Sam Smith, it should be noted has expressed his apparent pride that he is too boring, sorry bored, to read a book. Any book. Because books are, like, so dull and so much effort.
Idol…not role model i think, it is very rare for people to admire people for their charactor anymore.Long gone is the belief in being the best person we can be only that some have more or the patriarchy prevents ones agency . So many at a loss and possibly the need that the lost need for a Jordan Peterson
Robyn Lagrange
4 years ago
Alone is a physical state.
Lonliness is a state of mind, you can be lonely in a crowded room.
natalie
4 years ago
It would be the greatest gift of all , from this virus, if the narcissistic generation learnt the truth about life
dormantdragon
4 years ago
I am very grateful that I still have a job, that I have worked from home for the past six years, and that this is business as usual for me – these things are privileges indeed when so many people are finding themselves jobless and bereft of income. The only time I actually have to leave my house is to shop for groceries – and I am doubly grateful that there are people who are keeping supply chains going as best they can under the circumstances.
kateyare
4 years ago
“…my point is that it is also impermanent, and it is something we will get through.” Is it impermanent? What is the quarantine exit strategy? With our basic freedoms curtailed we are under the government’s thumb. No government will give that up unless it has to.
sarah hubert
4 years ago
Kate, remember ‘the government’ has children, families and friends as well, everyone is effected, maybe trusting that the advice being followed by governments from experts, is in good faith is better than fearing that they will abuse their powers.
J Cor
4 years ago
Celebrities are by nature narcissists in some ways, so it seems likely that they’d react poorly to things like this. I feel like judging by social media will skew you towards people exhibiting stupid coping habits because they are less likely to be the sort of people who are used to being anxious all the time and can spend healthy time alone with themselves and not freak out. I think what we’re learning here is that in times of ease, introversion and anxiety are seen as mental illnesses, but in times of pandemic crisis, they are actually adaptive “¦ and not often found in the social media uber alles set.
In other words, you’re not seeing the selfies of people who are not compelled to take selfies because we’re just indoors and solitary as usual. 🙂
Kathryn B
4 years ago
I really love this article and agree with so much of it. I want to share it, but I just can’t with that title and tag line. Those aren’t the key points. From my experience, every generation is creating good and bad. Over 40 seems to be complaining the loudest that this is overblown which is causing the biggest issues.
Michael Dawson
4 years ago
The advice at the end about going for a walk looks odd, given the main thrust of the article is to stay at home. Maybe walk around the house? I agree that there are plenty of people who don’t know they’re born really, but I do wonder whether this is a generational thing. I’d at least like some statistical evidence, not just personal anecdote, to make the case that millennials are especially selfish and generally hopeless in a crisis.
Honestly my observation is that individuals have been seeking more and more only for themselves ( agency) since the mid 1970s and got progressively worse
Drahcir Nevarc
4 years ago
Sam Smith are some right twats.
Drahcir Nevarc
4 years ago
Sam Smith are making some right t1ts of themselves aren’t they.
Drahcir Nevarc
4 years ago
Sam Smith are making some fools of itself.
Alana Clarke
4 years ago
Much of what you write I agree with. Very sad that you had to have swipe at the trans community, a very vulnerable minority – the “Celebs” aside.
I agree with every that Megan Murphy writes on Trans issues…your opinion does not represent me nor every Trans . Megan Murphy does not take swipes…..you simply do not like what she says..she is careful and articulate and factual .The truth can uncomfortable.
I never claimed to represent the trans community that’s your assumption. The Trans community is not a homogenous group so your views are not representative either!
Sam Smith, it should be noted has expressed his apparent pride that he is too boring, sorry bored, to read a book. Any book. Because books are, like, so dull and so much effort.
That’s a modern role model, folks.
Idol…not role model i think, it is very rare for people to admire people for their charactor anymore.Long gone is the belief in being the best person we can be only that some have more or the patriarchy prevents ones agency . So many at a loss and possibly the need that the lost need for a Jordan Peterson
Alone is a physical state.
Lonliness is a state of mind,
you can be lonely in a crowded room.
It would be the greatest gift of all , from this virus, if the narcissistic generation learnt the truth about life
I am very grateful that I still have a job, that I have worked from home for the past six years, and that this is business as usual for me – these things are privileges indeed when so many people are finding themselves jobless and bereft of income. The only time I actually have to leave my house is to shop for groceries – and I am doubly grateful that there are people who are keeping supply chains going as best they can under the circumstances.
“…my point is that it is also impermanent, and it is something we will get through.” Is it impermanent? What is the quarantine exit strategy? With our basic freedoms curtailed we are under the government’s thumb. No government will give that up unless it has to.
Kate, remember ‘the government’ has children, families and friends as well, everyone is effected, maybe trusting that the advice being followed by governments from experts, is in good faith is better than fearing that they will abuse their powers.
Celebrities are by nature narcissists in some ways, so it seems likely that they’d react poorly to things like this. I feel like judging by social media will skew you towards people exhibiting stupid coping habits because they are less likely to be the sort of people who are used to being anxious all the time and can spend healthy time alone with themselves and not freak out. I think what we’re learning here is that in times of ease, introversion and anxiety are seen as mental illnesses, but in times of pandemic crisis, they are actually adaptive “¦ and not often found in the social media uber alles set.
In other words, you’re not seeing the selfies of people who are not compelled to take selfies because we’re just indoors and solitary as usual. 🙂
I really love this article and agree with so much of it. I want to share it, but I just can’t with that title and tag line. Those aren’t the key points. From my experience, every generation is creating good and bad. Over 40 seems to be complaining the loudest that this is overblown which is causing the biggest issues.
The advice at the end about going for a walk looks odd, given the main thrust of the article is to stay at home. Maybe walk around the house? I agree that there are plenty of people who don’t know they’re born really, but I do wonder whether this is a generational thing. I’d at least like some statistical evidence, not just personal anecdote, to make the case that millennials are especially selfish and generally hopeless in a crisis.
Honestly my observation is that individuals have been seeking more and more only for themselves ( agency) since the mid 1970s and got progressively worse
Sam Smith are some right twats.
Sam Smith are making some right t1ts of themselves aren’t they.
Sam Smith are making some fools of itself.
Much of what you write I agree with. Very sad that you had to have swipe at the trans community, a very vulnerable minority – the “Celebs” aside.
Minority being the operative word, although thanks to the BBC you’d think they made up half the population.
I agree with every that Megan Murphy writes on Trans issues…your opinion does not represent me nor every Trans . Megan Murphy does not take swipes…..you simply do not like what she says..she is careful and articulate and factual .The truth can uncomfortable.
I never claimed to represent the trans community that’s your assumption. The Trans community is not a homogenous group so your views are not representative either!