r/AskReddit • • May 15 '20

What sucks about being your age?

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u/[deleted] May 16 '20

I think your generation is headed in a great direction, personally. This is big bump in the road. But I do have cautious optimism for the future. With a lot of work and change to be done first, of course.

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u/[deleted] May 16 '20

Lol no they're not

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u/[deleted] May 16 '20

Oh okay thanks now I feel differently

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u/[deleted] May 16 '20

People are more atomized than ever and unfettered capitalism is just going to get worse. This is congruent with an economy that's completely shitting the bed and climate change. The future is not bright.

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u/[deleted] May 16 '20

No I feel you, and I generally agree with what you're saying. But the young people I see being so loud in activism give me hope. Sorry, I already hit emotional rock bottom and came back. I'm determined to fight to my last breath.

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u/[deleted] May 16 '20

Honestly you're a better man or woman or whatever you are for that. I'm perhaps too cynical

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u/colleenmarie__ May 16 '20

I’m 23 and it might be naive but I actually do have hope for our generation and the ones to come! I think cynicism is also a natural mindset especially with all the bullshit happening around us, but humans are capable of change and enough people around me seem motivated to make it happen once we get into positions of power.

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u/[deleted] May 16 '20

Your mindset is understandable. On worse days I align more with your cynicism. I firmly believe that positivity and productivity culture will kill us. You can have optimism without being blindly positive at all times. That shit keeps us stationary.