*A baby is born* everyone: This generation is doomed

Everyone says Generation z is the most depressed generation. Well duh u left us (Generation z) with a freaking dead Earth.

can we talk about how emotionless this crowd is?? he's literally being so friendly and making jokes, while they're all just sitting there, showing no emotion whatsoever ✋👁️👄👁️

I heard from my phycology teacher that we are The most stressed generation he’s ever seen. Said something’ll never forget. “You guys are expected to do everything but aren’t given the resources to do anything”... really it’s f*cked up. We are overloaded, stressed to the breaking point, given ZERO help for mental health, usually only one (not trained) counselor PER SCHOOL! Half of us want to die everyday and 3/4 of us have extreme anxiety disorders. And we are expected to do MORE the past generations. My parents tell me that there’s nothing to be stressed about. Ok, is 2 papers, read 2 books, 7 pages of math work, with 6 extra worksheets, a science worksheet and lab, history notes, and vocabulary not stressful enough? Oh I forgot, keeping a social profile, keeping up with friends so they don’t ditch you, look right, talk right, hope you don’t look too tired, tell you parents you’re fine, mental breakdowns in school, trying not to fail but you don’t understand, depression in quarantine, the struggle to get out of bed in the morning..... is it not enough We’re just suffering in silence now..

imagine literally ruining the economy and then blaming future generations for being broke

*Me and most of generation z* : haven't even completed school *Everyone else* : what a failure to society 😩😩 worst generation yet 😔😔

"Of course they are distracted. They have to solve everything." Man thats true

"Now look at my son, isn't he cute? You can say 'awww'." Audience: .... Him: 😔

yes, like normal teenagers we are in fact at fault for ruining the economy.

*teacher sees a teenager being a teenager* this generation is screwed

boomers are like: why are there holes in your jeans like okay grandpa why are there holes in the ozone

-this man is a legend -everyone in the audience are all boomers who dont know to laugh -gen z would hype him so much -yes the pandemic -WWMD -i admire this person

I remember when I was 12, I'd always be told to act my age, but I was just acting 12. I was expected look and act like a grown woman. Gen. Z is being pushed to grow up too fast

The sad part is that this video is never gonna reach the people who actually need to hear it, the only comments I see are from gen Zs. That's the real problem.

as a millennial I've noticed something. Old videos talk about how "the next generation will save the world" and "our kids will do great things" all the way back to the start of video. Newspapers and books printed the same sentiments even farther back. It's been a game of pass the buck for well over a hundred years. "I couldn't do it, so I'll pass the buck to my kid. Surely they can do what i couldn't." No. You want us to do what you procrastinated on and now that the time limit to get it done is coming to an end you can't decide if we're gonna be great and fix it or if we've failed to do it in time. The problem isn't us, it's YOU for putting the whole world in our laps and doing nothing to help. YOU failed and now you're yelling at US for YOUR failures??? Shut up and get to work. If you want us to save the world then start being a better example of what you expect us to do about it because WE'RE NOT THE ONES WITH ALL THE POWER.

Parents: I want my children to have better lives than I do, so im going to work as hard as I can! children: **has better life Parents: *and I took that personally.*

We haven't finished school yet, and we are called failures. We are using the technology that you made and you get surprised. You made a mess in the world and left us to deal with it. We are being normal teenagers, are we ruining the economy right now?

"Respect your elders kids" "But my elders berate me and have ruined my future" "..."

We get criticized for everything we do. We are just living our life in the broken world that generations before us left. Why is that our fault?

Boomers: YoU HavE iT sO EAsY, wHEn i WaS yoUr aGE iT WaS sO mUcH HArdEr Isn't the point of humanity advance and make life as easy as possible for upcoming generations? And i didn't decide to live in this generation.

This audiences reactions to his jokes are legitimately infuriating.

Damn nobody laughing at his jokes I liked them

"There is no such thing as a bad student, only a bad teacher" - Mr. Miyagi (Karate Kid) I know this is weird just thought it was relevant.

Gen x: "god I hate gen z" Also gen x: litterally raised gen z

“he was worried about him starting a pandemic” *that didn’t age well*

The comments just proves the theory that Gen Z uses dark humor to cope. Boomers: *yall hear somthin’?*

You know it's awful when even children are committing suicide/seriously thinking about it. Please, stop this mess.

