r/GenZ

Yo, I get so sick and tired of seeing hip-hop culture trying to claim itself as Black culture. That's such an overreach. Hip-hop is a subset of Black culture as a whole, the same way basketball, jazz, track, anime, dance, soul, and seafood are all subsets of Black culture, too.

I like hip-hop, but I do not resonate with much of the culture surrounding it. I think it's harmful to Black culture as a whole to see people constantly trying to perpetuate this narrative, especially when we're idolizing people who live debauched lives and try to glorify it as empowerment and all that.

When people act like hip-hop is Black culture, they are shrinking down a massive, diverse history into one single box. It's a joke to act like a whole race of people is defined by one music genre and the lifestyle around it, completely erasing our intellectual history, our food, our different spaces, and everything else we built.

Worse than that, by crowning hip-hop as the official standard for what's "authentic," the industry just ends up rewarding the absolute worst behavior. They take a toxic, destructive lifestyle, slap an "empowerment" label on it, and market it as the ultimate Black experience. It's damaging, it's a lie, and it completely isolates the millions of Black people who look at that debauchery and want absolutely nothing to do with it.

We are constantly made fun of, told we are not enough and constantly have to prove ourselves every day. Along with being seen as a joke to women our very own age it’s exhausting. On dating apps women’s egos are through the roof in my experience. I have met only a few single humble women on these platforms.

I only have had hookups (8 partners) and the amount of effort I have put in is insane. Thousands of hours of improving my life to have a shot with a women my age. Men my age have to meticulously edit and curate a fake profile to appeal to women who simply put up a selfie and gets flooded attention.

I am (23m) and feel also that my standards are normal/low. And feel as if I am an above average guy objectively on paper. All I am looking for is an average women. Why is it so hard to find? are my standards too high?

Should we just wait untill we are 30 to start?

I was in middle school when he posted the dead body, but I’ve recently seen a clip of the rest of his trip where he is walking through a city and it is literally the most xenophobic and disrespectful thing I have ever seen. He was 22??? Not even a young kid he was a grown man.
Please tell me if maybe this is not as crazy as I’m making it out to be

This is something that's been sitting on my mind but I want to create a local group or community to bring misunderstood, intelligent and like-minded people my age together

The problem is I have no idea how to do that and how to make the experience worth their while.

What would you guys do?

i am 23, turning 24 next month. most of my media consumption is watching films or watching youtube video essays. i really like culture/society-focused topics though and i noticed that so many different youtube commentators/essayers are also often referencing tiktoks all the time. i get that it's like apart of our lives now but it genuinely feels like everyone around me is constantly in on a trend or conversation started from tiktok that i have no clue about or find out about ages later. i don't know, i do feel left out sometimes but i don't care enough and have no interest in the app. just wondering if i'm the only one like i can't even think of a friend who isn't on there...

I’ve been working non-stop, and I’m waiting to go back to college to become a lab tech. Sadly, I’m going to have to wait until January because I’m saving up every penny so I can

focus on school full-time.

I’m going to be 24 in March, and it’s really going to bother me because most people by 25 already have a career or trade.

Meanwhile, I’m saving up to go back to school, and it genuinely sucks because I just want a decent income so I can try dating again.

I need money for dating and I would do anything for a chance to have love again

I had friends once, but I pushed a lot of people away during a period where I was angry, emotionally unstable and overwhelmed. I changed a lot since then, but sometimes it feels like the damage is already done and everyone else moved on while I’m stuck grieving a version of my life that no longer exists.

I keep seeing people talk about their unforgettable teenage years, their friend groups, parties, relationships, memories, and I feel like I missed something fundamental. Like everyone else got a “coming of age” experience except me.

The weird thing is that my life wasn’t empty. I make art, I study animation, I’ve worked on projects I’m genuinely proud of, and I’ve grown a lot as a person. But emotionally I still feel behind. Like I spent so much time surviving my own mind that I forgot to actually live.

I don’t even know if I’m looking for advice. I think I just want to know if anyone else reached their mid-20s feeling this kind of grief and loneliness. Like mourning memories you never got to have.

Things have been bad since the pandemic in 2020 and with Trump in office with all these tariffs, inflation, wars, and corporations finding more ways to screw consumers to make more money. I don't see anything getting better, just more people getting used to it.

Do any of you guys think things will get better?

I’m 24 F and I’m so fucking bored. Little things I enjoy aren’t as enjoyable anymore, I don’t use social media that much except for Reddit to read other peoples posts. I don’t have any friends however I am a mom but I can only go so long before I need adult conversations, although my son is pretty entertaining most of the time. What do people who stay at home do? With or without kids, I’m running out of ideas

To be clear the man was the front runner for releasing the files.

Mine is having 27 saved posts/videos about improving life and never opening them again.

I'm pretty pessimistic about the world in general rn because of ai, I think within the next 1 or 2 decades it's gonna affect every job.

However currently it affects the arts the most. When I see a cool animation or drawing I just expect It's AI now, if I see something I know was made by a human I'm no longer as impressed, because AI has desensitised me to art. It's simply gotten too good. It obviously can't make full movies yet, but I'm sure most studios already use it now but just hide it.

I used to play music and stuff but I'm don't really do it anymore, AI music isn't completely there yet like with art, but it most likely will be soon. It's pretty difficult to have motivation to take hours to do something ai can do in a couple seconds. For people who draw its probably way worse.

Job wise idk if any new art jobs even still exist, commission work essentially doesn't exist anymore. It was always lower quality but was still a job that paid people. Graphic design is also obsolete as a job, this isn't art but stock video and photo is also dead.

So yeah, I'm not all that enthusiastic about art anymore cuz of AI