Any young progressives in here? By that, I mean anyone left of Neoliberalism. Libertarian-Leftists? Democratic-Socialists? I'm 20 and was hoping to connect with some likeminded Gen-Zers between high school and college age. Libertarian-Leftist myself. Proud to cast my first vote for Gary Johnson in 2016, will be proud to cast my next for Bernie in 2020.

Hey Reddit, I’ve been seeing a lot of talk lately about how younger folks, especially Gen Z, are super against mandatory military service or conscription. And look, I get it—nobody wants to get drafted into a war. But let’s be real for a second: if push comes to shove and some hostile force decides to invade, how do we actually protect our homes, our freedoms, and our loved ones without people stepping up? Don’t get me wrong, I’m not glorifying war or anything. But history shows us time and again that freedom isn’t free—it’s fought for, often by ordinary people who didn’t sign up for it. Think about it: if an enemy rolls in, rape, genocide, and all sorts of atrocities aren’t just hypotheticals; they’ve happened in modern conflicts. Are we really okay gambling that it won’t happen here? Do people not understand that the comfy lives we have—free speech, democracy, all that jazz—only exist because previous generations defended them? So, genuine question for the anti-conscription crowd (and anyone else): If not through some form of national service or draft in a crisis, what’s the alternative? Drones and AI? Volunteers only? International alliances that might bail? And honestly, are you comfortable with the risk of getting invaded and just… hoping for the best? Curious to hear thoughts—keep it civil, folks. No flame wars. What do you think

Hey Gen Zers, I'm in 1988 & don't have children. My two friends that do, have babies. I don't want to be a lame old millennial, help me. What are the top cultural trends happening right now (yes I know 6 7) that help keep in touch with ya'll?

Hallo zusammen,

ich suche für meine Bachelorarbeit Teilnehmende. Ich untersuche, wie Reizüberflutung das Verhalten von Frauen beim Online-Dating beeinflusst.

Wenn ihr ca. 10–15 Minuten Zeit habt, könnt ihr direkt online im Browser (Handy, Laptop, Tablet) mitmachen, alles ist vollständig anonym.

Teilnehmen könnt ihr wenn ihr eine Frau zwischen 18 und 40 Jahren seid, die grundsätzlich romantisch an Männern interessiert ist.

Ich freue mich sehr über jede Teilnahme – und auch übers Weiterteilen an passende Personen.

Vielen Dank für eure Unterstützung! 😊

i have a smart phone, but only bare minimum apps on it. it frequently dies or i forget it. i have blocks on my computer's internet capacities (block certain websites by modifying an internal file).

anyone else kinda hate technology? maybe social media is a better word...

Okay, so I wanna share one of my experience I recently faced and that was creepy. So few days ago I posted something here on reddit and via that there is a guy who dm me and showed his certificate of western command. That was great. I Really get astonished by something like this (related to army/ defence). So before he asked me my insta id and texted like hey sissy/behen. Ik I shouldn't have given my id but that army thing grabbed my attention and he seemed to be genuine. Also he was from my native place only. So few days we had Convo in insta dm and he asked me my contact no. After few days of chating I was dumb enough and gave that too. And he pretended that he fall in love w me and I was very clear that nothing as such is there from my side. And he was like" jo bhi ho I love you, will always do" he showed my pic to his mom also and did very clingy chats w me. Tbh he seemed to be despo for those physical things. He even mentioned his fantacies and told me you buy some adu** toys as I don't want my girl to mastu*****. And I never does any of such Convo with him and I asked him also to stop. He everytime tries doing sexu** talk and asking me my fantacies and telling his etc... I m not that kinda girl. Then he used to text me at night and tells that I can't be available 24*7 for you. You are also not that velli and not am I . and if I texts him he ghosted me. And tbh I m a kinda girl if a person does anything which triggers me, I'll let it go once or twice but not more than that. Now the interesting part. He was an earning man and I am not employed still he asks me for money. Lol. Pt 1) he says that I gifted my Mom earings worth rs 20000 I have 18k so please give me 2. Now, I m not that dumb to give my parents money to anyone who is not even ,y friend or I don't know Even. He repeatedly asked for 2000 in every 2 days and gives diff reason sometimes for buying a book, sometimes for train ticket etc. I even told him neither do I borrow money from anyone nor do I lend unless and until they are my close ones. I don't trust anyone w this. And then after 2 days again he asked for money saying that someone from his unit passed away so he need to go to certain city. And now don't give lecture just give. I again denied saying I don't have and sent my acc balance ss which has just 65rs. And he then asked for 10rs. I was like wtf he always asks money. He literally texted me "hey baby, how are you" in the morning and I replied at night around 10 and instantly he asked ,me money and showed a chat w his friend mentioned that he didn't returned the money to his friend and asked me that I am so mad at him. I asked then return his money na. Then he again asked me for money. And I told him that you earn then where does all your money to then he says emi, car , and investment. And I won't spend my emi money till the day I die. Then he ghosted me again and now I was at my saturation point. I was not attached to that guy. I am not a fool that I always reply and he ghost me. So I too ghosted him and he called me and texted me twice I replied at night then hey. Next day he seen zoned my msg and removed me from insta and hence within 10 days all this happened. There are many more things but for now this much is enough to vent out. I don't know what's wrong with this generation. Whom to trust and is this justified? And thank God I didn't lent him money.

