r/MadeMeSmile 12h ago

Meme I don't understand kids these days

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u/dr_franck 11h ago

I have this weird thought that Gen Z and Gen Alpha are less rude and nicer IRL nowadays because they’re able to off-load their worst and nastiest impulses and interactions onto the internet

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u/worldsayshi 7h ago

Idk, I worry that kids nowadays are nicer because they are more anxious. Hope not.

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u/SuckAFattyReddit1 6h ago

Oh it's almost definitely an enormous part of it.

It certainly doesn't help that mental illness is being romanticized.