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Gen Z Needs Their Phones Smashed Before They Go Extinct

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0:00 What could we possibly do to get Gen Z to have sex again? Because they're having such a big problem with that. If you guys didn't know, Gen Z's having what's called a sexual recession. And there's four reported factors that are the biggest reasons for that. One is milestones hit much later, things such as moving out, finishing school, getting a job. Those things happen at a later age. Screen time, more people spend way more time on apps than doing in-person activities. >> That's what I was going to say. Take away all their ████ devices and smash them. And I think they're going to ████ more. >> Are they not ████ or are they not making kids? Like what's >> Both. >> So like they're they're they're not even having irresponsible sex? >> Yeah, it's less on both sides. Yeah. >> You know what I've been noticing about Gen Z is like they're watching how we lived and like they're like, "Man, I

0:50 don't want to do that s███." And then cuz all all of us like stayed up till like 5:00 in the morning partying every night like showing up random people's houses and smoking cigarettes for breakfast and then like it was reckless, right? >> Yeah. >> And I think they're all they're always talking about how like, "Oh yeah, I go hang out with my Gen Z nephew or my niece." And then for their birthday party they'll ████ have a drink and have dinner and then every everything ends at 9:00 and then these like millennials are like, "What the ████ is wrong with this new gen?" Like they want to have hot yoga in the morning and like be all like healthy. And they're like, "When I was 22, like I was waking up at a random person's couch." >> Yeah. >> You know, and like just ████ people in cars and then and then like Gen Z are just like, "No, I don't want [laughter] to be like you. Like you guys ████ stupid." >> Yeah, and and at least if they're doing

1:41 an in-person activity, that's already a a level up from what's happening now. So the other two things are high financial costs and mental health challenges are reasons why they say they're not, you know, doing it. And then the last reason is >> It costs money to do it? >> Yeah, I I think it does. >> That's cuz you got to go on a date. >> I think it costs money to court, yeah. Like to to just, you know, >> Uh take them out to eat. >> Do you think standards changed though? Because I feel like in our gen, it was actually cheap. Cuz like for Okay, so for girls, right? Like they don't have to pay ████ to go out. They just have to like look pretty, but then >> That costs money, too, though. >> Looking pretty costs money sometimes. >> standards of back then, what girls bought for clothes, hair, makeup, it's so ████ different. >> Clothes have gotten cheaper, though. >> What Tell me why

2:32 these college girls all have designer ████ name brand purses. That was not a thing. Cuz Temu can make anything. >> [laughter] >> Oh, they're fake? >> No, I don't know. I don't think they're fake, no. >> But I just think that where their money goes is different. >> Yeah. >> Maybe, yeah, could be. So, the fourth thing is caution regarding consent. It's the It's another reason that a lot of guys feel like they It's hard to navigate to even arrive at a point where you're going to have sex with someone because it's so dicey and iffy. Like, does she want me to do it? I I'm not too sure. I don't want to be called a creep. >> Cuz you don't know if you're going to become someone's new Tik Tok story. >> Yeah, exactly. Yeah, you don't know if you're going to just be filmed and posted, yeah. >> That's why you I'm saying you smash all the ████ devices. That's what I think. >> I think getting rid of devices and social media would make a really big change in very many ways. >> Yeah. >> But I I I got laid a lot because of

3:24 devices. >> But not you. You don't have modern day. >> What, just you and your device? >> [laughter] >> No, like MySpace and stuff. >> Cuz I think modern day, it's actually an abundance problem. >> Too much ████ >> Like how many times can someone get rejected until they give up? In Let's say the number is 100. In our day, that could last maybe from 20 to 35. But probably by the time you're 35, you might have already met that someone. In these kids' age, they can get rejected 100 times by the time they're 19 cuz they're on dating apps and swiping. So I feel like there is a biological rejection number, but it's so fast forward. So I took a abundance problem. So for them, they're already like, "By 19, I already got it all figured out." Because they saw all of the millennials or they tried all these things, but they didn't really actually live. You know, they lived a internet world, which is a fast forwarded on

