It is an objectively difficult time to be a young person due to economic and social pressures.

“I will I will admit that like there's never been a time uh in in like the past like you know 40 50 60 years um where it was um as [ __ ] to be a young person like like there was it's never been like in terms of if you're just the average not like talking about ours or whatever but like the if you we”

Modern pessimism among young people is frequently adopted as a performative social trend rather than a genuine response to circumstances.

“I feel like especially of recently you know like with the whole [ __ ] Duma culture especially among like young you know just like [ __ ] you know going [ __ ] this and I'm like yeah no the world is definitely [ __ ] but I feel like now it's like kind of the thing to just be like [ __ ] pessimistic ”