I hate to be that person that's like "omg what kids like these days is poisoning them!" Especially because I come from the Mortal Kombat generation, but between Mr Beast, social media and shit like Roblox turning every hobby into a hussle I have to wonder what effect this will have on them.

Capitalism preying on kids was bad enough when I was a kid in the 90s and 00s (and from what I've seen from 80s cartoons, the generation before mine was pretty bad too), but it's a whole other level now.

Collapse is hitting hard and is only going to get worse though, so it is possible they'll go left.

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[–] Thordros@hexbear.net 23 points 4 weeks ago

Having The Talk with your kids nowadays is explaining how, no, that streamer for your latest cool game does not want you download a "companion app" to get free uWu Pointz. They're going to burn out your GPU mining CmTwnCn, the latest and greatest in cryptocurrency. And Mom has to pay the power bill on top of replacing the computer.