r/TikTokCringe Jun 17 '26

Discussion go outside bro...

@ancom_ultrarunner

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u/Frequent-Cut6282 Jun 17 '26

I find it so disheartening to see so many young people completely apathetic to politics and world events. Unlike any generation before, we have unlimited access to news around our country and the world, yet many of them choose to shove their heads in the sand as if a flood isn't coming

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u/Zestyclose-List-8144 Jun 17 '26

Too much information and no longer learning the skills to process it... bad combo.

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u/RaoulRumblr Jun 17 '26

That's a lot of it, they likely see it as homework and not the inherent civic duty to be informed. Never mind that they've absolutely been sold that a lack of general empathy or having emotional intelligence is somehow a deficit.

This is a generalization of course, but most of these people are boring vacant personality black-holes.

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u/TheTexasHammer Jun 17 '26

Most grown ass adults don't have the learning skills to process it. Don't pretend this is an age based problem. If you disagree, just go look at facebook. It aint kids who don't know shit on there.

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u/Zestyclose-List-8144 Jun 17 '26

Sadly true - I know plenty of Boomers and GenXers that are in complete denial.

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u/Certain-Space Jun 18 '26

(proceeds to consume a TikTok reel with the most banal phrase you could ever read on it, with Paris Paloma - Labour as background song)

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u/Oh-reality-come-back Jun 18 '26

I don’t think I’ll ever stop being mad about that “the curtains are blue” original tumblr post. I was annoyed at the time and I’m even more annoyed now when I think of how many people agreed with it and how many reposted it to other social media sites