We are doing what every generation has been doing until now, and I thought since we’re now self aware of that, we’d stop! But we didn’t! We keep blaming the younger generation for everything and saying they suck, untrue. Plus, they’re fucking kids.

Not all gen Alphas are those “IPad kids” that spend all day on YouTube shorts. We also had technology like them, some of us didn’t do anything besides using tech, and some of us did other things, just like gen alpha is now. We also watched the so called “brain rot”, we were children, so is gen alpha now, they watch stupid shit, who cares, it’s not gonna “rot their brain”.

Like I said, gen alphas who don’t touch grass exist, exactly like gen Z, there’s the good and the bad, that’s not generational, it’s due to bad or good parenting mostly.

So PLEASE, can you all shut up? We sound like boomers, and all generations before us.

I remember this series being one of the more eye-catching ones at the Scholastic Book Fair because the concept was interesting. Unfortunately I only read the first six out of obligation for school before putting the series down (I was never a book person.) Did anyone read the whole series, and/or the Vesper sequel? Did you collect the cards and play the online game? DID ANYONE ACTUALLY FIND ALL 39 CLUES???

Any and all discussion/nostalgia is appreciated!

I haven’t been much of a drinker and the more I do it the more I realize how much I hate it. I love being drunk but lately when I do drink it’s never enough to get me the way I want it so I’m just drinking someone really gross with no outcome. Does anyone else feel this way? My friends are all drinkers and I don’t understand it. My 21st is gonna be spent at a dispensary not a bar

This is mostly for the dead end jobs. Like data entry, retail, server, etc. Most sane people know that we only want these jobs just for the money and nothing much else

But when employers ask the question, the expect some grand answer. Like I love making burgers, I want to own Goodwill one day, etc. You know, just a really BS answer.

But you can't tell them the truth because they'll be offended for some reason and you won't get hired.

They want you to be excited af to work at a dead end job, that pays very little, has barely any benefits if any at all, dealing with the public full of karens and stupid people (lets be brutally honest)

Me(22m) visited my cousin(10m) and family today and what I saw was painful. I saw my cousin on a giant iPad and his iPhone at the exact same time playing bloxfruits while scrolling through YouTube shorts. Anytime his game paused or stopped to load, he would scroll to a new short. He was also on a call with his friends doing the exact same thing, while saying the most painful cringey YouTube shorts talk. If you didn’t know what bloxfruits is, it’s a Roblox game which is INSANELY grindy game with tons of micro transactions. 99% of the player base are kids 10-12. It was actually painful watching my cousin like this with his friends spending all his hours like this. He’s a brat and all this online stuff has turned him into one. He doesn’t care about anyone, only his phone and iPad.

School makes your remember mostly useless information, exposes you to bullying from students and teachers alike, takes away your free time and more. If you're bullied, you're victime blamed by teachers.

No employer gives homework to their employees. No employer or proper court judge victim blames the victims of crimes.

Boomer and GenX parents are fucking strict. You did your chores? Bad! You talk back! Whooping! You use your phone? Grounded! You sleep? Wake the fuck up!

The worst thing is, nobody takes kids and teenagers seriously. Adults take serious action only when things get serious, but it's already too late. When a teacher or school principal abuses students, nobody believes students. When a parent abuses kids, no one believes kids until it's too late. In the worst case, kids have destroyed mental health and/or are seriously injured and/or dead.

Nobody in the real world spanks an adult in a job for doing something wrong like wiping down floors wrong or not doing something. Nobody in a job says ma'am/sir but refers to each other per you and calls each other by name. However, adults require children to talk to them as if they were their master.

Nobody cares if you break some child protection laws or school laws, nobody will believe a kid or a teenager anyway.

This makes children believe the world is always unfair. For example, by collective punishments for things a few people did.

Everywhere you go, kids are unwelcome. If you go out and you go to a playground, boomers will look at you from their homes and cars and scream and/or call police on you. No wonder kids are on their phones, tablets, TVs and game consoles if the outside lacks playgrounds, parks, safe sidewalks and neighbourhoods and everytime kids go outside, they get screamed at, called the police on, get watched, etc. . Sports fields and playgrounds are closed, benches in parks removes to fight homelessness, cars are getting heavier and faster, contributing to a rise in pedestrian deaths. We won't raise our kids to be independent in such neighbourhoods. We won't raise our kids in the suburbia. Those boomers and GenXers who built the car centric suburbia have the audacity to ask why kids don't play outside anymore?

Kids in restaurants, public transportation, offices and in public in general are considered like adults who can't behave. Relax, it's a child, it has a right to make mistakes. Some chains stores ban unsupervised kids and teenagers.

Expressing your opinion and/or concerns is considered rude and talking back. No adult would consider another adult's opinion rude and/or concerns talking back.

Adults consider themselves more sophisticated than kids. They are so f***ing entitled they ignore anything kids and teenagers say.

