Its consider cringe by “the youths” to be out in public

FTFY

For a lot of young people, the cultural norm is that any kind of sincerity is cringe.

I was talking about this with a friend recently, but is there any culture for 13 year olds anymore? What music do they listen to? Because when I was a teenager, a mere decade ago, there was still a distinct youth subculture that I just don’t think exists anymore.

None of this is to shake my fist at a cloud and say things were better back in my day. But I do think that Covid, the proliferation of algorithmic social media, and the death of third places, have all contributed to a generation of kids who think going outside and having a nice time is insufferably cringe, when they should be going to an all ages punk show, wearing stupid clothes, and having experiences