Gen Alpha Kids Wish They Were Teenagers in 2020...

The kids aren't alright.
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  • @pencilneko
    @pencilneko3 ай бұрын

    I'm sick of Gen Alpha literally making everything an aesthetic. If I see one more "2020 aesthetic🤪🤭💅💅" or "This is so 2014 aesthetic🤧💅💅🙏" I will reach my psychological breaking point

  • @ToiletDestroyer2000

    @ToiletDestroyer2000

    3 ай бұрын

    this post is so 2024 aesthetic oh em gee!!💕💕✨✨✨✨😍😍🥰🥰🐒💩💅💅💅💅💅

  • @TheBlackPanther05

    @TheBlackPanther05

    3 ай бұрын

    oMg lIkE, ThIs tIKtOk is sOOOOO 2016 aEsTheTic like ❤❤❤❤😍🥰🥰🥰🥰😍🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰😍🤩🤩🤩🤩💅💅💅🤭🤭🤭

  • @EggieAnimates

    @EggieAnimates

    3 ай бұрын

    Imagine they start doing aesthetic videos of years that haven't even STARTED! Like: GRWM 2035 aesthetic POV making my Gatorade Monster Energy drink Frappe coffee! In fact, I'm kinda sure it will happen. Come back here when it does.

  • @Lilac_TaylorsVer

    @Lilac_TaylorsVer

    3 ай бұрын

    this post is like soo 1849 coded 😜😜😜💅🏻💅🏻💅🏻✨✨💗💗💗🎀🎀🎀💖💖🍓🍰🍰🍰🧸🧸😋😋

  • @Tobikaboom1

    @Tobikaboom1

    3 ай бұрын

    i... do not even remember the 2014 aesthetic lmao i dont even have a tiktok account, that shit would just drive me crazy

  • @chasehedges6775
    @chasehedges67753 ай бұрын

    Someone said it best: The Late 90s and Early 2000s Gen Z kids were the last sane generation.

  • @samsamsoup

    @samsamsoup

    3 ай бұрын

    me personally as a kid from sep 07, doesnt want to relive 2020 ever

  • @ville__

    @ville__

    3 ай бұрын

    i go to bed with Hayley

  • @luvvvaylah

    @luvvvaylah

    3 ай бұрын

    lol

  • @yourdailytimewaster1977

    @yourdailytimewaster1977

    3 ай бұрын

    this is so true

  • @StardustandChaos

    @StardustandChaos

    3 ай бұрын

    I do NOT want to relive 2020 again. I want to go back to when I was 8 and had my entire family and didn't know what happened in 2020.

  • @hiimmaddy2592
    @hiimmaddy25922 ай бұрын

    As a 14 year old I am absolutely flabbergasted by this. I had to experience 2020 and lockdown at the age of 10 and those years locked in my house with nowhere to go were one of the most depressing and worst years of my life so far. I only had an I pad and a TV and I would watch constantly every single day and I was so miserable because I would spend days watching on my I pad until my stomach became sick. It always felt like the air I was breathing was filling me up with dust. I couldn’t meet any of my friends, I couldn’t go to the park anymore, I couldn’t hug anyone outside, all I had were electronics to cope. After I got back to school I had to go start middle school. I realized how much the pandemic has effected me. I forgot how to socialize, I became more depressed, I was insecure of showing the lower half of my face (because of masks). I became addicted to social media because I couldn’t socialize anymore. I even had to skip my EQAO test and to me that made me sad because I have ADHD and I really am trying to improve but I can’t catch up anymore because I am so behind.

  • @Justamanrandomlybrowsin.

    @Justamanrandomlybrowsin.

    2 ай бұрын

    Can relate, I was your age at the time and 2020 was HELL for me. I wasn’t allowed to have social media and therefore wasn’t allowed to talk with my friends(I had a lot of them before the pandemic). 2020 was a hellhole and these kids romanticizing it is insane

  • @itsatomiccc

    @itsatomiccc

    Ай бұрын

    I was 14 in 2020 and my whole first year of high school was just online 💀💀

  • @Axure16_

    @Axure16_

    Ай бұрын

    @@itsatomiccc that must have suckeeed! 😭 i thought 5th grade was bad online.,

  • @Lutrine

    @Lutrine

    Ай бұрын

    Hey man, I know how you feel. When the pandemic started, I was 15 years old and in the latter half of my sophomore year of high school. It was one of the most isolating experiences of my life having to get up every single day and stare at a screen in order to get my education. The amount of distractions that were prevalent in my life were at an all-time high and I couldn’t process them all. I had suicidal tendencies and had to be admitted into a hospital because of it. The thing that people don’t tell you is that things will get better with time, and you’ll eventually figure things out. When I was put back into school, I learned that computer science was one of the things I was most passionate about. Now I’m interning at a company that’s partnered with Microsoft. I hope things come as easy for you as it did for me. Know that you are strong and loved! ❤

  • @CaeliSterlingtheFirst

    @CaeliSterlingtheFirst

    Ай бұрын

    Can relate with this. It was awful.

  • @RosaDiazYoutube
    @RosaDiazYoutubeАй бұрын

    2020 asthetic: being 10-12 and growing up way too fast, bed rotting all day, not leaving the house, quarantining your groceries, falling even further behind in school 🌸✨❤

  • @aldennation

    @aldennation

    Ай бұрын

    the growing up too fast is so real 😔

  • @B19Wing

    @B19Wing

    Ай бұрын

    Omg the quarantining you groceries is so real😍

  • @aspiraal

    @aspiraal

    28 күн бұрын

    yasss so aesthetic!! social isolation and loss of basic social interactions 💖🫶✨️

  • @Kel_luvr

    @Kel_luvr

    19 күн бұрын

    real tbh

  • @BotRaper765

    @BotRaper765

    14 күн бұрын

    I was 8

  • @crayondevourer2267
    @crayondevourer22673 ай бұрын

    Who wouldn't love to be a teen in the 2020's, right? Having nearly three years taken out of your best time of your life and getting some very fun mental health problems because of the virus is SOOO great, right? Right?!

  • @ville__

    @ville__

    3 ай бұрын

    i go to bed with Hayley

  • @strangeaelurus

    @strangeaelurus

    3 ай бұрын

    Yeah, or having to be stuck at your parent's job because they still have to work in person due to the nature of that job :/

  • @S0REZ

    @S0REZ

    3 ай бұрын

    Dont forget about the difficulties with financial stability and education 🥰

  • @ville__

    @ville__

    3 ай бұрын

    @@S0REZ female

  • @ville__

    @ville__

    3 ай бұрын

    @@strangeaelurus female

  • @kalvofcc
    @kalvofcc3 ай бұрын

    why would ppl romanticize a time when THOUSANDS of ppl were dying??

  • @ville__

    @ville__

    3 ай бұрын

    i go to bed with Hayley

  • @AirTheHuntress

    @AirTheHuntress

    3 ай бұрын

    I just don't get it, and I am Gen Alpha! Like, so many people were sick, my own best friend got it! My aunt got it twice!

  • @leilamb1978

    @leilamb1978

    3 ай бұрын

    There were more people dying in 2021, 2022, 2023 and even 2024 than in 2020. The death rate has actually increased. Even cancer, myocarditis, sudden adult death, miscarriages, etc are on the rise.

  • @Ebani

    @Ebani

    3 ай бұрын

    Thousands of ppl are always dying, ppl are just ignorant af 🤔

  • @AirTheHuntress

    @AirTheHuntress

    3 ай бұрын

    @@leilamb1978 I mean, to be fair, in my opinion, from what I saw, and my 10 year old self's opinion on life, 2021 felt worse than 2020. 2020 was worse, but 2021 was really when the realization sank in for me.

  • @Anshuk22476
    @Anshuk2247628 күн бұрын

    I was 13. Living ALONE with my cousins who were no older than 12. Because our parents were quarantined away from us because they were taking care of my grandfather who had COVID. We five kids ( aging between 9 to 13) were all alone. I remember crying every night because I wasn't sure whether I was GOING TO SEE MY PARENTS EVER AGAIN!!!??? AND NOW SEEING THESE KIDS DYING TO LIVE IN 2020 AGAIN LITERALLY TRAUMATIZE ME!!

  • @cillshot99

    @cillshot99

    14 күн бұрын

    i hope everyone in your family is ok 🙏

  • @Anshuk22476

    @Anshuk22476

    14 күн бұрын

    @@cillshot99 thanks for asking! They are okay but we lost our grandfather.

  • @sirenx..

    @sirenx..

    10 күн бұрын

    @@Anshuk22476i’m sorry for your loss💔❤️‍🩹

  • @Spirit_Of_The_Hollow.
    @Spirit_Of_The_Hollow.2 ай бұрын

    During 2020 I was quite young. Like 12? I lived the entirety of March as if in a trance. I do not remember it whatsoever, i feel like it was so terrible my brain just. Erased it. Why someone would want to relive that time is beyond me

  • @That1GuyWhoExists

    @That1GuyWhoExists

    Ай бұрын

    I fell on a dark place ( I was 12 towards the beginning of the pandemic) I stopped caring stopped working at class. These kids are insane

  • @olivej445

    @olivej445

    Ай бұрын

    I was 13 when lockdown began. I’d just moved house and schools a month before so I didn’t even have friends to text or call during lockdown. I never attended online classes cause the school I went to didn’t fully integrate me into the classes so my teachers didn’t know who I was. I don’t remember anything about the lockdown but I know my mental health was terrible. I lost family members and multiple got long Covid, I can’t believe that gen alpha is romanticising it like it didn’t have a horrible effect on peoples lives

  • @ST4R3Y

    @ST4R3Y

    Ай бұрын

    I was 9 and i was rlly scared tbf..i missed alot of my friends and like yh we had some fun tiktok dances and stuff but..

  • @aniloraKOfficial

    @aniloraKOfficial

    16 күн бұрын

    i was younger but same i dont really remember *anything* just some things and most of them we mostly bad, forgot almost everything even after 2 years that the pandemic ended all that i remember is that it was hard to talk to ppl, while almost everyone moved on i was still stuck there took me long to move on, now Im just waiting to go to another school and start over (Im from a country in EU and we go to high school later than kids in USA and UK do)

  • @roseydeep4896

    @roseydeep4896

    12 күн бұрын

    Yeah. Me too, I think.... 2022 felt like I was in a trance, too. A war started in my country (Ukraine) that year and it's still ongoing... I was 14. My family basically became homeless for A YEAR AND A HALF when we fleed. I became severely depressed because of that, I thought we would never be able to go home again, tried to kms multiple times (run away, poison myself, stab myself), my parents kept fighting, constantly, I was (and still am a little) scared of THUNDER because the sound reminded me of bombs falling and explosions..... I would give anything to forget about that year altogether and definitely would never want to relive it!!!

  • @solong_abigail
    @solong_abigail3 ай бұрын

    I will admit, being an early teenager in 2020 was fun on the INTERNET, the trends were actually fun and we were all weird together. The pandemic WAS NOT. Bring back the trends, but not the pandemic or the tragedy that happened

  • @Ariel-lol

    @Ariel-lol

    3 ай бұрын

    I so agree. I was around 13-14? So prime age of the teenager years😭 I’m 17 now and will be 18 this year. I loved the trends of 2020, so much was happening, all while trying to bring us together during a difficult time. I was homeschooled so nothing was to out of the ordinary for me, just not being able to travel much, go places with friends, and using face masks everywhere kinda sucked a lot. I remember video calling on zoom with my close friends, having little movie nights and stuff. The pandemic seems like a fever dream for me now.

