INSTANT KARMA! Garbage Parents Exposed, Youtube Radicalization Lawsuit, & The Future of AI Robots

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    00:00 - Parents Get Drunk, Lose Their Kids & Then Get Arrested After Passing out on the Beach
    02:03 - Judge Rules Reddit and UA-cam Must Face Radicalization Lawsuit
    06:17 - Cops and Bystanders Rescue Woman From Second Floor of Burning Building
    07:42 - Young vs. Old Americans Divided in Global Happiness Rankings
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    10:53 - SCOTUS Okays TX Law Giving State Officers Federal Immigration Powers
    13:02 - Ai Humanoid Robots are Finally Here
    23:22 - Your Thoughts on Yesterday’s Show
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    Edited by: James Girardier, Maxwell Enright, Julie Goldberg, Christian Meeks
    Art Department: William Crespo
    Writing/Research: Philip DeFranco, Brian Espinoza, Lili Stenn, Maddie Crichton, Star Pralle, Chris Tolve, Jared Paolino
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  • @cjfelldownagain
    @cjfelldownagain Місяць тому +3918

    Hi, I'm a young person. Why does no one in these happiness studies mention money? Every time I see these studies it's "Youths are stressed about the climate and political beliefs". True. But the most stressful thing is money. We get paid like shit. How are we even suppose to survive with how freely corporate greed is running free? I can't picture having a financially stable future no matter how hard I work. Weird how they always leave that piece out...

    • @Anomalocaris738
      @Anomalocaris738 Місяць тому +385

      This. This exactly. Older folk got paid a livable salary. That's why they're happy. I highly doubt when the young folk like us are 60+ we'll be happy. If we're even lucky to survive that long.

    • @barnsaresafeyup584
      @barnsaresafeyup584 Місяць тому +103

      Unfortunately, money is usually the most stressful thing in your life when you're old too.

    • @ShePudding
      @ShePudding Місяць тому +123

      Truth. Unaffordable housing and the like are just the *symptoms* of a whole generation earning less well into middle age. At a certain point, we are just living in a different country than Gran and Popop.

    • @crazitomali
      @crazitomali Місяць тому +138

      Democratic socalism is the only way. Workers deserve a fair share of what the corporation profits. Why is it that a company that employees a few. Makes millions a year in pure profit. Yet pay their employees 15 a hour. Meanwhile the ceo just bonuses millions a year. There should be a limit on how much the highest paid earner gets a year vs the lowest paid earner. No more than 50%

    • @crazitomali
      @crazitomali Місяць тому +47

      @barnsaresafeyup584 at least they collect social security and can live off their 401k of they have them. Young people get shit.

  • @soulinavatar8
    @soulinavatar8 Місяць тому +1684

    I can’t tell you how many times on UA-cam I’ve hit the “do not recommend “ button and I STILL get the type of content I’ve made clear in didn’t want to see. So I understand why people are blaming the algorithm

    • @Ott3r5losh
      @Ott3r5losh Місяць тому +25

      Based on that, then the mainstream media should be held accountable also
      Just curious to see if you agree with that statement or not ?
      Or idc. Enjoy your day

    • @williammoore5081
      @williammoore5081 Місяць тому +101

      This is such a constant battle with me, they keep recommending me things I do not care about, or stuff in languages I don't not understand. I'm all for AI directing my attention, bur for the love of god show me things I might actually be interested in. Been using youtube for years, they should have a good idea of it by now.

    • @annjepsen1621
      @annjepsen1621 Місяць тому +108

      I've hit the don't recommend this channel option more than once to have the same channel show up in my feed and it's frustrating as hell.

    • @cjfelldownagain
      @cjfelldownagain Місяць тому

      I get an absolute insane amount of antiwomen posts and no matter how many times I block, report and "do not recommend" videos. The next second I see a video saying women deserve to be r*ped. Then I get a message saying "We found nothing wrong with the video you reported". I ended up deleting my Instagram. Social Media companies 100% need to be help accountable.

    • @dshoultz6110
      @dshoultz6110 Місяць тому +53

      Or the autoplay function will repeatedly play the same video, that it's tried to force feed you that month that you've already had watched

  • @majormonochrome8529
    @majormonochrome8529 Місяць тому +198

    I'm 26. I've given up on being happy. I only want to be secure. I have been homeless, I don't want to be homeless again. I've been starving, I don't want to be starving again. I've had no clothes, I don't want to have no clothes again. I don't get the luxury of wanting happiness.

    • @user-sb3kb4fy2m
      @user-sb3kb4fy2m Місяць тому +14

      Rings of Maslow’s hierarchy of needs and similar theories…

    • @issabeganovic8822
      @issabeganovic8822 Місяць тому +5

      I hear you brother.
      Never the destination, always the journey.

    • @Zenkai76
      @Zenkai76 Місяць тому

      Become an illegal immigrant, the country will take better care of you.

    • @kezzter13
      @kezzter13 Місяць тому

      You spend your time making pointless comments about yourself on youtube. No wonder you’re not happy and your life sucks.

  • @helloMerrMerr
    @helloMerrMerr Місяць тому +84

    My boyfriend and I have done the math. He would have to make $120k a year on top of my $40k for us to comfortably own a home (no kids) in the suburbs 2 hours outside of Chicago. An area where my parents used to support themselves and a family for less than $100k combined a year.
    Were also so used to the previous generations complaining, whenever we talk to someone older about financial woes, they act like we have NO IDEA what struggle is when we ARE in a worse spot than they were starting out.
    College is more expensive, homes are more expensive, *giving birth* can bankrupt a person.
    But somehow, I feel we could be last on that list and our politicians STILL wouldn’t do anything.

    • @Zenkai76
      @Zenkai76 Місяць тому

      The simple solution is to move out of a big blue city, they are overpriced and crime ridden. You can go to any rural place and buy a house zero down as long as you're credit is good and when I say good 640 and 640 isn't asking much. In fact if you can't pull 640 then you don't deserve to own one.

    • @jono3175
      @jono3175 Місяць тому

      @@Zenkai76I was going to say this lol there basically choosing the most expensive option

    • @bomkata
      @bomkata Місяць тому

      change your name to the bank of whatever and they will bail you out in 5 min infact they would prob hold an emergency meeting at 3am and still get it done. The government stoped being for the people a long time ago and the sad part is neither party cares about the people. We need a new party get into power and take money out of politics

    • @josephmcgourty6848
      @josephmcgourty6848 Місяць тому +8

      ​@Zenkai76 I didn't know trash could write, but here you are doing it.
      Incredible.

    • @Zenkai76
      @Zenkai76 Місяць тому

      @@josephmcgourty6848 typical low educated troll response, can't argue against my point and just simply insults, this is why you will always be a self hating victim in your own mind.

  • @IWestrada
    @IWestrada Місяць тому +1822

    As a young person, I hear regularly that I'll never own a house, children are beyond unaffordable, one health emergency will lead to bankruptcy, my student loans will be a permanent fixture of my life, and the climate is going to destroy everything in the not too distant future. Kind of hard to feel happy when the universal experience of American youth does not inspire hope.

    • @yhavinmiles
      @yhavinmiles Місяць тому +12

      there is dignity in the struggle

    • @CamInTheHat
      @CamInTheHat Місяць тому +13

      *sigh* 🙁

    • @lilmochalovefox480
      @lilmochalovefox480 Місяць тому +52

      Damn, very real! Sometimes it feels like I can't even breathe without the fear of something else being added to the overwhelming list of what it is to be alive.

    • @kiaer.s
      @kiaer.s Місяць тому +56

      All the meanwhile we are expected to trust in "the American dream"??

    • @ceelow107
      @ceelow107 Місяць тому

      This is because our public education system pumps their minds with identity politics, which gets them stressed out and full of anger and hate. All that and taking away time from an actual education. It's all they think about

  • @pierogiwizard4276
    @pierogiwizard4276 Місяць тому +2711

    This country took a turn as soon as Walmart ended 24-hour shopping and McDonald's took away all day breakfast. Truly a sign of the end.

    • @ronswanson1410
      @ronswanson1410 Місяць тому +65

      I miss my egg white delight too...

    • @theprecipiceofreason
      @theprecipiceofreason Місяць тому

      It was like a microcosm of revisionist historywhen I went there and they told me that they never had all-day breakfast. They tried to Mandela Effect me.

    • @Grace-ms7un
      @Grace-ms7un Місяць тому +74

      So back in my day, walmart was not 24 hrs and mcdonalds didnt have all day breakfast. So the world is finally back to normal now 😂❤
      Edit: for all those calling me old, back in the 90s i was single digits. When my grandpa took me to play at mcdonalds we had to get there before 11am because they would stop serving breakfast. Gas was about $1.35. As for Walmart, i moved to a rural community and it went 24hrs when i was in high school. Our college was next door so when campus shut down i would study math on a walmart bench till it was done. All the nightshifts from the hospitals and nursing homes were up and about then. Gas was $3.50 sometimes 4.

    • @swankshire6939
      @swankshire6939 Місяць тому +98

      Truly. I miss my 2 am grocery store trips

    • @godsent280
      @godsent280 Місяць тому +20

      Oof, america lost the all day breakfast? Fells bad in Australian.

  • @lokitaco114
    @lokitaco114 Місяць тому +76

    Imagine being optimistic enough to live in a world becoming progressively more dystopian and believe that if robots were made capable of replacing humans in all areas of work that the world would become anything other than a total dystopia

    • @yomammasaurusrex9571
      @yomammasaurusrex9571 Місяць тому +7

      You're applying too much movie logic.
      AI and robots becoming fully embraced to be adjacent to human life is a massive boon to the overall quality of human existence. People say that jobs may be lost, but there is a potential future here where jobs may not even be required, a universal stable income would be the norm (if the concept of money is even needed at all) and people would still have drives to work and contribute in ways they cam, if working is optional and fulfilling to you personally.

    • @crazycornishcrafter
      @crazycornishcrafter Місяць тому

      I'm sure they'll all survive Carrington-like events.

  • @wezul
    @wezul Місяць тому +945

    UA-cam: "We can identify a song owned by a major music label based on 2 seconds of bad audio; this video has been flagged."
    Also UA-cam: "It's impossible to tell when harmful content we've already banned has been re-uploaded by other users; this video is recommended by the algorithm."

    • @Mewse1203
      @Mewse1203 Місяць тому

      Right? They can automatically demonetize and de-platform a good channel because they use a regular word in the first 30 seconds of a video. But they can't get rid of hateful content full of racism and misogyny?

    • @applejones5576
      @applejones5576 Місяць тому +49

      What do you expect them to do? Not profit massively off of engagement bait and children that know how to set a different date on their Google account?

    • @matthewmiller6568
      @matthewmiller6568 Місяць тому

      ​@@applejones5576if they can identify copyright, they can identify harmful content.

    • @lmmlStudios
      @lmmlStudios Місяць тому +22

      Well yeah. Sound Signal processing is piss easy and has been done for many decades. Determining the meaning behind speech, context, intent, social acceptability is outstandingly hard.

    • @MickSkitz
      @MickSkitz Місяць тому +33

      ​@lmmlStudios ill grant you that it is hard for newly created content, but reuploading existing content would stop a huge amount of this issue. Im not saying it is as easy as audio, but it is certainly manageable for a billion dollar business

  • @MountainMarvin
    @MountainMarvin Місяць тому +771

    The UA-cam algorithm is definitely pushing contact that tries to rage bait the user. I’m a fairly progressive person and when I scroll through UA-cam shorts every once a while out of no where it’ll recommend a random “alpha bro” podcast talking about random stuff.

