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Happiness of girls and young women at lowest level since 2009, shows UK poll
(www.theguardian.com)
this post was submitted on 13 Sep 2023
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Is it? Without a doubt the internet, and it's overuse can be an issue, but I'm not sure it's a great idea to minimise it down to one cause when there's likely significantly more to it than that.
Young people are much more aware of what's going on in the world than they were even 15 years ago when I was a teen. They understand what's coming, they understand climate change and the other issues of the day. Is that an online issue or a societal issues that's spewing into the lives of young people where it didn't before?
Exactly. Growing up I knew about climate change but it seemed like something was being done slowly. I had trust in the adults running the world because they hadn’t given me too glaring of reasons not to. By the time I was 18 (2012) it was clear it was a bit of a shitshow. It wasn’t just that I was getting older, my little sister followed that path quickly. I remember explaining to my parents as a teenager that I wouldn’t be as wealthy as them despite wanting to follow the same career path. Not knowing about this doesn’t make anything better, the only solution is to fix the damn problems.
I think the Internet is playing a large part but it's definitely not the only cause by far
How does getting chronically depressed, perhaps a decade before one even gets the power to change anything, help?
That's the dumbest thing I have read today, good job!