  • @PuffTastic

    @PuffTastic

    3 ай бұрын

    @@Ariel-lol I was and still am exactly the same age as you, I'm 18 in december, being a teen during covid had its benefits (I wasn't hit too much academically and was too young to have responsibilities) but I also missed out on a lot of socialisation, friendships and other teenage things I should've experienced. Things didn't really open up fully for us and go back to normal until end of 2021, I spent the whole of covid with 1 friend and other than that people I met on discord, it was actually a horrible time for me and my school completely changed up their system, covid helped me find out I'm autistic though which is one thing but the damage it did to me mentally I'm only just getting over honestly, I hate the realisation I literally wasted all my teen years on discord and crying over fictional characters because I literally had 0 contact with the outside world beyond 3 people and my world view ended up a lil wacky 😭

  • @selita1232

    @selita1232

    3 ай бұрын

    100% agree. I was lucky that covid happened while I was in 7th grade, as it wasn’t that serious in terms of our education compared to those who were juniors and seniors at the time. As much as I miss staying home, skipping classes on zoom, and binging TV shows like there was no tomorrow (literally), you cannot pay me to go through all those terrible things that happened again in 2024.😭 It was a different level of fear knowing that there wasn’t a cure to an airborne virus that was killing millions people including your own relatives, which made it even worse. Plus, as a junior in high school, i don’t want to graduate on a zoom meeting next year, no thanks…

  • @yoi_yoi

    @yoi_yoi

    3 ай бұрын

    I totally agree what you said about how the trends were fun and all of us were weird, and sharing stuff on the internet! One thing I notice now is that because people were isolated, we were more creative inside our own environment, but now people in 2023-2024 try to fit in with other people than being themselves (?). I just think it’s really sad/ tired to see everyone fit into one standard “society” now because everyone was inside, possibly alone unable to interact with other people. This is kind of a switch of topic, but I also think because of the change during the pandemic, 2020 to mid-2022, people started to realize that we were going back to the norm. Possibly causing this effect of aesthetics to change throughout these past few years. This most likely had to happen because of going back to school/ work and making people scared to be in public spaces again and even being judged. Also the making of new trends and aesthetics comes into play as they made everyone the same these past few months (Sorry if i don’t make any sense making my points and please ignore my bad grammar).

  • @elenamccracken544

    @elenamccracken544

    3 ай бұрын

    I'm a similar age to Haley, 21 in a couple weeks now, but it was a horror show for me and a lot of my classmates. I remember getting quarantined in my room because my mother was one of the vulnerable and more likely to have to be hospitalised if she were to catch it. We lived every day in anxiety that if we went out we would bring it back and maybe mum would get it and then we would lose her. It was horrible. I was doing my Alevels at the time (for Americans, this is a set of exams in the UK that take place over the course of two years starting from after our GCSEs - another two year course of exams - at 16 and going until about 18.) I remember friends in the year above not being told what was happening with their grades, so many people failed or did worse and didn't get into the universities they wanted because of it. We had to cut out massive portions of our syllabus because even though we did get back to school in our final year, we were not able to catch up, no one in the country was. It wasn't until less than a month before our exams were that we were told what was happening. Sure it was nice to be able to sit outside with a smoothie in the summer while doing your class but. That was like, the only upside. Covid was horrible and stressful for all elder teenagers and young adults at university, especially those studying in a medical field, my elder sister was a frontline radiographer in her final year of university, didn't get a graduation until like two years later.

  • @rileythesmiliest
    @rileythesmiliest21 күн бұрын

    i’m a zalpha, (turning 13 in 10 days) and i was nine during covid. i NEVER want to go back. at first, the two weeks off were fun, but zoom was so annoying and completely killed my love for school. i fought with my mom all the time and cried everyday, and whenever we went shopping we had to SCAVENGE for toilet paper. these kids are insane.

  • @mrsidk03

    @mrsidk03

    10 күн бұрын

    HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!

  • @rileythesmiliest

    @rileythesmiliest

    10 күн бұрын

    @@mrsidk03 ty!! i am officially a teenager lol

  • @Leodicaprisunknowsshit

    @Leodicaprisunknowsshit

    8 күн бұрын

    Happy birthdayyy! I’m turning 13 in a couple of months, so same ( 2011 baby)

  • @rileythesmiliest

    @rileythesmiliest

    8 күн бұрын

    @@Leodicaprisunknowsshit tyy

  • @SHIRAISHI_FAN

    @SHIRAISHI_FAN

    7 күн бұрын

    YES THAT'S SO REAL. That was my third thru fourth grade year and like it was so so bad. I would fight with everyone in my family and I honestly, AT THIRD GRADE, lost motivation to even get out of my bed.

  • @TriangIe
    @TriangIeАй бұрын

    I was 16 for most of 2020, I became depressed to the point of being bedridden, began missing all of my online classes, and had my first ever true mental breakdown and the most vivid contemplations of suicide I’ve ever had. Truly a phenomenal year amirite 🤪

  • @roseydeep4896

    @roseydeep4896

    12 күн бұрын

    Yeah..... 2022 too. A war started in my country (Ukraine) that year and it's still ongoing... I was 14. My family basically became homeless for A YEAR AND A HALF when we fleed. I became severely depressed because of that, I thought we would never be able to go home again, tried to kms multiple times (run away, poison myself, stab myself), my parents kept fighting, constantly, I was (and still am a little) scared of THUNDER because the sound reminded me of bombs falling and explosions..... I would give anything to forget about that year altogether and definitely would never want to relive it!!!

  • @Sage-uy9js
    @Sage-uy9js3 ай бұрын

    The real 2020 aesthetic is reliving the same day over and over, worrying about if your parents will be okay if they go outside to get groceries, and sitting down staring at a computer for 20 hours a day 🩷🥰🧚‍♀️😁☺️

  • @muhanaveed1999

    @muhanaveed1999

    3 ай бұрын

    Fr

  • @EllieOscar

    @EllieOscar

    3 ай бұрын

    Right

  • @zurirobinson2749

    @zurirobinson2749

    3 ай бұрын

    It's so wild to me to see these new kiddies wishing they were my age. I spent my 21st birthday with a bottle of liquor at home and my first presidential election as a voter nearly ended in a coup. I couldn't go to the damn ice cream truck, let alone a bar, without having a full-blown panic attack that that little jaunt might leave me an orphan and/or only child. I sincerely hope they *don't* have to go through that (with the saddest part being that they'll probably go through even worse than that given the state of things). Tbf I did used to wish I was a few years older because I'm *just* too young to have experienced a lot of interesting cultural moments (e.g. I wish I had experienced the hype of Y2K even as a small child with some awareness of what was happening- instead I was a neonate that was supposed to still be a fetus), but like... at least that was 25 years ago and not literally four years ago aka *just happened*

  • @p-__

    @p-__

    3 ай бұрын

    My farts are better than Haylo’s farts 💨

  • @pablodelsegundo9502

    @pablodelsegundo9502

    3 ай бұрын

    Not showering for several days in a row comes to mind, too.

  • @annamendoza8000
    @annamendoza80003 ай бұрын

    2020-2022 was literally the worst years of my life. So many people dying, relatives dying, and my family are doctors so that was even worse. If Gen Alpha considers worldwide death "sO aEsThEtIc" this is it for society.

  • @Roach4

    @Roach4

    3 ай бұрын

    I have no hope for Gen Alpha at all. Their parents are part of the reason though

  • @SwiftlyGay

    @SwiftlyGay

    3 ай бұрын

    This isn't most of gen alpha. That's B.S.

  • @Roach4

    @Roach4

    3 ай бұрын

    @@SwiftlyGay we know but it’s enough of them that they give the whole generation a bad name

  • @alannah01

    @alannah01

    3 ай бұрын

    @@SwiftlyGay this isn't even gen alpha, this is gen z. gen alphas are like 11, these guys are 14

  • @ExistingSmiles

    @ExistingSmiles

    3 ай бұрын

    real, i hated 2020-2022, sure there wasn’t school. But i didn’t see any of my friends for so long

  • @kaylynnirvinesthetics
    @kaylynnirvinesthetics2 ай бұрын

    I honestly am so sad for all the teenagers in 2020, especially the teens who did not have the chance to have a graduation year. I am so sad you guys did not get to have the experiences you deserved.

  • @kaylynnirvinesthetics

    @kaylynnirvinesthetics

    2 ай бұрын

    Also what in the fuck are they actually talking about? To me as a 22 year old, during the pandemic, with siblings who were teenagers, not ONE thing on their "2020 Lockdown" bs has NOTHING to do with any events or things that happened🤣 They are literally romanticizing the things 10 year olds were interested in.

  • @aspiraal

    @aspiraal

    28 күн бұрын

    And also developing kids, that were 7~9 years old, since it's also very impactating as well.

  • @cloudy_skys2664
    @cloudy_skys266413 күн бұрын

    Covid started when I was in 4th grade. My siblings and I thought we were just going to catch a break from school. I was great at first because we were able to get more sleep and do our work when ever we wanted. But every time the quarantine got extended, I wanted to be back a school. I would start the days crying in my bed, hoping it would be over tomorrow. My grades were lower than they've ever been before, especially because I had to share a computer with my brother. I couldn't even see my best friend! I can't believe gen Alpha is treating this like it was Heaven on Earth. I would never want to go back to this!

  • @Miss.831
    @Miss.8313 ай бұрын

    Wow this is crazy. Suicide rates went up, addiction went up more, depression and anxiety went up. 3 of my mom’s coworkers husbands took their lives. This just shows their age, naïve. Me and my mom are both in the medical field (RN) and there was nothing to romanticize let me tell you. 🤦🏻‍♀️

  • @p-__

    @p-__

    3 ай бұрын

    My farts are better than Haylo’s farts 💨

  • @zachbohemian

    @zachbohemian

    3 ай бұрын

    I mean, it's still up

  • @ethanchasejackson

    @ethanchasejackson

    3 ай бұрын

    That happens all the time

  • @Miss.831

    @Miss.831

    3 ай бұрын

    @@zachbohemian Of course it is. I’m just saying like it was on a rise even more than before when the pandemic came.

  • @Miss.831

    @Miss.831

    3 ай бұрын

    @@ethanchasejackson Well yea it happens all the time. Sadly. But it did technically rise more during the pandemic with Covid. People were isolated more then before and people were out of work and relationships were more tense in ways because people didn’t get space to the same degree.

  • @Notllamalord
    @Notllamalord3 ай бұрын

    Gen Z should start doing "2008 core" where we all pretend that being a teenager in 2008 was awesome and chill while completely ignoring what it was like

  • @dearryuzaki

    @dearryuzaki

    3 ай бұрын

    How was 2008

  • @LexolotlTheLegend

    @LexolotlTheLegend

    3 ай бұрын

    ​@@dearryuzaki yeah, I'm a zoomer kiddo (from the last years of Gen Z but still very much a zoomer) and I don't know what it was like

  • @jade_sativa

    @jade_sativa

    3 ай бұрын

    i was 7 in 08 what happened

  • @rblursedcomments9362

    @rblursedcomments9362

    3 ай бұрын

    To answer yall’s question, I personally was only 2 in 2008, but my mom talked about it enough to where I was aware of what was happening. I believe it was the stock market crash that they’re referring to, and maybe Obama’s second time in office, as well? The only really prominent issue that 2008 had was the stock market crashing so I’m going to assume that’s what they mean

  • @jade_sativa

    @jade_sativa

    3 ай бұрын

    @@rblursedcomments9362 ohh i dont remember much of that tbh

  • @AlexZanderrr0001
    @AlexZanderrr00012 ай бұрын

    I was 10 when the lockdown started, but i hated it so much. I lost my grandmother to covid and my father to suicide. I hated not even being able to travel to their funeral. It was an awful time and the fact that people MY age want it back is so disturbing for me. I will never forget that time and it will always haunt me.

  • @Ichijou_Matsomoku308

    @Ichijou_Matsomoku308

    19 күн бұрын

    I’m reporting you for copa violation.

