We complain about having no money but refuse to climb the corporate ladder. We’re vain and obsessed with cosmetic procedures. We drink matcha, journal obsessively and eat an all-pistachio diet (covered in chocolate and imported from Dubai).
The fact that most of us are boring is true, just not in the way people think. I’m mostly sober, go to bed by 9pm every night, and spend my weekend evenings at home, but I wouldn’t class myself as dull. Other people my age are monotonous; chatting to them is like attempting to communicate with a brick wall.
Of course, it’s important to remember we grew up during a global pandemic. I was 17 when Boris Johnson announced we couldn’t leave our houses – then clubs, bars and public spaces remained closed when I became an adult. We’ve gained little life experience, especially as so many young people are now not in the working world, either by choice – choosing to live at home with parents – or because they can’t get jobs in the first place.
It’s draining. The art of conversation, talking back and forth, just isn’t a thing with them. A debate is asking too much, there are no opinions to share unless it’s just regurgitating what happened in a trending video or celebrity gossip. The topics of books, weekend plans and funny anecdotes are non-existent.
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I think a lot it comes down to social media and the content us Gen Z-ers consume everyday. TikTok has provided us with endless swipes of short clips that give our life no purpose, teach us nothing valuable, but make us sit for hours. We’re all consuming more – but somehow have less to talk about.
Noel Bell, a psychotherapist and spokesperson for the UK Council for Psychotherapy, says the problem comes from passive scrolling, which has a detrimental effect on mental health and emotional wellbeing. “There’s the over-reliance on digital interactions, so there’s less ability to develop face-to-face communication skills,” he says. “Older people seem to have have learned social skills, like making small talk, with greater ease, as they didn’t have this oppressive need to impress that the worst parts of social media can bring out.”
I, for one, have scrolled for hours on end, and if asked what I’ve been doing or what I’ve watched, have no answer that’s worth saying out loud. When that’s all we’re doing, day in and day out, it’s no surprise we’ve become so uninteresting.
So, as a 22-year-old, I’d much rather be seated at the table of pensioners. They’ll make me laugh, teach me something new, and maybe, just maybe, have an opinion on something I say.
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