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What is the most unhappiest generation?
Natalia J 521321Nov 21, 24
The report reveal that Gen Z (aged 15-24) are unhappy. Young people these days are the most discontent, with many experiencing 'midlife crises'. What is your experience? What is the most unhappiest generation?
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  • Today's generation. I say this as a Baby Boomer.
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    • I don't know but I don't seem to be as happy as I was twenty years ago, probably just me, but I do things like I did twenty years ago,
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      • Can you really single one generation out life comes with hurdles it depends weather you go over ,under or around your life woes. Plenty of help these days as the current generation seem to like Phycology at school and Uni and more Mental health agencies.
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        • The new Gen Z is unhappy because there is no longer any order in this world is my opinion. Everything has come unhinged.
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          • Pinpoint it down to those people from all generations that dont give a s..t!!
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            • first of all, whomever came up with "Generations" is a deranged person or group and why do they label people of whom they do not know or care about? I thought the aspects of what everyone wants today is equality and nobody should be identified as different - totally confusing and may be a reason for some of the issues in the world..................
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              • I don’t understand Gen Z or their parents they so disconnected they don’t know whether they are human or furries!!!
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                • Yes lord Gen Z they are all invert the place nowadays!
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                  • Gen Z might seem to be less content with life compared to their predecessors. The former generations have already set the stage for them. They have no choice but to act according to the prepared environment. When they reach golden years, however, they could prove to be the happiest generation of all.
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                    • Baby boomers
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                      • I think the baby boomers.
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                        • I don’t know about the happiest, but the ones on here complaining about the younger generations seem to be the whiniest.
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                          • being 81 years young I'm happy & enjoying life
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                            • no idea
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                              • With the technological advancement, Gen Z had embraced more technology to solve their day-to-day problems, therefore, they got far away from reality. I mean not having down-to-earth experiences in solving day-today issues. As a result, they were kind of lost in the real world. In such circumstances, naturally, they were unhappy. Also, they didn't know how to ask for help and advice from their parents or elders. Mental health incidents, unhappy life styles, and disappointments were the results, I believe.
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                                • Thank you guys for endorsing my view, I had personal experience of this, it’s pathetic, but that’s the way it is! Some youngsters forget how they were brought up by their parents. All of a sudden they fly to an unknown world, completely new and get lost in their own problems! It’s pathetic but we cannot help. They are fine individuals no argument about it, but sadly, completely lost in touch with real world!
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                              • I generate happiness every morning that I wake, especially in my cats who wake me up at 3am for first brekky….lol
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                                • The Lost Generation (born 1883-1900) ... because they're no longer here. 😛
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                                  • Gen Z, they can't even tell what sex they are.
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                                    • You hit the nail right on the head there John
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                                  • I think every one got happy and sad life ,I feel that what ever I got it I will enjoy my self try my best way
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                                    • It should read Unhappiest generation or most unhappy generation, the most is redundant
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                                      • I agree all generations have had their problems, thgis current group have been pampered and become tthe me me generation. When Ileft scholl there were no schoolies breaks it was straight into work. Uni was for the kids of wealthy parents, I worked 8.30 to 4.30 then went to nightschool 3 nights a week to get qualifications, no car andd parent didnt drive us everywhere those days but it didntt do any harm, just made us stronger and appreciate what we have. This generation is just too soft and pampered.
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                                        • Enjoy the gifts that life brings to you, because you are a long time dead!
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                                          • The next door neighbors child who is 15, likes to come over and play my computer. I have all the good games. But I notice that while he is waiting 30 seconds for the game to load, he will play on his I-Pad because the wait is excruciating!!! My nephew who is 23 is addicted to online dating. He dates what I would consider really nice girls but he ditches them after a short time. "I can do better!" He has been unemployed for 5 years since leaving school. "There are no jobs!" I offered to pay for a college education as a early inheritance. "I'm not wasting 4 years of my time, I've got better things to do!" God help this generation.
