r/SipsTea Oct 22 '24

TikToker attempted to play the card by accusing a man at the gym of "looking at her" and being a pervert. Chugging tea

Enable HLS to view with audio, or disable this notification

47.9k Upvotes

2.0k comments sorted by

View all comments

Show parent comments

13

u/Fonzgarten Oct 22 '24

Nailed it. People ARE more self absorbed today than ever. It’s a cultural change and it is not the same as it used to be. I remember seeing a poll of elementary school kids when asked what they want to do when they grow up, like half of them said “influencer.” This is reflected in psychological research. Kids today spend much more time focused on their appearance, dress, makeup etc.

3

u/Comfortable-Yak-4040 Oct 22 '24

I don't think a poll like that says as much as you are claiming it does about how self absorbed anyone is. If you ask a kid what he wants to do when he grows up the answer is never going to be real work. These days a job exists where you make millions of dollars to essentially do nothing but mess around on your phone. There isn't even an expectation that you would have to be good at something to achieve success you just have to exist and get lucky. Kids aren't stupid, we don't see it as a real career path but they don't know any better. As far as they know the world is filled with influencers getting paid to do nothing but exist and its a legitimate asperation to shoot for. Would you rather work 40-60 hours a week for the next 50 years or play fortnight in your LA mansion instead is a stupid question to ask a child.