/lit/ - Literature

>>18543453
One of the reasons I want to be a recognized writer so bad is to tell the youth and the young people that their sadness, despair, mania... all these things are tied to the horrible, ineffective, and soul-crushing lifestyle of modern life.
>Grew up in the 90's and 00's
People have no fucking idea how good things were 20-30 years ago.
>I'm 43, I remember
People were much happier, life was more serendipitous and organic. When you left your front door at night to go out, you never knew what adventure you'd go on, or who you'd meet.
>The algorithm has replaced serendipity, life is a canned hunt, everything is gamed.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/health/2020/09/11/youth-suicide-rate-increases-cdc-report-finds/3463549001/

We have 11-12 year olds overdosing on fucking fentanyl. There was a horrible video of a 14 year old overdosing and died on ecstasy in Langley. So many young people are going to be mind fucked, the situation for kids is horrific. We haven't even begun to talk about housing, either...