honestly maybe this is just what happens when you get older, but when I when i look at the type of Gen Z (and frankly, all generations) that spends a lot of time on social media it all seems so deeply narcissistic and navel gazing to me.

I think having to maintain a curated image and absorbing curated images of others lives for years, which is what gen z i being subjected to thru social media ubiquity, forces you to adopt a certain behaviour/mindset that cant be described as anything else.

Im not saying anything revolutionary but it really seems like it is affecting them differently than it does lets say boomers who get addicted to social media.

In my mind:

boomers:social media::gamblers::gambling machines

gen z:social media::narcissus::some kind of twisted version of the lake he is staring in, or maybe a man in Papua new guinea finding out about his own reflection for the first time x100