    • @user-og2uq2vp9y
      @user-og2uq2vp9y Місяць тому +68

      Facebook does this for me. Everything is race baiting or a fight about politics.

    • @naoway336
      @naoway336 Місяць тому +21

      Eh more the Algorithm doesn't know the difference between talking about a bad person and their opinions and the bad person and their opinions.

    • @Sheamu5
      @Sheamu5 Місяць тому +10

      I've started getting wranglerstar popping in my feed, dude started out as an outdoor channel, and now he's prepping for a civil war.

    • @mythking541
      @mythking541 Місяць тому +15

      I do see that argument, like I've seen more red pill or random political videos way too extreme recommended as the third option of a recommended list of videos when watching anything on here, especially when I am in a more conservative area. That being said, UA-cam does have the option for users to not recommend the channel or hide the video, which has lessen them from my recommendations, at least my experience. Now, a kid, or anyone under 25 (i.e., with still developing frontal lobes) would be more susceptible to those videos when recommended and not have the foresight to ignore them, so yeah UA-cam and other social medias do have some blame. But an argument can be made that if the user continues to go to post/videos like them, the algorithm will continue to feed them those videos based on keywords, genre, related post based on other users views. Meaning, it's still the user that has the final say on how the algorithm recommends videos/post.

    • @riiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiip
      @riiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiip Місяць тому

      I see quite a lot of content especially in the UA-cam shorts of misogyny and racism disguised as "be a man" and patriotism

  • @CanadianImmigrant
    @CanadianImmigrant Місяць тому +37

    Yes, because the promise of financial insecurity by being underpaid, overworked, and the inability to secure a decent home at an affordable price makes me so incredibly happy. Like of course the younger generation is going to be stressed and unhappy, the government has made it blatantly clear it doesn’t care about us.

    • @adriandaniels1
      @adriandaniels1 Місяць тому

      And now robots and AI will steal jobs in the future (and under capitalism). Good times.

  • @Moonities
    @Moonities Місяць тому +27

    I’m an Englishman we are 2nd on that unhappiness list, turning I’m 30 this year I’ve got no prospect of owning my own home due to the rising costs or banks don’t want to give mortgages or the interest rates are just too high heck even buying a home if you got the money is complicated now, seeing a doctor is a game in itself living costs continue to rise and wages don’t, we have the most expensive public transport costs in Europe that continue to go up, driving is starting to become even more expensive with insurance jumping to well over 50% in a lot of cases yet we get less service plus road tax has gone up but our roads are crumbling among other things to add to why we are failing and most are unhappy in this country!Leaving Europe has morally bankrupt us and allowing xenophobic behaviour to thrive because our media wants to blame everyone else but our government and those who voted leave with the idea we can last on our own and it’s taken a toll on us as we can no longer as a state rely on our selfs to produce anything without large corporations having its way with us.

  • @Mainlymundane
    @Mainlymundane Місяць тому +479

    I would be happier if we had a functional government that stood for its people and not corporations

    • @onederb71nln83
      @onederb71nln83 Місяць тому +2

      It would be better that way for me too... But governments mare made of people and people have self interest. And there is no way to govern a individuals self interest against the populous multitude of self interests. So not gonna happen IMO until there is an impartial ruler, not a human ruler. So AI... yeah that gonna be great.
      Honestly there is no answer. Suffering is a part of existence and Hope stops progress. If you realize and live through these facts you may become a step closer being present. Otherwise, yeah the world is a shit show with no direction or meaning. Life is Suffering and being Hopeless will set you free.

    • @goddessrick8734
      @goddessrick8734 Місяць тому +3

      ​@@onederb71nln83 How about young ppl just vote. Most ppl can't even name their local mayor. Ppl can't name a single policy passed in the past few years yet they complain about the system being broken.
      Before ppl throw their hands up can they make an effort to fully read an article or fill out a mail in ballot that just needs to be dropped off. A representative democracy won't represent you if only older ppl bother to vote but I guess it's easier just to excuse pure laziness.

    • @stephanierhall85
      @stephanierhall85 Місяць тому +3

      Me over here explaining futilely guys its not just the president you need to vote for, you state and local politicians can also affect how the government runs as well just to be told “bracka bracka brah back in my day…” smh

    • @AskMiko
      @AskMiko Місяць тому +8

      How you vote locally tremendously affects what happens in Congress. Politicians shift focus on one person, the President as the reasons why everything good or bad happens. Re-electing old politicians who were in office before color TV, landlines, and when one income from the post office took care the whole family causes them to remain out of touch. People have to vote them out! Ignore the propaganda about random topics not affecting your state… vote these people out and what Congress focuses on changes.

    • @aouyiu
      @aouyiu Місяць тому +1

      @@AskMiko Regular people are those who shift focus. Those working in the state understand how it works and that it takes thousands of them to run the gov. It's regular people who focus too much on one person.

  • @Kool212
    @Kool212 Місяць тому +306

    The CEO of my company made a 53% compensation increase from 2022 to 2023, and other execs got anywhere from 25-50%. No one in factory got a raise that year with the promise that "they would look into during the summer." I understand making more than your employees, but to refuse any sort of raises during record inflation and then go from 200 to 300 times the wage of a lot of your employees down the chain feel like a slap in the face.

    • @erikh5512
      @erikh5512 Місяць тому +37

      And what's worse is a % pay increase already favors those making more money.
      I was making 16$/hr at a job, got a 6.25% increase, to 17$/hr. Adding up to an extra 40$/week and 2,080$/year
      The avg CEO pay is 200,000$/year in canada, Or roughly 104$/hr.
      If they got a 6.25% pay increase just like i did, they would be making 110.5$/hr Adding up to an extra 260$/Week and 13,520$/year.
      Same % increase. But it affects the CEO 2.7X more
      Edit: 6.5X more. Idk how I got 2.7

    • @serraangel7465
      @serraangel7465 Місяць тому +46

      They are stealing your raises. Raises should be bottom up. If you cant raise you workers you don't deserve a raise.

    • @Fleato
      @Fleato Місяць тому +5

      I feel like there should be something in place that dictates if a company gives raises to higher ups the people down the line should have a comparative raise as well. IE something like if the CEO wants to give themself a 50% raise, increase the total wages of emplyess under them by the same ammount. ( not each person but if they are taking 2 million /year bonus, the employees undeer in totaly should also be pullin gin a total of 2million or something like that) this probably isnt enough for companies with thousands of employees as that would turn into pennies for those lower but. something has to happen.

    • @esmeraldagreengate4354
      @esmeraldagreengate4354 Місяць тому +16

      My boss took 4 of his restaurant managers to Bali this year. Meanwhile his regular staff have been working the jobs of 3 people every shift since Christmas and all we get is wrung out because our shifts weren't perfect. What do they expect when you have 3 people doing the jobs of nine.

    • @zwenkwiel816
      @zwenkwiel816 Місяць тому +6

      ​@@serraangel7465yeah workers should really seize the means of production, or something....

  • @georgecook83
    @georgecook83 Місяць тому +12

    Rich people aren’t going to suddenly share just because they have all the money. It’s going to go poorly.

  • @erosheartache2398
    @erosheartache2398 Місяць тому +9

    I know it was only touched on very briefly during the segment, but the idea of humanoid robots working inhospitable conditions/natural disasters/search & rescue or doing space exploration is probably the most exciting use for that technology that i can think of, personally. Using robots to protect human life or advancing science is probably the best case scenario, as unrealistic as that might turn out to be.

  • @gilliand1900
    @gilliand1900 Місяць тому +470

    Hey Phil, 22 year old here. I was born five months before 9/11 and was first shown the videos of it in middle school (yes, as part of a class). Also in middle school, my friends and I would have casual discussions in study hall about where we would hide if a gunman walked in the room. During my freshman year of college- when everyone in my family said I would get out of my shell because of the robust social opportunities- COVID hit and we had to move out of our dorms. Essentially from birth to now, Gen Z has been experiencing "once in a lifetime" events and we're just dragging our feet to the next one.
    Right, also we get paid dirt by people doing calculations to see how much they can make renting out their second home and watching corporations kill the planet while feeling like we can do nothing but cast a ballot. It's just a super not good time right now.

    • @lynngriffin2106
      @lynngriffin2106 Місяць тому +74

      I’m 10 years older than you, and still get paid dirt, homes are too expensive to buy, rent has tripled, feels like everything is set up to extract the maximum amount from you…
      All that to say, all I got from that 10 year head start is nostalgia for a world I barely knew at all

    • @khaightlynn5295
      @khaightlynn5295 Місяць тому +32

      @@lynngriffin2106 turning 31 tomorrow and boy howdy do I feel yall on that one

    • @DragonKeeper69
      @DragonKeeper69 Місяць тому

      we should just have a general strike, stop participating all at once. No more work, school, etc...

    • @Draiger_
      @Draiger_ Місяць тому +15

      Welcome to the millennial party. We've been shit on since birth.

    • @adio1679
      @adio1679 Місяць тому

      Hey remember when the entire WORLD was at war twice? Yeah I think we’ll be alright (or not lol)

  • @FilthyCasualYT
    @FilthyCasualYT Місяць тому +1001

    I'm a dude in my 30's in Canada. I can understand why a lot of people my age would be far less happy than the same age bracket even 10 years ago. Hell, my 'pull yourself up by the bootstraps, pound the pavement for a job' parents even admitted to me the other day that something as simple as home-ownership is basically a fantasy for my generation. They could easily get $300k+ for their house they paid $80k for two decades ago. Barely anyone I know can actually afford to live without roommates. Our healthcare gets worse year over year. Services are over-taxed and crumbling. We were sold a promise and stabbed in the back, and there's not a goddamned thing we can do about it but try and make a pretty pattern when that wall hits us.

    • @brawlybard7014
      @brawlybard7014 Місяць тому +88

      Canadian here. My parents paid 128k for ~32 acres and a medium-sized home in 98. The land alone is worth 700k+ now. Homes that went for 40k in the city now go for 300k+.
      I'm 32. Many of my friends are actively considering leaving the country. One is a lawyer and another's a project manager. They're looking for a way out. These are people who are actually doing well for our generation but still see a better future elsewhere.
      How are the rest of us supposed to make a life for ourselves when a fucking lawyer feels the need to leave.

    • @shadowtaker4611
      @shadowtaker4611 Місяць тому +42

      Fellow Canadian here.
      I left Canada shortly after graduation after realizing I would never be able to travel the way I want to.
      I ended up in China purely for the high pay and low cost of living, giving me all of Asia to explore.
      I enjoyed my 20’s while still saving and now I’m looking to buy land back home in a few years and will hopefully be able to afford to build a small home before 40. Never would’ve been able to have both in Canada.

    • @Saphirefenix
      @Saphirefenix Місяць тому +37

      Canadian here too, also in 30s, had to move to rural alberta leaving family, friends, hobbies, etc. behind to afford a home so we could have a kid. I was in martial arts for years before I moved, and I can't afford to drive anywhere unless it's absolutely necessary now, so any time I see my stuff packed away still I get really depressed because I know it'll be many years before I can even consider getting back into it. Add on top of that the whole can barely afford to live NOW and we have a kid on the way. I feel suicidal quite often.

