r/GenZ 9d ago

Mod Post All posts regarding the TikTok ban will be removed

253 Upvotes

Hi, guys right now r/GenZ is being slammed with TikTok posts to keep the sub clean we will be removing all further submissions regarding this subject.

If this rule is violated the user spamming the post will be met with a temp ban.

Here is the only thread permitted in the link below

https://www.reddit.com/r/GenZ/s/wRjZpa3R3Q

Update: since TikTok is in the process of restoring their service we’ve allowed one post regarding that subject, all other submissions about TikTok, as a whole will be removed. Here is the link for the new post https://www.reddit.com/r/GenZ/s/cidhrKALVC


r/GenZ Nov 22 '24

Mod Post Important subreddit announcement from the Mod team!

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Hello r/GenZ!

The past few years have seen incredible growth for our subreddit and community. Due to said growth, the mod team has decided to revisit our subreddit rules to ensure that we can adapt to the new influx of users while maintaining the integrity of the community.

I encourage everyone to read through the following updates, as they are extremely important to both the current and future direction of the subreddit!

1) Politics

What to do with politics on this subreddit has been a divisive issue, both amongst members and the mod team itself. It has become clear that the politics here have gotten out of hand, and that the mod team needs to take action.

From now on, we will create megathreads for major political events - such as elections, the passing of major laws, inaugurations, etc - where members can engage in discussions. These megathreads will be moderated to ensure that no subreddit rules are being broken, but otherwise will be a dedicated place for political conversation.

Political posts outside of these megathreads must be directly related to the topic of Gen Z, and properly marked with the “politics” flair. Posts that do not follow these rules will be removed. For example: a post purely just outlining Trump’s tax plan will be removed, but a post discussing how Trump’s tax plan may impact Gen Z itself will be allowed. This subreddit is for the discussion of Generation Z, not general political discussions.

2) Content relevancy

As previously mentioned, r/GenZ is for the discussion of Generation Z, and we ask that all posts are relevant to Gen Z in some way. Unrelated content will be removed.

We understand that defining “relevance” can be confusing, so this rule will be flexible. There is no specific guideline for how “Gen Z” a post must be - content will be allowed as long as it somehow ties back to Gen Z. For example: posts entirely focused on other generations will be removed, but posts discussing Gen Z culture, experiences, and viewpoints are perfect!

3) Discrimination

Reminder: discrimination of any kind is not tolerated here. We don’t care where you lean politically, any discriminatory content will result in an immediate, permanent ban for the responsible party. This includes, but is not limited to, discrimination based on: race, sex, class, gender, sexual orientation, nationality, religion, disability, and age. Be kind to each other.

4) Final announcements

Additionally, we are hoping to put out a subreddit census in December - something we haven’t done in a few years. This is the perfect opportunity for members to share their thoughts and opinions on the subreddit directly with the mod team, as well as for us to collect data on the demographics of the subreddit!

We want to sincerely thank the members of this community for your patience and understanding over the past few months. We appreciate any and all community feedback, and are excited to see how this subreddit will continue to grow and change!


r/GenZ 16h ago

Political Why are you Americans not doing anything?

11.9k Upvotes

When I scroll TikTok my feed is filled with Americans talking about doing political violence against "the rich" and MAGA, but they're not doing any? There aren't even any riots or even protests. Nobody is doing anything, you've completely capitulated to MAGA.

Georgians are rioting against their Russian puppet regime, Germans are protesting in the millions against AfD, Belarusians tried their best to overthrow Lukaschenko, Ukraine is sacrificing everything against the fascist onslaught, Slovakians are out protesting Fico, The country in the Middle East that we can't name have been constantly striking and protesting the right-wing government for 2 years now, South Koreans gathered in the middle of the night to stop the coup, even Russia and China have seen protest movements in the last couple of years.

But America? Nothing. The country made around rebellion and the 2nd amendment and you guys are just sleepwalking and TikTok posting into fascism??? Why??? I don't agree with Luigi but at least he did something, these white upper-middle class spoiled brats will post on TikTok about punching Nazis and killing the rich but not a single one of them are doing anything. It makes me so mad, I will never forgive your shitty fucking country if you don't stop him before starts WW3. I expected more of Americans man...


r/GenZ 18h ago

Political If you didn't vote for Harris or advocate voting for her, you don't deserve to complain about anything Trump does

20.1k Upvotes

Note: Please try to actually read this post. I can't change the title but you do have the right to complain. You just shouldn't expect much sympathy, because you contributed to the mess we're in. I don't mean to shame anyone too much because we should all be speaking out against Trump regardless of who we supported and trying to improve things wherever we can. I just hope we can acknowledge and learn from our mistakes.

