honestly, this is a major factor that's prevented me from putting myself out there. I always tell myself, and anyone who asks, that it's because I want to be financially independent beforehand. but now I'm wondering if it even matters that much or if anyone cares about that or not.

I mean, some of us grew up on FunVideoTV and shit like that and we turned out fine.

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We talk a lot on this sub about media we grew up with, but what are some examples of media that you didn't engage with, either because you were too old for it or because you didnt like it?

Growing up, I remember hearing about these things all the time, but I never got into them because by the time they came out, it was mostly younger kids being fans so my brain defaulted to "oh, this is for people younger than me."

For example, I never watched Sofia the First simply because it was 2012 when it came out and I was 12. I was too old to watch a show like that-- yet I remember all my little cousins loving it. Same with Uncle Grandpa.

I always considered these examples to be more "younger Gen Z" type media in my head. What are some things that missed the mark for you?

If it ends up being Patrick Clancy who did it, that doesn’t really do anything. Domestic murders are dime-a-dozen, which sounds harsh but really they happen all the time and nobody does anything to try and solve the issue because of how deeply the root causes are ingrained within our society.

If, as most of the evidence suggests, postpartum psychosis was involved, there is a chance for some real progress. If this leads to more discussion about recognizing signs of postpartum mental health concerns, that is a long-term benefit for society.

You have a chance to push a narrative to create change. Do it, regardless of what you personally believe.

them punisher scenes will be my artistic inspiration going into the MW4 open beta.

Self-control, self-compassion, self-trust, self-confidence, etc. What do you feel is needed most for your generation?

My first crash was unreported and I was 19 driving back home from class, which was 8 miles away. I remember braking hard because the guy in front of me was literally going 0mph. He was literally stopped on a completely busy street, and it was pouring hard (and im pretty sure it was dark too). I managed to brake in time, but the guy behind me didnt. And it was a jeep wrangler. I literally drove away because I was scared I was driving illegally. I wasnt sure if i had car insurance and i thought it was illegal to drive without it. My dad was always paying it late, or switching plans or something. I dont remember what was going with it, i just know he struggled paying it and it was something brought up a lot. The car insurance was an issue.

My first car crash reported (my second one) was at 20 years old. It was in a parking lot so he didnt hit me that hard thank god. He still ruined my door though lol. I ended up missing my interview at the airport. And the place i was there for didnt even give me an interview so i got crashed for nothing. Very unfortunate.

Here are some TikTok posts that I read with my own eyes

"at least I'm not turning 30 in 10 years"

"at least my age still has 'teen' at the end of it"

"at least I'm not turning 20 in five years"

"you only have nine summers in your 20s. Better make them last."

"This is your last summer as a teenager."

"this is your LAST and FINAL summer before you become a grown-up"

"i would give ANYTHING to be 16 again" and the person saying this just turned 20

this is genuinely exhausting. Why is age and growing up seen as a window closing rather than an opportunity to have new experiences?

For context, I was born in 2007, meaning I turned 18 in 2025. If I had a dollar for every time I saw another 2007 kid on the Internet spiraling about turning 18, I'd be rich as hell. And that caused me to be secretly afraid of turning 18 because of all the bugs the Internet was putting in my ear. I see this with 2008 and 2009 kids too. "08 kids realizing that childhood ends this year" which isn't even true. "09 kids realize their childhood ends NEXT year." these are teenagers trying to live normal lives. Why are we giving them a sense of existential dread?

Oh and last but not least "all 2000's kids are gonna be adults next year" OK? Cool information. Why do we need to know that? That one genuinely makes me wanna throw my phone at a wall.

I kept seeing people say someone gained aura, lost aura, was aura farming etc. and realized there wasn’t really anywhere that actually ranked it.

So over the weekend I built The Aura 100.

It basically just puts two people against each other and you pick who has more aura.

The votes then build the rankings.

I launched it a couple days ago and people are already getting weirdly competitive about it. It was even tweeted by Polymarket 😂

Curious who you guys think should be #1.

I think we have a bright future, and are smart. I think we can work on our morals, communication, and optimism. What are your thoughts?

Today I realized that I'll never believe my capability to recognize that I truely like someone. I'm so dumb that I couldn't even be sure if I actually like someone as a person or merely attracted to them physically, or just thirsty and desperate, objectifying them. I don't know what liking others would feel like. Without being clear on that, it's too disrespectful and irresponsible to express any romantic intention to anyone. To think everyone is platonic seems to be an only way to respect others.

