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being raised on the internet
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- Опубліковано 19 сер 2024
- In this video I talk about being raised/ coming of age on the internet, gen z humor, vine, tiktok, stan twitter, one direction, my astronomical screen time, and all that good stuff. I was inspired by Lorde and I was feeling a tad melodramatic. Maybe the internet raised us!! Or maybe people are jerks :0
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this video really addressed the elephant in the room.. we’ve been so indoctrinated to the constant need for new content! on one hand I love the creativity of our generation but it also gets suuuper messy when we can’t detach the creative artist with the person on the internet
sooo true
Agreed so much consumption and not enough creation. We're not getting enough satisfaction creating any more.
this is extremely extremely relatable, also I cant wait for gen z to become to entire cast of SNL
OMG right that's like crazy to think about!!
I'm intrigued 👀
Hell yeah we need some representation in the media
Pete davidson is the closest we have to a zoomer
i want gen z to shut SNL down!!! i believe in us!!!!
Can definitely relate to being an introvert who loves consuming content constantly. I do try to spend time reading, or researching or writing videos, instead of just mindlessly consuming (but I end up doing that a lot 😩)
Exactly
It's kinda sad how internet addiction isn't taken seriously yet :///. Like the closest thing to it is those video game addiction clinics but there's not even enough of those around. I feel that in the future people are going to look at the internet addiction like how we now look at people chain-smoking in the 50s. I can spend like 4 hours - 9 hours a day on my phone, it's definitely a process to get my brain rewired to not have to be entertained all the time.
ikr it's crazy ://
I love how you brought up memes and how integral it is to our humor and how we communicate. I find it very interesting because every meme is highly contextual. So many memes build upon others, require knowledge of recent events, or some other common understanding for our specific community. So some memes are just impenetrable or incomprehensible to some because they weren't around or just didn't see the several memes it was based on. Idk I just think the ways that this generation communicates online is so interesting because we're the first to truly grow up with the internet and we always find new ways to use it to it's fullest potential.
yeah what you said is so true! like other generations just don't rlly have the context to understand a lot of our sense of humor
That was what I was thinking too! Our memes are either crazy intertextual or really absurd and nonsensical.
tbh I wanna write my thesis about memes lmao. they're so complex. everything you said is facts!!!
@@cityxlovee no joke, I have written about a gen z meme making fun of a boomer meme and the different discourses reflected in the meme 😅
@@cityxlovee same honestly. I wish I had thought of it like a year ago so I could write my IB Extended Essay on it 😅
I can def relate to the “everyone’s looking at you syndrome”
I think you basically described social anxiety
I get so nervous talking to/ doing things in front of strangers like you were talking about! It’s the worst
I feel like an important aspect of Gen Z humour is also intertextuality? Some memes can refer to more than 3 other memes and still be easily understood by most zoomers? The best memes are usually crazy intertextual or are the most random out-of-the-blue nonsensical things you've ever seen?
so trueee
You're totally right! I swear I could write a dissertation on gen z comedy. So many adults don't get it because it's part of a system. If someone sees a meme without knowing the origin they're like "um what?" Because you have to know the origin of it and other versions of it And memes evolve so quickly. Its like making photo copies of photo copies. The more you scan it the more distorted it gets. I feel like gen z comedy is very Dadaist. Dada was an art form that originated after WW1, rejected capitalism, and was rooted in satire and nonsense. The similarities are extreme.
www.tate.org.uk/art/art-terms/d/dada
@@magentahoward it def has clear Dada vibes? I think that is kind of inevitable in a post postmodernist society? (Or meta modernist as some people say-- I def feel like gen z culture has moved postmodernism?) Honestly go for it and write that dissertation om gen z culture (or an aspect of gen z culture as it might be too general of a subject for your dissertation?)
