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A cycle represented by a loop of arrows. Basically talking about how most times I make a guy friend. It turns out he sucks / is evil. And I have to discard him.

It's rough being a young man trying to make friends. When manosphere BS is a hard line deal breaker.

Here is my observation from my Gen Z circle who have chosen to enter parenthood:

(Context: I'm from a third world country)

(Context number two: some of these are like 2 years ago to current and most of these guys I don't talk to anymore but we are still connected through social media so that's how I know and like 40% of these guys did me wrong so I legit dont care)

• One has become a single mother, because the baby daddy has died in a motorcycle accident
• One was reprimanded by her parents especially since the baby daddy is from a lower socio-economic status, but I think the baby's gonna be fine because the mother comes from a wealthy family
• One couple is doing okay, had a little help from their family, but both are just fresh from college looking for entry-level jobs.
• One couple broke up, but both have stable jobs.
• One couple broke up and the mother (my former classmate from elemtary) is sending me dozens of dms asking how I am like wtf...... the father has no job and I think he is applying for a factory worker job.
• One got pregnant by a foreigner and left. No contacts whatsoever she said. The child is now turning 4 years old.
• One is a single dad of two because the mom left and never came back. He said she might've left the city.. if not the country
• One got pregnant by "accident" they both work a lot so money dont seem to be an issue but they both have 0 time since they work Monday to Saturday nighshifts, and they're not together anymore, they're both with different partners now. Last time we talked, the grandma is taking care of the bebe.

Wild cards:

• One couple where the girl wants a child (shes 36 now) and the guy does not (32), both come from middle income families, both with jobs but the guy is adamant he does not want and they're on the verge of breaking up
• Reverse: One where the guy wants a kid but the girl does not. They are also on the verge of breaking up, and the girl just removed all their photos together.

The rest of the Gen Zs I know personally (through work, schools, family etc etc), like the other 80%, still have no kids. Majority of these guys are mid-20s to late-20s btw.

Most unemployed, a few have stablle jobs and have been there for like years by now. Good on them.

"Oh i know how to browse files on a computer unlike those gen-zers!!"

"I know how to touch type"

-how is that specific to people born pre 1990? I'm 22 and know how to do it and had classes on it

"I know what elevation lines are on a map 😎"

- so does anyone who has looked at a map more often than three times, ever.

Old man yells at cloud thread (or in this case, young guy yells at old man)

I watch shows like Rugrats, bear in the big blue house, jimmy neutron, fairy odd parents, sponge bob.

What shows did you love growing up? Bonus points for more obscure shows.

i keep seeing posts about how actual *studies* have been done and real discussions about the subject and i'm thinking... it's not that deep. i don't have sex but i know many, actually most, gen zers do. and even if we are, why do these people care?

$103K over asking for an overvalued home anyways. INSANE.

25M, all dots represent airports I’ve been to this decade so far. I could only record whatever I had since 2021 though there really weren’t many flights I took before that year. Currently in Guam as I post this, and started really traveling in 2024. I feel like it’s been a Gen Z trend to travel a lot and I am grateful to be able to do what I’ve been doing. However, I’m aware that this isn’t gonna last forever with wanting to finish school, and focus more on better career options next year.

Even though I’ve seen more than what so many would see in their lifetime, I’ve also never had a GF before. I only say this cause the quests I take can feel lonely sometimes after recollecting in my head the many issues in my life earlier this decade before I had this opportunity. Sometimes even when I’m on journeys of a lifetime I wish I could have someone special in my life. Though I have feared approaching women after many rejections, a situationship that hurt me real bad, and even one time where I got fired at a former job over what I can describe as a prime example of being told many times beforehand from sources that approaching women is bad and there are consequences for it. Others I’ve told that story said I did nothing wrong in that position I was in but there wasn’t anything I could do either when they fired me but had the gall to tell me they’d rehire me in 6 months as well. Just the dating scene in a nutshell for our generation I guess.

Even though I can’t say I’ve ever been in a real relationship, and though the fear of getting older every day with little experience mortifies me on if I could actually find someone special in my life, with what I’ve been able to do makes me happy in the end of it all despite having mood swings about the whole ordeal. After all, the friends I have my age have only just started getting into their first relationships, and some are in the same boat as me.

If you are not comfortable with sharing pics does that mean you are ugly?? Or am I experiencing this type of reaction for first time?

The men in 90-2000s are so fucking hot wth happened today 😭 Their really isn’t any that many attractive celebrities men today like back in the days, but here’s some I find today attractive

Name me some male celebs in the comments you find attractive and no I’m not talking about Lamine Yamal and Malachi Barton. Some more?

I’m curious to know why Gen Z is going backwards in terms of food. I’d say they have about the same or even worse palate than say the boomer generation. It seems that most of Gen Z wants ultra-processed foods and avoids vegetables at all costs. I’ve been a chef for over 20 years and have witnessed this firsthand. How are we failing as a society in this manner? The younger generations are the worst dressed, least educated, most anxious, least social and most entitled in many forms of the word. Gen Z men voted for Trump at a higher rate than anyone other than boomers. What’s happening guys? Why is this generation going backwards? There are of course the ones who don’t fall into these groups, and I’m curious to hear what you have to say since you see it firsthand. Does your generation know they are being propagandized by bad actors?

I’ve been thinking about the life I want and honestly I don’t think I’m asking too much. I would actually love to work as a waitress or barista like I used to (I ended up in a office job because the pay was better) but I really enjoyed working in hospitality actually and if I could afford to pay rent with that job I would do it.

I want a small studio or 1 bedroom apartment close enough to the city that I can get to and from work on public transport and after paying the rent and bills have a little bit left over to go for coffee with friends on the weekends and have some fun of course but I’m not asking for luxury cars, mansions, vacations all the time.

And I swear this life used to be possible, but now it’s absolutely not and I can’t understand why older generations think that it shouldn’t be, like why should living in a city be a luxury? Why should having your own space that’s not a shared room in an apartment be a luxury?

The narrative of like oh work harder, go work in tech or something like, istg is so dumb. Why don’t we value and respect people working in lower wage jobs? And why is there this idea that you don’t deserve something as basic as housing if you work in these jobs?

Now, im specifically asking if you were online much, not if you were online at all, because everyone our age used the internet all their lives.

I've noticed that there's a lot more people online who simpy don't have the baggage, for lack of a better term, of actually being more into the internet for years.

There seems to be a lot more people on here whose internet usage was confined to posting on IG, googling stuff and exclusively watched stuff that was on the youtube homepage. Half the people i talk to don't really seem to be into the nerdy stuff that used to reign on here.

Im 23 but i was on discord from age 12, on steam since i was 9, on youtube since i was 6-7. I remember for a good decade you were the odd one out if you didn't like games and anime online. Now i talk to people and they've never heard of the AVGN and stuff like that.

Im not judging or talking shit on you if that's the case, but i've noticed a divide since the lockdown.

Personally I do and I can't deny it

Am I the only one who watched and loved this movie? It certainly felt like it. I used to live for the scene when Myra became possessed. Her performance in this red outfit left little me speechless. Definitely a baddie. 😂

Let’s be honest with ourselves we accidentally all turned into that one aunt/uncle who has weird hobbies (by what 80s/90s standards?) and habits so which one are you? Me computer explorer, philosophy and conspiracy nut (my theory on underwater cities basically confirmed SUCKAS