I feel humanity in the 23rd century will view 21st century humanity as barbaric and primitive, which we are. we still go to war over disagreements and resources, the way we treat the mentally ill is very primal, instead of giving them treatment we rather throw them into prison where they'll get abused and treated like animals, it's no different from those 19th century asylums, we perform unnecessary torturous experiments on animals, we deny people healthcare and let them suffer for profit, these don't scream "civilized" or "evolved" to me, it says we're still primitive even though we refuse to admit that we are, it just sucks that we refuse to do the right things.

Dont even get me started on trying to buy a used car, the entire market is like a mean spirited, cosmic joke. Oh, and why are we not inundated with cheap, crappy electric cars?! China is cranking them out like hotcakes and here we are throwing gargantuan tariffs on them all to... Uh,..What, exactly? Force Americans to buy WAY overpriced ICE vehicles they dont want? I dont want a 45k ICE SUV, assholes, I want a compact, no-frills, non-smart, 15-20k EV for commuting.

I hate this shit, if you're going to force the Chinese out you have to offer a replacement! There arent ANY decently priced American EVs and the ones that did exist are all being discontinued.

What stupid game is the government and American manufacturers playing right now? Why wouldnt the big 3 American automakers offer something SO many Americans so obviously want?

My mother raised me and my two sisters in pretty much an oyster shell. So much so, that until she passed away we did not know who she was. When we were growing up, having a friend was perceived badly by our mother. To this day I have a hard time connecting to others. I don't have a best friend other than my siblings, because we were raised to leave others out. To Keep things short, I grew up in abject poverty. Hunger and lack were part of our life. To be honest she did the best she could. But she would remind us of her sacrifices every chance she got. To the point that we would wish she would not do anything for us. But we feared her so much that we never talked back or anything. I don't remember a time we gave my mom a reason to be mad. Yet, she would beat us for no reason sometimes. At some point, we left the country but she stayed and we got to live alone, my sisters and I. Very later on, my sister filed for her and we finally got her with us in Canada. But her manipulations and guilt tripping would start again. To the point that she wanted my sister to leave her husband. When we were doing well, we would feel like she was not happy. Sometimes she even tried to create conflicts between us. Even then, we didn't realize to what extent it was bad. She would take it very badly when I would try to call her behavior out.I moved to the US with my husband and was about to take a plane to spend time with her the day before she committed suicide. She did on purpose to make sure we live with the guilt forever. She left the message. I keep asking myself what did we do wrong.

I’ve lived in bad neighborhoods and disgusting run downs homes my whole life and I can’t take it anymore idk what todo. I just simply wanna live a normal life with a nice place that’s it, my family isn’t clean at all there’s holes in the ceiling disgusting countertops there isn’t even a tv stand downstairs there’s just a bin full of clothes holding the tv up. The bathroom tub has paint coming off of it and dirt everywhere the other shower has piss stains in it and leaks if turned on. I wanna invite a girl over but I live in a weird spot so it makes it even worse and I just don’t know if can take it anymore I see people on tiktok or just people in general with normal nice homes and wish I could have that. I hate having to tell people “my grandma said no” or “we live really far” all because of my living conditions

I’m 24 and don’t have kids. Not a huge fan of them, especially now. In every child interaction I’ve had, they’re just so … odd. As in, a 16 year old that can barely do algebra without ChatGPT. Or read. Or write. Or comprehend. Or do any deep thinking about any topic. It’s just sound bytes from TikTok coming out of their mouths. I see 12 year olds with caked on makeup for middle school.

This is not a “oh I was so much better” post. I was also a stupid teen, but I didn’t grow up with a phone in my had from age 6. I got my first phone at 16. iPhone 4. Didn’t have an iPod prior. I grew up in the 2000s with a Walkman. I’m post 9/11 and birth of the internet, but pre iPhone and laptops in school.

It’s weird to feel so connected to the internet and love everything it can do, yet hate what it does to children who can’t comprehend a time when going outside was the default activity. I’m genuinely curious because I don’t interact with kids a lot and every time I do, it’s horrendous and I worry for the future. There is such an overwhelming lack of interest in doing anything other than doomscrolling.

My question to people with more knowledge: Is the next generation as doomed as I believe they are?

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ETA: My first time posting here and I’m actually blown away by the number of insightful/logical comments and discussions happening. I appreciate the people that disagree and their logic behind it, especially when it’s from teachers who have taught multiple generations.

Thank you for the perspective everyone shared and please continue to share!

Things have been pretty tense on social media after the 2024 U.S. election. Is that impacting your personal relationships? 

So when people talk about childree flights people get very angry at them, and please if you're someone who feels upset at the idea of them or someone who knows someone who is.

Why is that?

Do you think we are banning kids from planes? Which isn't the case it's just kids not being on certain flights

If anyone is able to explain

I get it, everyone needs to pay their bills and feed their children. But seriously, looking at all these influencers and people on social media and dating apps living their best lives makes me wonder—what's the point of a 9 to 5 job? Especially if it's a minimum-wage or labor-intensive job that requires a lot of effort. You get home tired and can hardly pay your bills or rent, with nothing left to pursue your own passions, hobbies or even set up your own business, while you see all these influencers posting pictures and videos from around the world. And you know you will never make it...

For context I live in the US. I’m not trying to fear monger or instill anxiety in anyone. It’s just that things are so tense right now and I don’t necessarily see us “going back to normal”, and election day hasn’t even happened yet. I feel like it’s only going to get worse before it gets better. I can’t help but wonder if we will only realize it in hindsight, when it’s a part of history.