  • @QuackitysStuff

    @QuackitysStuff

    14 күн бұрын

    @Ichijou_Matsomoku308 blud stfu also 14yr olds are allowed on YT

  • @fennecstar56

    @fennecstar56

    12 күн бұрын

    @@Ichijou_Matsomoku308if they were 10 in march 2020, theyd be 14, and im 90% sure coppa is only for kids 12 and under

  • @thisistato

    @thisistato

    11 күн бұрын

    @@Ichijou_Matsomoku308 if they were ten in 2020 and they created their acc two months ago they are 13 or older

  • @LeInternetcockroach

    @LeInternetcockroach

    8 күн бұрын

    Oh God, I’m so sorry😢

  • @summerrse5873
    @summerrse5873Ай бұрын

    I was twelve in 2020 so while I may not have experienced being a proper teen those couple of years ago, I clearly remember all that was happening. Lockdown was actually a blessing for me as I have extreme social anxiety and was abused by peers at school, but at the same time Covid was hell, especially if you were a hospital patient around that time. I was in the psych ward for two months in early 2022 when there were still covid restrictions in my country (central Europe). I had to spend a night in a literal plastic room on a crappy bed with no shower, an open toilet and no privacy just so my covid test could go through, and then those few weeks were hell. No visitors were allowed so parents quite literally would stand outside before the windows and scream at their kids which were a few floors up just so that they could see their faces through crappy windows. The only contact we had with family was through the two Nokia phones the ward had and let me tell you, people were literally fighting over them to get a minute in with their parents. I’m not kidding, I’d seen people stuff the phones in their underwear just so that they could call their mums. And then a year later I’m admitted again and expect that same sort of crap but instead, the ward is open for visitors, for four hours a day you could see your parents… It was amazing, or at least as amazing as it gets in a mental hospital. Teenagers were so deprived of social interactions… I remember a situation in late 2021 when my school re-opened after A YEAR AND A HALF, but if someone got covid the whole class had quarantine for 2 weeks. Guess who got covid? I did, and my class was literally HARASSING ME for taking two weeks of socializing away from them and I UNDERSTOOD WHY! Kids that are just two or three years younger than me would give anything for two weeks off school, and yet just a few years ago my whole class was pissed at me because they had to stay home. Can you imagine? I sure as hell DO NOT want 2020-2021 back. And these Gen Alpha girlies wouldn’t either if they realised that instead of waking up at 6am to make some wipped coffee before online classes, I was barely passing ART CLASS because I had NO MOTIVATION TO TURN LITERAL PAINTINGS OF FISH IN. Oh, and guess what the cherry on top is? My dad was literally stuck in a different country suffering from a severe case of covid and he couldn’t even go to the hospital because HE WASN’T DYING YET AND IN 2020-2021, YOU ONLY WENT TO THE HOSPITAL IF YOU WERE LITERALLY DYING BECAUSE THEY HAD NO ROOM FOR ANYONE ELSE. My blood is boiling, gosh. I’m truly tempted to make one of these "RoLePLaY 2020” Tiktok accounts just to post about the reality of quarantine.

  • @konivez_
    @konivez_3 ай бұрын

    Imagine going through a literal pandemic where thousands of people lost people they cared about and loved, struggled to put food on the table and to simply buy toilet paper, people losing their jobs and ruining out of money because their business ended up falling apart, being isolated in your home every day, and being in the worst mental state you have ever been in then a bunch of kids on the internet making it an “aesthetic”

  • @Kitaco.

    @Kitaco.

    3 ай бұрын

    This is what it felt like and if ur talking abt Gen alpha I am apart of it and embarrassed to say it now because of all these other kids and as apart of Gen alpha I apologize and the other regular Gen alphas and me can agree we do not claim these kids bc 2020 was hell for me.

  • @konivez_

    @konivez_

    3 ай бұрын

    @@Kitaco. Don’t be embarrassed on the behalf of others because as long as you know right from wrong you are smart enough to speak out on what is wrong 🙌

  • @jennym81

    @jennym81

    2 ай бұрын

    Not to mention the fear of getting Covid yourself. My whole family contracted Covid, and it was hell. It was not fun and terrifying bc for I know, one of us could have died due to it! Especially my parents, aunts, and uncles who are older (if you don't know people who are older were more at risk of dying due to Covid). How is this something to enjoy?! Many people were not in a good financial state. Most of these gen alpha parents were most likely struggling to pay for the most basic things (like toliet paper).

  • @Kitaco.

    @Kitaco.

    2 ай бұрын

    @@jennym81 im gen alpha and I remember my mom was struggling to buy us stuff during the pandemic and before it i was extroverted and not that shy and then after it changed me i became introverted and shy

  • @Octowoman2419

    @Octowoman2419

    2 ай бұрын

    fr like one of my close neighbours unfortunately passed from covid three years ago. why should 2020, a terrible year with a virus pandemic killing thousands of people, be made an aesthetic by gen alpha?

  • @serenediipity
    @serenediipity3 ай бұрын

    too many people see 2020 as “yay, no school/work!” as if even the most introverted people weren’t sick of not being allowed to go ANYWHERE without the risk of social judgment and/or getting infected. 2020 was my senior year and i’m lucky my graduation wasn’t canceled but the yearly reminder that i didn’t get to have prom very much does hurt

  • @takecare2521

    @takecare2521

    3 ай бұрын

    Disagree I loved being alone and if I was feeling lonely I went online

  • @yamagamikensei2232

    @yamagamikensei2232

    3 ай бұрын

    tf you mean ? i absolutely loved being alone all the time

  • @ijustimagineit

    @ijustimagineit

    3 ай бұрын

    I agree with the prom part ngl. Was looking at dresses already before it all hit .😢I also had my graduation in person, but we were limited on how many each of us could invite.

  • @ionelalexandra

    @ionelalexandra

    3 ай бұрын

    As an introvert, I kinda enjoyed being alone, together with my family. It's enough for me, but I understand your pov. Sorry that you missed your prom mate :(

  • @annatheota23

    @annatheota23

    3 ай бұрын

    I also graduated in 2020, and I bought my prom dress weeks before it was announced that both school and prom would be canceled :( And I actually HATED missing out on going to school as opposed to online classes

  • @IlonaRomiszvili
    @IlonaRomiszvili25 күн бұрын

    I was 16/17 years old in 2020 and the two things that happened to me during the lockdown were getting burnt out by the online classes and the amount of work we had, and then developing an eating disorder. I was never the more outdooring or social person, but this period was absolute hell, and I could never understand anyone wanting to go back to it.

  • @user-ny9gb6hv6w

    @user-ny9gb6hv6w

    24 күн бұрын

    exactly the same for me…somehow this makes me think 2020 was also an epidemic of mental illnesses. when i got to a mental hospital, there were like 40 people of different age with eating disorder it was WILD

  • @Pvp_Edits.

    @Pvp_Edits.

    16 күн бұрын

    I was 7 during it and I had to stay inside all day. I despised mask especially the ones with the animals on them because they burned. And I heard millions of people dying from Covid and I was scared. I am pretty sure one of my family members had it. Thank God I only got Covid when it became less harmful.

  • @roxannekumah
    @roxannekumah21 күн бұрын

    2020 was one of the worst years ever, you couldn’t go outside, go to school, socialise without using the internet nor buy anything at stores AT ALL due to the pandemic where millions DIED because of COVID, and the fact it’s being romanticised is beyond disturbing.

  • @gimmemoneyineed50cents
    @gimmemoneyineed50cents3 ай бұрын

    why would anyone want to revisit 2020... i find it impossible to glorify that time

  • @ville__

    @ville__

    3 ай бұрын

    i go to bed with Hayley

  • @AnimeArchaeologist

    @AnimeArchaeologist

    3 ай бұрын

    Exactly! A lot of us were starving and unemployed during that damned year because of all the quarantines!

  • @Lastofthesigilites

    @Lastofthesigilites

    3 ай бұрын

    More money, cheaper gas, my depression was at a all time low. Still wouldn't go back but I miss gas being affordable.

  • @TheBlackPanther05

    @TheBlackPanther05

    3 ай бұрын

    The only reason I could see ANYONE wanting to revisit 2020 is because of the music, because the music in 2020 was kinda iconic. Aside from that...... WHY?!!!!

  • @ToiletDestroyer2000

    @ToiletDestroyer2000

    3 ай бұрын

    2020 was actually a good year for me, and i’ve wanted to go back to that year but i only want MYSELF to.i’m aware it was a really bad year, i just want my innocence back man i wanna be happy😭

  • @aria_slayz_fr
    @aria_slayz_fr3 ай бұрын

    Gen Z: Half brainrotted Gen A: *Pure. Pure. PURE. Brainrot.* (most but some are ok)

  • @Abdul9531GD

    @Abdul9531GD

    3 ай бұрын

    @@ville__ who's gonna take that seriously

  • @Gabby.mp4

    @Gabby.mp4

    3 ай бұрын

    I'm on the ok side as a gen alpha

  • @p-__

    @p-__

    3 ай бұрын

    My farts are better than Haylo’s farts 💨

  • @Meg69megmeg

    @Meg69megmeg

    3 ай бұрын

    when does gen alpha start? Some sources say 2010, some say 2012 and some say 2015 but i've seen 2012 most

  • @CRY1ING_CAT.m00nflower

    @CRY1ING_CAT.m00nflower

    3 ай бұрын

    @@Meg69megmeg I'm pretty sure it ends in 2013, bc thats exactly 15 years.

  • @theden9123
    @theden91238 күн бұрын

    "school is cancelled" and "daily walk tomorrow" school wasnt closed.... we still had to go to school... it was just a lot more depressing because that was basically the only "outside" thing we could do and there is SO MUCH keeping you inside... you could only go outside if you absolutely needed to

  • @mehUwUfightme
    @mehUwUfightmeАй бұрын

    i was a very small child in 2014, the only thing i miss is being completely unaware of everything outside in 2020 i was a child still, i miss ABSOLUTLEY NOTHING I WAS BLIND WITH RAGE BC I COULDN'T SEE MY FRIENDS, all i did was watch youtube, play with barbies, and play wildcraft. I also only got 1 extra month off school unless i had the plague , then i got 1 month and 1 week. thanks to the kids who got my class sick w/ covid on purpose. - my friend

  • @kai1111.
    @kai1111.3 ай бұрын

    As a 15 yr old gen z, I speak for all of us by saying, we do not claim these teens!!! Edit: btw gen z is supposed to be 96'-12' so thats why i said this

  • @maliceart

    @maliceart

    3 ай бұрын

    real

  • @ville__

    @ville__

    3 ай бұрын

    @@maliceart female

  • @Valentino016

    @Valentino016

    3 ай бұрын

    @@ville__ 🤡

  • @maliceart

    @maliceart

    3 ай бұрын

    @@ville__ what💀💀

  • @TayleeIsTheBomb

    @TayleeIsTheBomb

    3 ай бұрын

    Real

  • @1tst1g3rx0
    @1tst1g3rx03 ай бұрын

    I remember in 2020 when my parents' friend got covid and *DIED* and they didnt get to see him. I refuse to believe anyone with a *functioning brain* would romanticize a time like that.

  • @JoeMama17779

    @JoeMama17779

    2 ай бұрын

    That's actually pretty sad...

  • @chillaz.2801

    @chillaz.2801

    2 ай бұрын

    May your friend rest in peace. That's awful and yet MOST Gen Alphas decided to romanticize the pandemic.

  • @wherearetheavacado.s

    @wherearetheavacado.s

    2 ай бұрын

    That’s sad a lot of ppl died and one of my bffs died of Covid I was 9 or 10 at the time so no one told me and last year I just knew and I was sooo sad I cried A lot and ppl are ROPLAYING IT ?!?!

  • @Greysonfairy3209

    @Greysonfairy3209

    2 ай бұрын

    I am so sorry for your loss! I hope your friend has peace in StarClan! (heaven)

  • @jairoiii6571

    @jairoiii6571

    2 ай бұрын

    I’m sorry for your loss I was born in 2009 And there are literally 2010s loving 2020 It was hell 4 years ago 4 YEARS AGO OH MY GOSH 5 years ago I was in 4th grade In school Social 😢 The 2010s years were better Even though I was younger and didn’t know much It still agree that back then it was the best part of younger Gen Z’s until Gen Alpha’s popped up and also Gen Z’s got older

  • @whimsicalxxgoth
    @whimsicalxxgothАй бұрын

    i’m actually screaming, i was trying to cope with my anxiety during pre pandemic, and practicing social interactions was smth needed for me. 2020 happened and i had to go at home and now my social skills are absolutely asss and my anxiety is worse 🙃

  • @Yuri-Hoshi
    @Yuri-Hoshi15 күн бұрын

    They don’t understand bc they were in elementary school so work wasn’t that hard for them.. doing high school work at home with no teachers to help was quite literally hell.

