I’m 24. At this point it’s not even about major things, but all the little questions and comments that might seem normal and harmless but are starting to eat away at me.

“Oh you came home from work early. Why?”

“Oh, you came home from work late. Did something happen? Did you go anywhere?”

“You’re up early today. Why?”

“You’re going to see a friend? Who?”

“You went to the library? What book did you get?”

“You didn’t eat anything today. Are you fasting?”

It feels like I can’t do ANYTHING without going unnoticed or getting a question or comment about it. I haven’t even mentioned the more major and serious things we want privacy for, but the fact that I can’t do anything out of the ordinary without attracting attention is starting to get on my nerves.

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Cool bug facts: People think you're cute and wish they could work up the courage to ask you out.

Dan would have to get all the votes left at this point to even win. There’s only 12k left

Of course, this isn't a list of every gen z youtuber out there, but these are some that I've heard or watched before. Out of all the youtubers I know, for me it's Odyssey Central. He has the "gen z vibe" that I can relate to, plus I watch his videos consistently since I'm a nintendo fan and casual minecraft fan. The second one for me is Jschlatt because again, he gives off that chaotic gen z energy.

Was out thrifting today and found some magazines from 2009 about Obama becoming president and it lowkey made me wish I was old enough to be politically active then I was like 8 the first time and 11 the second so I didn't quite appreciate the Obama years while they were happening.

Topic in title. I’m a married 37m (tho identified as NB at various points) who lives in a suburb in So Cal. Online I have plenty of acquaintances and ‘friends’, and irl friends of many years around the area, but due to work fatigue (my media marketing job can be really demanding even though I work from home) and my own neurodivergence (been in therapy for over a decade and on SSRIs for 8 years), it feels difficult to see friends irl very often. Plus being in my mid-late 30s. I also often feel ancillary, and like the people I know are all closer to each other than me, so I frequently doubt how valued I am. I also know I’m largely to blame, because I project an air of constant busyness due to work or hanging with my wife, but in reality I spend lots of time alone too.

I grew up in a homeschooled conservative Christian environment (and am now a very leftist Buddhist if anything), so I was used to only seeing people outside my household for max 4-5 hours a week until I got a job at 17. For as long as it was available to me, I’ve always gravitated towards the internet as a distanced medium to connect with other people since I a) didn’t have any other choice as a youth and b) felt it safer and easier. But I’ve started to feel real longing to see other humans more often, and with our current digital era, that happens less and less due to my consumerist tendency to order everything online.

I have no shortage of hobbies. I’ve always been in love with art/media, and am an avid gamer and love reading, making and listening to music, and watching movies and anime. Those all bring my life immeasurable meaning and depth and beauty. But I still feel the pangs of loneliness. Maybe it’s unfortunate that almost all the activities I love the most require solitary concentration (at least for me it does).

From my completely small and unscientific, cursory knowledge, it seems Gen Z might relate to this more than my generation. Only seeing friends irl once a month at most makes me feel like an isolated unwanted loser sometimes (I am in no way saying or implying Gen Z’s a bunch of losers too, these are just my mental thoughts about myself during my darkest moments), but I find it difficult to change this dynamic for a variety of reasons. I work from home and I don’t exit my house very often (if at all) during the week until Friday or Saturday most weeks. I also don’t know where I’m going with this or what I’m even asking/getting at lol.

I dont really know what this would count under for flair :/

Im so tired of going on here or instagram and getting ads about stockpiling for doomsday, people freaking out and trying to sell their own stuff, people prepping similar to the scare of Y2K.

It's literally all fear mongering. Sure yes it gets me sometimes but I am almost certain this is like every other pandemic bs corporations in government has tried to pull since COVID-19. It literally just feels like a massive scam to try to get people to panic by as much as they can just somehow stabilize the economy or something. It wouldn't work and it wouldn't happen because people are just so fed up and tired with it (Walmart, Costco, target, etc. are all still very well stocked).

I'm just mainly looking to see if other people also are in the same boat of knowing that likely nothing is going to happen and this is just another fear mongering system to try to pull some stupid political strings.

Rage against the Boomers

I’m locked in the glow of the screen once again
Hours dissolving, no beginning, no end
Body on autopilot, mind floating free
Chasing the edge that keeps calling to me
I used to dream of places, of people, of light
Now I just dream of the next perfect night
Hand on the mouse, breath getting slow
Sinking much deeper than anyone knows

I’m a gooner, lost in the loop
Riding the wave with no need to stop
I’m a gooner, high on the proof
That one more minute is never enough
The world keeps on turning outside of these walls
Messages ping but I don’t answer the calls
Eyes half-closed, chasing the peak
That always stays just out of reach
Some nights I swear I could float through the floor
Time doesn’t matter, I just need more
Muscles locked tight, then melting away
Drowning in pleasure that lasts through the day

I’m a gooner, lost in the loop
Riding the wave with no need to stop
I’m a gooner, high on the proof
That one more minute is never enough
I know that the real world is still out there
But right now the only thing real is the stare
At pixels and flesh that refuse to go still
While I keep on climbing that impossible hill

Maybe tomorrow I’ll step back outside
Maybe tomorrow I’ll put it aside
But tonight I’m a dreamer who never wakes up
A gooner who just can’t get enough

Man I wish you could have a few more poll options sometimes lol

For years I had no idea that iPads in school were a thing, until I got in some argument with some weird 2005 born, I switched schools 3 times between 2015-2017 and I never seen that, ever. My cousin who was born in late 09, so is a grade behind me, moved in 2018 to Houston and (duh, switched schools) Im not sure about the month but he could be in second grade to third when this happened and he said he didn’t have an iPad in school. Legitimately thought this person made that shit up

I expected better from the millennials 🫤

I can’t count the amount of times I’ve canceled plans or denied invites because I needed to study for my exams. College honestly just feels like a major inconvenience in my life, and I hate being a student.

I don’t just need a passing grade, I need A’s if I want to get into PA school which is extremely competitive. So I can’t just half ass my way through classes and take the minimum grade, which is why I cancel plans to focus on my studies. But I hate doing that so much and I just want to know if it’s worth it in the end? Sacrificing my social life for a degree?

This is a bit of a general post about the relationships I have had and I have noticed that out of all the ppl I know only a grand total of single person would reach out to me if I didn't reach out to them.

I don't think I am too unpleasant to be around or that I make anyone uncomfortable ( I have asked plenty of ppl if there is something wrong or if they are ok ) and I have always been told that there is nothing wrong . Look I get it that I talk a lot at times but there isn't any excuse to not reach out if I don't for months.

This includes ppl I hang out quite a bit btw , including just us at times . Yet it seems that the "friendship" only sustains if I take initiative . I have tried all sorts of things , just move on and make new friends, find friends with common hobbies etc yet it always seemingly ends up the same way . It's both men and women I am talking about here btw. I can't help but wonder if there is something that I am missing but how tf am I supposed to know if they won't tell me ? I am just tired of caring for ppl that don't care for me.

Release date: February 5, 2011

long story short but i got into doctor who around 2012, friends became sorta the tumblr kids, then i hung around them and then there was weird infighting and people holding each other emotionally hostage around 2014-2015 so i left around 2015

seems like people now are dumbfounded white men where ever around that scene. shit even now at days i’ll mentally play lorde or something in my head becuse i miss the brooding aesthetic.