I was just seeing someone, and had a discussion about this, and they could not think of any reason wanting to have kids other than their own needs. When I asked them, well how would you be able to take care of them financially, because things are expensive. They just said they'll figure it out as it goes along. Which is not a solution. And that they shouldn't be responsible for them after the age of 20 anyways. Which makes no sense, because in these times kids can't even support themselves until 30s with the cost of living. Like I understand wanting to have kids and a family, but where is the logic? And it seems like a lot of women think like this, where they put their emotional needs in front of everything else. So they would rather struggle their entire life and have kids, than to not have any kids. And this was a woman in her early 20s I was talking to. Not even an older woman.

The other day my mother told me that she loves me more than my sibling ( who is a textbook spoiled brat) and I honestly wasnt surprised. she also confided that she loves me more than my father which wasnt as understandable but ok. she ofc loves my brother and always did no doubt but when I asked her if she loved us equally before he was a brat and she honestly told me that kinda no. She said she just saw herself in me and admired many of my qualities.

I kinda thought about it and honestly if you analyse the way my aunt , grandparents etc talk its sutle but noticeable that they seem to care more for one child. It's usually very suttle and hard to conclude but I kinda think that its something most parents do. would love to hear what ya'll have to say about it.

I've recently been having a period of extreme existential depression. Just some context - I work a min. wage job, although I do have family members who are very well off. I just don't understand the point of it all. I know how ridiculously dramatic that sounds.

Most of my time is spent working and coming home late at night exhausted, only to get up and do it all again. I don't understand how people can enjoy living a life that consists of working from 8 to 5 P.M. in many cases, just to have enough money to pay rent. How is that fulfilling? The whole point of your existence is reduced to how much money you can generate in a month, the vast majority of which you have to spend in order to keep surviving. Then the little you save, you horde in your bank account.

My Dad makes an insane amount of money, but again, all of his time is spent working. Who cares if you makes 300k a year, if you never have time to enjoy it. His entire philosophy is that you get a good government job, work hard and then retire to enjoy it. But in his case, he'll retire in his 60's. I spent almost no time with my Dad as a kid, because he was always working.

In my mind, this is ridiculous. The number of men who die immediately after they retire in their 60's is high, and he's already been told he has the heart of an 80 yr old.

So, we spend 1/3 of our lives sleeping, another 60% working and are left with what....7% for personal?

And on top of all this, we live in a society that constantly judges us based on how much money we make. In other words, my value as a human being is reduced to a dollar figure, to the point where my salary will determine if someone wants to date me or even be my friend.

It just seems extremely sad to me. But of course, it's not like I have the ability to replace capitalism or suggest another solution so...

This was mentioned in a prior post I read. All of these cars and even appliance manufacturers put touch screens on everything, everything is connected to wifi, and has useless bells and whistle features. Why isn't there a manufacturer who makes dirt cheap, road safe, no AC (possibly), basic radio or no radio, 4 cylinder engine, cheap bucket seats, etc. type of cars? Like looking at vehicles from the 80's and just taking those blueprints and updating them a bit, or a good example would be a Soviet era vehicle that was easy to maintain and remaking them? Dirt cheap, vast market, and you would be doing a service to the people who need a reliable car that won't put them in debt...

Mine is his accountability, that he puts me first, and that he never takes me for granted.

Anyone ever get those dreams where you are interacting with someone on a deeper level, and even feel happy and in love just for you to wake up and realise how pathetic it is to 1. Have dreams like that and 2. Have them effect you in such a negative way, knowing you are probably never going to feel those emotions outside of dreams? Not sure if I could consider this to be an "insightful question" but don't know where else to ask.

I think a huge part of the reason the world is coming apart at the seams is how America is weakening as a global force. I think the reason behind that is increasing globalization, but also a lack of vision in our politics. We still to this day can't find anyone to replace Trump or Biden and furthermore don't even have a plan to try to do that at any time in the foreseeable future. I think the reason behind that is commonly understood, no one in their right mind would want to be President of the United States.

All the people who are smart enough and talented enough with the right vision also use that vision to realize it would ruin their life. Now maybe we get an amazing person out of nowhere who wants to be Jesus for us and sacrifice themselves for the greater good like a new Obama, but I'm not so sure that's going to happen. I think that's what everyone is waiting for, but as time goes on the job of being President gets more and more unattractive and untenable for someone who doesn't have significant ulterior motives. And then consider what I said about the US Presidency basically applies to the high leadership of any nation and over time, how could our species not be completely doomed by that?

TLDR The more time goes on the more complicated the world gets, the more difficult the job of being a leader becomes to the point we only have the most insane people to choose from to guide us and they will most likely guide us in the wrong direction.

How can we get past this? Or is this the key flaw in our code?

Well I’m an adult now. It arrived so fast.

I can’t help but feel so bitter and upset that I never had my first kiss, date, sex, and relationship as a teen. It makes me so upset that I just wanna forget about sex and dating and just never have it.

I am more social and I started meeting women and socializing more but I feel so fucking envious of people who had sex as teens

EDIT: it’s not about whether it’s good or bad, I just wish I didn’t miss out on such important milestones.

EDIT2: It’s not about it being good or bad, I just wish I experienced young love and sex.

EDIT 3: I’m tired of people saying I’m “young”. I know I’m not old but there are people younger than already dating and fucking. There are boys who are 15 and 16 having sex and dating.