  • @TheBlackPanther05
    @TheBlackPanther053 ай бұрын

    As an 18 Year Old Gen Z, I can comfortably confirm that NO ONE in their right mind wants to go back to 2020 OF ALL YEARS!! Like, DO YALL REMEMBER THAT WE WERE LITERALLY LIVING IN A GLOBAL PANDEMIC WHERE WE COULDN'T GO OUTSIDE AND MILLIONS OF PEOPLE LOST THEIR LIVES?!!! Yeah, I don't think anyone wants to relive that experience again.

  • @p-__

    @p-__

    3 ай бұрын

    My farts are better than Haylo’s farts 💨

  • @oceanexblve884

    @oceanexblve884

    3 ай бұрын

    As a 18 yo I feel like after 4 years I just finally processed that it’s not 2020 anymore

  • @DillonGames98

    @DillonGames98

    3 ай бұрын

    @@p-__ 🧢

  • @NightSong897

    @NightSong897

    3 ай бұрын

    I got covid once and i ended up giving it to my mom and brother and i was scared that i was going to be the cause of losing them which fucked my depression even worse at that time. {i am doing better tho} but like why does Gen alpha have to bring out the worse times in history and try to make it look and sound like it’s paradise like why {idk if someone who is born in 2008 is a gen alpha plz tell me i am not one of them}

  • @Ruby...X

    @Ruby...X

    3 ай бұрын

    That was the worst time ever. My dad got covid once and it was genuinely scary to witness, I was so scared that he was going to die. And on top of that my mother who works in hospitals had so many responsibility on her shoulders, and with all the effort she was doing, it felt like she wasn't given enough credits for her actions.

  • @velocitraptor420
    @velocitraptor4203 ай бұрын

    covid genuinely ruined my life. i was a senior. it took graduating high school away, took prom away, took college away, took my friends away, took my boyfriend away. it was the catalyst for my sister’s bipolar psychosis. it killed my mom. my mental health will never be the same as it was before quarantine, idk how to make friends anymore or how to manage being in groups for more than a couple hours at a time, i cant go to college anymore because of how bad my fear of other people has become. WHAT DO YOU MEAN THAT CHILDREN WANT THAT. december 2019 was genuinely the last time i felt safe and happy without any underlying fear of covid. even still i feel like that. everything i continue to learn about gen alpha actually makes me feel like im going to blow a gasket good lord

  • @Ebani

    @Ebani

    3 ай бұрын

    Fear doctrine can have such an effect on ppl, I blame the government for brainwashing you

  • @EggieAnimates

    @EggieAnimates

    3 ай бұрын

    I'm so sorry to hear that! I wasn't nearly as affected as you were! Sending prayers your way, COVID was horrible and I hope nobody goes through the same thing ever again. This video brought back some demons for us all, I hope you find friends that love you, I hope your sister becomes well, and most of all, I hope you and the rest of your family stays healthy for years to come! Sincerely from a young Gen Z

  • @HackiePuffs

    @HackiePuffs

    3 ай бұрын

    I’m really sorry to hear that. As someone who also struggles with anxiety don’t be afraid to try pushing yourself. The more you fight back the less control it has over you. Of course you don’t have to if you’re not comfortable but either way I hope you’re doing as relatively okay as you can be right now.

  • @rocky_mochiii

    @rocky_mochiii

    3 ай бұрын

    Class of 2020 will never forgive or forget we got no graduation no nothing 😢

  • @someoneschannel9734

    @someoneschannel9734

    3 ай бұрын

    I feel for you guys a lot. You’re the strongest people🥳

  • @3xcuse_me69
    @3xcuse_me693 ай бұрын

    As a late gen Z, romanticizing over being in 2020 is beyond me since that year was literally TERRIBLE.

  • @user-se1fe8cn2g

    @user-se1fe8cn2g

    3 ай бұрын

    Fr

  • @PinkLuster

    @PinkLuster

    3 ай бұрын

    SAME!

  • @StolasOwl27

    @StolasOwl27

    3 ай бұрын

    2020 is the most terrible year for everyone. So why romanticize it 💀

  • @Lady_KatherineJane

    @Lady_KatherineJane

    3 ай бұрын

    REAL. These kids are being like " omgg I need my whipped coffee and to make tik toks between zoom classes." Personally i was having panic attacks DAILY. hated waking up. And I STILL cry whenever i hear the civil defence alerts. Bc i knew that meant enough people had died that we needed more rules. My uncle has cystic fibrosis. Hes a teacher. Even nowadays covid would kill him.

  • @Kalani_Saiko

    @Kalani_Saiko

    3 ай бұрын

    As a fellow gen Z (2004), there were SOME aspects of 2020 I liked (being able to work from home, some aspects of online learning for certain classes, etc). Sure the whole lockdown stuff was a pain in the butt (as someone from Victoria, Australia, it was eccentric most of the time considering I live in the middle of nowhere and they based most of the lockdowns on the city and didn't give a crap when it actually hit us), people dying and getting sick was AWFUL but there are some aspects that were okay. People wearing masks to prevent the spread of illness, staying home when you're sick and making sure you have good hygiene, were some of the best takeaways. I'm not saying romanticising the whole thing is the way to go, just that we did learn some stuff.

  • @vespris
    @vespris26 күн бұрын

    as someone who was only 11 in 2020, i still remembee how awful my mental health was and how i went from a b avg student to f's. and just that alone has stuck w me still because all my motivation got ripped away during lockdown and now its really hard to keep my grades up and im going into junior year and its terrifying because i do care about my future but its so hard to find the motivation now. i wish covid never happened because online school is the reason i gave up with work. im trying but seriosuly i wish it never happened. and im grateful that its over and i truly wish nothing like that happens again and even though its enraging seeing kids romantacize 2020, im glad they didnt get to experience it for what it was. i think a majority of them were younger than 10 if they really cannot grasp how awful 2020 was. and although yes tiktok was fun trends were were fun and there was alot of entertaining things on the internet, that does not take away from what real life was. there was alot of stuff on tiktok because it was the one thing everyone had during the lockdown so obviously we all had to be entertained and had to create trends. aaaaa it makes me so upset how people act!!

  • @_Levis_Hang0ut_
    @_Levis_Hang0ut_2 ай бұрын

    We had to wear masks in P.E. CLASS. Even kids like me with breathing issues and asthma were forced to wear them while running. It was horrible. Kids were literally THROWING UP in their masks, not being able to breathe, HYPERVENTILATING, and one kid passed out because they couldn’t BREATHE. I got sick with Covid and it didn’t hit me too bad but the first few days, I couldn’t move, couldn’t breathe, i was throwing up A LOT. It was horrible!!! My brother got it and I couldn’t even see my own brother for weeks! I had to text him to talk to him or talk to him through the door!! I was going through so much anxiety and depression I felt like ending my own life. It sickens me that it’s being romanticized like this.

  • @EXTALT
    @EXTALT3 ай бұрын

    tw i’m a 14 yr old gen z i literally couldnt hang out with friends, had to save my sister from su1c1d3 multiple times witnessing her being sent to the mental hospital 3 times, witness the abuse of my family stuck inside of a house without any form of escape because we’re stuck in lockdown we were so traumatized, yet, they think all of this is something aesthetic to roleplay???

  • @Xhlorophone

    @Xhlorophone

    3 ай бұрын

    i'm also 14, these children only focus on the no school aspect of 2020, they're fucking weird

  • @EXTALT

    @EXTALT

    3 ай бұрын

    @@Xhlorophone FRRR if u want no school so bad just drop out at 16

  • @ethanchasejackson

    @ethanchasejackson

    3 ай бұрын

    I think everyone’s experience is different.

  • @kunikuzuzhi

    @kunikuzuzhi

    3 ай бұрын

    tw (srry for randomly venting i wanna share my experience) in 2020, i was just listening to hatsune miku, my parents went into an argument that resulted in physical violence & my brother nearly ended his life. i was scared, like im still 12 whys everyone acting strange..? im so sick looking at „2020 aesthetic!!!!!❤❤❤❤❤“ as if a deadly virus is cute or quirky or wtv these braindead ppl r thinking

  • @ellalynntaylor

    @ellalynntaylor

    3 ай бұрын

    im 14 also and everyone has different experiences, im sorry for what you had to go through but not everyone was traumatized. I think the gen alphas around 10-13 just want their childhood back, because in the covid pandemic all of those 10-13 years now would be in around 4th grade back then. If you think about it ppl did not learn well online because it was new and teachers couldn't not make people cheat. I think that they missed out of about 1 and a half good elementary school days, and now they are all in middle school and feel as if they missed out. that's just my opinion tho:)

  • @NEPTOPLASMN
    @NEPTOPLASMN3 ай бұрын

    When they Gen alphas send the “Good old days” I completely lost it. My Grandpa was LITERALLY part of 3.4 million deaths, and they call it the “Good” old days?? What the actual hell??? Want to know what the actual “Good Old Days” were? It was when kids were being kids. When they weren’t influenced by social media, when parents didn’t have their DEVICES babysit kids. Parents need to start parenting, so that their child doesn’t end up like a train wreck. [Edit: i got over my grandpa's deatg long ago but thanks guys :)]

  • @Hiidontknowwutimdoing

    @Hiidontknowwutimdoing

    3 ай бұрын

    The future is absolutely screwed if parents don’t start being parents…

  • @catemcmillian6622

    @catemcmillian6622

    3 ай бұрын

    I’m so sorry for your loss. This video is soul-crushing

  • @Imissnormal

    @Imissnormal

    3 ай бұрын

    I am sorry for your loss. I couldn't see my grandpa who was dying of cancer because of Covid restrictions. Lost him in May 2020.

  • @Kalani_Saiko

    @Kalani_Saiko

    3 ай бұрын

    @@Hiidontknowwutimdoing Not to crash the party but they say that about every generation, including our own. Must we continue this? The oldest of gen alpha are still very young.

  • @Jesus_lovesyouuu

    @Jesus_lovesyouuu

    3 ай бұрын

    Jesus loves you sm you and your family I’m very sorry for your loss❤

  • @yu_miive
    @yu_miive15 күн бұрын

    As the oldest of gen alpha, we, the sane gen alphas, DO NOT claim them. When the covid lockdown started, I was just starting 1st grade, at first it was fun, being able to stay at home and have zoom online lessons, but after a while it felt suffocating to be in the same environment, doing the same things, over and over again. Even though I was at the age where I didn’t really understand most things going on at the time, I still felt lonely seeing the same faces, instead of playing with my friends at a playground. After the lockdown, I hated the strict safety measures that I had to follow, I hated the fact that we had to wear a mask, I hated that I had to use hand sanitiser everywhere I go, I hated that field trips were being cancelled due to the virus. I hated the fact that my best friend got infected and had to stay in the hospital for about a month and I COULDN’T VISIT HER. I hated that I couldn’t visit my grandfather who was suffering lung cancer because he lives in another country. I hated that I could not physically spend time with him before he took his last breath and had to do through a screen. I hated that I COULDN’T ATTEND HIS FUNERAL and I had to ATTEND AN ONLINE FUNERAL. I hated everything that happened but yet I still don’t understand why these insane gen alpha kids are romanticising a time when MILLIONS OF PEOPLE DIED, when HOSPITAL HAVE LITTLE TO NO SPACE LEFT, when people HAD TO FIGHT OVER TOILET PAPER. SINCE WHEN WAS THAT PREPPY AND ✨aEtHeStIc✨. It is time I wish we would NEVER have to go through again.

