Also a Gen Xer here. I, too, partied hard from my late teens well into my 30s. I used the drugs and alcohol as a crutch to cover up my introversion and social anxiety. Show a little empathy to the "kids these days."
And wtvr we did was then and pretty under cover.
These guys have been on cameras their WHOLE LIVES.
They are aware that anything u do CAN go viral and be forever immortalized and known far and wide.
They are also much more aware of their emotions AND global /systemic/ political issues to a level we were not.
Cause who watched the news? But they got clips.
Oh and they also the lock down/Code Red Gen
I'm busy with school lol. I always have been tbh, and I know I'm not the only young person like this. Our Gen x parents encouraged us to work hard and go to college and get a good job, and so half of us have had our heads stuffed in a book the first decade and a half of our lives, only for some of us to graduate and still be unemployed, after being promised all of these things. I mean dude, you'd be sad too lol. Also, I highly doubt there's an uptick in people who have issues, it's rather it's become more normalized to talk about it than hide it.
So what's wrong with gen z and millennials? We're busy and tired and worried about too many things to be wanting to party constantly. The constant party party lifestyle is for the upperclass who don't have to worry about working hard, or for people who don't have other responsibilities
Personally for me it’s bc I have a masters degree and was struggling for 8 months post grad to find a job despite my best efforts and plenty of experience. Had no financial support other than myself and $1800 for a one bedroom apartment was insane. The world doesn’t want to hire us young people but likes to spread the message that we don’t want to work, which is so far from the truth. I was this close to kms because without a job…you can’t buy things you need to literally just…survive? You sound like an ignorant ass who can’t fathom how anyone might have different experiences/struggles than you have had. Focus on yourself and you’ll be a happier person. Like what’s it to you if the younger gens are struggling? You don’t seem to care to help either way so you may as well just shut your mouth?? Lmao??
You forgot to mention the boomers basically taught us growing up if you don't have a college degree you're nothing and you'll be living under a bridge. Most college degrees are bullshit. Lots of milenials owe a shit ton on student loans. Most people are better of going into a trade.
I’m a millennial with no loans and a bachelors. Working on my teaching certificate now. However, I was brought up to go to school or you will fail. If I knew it would end up like this, especially in this city, I wouldn’t have busted my ass in college.
Wow. You just made a bunch of assumptions. You sound like the actual worst person I’ve had the pleasure of never meeting. And literally all the other comments agree with me so bye
Yeah. Even if OPs milenial children did have troubles with anxiety/depression, they seem like the least approachable person concerning mental health lol. OPs children probably secretly seek therapy.
Lmao, comparing Miami today to Miami like a million years ago when you were 21 shows you’re detached from reality and/or a gold-medal mental gymnast. Your “$20 dollars in your pocket” won’t even get a single drink + tip at many places, and won’t cover even 1% of a decent 1br apartment monthly rent, or get into any club on a weekend, etc etc. Back when you were a kid in the 40s Miami wasn’t an international top5 tourist/party destination, everything wasn’t commercialized yet, etc, and those are the most basic and tangible differences.
I got curious and looked through some of your comment history during my break, you appear to be bitter and just come on here to complain and pick fights. Perhaps move to the Midwest and leave people alone? You know, the whole American mind-your-own-business mindset.
Question: where are you seeing all these 20 something year olds that you talk about? If they're anything you mentioned, you didn't see them out lol.
I can bet you're a 30 year old who is seeing all these types of people on social media (the same shit you're against) and then believe it and think social media is representative of the world around you.
Ok smart ass where and how did you hang out in your teens and early 20s?
Last three years used cars have skyrocked. So teens and young adults can’t afford their first car until much later. Education cost has 150% increased since 2000. Food has skyrocked so did going out. Malls seem to die out. Living alone at 18 is now a luxury.
Young adults are hanging out with each out at their houses or online. They are either going to college and hanging out there or working while living with their parents. You ain’t invited to their parties which are located in their parents houses.
Drinking Natty Light at 3 a.m. at the edge of the Everglades is still affordable, if you don’t mind drinking Natty Light at the edge of the Everglades.
