not 2 be controversial on main but i think itās pretty sad the first major generation to grow up online is projecting their adolescent self-hatred onto the ācringeā generation of tiktokkers
did zillennials seriously spend their youth making OC fanart on devart and livejournal and being toldĀ āoh look, they finally emergeā by their parents whenever they risked leaving their room only to turn around 10 years later and sayĀ āewwwh you spent hours cosplaying an OC & learning a viral dance in your bedroom? fuckin cringeā
likeā¦.. did we truly lose sight so quickly of how it was to feel young and disconnected and desperate for someone, anyone, to really listen to you? to feel close to you? how quickly have we become jaded to the joys of carefully, earnestly crafting something alone in a dark bedroom and sharing it with the world, hoping for just one other person to say āthatās how i feel, tooā? how much must we hate our younger selves in order to blame the teenagers of the world for creating costumes and dances and dreams for themselves???
Young people of the world:
I might not understand it, but I want you to keep doing your funky lil thing, and know that I will never judge you.