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                                            • Every generation has it's ups and downs. Opportunities change, opportunities missed, timing is off, permissions denied. Little knowledge of yesterday no imagination for tomorrow. The occupants of every generation are the most unhappy until they realize that most of their dreams are dashed and they understand why.
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                                              • I think all generations have had happiness problems but it just wasn’t talked about like it is now days
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                                                • I think all generations have challenges but the more we have the more unhappy we seem to become
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                                                  • the moslyt unhappiest generation are the young ones of today as time goes by it doesn't get any easier. if you pay attention to detail the first words comes out of their mouths I'M BORED. That non caring attitude. no respect, and much more. They think they are living in a world of their own and as long they have technology items thats all that matters.
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                                                    • Not the ones I know.
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                                                    • I remember uttering those words very often when I was young. I am 71 years now. I find it difficult to believe that anyone is bored in these modern times. On a different subject, I was just thinking yesterday about the next generation and their electricity/power bills. There is a government subsidy presently to encourage people to install solar batteries. I am sure that many people will be taking up this offer, which means whoever lives in those homes after we have gone will be living cheaply as far as electricity goes.
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                                                  • I think it’s not a generational thing but an outlook thing
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                                                    • Always look on the bright side of things, anyway happiness is good but contentment lasts longer
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                                                  • I have a grandchild in that age group & she is a very happy girl . She studies,works part time has a good relationship with her sister & the rest of the family.I think most young people spend too much time on 'phones
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                                                    • I wouldn't say a particular generation. Each generation is going to be completely different from the previous with new technology, cost of living and so much more which can become an issue with previous generations. Maybe Gen Z are unhappy because they are "up to date" with everything new and they need to try and help the previous generations learn.
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                                                      • Why does it need to be a generation? I would say all Ukrainians, any one living in a dictatorship country, any one in jail, any one who has lost some one they loved child, partner, parent etc etc any one that has to look after some one who is ill, becomes ill at any stage in life with any disease and there are plenty to choose from. Some one suffering from drug abuse, alcoholics, gamblers when they loose. Some one with mental health issues and the list may go on and on and on. Sorry don't have all day and I am sure you don't either so lets just say we can all be unhappy when the time arises and it is how we deal with life at those times is what matters. Some don't make it out alive because life is cruel and can be unforgiving and people whom have had enough can not handle another thing end theirs, which is so final and such a loss. Very sad in deed and there is help out there they just need to ask for it. Lets hope they do.
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                                                        • The most spoiled are unhappy as they grow up. I don't really think I need to even explain because everyone has some young person coming of age that expects things that we would of only vaguely dreamed of but would never of expected. They expect things to just be given to them. There is no understanding of struggle making the rewards all the more valuable.
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                                                          • What report was that, and what criteria was used to determine that?
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                                                            • This is a silly question, most people are unhappy at times. Those that have the easist life are probably the most unhappy, that covers all generations. I agree with this
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                                                              • With what is going on in the world today I am not surprised. But it would have been the same many years ago also, my father was in world war 2 so I am sure the young ones back then wouldn't have it easy either.
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                                                                • This generation is full of technologies
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                                                                  • This generation...depression,,wars,hate ,no money ,inflation,not much to be happy about
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                                                                    • Young people start at an early age such as 13 with peer pressure, changes in there lives. And if yheybdont have the loving, support of there perants they could face the difficulty of unhappy and that couldn't be a big impact on there future while trying to find out who you are and what to become in life. 13-24 years
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                                                                      • just take a look how they talk to each other.
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                                                                        • The eighties were great with all the singers .Michael
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                                                                          • The "entitled" ones but it doesn't stop at 24.
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                                                                            • hard to answer as all generations have bad times. wars, covid, job loses etc
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                                                                              • This generation. The world is in bad shape. Covid started depression. Now everyone needs to get therapy.
