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Professor: Gen Z is Useless, Mentally Fragile, and Causing a ‘National Crisis’
The Lid ^ | 11 Jan 2023 | Jeff Dunetz

Posted on 01/12/2023 3:56:56 AM PST by maddog55

A New York professor says that Generation Z is too brittle and jeopardizes America’s future, especially if a war happens because they will be useless in combat.

Backing up that statement is, “Pentagon and Army Major Jon-Marc Thibodeau believe that Generation Z’s skeletons are weaker for various reasons. The dubbed “Nintendo Generation” has listed that a sedentary lifestyle has affected the skeletons of the current-day soldiers, making them easier to break when transitioning from a civilian lifestyle into the military.”

Gen Z has been raised to be addicted to pointless social media posts and to be whiny victims who have no love for traditions, family, or the United States.

“When you look at Americans born after 1995, you find that they have extraordinarily high rates of anxiety, depression, self-harm, suicide, and fragility,” Haidt told the paper. The article says, “He attributes this to the combination of social media and a culture that emphasizes victimhood.”

Terrible parenting also made Gen Z too “fragile” and unable to deal with the stress of adulthood.

(Excerpt) Read more at lidblog.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: generationz; snowflakes; triggerwarningneeded; youth
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To: maddog55

Nailed it!


21 posted on 01/12/2023 4:59:14 AM PST by who knows what evil? (Yehovah saved more animals than people on the ark...siameserescue.org)
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To: Hieronymus

Incels refuse to man up to the reality that many men live alone, especially feeling alone when around their own woman. It just is that women are socially superior, ie. much like animals prior the garden of Eden not needing to till the ground to grow and eat food, women do not need to work to get into relationships. Incels have refused that they would have to work for it.

Granted they were fed the feminist BS that men should be nice and sensitive in a world of ruthless females looking for thug partners, but they fully bought the “toxic masculinity” thing. The world does not realize that it actually is the feminine which is highly callous and toxic to anyone around it enough to see how even women drive each other crazy.

As the book saying goes, men kill people, women drive people crazy to kill people.


22 posted on 01/12/2023 5:07:12 AM PST by JudgemAll (Democrats Fed. job-security in hates:hypocrites must be gay like us or be tested/crucified)
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To: SaveFerris

They are easy to spot...man-buns/dreads/pony tails; pajama bottoms in public, vaping, and so forth.


23 posted on 01/12/2023 5:10:27 AM PST by who knows what evil? (Yehovah saved more animals than people on the ark...siameserescue.org)
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To: maddog55

My contact with Gen Z Christians leaves me mildly hopeful and encouraged.


24 posted on 01/12/2023 5:13:58 AM PST by lurk (u)
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To: maddog55

Well, to be sure, the military kind of did it to itself . This paradox of wanting easy to conform subordinates go hand in hand with mental illness conformity to specific categories of mental personality disorders. You cannot have a resilient person whose brain is bashable into deep state conformism the way top brass politicos do it, When General Dumpsey or Milley hate on retired officers criticizing them from a legit voting civilian sovereignty stand, you get what you get.

Should we also remind how the federal troops specifically attacked Indian tribes that solved their own family issues or systematically killed Southern prisoners who were family oriented.


25 posted on 01/12/2023 5:19:54 AM PST by JudgemAll (Democrats Fed. job-security in hates:hypocrites must be gay like us or be tested/crucified)
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To: EBH
Great post, but I think this goes back long before social media and smartphones.

If you were to go back and trace the roots of these pathologies, you’d probably find that they began to show up not long after it became commonplace for parents to put TVs in their kids’ bedrooms.