  • @Yamyimbo
    @Yamyimbo15 күн бұрын

    My social skills I had were RUINED my education was also ruined, I and many other students were like two years behind???? My Mental health?? What's that!?? Man 2020 What a time to be alive 🥺

  • @Doktah_Zari
    @Doktah_Zari3 ай бұрын

    I mean, a jail cell and a psyc-ward will help them feel EXACTLY how 2020 felt like

  • @user-pr9nf7nf5v

    @user-pr9nf7nf5v

    2 ай бұрын

    “OH MY GOD INSANE AESTHETIC 💅🤩” Those psychotic little turds would enjoy it

  • @ItzParisHeaven
    @ItzParisHeaven3 ай бұрын

    As a 13 year old turning 14 soon, I do not claim these kids. Why would anyone wanna relive a time where so many people died, people were scared for their lives, and couldn’t even see other people!? Edit: I- I go back on KZread after a few hours and have so many notifications 👀 Also btw gen z end 2012 so technically I am gen z and anyone under 11 is gen alpha I think

  • @Im557

    @Im557

    3 ай бұрын

    i wanna go back to 2021 👍

  • @sweetparriz

    @sweetparriz

    3 ай бұрын

    @@Im557 REAL

  • @domthegreat815

    @domthegreat815

    3 ай бұрын

    U must’ve been too young to remember. Girl nobody was scared we were vibing 😭

  • @zz-jn8vd

    @zz-jn8vd

    3 ай бұрын

    i had fun during quarantine ngl

  • @iiCounted-op5jx

    @iiCounted-op5jx

    3 ай бұрын

    @@domthegreat815 lmao yeah I wasn't scared but quarantine was still ass ngl

  • @bluesapphire170
    @bluesapphire1709 күн бұрын

    The only way I can describe 2020 is being in a constant state of hazy fog. It feels like that time passed with a snap, and yet everything was so slow at the same time. I do believe most of us repressed that time from trauma.

  • @oFloofy
    @oFloofyАй бұрын

    were these kids... not alive during lockdown?? how do they not remember the hell it was???? jesus christ 😭 i PRAY nothing like that ever happens again. most of us still suffer from mental health because of that.

  • @gingercatcrafts_
    @gingercatcrafts_3 ай бұрын

    I lost my job, nearly everyone I know developed an alcohol problem, and one of my friends tried to end herself because she couldn't cope with the isolation, but I guess we didn't drink enough whipped coffee...

  • @Sage-uy9js

    @Sage-uy9js

    2 ай бұрын

    I hope you all are doing better now

  • @SuperHomophobicBlueVegito1995

    @SuperHomophobicBlueVegito1995

    Ай бұрын

    god, that sounds awful i hope you guys are doing better now

  • @thefiletypeiswrong7212
    @thefiletypeiswrong72123 ай бұрын

    Living in fear of an invisible enemy wasn’t fun, and it was legitimately terrifying. Every cough would warrant a covid test, no matter how minimal. Their parents much have done a damn good job shielding from the gravity of the situation.

  • @ElinWinblad

    @ElinWinblad

    3 ай бұрын

    It wasn’t like that for everywhere where I was at. I didn’t change anything except the big box stage. You had to wear a mask. You still want to work like normal kids kids still went to school

  • @adawnhowell9256

    @adawnhowell9256

    3 ай бұрын

    @@ElinWinblad I thought ALL SCHOOLS GLOBALLY were closed from March - May 2020...although most did reopen eventually by August for the next school year....either way there was an interruption in the routine of most school aged children for about 3 months of that year.

  • @Flextape_cult.founder
    @Flextape_cult.founderАй бұрын

    They don’t miss 2020, they miss not being judged. They see 2020 as a time of no judgement.

  • @shayladavis1843
    @shayladavis184314 күн бұрын

    I remember during lockdowns when my teacher would put us into little lunch time chat calls and it was just so lonely… we had nothing to talk about because nobody was ever doing anything, and it certainly wasn’t a time to romanticize about. Even as a gen-z/gen alpha that is not a time I ever look back on happily. All I remember is being super stressed about not understanding anything for school, the stress of terrible internet making the voices go haywire, and of course missing my friends and just any human interaction in general. Oh also, let’s not forget the constant fear of family members dying 🤗 during that time I had rather severe separation anxiety/ possibly ocd so that was not a fun thought swimming through my head every day..

  • @RayyAhm867
    @RayyAhm8673 ай бұрын

    I get 2000s, or 1990s but absolutely NOT 2020s

  • @hannahstdi

    @hannahstdi

    3 ай бұрын

    literally

  • @naskivik

    @naskivik

    3 ай бұрын

    wtf is ur pfp bro

  • @SaveznaRepublikaJugoslavija

    @SaveznaRepublikaJugoslavija

    3 ай бұрын

    Right now isn't too bad, but 2020-2022 is wild

  • @melodyfae18481

    @melodyfae18481

    3 ай бұрын

    same

  • @ejenplitobarces

    @ejenplitobarces

    13 күн бұрын

    true

  • @Livvia2204
    @Livvia22043 ай бұрын

    2020 as a teenager was horrible. I was a sophomore in high school. I missed out on so many key teenage experiences because of it. These kids are crazy.

  • @Y2KFroggyAngel

    @Y2KFroggyAngel

    3 ай бұрын

    I was a Freshman towards the end of 2020, you are 💯 correct. Sophomore year was worst ☹️

  • @sassysaradomin

    @sassysaradomin

    3 ай бұрын

    !!!!!!!!!!

  • @sleepy.saturn

    @sleepy.saturn

    3 ай бұрын

    Agreed. I missed all the big school events because of it. Prom, Graduation... Never getting those memories.

  • @XPrincessHydroX

    @XPrincessHydroX

    3 ай бұрын

    Same here. I was a sophomore in High school when it happened, And because of it, my junior year was a complete disaster, the worst year I ever had in High School. I barley managed to graduate, As I was a Junior for the first half of my Senior Year because of my grades. It was so so awful and I never want to go through that again.

  • @ObeyLucifer

    @ObeyLucifer

    3 ай бұрын

    Same. I was a sophomore and 15 years old at the time lockdown happened. It upended everything, and I completely missed out on having a normal high school experience. It sucked, but I felt REALLY bad for the seniors who were supposed to graduate in 2020... They couldn't have prom or walk the stage at graduation.

  • @haley_bey
    @haley_bey6 күн бұрын

    gen alpha please read this!! i was in my prime teen years in 2020. i was 16 and 17 and never got a high school experience past the first semester of 10th grade because covid shut down the school. i never got to go to prom or senior ball or graduation. i never got to go to the mall or go party on spring break or even take my drivers test the normal way. i never got to see my high school friends again before we all split for college. now all of a sudden i’m gonna be 21 and i’m so unprepared for life because of covid. i would give anything to get those years back.

  • @cupidttps
    @cupidttps17 күн бұрын

    i remember having to celebrate my 11th birthday at my house because of lockdown, 2020 was both good and bad for me but mostly bad because i was just stuck at home all day glued on my iPad after online classes, doing tiktoks and just being all lazy. the first time they lifted most of the restrictions (for example, going to school physically) made me realize how much my life has changed and how much the pandemic affected me. i became insecure of my face (because of the usage of masks), i was ADDICTED to social media because my social skills have degraded and i couldn’t focus on my studies anymore. i’m so grateful that i’ve decided to change for the better and seeing these kids romanticizing/wishing that they experienced the 2020 life is so shocking to me.

  • @mightberudyguliani
    @mightberudyguliani3 ай бұрын

    I didn't get to have a graduation, I didn't get to have a prom, I didn't get to have a graduation party, I actually became a full blown alcoholic, as many others did, during COVID. millions of people lost their lives, wtf is going ON

  • @imaniali8090

    @imaniali8090

    3 ай бұрын

    So sorry about that. Hope you're doing better now

  • @sevenpenceLOLZ

    @sevenpenceLOLZ

    3 ай бұрын

    i hope life is back on track for you. best of luck.

  • @violetbitch9492

    @violetbitch9492

    3 ай бұрын

    @@shmokeyjointssame lol... i see all these people complain about how horrible their life was during covid by listing things i live on the daily/i've gone throught without covid... and i mean that's fair cause i guess it sucks but it lowkey feels insulting? like damn would you really be that unhappy if you had my life the whole time... gee

  • @p-__

    @p-__

    3 ай бұрын

    My farts are better than Haylo’s farts 💨

  • @catmcflooffloof4832

    @catmcflooffloof4832

    3 ай бұрын

    ​@@violetbitch9492people are allowed to have bad experiences, just because you've had it bad your whole life doesn't mean it's "insulting" This was a time where everyone and everything had come to a halt, and people were understandably, having hard times

  • @laeticialana
    @laeticialana3 ай бұрын

    As a 14 year old, 2020 was the worst time in my entire life. I was literally depressed even though we got to go outside more because we were stuck at South Korea. If anything, I want to forget that 2020 and 2021 even existed. I seriously do not understand why these kids think Roblox and animal crossing was the only thing that existed during that time. The low quality of online school is the reason why American schools are having a crisis rn.

  • @ethanchasejackson

    @ethanchasejackson

    3 ай бұрын

    I think everyone’s experience is different.

  • @laeticialana

    @laeticialana

    3 ай бұрын

    @@ethanchasejackson yeah probably, but why does gen alpha want to go back to that time? Did they seriously forget how boring it was?

  • @ethanchasejackson

    @ethanchasejackson

    3 ай бұрын

    @@laeticialana As a early gen Alpha I don’t understand it either

  • @heatheralwaysqueen318

    @heatheralwaysqueen318

    3 ай бұрын

    @@ethanchasejackson as a gen alpha, I dont understand why my fellow gen alphas are making a time where tons of people DIED an aesthetic

  • @LexolotlTheLegend

    @LexolotlTheLegend

    3 ай бұрын

    Every day I'd ask my mom if they were already vaccinating minors so I could finally feel like it was over. I didn't even care if it hurt. I just wanted that vaccine.

  • @-NotRose-
    @-NotRose-2 ай бұрын

    Man- i've got no words, 2020 was simply one of my worst phases everi tried to unalive myself couple of times, i couldnt stand the isolation and fr my socializing skills went down hill-

  • @Cantbeerased7893

    @Cantbeerased7893

    15 күн бұрын

    same friend even tho i was like 11 i spent all my days looking at the clock wishing it was over

  • @Mental-Cats4life
    @Mental-Cats4lifeАй бұрын

    As a 14 year old This is the most sickening thing ive ever heard. i barely got a social interaction once a week, my grades were dropping like never before, i was struggling with mental health issues, new insecurities, online school, and puberty because i was literally TEN YEARS OLD. i had my first double-digit birthday in a lockdown. i was so miserable, i wasnt focusing in online school, and to top it all off, I lost a relative (not due to COVID, but it still scarred me). i literally had to rebuild myself once lockdown ended, and i was extremely insecure when i started middle school. since i moved to the house im currently living in (in 2017), i had to build up my self-esteem and self-worth, and imagine all of that being ripped from you in a simple few months. taking walks and making whipped coffee wasn't even known back then. this is actually sickening. i refuse to consider myself as part of that generation. hell no.

  • @Puwrvanilwa
    @Puwrvanilwa3 ай бұрын

    I’m gen Z (2007) i was 13, freshly a teen in the time of the pandemic and it genuinely was one of if not the worst years of my life. I will admit two weeks off school sounded fun at first and we did have good, fun culture and community on the internet during that time but THATS BECAUSE WE WERE LITERALLY STUCK INSIDE OUR HOMES AND WAS OUR ONLY CHOICE OF SOCIAL INTERACTION. Mine and many others mental health was at our complete lowest, everyday felt like a endless loop just wasting our lives away. Grocery/essentials stores were EMPTY. Not to mention we had lost so many social and educational opportunities due to lockdowns as well, on top of that being the year my dad was arrested and i had the most family trauma. I understand that these kids may have been to young to understand the severity of COVID/2020 like YALL also missed out on a good portion of your childhoods too😭

  • @billcipherproductions1789

    @billcipherproductions1789

    3 ай бұрын

    Yeah i was 11, and before covid i had a social life. My social life never recovered to its pre covid time.😢

  • @user-fh3bq5kp5f

    @user-fh3bq5kp5f

    3 ай бұрын

    Is it ok if I ask why your dad was arrested? :)

  • @OfficialShiggySimp

    @OfficialShiggySimp

    3 ай бұрын

    I was born in 2009. It was awful. That was also when I struggled most, because my damned therapists were mostly unavailable online. Meaning my ADHD meds? Nonexistent. Can say that the Internet was fun, though.

