Gen Alpha is TOUGH

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I think it’s an age thing. My 9 year old and his friends love the “kid horror” stuff like Five Nights at Freddy’s and SCP games on Roblox. It’s not realistic at all and neither is Fantasia or stuff on YouTube ads. But we were watching the Osama Bin Laden documentary on Netflix the other day and my kid was totally freaked out at the footage of 9/11.

Different kids freak out about different stuff. My 10 year old likes Goosebumps, cryptids, and creepy stuff generally. But anything with an even mildly weird mask, including some photos of carved ones from other cultures? NOPE. Get it out of the house and never mention it again.

[Anonymous]

My kid is not desensitized to violence in movies and TV because we limit a lot of that stuff, and also she's a sensitive kid anyway (she will refuse to watch even some Disney movies because they are too scary).

But I think she *is* tough, even though she is sensitive to violence. She's hard working and very determined when she is motivated towards something.

There are different kinds of tough, OP, and the kind you are talking about isn't particularly impressive to me.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Today I watched Fantastia with my kids. When we got to the last section (the demons on the mountain one), I mentioned that it used to scare the crap out of me when I was their age and I could never watch it all the way through.

They laughed and said it was boring and stupid. That they saw scarier ads on YouTube.

Not sure how I feel about that. I know Gen Z gets criticized for being “snowflakes”, I have a feeling Gen Alpha will be desensitized to pretty much everything.

Are they over 2-3 years old? If so, no surprise.

[Anonymous]

Reminds me of when my uncle took my cousins to see "The Shining" in the theatre. He laughed for years about how nothing scared them, except the twin girls in the hallway. Said they got completely psyched out about them for some reason and would joke about how freaky they looked for years later. They would have been about 4 or 5 at the time.

[Anonymous]

You have the coolest, most twisted uncle ever. Taking 5 year olds to see the shining.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:You have the coolest, most twisted uncle ever. Taking 5 year olds to see the shining.

Yeah, some people rock at being parents.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I’ve only heard that millennials are pussies, not gen Z.

Gen Z takes the cake on all things that are bad. They are owed everything and need to contribute nothing because doing so will ruin their mental health. I’m with them on climate change though!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My kid is not desensitized to violence in movies and TV because we limit a lot of that stuff, and also she's a sensitive kid anyway (she will refuse to watch even some Disney movies because they are too scary).

But I think she *is* tough, even though she is sensitive to violence. She's hard working and very determined when she is motivated towards something.

There are different kinds of tough, OP, and the kind you are talking about isn't particularly impressive to me.

🙄 oh good. I was waiting for Larlo’s dad to enter the chat. Please regale us with stories about how determined Larlo climbed a mountain (small hill) in Birkenstocks and didn’t give up on her bread recipe despite using too much salt.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I’ve only heard that millennials are pussies, not gen Z.

Gen Z takes the cake on all things that are bad. They are owed everything and need to contribute nothing because doing so will ruin their mental health. I’m with them on climate change though!

I got into this thing on Instagram about people being pulled over for simple traffic violations and end up getting arrested. There were a lot of females in the 18 - 25 year old age group. The cop would come up to the window and the girl would be on her phone. She would start yelling at the cop, refusing all directions, misstating the law. She would end up getting arrested. She would start screaming Don’t Touch Me! And GIVE ME MY PHONE! NOW!! CALL MY DAD!

They only showed the bad clips so you can’t tell what percentage of this age group acts like this. But they were eerily similar. They all demanded their phones, they all screamed, they all wanted mom or dad called to help them get out of it, they all screamed about not touching them. They were all arrested due 100% to their refusal to show ID and it escalated from there. It was eye opening.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Desensitized is not tough.

They can’t make phone calls 🤣

Exactly. I read that this generation gets high anxiety when it comes to talking to their own friends on the phone.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I’ve only heard that millennials are pussies, not gen Z.

Gen Z takes the cake on all things that are bad. They are owed everything and need to contribute nothing because doing so will ruin their mental health. I’m with them on climate change though!

I got into this thing on Instagram about people being pulled over for simple traffic violations and end up getting arrested. There were a lot of females in the 18 - 25 year old age group. The cop would come up to the window and the girl would be on her phone. She would start yelling at the cop, refusing all directions, misstating the law. She would end up getting arrested. She would start screaming Don’t Touch Me! And GIVE ME MY PHONE! NOW!! CALL MY DAD!

They only showed the bad clips so you can’t tell what percentage of this age group acts like this. But they were eerily similar. They all demanded their phones, they all screamed, they all wanted mom or dad called to help them get out of it, they all screamed about not touching them. They were all arrested due 100% to their refusal to show ID and it escalated from there. It was eye opening.

That's gone on forever, there was just no way to record and share it until modern day.

100 years ago, if people had iPhones, you would have seen the exact same thing.