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                                                                                • Agree,my youngest at 18 is one . Don't get me wrong,he has friends,a healthy lifestyle. Just what they have been through until now ( fires,covid,massive inflation)as kids,but the realisation as adults that most will not own their own home,coping with bills,transport.
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                                                                                  • the young ones think they are special
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                                                                                    • I believe today's generation is the unhappiest. I believe it is because that God was taken out of the schools, because of the so called gender situation, and because of the corrupt elites that have been in control for years.
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                                                                                      • I agree.
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                                                                                        • What generation wrote the report?
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                                                                                          • I'm too unhappy to give an answer...
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                                                                                          • Maybe it is yet to come because we are ruining the planet for future generations
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                                                                                            • All generations had/have unhappy times in one way or another.
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                                                                                              • If they are then it is all of their own making. Greed and blatant Self Interest, Self-obsession are the causes. They want, no they think, they are entitled to it all Now, even if they know they can't afford it. What possible reason could a couple of this generation really need some sort of huge mansion, some with more Bathrooms than there are bedrooms, Garages big enough to hold 3 or 4 cars and, of course those cars Must be "Top of the Range". Housing price have gone through the roof thenks to this generation and then they start enlessly whinging as to how "The Government" - READ: Other Taxpayers - should help them out! Grow Up!
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                                                                                                • A fundamental truth is that one is not entitled to anything in life and comparing one to the other is not the way to go either individually and/or generationally. A simpler life, removing the gadgets, witnessing nature and feeling gratitude will rejuvenate oneself. All one has is the present.moment. It is called contentment, a state of happiness and satisfaction.
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                                                                                                  • who made the report in the first place. Maybe they were just older than 24 and don't know how to measure happy in those generations. Life is life, and anyone measures their own emothions. Sad Happy Anger and so forth. It is not some one elses decision to make. Someone can learn a new type of happiness, or loose a type of happiness they once had, but they can not be happier than they are if they never knew it in the first place.
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                                                                                                  • I have no idea but I think it's the 30 something the antifa
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                                                                                                    • When you start criticizing others and look for the unhappy generation.
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                                                                                                      • If they got off their phones they would enjoy life more
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                                                                                                      • This one, for sure! They don't know what 'play' is anymore, just iPhone games! They are probably the least happy and healthy generation we've ever had in history! They went through COVID-19, and isolation, they are bullied and body shamed on Social Media! My God, please save them from themselves! 😭
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                                                                                                        • In this case 3rd world must be a lot happier if they're not using smart phones.
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                                                                                                        • writerrochelleDaniel A 2
                                                                                                          If you're being sarcastic, I think, yes, they are much happier. Your life is what you make of it. If you're not being sarcastic, I apologize for thinking you were! ;-D
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                                                                                                      • This question is ridiculous. There is no unhappiest generation. There are just happy & unhappy people from all eras all generations.
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                                                                                                        • Such a hard question to truly answer- all generations are filled with unhappy people. I'm content with knowing how to live humbly and find pleasures in the simpler things in life. As I'm almost 😊60, I've embraced the idea of living "in reverse" (setting aside finances to deal with the inevitable and reducing debts, unneccessary travels and negative engagements). Blessings to all who try to be positive in this one life we live!
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                                                                                                          • Thank you Glenice! Best wishes to you as well!
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                                                                                                        • Yes young people now days tend to.concentrate more on mobiles then having a happy outgoing activities.
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                                                                                                          • I dont want to tag any as the most unhappiest as I believe that everyone in some way makes their own fun and you should always try to look on the bright side
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                                                                                                            • I dont have any all my grandkids are happy so I have no idea
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                                                                                                              • Not Gen X. And life is too short to be unhappy. 🙂
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                                                                                                                • from the scientific research, todays and last 2 geneations have been brainwashed into thinking they are an endangered species, which the world owes them everything. All generationg have unhappy people but those 40 and under seem to be majority unhappy and wanting more REALLY said to see how they have been destroyed by education, and poor pitiful me promotion.