    • @TheGingersith84
      @TheGingersith84 Місяць тому +31

      There is nothing to look forward to in Canada. I can't buy a house, rents are crazy high, I have to travel 10 hours round trip to see my doctor cause I can't get a family doctor in the city I moved to 5 years ago, groceries are beyond expensive. I don't go out anymore cause everything is too expensive. All of the joys we had before are just gone. My husband and I have been talking about moving to another country cause there has to be more to life than this.

    • @KaleighMacKay
      @KaleighMacKay Місяць тому +9

      Yep. Why I’m looking to buy a house in Europe. Even with the exchange rate. I can still make a sizeable downpayment on a house that i will be able to pay off before I die

  • @shelfstable6138
    @shelfstable6138 Місяць тому +7

    I've worked in a warehouse job for 3 years. The amount of dirt, grim, and terribly packaged 📦 boxes would stop any robot. The amount of dirt getting into all those parts would stop 90% of those robots within the first few weeks

  • @ladyprussia3618
    @ladyprussia3618 Місяць тому +19

    As somebody who wrote my masters thesis in machine learning, and specifically in the car sector, I am very sceptical and mostly disbelieving in the idea that AGI will ever be achieved. If you work in the field you would be horrified about how sensitive and easily poisoned all models and algorithms are

    • @1995pieter
      @1995pieter Місяць тому

      ever is quite a big word. its proven it can be done, we ourselves are the proof.

  • @jinkies4231
    @jinkies4231 Місяць тому +158

    Hey Phil I’m 22 and just recently at school my class was asked what we’d do if we won the lottery- one student said they’d buy a car so they could drive to school, another said they buy land in Mexico where they dollar goes farther, and I added that I wanted to buy my childhood home so my kids could walk to school like I once did. We just want what once was the bare minimum

    • @TheRussianGenius
      @TheRussianGenius Місяць тому +7

      That's wild to think, but so true

    • @DaPeePeePooPooCheck
      @DaPeePeePooPooCheck Місяць тому +1

      I recently learned one of my partner’s coworker’s girlfriend lives in one of the homes I was raised in for a good 10 years. Broke my heart a little bit when I learned that, even though I knew SOMEONE must live there.
      Six degrees of separation:(

    • @sparklelikeaghost
      @sparklelikeaghost Місяць тому +3

      I'm 33 and I feel this. I barely have any money saved and if one major emergency happens I'll be broke.

    • @RaphaelMazone
      @RaphaelMazone Місяць тому

      @jinkies4231 I’m not the best at this and I’m a day late here, but I want to say there are many avenues available through the military. They offer Agricultural and environmental science jobs through the Army, Air Force and Navy where you can build experience in the field. They offer a free education as well. It may be difficult to take 4+ years out of your life for the military and in a time like this, but I believe they offer a great starting point in life that includes many benefits as a veteran. Myself being an ex Marine in the field of IT gave me the experience and the ability to go to school, earn certifications and take courses that further my overall experience for free (well all paid by taxpayers. But even then we’re all paying taxes, even in the service. Please correct me if I’m wrong there). I know the pay is garbage but you’re given a place to stay, food, financial assistance, and healthcare (albeit not the best, but if document well throughout your service, you will be compensated accordingly for the rest of your life through VA disability ratings). You will be dealing with the daily life of the service depending on the unit you may be sent to and the (supervisors) may sometimes not be favorable in the beginning but you need to be strong and patient to deal with the bs the service comes with at time. The service has its good and bads but in my opinion, they can give you great starting opportunities in life. If anyone else read this far please share your opinion on this and id like to hear from other ex service members and your experiences.

    • @DaPeePeePooPooCheck
      @DaPeePeePooPooCheck Місяць тому +2

      @@RaphaelMazone Fuck compromising your personal principles to become a tool of the state.

  • @violett874
    @violett874 Місяць тому +231

    I'm an older genz. I went to a prestigious university. I have a good paying job, about 6 figures. So why do I still feel like I need to double my salary to even afford to start my life? I'm still living in a crappy studio, getting excited over stacking coupons at the grocery store, getting frustrated over paying thousands and jumping over all the hoops for health care (chronic illness) despite having really good insurance, and crying over feeling like a failure for asking for basic work life balance accomodations at my job.
    I grew up with immigrant parents on government benefits. They look at me like I made it, but did I? When they were around my age, they were already married, moved to a new country, had a kid, and were about to buy a 3 bedroom house. I can't afford any of that. I think that's the kind of desperation and hopelessness young Americans are feeling. No amount of effort besides winning the influencer lottery or going back in time and being born to rich parents is enough anymore.

    • @mharley3791
      @mharley3791 Місяць тому +8

      Maybe you should spend more time talking to your parents about the hardships they went through. I imagine they would have some wonderful stories to tell and help put things in perspective. Hopefully they will help you understand that you don’t need to compare your life to anyone else, And that you are not a failure. That you are capable. Sometimes life is hard and you just have to accept it.

    • @AngelicFlash
      @AngelicFlash Місяць тому +4

      Same. I got a job in healthcare, technically hit 6 figures for income before taxes, but I have a car with 120k miles on it and need a roommate to afford rent and decent food. I don't make enough despite having a good job to put anything in savings for a house unless I make my life just about work, eating, and sleeping, no vacation time or hobbies.

    • @Pikacrew1
      @Pikacrew1 Місяць тому +5

      I know so many people who get ravaged by the medical system.
      I'm sorry that six figures isn't enough to cut it in your situation and I hope things look up. I really do. Ignore any mofo who wants to pretend like you should have it easy just because they suck. I'm poor af, but I'm not an asshole.
      People try their damnedest to not empathize with the "rich" but you worked hard to get what you have.
      You came from immigrant parents, you clearly have perspective on what you have achieved and I wish you could feel the pride that hardwork should inspire. This world is a motherfucker and I hope this world begins to suck far less sooner than later. Be well and take care of yourself

    • @Mickeystwin33
      @Mickeystwin33 Місяць тому +13

      I'm an older gen z. I have a master's degree. A good job. A house (with a mortgage the same amount as my student loans 😅). A spouse. A little bit of spending money (it's tight, but there's some). I'm doing much better than most. I still feel like the world is imploding. I still feel like I don't make enough money. I'm living what I dreamed I could get to years ago, and I still doesn't feel like it's enough to do anything more than get by.

    • @AndrewLyon23
      @AndrewLyon23 Місяць тому +11

      Because you are living in a late-stage capitalist system that is failing fast.

  • @xsammay
    @xsammay Місяць тому +5

    i’m 26, and while things like work, bills, and money are my biggest stresses, always hearing about how the world sucks and i have no future every time i open social media or general news definitely defeats any sort of hope i try to hold onto

  • @onedropmtg6038
    @onedropmtg6038 Місяць тому +6

    As someone with a career in manufacturing the robot story has me worried about being made obsolete and losing my job to a machine that doesn't need breaks or pay.

    • @BlueWoWTaylan
      @BlueWoWTaylan Місяць тому +2

      Oh don't worry. I am sure there will be a plan to give a living wage to all the workers these 'advancements' will displace...and surely won't be ignored... SURELY.
      It is going to be a disaster.

  • @Joe_Carr
    @Joe_Carr Місяць тому +261

    That poor woman. I've had to be rescued before and remember feeling guilt, apologizing to my rescuer that I put them in danger to save me. I think if you're an empathetic human it's a natural response.

    • @FALslayer
      @FALslayer Місяць тому +12

      Us Brits apologise to the chair we stubbed our toe on, and to the bus driver if they were the ones that were late. Its not the same but we would all definitely apologise as well.

    • @d13x001
      @d13x001 Місяць тому +2

      bless her dear heart but I suspect the water running off her in the video, is _mostly_ water and she was embarrassed.

    • @stephanierhall85
      @stephanierhall85 Місяць тому

      Cop also responded naturally
      “No no no your good”

    • @crystaljones2335
      @crystaljones2335 Місяць тому +1

      Couldn't agree more, having been rescued as well, it just came out of me in the moment for just that reason.

  • @mwhit610
    @mwhit610 Місяць тому +227

    You know what’s sad about the first story, is that those kids might even be used to it. There’s no way that’s the first time the parents have done something like that to think it’s okay to do.

    • @bitchlasagna1
      @bitchlasagna1 Місяць тому +54

      I feel like the fact that they just wandered off and went to the pool says you’re likely correct. Think about the situation from the kids perspective. They are in a place they are not familiar with, in public, it’s hot out, mom and dad were acting super weird and now they’re barely moving deep asleep and we can’t wake them up. Most kids would be screaming, panicking, thinking somethings wrong with their parents or just whining that they want to go home/back to the hotel.
      I feel like the fact that they just left and went to the pool shows this was not a scary situation for them in terms of being concerned about their parents which makes me think this is normal behavior on the parents part

    • @TheMookeeful
      @TheMookeeful Місяць тому +18

      Even worse, they knew to find a place that probably felt safer than when their parents are awake.

    • @sneakmore
      @sneakmore Місяць тому +9

      @@TheMookeefulwhich is scary that the young children had more sensibilities than the parents, not to mention you are being detained for actions resulting in child neglect and your first thought is to run away

    • @Chunamunch
      @Chunamunch Місяць тому +8

      As someone who grew up around a male "parental" figure, uncle, and cousin's biological dad who would all get so horribly drunk the kids would be left to their own devices as young as 4 that I can remember, these kids have dealt with this and have been raised in it honestly. It has become normalized, thus the oldest most likely took charge and thought it safer to go back to the hotel since it would be safer than the beach (may not make sense, but that isn't the point, it's the mind of children trying to cope with adult situations). I feel so bad for these kids because their mom is part of it, my mom is what kept things somewhat together when she would be home, but had to work 16+ hour days to make ends meet, with their mom being just as bad, they won't have that figure to try and help keep things more in check.

    • @unschuldshascherl
      @unschuldshascherl Місяць тому +1

      ​@@ChunamunchOh, it makes sense. At the hotel they had the staff. As a kid you put a lot of trust in people that are in any form officials and have some authority. And I mean they are kinda right. If they have a problem, including with suspicious adults, they get help more likely from service personal than from random people.
      When I was a kid and would have been lost for example I also would have looked for a store or something and asked an employee. And if an employee was unkind to me it shattered my world more than if it were random adults. In my naive mind those were there to help and that is what they do, and I could hardly grasp that service workers or salesmen don't leave their shitty personalities at home.

  • @weshasawi
    @weshasawi Місяць тому +12

    UA-cam does NOT do enough of “battling these types of content”! I myself have reported videos with nothing happening even years later!

    • @sparklelikeaghost
      @sparklelikeaghost Місяць тому

      Yep. I reported so many videos on a channel that secretly recorded young women/girls in public. UA-cam did NOTHING. I cancelled my UA-cam premium because of that.

    • @sparklelikeaghost
      @sparklelikeaghost Місяць тому +2

      Just checked, the channel is still up and there's still a lot of videos on there that I reported, of the uploader zooming in on young women / young girls body parts.
      UA-cam is not trying at all.

  • @Theta940
    @Theta940 Місяць тому +3

    Canadian, age 34, two meds for anxiety and one for depression I'm never expecting things to get better. But I have a fair amount of hope that it's not going to get (significantly) worse for me. Hope is one hell of a state of mind if you can lie to yourself long enough.

  • @JackDespero
    @JackDespero Місяць тому +214

    The abuelita is the most abuelita ever. Getting rescue from a fire and still "Ay, mijo, I am sorry, I am so old. Ay you are so sweet mijo".