26 posted on 01/12/2023 5:26:37 AM PST by Alberta's Child ("It's midnight in Manhattan. This is no time to get cute; it's a mad dog's promenade.")
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To: maddog55

The 4 Facebook experiments occurred at a time when I saw really high suicide rates around my community. These kids were subjected to 4 of them.
Those kinds of long experiments may cause epigenetic harm to them that they cannot easily change, throw in their indoctrination and there you have it.
Biblically thinking, this is not gen z… this is a symptom of Godless people who defy even the most basic truths.
We allowed our kids to be experimented on, indoctrinated, while we pursued comfort.
We said it was for the kids, but looking back I would have to say, I lied to myself.
These kids are mostly of divorced parents, including my own… they witnessed a lot of bad solutions to common problems.
Let’s be real… we have and will continue to raise these kinds of children. The next generation really scares me though. So we are at the peak, if there is no change.


27 posted on 01/12/2023 5:34:00 AM PST by momincombatboots (QEphesians 6... who you are really at war with)
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To: maddog55
Ah, yes. The transitioning of America into the Eloi is nearly complete. And the Morlocks are swarming across our southern borders.

We're collapsing so fast it's almost comical.

28 posted on 01/12/2023 5:34:03 AM PST by LouAvul (Daniel 4:17: "..the most High ruleth in the kingdom of men, and giveth it to whomsoever he will.." )
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To: gundog
"How much more Change can the country take?"

Tu hablas espanol?

29 posted on 01/12/2023 5:36:25 AM PST by LouAvul (Daniel 4:17: "..the most High ruleth in the kingdom of men, and giveth it to whomsoever he will.." )
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To: JudgemAll

“”Should we also remind how the federal troops specifically attacked Indian tribes that solved their own family issues or systematically killed Southern prisoners who were family oriented.”’

Yes, as goofy as your posts are, at least explain this part.


30 posted on 01/12/2023 5:40:01 AM PST by ansel12 (NATO warrior under Reagan, and RA under Nixon, bemoaning the pro-Russians from Vietnam to Ukraine.)
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To: dforest

And we’re collapsing because of it. It is not without Design. Read my tagline.


31 posted on 01/12/2023 5:40:15 AM PST by LouAvul (Daniel 4:17: "..the most High ruleth in the kingdom of men, and giveth it to whomsoever he will.." )
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To: gundog

China’s army is probably preparing to come “liberate” us. It should be easy.


32 posted on 01/12/2023 5:41:01 AM PST by Empire_of_Liberty
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To: henkster

A friend of mine posted video recently of a young couple with a baby stroller. They left the stroller in a somewhat precarious position on the edge of a river bank with the wheels unlocked and 2 kids in it (awake and swinging their legs)while they climbed up the stairs on the bridge and took selfies of each other for 10-15 minutes. My friend was in horror and felt she couldn’t leave the scene until she knew the kids didn’t wind up in the river, so she stood nearby and filmed it. If you are familiar with San Antonio, you’ll know how easy it would have been for that to happen.


33 posted on 01/12/2023 5:41:07 AM PST by ponygirl (An Appeal to Heaven)
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To: maddog55; Lazamataz
"Hard times make strong men.
Strong men make good times.
Good times make weak men.
Weak men make hard times."

Here we are in the Decadent phase of Western Civilization when good times have produced weak men--and women and children.

The signs are everywhere.

America's weakness is not lost on America's enemies.

In fact, America's domestic enemies, i.e. America's Fifth Column, aided and abetted by America's enemies abroad, constantly encourage America's decadence and weakness. Their intention is to destroy the USA once and for all or to weaken the USA to the extent that they can seize her, with all her riches, for themselves, which is the same thing.

Their greedy hands are busy, and they salivate, as they see, for the first time in history, the real possibility of seizing America, with all her riches, for themselves and enslaving and exploiting The American People.

Many Americans are so weak, enfeebled by good times and luxury, emasculated, and brainwashed that they are unable to comprehend the danger which threatens them and their children--or the consequences of not defeating it.

In fact, some are so weakened, enfeebled, emasculated, and brainwashed that they can find no reason to survive, to have children, or to have a past or a future, which is the ultimate wretchedness of decadence.

The evil exploit this wretchedness.

Are there enough strong Americans--enough Americans who have not allowed themselves to be weakened like this--enough Americans who are strong, wise, and benevolent--to save the greatest nation in history--to save the government of The People, by The People, and for The People?