  • @SnoodleDoot
    @SnoodleDoot3 ай бұрын

    I fully support this. Gen Alpha needs to embrace the 2020 lifestyle and just stay in their homes. Leave the rest of us alone. Go inside weirdos! And stay there, please!

  • @Nola625

    @Nola625

    3 ай бұрын

    Y'know that's a good spin on it. Haven't thought of that

  • @MariamArt_

    @MariamArt_

    3 ай бұрын

    Gen Alpha is a bunch of teens or preteens who never went outside or played pretend or mirror play with their friends outside. No offense, but what I am saying is that none is do them were the generation to actually go outside in the sun and play outside while coming home until 10:30 pm. While your mom wants you to come back home for dinner or bed when it is getting dark outside too fast. They grew up with their formative years indoors without any social interaction or any human interaction outside of their immediate family. They don’t understand our society we live in. They don’t know what society was like back at those times. They grew up staying inside not socializing with other people outside of their cellphones and immediate family. Lol, I am trying not to sound like a younger baby boomer, I’m only 18 and I’m not that much older then Generation Alpha. I was born in 2005. But as a core Gen Z’er this is weird and they probably missed out socializing in their formative years of teen hood..

  • @christophg.6339

    @christophg.6339

    3 ай бұрын

    Gen Z did it first 😂

  • @Gabby.mp4

    @Gabby.mp4

    3 ай бұрын

    I already stay home enough as a gen alpha not ALL gen alpha's are insane Cause i know quite a few fellow gen alphas at my age group and their not Insane and their pretty cool

  • @p-__

    @p-__

    3 ай бұрын

    My farts are better than Haylo’s farts 💨

  • @gyeomibear
    @gyeomibearАй бұрын

    i lost my sanity during the pandemic. i was scared of going inside a grocery store and i gained a bit of weight too. i was hella miserable. wouldnt wish it upon anyone.

  • @Imaveryhehehe
    @Imaveryhehehe4 күн бұрын

    My mother got very sick a few days before Covid. The doctors couldn’t figure out what her sickness was, so my family and I were terrified for her. We later realized it was ine of the early cases of Covid. This time shouldn’t be loved.

  • @elliotfryatt454
    @elliotfryatt4543 ай бұрын

    Honestly if being a teenager in the 2010s wasn’t dull enough, turning 18 in 2020 was absolutely mind numbing 😂

  • @That_Russel_Pup

    @That_Russel_Pup

    3 ай бұрын

    Bro I was entering puberty and transitioning from a child to a teenager back then 💀, but all I remember is wearing suffocaters (masks) and having no friends because I wasn't used to being back in person, and on top of that this was at a new school. It was only in High School that I went back to normal, but even then I still slacked off in school (still do). So as if my pre-teen/early teen years weren't already awful enough, I can't even imagine what 2020 was like for young adults at the time. Unfortunately, things are continuing to get even worse as the years go on...

  • @HazptMedia

    @HazptMedia

    2 ай бұрын

    I was 13/14 in 2020, horrible year

  • @StarDustwolf77

    @StarDustwolf77

    2 ай бұрын

    Same here. Main developmental years stuck in my own house definitely messed with my brain, I feel stuck at thirteen ​@@HazptMedia

  • @carnageseason

    @carnageseason

    Ай бұрын

    Can confirm this is true, 2 months after I turned 18 in 2020 the world quite literally fell apart lmao

  • @heyguys58690
    @heyguys586903 ай бұрын

    I remember bed rotting in 2020.. It was so bad i started missing ON-LINE CLASSES and then the next year i got covid. The internet was my only escape since i couldnt even leave my house

  • @Kaidrawsstuff

    @Kaidrawsstuff

    Ай бұрын

    I was in a horrible place mentally and physically in 2020 I hope nothing like that happens again

  • @roro02

    @roro02

    Ай бұрын

    ​@ALEX_MALEX289 me too worst time of my life

  • @Zw0mb13_

    @Zw0mb13_

    23 күн бұрын

    people have started to describe bed rotting as a trend, when it is just a VERY unhealthy we did in 2020 because we had no motivation to move. Cant beleive people think it is cool to be in a global pandemic.

  • @12blueroses6
    @12blueroses620 күн бұрын

    My mom worked at the hospital during that time and she was heartbroken watching people die alone because their loved ones weren't allowed in rooms. My aunt and our neighbor's father were among them.

  • @tipswsophia
    @tipswsophia14 күн бұрын

    9:18 NO. LIFE AINT GOOD.

  • @Chespingod
    @Chespingod3 ай бұрын

    I’m gen z/alpha (2010) and I wish 2020 never happened. Online school sucked, being stuck at home sucked, constantly being hungry cause you have no money and the store is closed sucked. Why would ANYONE wanna go back??? Yeah, playing animal crossing for hours on end was fun. But that was because it was all we had. 5th grade was supposed to be the greatest year of my life in elementary cause after that I would be going to middle school, but Covid took that away from me and made 5th grade the worst year of my life.

  • @ethanchasejackson

    @ethanchasejackson

    3 ай бұрын

    Are you in 8th grade like me?

  • @Chespingod

    @Chespingod

    3 ай бұрын

    @@ethanchasejackson yeah

  • @-mayari-

    @-mayari-

    3 ай бұрын

    I am around your age, and it was absolutely horrific! School was depressing, I had no friends. My family was in a constant state of stress, and these kids want to go BACK to that??? They are so delusional

  • @heatheralwaysqueen318

    @heatheralwaysqueen318

    3 ай бұрын

    @@-mayari- the only thing they think 2020 really was is roblox, tiktok and animal crossing

  • @-mayari-

    @-mayari-

    3 ай бұрын

    @@heatheralwaysqueen318 the funny thing is, I never used any of those! :/

  • @bradleyharris774
    @bradleyharris7743 ай бұрын

    I'm late Gen Z (born late 90s) and I am seriously concerned for these kids. In 2020 was not a fun time for ANYONE, especially kids and teenagers. Edit: My bad, I'm Early Gen Z.

  • @ville__

    @ville__

    3 ай бұрын

    i go to bed with Hayley

  • @Lastofthesigilites

    @Lastofthesigilites

    3 ай бұрын

    Year 97 Z here. 2020 was the time I was making the most money in my life, gas was cheap and my depression seem to disappear for most of it. Still wouldn't do it again

  • @Jahito_EBT

    @Jahito_EBT

    3 ай бұрын

    *if late gen Z is late 90s than whats the gen Z born in 2000s supposed to be*

  • @gingerconnoisseur7395

    @gingerconnoisseur7395

    3 ай бұрын

    You got it backwards. All 90's gen Z (96/97 to 99) are EARLY gen z.

  • @couldntbeme7385

    @couldntbeme7385

    3 ай бұрын

    Honestly, 2020 was one of the best times of my life, my social anxiety like went away cuz everything was online, also bike riding in an empty city was a amazing. 2021 is when my hapiness crashed. I was like 2020? ppl gonna get depressed imma make my life better then 2021 was like HA u thought.

  • @cyracoolgirl4780
    @cyracoolgirl4780Ай бұрын

    During Covid time I was 14-15. Before covid I was A's student, during it I lost all motivation. My parents were also going trough divorce and were arguing about selling our home, so I was really at breaking point. 2 of my grandparents died bcs of covid. Yes sometimes me and my friends joked about having year without school but when I remember this It just ruins me.

  • @chasehedges6775
    @chasehedges67753 ай бұрын

    As a 2001 Gen Z guy, I’m worried where we are heading as a society.

  • @crayondevourer2267

    @crayondevourer2267

    3 ай бұрын

    As a 2005 Gen Z, I'm worried too And on a side note, I feel like I'm 30 y/o with how I look at everything Gen Alpha is doing lol

  • @ville__

    @ville__

    3 ай бұрын

    i go to bed with Hayley

  • @iiraingirlii

    @iiraingirlii

    3 ай бұрын

    @@crayondevourer2267Same 😂

  • @neanderthal4394

    @neanderthal4394

    3 ай бұрын

    BRO AS THE YOUNGEST GEN Z (2009) and the last to experiance a decent childhood, IM SCARED FOR THE WORLD TOO

  • @p-__

    @p-__

    3 ай бұрын

    My farts are better than Haylo’s farts 💨

  • @Omgcait
    @Omgcait3 ай бұрын

    I developed ED during the lockdown because of all the anxiety it was causing me, it wasn’t very “aesthetic” as these young girls are making it out to be, and I most certainly didn’t wake up every morning thinking about “whipped coffee” I didn’t even know what that was

  • @Leafonthefloor

    @Leafonthefloor

    3 ай бұрын

    I remember in zoom my mom but me a wobble chair bless her but every thing else depressing. My crappy headphones were wired so if it was in the wrong position I couldn’t hear a thing my eyes would hurt my moms friends left her because they thought Covid was fake and I didn’t have any games to play so I would just sit and question life.

  • @willdavis2005

    @willdavis2005

    3 ай бұрын

    If you mean Eating Disorder, same thing happened to me as an 11-12 year old in 2020. In 2021 everything got to me and I developed the disorder, and I started hating my body and life and wishing my teen years could have been different, I starved myself and impulsively vomited food until before I knew it I was in the ICU at 60 lbs. Somehow I’ve forgotten everything from the Covid years, but that’s a good thing I guess. Just know you’re not alone and people are still experiencing the effects of not experiencing their teen/preteen years right, and dumb things like TikTok are in the middle of it. Everything will go back to normal soon, so just keep moving forward and know you’re cared about and we can all get thru this together!

  • @Lilly-ro5zu
    @Lilly-ro5zu17 сағат бұрын

    I was 10-11 when Covid happened and I would not want to live through that again, especially not as a teenager 😭

  • @that_gurlllll
    @that_gurlllll5 күн бұрын

    I was born 2010 and I was 10 during the pandemic but I’m clinging to the few websites that say I’m gen z. But during that time I went from being a well performing student to being on the verge of failing everything. I didn’t have a phone iPad or anything so I couldn’t contact my friends, on of my grandparents caught COVID and was in hospital for 2 weeks and I was so scared for them. I never would want to go back to those times.

  • @jeannettebearden834
    @jeannettebearden8343 ай бұрын

    My niece graduated from high school during 2020. The graduation ceremony was a line of cars around the school. Each car contained a graduate and three other family members. Your car pulled up in front of the school. The graduate got out walked to a platform was handed their diploma. One family member could stand right outside the car and take a picture. Then everyone got back in and drove away. That was it. No parties, no dinner out, no senior trip with friends. Also my autistic son was crawling the walls because we couldn't go to any of his therapists and online tutoring with the special education department was a joke. He is a senior this year and doing amazing now

  • @user-Chelsea_18

    @user-Chelsea_18

    2 ай бұрын

    That was my middle school graduation when I left 8th grade it was awful I feel bad for all the seniors in 2020 like they descends a real graduation a real prom they all were deprived of all that

  • @seabassz_197

    @seabassz_197

    2 ай бұрын

    The same thing happened to me and I was very bummed to say the least. And they went back to normal grad celebrations 2 years later not even inviting us for a proper redo. At least I got my diploma

  • @gravdigr27

    @gravdigr27

    Ай бұрын

    My stepdaughter didn't even get that. Diplomas were delivered via mail. The local volunteer fire Co drove the engine around town hitting the lights and siren outside each graduates house.

  • @hell_forest8936
    @hell_forest89363 ай бұрын

    as someone who was born 2009, and is in fact a late gen z, who in there right mind wants to go back to 2020, that was the year I questioned my mental health, and my own damn gender at some point, not to mention that I had to do summer camp online and that also did some damage to my mental health, late 2020 in augest I had in person school, and I hated it, I would fake being sick just to stay out of there. I have a gen alpha brother, and he has never said anything about wanting to be a teenager in 2020. these kids need to go and touch some grass.