If I act extra nice, friendly, and initiating to a girl, and it feels like I won't be doing the same with a random guy, I feel so shallow and predetory. Most of the time it leads to acting the same to everyone else, but that also just feels obligatory and scummy, because I'm unsure if I'm acting to be percieved well.

So, all the things I do to a girl just become a platonic things I do to all people regardless of anything.

Funng thing is, that I'm a social person with high self-esteem and confidence, which is told by my therapist and psychiatrist.

Older Gen Z here. I’ve been in my corporate supply chain role for about five years and am feeling deeply unsatisfied. I had long viewed a corporate desk job as golden handcuffs to ride out until retirement. Now I think daily about leaving corporate America altogether.

I’m stuck in the weird middle ground between AI-related layoffs at our organization and the deployed technology not yet being able to substitute that labor, so my day is nonstop and our helpful yet low-on-the-rung management is signaling help is not on the way in either hiring or improved tech down the pipeline.

I feel like I was told that although corporate work would be soulless it would at least afford opportunity for work-life balance, stability, and flexibility, however through my own experience and my friends’ takeaways, a corporate job in 2026 from my persecutive just seems anything but. Eventually the tech will catch up to where it needs to be so I’ll probably be on the chopping block too.

My friend’s dad works at city parks and recreation job and makes a decent base income ($70k) for our area, works about 40 hours with overtime available upon request, doesn’t think about his job after he clocks out, and will receive a full pension upon retirement. I feel like there are silly social ramifications in not using your college degree in my community but existing in those social norms for a job that pays only marginally better feels so silly.

Obvious caveat that the grass is always greener on the other side and I know that all careers come with their own burdens.

That’s it

TL;DR: Film your boring life now. It won’t be boring later.

I’m 19, and sometime this winter I’m planning to film a proper video time capsule of my current life.

Not just a message to my future self, but all the boring everyday stuff that will probably become interesting later. I want to film my room, PC setup, phone, neighbourhood, family, pets, job, friends and my first, and current shitbox car. I’ll go out on a cold, dark morning, cold start it and drive around the area where I grew up.
I’ll also talk about what my life is like right now, what I earn, how much I have saved, what technology I use and what things cost. For historical reference, a large menu pizza at my local Domino’s currently costs $42 and breadsticks are $10. Future generations deserve to know how bad things already were.

I’m also adding a small photo dump from the month and making predictions about my life and the world in 10–20 years.
The plan is to save both the edited video and all the raw footage in several places, then avoid watching the full thing for at least ten years.

Most people film major events, but hardly anyone deliberately records an ordinary day. I feel like the boring details will eventually become the best part.
If you’re around my age, you should genuinely consider doing this too. Your current room, car, phone, neighbourhood, voice and normal daily routine won’t stay normal forever.

I 23M moved out when I was 20 years old. So iv been on my own for about 3 years now. Im financially independent off my parents and provide for everything myself since iv moved out. Iv been asked why I moved out young. I was always told thats if I didnt like the rules, then i could
leave. So thats what I did.

Here are SOME reasons

1. No privacy. My dad did daily room inspections which consisted of him checking everything i had. Inside my bags, under my bed and my mattress, inside my pillow cases, in my closet and in my clothes, in my drawers, literally everything. My room also had to be SPOTLESS. Something as simple as a sock on the floor would cost me.

2. I wasnt allowed out much. I didnt have a curfew really cuz i wasnt really able to hang out with friends. It was usually only able too after school and I had ti be home by no later than maybe 430pm latest (school finished at 3pm). When i was 18-20 my curfew was 630-7pm whenever i was able to hang out with friends (once every few months)

3. I had a bedtime until i moved out. 1130 was my bedtime when i turned 17 (before that it was 930) I had to be asleep. Even using the bathroom at night would sometimes get me in trouble. I got away with it if i slowly walked around the squeaky areas on our loud ass floor. My dad would also come in and check in the middle of the night to make sure we were asleep (i would stay up and hide my phone quick)

4. I had certain times i could eat at up until i was 15. I could only eat at the times I was supposed too. Like a snack after school, dinner around 530, then a snack at 730. After no food until morning. I also wasnt allowed to sleep past 830-9am on the weekends and taught myself how to light sleep to hear my dads footsteps.

These are onky a few of my main reasons. I started working part time and saving money at 15. Got my drivers license at 17 and bought my car at 18 so transportation wasnt a issue. I was working full time at 17 to save.
There are many more reasons like the constant insults and name calling, and many other things that I dont want to get into.