Elder Millenials, Xennials, even younger Millenials will understand that what we are going through is difficult, but almost incomprehensible.

There is this tremendous realization, for the few of us capable of not scrolling endlessly, of what we lost. I believe this is what's causing the immense political upheaval and anger between men and women. The System isn't working, and it's gotten so bad that I think trying to do anything is genuinely better than what it is now.

Yes, anyone can be recorded, which then dictates social norms for many who want to remain silent. This forces us to never be too open about our interests, and the few which are open about them, often are only doing what is acceptable within a subculture. And even then, it's likely to be laughed off by people not from those subcultures.

Now, because we are poorer, we mostly gamble what our meager pay gives us, on prediction markets and Gacha games. Some poor fellows even pay for steamers, or for Onlyfans girls and "believe the Sex Worker was into them" so to speak.

It's lonely, nobody wants to speak out publicly about their interests, those that do, often do so out of anger and are jeered off.

So, no wonder our mental health issues are terrible compared to the past. We're not even facing people most of the time.