2020s the Reign of Narcissism ?

You must have missed the 90's and the Celtic money grab !

I find it different. In the late 90's' early 200's people were going mad on credit. Buying cars , lorries , tractors, houses. In 98 you'd swear people were on drugs and money was burning a hole in their pocket with no end to it.

The young people? In 1991, the most common word out of my then 3-year old niece's mouth was "MINE!!".

And are you forgetting The Former Guy? King of narcissism.

I think Covid really exacerbated it. I used to be very involved in the community and in my neighborhood, reporting problems to the guards and council, getting improvements that benefitted all of us and acting on antisocial behaviour'.

In the last two years, I have some neighbours that stopped parallel parking and just drive straight into a parking spot, then instead of parking up to the car in front, they reverse back, leaving 10 feet in front, then another lady started doing it, so now two other neighbours that work long shifts have no space to park in on that row. The thing is, they can do this, it's not against the law, but 'can' do something, does not mean you 'should'. It's lead to lots of issues and a complete lack of community in the area. It also drives down the value of houses, as now people see how few spaces there are when they want to buy here-given the limited parking spaces, this is a big issue.

I've spoken to a therapist that took two years off, he was tired of the narcissism and the way people do not want to accept responsibility for their actions. One lady was carrying in a recorder to have him saying things in her life were her responsibility, another guy took him to court , and won, for his wife leaving him after some sessions-this is just the tip of the iceberg, look at the rental crisis, landlords are leaving because tenants are not leaving their properties, other landlords are gouging tenants at a massive rate-this was happening on a much smaller level before when people acted, in some way, for the good of society.

what are "mom jeans" ? 🤔

It's an actual thing 😀

Ché T-shirt and Chanel belt buckle kind of nation. All.

As I sat in the canteen at work yesterday, alone, surrounded by young ones with Bluetooth headphones on and eyes fixed to tiny screens, I wondered what kind of distopia am I in.

(un)social media, decades of people getting well fcuked in regards their most critical of needs, housing, health care, rapidly rising precariousness of life in general etc etc, yea, id say its no wonder where we are.....

ive autism myself, and a lot of these behaviors are akin to the disorder, and its really not healthy for us, we are social beings, whether we like it or not, physical connection is absolutely critical for our well being, im not completely anti unsocial media, cause here i am on it, but too much, is simply that, but its clearly been designed towards our more addictive traits and nature, and thats not necessarily a good thing....

...im hearing more and more problems about the serious inability of younger generations to engage in traditional social interactions, which is causing some significant issues including in the work place, this is a problem...

no idea if thats pointed towards me, but im far from it, my generation is also knee deep in social media, and i frankly find it very very weird, boards is the only social media i do, ive enough addictions and a brain that just constantly tries to distract me....

...completely agree, and in line with the thread, theres a lot of narcissism in such.....

the very same WEF conspiracy theory anti-vaccine racist absolute nut jobs are out in force today with No/No to be fair

Please explain, how does 'ladder pulling upping' work and how did boomers leave us in a mess?

I honestly dont know anyone, of any generation, who would purposely destroy the environment, and most people are trying to do their own small bit to help, ie less car travel, more sustainable household habits, recycling, less printing, to name a few.

Some people are better at it allright, but tbf to older generations, they typically didn't have two car households or take several flights a year, or use tumble dryers, or buy fast fashion, or have groceries, food and products delivered, or constant tech upgrades, or even central heating and as for disposable everything - where to even start with that!

I'm sure there are numerous other conveniences we take for granted now that contribute to cc and thats not on boomers or older generations because they just didn't have excess stuff, that's on us. It's always easier to blame someone else though.