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(this is a shitpost, generational politics is a fuck) (no third party votes were allowed, as it is democratic process)

  • VILenin [he/him]M
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    3 days ago

    There is no amount of money you could pay me to deal with Gen Z white kids for an entire day

    • UlyssesT [he/him]
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      3 days ago

      Millennial kids demographically weren't great when they were the same age; a whole lot of them used gayness as a universal insult, for example.

      • VILenin [he/him]M
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        3 days ago

        Yeah, and they still get extremely mad when you remind them of their behavior. Already had the “presentism” card pulled on me a couple times. Like holy shit, 1994 isn’t prehistory.

        But about the Gen Z kids… when my niece told me a kid at her school (apparently known as a Rogan fan) started an NFT club, I just sat there and stared at the wall for a minute or two. I guess we are reaping what youtube fascists had sown circa 2016 with the UPPITY SJW DESTROYED COMPILATION #243, which a teacher friend of mine (now retired) said was spreading through teenage boys like a mind virus. They spent weeks playing a game of cat and mouse with the “subscribe to pewdiepie” bullshit, amplified by the then-nascent wannabe slaver MrBeast.

        I’m reminded of that poll from a few years ago where the #1 most desired career for Chinese kids was “astronaut”, while the same for American kids was “youtuber”.

        • UlyssesT [he/him]
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          3 days ago

          I still have hope in the kids I taught.

          I simply must.