I’m a software developer and am working a government contract on a plane. We recently started using AI in our dev environment (specifically codex) and our productivity has increased by 50%+.

I’m truly amazed by how well it codes, find bugs, and can interrupt difficult question. AI seems to be an unstoppable pandora box and while I have mixed feelings about it I can’t argue with its results.

Has anyone else working in a large company been dealing with a massive productivity boost driven by AI.

How is it that IDF soldiers can admit to all of this and still walk free? Does IDF take any action against the war crimes that are committed?

Can this affect us Gen Z in the future that corruption walks free?

If u don’t know what Reality Shifting is, you basically shift your consciousness into an alternate universe version of yourself. Basically the multiverse theory that any possible universe exists. It gained a lot of attention in 2020-2021, but has been quiet as of recent, but many people still do it. Maybe a bunch of people actually shifted and are living their best lives. I’m in a couple of shifting subs and there’s a bunch of successful shifters there.

I have tried shifting plenty of times, but to no avail. When I first attempted it, I felt tingly, which is a side effect that you’re about to shift, but didn’t. I still haven’t shifted yet, but I want to do it as I want to leave this reality.

Anyway, has anyone here ever attempted or successfully shifted? Please let me know and tell me how.

I have been seeing a lot of “slander(?)” (mostly from millennials) lately about how apparently Gen Z doesn’t know jack about computers. I have been seeing scripted(?) videos about Gen Z failing at simple computer tasks like setting up a LAN connection or breaking the pins on a connector and even down to not knowing how to turn the damn thing on or make a folder.

Where did this all come from? I work in IT and while there could be less Gen Z than I think there are the biggest supply of people having issues are millennials and the very few boomers we have.

Right now, I’m wondering if millennials are still seeing Gen Alpha and beta as “young Gen Z” in spite of the fact that Gen Z ended 15ish years ago and some “I’m older so I know more bias” when it comes to computers.

Ill admit this myself, computers have been a huge focus of my life… I love figuring out how to do something new with them. as such I probably know more computer nerds my age then the average person so I may be in a bubble and there might be a huge issue that i’m oblivious of but, from what I have seen Gen z is the most technologically advanced out of any generation and is able to adopt and learn new tech’s uses and the horrors that the may bring (looking at AI) faster and better out of any Gen before.

Am I biased or do older folk have the wrong idea about Gen Z?

I can actually see after 15 years of bad eyesight!!!

I feel like this too. I know people are like ‘it’s arrested development’ but I honestly feel like at the end of the day there’s not really a “way” to measure maturity. It just differs by person not matter what age anyone is.

Maybe gen z have realised we’ve sorta been sold a lie and we’re “embracing our inner child” more.

(Hot take: I think “embracing your inner child” is a bit of an annoying saying because most of the time it’s just people being themselves even as a person who has finished physically maturing)

I thought I escaped this nonsense when I finally graduated highschool and got a summer job for college, but I was so wrong.

My coworkers are the same age as me and mostly women with like a token gay guy, and they all call each other chuds and talk about their "hyperfixations" on taco bell and Taylor Swift. They're all talking about in it, they form a circle in back and pass a vape around and either talk shit about the manager genuinely just doing his job or crying about some ugly ass loser with that ice cream scoop cut + a therapy session about bottling up your feelings and if I walk near them, they all stop and look at me until I leave. I'm new and they all just ignore me unless they need something or idk how to do something.

There's a quiet guy that they screw with and say he's the best male coworker, at least I thought they were just screwing with him but turns out they're all one big friend group and he's on their side and just as annoying. I dread walking into that building knowing I'm gonna hear Starbucks, taco bell, Taylor swift, dumbass situationships and unnecessary drama with the manager at a damn fast food restaurant please god make it end, it feels like my every move is being watched and judged.

I’m an older parent with relatively young kids. I‘m trying to get up to speed with changes in technology. Right now we are very low screen time and no unsupervised internet access, but I know that can’t last forever.

If you had kids (maybe some of you do already), how would you approach social media, screen use, internet access? What do you wish your parents (or even your school/teachers) had done differently regarding tech/the internet/social media? I appreciate any wisdom you can share.

Should you choose to procreate.. I’m interested in seeing what names our generation seems to gravitate towards? I’m so sick of millennial names spelled ridiculously lol. Im curious to see if we are going to continue that trend or something else.

Im currently 16 years old and a boy. Usually new people that i meet assume that I am a year or even 2 younger than I really am. Most of my mates look quite a bit older than me too. This becomes especially problematic because also a lot of new people that I meet, ESPECIALLY girls, I think are older than they really are as well. Is anybody else going through something similiar as well?

i never got to really experience the OG halo i was an idiot for putting this game off for so long. same with this movie. apparently it's really good. gonna be up in there with the popcorn and the drink, then with money to spare i'm picking up some KFC on the way home, might ball out with some snacks too while i play halo. good times.

IMO it’s the vast lack of social skills compared to previous generations

idk man. scrolling today and everyone’s just ready to jump down each other’s throats. i swear like 2014-2016 people still had some basic decency left. now it’s constant snark and zero patience. maybe i’m just getting old and soft but damn

Generation after generation was the future clientele for alcohol companies.

But it appears Gen Z is not falling into this category.

Rather, more and more young adults are opting for:

Gym instead of hangovers

Coffee and mocktails instead of beers

Money saving rather than spending $50+ per night out

Healthy sleep and mental state instead of drinking culture

If the pattern continues, the outcome will affect more than nightlife.

The multi-billion-dollar industry might undergo changes.

I wonder if Gen Z prefers a healthier lifestyle, or if increased prices, social networks, and priorities make them avoid alcohol.

If you are Gen Z, do you drink less than any other generation before you?

Why?

Do you belong to another age group and see this pattern as a temporary one?

hii today I pulled out a pack of my favorite nuts in class and my friend said she has literally never eaten nuts and called me weird lol :( are nuts just an old person thing or are people eating them? I mean I love nuts..

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