4:15 steroids version. But I don't really think they got out and really lived and got to know people. They're like, "Oh, I already talked to 500 girls." >> Digitally? >> Do you think that it's it's affected how there's no small ponds anymore? Cuz remember when we were going to school together, right? That was everybody we knew down here. And it's like, "Okay, these are all the girls and all the guys you're going to know. Good luck socializing." But now it's like if you don't like them, you just make the circle bigger by using the internet. So it's like there's no limit anymore to like everyone you know. Most people Some people's social circles are entirely online. They don't even know anybody in person. Everybody Their whole community is is in forums or threads. Like it's really weird. >> telling my um employees the other day about how we used to party in high school and like just show up in random houses and like

5:05 and then like you just met people. Like they're and then like you just you just be like I saw this video too how like this millennial lady was talking about how like her friends would just you want to party and then they would say, "Yeah." And then a guy they don't even know will pull up and then they'll jump in his car and then they go and I'm like >> Sounds dangerous. >> all of us. >> [laughter] >> Countrywide This person was probably from the East Coast and I'm like, "That's crazy to if you think about it." Nationwide, we all did this. And then it's like, "You want to go party?" Sure. And then you showed up at some random person's house. >> Hey, these guys are going to go party over here at this party. No one even knows who they are. Yeah. >> Do Yeah. And then it was just it wasn't safe. People were getting fights, stabs, whatever. But we just kept we just kept going out and you kept meeting people. You kept hanging out and

5:56 I was like, damn. So maybe this is what I've been thinking about, too, is like maybe the girls of our generation, too, were just more down to like be kind of degenerates with us because uh like maybe now girls are more like, "No, you got to pay." And then the boys feel like, "I got to I have to have money or else they're not even give me a coffee date." Well, they like cuz if everyone's not going out there, it's almost like when you're committing a crime together, right? And everyone's guilty, then it's just so much easier to do it. >> that's universal, though? Like I feel like that example that a lot of young people give about how girls are like, "If you want to take me out, you got to pay for my nails." What the hell? >> Yeah, I don't think that's as widespread as we think. I think that's trending and

6:47 that got more views. I think that's the minority. >> Yeah, but I don't think like I think the average girl is still the average girl and not really like a "Oh, you better Venmo me money before we go out." >> You know what I think? I think the average guy and average girl at the core is still the same average guy and average core in our generation. The only difference is the guy is needs to have a little bit extra courage to go do things and not hide behind the phone. And then the girl to have a little bit extra courage to not be behind the phone. That's what I think. I just think like cuz guys still want to talk to that girl, but it's like like even us these days, if you're at a dental office and you're bored, you just immediately go to this. You know? So it's just our inner everyone's in their own like force field, so it's just so hard to interact.

7:37 >> Yeah. Way less human to human interaction, yeah. >> Yeah, like even before like you would have like let's say you're at a dental office and don't have phone, even if you want to reach the magazine, oh excuse me, can I grab There's still interaction, but now everyone's so like sterile and isolated. >> No, I think even this generation would be like I wanted to read the magazine, but I didn't feel like talking to the person that needed to give it to me. >> So they're just going to stare at the wall now. >> So they'll just do something else instead. >> I think that the generation is a little more shyer. Cuz they didn't I mean, especially if you went through COVID as a young person, you missed a lot of development, I think. >> Yeah. >> of them are like 30s now. >> Yeah. Yeah, yeah, yeah, they are, yeah. Yeah, and they have social anxiety and yeah, it's hard to talk to people, for sure. I mean, that's definitely going to stand in your way of having sex, obviously. >> I think it's the devices, it's a really big part. >> meet dudes that don't even like uh don't even look people in the eye, they

8:28 don't shake their hands, they're just like >> And eye contact is so important. >> Yeah, they're just like, you know, like going around the world kind of like go like this. And then of course you're not going to ████ get laid if you're just like going around the world like this. [laughter] >> Unless that's someone's type. >> But don't you think the the big factor between our generation and theirs is we were much more impulsive. >> Yeah. >> Like they are more calculated in everything. So like they overthink, they have a lot of information. They see what we did and they're like, I don't want to live like you, bro. >> Well, also I also I think it was easier to be impulsive and stupid and silly back then because not everything was documented the way it is now. >> Yeah. >> And there's all these receipts for everything. Things get misconstrued or s███'s real and you didn't want it to be out there. I mean, it's there's a lot