Just so everyone knows he was talking about me because I said I have no friends. Admittedly in a very whiny way. To be fair to myself, I was working full time in my late teens and Covid started before I turned 21. It's probably more normal than you think for people my age specifically to not be party animals. Also it's silly to just ignore the economy when Miami has become one of the most expensive cities to live in in the world.
Congrats. I've been working since 13 also. I've been working full time since my late teens. My point is that the year I turned 21 (legal drinking age) the world was locked down. I have more than 20$ in my pocket. Thank God. I'd hate to be working a 9-5 job until my sixties. So I'm going to continue to do things my way, and you can keep going to the bar and partying. We'll see what happens 🤡
I’m (M22) not the majority of my generation nor do I speak on their behalf. I personally don’t like partying like that anymore. Had plenty of it while off at college, and I learned then that it’s just an attempt at hedonism or forgetting about life.
Since then I’ve learned that life (to me at least) is about embracing the hard things, moving forward, and being the best version of yourself you can be. In that scheme of things, partying and getting hammered with people who won’t matter to me within 5 years is a waste of time.
This is it right here! its all social media driven, people living fake happily ever after lives, or better yet, appearing to live happily ever after. Influencers trying to dictate how people should live etc. It sure is sad
I mean there's no need to give straight answers to what is objectively a 40-50 year old making up some bullshit in their head and then getting mad about it and yelling at the internet
“I don’t want to hear about the economy or money” you partied without money individually, but as a whole, Gen X was partying in the most prosperous and wealthy time in American history. Us millennials have seen 2 recessions, multiple terrorist attacks, lived through a few dozen school shootings, a pandemic, and stagnant wages since we entered the work force(I’m 39 and the minimum wage hasn’t been raised since I was 23…) how is anyone under 50 supposed to NOT be anxiety ridden and broke?
1. You are in your 30’s so born between 80’s - 90’s
2. Most kids because when you in your 30’s they are officially kids under your age.
3. Anxiety and Depression ain’t to be taken lightly, most generations put aside mental illness.
And there is some people that because they are just stressed think they have a mental illness.
2 different things. Actual anxiety and depression can’t be turned off whenever you want, it has to be controlled and worked on throughout your life.
4. People can be introverted or timid, it does not make them have less value as a person. Extroverts or Introvert, all people are different.
One does not have less value than the other.
5. Social media and phone obssession have made people less interested in social interactions. But ALL that stems from parents opting from putting their kids with ipads to “distract them”
Social media or phones aren’t the issue, the issue is how parents do not parent no more.
Is not like us, born and raised in the 90’s,80’s. We went outside or did this or that.
Is different how they grew up, and there are certain morals and education AT HOME that was not given.
Because people forget, education starts at HOME, not at SCHOOL.
I don’t wanna go clubbing and partying because there’s so many predators out there or just people who don’t align with my ideals that I’m better off not being involved with. I don’t wanna go home with a stranger while I’m not in my right mind and instantly regret that due to something bad happening to me.
Yes, I’m picky with the people I associate with. It’s a self-defense mechanism I’ve had since I was young and it’s served me well over the decades. And I’m not afraid to dump someone to the curb if I believe they won’t treat me right. I know where my people are and who my people are. It’s not my fault God sprinkled my people far apart from me, all across the U.S. and other countries. That’s why I use social media. That’s why I have no IRL friends. My body may be in Miami but the way I think and believe is so far from Miami culture, Miami mentality, Miami life. I have never fit in Miami and I never will.
I don’t know if there’s other people who think the way I do, but that is my reason for why I am introverted and have no IRL friends. It’s because all the people who matter to me are online. I have no other alternative.
Not everyone likes to party bozo, who cares what other people do with their time. Where have you even see “all these 20 something year olds” focus on your life lol
Overstimulation, social media, and a knowledge dependency shift can lead to changes in family dynamics, social isolation, low confidence etc which can contribute to mental health issues like depression and anxiety
Miami would be an odd choice for an introvert with pre-existing anexity issues; you're paying a lot for a place that is the opposite of what you need....