    • @AndrewLyon23
      @AndrewLyon23 Місяць тому +2

      I think she's sorry because she spent her life as a sedentary consumer who couldn't even move her body away from danger, which, ironically enough, is what has caused the current state of society being SO bad, that everyone is hopeless.

    • @StarxLolita
      @StarxLolita Місяць тому +19

      ​@@AndrewLyon23brother shes an old lady

    • @AlleliHull
      @AlleliHull Місяць тому +10

      @@AndrewLyon23 who pissed in your cheerios?

    • @derekcox543
      @derekcox543 Місяць тому +5

      @@AndrewLyon23 So many words to say so little and be an ass to an old lady, wow that was about as socially appealing as a cookie dipped in ketchup.

  • @bitchlasagna1
    @bitchlasagna1 Місяць тому +60

    One of the stories in this video is about humanoid robots who could take over millions of jobs while young people are already struggling to make ends meat… and then they wonder why young people might be unhappy.
    I’m not saying social media and politics and all that aren’t valid reasons. But I’m tired of people running these studies conveniently forgetting the economic state of the world and the increasing concerns of financial/job security

    • @TeamTee
      @TeamTee Місяць тому +3

      This needs to be a pinned comment. 👍🏽

    • @evalynn1863
      @evalynn1863 Місяць тому +5

      We desperately need a universal basic income. I mean, look at how much domestic violence alone went down at the beginning of the pandemic when the government was giving us enough money to live comfortably off of. And now that all aid has stopped, rates are rising again.

  • @piyulalalalalala
    @piyulalalalalala Місяць тому +88

    As a young person in their early 20s I’ve realized that corporations never cared for their employees. I’ve seen people that worked hard get laid off. It’s demoralizing because I would love to move out but I’m constantly scared that I’ll get laid off and be stuck with a lease. Now it seems layoffs are the norm which honestly should not be allowed if the execs are getting raises at the same time.

    • @changingmind2522
      @changingmind2522 Місяць тому +3

      I feel you here. I just moved out and I get worried about my hours every week because they fluctuate. What pisses me off the most at my job is how the managers get paid at least $6+ an hour more than I do with 40 hours guaranteed to them every single week while I’m praying to get at least half that. And even more so, I have to do all the work and stand all day while they get to sit down, chit chat, and watch UA-cam videos upstairs in the office. So I get less hours and less pay than those guys while doing majority of the work. Yeah, as someone in their early 20s, I’m not very happy.

    • @jono3175
      @jono3175 Місяць тому

      @@changingmind2522they were where u we’re at some point lol stop being a baby and level up or don’t 🤷🏾‍♂️

    • @jono3175
      @jono3175 Місяць тому

      They get fired to fyi

  • @followeroc2
    @followeroc2 Місяць тому +3

    The dominoes have been falling for awhile now, one of the early ones was all day news stations that need viewers so they report on things that would normally not make national news or even state wide news. "If it bleeds it leads," is a major component of this problem. Relatively small issues for Americans get reported on and the topics are all bad things. People currently think we live in the most dangerous time in our nations history, when crime is actually way less than years past. I am not surprised that the younger people are unhappy, and this is all without mentioning social media which studies have shown make people less happy. I really appreciate the bamf of the day segment. It helps me personally feel optimistic about things. Keep up the great work Phil.

  • @TheRussianGenius
    @TheRussianGenius Місяць тому +3

    I'm 26 in Scandinavia. Lived in Iceland for 10 years, Denmark for 10+, and nearly everyone is suffering from low money. Poor health due to money (as in eating cheap food). Heck, I didn't eat for 6 weeks (or pay rent) starting in August last year due to not receiving money on payday. The youth is being cheated on. I don't condone criminal behavior, but it's very understandable

  • @XRedlionx
    @XRedlionx Місяць тому +198

    20 years ago, as a musician i used to work 7 to 10 hours a week and I could afford rent, food, bills and entertainment and still have money to save, not i work 40 hours a week and cant even afford to pay rent, and they ask me if am happy?

    • @lfrands
      @lfrands Місяць тому +9

      Carful, they’ll replace you with a robot

    • @jscotthatcher380
      @jscotthatcher380 Місяць тому +7

      20 years ago i was a musician too.
      we apparently had VERY different experiences.

    • @XRedlionx
      @XRedlionx Місяць тому +1

      @@lfrands they already have 😆

  • @whymejsd
    @whymejsd Місяць тому +210

    I'm a therapist for children and families. I have a few clients as young as 11, who have anxiety over climate change, over population, and other "big world" problems. So much, the 11 year old said they do not want kids because of the state of the world.

    • @stevenklnes7148
      @stevenklnes7148 Місяць тому +20

      I'm 38 and have been worried about having kids since I was probably 9 or 10 because of things like the hole in the ozone (which collective action helped assuage) but it only worsened as I grew older. Now I worry about gun violence, the economy, health care, and the environment (still) if I were to ever have kids.

    • @funkspinna
      @funkspinna Місяць тому +5

      Tell them to stop listening to AOC, who said: 'The world is going to end in 12 years if we don't address climate change". That was 5 years ago.

    • @whymejsd
      @whymejsd Місяць тому +8

      @@funkspinna they are kids most 11 and 12.

    • @funkspinna
      @funkspinna Місяць тому +1

      @@whymejsd Meaning...they would have bene too young to have heard it at the time? Sure, but the statement is accessible online, and it was viral and could be still shared and hearing it today from other people, friends, older siblings...etc. And who knows what other unrealistic proclamations she, and others, may still make.

    • @hrtsforvi
      @hrtsforvi Місяць тому

      @@funkspinna there’s multiple reasons/people that isn’t AOC coming from a girl

  • @lgparker4263
    @lgparker4263 Місяць тому +2

    Youngish person checking in (under 30) and I'm pretty happy. I've got a good marriage, two little kids, a house, pets, the American dream if you will. I think the huge difference between me and a lot of my peers is absolutely money. My partner and I made good finical decisions when we were in our early twenties and newly married. We are definitely solidly middle class but because of my partners job in tech and our penny pinching early on, we are very comfortable. We can't go on vacation and we can't go to things like concerts but we can always afford our groceries and any big shit hitting the fan issues. Things could be better for sure, but I know just how much worse they could be too.

  • @Jaxthegreater
    @Jaxthegreater Місяць тому +2

    I went on my one and only float trip before our wedding. It was my coworker, her fiance, his coworker and fiance's coworkers cousin, aptly named Kyle. Kyle and his girlfriend engaged in domestic violence in front of their small children because they were drunk. I had to get in between them multiple times. I was the only man to do so. I eventually called CPS because they ignored and didn't feed their kids the entire time. Some parents just shouldn't be parents.

  • @Puneeco
    @Puneeco Місяць тому +126

    As someone who grew up in the States but has now been living in Finland, the happiest country in the world (for many years running) the difference is huge. You can see your taxes at work. There's free health care, reasonable public transport, so no need for a car, and there's social rules built into the society that are of benefit to everyone. They love beaurucracy here, but you know to accomplish anything, you just need to find that one piece of paper to fill out. Also, nearly everyone speaks English, especially in the cities, but if you show a modicum of effort to learn Finnish, a very difficult language, the Finns love and appreciate the effort.

    • @theoutsiderjess4869
      @theoutsiderjess4869 Місяць тому +11

      My parents moved to American and me an American citzen that is waiting for the day i can get the hell out

    • @epictwinkaho1ic828
      @epictwinkaho1ic828 Місяць тому +9

      Hey asking for a friend, are special education jobs available over there??? Also what about ultrasound technicians??? 👀👀👀👀👀👀👀👀👀👀👀👀👀👀

    • @max8969ify
      @max8969ify Місяць тому

      not free "affordable" health care

    • @Puneeco
      @Puneeco Місяць тому +18

      @@max8969ify Through the public health, most things are free. Sometimes yes there are extra charges but not nearly in the same realm as the states. Like I had my moles checked and privately it cost 90 euros then later, using the public service it cost me nothing.

    • @Puneeco
      @Puneeco Місяць тому +6

      @@epictwinkaho1ic828 knowing Finnish helps get jobs, but there are a few English schools. They have the same jobs here as they do in the States. 😅

  • @Caterfree10
    @Caterfree10 Місяць тому +209

    I mean, the standard of living in the US is so shit, between the sky high rents, the flatlined wages, the ever increased food and medical bills, and still no universal healthcare in sight, no wonder my generation is depressed. All because the boomers said, “I got mine, fuck you kids”.

    • @voxveritas7941
      @voxveritas7941 Місяць тому +17

      And legislating to oppress anyone but male WASPs.

    • @strikethatreverseit9108
      @strikethatreverseit9108 Місяць тому

      Every generation blames the one before. That's nothing new. The Alpha's and the Beta's will feel the same way about Millenials and Gen Z. If you want universal healthcare then you need to figure out how to take the power away from Big Pharma. This is a capitalistic society and they are one of the biggest industries that benefits from said capitalism. There's no way their going to go gracefully. You know it and I know it. It's not that simple. Lobbyist laws are going to have to change for that. Good luck

    • @tooblue127
      @tooblue127 Місяць тому +17

      Not to mention this generation will probably never get to retire. So there is no end to the grind. I will be working till I die.

    • @jenna6149
      @jenna6149 Місяць тому +20

      Then you have people like my father who has been consistently employed since childhood and retired at 75. We should all have to work an endless number of back breaking jobs because he did. No vacations... no joy. He doesn't believe he in the concept of "deserve " in a positive context. No one deserves time off work. People deserve to go to jail etc.
      When I became disabled he was disgusted. He also still tells me I should find an under the table job to supplement the pittance I get in disability. He doesn't understand that life doesn't work like that anymore. My corner store is a chain, and they want 5 forms of ID and 10 waivers before you do your first shift.

    • @TheCardinalArt
      @TheCardinalArt Місяць тому

      Yes the combination of crap trickle down economics and massive deregulation along with massive cuts to social welfare programs has created exactly what they wanted... a dystopian country of Metropolis. As long as the richest get their private parks and islands it doesn't matter what the poor in the under city have to go through.
      I can only imagine how economist of the future will use this era as a teaching tool in how to bankrupt an economy and destroy capitalism.
      I feel for every young person trying to become independent and building a life. No one can pull themselves up by their bootstraps when every pair of bootstraps have been taken away from them.

  • @iMDiZZi
    @iMDiZZi Місяць тому +2

    the first story confuses me so much. what is it that the US is trying to accomplish, the gov. wants to actively limit what is being pushed onto the people in the site but also want to be able to push whatever they want? the flip flopping is crazy

  • @rollercoastergirly
    @rollercoastergirly Місяць тому +1

    I work at a wholesale club. We use a robot made by simbe to scan our aisles. When they expanded use to all the stores, the robot didn’t know the layout well. She ended up stuck in a bathroom in one store, accidentally tripped a shopper in another and in a different club a customer got so annoyed they punched the robot. Sometimes she tries to walk onto the forklifts or she thinks there’s something in front of her and can’t move. She gives reports on signs that she sees that are wrong but she often misreads the signs or even can’t read them at all if there’s a glare. If she makes a lot of mistakes while the ai is adapting, imagine how bad those mistakes could be on a robot that will be responsible for handling heavy objects and machinary

  • @cristybryant4877
    @cristybryant4877 Місяць тому +184

    Social inequality is a major major issue plaguing Canada and USA. There needs to be some serious change fast, I'm a single 42yr old female and can't afford to pay my rent, bills, and food. Most times I go without food. If social inequality continues the way it is how will our children and grandchildren survive? Wages are crap and have not changed nearly enough to compensate for the massive increase in price for basic everyday necessities. It is a sad sad world we live in right now people

    • @Dan-Simms
      @Dan-Simms Місяць тому +17

      I hear ya, for years I would skip lunch to save money for entertainment, like a video game or going out to movies or dinner sometimes but now I just can't afford it period. I'm on disability and in my area we have only had a 6% income increase since 2009!

