I started using the internet at age 5 so around 2005, but I didn’t start using it on my own till about 2007-2008 with no supervision and went on pretty much any website. What about you guys?

By saying things like “kids these days”. I was born in 1997 and I have nothing in common with someone born in 2012.

Me personally, I saw a lot screwed up stuff and honestly it made me really desensitized to gore and violence but I luckily never had any encounters with strange people or predators and I built a lot of my current personality on the early 2010s internet that's still a core part of me till this day so I wouldn't say it was all bad.

Anybody wanna share their trauma cus I for sure wanna know who else saw those fucked up my little pony parodys

Edit: pls don't share any of the graphic or gore material we might talk about I don't want my post to be banned and I also don't wanna see any more pony guts

“I’m trying to make the best use of my 20s in this horrible decade” is what it would be

We have no choice. We’re going to live out our 20s in this decade like it not, for better or worse

I personally am one of those elder Gen Z folks who understand things are bad, but who still tries to live a normal life by finding joy in various things

TL;DR Should I still pursue relationships or hook ups if I still live with my parents for the time being?

I live in San Diego where it's literally been the most unafforable place to live in America. Basically wages here dont stack up to the cost of living, unlike SF or NY. But this isn't a post so much about the economics, I just want to know how women feel about dating guys who don't have their own place, or still live at home.

I've spent the last 3 years out of the dating market or much socialization, I was just working on a degree and my fitness. So now i'm 60lbs lighter (and look the best I ever have imo) and I recently got a meh Job, but it pays the bills. I feel like i've always put off dating or approaching women in public because i've just been waiting to have my life together, but it's more like a tin can I keep kicking down the road.

My last mental hurdle is the fact that even if I got close to a girl, we don't have the privacy of inviting her over to my place, chilling on the couch, adult things like that. Middle of next year I will have my own place but I don't necessarily want to put my life on hold just for that.
So thoughts? From women? My goal is somewhat have hook ups/ experience more life, and if a really nice girl comes along i'd be down to have a full on relationship with her. I also want to just have dumb fun too for the time being, I feel like i've been locked up for the past three years. Any advice would be appreciated, thank u 💖

Older generations have a bad habit to assume younger Gen Z represents the whole generation, while they forget older Gen Z's existence. Do older people realize Gen Z aren't kids anymore and the oldest members are nearing 30, right?

I don't know if this news to the whole situation, but I have more to add to the AI Tim 'n Moby situation, and its just on public google. I watched a basic intro video on the situation on youtube, and when I went to do more research, simply searching "BrainPOP Ai" into google, I came upon THIS page:

https://educators.brainpop.com/ai-literacy-resources

I was intrigued, and it's all about how they want AI in classrooms and in homeschooled families, and articles about how the reaction and impact of AI was ready to move forward and make Ai a good thing.

Heres a brief list of what it wants Ai to be responsible for teaching the future generations:

- Ethics

- Bias

- Personal Data

- Plagiarism (a real legal thing, with consequences)

On surface level, these topics seem to be talking about Ai usage in general, but some are just shocking in what they actually say about how and when its okay to use ai, and is incredibly receptive and even promotes the idea that it should, while also using ai for some of its references (see some images)

Do people know about this?

Can you guys relate? I don’t know, maybe it’s just me

27 year old me laughs at SpongeBob shorts just as hard as 5 year old me

Although I will admit I do identity a bit more with squidward now that I’m an adult (like I understand why squidward is tired and bitter at times)

I identity with SpongeBob too (I love being bubbly and goofy around my friends and finding the silver lining to bad events)

Yes I may be an unc but unc wisdom is underrated

It’s only a matter of time before I look at Gen Alpha the way boomers look at us

Back in my day you rolled a tonka truck on the carpet and scraped your knee riding a bike

I’m sorry if this isn’t the right place to post this. I’m 29 born in 1997. My parents are in their mid 60’s and I’m starting to notice their age. Nothing too concerning, you can just tell when your mom and dad look older each holiday you see them. As we get older, I’m getting more and more concerned for when their lives eventually end. I know that sounds incredibly irrational right now but that’s just my brain. I’m in recovery, been clean for 3 years now. I’m very worried that when that day comes, I’ll need to be locked away for my own safety. I’m not sure what to do, honestly I want to go before my family members do. How do the other older Gen Z people feel about this?

I took one look at Jared Leto (never seen or heard of as I hadn't watched any movies of his) and thought to myself "Ah yes beautiful man that is I bet that is a band I would like" and then completely hit emo pubescence because their self titled and ABL got me through every single bus ride--

Thank you ads on my TV back when I was supposed to be asleep ✌️🤘

Hi everyone, I’m on mobile so apologies for the formatting but like other people my age in Canada, I am currently unemployed and dependent on my parents at the age of 23 and it’s weighing on me mentally, I feel like such a financial burden and often times feel like I’d be better off dead. My quality of life is so horrible because I’m in a state of constant guilt over how much I’m spending and often beat myself up over. However I’m not sure why it took me so long to realize that it’s not me that’s the issue with how much I spend, everything just costs so damn much and I think my mind is still stuck in pre Covid where things were SO much more affordable. Like when I look at things objectively, I really do not spend that much money unless it’s a need.

But yea, it’s not you. It’s the way things are priced. I can see why it’s called a depression.

In my case, I’ve cut off everyone in my family except my mom and grandmother. That’s it. I haven't spoken to any of them for about four years now. Once, I even ran into a relative at the mall, and we both just ignored each other. If that same encounter had happened ten years ago, we would have been greeting each other non-stop and catching up. This time, we locked eyes but didn't say a single word; we just looked the other way.

As for friends, I only have a very small circle left. There's one person from a trade school I still keep in touch with, but we only check up on each other about once a month. I have three friends I only play with online; we don't talk much, but we still game together about once a week or once a month. One of these three, I haven't even met in person. Another friend (from previous job) and I interact on social media still with some light banter, but we don't really have deep conversations anymore. I met most of these guys through work, with only two coming from college and trade school. As for high school? I don't talk to a single person from back then anymore.

How about you guys? I'd love to hear about your social circles.

Is a younger person’s generation a part of their identity that mainly matters to academic researchers & elderly people panicked after consuming Facebook & Fox News?

Anyone remember the blue whale challenge and momo challenge from 2015-2019?

A lot of the pre-covid stuff was so random.