Photo by Liu 18 years old. The next year, the milk tea sister was born.
When taking photos, some netizens found that there were 18-year-old post-90 s in smartphones; After 80 18 years old, it may be necessary to find it in the computer hard disk; And after 70, you may have to remake old photos with your mobile phone. They are all 18 years old, but the pixels are different and the face value is different. This is the progress of digital technology and a microcosm of China in the past 20 years.
Just as 20 18 is coming, it seems that the post-90s generation suddenly realize that their boyhood is coming to an end. Instead, they will officially become the focus of mainstream culture on "children". This wave of screen show is quite a bit of a "last carnival" at the end of the year.
It is not a new method for China society to talk about the "aging" of the post-90s. Hair loss, divorce, becoming a monk and visiting the vegetable market were once used by China media to ridicule China's post-90s generation. If you search for "the first batch of post-90s generation" on China Internet, you will easily find that post-90s generation is on the verge of secularization and collapse.
Zhang Yimou (left) and post-90s actors Lu Han (middle) and Karry (right).
Combining the concepts of "funeral culture"-"I'm almost a cripple"-"Buddhist youth"-"whatever, whatever, it doesn't matter"-"Chinese wolfberry drinks and kneepads dancing", it seems that the post-90s generation is in a state of being badly played by China society. Behind this trend, in fact, is the anxiety of young people in China with the brand of the Internet age about themselves and society.
Nowadays, China's young 90s are dominated by their parents. Most of them are only children and have been disciplined by two generations since childhood. Even as adults, they are still under the control of their parents. Want to be independent after 90, really can't do without the support of parents. In terms of their values, they will face three major events: career, marriage and housing in just a few years after graduation, and China society has given young people too many inappropriate standards: "A successful career at the age of 30."
These post-90s have grown up in constant struggle and compromise, and their anxiety is getting heavier and heavier. In today's highly compressed time and space, the anxiety of the post-90 s is particularly turbulent and difficult to resolve. Of course, the younger generation in China after 1990s also grew up in the era when the Internet gradually became popular. With the popularity of the Internet, especially since the 2000s, the cost of surfing the Internet has been greatly reduced, and the amount of information they can access when forming their understanding of the world has become unprecedented.
Guan Xiaotong, a post-90s actor.
The shaping of their three views is deeply influenced by the internet, and there are more similarities and differences in their way of thinking. If challenging authority and being brave in early adopters are the characteristics of young people in every era, then this generation of young people branded with the Internet era will take these characteristics to a new height. These post-90s have been exposed to a lot of information outside their lives since they were teenagers, and they take this accessibility for granted.
/kloc-The photos of 0/8 years old have attracted the attention of the post-90s generation in China on the social networking platform in China. Most of the internal reasons are that these post-90s generation are afraid of being forgotten and can't keep up with the pace of social change in China. They used photos of 18 years old to evoke feelings and memories and pay tribute to youth. In fact, this not only reflects the psychological state of young people in China, but also reflects the anxiety of contemporary China society. Anxiety comes not only from the grand social problems, but also from the self-demand of the young post-90s generation in China.
The rise of new things challenges their knowledge, skills and achievements. Everyone around them seems to be making rapid progress. This is an era when you think you will be thrown out if you don't learn something. The anxiety of this era has deeply enveloped the individuals of every era, especially for the post-90s generation. The concentrated outbreak of all kinds of anxiety reflects the current social competitive pressure and status quo.
This anxiety actually represents China's yearning for social progress and a better self. If we can reasonably guide and handle this yearning and pressure, the world will witness the vitality and creativity of young people in China. As a by-product of this anxiety, funeral culture only reminds China society of the urgency of relieving pressure, but it does not mean that China's post-90s generation is hopeless.
Like the post-80s generation, they were labeled by the media. "The first batch of 90-year-olds have become monks" and "Buddhist youths". The greasy middle-aged people look at the post-90s generation with various eyes, but it may take another 20 years to know what changes this generation can bring to China. After all, the post-80s generation, originally regarded as the "beat generation" of China society, has become the mainstay of today's society, so it may not seem too arrogant to label a new generation of young people as "at a loss". Compared with Japan and the United States, the funeral culture that China has seen at present is really not worth mentioning.
With the economic decline year by year and the complete locking of class mobility, Japan's "flat abandonment of houses" has made the whole society slide to the edge of "low desire" and even severely hit the real economy; Visiting the popular anonymous forums in the United States, you will find that a large number of young people not only lose confidence in life, but also have paranoid antisocial psychology, which is just one of the reflections of the serious division of American society.
For China, the great development potential and the unity of nationalism at least ensure that the young people of China generation do not have to face a completely disintegrated society.
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