    • @MaybellineQueen
      @MaybellineQueen Місяць тому

      Same

    • @heyhorinshi
      @heyhorinshi Місяць тому

      Dont mind that the real issue is aways poverty, i dont care how rich the richer is bit how poor the pooorest are makes all the difefence.

  • @gabbyslife1394
    @gabbyslife1394 Місяць тому +217

    I’m 18, I recently voted in my town, for the preliminaries. I was the first young person to show up, at all, for the entire week. They sat with me and registered me and explained to me how it works. Although I’m democratic and they were all wearing republican buttons they were kind and I have never experienced that. I was so worried that I was gonna go in and be judged the entire time, which is how it has always gone down when it comes to talking about my political beliefs. I really encourage people of all ages to vote, especially the young, I know it can be anxiety inducing but it’s very important. Now more than ever.

    • @FlockofSmeagles
      @FlockofSmeagles Місяць тому +20

      The real world isn't the same as the internet. There are some nutcases that are brave enough to act a fool in public, but the vast majority of people are keyboard warriors. No one's going to harm you.

    • @gabbyslife1394
      @gabbyslife1394 Місяць тому +10

      @@FlockofSmeagles the internet really is the Wild West, I think the anxiety I had may have been because I live in an area with pretty extremist values and I have seen violence surrounding it when it comes to opposing views. Definitely a breath of fresh air to see people who care more about assisting others and social interactions.

    • @theoutsiderjess4869
      @theoutsiderjess4869 Місяць тому +3

      Glad you had a good experience I personally havent voted yet and I'm 24 because I have no faith in anyone who is currently running today and I dont want the fact that i picked the lesser of two evils to be my choice instead of picking the right one for the job

    • @Ohhey_Aa
      @Ohhey_Aa Місяць тому +10

      If you were in your polling place or any government funded voting affiliate, it’s illegal to wear anything with a political preference.

    • @mh-tb9lu
      @mh-tb9lu Місяць тому +3

      You’re very well spoken and intelligent for 18! Congrats and thank you for sharing

  • @reiksson5729
    @reiksson5729 Місяць тому +1

    I am from Spartanburg, South Carolina and growing up there a lot of people hoped to work at the BMW plant because it provided a good paying job. The company also gets special status for tax purposes because it is a "job creator". I am not saying that we should not be developing robotics or moving technology forward(that is how we have the ability to not be all farmers and living subsistence) but those people who depend on those jobs to live a middle class life and provide for their families are going to be left out in the cold while I do not think their special tax status will be removed. One of the things that BMW liked about my home county was there are not really any unions at all so the people lack the legal capacity to make a unified complaint.

  • @zagarose191
    @zagarose191 Місяць тому +2

    I love the idea of robots helping with household needs because with everyone in the family needing to work to survive it would be nice to come home and relax, but if I brought home a robot grandam would kill me long before the robot. She already is scared of build in cameras in laptops and the fact Alexa can turn on/off lights LOL. She is waiting for my Alexa dot to take over the house.

  • @inconsequential5504
    @inconsequential5504 Місяць тому +107

    I saw a Tweet (formerly known as a reasonable news source) the other day that said, "Just to confirm...everyone feels tired ALL the time no matter how much sleep they get or caffeine they consume, but also has trouble falling asleep / is constantly hungry but also nauseous with acid reflux / spends every second working or cleaning yet nothing gets accomplished?"
    Remember that one song by the Offspring "The Kids Aren't Alright"? Yeah that.

    • @noway377
      @noway377 Місяць тому +18

      I was just listening to that song the other day and was reminiscing about my childhood friends. We had dreams and ambitions, we would talk about the things we wanted to be when we grew up, I remember my best friend Michael told me he wanted to be a doctor like his dad. He never got to be the doctor he wanted to be because he took his own life in 2018. None of us were able to live up to our dreams and have completely given up on them. Three of them (including myself) became addicted to substances or dropped out of school. I think only one of us from our group went to college, but I know she can't be doing too well mentally because of her family history. But I am proud of her for making it farther than the rest of us.

    • @MaidenHelll
      @MaidenHelll Місяць тому +2

      Exactly. And that song was written for gen x so what does that tell u

    • @mharley3791
      @mharley3791 Місяць тому

      It’s probably mostly do the south on social media. The amount of time young people spin scrolling is almost 4 hours a day. It’s terrible for your sleep habits it’s terrible for your mental health yeah it keeps happening

    • @inconsequential5504
      @inconsequential5504 Місяць тому

      @@mharley3791And who has the young learned from? Who has enabled the young when it was their job to do to otherwise? To completely lay the blame at young people and to ignore the failures of the ones who raised them is a bit unfair wouldn't you say?
      It's impossible to get a job without applying online. There is no escaping the internet with how plugged in to our daily life it is. That's a huge reason why if we have the internet be a Title II utility we'd already have the mechanisms in place to regulate the tech companies that obviously have had way too much free reign over....well. Everything.
      All in all to just boil it down to "young people screen too much" is at best reductive regardless of your intentions.

  • @Morbacounet
    @Morbacounet Місяць тому +78

    "Young people are ruining our happiness level" is a headline I'm expecting to see soon.

    • @natalyst
      @natalyst Місяць тому

      and when it happens i vote we start replacing their meds with sugar pills

    • @WarXxandXxPeace
      @WarXxandXxPeace Місяць тому +5

      Yup... right there on good ol' Fox "News"

    • @mharley3791
      @mharley3791 Місяць тому

      I mean I think a large part of it is probably parents being incredibly oppressive and making their kids super anxious. It’s also just mostly social media and smart phones

    • @apollofell3925
      @apollofell3925 Місяць тому

      "Young People Hate America" Yeah maybe America SHOULD PAY MORE

  • @gabbytheartfriend
    @gabbytheartfriend Місяць тому +1

    I don’t know what it says about the UA-cam and Reddit algorithms that I knew that they would be the primary subject of this legal action; if someone sees one hateful video that promotes misinformation, it increases the likelihood they’ll be exposed to more of that content. Hell, I’ve gotten hateful and/or misinformed videos on my feed and even when I try to tune my recommendations, they still get recommended. The fact that it’s so easy to get incorrect, biased info without context or fact checking is terrifying. I’m genuinely scared for my kids’ generation and how hard it’ll be to know what the hell is true.

  • @Sourcious
    @Sourcious Місяць тому +2

    Not under 30, but under 40. Knowing that I will likely never be able to own a house, knowing that we get paid a pittance compared to the mad profits corps are making, knowing that no matter how much we work our asses off we will probably never be able to do more than make ends meet and live paycheck to paycheck, knowing that the price of everything is going up but our pay isn't, that my student loans will follow me to the grave is demoralizing. Also seeing family, especially parents, who once held freedoms and democracy as major principles voting for Trump is heartbreaking.

  • @gabbyslife1394
    @gabbyslife1394 Місяць тому +61

    I’m a young person, it has been engrained into us our entire lives that we’re destined for debt, that the world is going to catch ablaze, and in the USA we have watched our country fall apart. As well as being told by older generations that we’re dramatic and we will never have to work as hard as them.

    • @mharley3791
      @mharley3791 Місяць тому

      To be fair what America is going through is nothing like what America has gone in the past. Things like the Civil War, the great depression, the cold war and the threat of nuclear annihilation is just not a thing today like

    • @elijahclaude3413
      @elijahclaude3413 Місяць тому

      @@mharley3791 Sure, now we just have to contend with global catastrophes at an increasing frequency, blatant government-corporate corruption (or just an unmasking of the greed that was always there), completely unaffordable costs of living in pretty much every facet of life, the slow yet exponentially increasing rate of collapse of our society, threat of technological annihilation (ie AI, micro plastics, addictive algorithms, and other pollutions), and so much more... but hey, we got iPhones, I guess.

  • @themastersword08
    @themastersword08 Місяць тому +34

    Young black male here, I cannot agree more with the story on unhappy young adults in America. I'm 21, thousands in debt for things I couldn't control coupled with lack of guidance, and have absolutely no support system. I'm lucky enough to have a great job but it's still nowhere near enough money to support myself. That's not even mentioning the social pressures ranging from relationships to social media. I mean you've talked about the loneliness epidemic among youth so many times and it was just so shocking to me that EVERYONE feels equally as isolated as I do. Just having to accept things like the fact that I will probably never be able to buy a home or that maybe I'll get shot because someone was having a bad day and that was just my luck. Yeah no, this place kinda sucks man lmao

  • @Mortisk
    @Mortisk Місяць тому +1

    The story of those monsters who got drunk and left their kids on the beach of all places scared me. As a dad of a 5 and 7 year old it kind of hit close to home and the idea of my kids walking around the ocean unsupervised makes me so anxious, yet these parent's are more than okay to do that just because of something as dumb as getting drunk. I'm so so sooooo happy the kids were okay and were smart enough not to stick around, but this story just made me particularly upset

  • @apollofell3925
    @apollofell3925 Місяць тому +1

    7:30 One thing about the nicest sweetest old ladies on earth - they apologize every time someone helps them, especially in situations of stress. I swear to god that's what my mother would have said.

  • @Tayebirdy
    @Tayebirdy Місяць тому +59

    Fellow young person chiming in about peoples happiness! I’m 24, I graduated high school and went to college in 2018. I completely understand why young people are not happy. I recall hearing about school shootings my entire upbringing from elementary school all the way through college, we got to witness every horrible tragedy happen in real time. Not just school shootings but police violence, war, genocide being condoned, at countless other things. We are the first generation to have technology and the internet be so invasive and tied to our lives knowing it will only get more extensive as time goes by. The wages are at an all time low. I live in a rural southern state and still pay $1,200 a month for my rent. The minimum wage of the state is $7.25 which many jobs pay, so most people are drowning in debt. I graduated as a nurse into the pandemic drowning in student debt with no money and my wages were barely enough to cover my rent as a new nurse. Experienced the pandemic as not just an average person but also was a covid nurse for a lot of the pandemic. My rights have been continuously taken away and I honestly don’t know how much control I’ll have of my own body by the time I’m 30. Democracy is a sham and not a single politician cares about helping us at all. I’ll never own a home even though i work very hard and have a professional job that pays more than the average wage. It’s still not enough. The world’s on fire and no one cares. I could filibuster about this, but point being, yeah it’s kinda hard to be super optimistic given the circumstances. But like, Taco Bell has new menu items, so. Yay I guess.

    • @everstone_ranch
      @everstone_ranch Місяць тому +2

      I can see how you feel that way. I’m about 8 years older than you and live in a city in the south west. Here we have support services that have greatly helped - reducing our rent costs based on our income and providing us enough food to grow a family. All while I work to build my business. I’m well over 100k in debt with student loans, but it’s something I know I’ll pay off with my business later in my life. The social programs we have really make a difference in me and my family’s life. That being said - it’s our state and our politicians that made that experience possible for me. I didn’t pay any attention to politics until I was 26. Before then I thought it was just infighting. I was really shocked at the situation when I started paying attention. I don’t recommend spending as much time as I do on it - but I will tell you that one of our parties cares more than you think. And the hundreds of bills we passed in the house when we were in the majority showed their commitment to us. You can read this online in the government register.
      That being said - so many people don’t vote - it makes it that much harder to make forward progress. In counties like Australia you actually get fined for not voting. It’s interesting. Anyway long story short - 130 million people could vote that don’t right now - and it would push the country to more support systems, higher minimum wages, and getting the wealthy to pay their share. So don’t lose hope, this is the fight of our times.

