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  • RatherBeMTB@sh.itjust.works
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    9 months ago

    The crystal generation! Now it looks bad to show interest in someone’s well being because it makes them uncomfortable for a few seconds. Also, only fucking God knows why it makes them uncomfortable!

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      9 months ago

      The crystal generation!

      Is this the new slang boomers are using now that “snowflake” gets you laughed out of the room? Doesn’t quite roll off the tongue the same. You should workshop it a little.

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      9 months ago

      If you care about their well being, why ask questions you know make them feel uncomfortable?

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        9 months ago

        Well, I don’t understand why it makes them uncomfortable. If I’m on the loop about a friend or a family member that is looking for a job then I can help them if I know of an opportunity. Telling someone you haven’t found a job should be something good that opens doors for you. But good to know. I just don’t understand why it has become so incredibly important to avoid being uncomfortable.

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          unless you currently work in their industry, there’s a good chance you are unlikely to be helpful. and asking regularly feels like pressure, not support, to someone who may already feel intensely pressured or distressed by their circumstances.

          there’s a difference between being a little uncomfortable (ordinary, day-to-day stuff) and the kind of stress a person experiences who may be unable to meet their basic needs due to unemployment.

          if you care, ask how you can be supportive once and do that. trust that if something changes (and there is some other way you can be helpful), that person will let you know.

          edit - typo

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      9 months ago

      Given:

      • the current status of the housing market
      • the job crisis that will come as a side effect of the AI revolution
      • the climate change fuckfest that is coming in the next 20 years

      I feel like this generation of young people might face something even worse than the great depression