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                                                                                                                  • The Gen Z have not struggled enough to realize they ought to be happy
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                                                                                                                    • That's what happens when you are told by grifters that the world owes you something and you grow up getting rewards for just participating. When you leave the present day cottonball world of social media youth you get the shock of your life when you enter the real world and realise nobody owes you anything and rewards are based on hard work.
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                                                                                                                      • Gen z he she me them all in one person gotta be confusing
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                                                                                                                        • This is a silly question, most people are unhappy at times. Those that have the easist life are probably the most unhappy, that covers all generations.
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                                                                                                                          • I think social media is a major cause of people being unhappy, because you often see highly edited distorted versions of reality, and has very little to do with whatever generation you are from.
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                                                                                                                            • What sort of question is that? Such a miserable topic.
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                                                                                                                              • every generation unhappy
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                                                                                                                                • we have gen z/alpha/x and boomers in the same house we are all happy where we are as far as I know, we are all in different stages of growth in our lives dealing with the issues we along with others deal with, it depends on how you deal with them to the state of your happiness, in our house we concentrate on today and tomorrow yesterdays are forgotten along with any problems that existed
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                                                                                                                                  • This one is, at least in the Western world, because it is confused with conflicting attitudes in expressing reflections of realities, some of which are, in fact, not so. Previous generations did not have this kind of environment, which was more stable that way.
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                                                                                                                                    • I’m not sure that any generation is happier than the other! It’s taken me a lifetime of hard lessons in this school of life that true happiness comes from within! Every generation that I’ve been a part of as a baby boomer, has had its share of challenges…
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                                                                                                                                      • ANED THEY WILL B EVEN LEESWS HAPPY THAT TRUMP IS THERE DICKTATGOR
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                                                                                                                                        • I like this song about the millennials because most them I know are a lot like this song, Generation Z I know work and have kids and most are for them most part pretty content. My grandson works he is 27, 5 granddaughters all work with jobs and doing pretty well. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZthGh758pYY A lot of those in the Millennial group are like this song.
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                                                                                                                                          • Anything that brings a smile, is good!
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                                                                                                                                        • I think the Millennials are more unhappy than Gen Z. I have a lot of Gen Z Grandchildren and most of them are happy and I know for a fact 8 of them voted for DJT I think inner city and suburban Gen Z might not be as happy or content as rural kids who live out on farms, ranches, dairies, orchards and the like and a lot of them don't spend as much time on their phones. They have chores to do as well as if in school home work and not as much time on their hands. They are involved in school sports, FFA and 4-H
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                                                                                                                                          • The children from the 60s
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                                                                                                                                            • Any generation that is obsessed with phones to the detriment of being able to socialise.
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                                                                                                                                              • BABY BOOMER'S WERE HAPPY COMPARED TO GENERATION HOW I SEE IT, TIMES HAVE CHANGED FOR THE WORST..
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                                                                                                                                                • Because they are always on their phones and don't know how to talk to people and look around them to see all the nice things around them this is called life
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                                                                                                                                                  • Darn phones,need to climb the pole like Mr Douglas on green acreres
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                                                                                                                                                • That is not true. Regardless of when you were born, We were born happy. The problem is , we perceived ourselves to have every things. We take anything by hook or by crook. And if we do NOT get it we became unhappy. And why is that ? Our children are the copies of ourselves. If you are happy with small things, they will be too. If you steal they will steal. Generation Z is a separation of who stole what, and who killed who. Remember God created human in his IMAGE. Happy image
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                                                                                                                                                  • UNFORTUNATELY, I am a baby boomer. I would say baby boomers are the 'unhappiest generation of all-time'. Our god is MONEY. We based our happiness on how wealthy we are. We are ruthless and unethical in acquiring WEALTH! Baby boomers have the same qualities that ROBBER BARONS generation worship (the wealthiest and most infamous generation in the history of generations - known today as OLD MONEY)!
