britticisms:

Mostly, I’ve realized a lot of people are unhappy or dissatisfied, that it is not just an internal frustration, but also a universal, generational worry. But I’ve also realized that people have many goals and aspirations, and the older they get, the more hesitant they are to admit them. Goals begin to feel like things that young people do and accomplish, and now my goals should be simpler: fall in love, get married, have children, live in comfort. I remember how we talked about what we wanted to do, but now we talk more about what things have been done to us. There is a loss of control.

I think the worries have always been there. It just seems generational because of the internet. In the past 10 years, it has become easier and easier to broadcast our worries without breaking the facade of being fine and happy that we carry around in real life. 

But, I agree there is a lack of control. People have taken to the attention they receive from strangers when they release their worries, so much so that their worry turns fake or perpetuates itself unnecessarily. They’ve taken another facade. People don’t want to hang around someone who is always negative in real life. But the talkers realize that, on the internet, indignation, cynicism, and depression attract attention, fame, popularity, notes… more than dreams or goals.