The Kids Are Not All Right … And They’re Boring As Hell

The biggest fault in generation Z is to be really a generous.

According to a Gallup survey, a record of 54% of American adults say they consume alcohol.

“”From 1997 to 2023, at least 60% of Americans said they had drunk alcohol, “reports Gallup.” The figure fell to 62% in 2023 and 58% in 2024. ” Among the young people, the decline is even sharper. Self -proclaid consumption in young people increased from 59% in 2023 to 50% in 2025. (Related: there is another gap between the sexes that no one is talking about – and this could well condemn the Democrats)

Is it just a fashion of health?

Gen z of nightlife now plans the morning raves with espresso shots – and no tequila https://t.co/l9mwrdq38a pic.twitter.com/64mpcsmy1z

– New York Post (@nypost) June 22, 2025

Young adults are increasingly likely to believe that moderate consumption is unhealthy, according to Gallup. Two -thirds of young adults interviewed agree: “one or two glasses per day” is bad for health. Half of adults aged 35 to 54 and just under half of adults aged 55 and over also agree with this declaration.

Podcasts like the Huberman Lab, hosted by neuroscientist Andrew Huberman, may have popularized teettotalism in Gen Z.

The 3 major changes that even the consumption of low to moderate alcohol cause your brain, your body and your psychology over time. Complete episode at https://t.co/tphgkozqyg pic.twitter.com/aiupilq3vw

– Andrew D. Huberman, Ph.D. (@hubermanlab) August 26, 2022

“Zero [drinks] is the best, two is probably good, three, four, five, six, seven, this is where … You will shorten your life significantly, “Huberman told Rhonda Patrick in a clip of his podcast, Foundmyfitness. The clip has more than half a million views.

“I have nothing against alcohol … I understand that it is part of the fabric of most cultures, and that says something. But in my mind, alcohol, if you do not like it or if you care about your health more than you care about alcohol … Do not drink, it’s pure and simple, “concludes Huberman.

Accept alcohol is bad for your health. Since when have people, in mass, have ceased to do things because they are unhealthy?

The obesity rate among Americans aged 18 to 24 is 19.5%, according to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). THE total The percentage of obese Americans was 13.4 between 1960 and 1962. Admittedly, people did not become less aware than being fatty is bad for you.

For a drink comparison, consider energy drinks. Most contain natural flavors, emulsifiers, gums, sugar alternatives, extracts, acids and colors. None of these facts inhibited their growing popularity with young people.

“I drink a glass of red wine with dinner, for my health”, and “I do not drink at all, for my health” are probably the two post-hoc justifications for its consumption habits.

Every day, I see studies on how generation Z is drinking less, smoking less, having fewer sex, etc. It is because they do everything less.

Their whole existence is on their phone. Escape to the nth degree. It is beyond evil.

– Noah Ryan (@noahryanco) July 25, 2025

People generally drink to smooth social friction. Feel more confident, less in their heads. It is more and more unlikely to meet social friction in the first place, because they do not come out.

Nearly eight out of ten employees aged 18 to 22 said they felt alone “sometimes or always”, according to a Cigna study of January 2020 – before the government decided to suspend our lives for a year or two. Locking exacerbated loneliness among most people, but they interrupted critical development periods for children and adolescents.

One in four American man now declares to feel alone, according to a Gallup survey of May 2025. Young American women are not far behind at 18%.

Multiplayer video games and dating applications are bad substitutes for friendship and meetings. Even those who shake socialization in the flesh know it intuitively. But online is easy. And familiar. And, in the case of meeting applications, more or less compulsory by women with a hostile attitude towards flirting in other contexts. (Related: Lefts prepare a new reason to hate men)

Internet is a good tool. Internet is a bad friend.

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