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Quite young women always post life affirming cod- philosophical messages on social media?

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principalskinna · 29/07/2026 09:10

youngsters I follow either colleagues or hairdressers/ kids of friends in their 20s, et cetera on Instagram
you check in and they've posted some bollocks about anxiety/ deep connections/Poisoning our bodies/loving full lives
is it part of being young and is it that we would have done the same in the 80s and 90s but couldn't ?
who produces all this hammy shit?

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Loopylalalou · 29/07/2026 15:03

BauhausOfEliott · 29/07/2026 09:20

The only people I see doing this are older.

Like my SiL, aged 55. Always a silly moo.

Sporadica · 29/07/2026 15:02

Are we talking "live love laugh" level stuff, or something more personal? The chronically online 18-24 yos I know are mainly posting stuff like "look at this little cutie purse I got at the thrift - I'm obsessed with it!" or "which Sol de Janeiro scents does a vanilla girlie NEED?" so dealing with anxiety, making deep connections, and nor poisoning one's body would probably be a step up. Not sure about loving full lives, but I don't think most people prefer empty lives.

Anyway, here's my Inspirobot-generated advice: "Look humping. Hyperventilate." I'm not going to take it - at least not intentionally.

Quite young women always post life affirming cod- philosophical messages on social media?
BettyJoanPerske · 29/07/2026 15:01

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BettyJoanPerske · 29/07/2026 15:01

NotSmallButFunSize · 29/07/2026 15:00

Or exercise "advice" and they are like, 20 and naturally slim.

Come back when you're 40 with 3 kids love

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Just like those boomers who tell the younger generations to save money.

BettyJoanPerske · 29/07/2026 15:00

SandwichSuperstar · 29/07/2026 14:56

Not true at all.

There are tonnes of ageist threads that divide the forum.

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Just because MNHQ let them stand doesn't mean that the people who start them don't get a bad time. Any mention of 'boomers' sends people into an utter tailspin, yet those same people happily drag ' Gen Z'.

NotSmallButFunSize · 29/07/2026 15:00

Ncforthis2267 · 29/07/2026 09:47

The ones that make me laugh are girls that look about 17 dishing out sage advice for things like long term dating success. Wind your neck in love, you're a baby! You know nothing!

Or exercise "advice" and they are like, 20 and naturally slim.

Come back when you're 40 with 3 kids love

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principalskinna · 29/07/2026 14:59

Anyway, if you want to talk about ageism on the site and derail the thread feel free to start your own thread 👵🏼

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principalskinna · 29/07/2026 14:58

@BettyJoanPerske feel free to

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SandwichSuperstar · 29/07/2026 14:56

BettyJoanPerske · 29/07/2026 14:51

Yes, I would. Old women are sacrosanct on here, the wailing about 'ageism' is very loud.

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Not true at all.

There are tonnes of ageist threads that divide the forum.

BettyJoanPerske · 29/07/2026 14:51

SandwichSuperstar · 29/07/2026 14:49

Yeah but you wouldn't be.

It'd be about 50/50 and MNHQ would allow it to stand.

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Yes, I would. Old women are sacrosanct on here, the wailing about 'ageism' is very loud.

SandwichSuperstar · 29/07/2026 14:49

BettyJoanPerske · 29/07/2026 14:47

Why is ageism acceptable when it's against young people? If I made a generalising post about women in their sixties, I would fully expect to be torn limb from limb on here.

Yeah but you wouldn't be.

It'd be about 50/50 and MNHQ would allow it to stand.

BettyJoanPerske · 29/07/2026 14:47

Why is ageism acceptable when it's against young people? If I made a generalising post about women in their sixties, I would fully expect to be torn limb from limb on here.

cantthinkofagoodusername2026 · 29/07/2026 14:36

I mentioned this to a colleague the other day (my sister has form for posting this type of stuff, yet her life is a mess). He said that it sounds like she is talking to herself by posting this stuff. It made a lot of sense.

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principalskinna · 29/07/2026 14:25

I mean

Quite young women always post life affirming cod- philosophical messages on social media?
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principalskinna · 29/07/2026 14:24

Oh yes

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principalskinna · 29/07/2026 14:23

Dollymylove · 29/07/2026 09:44

Well, you seem to be reading this "hammy shit".....

And you seem to be reading this thread?

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allthiscarryon · 29/07/2026 14:12

principalskinna · 29/07/2026 09:10

youngsters I follow either colleagues or hairdressers/ kids of friends in their 20s, et cetera on Instagram
you check in and they've posted some bollocks about anxiety/ deep connections/Poisoning our bodies/loving full lives
is it part of being young and is it that we would have done the same in the 80s and 90s but couldn't ?
who produces all this hammy shit?

I work with lots of mid 20s, educated seemingly intelligent colleagues and the stuff they come out with sometimes makes me laugh. One over confident young man likes to give out life advice, he was trying to give me some about menopause based on his extensive knowledge of his mum being my age-ish.
One of the few times I have actually told someone in work to be quiet and stop talking!

TooBigForMyBoots · 29/07/2026 12:37

KindlySurfiingPlatypus · 29/07/2026 09:43

Oh yes! I had forgotten that.
https://inspirobot.me/ is still up and running and will generate a new inspirational meaningless meme at the touch of a button.

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Thank you.😆😆😆

StandingDeskDisco · 29/07/2026 12:25

KindlySurfiingPlatypus · 29/07/2026 09:43

Oh yes! I had forgotten that.
https://inspirobot.me/ is still up and running and will generate a new inspirational meaningless meme at the touch of a button.

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Brilliant.
I got "Hide from penises"
and
" 'We need to cancel our agreement' usually means 'I'm sick of this shit' "

LambriniBobInIsleworthISeesYa · 29/07/2026 11:12

When I was 14/15 I used to write what I thought of as inspirational quotes on white postcards and blue-tak them to my wardrobe door. I think that that was the 90s equivalent. I can’t remember many of them, but I know that definitely I had this up:

”The past can hurt. But from the way I see it, you can either run from it, or learn from it.” or learn from it.

Who came up with that piece of wisdom? The elderly monkey from The Lion King. Yep, I was prettttttty deep (this is basically the teenage girl equivalent of David Brent having a Des’ree quote above his desk). Luckily, as embarrassing as my postcard-wisdom was it was less public than the internet and only my parents were privy to it (and no doubt laughing at my bullshit when they were putting my clean washing away).

CamillaMcCauley · 29/07/2026 10:58

posts meme of old woman shaking fist at a cloud

Darragon · 29/07/2026 10:56

PartoftheBand · 29/07/2026 10:48

It's mainly 40 and 50 something idiots on Facebook posting this kind of shit that I occasionally have the accidental misfortune of stumbling upon.

Yep. My uncle in his late 50s is infamous for posting this toss and his contemporaries just eat it up.

SadiraOfTyr · 29/07/2026 10:53

And plenty of younger people don’t post anything at all on social media. Among DS15’s age group it is seen as a bit old hat really - something that only cringey millenials do.

Flamingojune · 29/07/2026 10:50

Any examples?

PartoftheBand · 29/07/2026 10:48

It's mainly 40 and 50 something idiots on Facebook posting this kind of shit that I occasionally have the accidental misfortune of stumbling upon.