Me: mom are you mad Mom:no why would you think that Me: your tone Mom: tone doesn’t mean many thing Also mom: watch your tone why you coping a attitude with me what did I do to make you mad Me : I’m not what makes you think that Mom:your TONE Me in head: man if I’m mad at anyone it’s myself

Gen z kid: has asthma because of screwed up atmosphere Boomers: videogames

*Shows picture of his son as a baby. “You can say awww” Crowd:

Me: *hid my depression until I broke down and had to tell my school counselor* School counselor: *super understanding, and tells my parents I'm depressed* Mom: *screams at me the moment I get into the car making me have a nervous breakdown until we get home* Dad: *blames my electronics and grounds me* Parents: *finally realized I may be depressed since it runs in the family* Mom: *offers therapy but then never takes me* Me: *learns to fix my own problems and help myself if no one else will* Mom: "You were never depressed, it was just your period Me: *knows how suicidal I've been for the past 4 years straight, but just nods to not start a fight or "talk back"* (This was all over the course of several years, I'm better now and am just mostly anxious, slowly helping myself bit by bit)

Parents: "Hmm my child is depressed, let's take her laptop and phone so she wont be depressed" Child: cant talk to anyone because they donr have a way to do it privately Parents: "we have cured her depression"

Older Generations: Respect your elders Me: Why can't we all just respect each other?

Boomers: look at a literal teenager who hasnt even finished high scool "absolutely appalling, i fear for our future"

Just hearing someone from an older generation say "I'm sorry" really hit me differently. Because I hear a lot of the things he said in this video, about our generation being entitled and lazy, but never anyone take responsibility for making us this way. They just blame us for how we were raised.

"The way we've left the planet, it's unlikely any of them will ever exeprience life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness" Damn that one hit hard...

Solution: STOP YELLING AT US FOR THINGS THAT AREN'T OUR FAULT.

When I was about 10, my conservative grandpa told me “ I’m so sorry my generation has messed up the earth. Now it’s in you guys to fix our mistakes and I’m so sorry about that”

This guy was actually hilarious and the audience kept being silent

I hate it, absolutely hate it when i tell my parents that something hurts or i’m not feeling well; they say “its that phone/video games!”

Boomers: Destroys the planet Also Boomers: *Gen Z is the worst generation*

this crowd has no sense of humor jesus

me: contemplating suicide everynight, fighting a drug addiction i was pressured into at 13, slowly losing myself to mental illness my parents: pissed because there was a cup on my nightstand

I want to apologise to him for having such a tough crowd..

" YOU CAN'T LIVE WITHOUT THE INTERNET" My dad: *works on the computer*

Boomers/Gen X: Gen Z is the worst generation. Also Boomers/Gen X: *Literally destroys the entire planet*

Whenever politics get brought up with family friends I always state my opinion and I always get shut down. It’s always “you’re too young to know what your talking about” but what? Suddenly I turn 18 and have a political opinion? Just because I’m young, just because I’m in gen z, i can’t be educated? My words don’t matter? My mom once told me during a fight to give her my phone bc I was “talking back” and she said the words “you don’t get to dictate your life. I do.” Why doesn’t my voice matter? Just because you don’t like what I have to say? What I do with my life? I’m tired of being “too young” to have an opinion. I’m tired of not being able to “dictate” my own life. I’m tired of feeling like I’m being OWNED. Like I’m just some piece of property or something, just because I’m in Gen z.

i love how gen x calls us a "lost cause" but seem to forget they were mostly drug addicts, criminals, lived off their parents, and never cared about the future.

Gen x’s be hatin on gen z’s until they need help searching something online 🙂

Him: "Good morning. Hey c'mon good morning" The students, unenthusiastic: good morning Every school assembly ever

"We wont respect you, until you respect us." A kid from Gen Z

It sad how our ancestors have caused so many problems that that's like the only thing we can talk about these days. Like no one actually talks about anything positive these days we all have anxiety and depression and we're ok with it

Baby boomers and gen x people criticise millennials and gen z kids as if they weren’t the ones that raised us.

I'm a young teen I can't even look my parents in the eyes, they just yell at me.

fun fact: The Swedish school systems tried to make their students less stressed by giving them MORE time on school, and now half of us are borderline depressed, amazing work guys

This whole comments section is just my generation patting itself on the back. Imma join it, The one thing I think Gen Z has over everyone else is acceptance, if someone is getting bullied, you know damn well his or her classmates are gonna shelter that person.