9:18 more at stake these days versus back then. >> Like how much ████ that you did would you not have done if you knew for sure it would be recorded, posted and immortal? Like a lot of stuff you wouldn't have done, right? >> I think I would have been more self-aware. Yeah, I wouldn't be on ecstasy rolling on the floor. >> Yeah. >> And you wouldn't be who you are today. >> That is [laughter] true. Yeah, yeah, yeah, it's like if I knew that, if I knew I would never escape this, I would have never done most of that stuff. >> Cuz people's like careers and ████ get ruined based on things that get posted and stuff. So, you really like I understand why they feel so cautious and careful and don't want to do all this ████ cuz it could ruin your life forever. In this day and age. >> And I do feel bad like how much they have to think about money in their 20s. Cuz I don't think that's something we all worried about. Like it wasn't about It was actually looked down upon if you were money obsessed and you

10:09 wanted to be rich. And then it's it's kind of like, "No, it's about the heart. It's about the date. It's about the skill." >> No, yeah, that is true. That's true, yeah. >> But then now Gen Z is all like, "I want to ████ be rich." They have no shame in it. "I want to be rich. Pay me. Whatever." And then they're like, "It's expensive. I got It's It's Their world is like I got to spend hella money." >> You're right because when we were in high school, the coolest thing was underground hip-hop. Like the poorest of the You know what I mean? It wasn't cool to like the chart-topping like mainstream dudes. It was like, "Nah, check this out. Dilated Peoples." >> You had rich kids ashamed of their wealth pretending that they're rich wanting to hang. And then you find out this is a trust fund ████ Like what is he wearing? Like They were dressing down going to swap meet buying cheap clothes. And now it's the opposite. Everyone wants name brand. It's so different. But I I think that's where the standard changes, right? Like

11:00 if everyone's broke and everyone's just having a good time, you're going to get laid easier. >> Do you think it changed too with a curiosity? Cuz I feel like with the lack of information when we were young, you always wanted to see what would happen. Cuz you don't know. You know, like if I go out and do Like consequences. Yeah, consequences. Like if I go and do this, what's going to happen? If I go to this party, if I go to this event, if I go with these people, what's going to happen? I just want to know. I'm curious. But like now it's like everyone knows everything now. Like you can you can see anything you want. >> think they know. >> Yeah. >> And it's like you can look up like you can AI what's going to happen if you want. >> [laughter] >> I really do think they're way more self like at like what do you call it? Self-aware in a way where let's say they have Gen X parents. Which were they were like ████

11:50 keeping up with the Joneses, right? Like and then they had to they always they always material like material they're buying all this ████ right? And then they have like a millennial aunt who went through the party phase, got they saw what alcoholism did. So then I really think that they're very aware generation. >> They're just trying to avoid the same destiny. Okay. >> So everything is like I'm not going to take any risk cuz I know I don't want to be like you uncle. I don't want to be like this millennial ████ And I think that's really what it is. It's like they see the outcomes of risk and enjoyment. Where we see like hey when you survive that ████ dude you got a good story to tell, you went through a lot, it was so fun. Yeah. But they're >> like I'm going to avoid it. That's that's what I kind of see in them too. >> That's true. Yeah. It's the same property of like your kids think you're lame. Like even though you did really cool ████ they're like lame, whack.

12:42 >> [laughter] >> It's like that 21 Jump Street scene when he comes in with a muscle car and all those guys are looking at him like lame. [laughter] I think that's what it is, dude. So it's like our gen is sitting there going hey we had a lot of sex and they're just like gross, lame, whack. >> [laughter] >> You're the reason why there's like so many unwanted children and ████ like >> Yeah. Or it's like oh that's so cringe you're out there trying to have sex. >> [laughter] >> Like we're ████ am I right? >> It's just defiant of the last generation maybe. >> I think so. That's that's how I feel.

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