Posted on 04/08/2025 10:41:11 PM PDT by Libloather
Ghosted on dating apps, rejected by colleges and passed over for jobs — rejection isn’t fleeting for Gen Z. In fact, it’s becoming a defining feature of their collective identity.
As young adults come of age in a culture shaped by hyper-curated digital existences, political tumult and cultural and economic instability, a new pattern has emerged: Gen Z is facing more rejections at more critical life stages than any recent generation.
What happens when the entire group begins to internalize “no” as the default response?
Author Delia Cai says Gen Z egos or their alleged “sense of entitlement” isn’t what’s at stake — rather, it’s “our expectation of agency in an increasingly mediated world.”
Last month, she wrote a Business Insider article telling the story of one largely anonymous Gen Zer named Em, recounting the hundreds of rejections they’ve faced while looking to pin down their next opportunity for a potential breakthrough.
Last month, she wrote a Business Insider article telling the story of one largely anonymous Gen Zer named Em, recounting the hundreds of rejections they’ve faced while looking to pin down their next opportunity for a potential breakthrough.
Living with a loved one while scraping by on a few hundred dollars a month from contract work, Em lamented living a life they feel is “not worth living at the moment.”
But Em isn’t alone, and the article explores the rejection factor that may be largely fueling many of the titles Gen Zers wear to make them the “unhappiest generation.”
(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...
Let me ask you, why is that the case?
It is different in a society that is more robust. Such as Israel.
Not really
Yes. Really.
“For several decades in the United States, obesity correlates with income - the poorer you are, the more obese you are.”
Ask yourself why that is.
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conscription in the military?
The thing is, the GOOD ones don't make STUPID Tik Toc videos, so those without Gen Z children/grandchildren, other family members, neighbors...blame ALL for what they have read and/or seen.
There are actually plenty of Gen Zers out there who are the 100% opposite of those being complained about/complaining. And yes, I DO know some and about many others.
And I can say the same thing about many Millennials!
There were many times, almost everywhere, when men did NOT marry until they were settled, so they were older than the women they married.
Though there have ALWAYS been "loose girls/women", that was NOT the norm.
And EVERYONE has never been married, no matter what era one cares to talk about!
The "leaders" of the HIPPY crap were, all but one, RED DIAPER BABIES/stinking commies! And it was the Commie desire to wreck America/American culture and traditions, via getting rid of people dressing well, having good manners, religious beliefs, FAMILY, and all traditions. This went onto full swing in the mid 1960s and the seeds of this, sown back then, have brought us to where we are today!
Don't blame schools for all of it; BLAME THE BAD PARENTS!
There really are very good Gen Zers and yes, Millennials too, out there. Kids and adults who have jobs, want to get married and have children/are married and have children, and who are NOTHING at all like the bad ones being talked about constantly.
Drop me a FRmail and I'll explain.
It does not bode well for our future.
“ And I can say the same thing about many Millennials!”
I have two. Both turned out well.
Hard to imagine forcing them into the military wouldn’t fix their problem.
Good for you; you raised then well!
Good question. I would guess a lack of faith in the future. Are sentiments so different in Israel?
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