I like it that society has finally realised that teens and college kids are gen z and not millennials, like most millennials are actually in their 30s now

We’re not apathetic, we’re just tired of adults squashing our excitement.

I remember back in the fourth grade my school had a robotics competition. My science teacher (who was my idol at the time) made a speech. The theme of the contest was "space exploration" and he talked about how our generation will one day have to fix the world's problems and make advancements. He said that he was honored to be given the chance to educate us. I didn't get it then, but now I think about that everyday.

wait why is hardly anybody laughing at his jokes? if some of us gen z were there, we would be hyping him up af.

*Get off those screens* Ok ill walk to the store *No, there is kidnappers around*

It’s easier for the older generation to blame the younger for failing to live up to their expectations than to recognize their own failures of being parents, mentors, and proprietors of government, society, and resources. It is not the failures of the youth they truly fear but their own.

i love our generation, i know we all feel so alone but a lot of us are going through the similar things. We're gonna fix what was left to us.

It's funny how they call us a failed generation when most of us aren't even out of school yet.

“Gen Z has it easy and doesn’t work at all” wE’rE lItErAlLy TeEnAgErS yOu MoRaN

when he said, "So i want to apologize to all of the members of generation z for whatever part i played in making this world a mess," everything he could have done was immediately forgiven just by that one line and his whole speech. we need more people like this man.

Gen Z: we're depressed Boomers: how your lifes so easy Gen Z: how do we have it easier when we're expected to fix all your mistakes?

We're being forced to grow up too fast. They say we're lazy. We show them our work and say we're trying. Its not good enough, they say. They say we're lazy and should be functioning members of society. We just want to be kids, we cry. We're ignored.

Finally a person from an older generation who doesn't blame and verbally abuse us. Baby boomers and Gen X can be so cranky. Like bruh.

I feel like my Dad “preaches” almost all the time how when he was my age he worked so much harder than me and accomplished so many things and just goes on and on about how my generation is just lazy, distracted on our phones, and just not as good as him at my age holding me to unrealistic expectations that I think are BS. BUT it is so Infuriating because most the stuff he says he did at my age are things that I literally just can’t do even if I wanted to. Like passing all his classes with A+ while having a job, and doing sports. And it irritates even more when I try asking for advice or how I could do better at something and he just says “it’s easy just try harder” or “it’s because of that phone” (Thanks for reading my comment. Reply if you deal with things like this too)

As a gen z i promise that i would never use the back in my days card to gen alpha i would let them enjoy life

Mom- “Go outside to play” Me “ Can I ride my bike to the park to meet my friends?” Mom- “ No it’s just to dangerous now a days to go outside like that”

Me, a Gen Z kid just wanting a childhood: I'm not crying, my eyes are just sweating.

Parents: the phone is a distraction, I’m taking it away Teachers: *put all the hw in the group chat* Parents: why haven’t you been doing any homework! I’ll take the phone away longer! Me: 🤦‍♀️

this audience is so dry it hurts. IM LAUGHING AT YOUR JOKES

Boomers when they see teenagers being teenager: Now this is a avenger level threat

wtf is wrong with this audience theyre stone silent when he makes jokes

We are all under so much stress because we are treated like children but given too much responsibility and are expected to act like adults.

My mother told me once that the reason why I thought my childhood was so bad was because I only remember the bad things. Yeah I could say the same thing about your memories of me from ten and after mom.

I hate being hated for existing.

How I see it is: If you’re apart of Gen Z (as myself), then you’re in the “Can’t Sleep because Everything Is Constantly Changing and It’s Eat or Be Eaten” Era. With the access of so much information, can you honestly expect us to never be doing anything? I could do everything on my phone from reading books to submitting digital paperwork to applying for jobs. The possibilities are endless. To add onto that, it means school curriculums are steadily growing. You quite literally cannot rest too much or you’ll fall behind. God forbid we do get a chance to rest and you see it as not using time constructively. At this rate, your child needs to know the fundamentals of Quantum Physics the moment they pop out the womb. As much as I’m motivated to do better and actively be better, I get tired too. Shoot! I haven’t even properly started college yet. Can I get a chance to make mistakes? The answer is no. We’re expected to just _know_ and stay 16 steps ahead of problems. Like I said though, I get tired too.... and I’m pretty sure most of the Generation is still in school....

