouTube I would still be bored, I really want to rewatch some of these childhood shows, but my short attention span is ruining my enjoyment and it seems that I'm rather forcing myself to watch the shows rather than enjoying and reliving nostalgia, yesterday I had to force myself to watch a movie I'd been planning to watch for years, and it was really uncomfortable dragging something that was 1 hour 20 mins into 2 hrs 45 mins because of constant breaks because of attention span, when, as an 11 year old I could watch a serious adult movie through and not get bored, even 2 minute videos on reddit seem to be 7 minutes long, and I feel like clicking off them because of how long they seem, and even I get bored of 7 and 8 minute YouTube videos, I'm getting bored of things I willingly want to watch, when I really do want to watch them, it's just my short attention span getting in the way

It wasn't just millenials

Hey fellow Gen Z-ers. I’m doing a presentation about Gen Z and environmental activism. Wanted to ask yall if you personally felt like our generation is making a difference in this area. I think we are but I wanted to hear other opinions/feelings.

Thanks :)

I think it’s alright

Honestly, if this week has taught me anything, it’s that we still need cheap labor and slave-like conditions to make the world function. Without it, you see massive inflation and drained 401k’s.

My question is this: would we prefer to have a massive underclass of people, working in horrible conditions in an authoritarian regime, or would we rather have a working class that is treated well in a safer, fairer work environment? The kicker is the latter is more expensive.

What’s disturbing is, this was the argument to keep slavery during the Civil War; if slavery went away, then the South’s economy would collapse from the lack of free labor. They were somewhat right: the southeast is still widely impoverished. Still, some states adapted, like Virginia and Georgia, while other states held onto regressive values.

In America, the argument for doing business in China, which is notorious for horrible work conditions and child labor, is that it would make our goods cheaper. Also, an argument for keeping illegal immigrants is that we need people to do farm work for 2$ an hour.

To me, we would never want our kids to go through this, so why would we be ok with someone else’s kid doing it? It’s taking advantage of desolate people, at the expense of working class people in Flint, MI, Akron, OH, Toledo, Youngtown, Danville, VA, and other industrial towns.

I know that some tarrifs have been devastating for America, I’ve learned all about the Smoot-Hawley tarrifs that played a role in worsening the Great Depression. Still, not all tarrifs are bad, and global competition isn’t always bad, if that country is creating better products.

But it never sat right with me, that we get all our cheap goods off the backs of children and desolate workers.

Personally, I’m willing to pay more to support ethical business. I just hate how so many people talk about how they are a champion of civil rights, and then support essentially slave labor because it makes their goods cheaper.

Hopefully, the US will start producing more raw goods, AND we can get fairer trade with non-authoritarian nations. To me, Trump going after Canada is extremely stupid. We should all be going after China and Mexico, as our trade relationship with them is a lot more lopsided, and doesn’t do good for our or their working class.

The word is thrown around so frequently. Mostly in the context of “I have portrayed my political adversary as the incel, I have won”

It’s silly and I feel bad for normal, good people who just struggle to find a partner.

https://youtu.be/ga9Z2yy3eFo?si=SJl_q-0gOgB_BybU

Me: Hit Me Baby One More Time - Jack Black

how often do u have dinner or hang out with friends per week?

Tariffs negatively impact the U.S. economy by driving up prices for imported goods, which raises costs for businesses and consumers, leading to reduced spending and slowed economic growth. For companies that rely heavily on global supply chains, such as tech and automotive industries, the increased costs from tariffs squeeze profit margins, discouraging investments and hiring. This uncertainty unsettles investors, often resulting in significant stock market declines, as seen in steep drops in major indices like the S&P 500 and Nasdaq. Retaliatory tariffs from trade partners limit access to international markets, hurting U.S. exports and compounding economic strain. The combined effect of higherproduction costs, reduced consumer demand, and fear of a trade war leads to a widespread loss of investor confidence, causing financial markets to lose value and intensifying economic instability.

Just to add some Crypto bros are fuming rn 2. The only people that are benefiting from Tariffs rn are billionaires 3. The chinese car manufacturers are beating General motors...like guys come on, you wouldn't want to buy a car that could drive through rivers and jump over potholes?

So I am a 1997 child, turning 28 this year.

If somebody asks me one more time if I am planning kids I will flip.

Graduated in a pandemic, raised in Tinder era, has a STEM degree and makes just enough to scrape by, no prospect of owning a home in any near future, like 13th market crash since I remember, apparently I wont be needed because AI will do my job in 2 years anyway, society is regressing, half of us are so depressed we just get on with life mechanically, large-scale wars, old men flexing nuke buttons, everyone is pissed at each other, oh and retirement? Who is she?

Im not even sad anymore but sure as hell I am not planning on brining another human here and just telling them "pull yourself by the bootstraps" when things may be 10x than they are now when I am getting off this planet. This is perhaps one of the very few times in history when we are globally worst off than our previous generations.

All I seem hear right from people I know outside college is about how college is a scam and that I shouldn't be going. I want to ask why?

???

Me and my father use play this together when I was a child, love you dad.

Seems like alot of us just became adults and we had inflation, no jobs hiring/ firing us and now tariff about to make everything more expensive apparently so are we just the cooked generation like the millennials of 2008 but this time it’s intentional 😭😭😭

If you have a gender neutral name, tell me your gender too please.

Why isn’t Gen-Z attending these protests? I’ve noticed the same thing from the pictures and videos being shared all over Reddit. The turnout appears to be mostly solid, but there’s a noticeable lack of young people. The attendance seems in line with voter turnout by age. Does Gen-Z not care enough to protest outside of posting online? Genuine question. Not trying to point and laugh, genuinely wondering if anyone here has attended and what their thoughts are.

Many people, including on this subreddit, talk about the US going to war with Canada or Greenland, but how likely is it for the US to enter into a major war within this decade, and if so, what would this war be like, and how would it play out?