    • @Moonities
      @Moonities Місяць тому

      Don’t worry buddy we in the uk are also in the same boat as you! (Minus the shootings)

  • @mdogg50050
    @mdogg50050 Місяць тому +45

    The video of the guy saying that every person is going to own a humanoid is something that sent shivers down my spine it feels like a video log you'd find in a horror game about how the robot revolution happened.

    • @alien9279
      @alien9279 Місяць тому +2

      Long as its not all controlled on a central net it should be fine. If they're all separate entities there's no huge robot uprising lol

    • @TheNezharMC
      @TheNezharMC Місяць тому +3

      It sounds like future slavery if eventually full AI is achieved. Not a surprise but damn if dystopic science fiction was on point.

    • @apollofell3925
      @apollofell3925 Місяць тому +7

      ​@@alien9279 Don't kid yourself, you know it's going to be subcription-based and require monthly software updates, oh and forget about right to repair...

    • @asdfghjk8876
      @asdfghjk8876 Місяць тому +2

      I don’t understand the minds of the people that want this

    • @David-hs9su
      @David-hs9su Місяць тому +1

      Yeah that rubbed me the wrong way as well. He sounded real creepy even though he was talking about humanoid robots. Or was he?

  • @SmexiiWade
    @SmexiiWade Місяць тому

    I'm now 30 and have had to move back in with my family in my mid 20s. I was ashamed but over the years more of my childhood friends, and even their parents, have had to do the same. I'm thankful I get a long well with my family and they've always told me not to feel ashamed because that's the whole nation. Surely, overtime they were right!
    I'd love to have my own place but I can't see that happening without a good paying career. I'm not sad or happy though. I'm just counting my blessings and showing my gratitude to my family

    • @SmexiiWade
      @SmexiiWade Місяць тому

      This is just life now (for the moment)***

  • @PJ_Wong
    @PJ_Wong Місяць тому

    I'm 26 going on 27, and I'm the happiest I've been in my whole life. But I know I'm the exception, not the rule, and my heart goes out to all the young people out there who are in a bad place and hurting.

  • @nothankyou6840
    @nothankyou6840 Місяць тому +31

    As someone who is in their early 20's in America, I don't know how I can look at this country seriously and pretend like its a happy place to be. I still live with my father, despite having a full time and reasonably well paying job, because it is impossible for me to find a place that I can afford that is dog friendly. I cannot afford $1250.00 a month if I also want to do things like I don't know, eat food? Pay for gas to drive to work? Get my meds? How am I supposed to not be stressed and worried about my life when I'm trying so hard to do the whole "pull yourself up by your bootstraps" but the whole system is working against me?

  • @kitalee4752
    @kitalee4752 Місяць тому +126

    I'm a college student who is graduating this semester, and the world feels stacked against me. Part of it is being so aware of the world being on fire, which I'm sure is amplified by social media but when looking at the wars, politics, and trajectory of rights in the US especially, it's hard not to feel hopeless. I'm coming out of school with the knowledge that I may never be able to own a house, I'm being forced to move from my hometown due to the housing market and influx of landlord-controlled rentals going for absurd prices, and my chances of finding a job feel slim when everything in my field has 100+ applicants per listing. Even planning for retirement feels like a scam, and like the country/world is going to fall apart before my generation gets there. It's hard to stay optimistic in the face of all that, but we have no choice and just continue to struggle through it.

    • @kitalee4752
      @kitalee4752 Місяць тому +3

      All that said, antidepressants are helpful, and things aren't all bad at the end of the day. Just gets hard, as a young person especially, to see any light at the end of the tunnel. Keep swimming and take care of yourselves, y'all

    • @clevernickname2906
      @clevernickname2906 Місяць тому +8

      Hang in there, kid. I PROMISE there will be a time when it is easier. There will also be times when it is harder. But just do your best and try to leave it a little better than you found it. Idk what your life will look like, but as long as you remember you only have one worst day of your life, and it only lasts 24 hours.. you’ll be okay. ❤

    • @RikcAvlog
      @RikcAvlog Місяць тому +2

      Dude my lungs and heart collapsed last year i was in a coma for 2 months and im still in recovery, just take a breath relax a little it seems hard but is worth it stress and depression almost took my life, you got this ❤❤❤

    • @KevinAccetta
      @KevinAccetta Місяць тому +7

      I graduated late 2022 and I'm *still* looking for a job... It's just an influx of emails saying no on a weekly basis, and I'm so damn tired of filling applications over and over again. It's like all these places are looking for professionals with years and years of experience even tho the jobs are for junior positions...
      We can't *gain* experience if no one ever hires us ffs 😪
      Sorry for the rant. My tip is to stick to whatever job you find even if you don't like it, unfortunately. At least to have something you can put in your resume before looking for something better.

    • @stephenanderson7686
      @stephenanderson7686 Місяць тому +1

      I know it may seem bleak and I understand that, as a stranger, my words don't mean much to you but there is an old proverb, "this too shall pass." You will get out of life what you put into it. I promise things will find a way to work out. Just keep your chin up.

  • @Vampria227
    @Vampria227 Місяць тому +2

    “Country’s been kinda shit since McDonald’s cancelled the Snack Wrap” YOU ARE SO REAL I FEEL SEEN

  • @V2inur
    @V2inur Місяць тому +1

    I don't think social media companies should be responsible for individual person's speech however I think they need to be held accountable for their recommendation algorithm. Many of us do not know how to opt out of this. It's very poorly design as all it really does is send you into a deeper and deeper rabbit hole. This is especially true for kids. I feel like my brain is rotting sitting next to them scrolling through the same type of content that are constantly feeding them dopamine.

  • @tobiahfaulkner1489
    @tobiahfaulkner1489 Місяць тому +84

    As someone who has worked for multiple companies that are embracing AI and robotics, I can tell you that they will not be used for the good of all but for the good of the shareholders. If you are employed in manual or repetitive labor that can be automated you will be replaced without regard to the impact on our society.

    • @noway377
      @noway377 Місяць тому +22

      Anyone who thinks this will be good for humanity in the long run is delusional. This will only do more harm than good.

    • @XanderCat
      @XanderCat Місяць тому

      ​@@noway377 count me among the delusional because you can look at this from the perspective of looking at history. And in history new disruptive technology has been shown over and over to eventually be for the good of all, I don't see why AI will be any different.

    • @xxkerosenexkidxx
      @xxkerosenexkidxx Місяць тому +1

      That is the one thing I was thinking learning about all those robots Phil mentioned...🙈

    • @sledgehammerguy5858
      @sledgehammerguy5858 Місяць тому +4

      The Luddites were right and yet we laughed at them.

    • @ItachiUchiha-sh6of
      @ItachiUchiha-sh6of Місяць тому +4

      I wish you were wrong because it has so much potential to revolutionize the way humans live. Imo this could be a "humans discovering fire" level of societal advancement.

  • @XeromusPrime
    @XeromusPrime Місяць тому +93

    What's there to be happy about in the US? Wages are at an all-time low, cost of living and goods is at an all-time high. Everything quarter and dollars you to death (the term nickel and diming is no longer applicable) and extra random fees are added to everything we touch and do. We're overworked and underpaid. No one my age and younger can afford a home, rent is sky high, there are drug, mental health and social problems that our government refuse to even attempt to fix. Honestly I think most Americans are hanging on by a thread. It's hard to feel happy when it feels like everything's stacked against you and you have no means to change it.

    • @IIITheDeadGamerIII
      @IIITheDeadGamerIII Місяць тому +15

      This is literally what happened in the Weimar Republic (Germany, post ww1 before Hilter managed to take office). Granted, France imposed BS onto Germany which in turn, led to millions of Germans going without. The economic issues is what spurred the Hilters party to the 30% popularity it had. WIth that minority support they were able to take over the country.
      Unless governments step in to fix this issue, I think we'll start seeing dictatorships go on the rise. (Trump in America). Fascist or communist. And I highly doubt it'll be good for anyone.

    • @fishymm5905
      @fishymm5905 Місяць тому +6

      @@IIITheDeadGamerIIIdon’t forget that before Hindenburg and Hitler rose to power, the workers fought back and the Social Democratic Party’s adamance to be the morally superior reformists had sided with fascists against the workers, crushing a revolution with beautiful potential. In turn, a decade later those same “neutral” social democrats helped built the Nazi party.

  • @simoncelt5590
    @simoncelt5590 Місяць тому

    As a 42 year old from Great Britain, I have witnessed all of my costs sky rocket (most recent is my monthly mortgage almost double) in the last decade (accelerating since we had the first stage of Brexit)
    I’m taking any form of joy I can, wherever I can & have zero prepped for retirement
    The gradual grind down of the working class is a political choice by the ruling class

  • @herocuke
    @herocuke Місяць тому +1

    How to make me a 10/10 happy guy:
    - Make work fun/fulfilling
    - Steady work and/or opportunity for growth
    - Healthy social life
    - Free time to spend how I want
    - Ability to get a house, start a family, die happy
    My current state:
    - Unable to find entry-level work for my field and settled for low paying job
    - Steady work, but planned wage increases, hiring, and promoting has been in the work for months
    - No social life, I don't get out much and my coworkers are significantly older than me 😅
    - Working almost every Saturday and additional overtime has me feeling burnt out
    - I don't feel like I've even started my independent life still living with my parents to save up money
    Every day, I feel like the biggest waste of space that exists. 7/10 🙂👍

    • @Pikacrew1
      @Pikacrew1 Місяць тому

      How does anything you said make you a waste of space? What is a valuable use of space then? If you check these comments, I assure you there are tons of us who feel the same. Can't afford a house, job market is trash, friends are barely available because our work life schedules suck ass.
      Fam we're all broke and struggling and honesty I know too many people who prematurely went to live on their own and ended up homeless or moving back in with their parents feeling like failures.
      Believe it or not, you're doing pretty okay. Not trying to say that you have no problems, you do and I hope a path forward appears for you. But trust me, you're doing nothing wrong and definitely aren't a waste of space for being in the situation that you're in.

  • @SilentGlaceon94
    @SilentGlaceon94 Місяць тому +70

    Just recently, one of my mom's first cousins died suddenly while he was working a shift (he was a truck driver). He was dealing with a lot of stress from home and work. He was in his mid 50s, which is why his sudden death blindsided all of us.
    This made me realize that it is imperative to do anything you can to protect your peace and not allow yourself to get too stressed out.
    For the past ten years, I allowed my past trauma to take over my life (Thanks high school), and now it feels like I am playing catch up with what lost time I allowed myself to slip by.
    All this to say, take care of yourselves, y'all.

    • @wildwesley9328
      @wildwesley9328 Місяць тому +7

      I’m on the unpacking overwhelming trauma journey right now. It’s hard but I don’t want to let people I never hope to see ever again rule my life or the way I live it

    • @lynngriffin2106
      @lynngriffin2106 Місяць тому

      It’s better to realize today and make a change, than to realize tomorrow that it’s too late

    • @notcesr7136
      @notcesr7136 Місяць тому +1

      This is what we need to see more of. Modern society fosters so much more stress than is helpful or necessary. Good luck brother

  • @jamies5655
    @jamies5655 Місяць тому +187

    "oh yikes, what happened to your face"
    "oh ya know... a super aggressive fight... with gravity"

    • @owenmccord5078
      @owenmccord5078 Місяць тому +11

      The earth punched him in the eye.