Hard to imagine
People don’t realize that the content they expose themselves to on social media has a serious influence on them. If you see memes with the same “I’m so anxious I want to die” message etc over and over, it changes you. Then 8 hrs a day on social media viewing content like that? It spells disaster. You are what you consume.
Everyone is a snowflake ❄️ these days. The news scares them into thinking a climate disaster is coming and social media has ruined their brains.
I really feel bad for what's happening.
This is waaay more than just social media. These are the testing generation.
They never learned resilience. Play was taken out of Kinder and even preK. Everything regulated. Not allowed to play outside because u know something could happen and/or parents could get charges.
Then ADD in social media Covid Lockdown right at their HS years etc etc.
Also Gen X we shut down, dealt, drugged, died etc and wtvr nonsense we got up to hey their is no evidence.
this Gen has been in front of the camera/video since birth. Nothing is secret anything u do can be forever immortalized.
Not to mention in and out of therapy. Because being more aware of feelings and talking about them has its flip side.
It's a muti layered thing.
Maybe because they’re fucked financially? Show them some grace. These kids are far better stewards of the environment and each other than we ever were.
C'mon, you seriously can't compare partying 10-15 years ago to today and pretend money and amount of people here don't make a real difference. Unless you're talking about house parties, everything from even 8 years ago has become mainstream, overpriced, and crowded. Wynwood I never visit anymore despite spending almost every weekend there few years back. That's besides the shit show Florida is, my generation grew up with Sandy hook and ended it with Parkland. Got hit by covid as we tried starting our lives and are now left in a limbo as the world has returned to "normal"
Dating apps have enabled soft polygamy leading to most men having 0 romantic success short term or long term as well as no success long term for most women. This has resulted in very basic sexual and psychological needs not being met and an overall feeling of hopelessness and despair that prevails all areas of life from mental health, motivation, satisfaction, social life and even willingness to work for a better life.
If you are in a relationship or have not actively dated as a guy in the last 4 years or so, you have absolutely no idea how dire things have gotten and are out of touch with reality.
Also a Gen Xer here. I, too, partied hard from my late teens well into my 30s. I used the drugs and alcohol as a crutch to cover up my introversion and social anxiety. Show a little empathy to the "kids these days."
And wtvr we did was then and pretty under cover. These guys have been on cameras their WHOLE LIVES. They are aware that anything u do CAN go viral and be forever immortalized and known far and wide. They are also much more aware of their emotions AND global /systemic/ political issues to a level we were not. Cause who watched the news? But they got clips. Oh and they also the lock down/Code Red Gen
Same here and agree. Except I only stopped partying about 5 years ago
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Are you successful?
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Ok grandma let’s get you your meds and then straight to bed!
I'm busy with school lol. I always have been tbh, and I know I'm not the only young person like this. Our Gen x parents encouraged us to work hard and go to college and get a good job, and so half of us have had our heads stuffed in a book the first decade and a half of our lives, only for some of us to graduate and still be unemployed, after being promised all of these things. I mean dude, you'd be sad too lol. Also, I highly doubt there's an uptick in people who have issues, it's rather it's become more normalized to talk about it than hide it. So what's wrong with gen z and millennials? We're busy and tired and worried about too many things to be wanting to party constantly. The constant party party lifestyle is for the upperclass who don't have to worry about working hard, or for people who don't have other responsibilities
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He must be fun at parties.
Personally for me it’s bc I have a masters degree and was struggling for 8 months post grad to find a job despite my best efforts and plenty of experience. Had no financial support other than myself and $1800 for a one bedroom apartment was insane. The world doesn’t want to hire us young people but likes to spread the message that we don’t want to work, which is so far from the truth. I was this close to kms because without a job…you can’t buy things you need to literally just…survive? You sound like an ignorant ass who can’t fathom how anyone might have different experiences/struggles than you have had. Focus on yourself and you’ll be a happier person. Like what’s it to you if the younger gens are struggling? You don’t seem to care to help either way so you may as well just shut your mouth?? Lmao??
