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Message Subject Random American High School in 1989: Such vitality, happiness, vigor...What happened to us?
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Also to add... wWith the rise of media saturation (movies, tv,videos, reality tv, social media) comes a self awareness that kids didn't usually attain until about 30.

Used to be kids were just kids. They got their identity from their families, hobbies, friends. They were free to be themselves, explore who they were, make mistakes, build character.

Now, they have an infinite amount influences and the camera rolling 24/7. They feel intense scrutiny and a need to be both novel and perfect.

They can go viral into fame or shame. Every mistake is documented forever, there is no time to rest, they have to keep up with the latest trend to be relevant. Their identity is formed entirely online. It's not real.

At a human level they know and feel this inauthenticity. It's creates despondency, loneliness and nihilsm. Or it cause disassociation.

Scary times when you think that these same people are also having kids themselves.

Is humanity lost?
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 75940309


Interesting observation.

Of course there was peer pressure at school, fashion, popularity contests, who had a car, etc., but after a day of dealing with that, you could stop when you left and be yourself.

Now that type of pressure and self-consciousness is 24 hours a day, with self-esteem often coming from how many likes you get for staring into a camera that you're aiming at your own face.

Being phony and trying to measure up to artificial and meaningless standards had a daily time limit, and you had the whole summer to be free of all the bullshit.
 
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