Definitely the best part of memes. They've been like that for a long time, too. Millennials were getting crazy self-referential on YTMND 10+ years ago.
the internet is rather scary, I believe. I struggled a lot with being a rather friendless person on the bottom of the public school food chain, to finding my footing in a secondary school but still dealing with the emotional trauma of being utterly rejected by your peers. i think the internet also has a magical quality in that, because it is text-based, you are able to form your thoughts in their most perfect form, if that makes sense. I think that most people in our generation have at some point been rejected by someone who they really cared about- thus, the internet becomes the shield against having to 'be known'.
With our words and our aesthetics, we create the most beautiful versions of ourselves. No one ever sees us just as we are, what we look like when we're truly alone. And in a sense, you are right in saying that we never really are alone anymore. I wonder if that has created, or has been created by, the fear of our own brains unfiltered.
omg woooow I love this comment and ur last question is really interesting to think about. I think at one point the internet was mostly a tool for ppl, but it kinda evolved into it's own big thing and now it's kind of like our second sun, like what would we do without it?
wow. 🤔
wow, this is beautiful! 😔💕
the thing abt being an introvert but not truely being 'alone' is SO true for me, like i feel so socially drained by just being in the same room as someone else whereas i can talk to internet friends for hours while also scrolling thru social media and listening to music and wont feel the same level of stress?? i think there's something about being seen by others that creates a lot of stress
I totally agree. other ppl's presence drains me and I think through the internet the socialization is just like less intense bc we're in control of it?
am I the only one that didn’t go through a One Direction phase😞 maybe I should start listening now
you definitely should
You’re not alone lol I only watched my friends gush over their songs and tell me about wanting a shirt that said “Future Mrs. Horan” or Style or whoever they preferred
I never had one and know I’m nearly 20 and they’re broken up for years and I’m going through that phase now
i hated them when they we're popular and now I love some of their songs 😂
I never went through the One Direction phase because I always liked Kpop.
wholeheartedly agree with all your points! I’ve had such a love-hate relationship with the internet these past few years; I’ll get so addicted, with like 10 hours of screen time a day, and then I’ll delete all my apps and quit the internet cold-turkey for a few weeks... but then I’ll start to get FOMO, big time, and it makes me download all my apps again and get addicted again, and so the vicious cycle continues! I really wish I could spend my time doing things that are... you know... not watching tik tok all day??? idk man. being a gen z kid is wild
omg literally me!!
My average is 14 hours and I thought that was good...but to be fair I’m often listening to music or reading.
lavender kisses you’re alright mate 2-4 hours sounds like leisure time to me
this is how we know the kids who had the guts to blow their noses in class will be famous someday
LOL
Wait not everyone blew their noses in class?
@@gabriellameattray9778 NO
Gabriella Meat Tray we went outside the hallway to do it 😂
Guess imma be famous one day then
Back in the 1910s-1940s, kids were reading a lot of books, it was so bad there were big bestsellers over the addiction of books in kids, next came TV, parents were equally scared over the addiction of TV, next face came internet, finally today social media.
You are not crazy, as quality of life gets better, we have more free time and as content gets simpler to have we will take it. It's normal, enjoy it, love it, learn from it etc it's an added advantage as you said humor, it's adds to the culture so it socializes/keeps you upto date, from politics to technology to foreign worlds. I love foreign films on Netflix just finished Dark
Being an introvert IS abt energy, someone being online, is manageable, someone in the same room demands your attention at that time. As long as you are capable to hold a conversation (online or otherwise) and you can hold a relationship (at least grow with your friends and fam) you are good.