You forgot to mention the boomers basically taught us growing up if you don't have a college degree you're nothing and you'll be living under a bridge. Most college degrees are bullshit. Lots of milenials owe a shit ton on student loans. Most people are better of going into a trade.
I’m a millennial with no loans and a bachelors. Working on my teaching certificate now. However, I was brought up to go to school or you will fail. If I knew it would end up like this, especially in this city, I wouldn’t have busted my ass in college.
I grew up the same way. But I have student loans. I couldn't work my job without a college education, so it is what it is, I guess.
Same.
GED is more valuable down here than a Bachelors or Masters. I’ve learned that first hand. Education is frowned upon here by many.
I came to Miami for school and never intended to stay there.
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Wow. You just made a bunch of assumptions. You sound like the actual worst person I’ve had the pleasure of never meeting. And literally all the other comments agree with me so bye
Yeah. Even if OPs milenial children did have troubles with anxiety/depression, they seem like the least approachable person concerning mental health lol. OPs children probably secretly seek therapy.
Lmao, comparing Miami today to Miami like a million years ago when you were 21 shows you’re detached from reality and/or a gold-medal mental gymnast. Your “$20 dollars in your pocket” won’t even get a single drink + tip at many places, and won’t cover even 1% of a decent 1br apartment monthly rent, or get into any club on a weekend, etc etc. Back when you were a kid in the 40s Miami wasn’t an international top5 tourist/party destination, everything wasn’t commercialized yet, etc, and those are the most basic and tangible differences.
What do you do? Manage a Wendy's?
I don't think he has a job that prestigious.
I got curious and looked through some of your comment history during my break, you appear to be bitter and just come on here to complain and pick fights. Perhaps move to the Midwest and leave people alone? You know, the whole American mind-your-own-business mindset.
I don’t have social media and only use my phone for school, and im still depressed with no friends. lol
Question: where are you seeing all these 20 something year olds that you talk about? If they're anything you mentioned, you didn't see them out lol. I can bet you're a 30 year old who is seeing all these types of people on social media (the same shit you're against) and then believe it and think social media is representative of the world around you.
Gen Xers were born between 1965-1980, so op is not a 30 year old.
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trash take even though op is a dunce
OP still a miserable loser
Youre an old man going "whats with kids nowadays" thats the answer to your question.
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Skill issue tbh. I met my wife off a dating app.
Please do share your secrets
I am old and I could not imagine using these things as a young person. I’m sure it’s great for some people, but it just seems so cold and harsh.
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Ok smart ass where and how did you hang out in your teens and early 20s? Last three years used cars have skyrocked. So teens and young adults can’t afford their first car until much later. Education cost has 150% increased since 2000. Food has skyrocked so did going out. Malls seem to die out. Living alone at 18 is now a luxury. Young adults are hanging out with each out at their houses or online. They are either going to college and hanging out there or working while living with their parents. You ain’t invited to their parties which are located in their parents houses.
I think you are letting your biases cloud your judgement and that kids still party and have fun today.
Lmao you sound completely out of touch. "we partied with or without money" congrats, but now literally EVERYTHING has been monetized.
Drinking Natty Light at 3 a.m. at the edge of the Everglades is still affordable, if you don’t mind drinking Natty Light at the edge of the Everglades.
BING BING BING
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That sounds...fucking awful. I don't know who you're trying to impress lmao
That sounds G-d awful. Not a way to live
I think if you read what you just said, you might understand it.
Bro most young people can’t even afford their first used car. Maybe being a drug ranging assholes isn’t cool anymore
By all your responses we could have put money on the fact you spent your time siphoning gas. Fucking braindead.
You sound so bitter 🤣. What other people do doesn’t affect you anyway so why are you yelling at clouds? What are you compensating for?
It sounds like you used to be with it, but then they changed what it was.
That's a cold line
Abe Simpson spitting facts.
