- Australia has a new law banning people from using Snap and IG before 16, which has 77% approval (I was born in '04 and dl'ed them at 14); UK is similar; US + EU likely to follow- A lot of "teen" culture (e.g. Disney/Nick shows set in MS/HS) is now considered creepy when it wasn't really even well into the 2010s- Even offline, teen spaces are diminishing due to no business- Harder to party or even "play outside" these days since parents + authorities are better at rooting that shit out, shutting shit down (e.g. some malls banning teens)- Sex for any reason is considered taboo for any reason pre-18 owing to literal interp of consent laws, even among same age groups + jurisdictions that use pre-18 AOCs; widespread fear of cancellation for doing anything that could be considered even slightly sexual- Hard to do much w/o a car in most of the Anglo countries if you don't live in the top 3 most expensive cities' downtowns; fewer teens getting their licenses- It takes a lot more EC's + studying to even make it at all in this world, thus time off from leisureMy 2030s forecasts:- "no bf/gf until you're 18" becoming a standard notion- HS prom being cancelled to save money and it being retrospectively being deemed creepy- skirts/dresses being deemed explicit attire kids shouldn't be wearing- feet being deemed an intimate body part- strict enforcement of MPAA/ESRB ratings, "sorry kiddo u can't buy smash bros come back when ur 13"; parents giving kids access to age restricted stuff becoming as penalizable an offense as parents showing kids porn- social shame helping enforce these a la covid- racism/"LGBTphobia" not "solved", in fact similar dynamics to today just hella more toxic; Karens rule supreme- a hot war, and our best men dying in it not bc of a draft a la Vietnam, but enlistment being the best/only option for the un/underemployed
Correct me if I'm wrong, but the enlistment thing is similar to what Russia and its Gen Z have been undergoing since 2022
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Yea putting everyone in a mask for 2 years has some weird social side effects
Thank goodness im DQ'd from the armyRespect to fallen, but i could never do it because I'm a coward
>>524303612>- feet being deemed an intimate body partAs a footfag I fully support this, I hate seeing what I can't have
>>524303612Theory: the root cause of this is increased PROFESSIONAL immigration to Anglo countries.Visa rules demand good citizenship + absolute adherence of the law to a tee, if ur on a visa u have less wiggle room, and there's pressure against "making a fuss", which could get u deported or sth.Also stuff like Islam requiring hijab + banning fun, but I'd say the visa stuff has more weight.A lot of this is downstream of literal readings of rules/laws (fuck normal human behavior, if the law says it's 18 then it must be strictly 18, or else Officer Karen will pulverize me!), but that itself would be downstream of the visa thing. (Non-professional immigrants are notably the opposite when it comes to rule adherence.)Their children are often strictly parented, hence the Kumon effect. And they tend to be socially conservative in general, and often vote R if/when they do acquire US citizenship.
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>>524303612This seems really off base at a glance.>"no bf/gf until you're 18" becoming a standard notionYet kids and teens are consuming more porn than ever and no one cares. Our entire society turns a blind eye to it. Why would people care about their kids not dating before 18 if no one cares about them consuming porn?>skirts/dresses being deemed explicit attire kids shouldn't be wearingKids are already dressing more innappropriately at young ages than ever before. Why would that reverse?>Video game ratings being taken seriouslyDoubt it. Based on what? Where's the current outrage about kids playing violent video games? If anything, it's died down a lot.>A big war and lots of men dyingIsn't enlistment also down quite a bit? Who's going to want to sign up for the military in a country that hates them? And to fight for the sake of who or what? Israel? Trans rights in the Middle East?
>>524308394It will happen mark my words. You saying it won't happen is like saying the lockdowns in 2020 will end in 2 weeks, or soldiers in wwi saying it'll be over by christmas.I don't know HOW the fuck we've literally been rebuilding the 20th century's history block by block, but baka we just are, and it's excruciatingly tarded.