Bottom line: You are Gen Z, doesn't mean you aren't productive, just means you have the choice to be, pick the good from the bad, love your life, you are doing pretty okay.
that is interesting to know kids were addicted to books back then like we are to the internet now lol i didn't know that. Thanks for sharing you perspective I never viewed it like that. Its cool to see how things are evolving
@@WoahitsCharnyl just wanted to add a thing my mum told me about growing up before the internet. When she was in middle school she was really into the Nancy Drew books and they were considered "bad books" by her teachers and adults in general, because they weren't "deep" enough and about a girl who liked girly stuff (she was also a badass detective but sure...). So society has always been disliking whatever the kids were into, and probably also extra hard on what preteen and teenage girls liked. My siblings are old millenials and I'm gen z and she's always been really critical of the way society demonized things popular when we grew up like video games and violent movies. I think the social media addictions nowadays is a little different though since it's not just an interest, it's literally re-shaping the way our society works and how we communicate with each other. To be fair I feel like most zoomers are actually pretty aware of their social media and internet addictions though while the boomers who spend all day on facebook and always keeps the sound on on their phones so they can check every notification are handling it way worse...
Chintrilla I’m addicted to my phone but I wish I could go back to when I was addicted to reading . It’s weird how parents were complaining about kids reading . The kids must’ve been great in class lmao
True I just wish I was addicted to reading. Being addicted to a phone makes me feel pathetic ☠️
yes!!! the cycle of media and how those patterns replicate really interests me as a former mass comm major hehe
yes points were made. Also, the way tiktok is defining whole personalities, smth i also think abt is how niche culture is dissolving, e.g. emo kids and anime kids who used to use that as identity is all somewhat mainstream and everyone is just a Gen Zer.. not completely ofc but we’re less so divided by our interests i find
hmmm that's a really interesting observation
girl i feel like we lived the same life
- one direction introduced me
to the internet
- i also bonded with my first best friend through a 1d fanfic and wattpad
- stan twitter
- lana del rey, halsey, melanie introduced me to tumblr
- i hate being alone with my own thoughts too but i'm an "introvert"
- incredibly small attention span. i watch all yt videos in 2x speed
- "everyone's looking at me syndrome" holy shit relate
omg we really all live the same life.
Lmaoo I watch videos in 2x speed too
me reading this, relating to everything listed while watching the video in 2x speed: 👁👄👁
@@ahagqgwvisn9879
I thought I was the only one 😆
GIRL YES I HATED GETTING UP AT LUNCH TO THROW MY TRAY AWAY my table would kinda slyly slide our tray over to whoever got up first and hope for the best
right dsjfsjkfks
BRUH SAME
Literally me
a concept i really appreciate is "alone together/together alone"(i always forget which one) to describe the never being really alone bc phone i swear i spend more time on twitter than with my own thoughts
same!!
I actually started crying watching this. Even tho the internet has pretty much shaped me into who I am today, I can’t help but be terrified of the thought that I’m actually not able to enjoy life in the moment anymore without having a phone in my hand. It’s a really important discussion that you’re starting, thank you.
I agree
I'm a millennial so I feel weird because I relate to everything you said in the video, but I also remember how it was like before everything (and tbf I'd love to have the attention span I used to have)
omg yeah i want to like retrain my brain it's so hard though :///
I’m a millennial too and I feel like we grew up pre-internet and post-internet (or current? Idk). I have literally watched social media change throughout the years along with how people view it.
It totally hit home when you were talking about being aware of how addicted you were to your screens or even consuming content in general and not really doing anything to change your habits. It’s something I’ve been thinking more and more about and it’s terrifying because I always feel like I need to be consuming something (sometimes I think that it feels like when I’m not consuming anything it feels like I’m not being productive). I didn’t get my first smartphone till high school so it’s crazy reflecting on my childhood with relatively few interactions with technology and being in my early twenties now constantly using tech.
omg yes I feel the same way consuming content does feel somehow productive? but like if u really analyze the value of it, it could probably easily be outweighed with time spent like developing ur own craft or reading to learn something new
this is super interesting! it can almost feel like we’re the guinea pigs for the next couple of generations as no one really knows what kind of long lasting affect the internet will have on us. but i’m also super grateful that i exist at this time to see and experience it evolving (whist simultaneously being addicted lol).
So true!
This is exactly the problem with our generation, nobody knows how to actually be alone with their thoughts anymore. And the negative influences online! This is why everyone has depression and anxiety.
