TikTok Frustrations and Time Blindness

This chapter discusses various TikTok videos where recent college grads express frustration with their jobs, including difficulties with commuting and blaming corporate America. They also joke about a video asking for accommodations for time blindness.

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Gen Z is mad, very mad, actually, and it is manifesting itself on social media, among other places. There seems to be a general frustration with the country at large, specifically wages, housing, tuition costs, the dating market, and the list goes on. But here is the question: do they have a point?

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Links from today's ep:

https://www.visualcapitalist.com/chart-u-s-home-price-growth-over-50-years/

https://www.usinflationcalculator.com/inflation/historical-inflation-rates/

https://thefga.org/research/students-deserve-facts-up-front/?gclid=Cj0KCQjwqP2pBhDMARIsAJQ0Czomn9GSUXlIUtwDF9mTT1kGMUe3HWs-pkDSlaDXf6ZDNRMIDmyCP0EaAp8pEALw_wcB

https://medium.com/hello-love/study-predicts-45-of-women-will-be-single-by-2030-1fbc99bad6a8

https://www.pewresearch.org/social-trends/2023/09/14/views-of-divorce-and-open-marriages/

https://nypost.com/2023/04/25/employers-reveal-why-gen-z-is-hardest-generation-to-work-with/

https://www.paychex.com/articles/employee-benefits/employee-benefits-a-company-must-provide

https://www.cato.org/sites/cato.org/files/four_reasons_not_to_raise_the_minimum_wage.pdf

https://fee.org/articles/why-college-tuition-is-so-expensive/?gclid=Cj0KCQjwqP2pBhDMARIsAJQ0Czr8OufVFKZYsLK5qZpIqwK-tpvDI8IZ3rnpSpw958t67uywJwn8aZ4aAnUKEALw_wcB

https://thefga.org/research/students-deserve-facts-up-front/?gclid=Cj0KCQjwqP2pBhDMARIsAJQ0Czomn9GSUXlIUtwDF9mTT1kGMUe3HWs-pkDSlaDXf6ZDNRMIDmyCP0EaAp8pEALw_wcB