    • @Jay_Frank
      @Jay_Frank Місяць тому

      Man tried to 1v1 the earth.

  • @patricknelson
    @patricknelson Місяць тому

    Robots: One thing that I think was *huge* recently was Figure’s recent status update _showing_ the results of their partnership with OpenAI. They had a video called “Speech-to-Speech Reasoning” which really blew my mind. The integration of various technologies, particularly reasoning, but also computer vision and voice synthesis resulted in a pretty mind blowing demo for me. 🤯

  • @booksergosum8088
    @booksergosum8088 Місяць тому

    A book recommendation for the young people and happiness thing-in Bowling Alone, Robert Putnam established a link between ‘social capital’ and happiness and argued why, even though social capital is also supposed to have a U-shape, it’s actually declining in every generation in the US instead. Things like how suburbs are designed, watching sports instead of joining sports, watching tv, clubs and organizations shifting how they’re run to look more like how a business is run, etc eroding the happiness of each subsequent generation.

  • @merpins
    @merpins Місяць тому +141

    Boomers: "Why are youths sad? Must be the climate change we refuse to do anything about. Can't be that we hoarded all the wealth, increased the cost of living, and didn't increase wages proportionately. You young'uns gotta pulls yourselves up by the bootstraps, go to college for basically free, get a well paying job by walking in to a place and asking for it rather than putting in a resume, and buy a house for 90% under the current market like we did! Then you'll be happy!"

    • @MaidenHelll
      @MaidenHelll Місяць тому +1

      Oh please they are just trying to do what’s best for themselves, let’s not act like they have more say than u do

    • @dragonwaz
      @dragonwaz Місяць тому +3

      ​@MaidenHelll ...I mean they literally did. They were voting before the youths were of voting age. That’s how generations work. For multiple generations, every generation aging into voting range inherited a better life. Until the Boomer generation. The government doesn't exist in a generational vacuum where everything wrong today is a result of today's votes. Things effecting us now were voted for years ago. A lot of the success or failures a president sees in his first year in office is usually his predecessors choices coming to fruition.

    • @merpins
      @merpins Місяць тому

      Ok boomer. @@MaidenHelll

  • @Atreides42
    @Atreides42 Місяць тому +77

    Love that the Social Media defense of "Waaah, it's HAAARD and i don't WANNA" is somehow accepted by lawmakers whose peers came up with or embraced phrases like "there's no crying in baseball" and "pain is weakness leaving the body"

  • @PhillipTopical
    @PhillipTopical Місяць тому

    One of my biggest nightmares is if I were to have kids would be to lose them... I don't even have kids and the possibility terrifies me. How empty and heartless those parents are.

  • @laurahtje
    @laurahtje Місяць тому

    Oh I enjoyed hearing about all the Robot news. That’s really interesting. Thanks for talking about it.

  • @thewickedtim
    @thewickedtim Місяць тому +107

    Per the happiness ranking, I can't remember the last time I felt genuine happiness. I have so much stress in my life that as soon as one source of stress is resolved another takes it's place so I don't get to feel any amount of relief. I think Bilbo said it best, "I feel thin, sort of stretched, like butter scraped over too much bread."

    • @stephenanderson7686
      @stephenanderson7686 Місяць тому +5

      This made me sad to read. I hope you can find happiness soon. You deserve it.

    • @ll2323
      @ll2323 Місяць тому +5

      I don’t even feel happy for the future either.

    • @rxt1991
      @rxt1991 Місяць тому +1

      @thewickedtim I empathize with you on that so much, between finding a decent job and school and some of the things phil discussed like climate change and the shitstorm that is american politics, I just don’t know what to do anymore. I feel as if i’ve forgotten what happiness is.. I hope we both can pull through this craziness. much love from the pnw

    • @AnnaReed42
      @AnnaReed42 Місяць тому +2

      I thought of that quote myself, earlier today, as I was thinking about how much I needed to get done and how little time and motivation I have in which to do it. Stress is a bitch.

  • @sheljustdoes
    @sheljustdoes Місяць тому +62

    As a data scientist, I develop algorithms daily and find the lawsuit against social media companies intriguing. When I entered the field after school, I was astounded by the biases in even basic algorithms, especially with companies new to data science. Data such as user demographics (socioeconomics, mental health) and the impact of content were often disregarded or just flat out not considered in development. Algorithms like those on UA-cam and Reddit prioritize content without regard for its potential to radicalize users, and unfortunately, it took a tragedy for these companies to pay attention to these issues. I hope the lawsuit favors the victims, as biases and negative impacts of a deliverable like a novel model or algorithm are often ignored by upper-management in favor of more and more content consumption by users.

  • @NDE-SDJ
    @NDE-SDJ Місяць тому +1

    Yeah, we are only like 10 years out from robotics and AI changing a lot of things. We just don't know what that will look like. Glad I get to (hopefully) be alive to see it.

  • @ActiveThreatToTheDutchEmbassy
    @ActiveThreatToTheDutchEmbassy Місяць тому +1

    On the topic of the UA-cam lawsuit I can personally attest that going through high school. I was very much in the edgy humor crowd, and little did I know that watching videos like that on UA-cam would put me on a pipeline to some pretty radical right views, just by the recommendation feed that I had. I went from edgy content to “anti-woke” content, and then to Alt-right speakers. There was very little distinction between these as I gradually moved down that political pipeline. I hope to see social media companies held accountable for their algorithms. Luckily enough, I was able to get out of that environment after I took a long hiatus from the Internet and kind of came to my senses.

  • @A.Radwick
    @A.Radwick Місяць тому +18

    Dear Phil,
    Thank you for bringing to light the tangible impact that removing the McDonald's snack wrap has had on morale in this nation. I believe that issues like this cannot be dismissed as irrelevant in the trying times we are all facing. God bless you, sir.

  • @owensquelch449
    @owensquelch449 Місяць тому +51

    The fact the kids went to a safe area like the hotel pool shows they are pretty responsible for their age, unfortunately and fortunately, they are not like their parents.

    • @leelewis8749
      @leelewis8749 Місяць тому +11

      Sadly they probably have a lot of practice by now.

  • @Louloucetu
    @Louloucetu Місяць тому

    I think happiness is greatly tied to stability and the idea of long term well being. Three years ago when I was recovering from homelessness vs now where I have a full ride to my school and am looking to go start my PhD is wildly different. I have the amazing privilege of stability now that I couldn’t dream of in the midst of my hardest time. My world view and current happiness is still shaped by my childhood and hardest times, and it is also shaped by my privilege I live now. I think that lack of stress really affects my current happiness.

    • @Louloucetu
      @Louloucetu Місяць тому

      Also having my education in environmental science and management helps. So knowing how to help the world, be career viable, and know when to call bs in doomsday clickbait can help me with future stress

  • @gossamer999
    @gossamer999 Місяць тому +1

    Your piece on the humanoid robots is maybe the first time I got excited for the future in a long time.

  • @UsernameValidFooH
    @UsernameValidFooH Місяць тому +47

    We need a change desperately, how can the US put off the mental and physical safety for their citizens? This is complete and utter bs.

    • @yfneccentric7033
      @yfneccentric7033 Місяць тому +1

      Two words: Money talks. :/

    • @aouyiu
      @aouyiu Місяць тому

      How? Because we, not just those in power, but our society as a whole, value money far more than that. Our regs for public health and safety being eroded in favor of companies for so long says it all.

    • @UsernameValidFooH
      @UsernameValidFooH Місяць тому

      @aouyiu clearly we aren't at our breaking point. When the going gets tough and everyone's had enough, things will change. It's just things aren't hard enough yet

  • @LowLevelPro777
    @LowLevelPro777 Місяць тому +90

    Elmo asks how everyone is: Everyone is depressed
    Phil: That seems like a great idea

    • @Xeonort
      @Xeonort Місяць тому +5

      I had the same thought.
      Phil! Elmo’s tweet was a cautionary tale, not a blueprint!

  • @mixer5717
    @mixer5717 Місяць тому

    I always struggle to understand why family members of a deceased would want to sue anyone not directly involved in the death of their loved one. Is it really anything more than getting a payout for the death of a loved one?

  • @IWearShoes31
    @IWearShoes31 Місяць тому +1

    "There's someone knocking on the door, it is getting louder and louder, the door is going to open, we just don't know fully whats on the other side yet" just a bit ominous sounding lol

  • @TheFXDC
    @TheFXDC Місяць тому +9

    American dream used to be buying a house, having kids and retiring… in this economy we have had all three in question for the newer generations and that’s why we are unhappy…

  • @armorheadallan
    @armorheadallan Місяць тому +48

    As a 26 year old who does suffer from depression. There numerous reasons why the youth may feel really unhappy these days.
    The world and our future continue to further slip from our grasp with issues such as:
    •Rising prices despite deflation, and stagnant wages.
    •A housing crisis created by banks, corporations, and greedy rich people soaking up all the houses and assests, and inflating rent and house costs.
    •The world tempurature rising and natural disasters occuring more often, yet nothing is done about it.
    •Our country using our tax dollars to fund wars and completely ignore using the tax money to help people like in Maui, Flint, railroads in Ohio, and numerous other problems that could have been fixed long ago with a fraction of what they give to war.
    • Blatantly corrupt politicians that clearly do not care for the American people and only care about pleasing their party, or anyone who lobbies to them.
    •Corporations getting away with avoiding to pay taxes, and continue to exploit employees and the American people, and both the government and the people let this slide for whatever reason.
    •Obvious assassinations to keep the status quo. Like with Jeffery Epstein, or more recently with the Boeing whistleblower John Barnett. Or how about the countless scientists that make industry disrupting discoveries in the medical field or amazing renewable energy inventions, only for them to "suddenly" die before their discovery/invention can do any benefit to our society. Clear as day assassinations. It's such an open secret that there are memes regarding this, yet we don't do anything about it?
    •Colleges became incredibly expensive, and less accessible to the common American. Degrees that do not give any leg up in the job market. Hundreds of thousand of dollars in debt and loans that will take decades, if not, an entire life to pay back.
    •A completely broken medical care system, that basically abuses the poor, sick or people in need, and is needlessly expensive on top of that. People my age can't afford to go to the doctor even with insurance.
    •It's a pretty well accepted with people my age that we will never get our Social Sercurity, and the whole thing will fail in the next decade or two.
    With all this in mind, what makes these problems worse is that our government and corporations are run by geriatrics who have lived their lives and will never see the consequences to their actions. They fail to recognize our discrepancies and worries, continue to call us entitled brats that just need to work harder, and calling us braindead or stupid depsite refusing to acknowledge that they didn't teach us, well... anything. They pass laws and make business decisions that are completely detached from reality or further contributes to the laundry list of issues.
    No one represents us, our problems are silenced or ignored. Our plights are not taken seriously, misunderstood, or are completely seen as jokes. And by the time we can have a seat at the big table, it may be too late.
    Additionally, I believe social media contributes to youth sadness. Every social media site, no matter how different, will always show the most extreme, ridiculous, or just straight up untrue ideas, or perspectives that further paint a more warped reality, and further divides us. I've deleted all my apps and found reality to be nothing like online. I'm happier with what I do instead of doom-scrolling, and absorbing mindless garbage for hours. I remember opening twitter, or instagram and immediately seeing a stupid, out-of-touch, or extremist take that angers me and contribute to this garbage. Going outside and meeting people is a way more entertaining, better, and healthier way to getting in touch with yourself and reality.
    TL;DR: Everything, is expensive, on fire, or corrupt, and our problems are ignored. Social media is bad and divides us.