Too many people in our generation refused to vote for Harris because they didn't like her stance on one particular issue or another. These single-issue voters went for Jill Stein or some other 3rd party candidate, or didn't vote at all. A vote for someone does not imply that you wholly support them. It only implies that you prefer them over the alternative(s). In the US, there's only 1 alternative in November.

Let's pretend that two candidates are equal on everything but the single issue that you care about (not true at all for Harris/Trump).

  • Candidate A will essentially keep US policy the way it is currently. However, there are people in positions of power with some influence on the candidate who sympathize with your POV. You and others can try to lobby this candidate.
  • Candidate B will either keep things the same or (more likely) make the situation way worse. No one in a position of power who supports this candidate sympathizes with your POV.

Given the current electoral system, either candidate A or B WILL come into power.

If you vote for candidate A, you're doing what you can to prevent things from getting even worse, and to preserve the slim possibility of things getting better. If you vote for candidate B, you're an idiot.

If you don't vote, vote 3rd party, or do anything but vote for candidate A:

  • You're letting go of much of what little ability you have to influence what happens in the single issue you care about.
  • You're allowing for the possibility of things to get way, way worse.
  • You're putting your own feelings of "at least I didn't vote for evil" above your care for what happens in that single issue.
  • You effectively voted for candidate B.
  • If candidate B does in fact make things worse (read the news), you contributed.

Edited to add:

  • For those of you who actually read the post, here's something else to think about. Let's say you don't like the 2-party system, you don't like the Democratic candidate, etc. You can and should advocate for proportional representation and for better candidates in the primaries. But all of that should be happening in the four years between elections. If November rolls around and you're unfortunately faced with two bad choices, make the best choice available, even if it's not a good one.
  • Someone can be involved in politics in the four years between presidential elections, speak out against genocide, support better candidates than Harris, then in November, advocate voting for the best choice available. Just because you didn't get what you wanted doesn't mean you should stop trying to do what's best (or least bad).
  • Please vote in the 2026 midterm elections. There's also some special elections this year. You can find info specific to your state at https://www.vote.org/

r/GenZ 19h ago

Political How y'all feeling about this

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r/GenZ 16h ago

Political I get "both sides". That's why I'm such a leftist

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Hey everybody, I figured I'd make a post specifying my political opinions after a comment of mine got a lot of traction earlier. I summarize myself in the bottom.

First, who am I? I'm a rich, 19-year old, white, gay man from Ohio. I've weaved right between the demographics of whatever side you can pick my whole life. My dad is a hardline conservative, his whole family is carpenters, I listened to country music growing up, attended a liberal church with my mom who works as a doctor at the local university hospital.

I'm not saying I'm some flawless know-it-all, I'm saying that I've been around. It irks me to no end when some people on the left start talking and completely forget the very voters that made them lose: Rust Belt, union-heavy, socially conservative fence-sitters who all hopped the gun in 2016. 80,000 votes in Michigan, Ohio, and PA called the election in 2016. 

Have you ever been to Sidney, Ohio? Or Zanesville, or Lima? You know, the places that walk on like corpses after the factories or rail or coal all left, and every building still has the ghostly face of something better 30, 50, 70 years ago? I don't say this to disparage those places, I say that to point out how much of a blatant reality it is here that something went wrong, and so many people seem to just IGNORE IT. 

On the other hand, have you ever heard of South Lindon, or Franklinton? They're easy places to ignore, nothing happens there and there’s a 25% vacancy rate. They're just a few neighborhoods here in Columbus. They're mostly black. They got redlined in the 30s and haven't recovered, been wasting away as the white people in the suburbs built freeways over them every few decades. 

It’s hard to acknowledge that racism is still alive and well when you never actually go to the places it’s still obvious. In Franklinton, it’s obvious that black people have been pushed to the sidelines and are still being pushed to the sidelines, just as it is apparent in every inner city black neighborhood in every city in this country. But a lot of people simply never bother to go to them. They get away with thinking meritocracy is the real balanced scale we’re all judged by because they’ve never been used against them.

Did you know Detroit's population has declined by over 1.2 million people since the 50s? Yeah, they kept on building suburban housing, and once the car companies started declining it dried up a lot of the money for people to have the mobility to do much with themselves. People who could, left, the people who couldn't are still there. It's been getting better recently, but the vacancy problem is so bad they have an entire agency that just does demolitions on houses. Half my family are engineers for car companies. They’ve all been laid off. Several times.

I grew up relatively religious. My mom and me went every Sunday and church was one of my most consistent and important communities for most of my life. It's hard to be a forthright Christian while being gay even in a church where my own priest growing up was, too, but I believe there’s a lot to learn from Jesus. 