Dear Men.

The hard truth is that women are not just interested in your person as much as they are interested in your assets, achievements,s, and money as a man.

This has always been the case from the days of our ancestors, it's always the man with the highest farmland, barn, animal, meats, resources, and money that has more options with women and mostly enjoys more women than those without these achievements.

During the times of our ancestors, women have always wanted to follow strong, rich, and powerful men more than those without these qualities.

You can't fault them; it's not their fault; before you were born, hypergamy has always been in existence.

What am I trying to say?

The truth is no woman will genuinely claim to love you in your broke state for long; if you refuse to do something about the poverty that engulfs your life, you will experience a huge scarcity of women, and the ones who manage to stay will be taken away from you.

The more broke you are, the lesser your options, the lesser your options, the lesser your freedom, and the more you suffer in the dating or marriage pool.

Its true.

Women will always judge men by their achievements; before they follow you, they will first think of what they can benefit from you, and most times, only men with assets can meet up.

When you see 100s of women fighting for just one man and leaving 80 available men behind, it's simply because the women have judged the 80 men and found out they have absolutely nothing to offer, but the one man has something to give to them.

Women will rather enjoy sharing one high-value man than choose to have low-value men each for themselves.

It's how life works with women. Its how the game works.

It's not just a matter of gold-digging, it's in women's nature.

Be wise, and work on yourself to be among the 2% of men above; I tell you there, the rules are totally different, it's a land of no rules for you.

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I've heard both and I imagine it depends on the person.

On one hand social media and smartphones (which we adapted to in our teens/20s) have been around basically your whole lives. And social and economic things like LGBTQ+ and gender identity, or Medicare for all and legal weed (stuff that Bernie really helped push into the mainstream) are probably total non issues and completely acceptable to you guys. Or what about Parkland students like David Hogg pushing for action on guns?

So it would stand to reason you'd be even more liberal than us.

And yet I've also heard the angle how you've seen us struggle financially and are a sorta return to some more traditional values. Also seems like you guys like old school music like classic rock more than lots of millennials (who tend to like hip hop and pop).

I always thought I get put in the millennial generation. I never aligned with this though. But it's come up like 5 times at work people would intimate I was in the next generation. I always thought technically people born before 1995 were called millennials I always thought this was incorrect because I was born in 1993 11 almost 12 years after the turn of the century I was nowhere near coming of age at the turn of the century. I was only 6. I always felt like a post millennial generation z. I hardly remember 90's and millennials are generally approaching 30 or in their full 30's. I was even once talking to a lady who was approaching 40 and I was like can you believe sometimes it categorizes some like me college aged with some who almost or just 40 in the same generation. It always feels uncomfortable and like I can't relate. With the experiences and what they remember and the like. I remember much more of the 2000's as a kid. I only spent some of kindergarten in the 90's I don't remember things like Columbine or even 9/11 that well because my mother didn't think it was age appropriate. And the recession never seemed to affect me like gen y's seemed to be affected because they were in the workforce. I didn't join the workforce until 2013. Well after any residual effects of the recession. I don't remember life without the internet too well either. I remember I was online since I was 6. But yeah I generally have always identified more with this generation especially the older portion than anyone born in the 80's.

