Every new generation tries to differ from the previous one. "So my folks eat food. We'll show them! We'll eat... We'll eat... SAND!"
The extreme competitiveness of modern society is really taking its toll on youth. It shows for example on steep increase in mental problems of teenagers and young adults. Although the increase can be partly explained by the fact that to go to therapy and seek for help for mental problems has lower threshold than before, but I know people who are in piss because they have gotten into a fast track even when studying or people who are depressed because they couldn't meet the expectations everybody set on them.
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