• GrouchyGrouse [he/him]@hexbear.net
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    11 months ago

    If it helps just remember that they have deeply unexamined views. Also, as a former teenager, I can attest to it being a very stupid chapter of my life.

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      11 months ago

      teens are very stupid, but today’s teens have even less reason to ever read things and examine things than we did bc their environment is 1000x more distracting

      their gestation periods were also spent in a womb with 50% more plastic and various other things, which probably contributes

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        11 months ago

        teens are very stupid, but today’s teens have even less reason to ever read things and examine things than we did bc their environment is 1000x more distracting

        also literacy is seriously on the decline and in addition to being “distracted” they’re also more overworked and more underpaid by an even more ruthless economy. Even if their attention spans were perfect, I doubt someone is going to roll out of their 3rd job itching to read volume 1 of capital. They’re going to go home, sweep up, do dishes, take a shower, and collapse in bed.

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          11 months ago

          they’re also more overworked and more underpaid by an even more ruthless economy

          ehh I’m not sure that matters much for teens

          I just did some research and found extremely conflicting data on teen labor force participation, but I think teenagers’ behavior has very little to do with the job market directly, although some of their anxiety might be traceable to their parents being more stressed from said market.