I am currently in high school, and I remember in 6th grade I made a list of everything wrong in the world. I had a plan that every year I would come up with a plan to fix a problem, I gave up before I could really start think about it

He is such a legend and he deserves so much better than this audience. If we look carefully (the reaction of the audience), we clearly know this is the way how our adults would react if we really would open up. That’s the reason why we feel much more comfortable keeping our problems to ourselves. All the comments are so good to that extent that I want to write these and keep it somewhere.

"We owe Generation Z an apology" Generation Z : Apology accepted

Me: Does badly in school Parents: Takes away everything I like Me: Does worse in school Parents: 👁👄👁

The people who disliked this video are older generations.

Boomers: "Gen Z is so weak, they have it so easy and then complain about it," 1. We don't have everything easier than you 2. You guys left us with the state of the world 3. Shouldn't life be easier for future generations? Isn't that the goal of a good life

Millennials: nothing in life matters 😖 Gen Z: nothing in life matters 😎

I hope we don’t make the mistake to blame Gen-Alpha as failures.

my parents ignore everything i tell them. they wonder why im so unhappy all of time, i just want all the pressure to be taken off of me...

Me : giving presentation about climate in a tuition class Also me :Any questions? Boomer teacher: Don't you think your shorts are so short ?

I told my mother that I won’t be having children because I don’t want to leave a child in a dying world. She told me I was dramatic. I’m 14. Maybe I am dramatic. Maybe I’m right.

i feel as though us gen zers are stiffled in every way possible. we get criticized for the internet, but when we try to go out and change the world we get told that we dont know what we're talking about

As a young teen, I can say that this is one of the most inspiring videos I have ever seen.

People sometimes do forget that your parents don't need to be abusive or terrible to effect your life in a bad way, mine barley give me praise for anything I do and it's lead to a mentality that I gotta try to impress people in the most useless things that in the end they won't care about. They love me fine and care for me but they have plenty of flaws that still effect me.

Honestly, as a gen z, I feel like we’re so pressured. The government is screwed, the economy is screwed, and so are we, yet we’re expected to grow up and fix all this??

Boomer: We went to the moon Millennials: We build a new culture in the internet Gen Z: We got spawn killed by our grandparents

EVERY GENERATION has a few good people, a few assholes and most that are somewhere in between. And Life has thrown different kinds of challenges at all of them in many different ways. It’s never going to get better because it’s never been easy. It’s always been a rollercoaster where the masses don’t have control of the wheel. Don’t be so fast to blame a particular generation... just work on yourself and do everything in your power to reduce the suffering of your family, friends and neighbors. That’s all it’s ever been about.

I'm Gen Z. In science class this past year we had looked at graphs that connected different generations and mental health. Gen Z was by far the generation in which mental health spiraled the absolute most. The teacher then asked us to raise our hands if we had problems with mental health. Half the class was open about their mental health issues, the other half didn't raise their hands despite all of us knowing that only a few in the class didn't have big problems with it. Then our teacher let us have a discussion on how fricked up the world was and how we felt about it (including mental health). Topics varied quickly, from school shootings (I live in the US, it's a huge problem) to lgbtq+ to depression, to how messed up the government is. It lasted half an hour and our teacher was listening wholeheartedly, and very intensely. He didn't interrupt once. Everyone in the class contributed to the conversation, it was the most we had heard each other speak. It would have lasted longer if our teacher didn't remember that we had school work to do. Despite doing our work after the discussion, everyone walked out of the classroom feeling light. No heavy weight to carry, everything they've wanted to say for awhile off their shoulders. It was amazing. I think the teacher saw how much our moods improved. I wish that conversation took up the entire period, not just a measly half hour. 30 minutes isn't nearly enough time for a discussion like that. Millennials and Gen X have always said we're going to change the world and fix their mistakes. It isn't just their mistakes, it's the mistakes of every generation before them. It's a terrible inheritance. If the older generation(s) want us to change the world so goddamn bad, let us do it the way we want to do it! They're always telling us that the way we handle things isn't right, and what is right. But if they knew what was right, then why isn't the world fixed by now? With every generation comes a new solution to both old, new, and reoccuring problems. Let us try our solution, and the world might finally take a good turn in the right direction!

Someone: asks about gen z's "good ol' days"* Gen z: My what?