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                                                                                                                                                    • I too am a Baby Boomer and so is my husband and a lot of our friends and we are not obsessed with money and wealth at all. We are all of pretty happy as well but also all of us are rural America and we keep busy. No one I know sought after wealth of a lot of Boomers I know about or went to school with.
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                                                                                                                                                    • For some maybe, a baby boomer myself growing up in rural NZ, we had humble beginnings and were taught the value of money, learning to be contented with enough…
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                                                                                                                                                    • Yes I was taught to make do and do without and we don't have umpteen credit cards and no major debt
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                                                                                                                                                  • I disagree. My sons' and their friends are Gen Z, along with my nieces and nephews. All work, all do some type of fitness regime, and pay their own bills. Was this report based on those who simply look at screens and go woe is me? The Gen Z I know are too busy to be discontented.
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                                                                                                                                                    • Gen Z has no money.
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                                                                                                                                                      • I would say people in their 20s are the least happy. They're done school and can't get the job they trained for. They take a lower-paying job and can barely make ends meet; many sharing homes. They're old enough to realize that just when they feel like they're getting ahead, inflation and greed by higher-ups keep getting a decent car or buying a home a dream that's likely not going to come to fruition. They see the news, read social media, remember covid and how hopeless it all seemed. They're deciding to not have kids in this world of so much chaos. They have to learn to be patient and settle for less, for now, and pray things turn around for them. I truly feel bad for them. All hope is not lost, but for many, it seems to be. But for Jesus
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                                                                                                                                                      • Gen Z they have a long way to go and need to find happiness
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                                                                                                                                                        • Those who have yet to realize happiness is a choice will not be truly happy until they realize that
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                                                                                                                                                          • When we unable to express ourselves clearly in at least one language...we are bound to be unhappy..its like you know..you know...I goes ...and he goes...OMG...WTF...she goes, she goes.... and it should read "Which is the most unhappy generation...." .....I know...I know....let's all just take some time out....chill.... stare mindlessly at our phones for a while....that's really going to help!!...right?...zombies....scary zombies...... I wish everyone had read 1984
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                                                                                                                                                            • IKWYM....you are spot on.
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                                                                                                                                                            • A better book to read is THE PRINCE written by Niccolo Machiavelli in the 16th century!
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                                                                                                                                                            • Great book . I read it for school report as did my 30year old son and 18year old son. Modern day classic that should be standard reading for all students.
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                                                                                                                                                            • Danielle R 478487BLACK LIVES MATTER
                                                                                                                                                              sounds very interesting
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                                                                                                                                                          • The baby boomers (I was born in 1949, a century after the Gold Rushes to CA, AK and Canada) minority parasites! They are now seniors like me and thank Kami Biden's hand-picked jackass Spooky Harris did not win! She and Biden wanted to cut SS payments in half and not help anyone senior unless they were black or in a minority group. Trumpy forever! Attn freeloading minorities and other parasites! The joyride is over! Now we US Veterans and seniors will get what we earned that were stolen by you! 20 January 2025 cannot come soon enough for us!
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                                                                                                                                                            • I think Gen Z. They have expectations far beyond reality. The girls are not happy with the way they look and use fillers etc. to enhance themselves and only end up looking like plastic dolls all similar. The boys are aggressive and rude and have no respect for women. Both go on line from a young age and bully others.They want everything now and expect their parents to give it to them. At least when we were their age we worked, saved, respected ourselves, parents and others and laughed without having to take a pill. Instead of enjoying each others company they have their heads in the phones. Glad my children are adults and not growing up in this era.
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                                                                                                                                                              • GenZ definitely. They seem to me to be very selfish band only caring about themselves. The ones i know think 🤔 the 🌎 owes them everything. Life is not like that they will learn that lesson as they get older hopefully
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