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Kennedy
Foreign hello and welcome to this episode of Kennedy Saves the World. So everyone wants to return to childhood. It is the natural progression of what happens when you make people scared all the time and tell them that the world is going to be sad, sucked into a black hole of climate change. You know, we. We are going to cross some irreversible event horizon of our own doing. And if we don't stop building skyscrapers and driving scooters, we're all gonna die. And the truth is, we are all going to die, but we are not hastening our death with the choices that we make, because by and large, the choices that we make and the choices that we engage in are getting better over time. No one tells you that. But what happens is people end up in this hyper anxious state, which is unsustainable. And part of it is politics, and part of it is a coddling culture that we have been subjected to for, you know, God, at least the last 30 years. And millennials were the first one. So this is where there's a big bifurc between Gen Xers and Millennials. Millennials were the first ones to constantly long for a state of childhood and adolescence. And so now everything that is a part of millennial culture is a throwback to a time when you were a kid and had less fear, I'm guessing, and less responsibility. And the smart people have been the ones to capitalize on things. Like, I remember going car in San Antonio, and this was years ago, like 2018, and there was, you know, giant games of checkers and toss across and, you know, booze filled Slurpee machines and, you know, all sorts of vintage arcade games. And it was like, oh, this is kind of fun. It's kind of fun to do every once in a while. But if you constantly live in that state, you're not progressing emotionally and intellectually as an adult as you should be, because you are in a state of arrested development and suspended animation where you're not going forward because you're constantly looking for a safer time in your life. And you can blame a lot of that on our current state of politics, where, you know, everyone is the fun police. Everything you say and do can be canceled in a moment. And every activity you engage in, you are slowly pushing the earth off the cliff. And if that is what you have been conditioned to believe, then naturally you are going to push back against that by seeking a time when your life wasn't completely ruled by. By fear, if it is ruled by fear. And if you have generalized anxiety disorder, you know, don't just talk about it on social media. Go get some therapy. I was talking to Scott Kaufman, who is the author of this book, Rise above, about getting out of a state of victimhood, because I really think there, there's something to that. Like there is this perpetual victimhood that is just pushed forward on social media where people want to constantly talk about their problems and, and there is a lot of currency and always being a victim and always talking about how everything bad has happened to you, you have to advertise it because that is a way of letting people know that you are morally superior because you've been through such hardship without actually getting over the hump of the hardship and getting to the other side, the healing and the blossoming that comes from that. Which is also a very adult thing to do. I even dislike the term adulting. I think there is something about it that is so gross and so obvious and regressive. And it's one of those things where, yes, paying your bills and doing the harder thing is part of what it means to be an adult, but to be constantly resentful of the things that you should be doing is only going to set you back. But oddly enough, you have an entire generation who want to pull people down with them. And you know, it's bleeding into corporate culture where people want to dress like slobs and sluts and we can do better than that. We can do better that than that as individuals and as a society. But of course, in the ongoing desire to be perpetually 11 years old, there's now a trend that started in China. But of course American influencers on TikTok are picking up on it because you all need a hobby and you need something to really worry about in life other than existential crises which probably aren't coming for you, which is making you so anxious. Don't go anywhere more. Kennedy Saves the World right after this. People are now using pacifiers. Human adults are using pacifiers to self soothe. That's how bad it's gotten. That's, that's how intense the regression is. It started in China kind of as a joke. People were paying the equivalent of a buck fifty, up to $70 for luxury pacifiers. Because I don't know, like you, your mom didn't breastfeed you, she didn't breastfeed you for long enough. You just like sucking on things. And you know, the people claim, because of course these things happen and everyone gloms onto it for 30 seconds where it's like, it helped me stop smoking, it helped me Sleep better. It's better than meditation. No, it's not. You know, anytime there is something new that gives you dopamine and likes, you're going to claim that it is this magical cure. All pacifiers are not. And if you're using a pacifier and you're an adult, you're worse than an adult who goes to Disneyland or Disney World without children. Because I thought Disney adults were creepy. And it's, it's all part of the same trend. I, I'm all for having a good time, but let kids do kid stuff and let adults do adult stuff. Get a motorcycle. Learn to surf. Do something cool and interesting where they're actually pushing the boundaries. Not going back into a crib with a pacifier because I'm sure swaddling. And what are those things called? Snugs? Snoozes. I don't know what the hell they are, but there are these machines that rock babies. Are they going to make an adult version? Are you know the. These sad, anxious millennials going to claim that the only way they can sleep is if their bottoms are padded and their night night beds are gently rocked and that that is the only mechanism for self soothing? Get a grip people. Jesus. Like they're not going to be adults left in the room. And the awesome Gen Xers when, when we age, you sacks of crap are going to be the ones taking care of us with your little binkies in your mouths and your. Your footy pajamas. Those of you who are doing that stuff, you all need to go live in a home together. But don't procreate. We don't need more of you. We need fewer people like that. And I, I know that like summer camp for adults is a big thing that actually sounds pretty great for a week. And then go back to your actual life and work hard and pay your bills and have children and don't gentle parent them, but be actual parents so that by the time they're adults they don't need to suck on pacifiers because you have failed. We can do so much better than this. I used to believe in you, but now I am very very disappointed. I am constantly having to save your diapered. This has been Kennedy saves the world. I'm Kennedy. Listen ad free With a Fox newspaper podcast plus subscription on Apple Podcasts and Amazon prime members can listen to this show ad free on the Amazon Music app. Oh, go ahead and leave me a review while you're there. I'd love to hear what you have to say. 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Brett Baer
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