  • @American_couture

    @American_couture

    3 ай бұрын

    Sadly we were not only affected by the lack of activities but our excessive online presence during that time was truly causing many of us mental issues. Some of those issues we may never of had without the added online time. I don't think people realize how dangerous the internet is in large doses, I mean is your gender something you think you would truly have thought as much about if it wasn't being shoved down our throats so heavily online during that time? Maybe so, but I bet you would have been better mentally prepared to handle it during a normal time. Glad u made it out ok😊

  • @leaneau

    @leaneau

    3 ай бұрын

    I can relate so much to this comment

  • @EllieOscar

    @EllieOscar

    3 ай бұрын

    I remember during covid I was actually so upset, I would cry like almost every day. I would wonder when the next time I would see my friends would be, or wanted to get out of my house so badly

  • @headphonesaxolotl

    @headphonesaxolotl

    3 ай бұрын

    How do you even DO online summer camp? Eat breakfast on zoom instead of in the mess hall?

  • @hell_forest8936

    @hell_forest8936

    3 ай бұрын

    @@headphonesaxolotl to put it short, it would be in the evening and we would get sent a box with the stuff for activities, it wasn't very fun, we did for I think 3 years before sitting back to in person, it sucked so much doing it online

  • @lavendeereatingreens
    @lavendeereatingreens13 күн бұрын

    I swear to god the crippling loneliness could not have been worse. My little sister was 10 in 2020 and if she didn't have me and my mum for support she would've gone mental. Everything was so restricted it was suffocating. It wasn't all fun and games, it was a LITERAL WORLDWIDE PANDEMIC. The endless cycle of waking up 5 minutes before class, sitting for 8 or so hours then not even being able to go out or see anybody was felt like some of the most depressing stuff I've ever endured. Gen Alpha needs to grow up. I want my graduation.

  • @harpercornwell2041
    @harpercornwell20412 күн бұрын

    I was a 10 year old during lockdown. I remember finishing 5th grade online. No goodbyes or anything to commemorate all my time at my elementary school. It was so sad and I was stuck in my basement on zoom, with my school website crashing every 10 minutes because it was so overloaded by the hundreds of online students. And I was just in 5th grade! I can’t even imagine what it was like with a high school workload. I remember the itchy masks at middle school following lockdown and catching glimpses of the tv when my parents were watching the news. I wasn’t exactly a teenager yet so I wasn’t as affected (maybe also because my social life was already on life support). But I would never wish to have online school ever again and I’m so sorry to all the teens who had to go through that.

  • @savannahmeadowwave9301
    @savannahmeadowwave93013 ай бұрын

    As somebody who was 9-10 around 2020, Even I, A CHILD, Understood the severity of it, Do these people NOT remember what it WAS like as a young child in 2020? It was hell, From the zoom meetings, Isolation, I dont know why anyone would want to even think about 2020 again, I can only imagine how much worse it would be as a teen in 2020, Your never gonna get back being a teen or being that young again so i dont understand why people would want to experience that, Its ridiculous.

  • @HYDROCARBON_XD

    @HYDROCARBON_XD

    3 ай бұрын

    At 9-10 you ain’t a little child anymore so you can definitely understand things like sickness or people suffering because of it.

  • @NoRaaaaats

    @NoRaaaaats

    3 ай бұрын

    I was in 2 grade. I knew what was going on, it was scary. I’m pretty sure I’m still afraid of another COIVID happening.

  • @pollysshore2539

    @pollysshore2539

    3 ай бұрын

    I am in my late 40s. No covid when I was younger but I did experience the HIV/AIDS crisis when I was 6. That was incredibly scary. At first no one knew what it was, how it was spread, etc. I just remember seeing a bunch of pictures and videos of men on the news who were wasting away to skin and bones and covered in lesions from Kaposi sarcoma. Then the misinformation started. That is one thing that was similar about both times. As virologists started to get more definitive information people refused to believe it. There was an excess of vile homophobia. 2 of my favorite teachers were kicked out of their churches for being gay and it devastated them. The same type of people spreading covid misinfo today while mocking everyone wearing a mask, were wearing masks during the HIV/AIDS crisis after being assured it wasn’t an airborne virus. Several things within the culture and political climate were identical but no lockdowns. We were told we would die if we had intercourse for several years. Of course it took many years to get the first meds that really started helping people and several more to get to the place people are at today with management (if they can afford it). I have to wonder if more time with family/closer family time was special to some of Gen A kids being sentimental today. I hope they will handle the next epidemic/pandemic well. Going through it when you are younger does somehow help when the next situation hits. I work 911. We experienced the worst staffing shortages I have ever seen in my 2 decades on the job and I care for my almost 80 year old mother. I was on the go 24-7. I did all the shopping and trips out and I worked an insane amount of hours. I couldn’t take a day off for 3 years. Definitely don’t want a repeat.

  • @bemoremichael6748
    @bemoremichael67483 ай бұрын

    I feel like we're forgetting that gen alpha missed half of their childhood because of the pandemic. They're equally traumatized as the 'pandemic teens'. They were too young to fully understand just how bad everything was in 2020, so now they're romanticizing the 'good parts' of it. I guess they see it as 'while I spent my childhood without fun things like playdates, birthday parties and time with my grandparents, the teens at least had *some* good things like not waking up at 6am for school, playing videogames and FaceTiming friends all day and doing random stuff like a trampoline sleepover.'

  • @christophg.6339

    @christophg.6339

    3 ай бұрын

    That’s the reason they are so messed up.

  • @adrienchl4265

    @adrienchl4265

    3 ай бұрын

    Exactly. I feel like this point is not being brought up enough when people are discussing why gen A is having trouble reading/ learning/ socializing etc... People always act like phones and social media are the main culprits, even though these kids have literally spent half of their lives without any social interaction ...

  • @Whos_duxell

    @Whos_duxell

    3 ай бұрын

    I was 7-8 years old during Covid and Reception + half of year 1 were my only normal years in school. I totally agree, for me though it was terrifying knowing there was a virus going around and we were locked inside for like 2 years or whatever…. People don’t pay enough attention to this because after covid/during Covid I developed really bad anxiety and a phobia of germs. Sometimes im a bit embarrassed to be gen alpha. Gen Z are not the only kids that suffered in lockdown and some videos like this make it seem that way bc honestly I ‘grew up quicker’ because of lockdown. (Btw I loved having trampoline sleepovers before and after Covid)

  • @Yoyiiii

    @Yoyiiii

    3 ай бұрын

    Exactly. I can't say this enough, I'd think back in 2022 I'd say "Man! I wish i could go back to 2020" But i said that because i was stupid as hell. I never realized how much i lost out on. I gained some extra weight, became _even more_ socially awkward (I've always had social issues, unfortunately). My relationship with the rest of my family detoriated away. I've lost all the weight, but still working on my social skills. I am 15 now.

  • @tina.turner5

    @tina.turner5

    3 ай бұрын

    ​@Sakura-High-official I have the exact same issue. I was eight when Covid began and it seriously changed my life. Honestly, it's also because Gen Alpha's lives were simpler back then. People act like we never missed out on anything and we had the dandiest lives of them all. Back then, we wouldn't be bullied over anything we did. We were actually living our lives as kids, as we should be now. However, we just act like we're teenagers because the media consumed us when we were younger (e.g. when Covid started). I don't think that anybody understands that now, most of us hate the trends that go around. We don't want to be associated with skincare kids and Andrew Tate. We just want to live our lives like how we did in 2020, which was when life was most simple for us. We would play among us and roblox, we would go on online school where we usually weren't bullied or laughed at, and we would spend our time being young. Although I understand that us Gen Alpha's missed out on our childhood, I genuinely don't understand the need to romanticise it. I feel like we obviously didn't understand what was going on, but it would hurt so badly for the people who died or lost out on those years. But, then again, everybody lost time. We can't forget that Gen Z had wanted to go back to the late 2000s because time was simpler for them. This is literally the exact same thing in my eyes (as a Gen Alpha, obviously).

  • @BeingTotallyFine
    @BeingTotallyFine14 сағат бұрын

    Im a gen alpha kid(i turned 13 the 24 of this month) and covid was the worst thing,that year my mom decided to move far away from all my family with me and my sister just to be near her boyfriend and when covid started we could not see our family just my mom boyfriend and his kids,i wanted so bad to see my dad and my grandparents and my mom was always fighting with her boyfriend and now we are living at my grandparents house since my mom FINALLY could leave her boyfriend after tons of fights and i can finally see all my family again,all i can say is that covid was the worst thing that happend to me i wish we never go back to that again.

  • @axvy.
    @axvy.Ай бұрын

    2:54 BRO YOU HAD ME DYING FROM THE MOVEMENTS YOU DIDD 😭😭

  • @asdef_qt
    @asdef_qt3 ай бұрын

    as a 09 late genz girlie, i was like 11-12 during lockdown and it was litteraly the worst time of my life, i didnt get to experience things like the end of primary school and that like transition into highschool that my siblings got to experience and it was so painful and id literally kill for that to NEVER happen ever again. i was forced to stay inside for months and i never got to see any of my friends or experience my preteen years properly i do not know how ANYONE would want to live or relive that.

  • @mymind6969

    @mymind6969

    3 ай бұрын

    I'm as old as you and 2020 traumatized me.I got COVID and I couldn't move my body at all.Like literally I felt like a ZOMBIE.After healing I literally had to take therapy to move my left leg.I don't even wanna relive that year

  • @mymind6969

    @mymind6969

    3 ай бұрын

    Gen Alpha at this point is just young people impersonating celebrities and the elite class,trying to live their life around a random pinterest image they saw

  • @moira._

    @moira._

    3 ай бұрын

    i’m also an 09 gen z, i experienced the same thing. it ruined my life. i didn’t even want to live anymore because i already had depression and anxiety. someone romanticizing a time that ruined everyone’s lives and genuinely made everyone want to die is absolutely insane to me. what has this world come to. Jesus take the wheel. 🤦🏼‍♀️

  • @DishonorableMentions452

    @DishonorableMentions452

    3 ай бұрын

    My dad literally had a stroke during that year :(

  • @Weird0Memer

    @Weird0Memer

    3 ай бұрын

    I (as an actual gen alpha) don't wanna experience 2020 again. Like who in my generation would actually wanna relive that. Not me , that's for sure

  • @AbnormallyOnline
    @AbnormallyOnline3 ай бұрын

    I was 15 in 2020, had an identity crisis because I didn’t have any social interaction and was suddenly catapulted into adulthood which led to an emotional breakdown. Trust me. *You did not want to be around in 2020, we as a generation are still recovering from it.*

  • @willdavis2005

    @willdavis2005

    3 ай бұрын

    I almost lost my life (not exaggerating or being sarcastic) and had to have counseling for a whole year because of mental health issues after this and I was a fresh teenager.

  • @AbnormallyOnline

    @AbnormallyOnline

    3 ай бұрын

    @@willdavis2005 Sorry you went through that. My anxiety skyrocketed during that time and I’m only now starting to feel human again. I hope things are better for you now.

  • @Desiray77

    @Desiray77

    3 ай бұрын

    I’m younger but I feel the same. When it ended It felt like I was suddenly a teenager and had more expectations for my age, even though I didn’t have any social interaction for 2 years.

  • @AbnormallyOnline

    @AbnormallyOnline

    3 ай бұрын

    @@willdavis2005 Sorry to hear, hope things are better for you now. 🫶

  • @AbnormallyOnline

    @AbnormallyOnline

    3 ай бұрын

    @@Desiray77 I know how you feel, coming out of something so horrible and scary and suddenly having expectations placed on me that almost feel unreachable did not do well for my mental health. I am doing better now and I hope you are too!