I don’t know that people are more self aware. To me it seems like a lot of my peers are lost in whatever image they portray online. Like a heavily curated rabbit hole.
I've fallen into that rabbit hole because I've developed an obsession with my online image and how people perceive me online and mostly irl. it stems from cringe culture or not wanting to fall into stereotypical categories I think, but also because I set very high standards for myself.
For me growing up on the internet was kind of always about expressing individuality but also being connected, looking for things that are universal about my individual experience. I think this is also kind of the core of meme culture.
when i heard lorde say "maybe the internet raised us" in A World Alone, it blew my mind. i've been obsessed with that concept ever since. now through this video, i'm into your channel!!! you seem so cool
I totally feel you on that awareness of always needing content to consume and being unable to sit with your own thoughts and really spend time with yourself. I think that's why I've grown to appreciate yoga so much since it's the one exercise for me where it's just me listening to a teacher and not listening to music or a podcast or something? Idk that's in my experience but it also gives enough of a challenge and enough to focus on for my short attention span to be caught up in it.
I also think there is a balance to consuming and creating, every moment we spend creating something is time spent with ourselves, like with this video. Personally I never found the idea of 'go on this app less' or 'delete this on your phone' to be helpful, the only thing that has helped me to not live online or just in a constant content consuming mode is focusing on adding things that don't fall into those categories into my day instead of focusing on taking away.
Also with the "everyone is looking at me" thing I TOTALLY remember feeling that way in high school and junior high, I would feel self-conscious about... existing and would be sooo in my head about simple things like getting up to go to the bathroom in class or raising my hand or ANYTHING. I wonder how the internet has helped contribute to that (if it has at all?)
Tbh at the end of the day all we can hope is that we all stay aware of ourselves and of each other cuz otherwise things get messy
omg I love your perspective that's such a good way of thinking about all this, thank you for sharing! And also I've only done yoga classes a few times but that's a really interesting point!
This is such a struggle. Knowing how to disconnect from the internet is a skill that has to be practiced, forced at first. It's crazy how reliant our generation is on technology
Your voice is so calming. I’m so glad the algorithm sent me your channel. Also, this video is so clearheaded and real. I loved it.
Thank you so much!!
Them braids snatched me up whew chillle 😭🤎
I am on the cusp of Millenials and Gen Z and I have been trying to asses my relationship with the internet too. Thank you for encouraging me on this journey as well!
yes yes yes yes I've been thinking about this all during quarantine. Like, every single sentence is spot on. Since the lockdown I've been extremely conscious on my social media usage and it's terrifying to realize just how much content I consume to the point that I am entirely dependant on it for my happiness. that's fucked up. I am thankful to you for actually bring this issue to light because I'm afraid of the long term implication this has on our generation :(
"everyone's looking at you" syndrome is sooo true
This really felt like a facetime, face to face talk, felt super nice to have this conversation aswell, thank you for this video !! ^^
i met my best friend of all time through minecraft fanfiction. MINECRAFT FANFICTION
I can relate a lot. I feel like I can't be alone with myself without consuming any content and constantly watching and listening to something. And I also don't do anything to change it uhm
I remember in middle school I got deeply involved in the Percy Jackson, hunger games , divergent YA book multi fandom thing I still don't know what to call it lmao. I also feel like there was two directions my life could have gone in and if I hadn't gotten involved in fandom/internet culture in 6th grade I probably would have been a completely different person.
Maegan Malone totally ! I literally started reading Percy Jackson fanfic on my DS in like 5th grade like wtf LOL.