    • @mssiegelman
      @mssiegelman Місяць тому +5

      Fuck, man. Pretty much hit the nail right on the head. Hope things get better for you.

    • @d47000
      @d47000 Місяць тому +3

      All of these things have been problems for decades and decades. It's just because of the increased spread of information over the past twenty years that more of it is coming to light.

    • @MegDoesStuff0
      @MegDoesStuff0 Місяць тому +2

      I hope Phil sees this comment; you hit the nail right on the head.. over and over again

    • @xblade149
      @xblade149 Місяць тому +1

      Thank you for this list. It brought tears to my eyes. And don't forget systematic racism and homophobia still running rampant in this country

  • @Fr3nchee
    @Fr3nchee Місяць тому +2

    I'm a moderator on a Reddit sub and I'm fairly certain that Reddit's administration system is a total mess without any real safety nets.
    We had quite a serious issue involving what we believe was a swatting attempt via a bomb threat. It had addresses and targets were named.
    We blocked the post, called the police and reported it, but I also reported it to Reddit's admin as it was so serious that I thought it would be escalated... nope. I got an instant reply telling me that the post did not break Reddit's rules.
    I've had many examples of pretty awful posts/comments that I have no doubt are dangerous and were not removed/acted on, but this one was beyond anything I could have imagined. I have zero trust in the reddit's admin system.
    I trust the sub moderators way more as they actually care about their communities.
    The "we're too big to be able to stop bad things" is a bit like saying "Our business is so successful that we dont need to be safe anymore".

  • @RukiKunOfficial
    @RukiKunOfficial Місяць тому

    Young 30s American with a college degree still can't afford a house due to how expensive it is. The housing where I lived doubled in the past 4-5 years so it's almost impossible for anyone in my age range or younger to buy a house. More apartments being built that cost almost as much as a mortgage.

  • @TheRibottoStudios
    @TheRibottoStudios Місяць тому +170

    And people wonder WHY Florida has just completely cracked down on partiers this year for Spring Break.
    Gee. SUCH a mystery.

    • @SkunkApe407
      @SkunkApe407 Місяць тому +13

      Because we're tired of out of staters coming here, getting in trouble, and the media screaming "Florida Man!!!"

    • @Dontdoit_
      @Dontdoit_ Місяць тому +35

      @@SkunkApe407ok reactionary lol you know that doesn’t happen. There’s a difference in Florida Man and Man in Florida

    • @codex5080
      @codex5080 Місяць тому +4

      @@Dontdoit_lmao

    • @claytonreeves150
      @claytonreeves150 Місяць тому

      @@SkunkApe407Do you really think anybody is buying that? Your elected representatives are out-and-proud bigots, and you think "the media" made up Florida Man?

    • @jamIam6548
      @jamIam6548 Місяць тому +7

      ​@Dontdoit_ Florida actually does something to northerners. You're a Florida person as soon as you cross the line

  • @morbidtexan
    @morbidtexan Місяць тому +23

    Manager: "RT-2! Why did you throw Bob in the dumpster?"
    RT-2: "You have been calling Bob a 'trash human' for months, sir."

  • @NicoleAgent
    @NicoleAgent Місяць тому +2

    I honestly kinda agree with the lawsuit about youtube and reddit. The algorithm is a huge problem on so many levels and recommending dangerous/harmful content that the algorithm has failed to flag is one of those levels. I'm not sure how you fix it except the way you fix alot of youtube's problems which is to hire people rather then rely on machines.

  • @tasha609
    @tasha609 Місяць тому

    I'm from the Buffalo area, man it tore our community apart.

  • @Flayre01
    @Flayre01 Місяць тому +61

    As someone who started watching youtube very young, i can say with 100% positivity that youtube and other platforms overly push alt right content, it radicalized me thought all of my middle and high school years, there are videos out there that flat out prove this by making new accounts and going on incognito, within a few vids and shorts it'll already be suggested to you, and watch one of those vids, and suddenly its all thats in your feed, i watched the same happen to my brother whos only a couple of years younger to me, its very obvious that the platform only prioritizes engagement and naturally the more you get radicalized the more you will engage with that stuff, especially once its all you hear from the website, which will happen, there is no regard for user safety, no regard for misinfo protection, and general hate speech protections, its gross that these platforms will try to just hide behind a far outdated law

    • @4xdblack
      @4xdblack Місяць тому +1

      Genuine Question: what kind of alt-right content? And what would you consider the line between moderate right and alt right?

    • @freedomishavingachoice3020
      @freedomishavingachoice3020 Місяць тому +1

      This is our negative news bias. Media literacy would teach it and awareness is a start. Leeja Miller talks about this in her latest video. She's a lawyer. I'm sorry platforms put profits over your well-being. You did not deserve that.

    • @niftythegoblin
      @niftythegoblin Місяць тому +4

      It also tends to happen when you've already got low self esteem or if you're young. I fell down that rabbit hole for a few months back when I was 15/16, especially when it came to gender politics. Why? Bc I was a young queer kid who was insecure about their gender and sexuality and had a lot of internalized queerphobia, so it was easy to watch videos about people "disproving radical sjws who believe there are a billion genders" and laugh. How quickly that turned into me watching Sargon of Akaad and stuff was crazy bc you click once, and like you said, you get recommended them forever. Luckily, I never harassed anyone over it, but I surrounded myself in those communities that made fun of "sjws". It took me so long to get them all out of my subscription feed once I realized these dudes were hateful sacks of shit pushing stuff that is easily disprovable.

    • @freedomishavingachoice3020
      @freedomishavingachoice3020 Місяць тому

      ​@4xdblack For example. There's being prolife for yourself, then there's choosing to be prolife for others by blocking access to medical clinics.
      Where did they get told blocking access for anyone entering was good? Follow the money.
      Try putting "Abolitionists Rising" into the search bar. They generated attention in Kristen Hawkins comments. Why do you think they promoted themselves there? Then explain why an identified hate group (prolife ideology) gets to recruit where we know kids are accessing them? How are they any different from the proudboys? They're standing back and standing by for their leader to incite them with the next bit of misinformation we can then link to criminal activity. The leaders never go to prison for the incitement. It's passed time they did. KH still lies about reproductive healthcare in shorts that would absolutely fool my elderly mother in law.

    • @freedomishavingachoice3020
      @freedomishavingachoice3020 Місяць тому

      @@niftythegoblin my elderly mother in law can not easily disprove anything on the internet, yet she's allowed to be lied to here on the regular. I legally can't keep her offline. Therein lies the problem. If our white brain matter is growing or regressing these lies will absolutely trick us.

  • @vivisimonvi
    @vivisimonvi Місяць тому +17

    I think the cost of living and more importantly rent and housing prices should be at the top of the list of things young folks are most unhappy about.

    • @procrastinator547
      @procrastinator547 Місяць тому +6

      Legit can’t afford to move out of my parents house. My dad bought his first car for $25…. Wake me up when everyone’s ready to strike and fight the rich. Until then I’m done participating in this hell of a society.

  • @sawspandabear
    @sawspandabear Місяць тому

    Hiya - young person here. I am 26 and my husband is 28. We have two babies, one is turning 6 next month and the other is 1.5.
    Last year I was diagnosed with Li Fraumeni Syndrome which is a genetic mutation that puts me at roughly a 90% risk of developing one or more cancers in my lifetime. The highest risk as a woman in her mid twenties is breast cancer, as women with LFS are basically guaranteed to get it. LFS requires extensive testing and monitoring to detect any cancers as they develop, ranging from quarterly blood work, whole body MRI, brain MRI, breast MRI, mammograms, ultrasounds, etc. with insurance, I have already accumulated nearly 4k in medical bills in the last year alone. In April I will be having a preventative bilateral mastectomy. I also have to fly to another state to get care for LFS. in April I will also be getting my babies tested for LFS, and if they have it, I have to get both of them monitored in another state as well, as their risk would be increased for leukemia and blastomas, as well as all other LFS risk cancers.
    ON TOP OF THAT - my husband has been having health issues that are being investigated by rheumatologists. They’re thinking it’s an autoimmune disease, but haven’t narrowed it down yet. Today we found out that they found possibly 3 masses on his lungs from his testing last week. The unknowns are exhausting.
    Our bills are still coming, mortgage still needs paid, bills need to be paid, and I feel like I’m drowning at all times. I’m tired.
    And my job only gives me 5 days of paid vacation and 5 days paid sick time. My surgery next month, I’ll only be paid for 2 days of the 8 I’ll be physically out of state, and hopefully I’ll be able to go right back to work as soon as I am home from surgery.

  • @rebecculousrk
    @rebecculousrk Місяць тому

    These platforms need to take a stance against hateful ideologies, and get proactive about banning and removing content that promotes extremism.

  • @kayleighfredericks5495
    @kayleighfredericks5495 Місяць тому +50

    I hear the story about how young adults in the US are thinking the world is going to hell in a hand basket, and I think "It's not that bad"
    Then less than 10 minutes later, I learn that robots could be taking so many jobs from young people in the near future.

    • @fairsaa7975
      @fairsaa7975 Місяць тому +6

      And climate change is a rapidly approaching issue that we're not doing anything substantial about, and we are socially regressing to the point of taking rights away from minorities who are just trying to live their lives, or deport them out of countries entirely, as a notable rise in fascist leaders is appearing globally in Europe and the USA.

    • @marcellagflowers
      @marcellagflowers Місяць тому

      wow I wish I had your life then, bc my immediate thought was "uh yeah, everybody is depressed and poor 🤷🏼‍♀️💁🏼‍♀️"

  • @TentacleBeast
    @TentacleBeast Місяць тому +8

    I work in a large box company warehouse that has been "attempting" to automate for more than a decade. These robots don't understand when a case is broken or leaking, don't "see" in the same way we do, rely more on sensor eyes and reflectors over visual scans, and cannot cope with power surges or flickers. Glares off of certain surfaces cause them to see "phantom objects", and the systems lack a certain intuition to avoid stacking products in certain ways, (i.e., cat liter stacked on wine cases stacked on popcorn.)

    • @lorieakin5771
      @lorieakin5771 Місяць тому

      "Help, someone stole my robot."
      'Help, someone high jacked my robot."
      "Help, someone kidnapped my robot."
      "Help, someone hacked my robot. It's doing the twist/ walk like an Egyptian/ Dougie on 3rd Avenue and won't stop."
      What emergency calls do you think will happen?😂😂😂

  • @motierhaskins3525
    @motierhaskins3525 Місяць тому

    I think it’s best to clarify that social media as an entity doesn’t lead to less happiness in younger people like older folks like to think, but rather (especially with politics) it serves as a means of information sharing which didnt exist 20 years ago to this level. Back when I was in middle school (late 90s) you would old find out things via the news and maybe word of mouth but news traveled slower. But a car crash on the other side of the world and a 10 year old can find out the minute it happens

  • @FreakingFerret
    @FreakingFerret Місяць тому

    I truly hope everyone involved in the Reddit lawsuit is safe. My friend was working on a similar case after the El Paso shooting, but the firm had to drop the case after receiving a slew of credible threats. The people on these forum sites will do anything to preserve their communities, even if that means targeting innocent people.