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ahahah "unfortunately catching this on the tv" is a very good depiction xD
Uf I dunno what to say. my peers weren't especially paranoid or anything, in fact quite the opposite, everyone seemed very surface-level "normal" and grew up as expected.. but I do see it has become more prevalent in younger people, maybe?
I think definitely the rapid growth of technology has had a lot to do with that - everything is so immediate, so accessible, so widely spread at the very same time.
for example, things would reach my country's pop culture (i'm in Southern Europe) within a year or so of having been released in their country of origin (mostly the US, sometimes Central/Northern Europe). especially if you didn't live in a capital city, as was my case. This is to say there was a kind of "lag" effect of 2-3 years in the timeframes of how pop culture evolved, compared to the US for reference.
But during the 2010's that changed rapidly. Soon, everyone had a smartphone, instant messaging and the Internet became more accessible than ever, and everyone in the family was connected, the mainstream media got in on it too, etc.
Life's pace has quickened a lot in the last decade and a half. not to say the world lived in a slow-life golden era before, there were so many inconveniences, dangers even, and problems of its own time in every past decade. it's only human nature looking back with rose-tinted glasses. but we did know "peace" and "privacy" (and BOREDOM) in a very different way to now. to answer your question, I do believe this has had an effect on our psyche, and I do believe the constant information overload we are under makes us a bit more skitzo, less grounded in the present, and yes perhaps more paranoid as our brains are in constant overstimulation.
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the film that screwed me up as a child but this reviewer is totally right about
Lmao, i feel like what I replied to your comment on my bulletin about Final Destination is my perspective on this too! :') I hope it helps a bit..
I have to add, for those of us who have always been a bit warped in the mind, the feeling of being "clueless" and "so young and full of life" kinda evaded us anyway. so it has nothing to do with the time of history you get to live. some people are born a bit "old and tired". I have come to accept this is neither a good nor a bad thing, it's both and it just is what it is. and if it's not just me, at least, then it's okay.
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sorta following up the last bulletin... gen z already acting like grandmas.
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kadavera (under construction)
4 hours ago
I KNEW it was about final destination as soon as I saw the title. I swear we all were fucking traumatised by unfortunately catching it on tv as kids. I wonder if it contributed to the heightened paranoia of this generation... I know I'm very paranoid
ahahah "unfortunately catching this on the tv" is a very good depiction xD
Uf I dunno what to say. my peers weren't especially paranoid or anything, in fact quite the opposite, everyone seemed very surface-level "normal" and grew up as expected.. but I do see it has become more prevalent in younger people, maybe?
I think definitely the rapid growth of technology has had a lot to do with that - everything is so immediate, so accessible, so widely spread at the very same time.
for example, things would reach my country's pop culture (i'm in Southern Europe) within a year or so of having been released in their country of origin (mostly the US, sometimes Central/Northern Europe). especially if you didn't live in a capital city, as was my case. This is to say there was a kind of "lag" effect of 2-3 years in the timeframes of how pop culture evolved, compared to the US for reference.
But during the 2010's that changed rapidly. Soon, everyone had a smartphone, instant messaging and the Internet became more accessible than ever, and everyone in the family was connected, the mainstream media got in on it too, etc.
Life's pace has quickened a lot in the last decade and a half. not to say the world lived in a slow-life golden era before, there were so many inconveniences, dangers even, and problems of its own time in every past decade. it's only human nature looking back with rose-tinted glasses. but we did know "peace" and "privacy" (and BOREDOM) in a very different way to now. to answer your question, I do believe this has had an effect on our psyche, and I do believe the constant information overload we are under makes us a bit more skitzo, less grounded in the present, and yes perhaps more paranoid as our brains are in constant overstimulation.
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you hit the nail on the head honestly, don't have much to add cause you said it all.
paranoia and overthinking has been integrated in our lives like crazy, people are entitled to every single detail and every single word someone has ever put out there onto the internet, especially nowadays people really dig into every single thing people do or say.
not just when it comes to cancelling people, it's starting to affect those in real life personal circles because people feel so entitled to know and analyse every single thing someone else does. what kind of person they are, what category they fit into, etc, hell, people have started over-analysing themselves.
this topic also reminds of me of an interesting blog post worth checking out: https://blog.spacehey.com/entry?id=1552614
by kadavera (under construction); ;
I also want to add that thankfully my family being kinda broke did save me a lot. I grew up being bored too , up until literally 13 I could properly have online access, and even still then didn't get unlimited WiFi until a year later
by kadavera (under construction); ;
that's a real good analysis of the situation now, over-categorizing, over-analysing everything for lack of a better word..
and omg that blog post is right up my alley, thanks so much for sharing XD i'm gonna make a cup of tea and dive in.
**also there with you in the broke-ness' saving grace! set us back another couple years LOL
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