Reddit celebrates incredible Gen Z act of bravery

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[–]Horror-Swordfish 3 insightful - 2 fun3 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 2 fun -  (1 child)

What's wild to me in the comments section (at least on TikTok) is that they are SO QUICK to be the nastiest people to anyone that even gives a mild criticism. Like if someone says, "Oh, I don't really like the way that looks," on an interior design video, they'll get dogpiled on for "hating" or mocked for their profile or told they don't have to comment, blah blah blah.

"Only good vibes" taken to the extreme. And it's no wonder that real life induces anxiety; you can't just disappear someone saying something you don't like in the real world as easily as you can on social media.

[–]Alienhunter糞大名 3 insightful - 2 fun3 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

Social media will induce anxiety. I've gotten dog pilled before for just saying innocent shit like "oh I don't really like that movie".

Best to stay off it if you can't balance it. I don't think kids can. Tough to parent them in this world now I think since most adults don't really understand or keep up with the social media that the kids are using. I certainly don't.

Can't really go the full luddite way either and ban it. Kids won't learn how to use it healthy then and it's not exactly like it's going to go away. Probably will have to do something like not letting the kids have a smartphone until they can pay for it themselves but let them faff around on the internet with minimal control provided they are generally monitored and not doing it totally in secret. Like have the computer in the common space where you can see it.