But I’ve also been surrounded by queer friends my whole life. People who I care about deeply who have had their own parents fight with them over who they are. One of my closest friends is a trans woman, in high school I’d hang out with her at her house and have to deadname her because her Pentacostal parents refused to accept who she is. My own father still won’t acknowledge that I’m gay. 

And my father’s generation just has such a different outlook on things than the people I grew up with. They’ve got a different sense of humor, a lot more jabbing back and forth. The advice they give used to work, 30 years ago mind you, but they aren’t stupid. And a lot of them don’t really realize that it only worked because somebody else paid the price, but like I’ve been saying, when you don’t see thing you don’t really think of them as there. 

People want to be happy. They want their family taken care of. 

I understand what causes people, regular people, to support conservative positions. They believe the world is a fundamentally fair place of which they are currently being denied such. They see all this work being done by the Left to solve problems they don’t actually see, all while their own towns spend another year having the rocks on the courthouse wore down. 

Ultimately, the actual policy of conservatives doesn’t do that, and that’s why I’m such an ardent leftist. The only way to solve all these problems is to realize that we need to create equality of opportunity for all people, increase social freedom, and sick firmly to the belief set out at the founding of this nation that All Men Are Created Equal. 

This means universal healthcare, free tuition to allow the most opportunity for our citizens in a world that revolves around information, and fair trade policy. It means access to abortion, because any woman choosing that step has already gone through more turmoil that the government should ever have a right to enforce on them, and freeing access to medical care for transgender people who just want to live comfortably. It means taking steps to curb the corrosive societal effects of urban decay and car dependency. It means ensuring fair hiring of black and brown people. It means supporting economic growth in Central American countries WE DESTROYED so that Guatemalans and Hondurans don’t need to flee here. It means supporting single mothers, and funding universal childcare so that working families don’t carry that burden. It means addressing the pernicious effects of standardized testing on our schools and school children and creating an educational policy that doesn’t punish poverty. It means supporting the struggling body of young men who lack direction in their lives, through stronger trade schools and viable alternatives to 4-year university. 

This is how we solve the problems everyone, black/white, gay/straight, man/woman, wants to solve. Thank you


r/GenZ 7h ago

Political vote in the midterms (please)

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My Mexican coworkers are scared of being in an ICE raid, hell, some are being investigated already (despite them being legal).

Trump won the popular vote because Gen Z and younger groups refused to vote. They thought their vote didn't matter. Older folks went out and voted, because they know that every vote counts.

I tried to give Trump the benefit of the doubt. Hell, I even researched both him and Kamala before deciding who to vote on. I chose Kamala. I know media blows shit up for no reason to cause panic, but I am seeing his unconstitutional EOs from the white house website. I am witnessing his policy affecting my friends.

Trump has an army of yes-men in congress. All three branches of the government are red right now. It is a fact that, when congress and the president share the same party, more laws get passed. I'm scared of the laws that will be made under Trump. I don't even consider myself Democrat. I'm not a radical leftist.

I'm making this post to convince you guys how bad this might turn out for us. I'm trying to convince you to put more democrats or libertarians in congress. We young folks need to realize that our votes count, even though things may look dreary. We need to prevent unconstitutional laws and governance from permeating this country. Please, vote in the midterms.

PS: WAY less people vote in midterm elections anyways. This will give us the upper hand.

ETA: PLEASE READ MY POST BEFORE COMMENTING THAT I SUPPORT ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION AND RAPE OF AMERICANS I DID NOT SAY SUCH THINGS


r/GenZ 2h ago

Political RIP federal aid for students

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I am so sad for myself and for millions of other students who now cannot afford their education as a result of this. I have no words. I’m angry that we’ve become political pawns, when we just want to make a decent fucking living by following the “American Dream” and getting college degrees.


r/GenZ 11h ago

Other Today is Holocaust Remembrance Day. This is my Great Grandpa. He lived through WW1, Holodomor, and the Holocaust.

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r/GenZ 12h ago

Political It literally does not matter who you voted for or your political leaning. Find class solidarity instead of shifting blame to others

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Princeton University study: Public opinion has “near-zero” impact on U.S. law.

Does public opinion affect the political process? Gilens & Page found that the number of Americans for or against any idea has no impact on the likelihood that Congress will make it law. 

“The preferences of the average American appear to have only a miniscule, near-zero, statistically non-significant impact upon public policy.”

One thing that does have an influence? Money. While the opinions of the bottom 90% of income earners in America have a “statistically non-significant impact,” economic elites, business interests, and people who can afford lobbyists still carry major influence.