Hi Generation Z, while I'm a millennial and born in 1990,I'm interested to know what your favorite topics are today. It seems a little bit cheese but what kind of sitcoms do you still like, what games do you play, and most important, what's in trend with you?

Millennials have stolen the show for many years, whether its business ethics or marketing strategies, their “how-to-do-guide” has been quite different from the past, & they’ve set new trends in every field they step into. These “elusive Snapchat & Instagram loving socially-conscious creatures” with entrepreneurial behaviors have created quite a buzz in the marketing world, & have been the center of attraction for the marketers too. They have been the focus of attention & potential consumers for businesses & marketers for quite a long time, but now they’re growing up, & the following generation comprised of teenagers are going to be the next major consumer group. At this moment, marketers can no longer afford to undervalue the marketing to Generation Zor “iGeneration.”

I’m gonna be 18 next year (2021)!!!!!!! THATS CRAZY

So,

I have some questions for members of Gen Z, regardless of what gender or sexual orientation you are. I’m a 29 turning 30 year old Millenial.

My questions are as follows. I’d appreciate serious answers, no trolling or bs.

1. What do you guys think of my generation generally?

2. How old are your parents on average? Mine are 65 for example.

3. What music do you guys listen to? Myself having been raised by older parents I listen to a lot of 70s-90s stuff. But what music defines Gen Z?

4. What solutions do you guys do think are needed to combat climate change. Say tomorrow and you wake up and you’re emperor or empress of the world -how do you fix climate change and our other social problems?

5. Do you view someone of my age (29/30) as “old”? When I was say, 15, 16 a 30 year old was like, someone wise and someone who stood above me on the social ladder. What age do you think someone gets genuinely “old” at?

6. What sorta fashions would you say are common to your generation? Like, what’s some stuff - clothes, hair styles, that kinda thing - you feel is unique to your generation?

7. How do you feel about beards? I ask because my generation seems to be obsessed with them. Manbuns?

8. What are some slang words you guys use that a Mlllenial wouldn’t know?

9. How do you feel about the downfall of things like retail stores, diners, and other similar industries?

10. Can you even imagine a world without WiFi, cell phones, streaming services? Can you imagine a time when a cell phone would lose signal in just under a mile away from home range, or having to wait until after 9pm to have unlimited minutes? Or having to not tangle the house phone’s phone cord? Does a world without streaming music seem strange to you? Can you imagine a world without selfies? Without GPS? Without Google Maps? Without Uber or Lyft? Can you imagine a world where 3D graphics in games were an exciting novelty? A world where there was only cable TV?

11. is rock music at all relevant to you? Also how do you view Eminem?

12. What’s worse - a mullet or a man bun? What’s your generations perception of goatee’s?

13. What do you imagine the future will be like?

There are many variables to this question. Global warming, drug usage, the dying of bees, etc. Just as a species and overall intelligence, will they keep the human species going on for years to come?

Every dumbass conservative talk show host says that I'm supposed to be conservative. Do the people who perform political surveys on 15-year-olds actually think that they know anything else about social issues than what Alex Jones and their parents say about it? If I was to choose a generation we are like, I would say genX, which is our parent's generation. Just because we live lives like them does not mean we have the same views as them. And even if for some reason in hell we are conservative, remember, 18 years olds are pretty fckin stupid.

As a gen alpha please stop making fun of us not every kid watch's Italian brainrot. I don't get it y'all act like skibidi is bad (to be honest it kinda does suck) but then act like 360 call of duty Dorito trickshots smoke weed everyday videos don't exist like every damn generation had brain rot millennials had like rock and roll gen x had tv just please guys stop gen alpha hate plus yall are literally the ones raising gen beta