  • @Its._Vicxieee
    @Its._Vicxieee3 күн бұрын

    WHY JUST WHY- I was 7 when the Covid started and was begging for my family to recover (thank god they did), to see my friends, and to go back to normal school. Why did these idiots romanticise that 😭😭

  • @Lucas.ss14
    @Lucas.ss14Ай бұрын

    I mean, I’m 14 and my family would consider me “in between”. I could be gen z but I’m not as internet dependent and obsessed with 2020 as gen alpha, even though i was 10 in 2020 I still know how chaotic and upsetting it was, especially being locked in my room all day with hardly anything to do

  • @hailie.exe.
    @hailie.exe.3 ай бұрын

    “I wIsH CoViD wAs BaCk😭” UMMM EXCUSE ME WHAT?! i’m a Gen Z very grateful for how in raised and i speak for all of us we don’t clam yall and waking up during Covid my thoughts were like “Jeez another fucking day” i wasn’t suicid@l but i didn’t want to be in Covid anymore

  • @SuperHomophobicBlueVegito1995

    @SuperHomophobicBlueVegito1995

    Ай бұрын

    wish covid was back? you want people to die and die( maybe even including your family) just because you want to be isolated and only be on the internet, not interacting with people irl?? not you btw its the gen alpha’s that are doing this shi

  • @Kaidrawsstuff

    @Kaidrawsstuff

    Ай бұрын

    Im gen z to and I do not claim those people either covid just made me feel really suicidal and my social skills worsened and I lost a lot of friends (im an introvert so you can imagine how much more harder it is to make friends or to even speak up for myself at this point) I don't want anything like covid to happen again and if it does that might just be the end of me

  • @ItsArklin
    @ItsArklin3 ай бұрын

    As a 2009 Gen Z (on the cusp of Gen alpha) who was 10-11 at the time of the Covid -19 pandemic, i cant at all relate to the people wanting to go back to 2020. All I can remember from those times was the sheer panic and chaos that were the grocery stores and the feeling of being stuck inside and unable to see friends or family. My friends and I were so lonely that at the times that would usually be recess and lunch, we had massive facetime calls to simulate being together. At the end of the day, i FaceTimed my cousins and we would play roblox games together. Keep in mind that I was 10-11, around yr 6-7 at this point, and yet I still would HATE to go back to 2020 because of how lonely I felt during that year and for as long as the bulk of the panic lasted

  • @maliceart

    @maliceart

    3 ай бұрын

    REAL. 2020/2021 was one of the worst times in my life. i can’t remember most of it because it was so horrible that my mind felt the need to block it out. (i was dealing with a lot of stuff with my disability not just covid) i’m 15, 2009, also on the cusp of gen alpha (bear in mind gen alpha starts 2012) and i’ve been way too mature for my age for a very long time (i was forced to grow up too fast). 2020 is not to be glorified or romanticised i can’t believe people are doing that😭😭

  • @luv.georgie5047

    @luv.georgie5047

    3 ай бұрын

    me too! these kids that do this are really… something else

  • @ItsArklin

    @ItsArklin

    3 ай бұрын

    @@maliceart the real ‘punch in the guts’ is for the older gen Z’s or early millennial who might have had problems with work, income, housing and other stressful, life altering things happen to them during the covid 19 pandemic, and then they see some of the gen alphas romanticise and say they wished they could experience it again. These people acting like covid wasnt a global pandemic that killed millions around the world and sent the world spiralling backwards, leading to low economic growth, then a giant spike in inflation after covid, which really kicked those struggling financially/ or even those just trying to recover while they were down :/

  • @ItsArklin

    @ItsArklin

    3 ай бұрын

    @@maliceart but yeah i cant believe people are actually WISHING and making whole accounts pretending to be in 2020

  • @maliceart

    @maliceart

    3 ай бұрын

    @@ItsArklin exactly

  • @Jayisthatdude919
    @Jayisthatdude91922 күн бұрын

    I'm 13 years old now and if there was ever a chance I have to go back to that covid era AND/OR that if someone in my generation that I know is romanticizing that era, I'd rather die than not being able to go out. Being stuck inside is like being in prison. Tbh, I'm glad I wasn't a teenager COVID happened cause the more I grow up, the more my asthma is getting worse so wearing a mask is kinda hard for me + I'm a hyperactive person who loves to go out to take a walk even just outside our house and just socialize with our neighbors so I get stubborn easily if I wasn't allowed to go out. So if I was EVER a teenager in the COVID era or if COVID ever came back, I might go into deep depression. Yes we have internet communication, but like f2f is better in my opinion ✨💅

  • @lg9147
    @lg914714 күн бұрын

    I remember being in lockdown and started getting symptoms of shizophrenia. At least it went away after school started again, but hearing voices while being at zoom classes that arent similiar went crazy🤯🤯🤯

  • @Life_is_nifty
    @Life_is_nifty3 ай бұрын

    I don’t think we (as in my embarrassing generation) understand how horrible this was. MY GRANDMA WAS DYING AND I COULDN’T EVEN TALK TO HER. WHAT IS “AESTHETIC” ABOUT THAT, HUH?

  • @Czipsiara

    @Czipsiara

    3 ай бұрын

    No one is romanticizing your grandmas bad state bffr

  • @28Chili_StabFreddies

    @28Chili_StabFreddies

    3 ай бұрын

    @@Czipsiara what ..?? Maybe it doesn’t sound like it, but they are literally romanticizing the whole year/ “era”? And what is characteristic of 2020? A WHOLE PANDEMIC THAT KILLED MILLIONS OF PEOPLE , call me sensitive but that is a very inconsiderate comment for them and everyone who had family suffer

  • @CharliiTheLoser
    @CharliiTheLoser3 ай бұрын

    I WILL TELL YOU MY JAW DROPPED AND MY EYES BULGED WHEN I SAW KILLING STALKING. LIKE WHAT? YOU WANT TO READ THAT? OH HELL NO YOU DON’T.

  • @taylorslade8080

    @taylorslade8080

    3 ай бұрын

    Devil’s Advocate: the author, Koogi, stated that KS wasn’t a romance multiple times but the fandom decided that it WAS a romance in some form

  • @CharliiTheLoser

    @CharliiTheLoser

    3 ай бұрын

    @@taylorslade8080 Yeah I know I finished it and I cried my eyes out, it was truly one of the most beautiful but awful things I’ve ever seen. It was written so well but the themes and events are awful is what I mean. I don’t romanticize it btw.

  • @ElizabethMidfordHatesCops

    @ElizabethMidfordHatesCops

    3 ай бұрын

    Yeah. Killing Stalking is a great story! But not suitable for children. We really don't need a new cluster of people who don't understand that KS is not a romance. Also, of course, totally inappropriate for children. My physical copies of KS are my only books I have hidden away for when nieces and nephews come over.

  • @hajxty

    @hajxty

    3 ай бұрын

    @@taylorslade8080 Why is it BL manhwa then

  • @tsukki9345

    @tsukki9345

    3 ай бұрын

    @@hajxty It's not BL its psychological horror/thriller, we don't even get told if Sangwoo is gay or not

  • @lenaschmitd
    @lenaschmitd15 күн бұрын

    im 13 and i was 9 when covid started and i hated it, i will never NEVER want to relive it

  • @adafrost6276
    @adafrost62763 ай бұрын

    I'm old (at least for internet spaces, I'm a Millennial) but I'm so, so glad I wasn't a teen in 2020, that just seems like an utter nightmare. No socializing, no going out to do fun adventures with friends, no movies, and I can't learn for crap online. I would have 100% been more messed up than I already am if I was 20 years younger without a doubt.

  • @p-__

    @p-__

    3 ай бұрын

    My farts are better than Haylo’s farts 💨

  • @iiCounted-op5jx

    @iiCounted-op5jx

    3 ай бұрын

    BRUUUUUUTAL, this comment really puts into perspective how much covid ruined my teen years, from 14-18 I was completely isolated and stuck at home, those 4 years may as well have never happened as they were nothing but a blur now I'm 18 with no friends, no social life, and missed out on making nostalgic memories that were supposed to last a lifetime

  • @tenshimoon

    @tenshimoon

    3 ай бұрын

    Millennial here and same, can't imagine how horrible being a teen in 2020 was for zoomers...

  • @80s_GenLover

    @80s_GenLover

    3 ай бұрын

    i was 17 but i didn't mind it, i was isolated in 2018 and 2019, still isolated in 2024 so it makes no difference to me

  • @konancyber
    @konancyber3 ай бұрын

    “I wish COVID was back” You said WHAT

  • @vectorimagefun

    @vectorimagefun

    3 ай бұрын

    that phrase is a cuss in the dictionary

  • @konancyber

    @konancyber

    3 ай бұрын

    @@vectorimagefun bro what

  • @Gabby_Draws_Stuff
    @Gabby_Draws_Stuff5 күн бұрын

    I remember being so sad that people couldnt see my smile and zoom classes where more stressful then being there in public and being extremely lonely

  • @Cinnamon281
    @Cinnamon2815 күн бұрын

    As a person, who was 10 during covid, these years of my life were TRAUMATISING. Everyday i would wake up and cry, just because im worried for my relatives, just because i cant enjoy my childhood, like hanging out with my friends and going outside. The only way, i could communicate with my friends, was just calling or chatting. Just to my 8 yr old neighbour to romanticize 2020.

  • @swiitmlk
    @swiitmlk3 ай бұрын

    gen alpha next: "i miss the first war times. 🥰"

  • @ville__

    @ville__

    3 ай бұрын

    i go to bed with Hayley

  • @saturnthemirrorball

    @saturnthemirrorball

    3 ай бұрын

    gen alphas next trend: let’s go back to the bubonic plague!! it was so cottagecore & aesthetic!! 🥹😊☺️ the good old days!

  • @sunoosbff

    @sunoosbff

    3 ай бұрын

    ​@@saturnthemirrorballsmh

  • @definitelynotriley

    @definitelynotriley

    3 ай бұрын

    “let’s make 2025 the new 1939 🤭🤭🤭”

  • @Ruby...X

    @Ruby...X

    3 ай бұрын

    @pleasepicture.me.in.thetrees LMAO

  • @FoxGameCZ
    @FoxGameCZ3 ай бұрын

    I saw teenagers in 2020 sayjng they wish they were teenagers in 2017.

  • @ville__

    @ville__

    3 ай бұрын

    i go to bed with Hayley

  • @CoolModderJaydonX

    @CoolModderJaydonX

    3 ай бұрын

    I admittedly do kind of want to go back to 2017, if for nothing more than to see "The Lego Batman Movie" in theaters again and to visit Family Video again.

  • @cutout_ftbl

    @cutout_ftbl

    3 ай бұрын

    @@ville__what💀

  • @Angel-.dust.887

    @Angel-.dust.887

    3 ай бұрын

    @@CoolModderJaydonXsame

  • @Ren_zilla-12

    @Ren_zilla-12

    3 ай бұрын

    well....i don't blame them for that one. I mean, I think all anyone wanted in 2020 was for things to go back to normal. And when we looked back, 2017 was just that. Normal.

  • @ACVoid-pz6kf
    @ACVoid-pz6kf25 күн бұрын

    As the teen who was born just before gen alpha, and has had a fundamental part of my childhood ripped away due to the pandemic, these kids are truly insane.

  • @UniformAnimates
    @UniformAnimates13 күн бұрын

    For the first year or so of quarantine my dad would read the news, we would then wallow and simmer in that for the whole day. Repeat that for 1 to 2 years. 2020 is not a year to look back on fondly.

  • @Username87318
    @Username873183 ай бұрын

    So many people couldn’t go to their high school graduations, to funerals, to see their families for MONTHS, holy cow

  • @IsildursBaneOfExistence
    @IsildursBaneOfExistence3 ай бұрын

    During lockdown I had multiple mental breakdowns and I gained social anxiety, general anxiety, and insomnia from that *wonderful* experience. And I also became an introvert and scared to talk to people. Wtf is WRONG with these kids?!

  • @willdavis2005

    @willdavis2005

    3 ай бұрын

    Yeah I still have like no friends because those couple years taught me to rely on digital life for socialization

  • @Goddess-vo7sv

    @Goddess-vo7sv

    3 ай бұрын

    I dislike talking on the phone now 💀

  • @IsildursBaneOfExistence

    @IsildursBaneOfExistence

    3 ай бұрын

    @@willdavis2005 same, and real friends are so annoyingly difficult to come by too. It sucks.

  • @IsildursBaneOfExistence

    @IsildursBaneOfExistence

    3 ай бұрын

    @@Goddess-vo7sv me too, I never talk on the phone