this video was so relatable. personally, the only thing that's different for me is that i actually have a long attantion span. i think it comes from a couple things. 1. i'm not on social media(insta/twitter/tiktok), and 2. i don't look at my phone at night. having my own piece of mind at night is really nice. i just sit and reflect on the day and journal and think. it's so amazing
I literally paused this to check twitter and earlier when I was brushing my teeth I had my phone in my other hand watching tik toks. I had to laugh, this shit is getting ridiculous lmao
This is really interesting! I grew up in the late 90s/early-mid 2000s and it was the beginning of internet. I felt like so much time was spent on AOL instant messenger (RIP), Myspace, livejournal, and other blog forums. Most of my close relationships were with IRL people who were on the same internet platforms as I was and also online friends from around the world (many of whom I'm still in contact with over a decade later). Short meme videos and UA-cam were just starting... And music was a HUGE part of what drew me to things like MySpace and kept me searching the internet for new songs for mix-cds. It's interesting to hear you talk about how evolved forms of those early things have played such a huge part in your youth. I definitely resonate with the idea that we struggle with silence and having a long attention span. I can't imagine what it's like to have had a smart phone basically from childhood. Great, concise reflections!
I didn't start using social media until I was mid way through high school. For the most part I grew up on youtube
The way you came for me literally not even a second in-
We love to see it
your skin looks amaZING!!!
thank you!!
“let me know if you relate.” literally the next sentence: “it started with my one direction phase.” I have now realized this is very much also my case. Staying up til 2am on Pinterest and Wattpad
You're making me falling in love with you without my consent.... My lawyers will be in touch
omg aw ahahah
not me being DRAGGED WITHIN THE FIRST FIVE SECONDS
LOL HIIII
Thank you so much for this video!
As someone from the generation before you, I grew up on the cusp of the technological tidal wave and so it's fascinating to hear the fears, preoccupations and experiences of the younger generation. Your nostalgic descriptions really illuminated the differences between the millennial and Gen. Z childhoods and made me wonder what the future holds as well. Ultimately, who knows, but I believe with reflective and introspective young people like you, it'll be something new and exciting.
Thanks again :)
ah thanks so much!!
oh god yes i remember being afraid of getting up in school to show the teacher my homework
it's scary how much of what you're describing relates to me
one direction in middle school? check.
summertime sadness on repeat? check.
Lorde/indie phase? check.
as a gen Z member who finally left teen years, I'm scared of what technology did to us and what it continues to do. Its not the villain, it's a very helpful unavoidable tool. But I'm not sure if our young minds were capable of making rational decisions on how to use it. I know that we're basically the experiment of "first kids to always have technology since birth"- I think the conclusion of that experiment will be that some of us will be extremely successful and use all the resources to their advantage while the other half will sink into netflix, movies, memes, reddit, and whatever thing they stan. TERRIFYING.
this video is so great, it sums up my thoughts perfectly. I feel like we use the internet as a drug almost, as a distraction. So many things are going wrong in the world, and so many things can go wrong, and it’s terrifying. I suffer a lot with existential thoughts, and I hate being alone with myself because my own thoughts scare the life out of me. I always have to have some sound, someone else talking. idk, I think this topic is pretty interesting.
This is really nice to see because I’m also Gen Z but I almost exclusively consume content from millennials and older. This comment section full of smart people our age talking about what it means to be our age is making me feel connected in a way I didn’t know I needed. Thanks!
if u didnt have a 1d phase u didnt develop CHARACTER
I agree LOL a truly formative experience
Jokes on you I had the kpop phase, which is arguably both better and worse
hahaheeheeteehee crapdamn im missin ‘character’ den! cataclysmic, innit...
i always hated their music so dfhjjggjk
I’m gen z but I’m really sheltered. I’m not sure if it’s a good thing or a bad thing yet but it’s my parent’s decision. I don’t have a phone, I don’t have any social media (UA-cam was a huge “maybe” but they consented, eventually) and I’m homeschooled as well. We just moved and then got quarantined. So, I wasn’t able to make any friends:/ I feel like an outcast. I’m trying to convince my parents to let me download TikTok, to see what other teens my age are like. My parents want the best for me and I love that but sometimes I wish they’d let me branch out just a bit.
