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Yeah, it's not downward social mobility, crippling education and medical debt, 20 years of pointless war, militarized police and active school shooter drills, i
by wrmsr 7y ago
Yeah, it's not downward social mobility, crippling education and medical debt, 20 years of pointless war, militarized police and active school shooter drills, impending climate crises we're politically powerless to act on, ongoing erosion of workers rights, no expectation of ever owning a home or retiring, or any other number of uniquely grim realities these generations are burdened with - naw it's smartphones, instagram, and 'not learning to take control of your own life'... and your employer's HR department is here to help.
All social media did was make people realize they're not the only one.
- TurkishPoptart 7y agoI couldn't agree more. To add: at a few (crappy) jobs in the past, we were notified about an EAP (Employee Assistance Program), which seemed to amount to a phone number you could call for a few 30-minute conversations with someone about mental health issues, drug use, interpersonal issues at work, etc. Some of the phone numbers for the EAP were on little paper pull-offs near the punch-in clock. I don't think anyone used this system. I think it's pretty obvious why.