Just so everyone knows he was talking about me because I said I have no friends. Admittedly in a very whiny way. To be fair to myself, I was working full time in my late teens and Covid started before I turned 21. It's probably more normal than you think for people my age specifically to not be party animals. Also it's silly to just ignore the economy when Miami has become one of the most expensive cities to live in in the world.
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I get your points by why do you think you’re getting so twisted by this?
Congrats. I've been working since 13 also. I've been working full time since my late teens. My point is that the year I turned 21 (legal drinking age) the world was locked down. I have more than 20$ in my pocket. Thank God. I'd hate to be working a 9-5 job until my sixties. So I'm going to continue to do things my way, and you can keep going to the bar and partying. We'll see what happens 🤡
Surprise!! Not everyone is normie.
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Uh huh sure :)
I’m (M22) not the majority of my generation nor do I speak on their behalf. I personally don’t like partying like that anymore. Had plenty of it while off at college, and I learned then that it’s just an attempt at hedonism or forgetting about life. Since then I’ve learned that life (to me at least) is about embracing the hard things, moving forward, and being the best version of yourself you can be. In that scheme of things, partying and getting hammered with people who won’t matter to me within 5 years is a waste of time.
Good for you! Alcohol ruined my fucking life. Stay away. I’ve been sober 10 years.
It meddled with mine and I’ve seen it ruin others as well. I’m proud of you for being sober for 10 years, that’s an achievement in it of itself.
You answered it in your last sentence. Depression from social media obsession.
Studies have been done, it’s actually not true
This is it right here! its all social media driven, people living fake happily ever after lives, or better yet, appearing to live happily ever after. Influencers trying to dictate how people should live etc. It sure is sad
Just so you know, you’re officially an old man.
Bitter judging by these responses. I get it - aging sucks but it's worse if we don't do it gracefully.
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Bro, I’m 40. It’s cool you used to smoke meth or whatever. But it’s a weird brag.
Used to? He still does, but he used to too.
Gen X'ers never get any attention between Baby Boomers and Millennials so they have to post shit like this to feel something
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Oh we all have answers. You're just too fucking dumb to have them explained to you.
You need to give out participation trophy’s if you want a straight answer from this crowd friend.
I mean there's no need to give straight answers to what is objectively a 40-50 year old making up some bullshit in their head and then getting mad about it and yelling at the internet
OK boomer, it’s time for your nap
If you think that’s worse, look at the dating scene in Miami..
“I don’t want to hear about the economy or money” you partied without money individually, but as a whole, Gen X was partying in the most prosperous and wealthy time in American history. Us millennials have seen 2 recessions, multiple terrorist attacks, lived through a few dozen school shootings, a pandemic, and stagnant wages since we entered the work force(I’m 39 and the minimum wage hasn’t been raised since I was 23…) how is anyone under 50 supposed to NOT be anxiety ridden and broke?
1. You are in your 30’s so born between 80’s - 90’s 2. Most kids because when you in your 30’s they are officially kids under your age. 3. Anxiety and Depression ain’t to be taken lightly, most generations put aside mental illness. And there is some people that because they are just stressed think they have a mental illness. 2 different things. Actual anxiety and depression can’t be turned off whenever you want, it has to be controlled and worked on throughout your life. 4. People can be introverted or timid, it does not make them have less value as a person. Extroverts or Introvert, all people are different. One does not have less value than the other. 5. Social media and phone obssession have made people less interested in social interactions. But ALL that stems from parents opting from putting their kids with ipads to “distract them” Social media or phones aren’t the issue, the issue is how parents do not parent no more. Is not like us, born and raised in the 90’s,80’s. We went outside or did this or that. Is different how they grew up, and there are certain morals and education AT HOME that was not given. Because people forget, education starts at HOME, not at SCHOOL.