I was born in 1994, so not GenZ, but man, you guys never fail to impress me with your ability to make the best out of the MANY crummy world events that you guys have had to witness. Born around 9/11, and growing up with TWO massive recessions, as a generation, you guys have had to grow up fast. You’ve had to navigate a far more uncertain political and economic climate all before the age of 23, and yet, you guys come out strong, and ready to kick butt! You guys have been crusaders for bringing awareness to and fighting social and political issues. As a millennial, I just want to say that I’m pumped to have you guys on our team 🧡
this was super relatable. I've been thinking a lot about how integral the internet has been to my upbringing, especially tumblr, Instagram, vine, youtube and wattpad. my dependency on it is scary but it's how we've always lived. Super comforting video
This is so relatable. I got my first phone at 15 and I remember before it, I used to interact and had an extroverted personality. But in 8th grade, I got depressed and in 10th grade, I had terrible social anxiety. I always distance myself and can’t make friends. I felt it when you said you feel like everyone’s staring at you because Samee!! I’m so scared to talk to people. And I also can’t concentrate on my online school work or conversations because of the social media addiction. I find myself losing my thoughts or what I’m about to say. It’s scary!! But as of 2 weeks ago, i deleted it all and now I’m hoping that i am regaining back my mental health and my focus.
I love this video. It'd be interesting to look into the attention span thing more. I think it's related to content being more accessible for everyone to produce, so perhaps the average quality is lower, so we are reluctant to watch/read something that's long all the way through as we know that there is a higher chance (than there used to be), that it will not be enjoyable or the pay-off will be poor. We'd rather waste 7 seconds of our time than half an hour. We're also not savouring the content as much as there's so much of it and it's often free or very cheap. I know I pay much more attention to a film that I've rented than one I already had on DVD/is on Netflix.
Also I think the not being satisfied alone with thoughts thing might be related to the constantly checking how you're being perceived thing. I need to constantly be listening to music or doing something or else my brain makes every effort to tell me how awful I am, with examples. I know a lot of people who are the same. We are expected to be perfect and our slip-ups are highlighted because we see people criticizing those same slip-ups/shortcomings in other people all the time on the internet.
yes u brought up some rlly good points!! Like I literally struggle to commit to watching a 2 hr movie on Netflix and I'll just rotate through like 5 diff social media platforms for the same amount of time
saw this video from one of your tweets and im glad i clicked on it. definitely relatable, loved the video
I'm so glad!
you are literally gorgeous wtf
aw thank you sm
I was born in 1981; I really appreciate this perspective! I think that other generations have so much to learn from the youth. All this awareness of racism and police brutality would not have happened without the youth pushing back against the unacceptable, getting in the streets and video-documenting the injustices more times and from more angles than can possibly be ignored. From an Xennial, sincerely - Thank you! Your disconnect from that which has come before may just be what saves the world.
it's so wild that you mentioned one direction twitter bc i'm watching this on the 10th anniversary of the band forming and i've been thinking about my time in 1d stan twitter all day. i feel like it really shaped a lot of us older gen z people and it's crazy to look back now. i also really relate to what you said about thinking that everyone's watching you when you were younger. i definitely felt the same way and it's nice to know i wasn't alone in that. middle school and high school were rough for my social anxiety lol
it’s so soothing hearing you talk about this.
Ur like my new fave ytber, bcs the amount if relatable content u post rlly made me think abt the way i live, love u for that x
Literally all of the same feelings growing up ngl, great video :D !!!
What you say to make sense for me too , because I stop for thinking now and I'm so scary when being alone with my thoughts, and myself totally alone. It's something very important for think , because i am with me every day, every minute, and sometimes don't recognize myself. It's crazy IOL
This is the best video I have seen in such a long time. Thank you so much for validating my emotions and my upbringing. I am a millennial, but the whole idea of being raised on the internet is still very applicable to me. I really loved your perspective and feel this can be a book you write or a movie you make one day.
I totally relate to what you said about being an introvert but at the same time not really being alone. I personally think the reason we are so comfortable with the internet is because you get to create you own little word your own little space, but in real life you don't really chose the way things are...if that makes sense...
this is so smart. i'm on the less extreme end of bieng raised on the internet, but it still effects me so much. one good thing about it is that i think our generation has a lot of curiosity and a lot of empathy, which leads us to generally be kinder and better people.
