pleasestopasking@reddthat.com to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 1 month agoMicroplastics will be the "boomers all have lead poisoning" of millennialsmessage-squaremessage-square101fedilinkarrow-up1526arrow-down121
arrow-up1505arrow-down1message-squareMicroplastics will be the "boomers all have lead poisoning" of millennialspleasestopasking@reddthat.com to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 1 month agomessage-square101fedilink
minus-squareIceman@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up23·1 month agoI wonder what our neurosises will be.
minus-squareTankovayaDiviziya@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up15·1 month agoDepression, I would say. Same as how boomers are labeled as uncaring and sociopathic because of lead.
minus-squareScott_of_the_Arctic@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·1 month agoThe depression is a natural byproduct of civilization. We’re not supposed to sit in concrete boxes and do meaningless tasks for survival. It makes us sad.
minus-squareP00ptart@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·1 month agoThe sociopath part, I think, is likely because they grew up in the easiest time in history.
minus-squareAitolda@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 month agoAs an Elder Millenial/Xennial I was lucky enough to make it to adulthood just before it got complicated. Unfortunately we’re talking months.
minus-squareconicalscientist@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up11·1 month agoI think it’s more physiological. Since microplastics are ingested maybe it’s related to the rise in oral and rectal cancers.
I wonder what our neurosises will be.
Depression, I would say. Same as how boomers are labeled as uncaring and sociopathic because of lead.
The depression is a natural byproduct of civilization. We’re not supposed to sit in concrete boxes and do meaningless tasks for survival. It makes us sad.
The sociopath part, I think, is likely because they grew up in the easiest time in history.
As an Elder Millenial/Xennial I was lucky enough to make it to adulthood just before it got complicated. Unfortunately we’re talking months.
Samesies.
I think it’s more physiological. Since microplastics are ingested maybe it’s related to the rise in oral and rectal cancers.