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Doomsday is Close at Hand for Gen Z on The Viral List

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Young people feeling nostalgic for their carefree days, joking about the BTS doomsday “close at hand,” and insulting robots by calling them “clanker” are going viral…

TL;DR

  • For Gen Z, “doomsday is close at hand,” or rather, they’re getting ready to go back to school (or have even bigger life changes)
  • On TikTok, young people are remembering “there once was a time” they were more carefree
  • Young people are using a mock-derogatory term from Star Wars, “clanker,” to make fun of AI, which is partly rooted in their real fear of a future dominated by robots
On TikTok, doomsday is approaching—a.k.a. Gen Z going back to school  Students have always dreaded going back to school in the fall. But now, high school and college students are using a TikTok trend to mourn their summer break. (Because what else would Gen Z do?) Creators are posting TikToks with the caption “doomsday is...

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