Lemme just say I relate heavily to this. You're not alone. And it feels good to hear someone else say it out loud.
We always show our highlight reels on social media and often compare ourselves! This comment goes towards celebrities, fan culture, or pretty aesthetic pages. The internet can be a nice place, but it can also be a toxic place.
love that you brought up music as an integral part of growing up on the internet! i personally never got into 1D but i'm an 05' baby and i was probably obsessed with MJ from age 5-8. i also remember the lana del rey's summertime sadness craze and lorde just being the worm in my brain for at least 2 years. i later created a fan/personal account on insta for shawn mendes, the whole cast of disney's descendants and christina grimmie. that was two years of being part of the internet fandom, after which i became a bts fan as well. soon after, i joined twitter, realised i was gay, made online friends and found community. wild ride.
now i'm a gen z'er who has social anxiety, depression, is , music stan, a "social media activist" (in the sense that social media is my main source of information and community - i do learn a lot about social and political issues on insta/twitter - because i'm basically a loner and being gay and asian is hell), is self dx autistic + spends hours laughing at memes by myself.
i think we are simultaneously the most burdened and most whimsical (?) generation right now. it's kinda hilarious.
first I just wanna say I loved this video, like so much. related to this on so many levels. I just watched a tik tok about how our generation consumes so much media/information more than any other generation & how memes & jokes, or even tik tok sounds have went from weeks/months away from one another to days, like we feel like a meme was popular months ago but it was literally only like two weeks ago it’s so weird. our minds have been filled with so much media it’s hard to even keep up with time, quarantine didn’t help either honestly. but it’s so crazy, after I watched the tik tok i couldn’t stop thinking about it so i went to youtube to find a video that talked about this issue & couldn’t find much. yesterday i watched your a24 video & i wanted to watch you talk about something again because you had such good takes lol. in the middle of trying to find you i’m literally just going to warm up my food & chill mind you it’s 7 am & i haven’t slept since yesterday lmao (i promise this is going somewhere) but it’s so crazy that i came across this specific video, which talks about media consumption. but it’s crazy i just wanted something in the background which you talked about & i just can relate to this sooo much lol. from stan twitter (i was more on instagram for mindless behavior/the omg girls lmaooo, then i went to odd future facebook groups & i had a frank ocean stan page lol) to this its like we really grew up on the internet & you definitely just opened my eyes
Despite the One Direction phase, this is soooo similar to how I grew up. Because I moved a lot, when people ask where I’m from I’d often want to say “the internet.” Very insightful and thought provoking commentary.
I felt the heightened self awareness sm!
Love the editing & real personal tea you dropping. Keep it up as you can Amanda 🙌🏾
Thank you so much!!
GIRL THAT VINE MADE ME LAUGH SO HARD HAHAHAH
I don’t think someone could be any more relatable 💕
this video is veryyy relatable and glad i am not the only one who feels this way bahah. especially the introvert part, i have also used the excuse of being an introvert for my previous lack of social interaction.
i love ur channel sm
aw thank youuuu
6:02 Establish a mindfulness practice! It's been really game-changing for me. I mean, I'm still addicted to technology LOL but I also feel comfortable with silence and being alone with my thoughts. There are free apps that have super short guided meditations you can incorporate into your day (ideally once a day but even every couple or few days is a good start). Once you kind of understand how the meditations are guided, you can easily wean yourself off of listening to them and just do them yourself. This kind of mindfulness meditation practice helps you integrate full awareness and presence into small moments of the day. Then go on with Spotify, UA-cam, Netflix, and life as usual!
And/or... pick a specific task (like cooking or picking out your clothes for the day) and try turning off outside stimuli when you do that specific task. For example, if you would normally play music or a show while picking out clothes/getting dressed, try being fully present for that task and aware/appreciative of the sounds, textures, smells, flavors, whatever senses are applicable to the task you choose.