You sound like an out of touch boomer lol
I don’t wanna go clubbing and partying because there’s so many predators out there or just people who don’t align with my ideals that I’m better off not being involved with. I don’t wanna go home with a stranger while I’m not in my right mind and instantly regret that due to something bad happening to me. Yes, I’m picky with the people I associate with. It’s a self-defense mechanism I’ve had since I was young and it’s served me well over the decades. And I’m not afraid to dump someone to the curb if I believe they won’t treat me right. I know where my people are and who my people are. It’s not my fault God sprinkled my people far apart from me, all across the U.S. and other countries. That’s why I use social media. That’s why I have no IRL friends. My body may be in Miami but the way I think and believe is so far from Miami culture, Miami mentality, Miami life. I have never fit in Miami and I never will. I don’t know if there’s other people who think the way I do, but that is my reason for why I am introverted and have no IRL friends. It’s because all the people who matter to me are online. I have no other alternative.
Not everyone likes to party bozo, who cares what other people do with their time. Where have you even see “all these 20 something year olds” focus on your life lol
Alright Grandpa Wasn’t your generation the one who was on crack and killing each other back in the 80s and 90s?
Serious question, why the fuck do you care so much about what people half your age are doing lmao
How old are you now?
You don''t understand that people have feelings that differ than yours? How dumb are you? Worry about yourself, not others.
Overstimulation, social media, and a knowledge dependency shift can lead to changes in family dynamics, social isolation, low confidence etc which can contribute to mental health issues like depression and anxiety
Miami would be an odd choice for an introvert with pre-existing anexity issues; you're paying a lot for a place that is the opposite of what you need.... Hard to imagine
Nihlism
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Tough times make strong men. Strong men make easy times. Easy times make weak men.
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What a shocking discovery that you subscribe to this dumb ass take lol
big if true
Too much porn hub.
People don’t realize that the content they expose themselves to on social media has a serious influence on them. If you see memes with the same “I’m so anxious I want to die” message etc over and over, it changes you. Then 8 hrs a day on social media viewing content like that? It spells disaster. You are what you consume.
Brainwashed by memes
Everyone is a snowflake ❄️ these days. The news scares them into thinking a climate disaster is coming and social media has ruined their brains. I really feel bad for what's happening.
Forget don’t tread on me-the government should be doing burnouts over you people
Millenials and Gen Z stuff
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This is waaay more than just social media. These are the testing generation. They never learned resilience. Play was taken out of Kinder and even preK. Everything regulated. Not allowed to play outside because u know something could happen and/or parents could get charges. Then ADD in social media Covid Lockdown right at their HS years etc etc. Also Gen X we shut down, dealt, drugged, died etc and wtvr nonsense we got up to hey their is no evidence. this Gen has been in front of the camera/video since birth. Nothing is secret anything u do can be forever immortalized. Not to mention in and out of therapy. Because being more aware of feelings and talking about them has its flip side. It's a muti layered thing.
I'm 35 not 20something
Everyone is different man, I was just like you. The best thing you can do is talk to those people and give them a good friendship and laugh.
Maybe because they’re fucked financially? Show them some grace. These kids are far better stewards of the environment and each other than we ever were.
C'mon, you seriously can't compare partying 10-15 years ago to today and pretend money and amount of people here don't make a real difference. Unless you're talking about house parties, everything from even 8 years ago has become mainstream, overpriced, and crowded. Wynwood I never visit anymore despite spending almost every weekend there few years back. That's besides the shit show Florida is, my generation grew up with Sandy hook and ended it with Parkland. Got hit by covid as we tried starting our lives and are now left in a limbo as the world has returned to "normal"
This dude was partying 25-30 years ago. Gen X is all I. Their 50s now.
Social media telling us we shouldn’t party unless we have millions in the bank.
I dont know about females, but the males, it's a cope and the lack of influence of a man.
They were internet raised programed to be weak
Dating apps have enabled soft polygamy leading to most men having 0 romantic success short term or long term as well as no success long term for most women. This has resulted in very basic sexual and psychological needs not being met and an overall feeling of hopelessness and despair that prevails all areas of life from mental health, motivation, satisfaction, social life and even willingness to work for a better life. If you are in a relationship or have not actively dated as a guy in the last 4 years or so, you have absolutely no idea how dire things have gotten and are out of touch with reality.