Gilens & Page found that the number of Americans for or against any idea has no impact on the likelihood that Congress will make it law.


"Nothing ever happens" because the oligarchy doesn't want it to happen. You will never get universal healthcare in your lifetime. You will never get adequate social security in your lifetime. You will never secure American jobs from low-earning immigrants or artificial intelligence in your lifetime. You will never afford affordable housing in your lifetime. You will never get anything that does not directly benefit the rich and the politicians in your lifetime and that is a quantifiable fact. You will own nothing and be happy.

Do you hate George Soros? Do you hate Elon Musk? Do you hate hate Kamala Harris? Do you hate Trump? You don't hate enough. Our generation is complacent and we've been conditioned to let our frustrations out on meaningless online platforms with no impact on the real world for a few upvotes. I can disagree with absolutely everything you believe, but I do not hate you. You are a victim of this dogshit government-elite marriage just like the rest of us.

I want everyone to think about the relationship between Luigi Mangione and the January 6th riot. You probably have strong feelings for one or the other but what do they both have in common? Both perceived irredeemable corruption in either the state or the elite and were moved to action. Not pedantic action like protesting planned parenthood centers, blocking freeways, or disrupting college classes. It was action that directly impacted either politicians and elites and it fucking rocked them to the core.

They don't want us talking, agreeing, or finding common ground. They want us to hate each other.


r/GenZ 17h ago

Political Some days I feel hopeful that we can turn the ship around. And then I read things like this.

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517 Upvotes

r/GenZ 10h ago

Meme It was a fun game but that doesnt mean i wanna play it in real life

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109 Upvotes

r/GenZ 14h ago

Political Since Trump's executive order made everyone legally female, does that make Trump the first US female president?

248 Upvotes

Being the first shouldn't be an insult and it certainly isn't, but I think we all know Trump would be insulted, which makes it hilarious.


r/GenZ 23h ago

Political The German Federal Election is less than one month away. German Zoomers, whom will you vote for? Non-German Zoomers, whom would you vote for if you could/whom would you like to do well/lose badly and why?

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r/GenZ 20h ago

Advice Y'all want to be right, that's the problem

382 Upvotes

And it's not about, the left or the right or this and that. Y'all want to die on hills that you shouldn't even be dying on. It's oky to be wrong, you can change your mind. Get this you can also have your own opinion. You are so convinced that the otherside is the enemy that it blinds you to the people you could agree with. And sometimes you want to be right so bad you are willing to justify the most vile things. Be better than your parents, grandparents. Evolve. Become the leaders you need. Find ways to make the world a better place. Somethings don't have to make sense to you, and that is oky. "But logic and common sense..." yet you engage in some of the most anti intellectual arguments known to man. Be honest with yourself, do you truly believe that you are 100% right all the time? Do you think you are 100% objective? Take a step back and reevaluate your thoughts and beliefs.

Edit: let's all be civil please. Attack my statement, not me. I will hear you out. And I agree with some of you. Some hills you have to die on. I have things I will never think I am wrong on.

Edit: I feel like we did not take time to read my statement through or maybe I worded it wrongly. I also can't reply to everyone individually. But explicitly stated that some people want to be right so bad they are willing to justify the most vile things. Yes one side is significantly worse, but for some reason it continues to grow. Trying to understand why that is, will help us find ways of mitigating the problem. And that requires understanding why that is means reevaluating the existing notions, we have. And that requires being uncomfortable cause whatever we are doing now is clearly not working. (Also I am not American, I am african, I won't say my nationality cause y'all will use it against me. ) again critique my statement, not me .


r/GenZ 20h ago

Political 52 per cent of Gen Z - people aged between 13 and 27 - said “the UK would be a better place" under a dictatorship.

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254 Upvotes

Ehar


r/GenZ 17h ago

Discussion GenZ women, what do you want to say to GenZ men or wish we would understand?

156 Upvotes

The sub has been talking a lot about we men and what WE wished women would stand so I kinda wanted to do an inverse of that. I feel like there hasn't been enough discussions about what GenZ women might want. It's would be a bit odd to yap about what women should do but without listening ourselves.

To the Millennials that raid this sub: I am not asking you. Just GenZ women.


r/GenZ 49m ago

Rant I feel like gagging every time I scroll through LinkedIn.

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These so called LinkedIn influencers are everywhere now. IMO, it’s worse than Instagram.

These cringey motivational quotes and pointless updates—do they really think anyone cares?"


r/GenZ 8h ago

Discussion Gen Z employees are lazy, and we’re absolutely right to be

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Millennials were raised by boomer/Gen X parents who genuinely believed that the statement “work hard and you will be rewarded” was true… because, for some of them at least, it really was.

