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[–] Zephorah@discuss.online 34 points 1 day ago (3 children)

This isn’t just an Anon problem anymore. My partner is a supervisor and he keeps having to have conversations with the 25 and younger crowd about showering, wearing clean clothes, and either wearing deodorant or coming up with other solutions for working in an environment with other people present. Men and women, 18-25.

[–] Tar_alcaran@sh.itjust.works 16 points 1 day ago

I supervise soil remediation, which occasionally involves working in a liquid-proof coverall, with a hood, thick rubber gloves and a full face mask. I've had to literally pour a stream of sweat out of my boots. And I'm just standing there watching and writing, not actually doing physical labour.

And I still have to remind people to shower when changing. Even if you don't care about killing yourself, I mean, come on.

[–] tetris11@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 day ago

It's a trend I'm seeing too. I blame it on the cost of living - people renting with bad bathroom situations or people not able to consistently pay the cost of hot water

[–] chicken@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 1 day ago (3 children)
[–] WoodScientist@lemmy.world 8 points 17 hours ago

People are giving up. Young people more than anyone know they are living on a dying world. Today's college students know that they will likely never own a home. Those of older generations who are aren't in complete denial of climate change are just counting on dying of old age before things get really bad. And many older folks already own homes and are insulated from the worst effects of inequality.

Millions of young people are just giving up. They accept the dystopia they live in and recognize the police state that's been set up to quash any form of dissent or revolt. They have few motivations in life. They just want to earn barely enough to afford a modest apartment and some computer games, and beyond that they have little motivation in life. For many it's all just starting to feel pointless.

[–] LH0ezVT@sh.itjust.works 8 points 1 day ago

I have no idea. I was a bit of the unwashed teenager when I was, like, 14, but I pretty quickly pivoted around to showering in the morning. And using deo if I had to work in a crowded office. I think a lot of that was peer group: if you see all people around you take a bit of care, you start doing it too.

[–] Zephorah@discuss.online 4 points 1 day ago

I’m too old to be able to answer that correctly.