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Not the Bee: New study shows over 25% of young people want to be a "social media influencer" when they grow up (notthebee.com)
posted 3 years ago by Ahaus667 3 years ago by Ahaus667 +36 / -0
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– Auntie_Mildred 17 points 3 years ago +17 / -0

This doesn't sound surprising or like a problem at all. Do a poll and see how many people would like to win the lottery. Or 20 years ago, ask teenagers how many would like to be a movie star.

Of course young people want a glamorous, well paying lifestyle without having to work for it. Who wouldn't?

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– ArtemisFoul 15 points 3 years ago +15 / -0

The issue is that kids in opposing countries like Russia or China, for all their faults, want to be pilots, engineers, scientists and doctors, not vapid shitheads on the internet.

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– TheModernDaVinci 9 points 3 years ago +9 / -0

No, they are told they will be a pilot, engineer, scientist, or doctor, and they will like it. Or else they go to the gulag. You dont have to do a good job. You just have to do a job. Which is why Russia cant build jet engines, and China needs to keep stealing everyone elses tech.

Meanwhile, in the US, the people who become those professions are people who want to do it, and are therefore actually interested in becoming competent (usually). Every generation has wanted to be famous. Zoomers are no different.

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– ArtemisFoul 5 points 3 years ago +5 / -0

Yes, of course they're fucking told, that's the entire point. Children in non-western countries are told to be the best they can be. Children in progressive western countries are told to cut their genitals off.

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– TheModernDaVinci 6 points 3 years ago +6 / -0

And yet, those non-western countries aint producing shit, while the US and the West are still home of technological innovation changing the world.

Its worth remembering: The degeneration present is entirely concentrated in a handful of Left-Wing mega-cities, who also happen to be where the media is (Hence why they blast it out on 11 to the entire world). Meanwhile, in my town, people are still having children, girls still like pink princesses, boys still like dirt and cowboys, and my alma mater is still turning out engineers who go on to actually build shit.

Meanwhile, in China, it doesnt matter if they decide to use bamboo instead of steel to reinforce the concrete. Because the engineer was chosen for loyalty after all, and he says its good enough.

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– reidj 4 points 3 years ago +4 / -0

I found a similiar poll conducted by Gallup in 2005. Teacher was their top choice at 11%. However, there are some unrealistic glamorous jobs on the list too like working in a sports field or being a fashion designer.

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– Adamrises 3 points 3 years ago +3 / -0

I wouldn't doubt nearly all young boys born after 1985 wanted to be a video game designer at some point. I know it was such an issue at my public school that they would use it to promote specific classes, and the local community college had a literal waitlist on its animation department.

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