Some select quotes from a very serious researcher:
Early adults proved especially susceptible to drug overdose deaths as synthetic fentanyl swept the country, but also became increasingly likely to die in car collisions and from digestive diseases and diabetes, and stopped making much progress in death rates from circulatory disease.
What the fuck is the passive voice bullshit? “Early adults are susceptible to fentanyl?” Are they just growing it on their personal fentanyl trees? How are they getting it? “Become increasingly likely to die in car collisions” oh word? Their bodies are just becoming unable to take collisions like their ancestors- absolutely no external factors. “…and diabetes” oh you mean a disease that can be managed if the medication isn’t ransomed so Eli Lilly can turn a profit? “And stopped making much progress in death rates from circulatory disease.” These fucking kids stopped working hard at not dying! Circulatory diseases? Related to air quality, stress, diet, etc? Never heard of root causes - sounds made up.
We don’t know exactly why this is happening. Some changes related to the pandemic seem relatively obvious: employment loss and insecurity that disproportionately impacted younger workers, increased alcohol consumption and drug use, and coincided with high rates of depression that continued to distinctly affect early adults following the peak pandemic. This age group experienced hardships during COVID-19 that are difficult to bounce back from.
No one knows why this is happening
In the 2028 election, millennial and Gen Z voters will account for half of the U.S. electorate. Many of these early adults are disillusioned with a political and economic system that does not provide living wages, stable employment, housing security, or affordable health care. As social mobility in the U.S. has decreased, the prospect of homeownership and marriage has also become unattainable for many early adults, regardless of how hard they work. And now millennial and Gen Z Americans are far more likely to die than their age peers in other rich nations.
Ahhhh we keep extracting wealth from “poor nations” (presumably); but unlike other “rich nations” it somehow disappears before it can get to the working class! Must be a ghost or something!
These economic and health inequities are likely to further increase with cuts to the country’s social safety net, including to programs such as Medicaid, to pay for tax cuts for high earners. Technological advancements may lead to widening income inequality if stable jobs are replaced by A.I. Investing in millennials and Gen Z should be a top policy priority. Politicians looking to win votes would do well to make it a key part of their campaigns.
Actually I can think of a number of other top priorities for politicians to line up behind
The sobering fact is that Americans in early adulthood have fallen far behind their peers in other rich countries—to the point where more of them are losing their lives.
Oh hell yeah tie a personal responsibility bow on it you absolute fucking ghoul
It’s a real mind fuck - especially for that sort of thing to just become “commonplace”. I remember my dad telling me about how his high school gf died in a car crash and thinking about how tragic and rare something like that is- but then it just keeps happening
I think a lot of this, like the passive voice and not commenting beyond the data, are just the habits of an academic writer. But yeah, it does result in de-politicizing the whole article, not great.
Psychic damage warning for the article…
Some select quotes from a very serious researcher:
What the fuck is the passive voice bullshit? “Early adults are susceptible to fentanyl?” Are they just growing it on their personal fentanyl trees? How are they getting it? “Become increasingly likely to die in car collisions” oh word? Their bodies are just becoming unable to take collisions like their ancestors- absolutely no external factors. “…and diabetes” oh you mean a disease that can be managed if the medication isn’t ransomed so Eli Lilly can turn a profit? “And stopped making much progress in death rates from circulatory disease.” These fucking kids stopped working hard at not dying! Circulatory diseases? Related to air quality, stress, diet, etc? Never heard of root causes - sounds made up.
No one knows why this is happening
Ahhhh we keep extracting wealth from “poor nations” (presumably); but unlike other “rich nations” it somehow disappears before it can get to the working class! Must be a ghost or something!
Actually I can think of a number of other top priorities for politicians to line up behind
Oh hell yeah tie a personal responsibility bow on it you absolute fucking ghoul
Employment loss is just something that happens to people for no reason.
“Ah shit I thought i left my employment around here somewhere… ah well, guess I’ll die!”
Fentanyls are pack hungers and are adept at separating inexperienced young adults from the herd.
lol fuck. It does seem that way considering those are the friends of mine opioids claimed - inexperienced young adults navigating hellworld.
Oof, I’m really sorry you had to go through that.
It’s a real mind fuck - especially for that sort of thing to just become “commonplace”. I remember my dad telling me about how his high school gf died in a car crash and thinking about how tragic and rare something like that is- but then it just keeps happening
I think a lot of this, like the passive voice and not commenting beyond the data, are just the habits of an academic writer. But yeah, it does result in de-politicizing the whole article, not great.