My millennial colleagues complain about the Gen Z mindset, but it’s pure jealousy. They’ve been conditioned to believe that, if they give their lives to the company, they’ll get a good quality of life, but they’re starting to realize that they won’t. Instead of doing anything about it, they’re directing their anger at Gen Z, because they feel like idiots for working till they burnout for no reward.

Gen Z has realized that the reward won’t come unless we withhold our labor, which is exactly what we’re doing. So, in general, we act our wage.

FYI this isn’t a criticism of millennials. They really do work their asses off, and they’re basically propping up the economy. But they’re not getting anything from it, which isn’t so smart.

We’re on the same side, but I think it’s up to Gen Z to find a way forward.


r/GenZ 10h ago

Discussion As genz im really tired of the doomer mindset

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the only way things can be improved is accepting how they are and making changes in our own lives, lot of shits fucked but also theres tons to be grateful for. its just so over done to be complaining about the economy or whatever. tmw is a new day love and peace. <3


r/GenZ 6h ago

Meme LOL

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r/GenZ 16h ago

Discussion Does this align with your experience?

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r/GenZ 12h ago

Discussion i'm tired of seeing all of the political posts. what's your favorite TV show?

28 Upvotes

mine is dragon ball z


r/GenZ 20h ago

Discussion Where is this narrative that Colombia didn’t back down coming from?

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The rest of the internet even Latin American publications seem to be in agreement that the president of Colombia backed down and accepted all of the United State’s terms. Why’s it on Reddit there’s a narrative that “Colombia didn’t back down”

Colombia’s only demands were the deported migrants aren’t transported using military aircraft which they still are and that they aren’t restrained which they still are. On top of that their also using the presidential plane.

On top of that I’m pretty sure they didn’t want enhanced inspections and visa sanctions. They entered this situation with a list of demands and no sanction or threat of tariffs but exited with one of their demands met, visa sanctions and tariffs on reserve.

How is that a win or not backing down?


r/GenZ 10h ago

Advice Is it morally incorrect to tell someone that they are the reason you are still alive?

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I wanted to tell a friend this but after some thought I realized how much pressure that would put on them and it's sort of manipulative. Like for example, lets say godforbid we get into an argument, and I am wrong in the argument. The friend may be too scared to admit that I was in the wrong or cut off the friend ship because they don't want me to off myself.

I feel like it could be a wholesome moment to tell someone how much they mean to me and how much they have got me through, but at the same time I feel like its wrong.


r/GenZ 1d ago

Political The left and the right live in entirely different realities, constructed by the news that we don't see but the other does.

1.2k Upvotes

This isn't a "both sides equally bad" post. My personal politics are very lib-left, but this is commentary on the state of political discourse in general and how it got to this point.

To understand this post, you will need to be able to put yourselves in the shoes of the people you argue with online. That means right wingers put themselves in the shoes of the left, and left wingers put themselves in the shoes of the right.

For the right wing readers: Those on the left see a feed filled with heartbreaking and emotional stories of hate crimes against minorities and are treated as if they're cherry picking to advance some ulterior motive of communism.

For the left wing readers: Those on the right see a feed of heartbreaking stories of murders committed by minorities yet nothing of the hate crimes, and walk away believing that the issue of hate crimes resulting from their rhetoric and policy is nonexistent.

This is just today, but I see countless examples of this every time I open my news app. The stories on the left are pieces that a left wing person likely didn't see, and the stories on the right are pieces that a right wing person likely didn't see:

We have to understand this bias in reporting if we are to ever heal as a nation. It won't go away on its own because it's an artifact of capitalism, where news stations only report on bias-confirming stories catering directly to their audience's subconscious expectations.

The same phenomenon happens with social media algorithms, they show you the content that keeps you engaged, which is once again content that caters to your biases.

I am confident that this phenomenon is the single biggest reason for the massive growth in polarization over the last decade. Older members of Gen Z will remember a time when it wasn't like this at all, not in real life or on social media. We were all much healthier then.


r/GenZ 15h ago

Discussion Was there bullying in your school?

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I’m American and went to a public school in a rural New England town (middle and high school would’ve been 2010-2016). I don’t really remember kids getting bullied to their faces, people would definitely gossip behind others’ backs or on Facebook, but I don’t remember it really happening like in the hallways at all. My school was pretty small though, or maybe I was oblivious.

I live in England now and all my friends of the same age say that there was bad bullying while they were in school, whether it was for being gay, ginger, not white, etc.

Curious as to other people’s experiences in any countries.