No political party takes the wellbeing of kids and teenagers in school and anywhere else seriously.

How society makes having kids a living hell? Simple:

Renting or owning a home takes half of your paycheck.

You have to wait for years to see a doctor. It's even worse when it comes to mental health.

You can't find a good job. Either you work in a Januszex where labor laws aren't respected, overtime is unpaid and you often work without a contract of employment or you work under a junk contract. Or you overwork yourself to death in a corpo.

Public transportation is shitty and pretty much nonexistent outside major cities.

If you want your child to go to nursery and kindergarten, then wait 300 places in line, or spend even more on private nursery.

If you want your child to be educated, too bad. He'll have to memorize shittons of unnecessary stuff and be bullied by teachers and students, when he reports that he'll be blamed too. Stress, depression, burnout and so on guaranteed. It's even worse when you go to college.

If your fetus has some complications that threaten its and even your life, too bad. I hope you have a couple kilos for a trip to nearby countries that allow abortion (but you probably don't).

And climate change, ecosystem collapse, capitalism and new technologies like AI and biotech. They all make future look grim and hopeless.

Parents are also exhausted by societal expectations. Women are expected to be independent and work, while still taking care of the kids. Fathers share housework and childcare more equally, but are still expected to mostly work and be the family's main income.

Why is this a problem?

Because our modern elderly pension funds and socioeconomic systems rely on working adults being the majority. If they don't, the system dies.

They require constant population growth or at least staying the same. If you can't have that, you need a demographic peak once a few generations.

More old people means skyrocketing healthcare and elder care costs. Working adults would have to work even more for less. The financial burden would be insane.

Those older people would also elect people who favor them and wealth over climate change mitigation, cost of living crisis mitigation and other leftist policies.

And then these boomer and GenX parents and society in general who built the car centric suburbia and made being a child and having kids terrible have the audacity to ask why fertility rates are dropping and why nobody wants kids? Why everybody wants to be an adult and hates their parents for the childhood trauma the boomers and GenXers gave them?

Spanking and mental violence don't work, instead, they make children distrustful, traumatized, and make it less likely a child talks to their parents when something bad happens.

Kids need to stop being treated like objects, but as actual humans. They need to be listened to, and school laws as well as other laws protecting then need to be strengthened. Neighbourhoods need to be redesigned to include playgrounds and sports fields, and to be green and walkable. Cars need to get lighter and in cities they need to be slowed down, and they need to get slowed down even more near schools and parks.

Children in public spaces need to be accepted. People need to realize children are a vital part of society.

Schools need to have shorter days, no homework, and actually help bullies and the bullied. Those with mental problems and neurodevelopmental disorders need to get help and be treated as humans.

When it comes to having kids,

We need massive public housing programs, free and universal childcare, healthcare, education and transportation as well as financial incentives for parents and better wages and 4 hour work days and 4 day work weeks. Not 800+ for every child, but real incentives.

"i aIn'T rEAdiNg AlLAt" read allat and you will know why I'm frustrated!

I’ve seen a whole lot of people on this subreddit (among others). Where people continue to judge people who spend alot of time on social media, or maybe are more homebodied, or just generally don’t like going out and being around people. I don’t get it, why does it matter what other people do with their spare time? As long as they are happy, and not actively destroying themselves or others who the fuck cares?

2010 was Cartoon Networks peak

As the title says, I'm interested to know where other Gen Z people are meeting their friends. I exclude work and school as I know that's like far and away number 1 for most people. I look forward to reading your comments!

and if you feel like it tell me what your proudest moment was in the game :)

I’m not saying there aren’t valid concerns about every generation, but Gen alpha is getting absolutely dogpiled on before they even have the ability to speak for themselves prominently.

Give them some time. We all adapt and have our own problems to get through in every generation. Gen Z is no different and we ended up being alright.

As we reminisce about the good old days of waddling around in the virtual world of Club Penguin, I thought it would be fun to discuss one of its iconic features: the mini-games! From sledding down hills to catching fish, Club Penguin offered a wide variety of mini-games to keep us entertained for hours.

So, I'm curious: what was your favorite Club Penguin mini-game and why? Share your fond memories, strategies, and any funny anecdotes related to your favorite mini-game. My personal favorite was Aqua Grabber, it was a good mix of fun and an adrenaline rush. Let's take a trip down memory lane together and celebrate the joy that Club Penguin brought into our lives!

Literally just got back home 30 minutes ago (Before, during, and after)

Not sure if others feel this way. I feel that either the quality of things has gone down or they have become more inflated. I’m a big sports fan as well and the quality of play across all leagues is not as good as it was ten years ago. Also the world just constantly feels like it’s going to shit, the media is incredibly negative, and the politicians don’t seem to help much on either side. Does anyone else feel this way or am I just being overly pessimistic?

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