Only time will tell.

34 posted on 01/12/2023 5:43:38 AM PST by Savage Beast (Americans DESPISE the corrupt elites, their media toadies and their corruption of the US government!)
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To: ClearCase_guy

“They will be raising children soon...”

The word ‘raising’ suggests shared parental care, attention and responsibility. Right. More accurately, “they will be siring or bearing offspring soon.”


35 posted on 01/12/2023 5:45:12 AM PST by Clioman
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To: maddog55

Brainwashed idiots. When they aren’t in class being brainwashed, they are being brainwashed and programmed by late night, IDIOT TV.


36 posted on 01/12/2023 5:47:30 AM PST by FlingWingFlyer (Hey Amerika! The whole world is watching and laughing their asses off. )
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To: dforest

>>>The crisis is what we have allowed to happen because we are cowards who have sacrificed the kids to have material pleasure and that still comes first because we don’t want to sacrifice anything to fight it.

Simple as that.<<<

I think there is more to add. A young man today is in an inferior position than prior generations, especially Boomers and older in regards to being a husband, father and breadwinner. Young women in their 20s are generally more successful in the workforce I have read than young men. This is consistent with the war on boys that has been documented in the public school system. Despite anything women might say, facts are facts: They want a husband who is equal to or superior to them in earning power. Therefore, the more successful women get in the workforce there are fewer men that are able to be “husband material” in the eyes of these women.

And that’s assuming a young man desires a family. Going back to these young men being in an inferior position, not only are they finding it harder than the boomers to be the breadwinner they are in an inferior position in regards to what they get out of marriage. Do young men get the same benefits of prior generations? Nope. Can the typical young woman today offer the same benefits a young woman from 40 years ago offered a man? Of course not. These young women have been raised to be like men in so many facets of life. They are raised to go have careers and even sow their wild oats.

So young men find it harder to be attractive to women, get less out any union with one and of course run the risk of getting put through the divorce grinder at any moment said woman decides she’s not happy. 70% of divorces are imitated by women after all.

Living at home with parents playing video games is a natural response to the risk vs. reward dynamic life is offering these young men. That’s my two cents anyways.


37 posted on 01/12/2023 5:49:02 AM PST by BJ1
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To: maddog55

Part of a plan that started some time ago? Dr. Benjamin Spock got the ball rolling real good on this. Democrat policies are playing their part.

“Corrupt the young, get them away from religion. Get them interested in sex. Make them superficial, destroy their ruggedness. Get control of all means of publicity and thereby: Get the peoples’ mind off their government by focusing their attention on athletics, sexy books and plays, and other trivialities.

Divide the people into hostile groups by constantly harping on controversial matters of no importance. Destroy the people’s faith in their natural leaders by holding up the latter to ridicule, contempt and obloquy. Always preach true democracy but seize power as fast and as ruthlessly as possible. Encourage government extravagance, destroy its credit, produce fear with rising prices, inflation and general discontent.

Foment unnecessary strikes in vital industries, encourage civil disorders and foster a soft and lenient attitude on the part of government towards such disorders. By specious argument cause the breakdown of the old moral virtues: honesty, sobriety, continence, faith in the pledged word, ruggedness. Cause the registration of all firearms on some pretext, with the view of confiscating them and leaving the population defenseless.” ~Vladimir Lenin 1921.


38 posted on 01/12/2023 5:50:27 AM PST by Allegra
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To: maddog55
The blame is on their parents, not them.

That may be us.

We gotta bring them along, not write them off.

Remember, the Rats use generational division just as they use race, economic class, gender, and political affiliation, all in an effort to break up American society.

Remember, the older generation has been bitching about the younger one since the time of Socrates.

Don't take the Rats' bait.

39 posted on 01/12/2023 5:51:26 AM PST by caddie (We must all become Trump, starting now!)
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To: Right_Wing_Madman

What did Tolstoy say?

A lot of things can you be specific?


40 posted on 01/12/2023 5:54:46 AM PST by Jolla
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