I enjoy your insight on topics and the way you speak is so engaging :)
Thank you! 😊
this video was so awfully relatable i am shocked how you worded everything i had in my head
Hey... do you do your own braids? They're always so beautiful...could you do a tutorial one day?
Unfortunately I didn't do these, my cousin did!
It is a super interesting video, which show me how much having internet and a smartphone changed my life for the best but also for the "worst" (less best?) I really have to work on it... thank you :))
No one is ever NOT alone with their thoughts! You're such a sweetheart! Thanks for showing me what beauty looks like.
Our humor is so weird but great
This video is so insanely accurate
This video is so amazing. This is kind of a vent of how I have experienced the internet!
here's how it went for me as someone born year 2000 and only got internet when i was 12 in 2012. it went the anime route for me, I had always loved ghibli films but suddenly I couldn't watch anything if it wasn't animation, i basically lived on tumblr and I still do. Which was not the healthiest thing for a 13 year old. I isolate myself. I find my biggest comfort and escapism when I am alone, reading fanfiction or looking at comics and pretending I am someone else. I also have the everyone is staring at me feeling. I don't post anything personal online, only art and fandom things. It got to the point where I couldn't go outside. I feel like I have a warped perspective of the world and myself and I am constantly trying to understand it but I won't let myself experience it because I am afraid that I don't belong anywhere. When I have free time I consume content because I'm afraid of sharing my own self, I'm afraid of making things that come from me, I'm afraid of myself being part of any equation. It goes to the point where I don't do anything for my own life and I only do work where it will benefit others and move them forward in life. I'm afraid to do things for me. I don't like who I am and I don't even know who I am, I'm so full of self-doubt when it comes to how I feel that even the emotions I experience seem fake. I rarely go a day without consuming animation. And considering I have a sensory processing disorder, I often cannot go without listening to instrumental music or some form of non-vocal music for a majority of the day. If I could get treatment maybe it would be possible to cut back on this and still preserve my mental health.
You are literally me. I love your vibe and aesthetic ❤️💕
i'm a millennial but i find this video so interesting. my relationship with the internet is a bit different because it wasn't a fully formed thing until i was in late middle school/early high school. i think youtube was invented when i was in high school..? my experience with the internet was very innocent too. like messaging people on AIM in middle school. writing on my friends "wall" on facebook. posting fun "artsy" photos on instagram. everything seems so different for gen z and younger. i hear about the stuff younger kids are doing and i am shook lol
It gets deeper when you get into youtube and the kinds of creators we watch then vs. now. Like smosh, nigahiga, raywilliamjohnson and shit
Omg the Lorde reference in the description 👌 I miss her music, I remember constantly listening during the worst depressive episode of my life in middle school and sitting in my feelings. 😭 Sad times but the music was good.
loved this video!!!!!!! related to EVERYTHING from one d to lorde to friends to attention span !!! so nice to be able to recognize my feeligns lol thank u for creating :----)
this video opened my third eye
if you didnt read one direction fanfiction on wattpad you’re not gen z bc that was a PHASE
After was my shit!
duuuuuuude!! you're so cute!! I feel like me being on the internet from an early age helped me find hobbies I didn't think I'd enjoy and I dont know if this is just my own personal expereience or if this is a normal thing but I dont think people talk about this enough tbh
Edit: Did you mean 2013??? 2016 she was on the jimmy fallon show
Ty!! Oh yes meant 2013
Feel you 💯. I fact felt like you took every thought right out of my head 🤣
keep this to yourself?! the fuck girl i feel like u opened my third eye omg. ngl my guilty pleasure is looong chatty ranty videos and im so happy i found ur channel cuz u sem to have lots of sit down vids like this so interesting and comfy to watch!
i love ur videos so much! the vibes are ✨immaculate✨
How do you not have more subs your channel is AMAZING💚
bruh I was just thinking about this a few days ago and I find your video I'm shook