15 Ways People Today Are Softer

The 15 ways people today are softer extend from personality flaws to ideas rooted in faulty social beliefs used to divide society. Sometimes you’ve got to toughen up.

People have forgotten how to take a joke

There was a day when even the most offensive joke would have been laughed off or ignored. Now such a joke can be used to ruin someone’s life, even if they said it a decade before.

Younger kids have forgotten basic skills or never learned them

Remember when Home EC and Wood and Metal Shop were regular classes people needed to take? Now it would appear that they’re outdated concepts.

We practically bubble-wrap our kids

Anyone who’s ever strapped their kid into a car seat these days would understand this. Sure it’s safe, but geez, it’s insane to think that they look ready to rocket to the moon when it’s all done.

Paranoia has taken over

This goes without saying since many people are afraid of their own shadows. Whether it’s due to the news or the ideas of people down the street, people are simply afraid too often.

Some buzzwords trigger people

Seriously, people get offended over words. More than that, they have mental breakdowns over certain words if they don’t like them.

People get triggered

In other words, they lose their ever-loving minds if they can’t cope with the current situation. People can’t handle themselves in certain situations, and somehow, that’s real.

Censorship is used in movies and on TV

There are actual warnings before various movies and TV shows that alert people to triggering situations. When in the world did that become necessary?

There are certain words that can’t be said

In YouTube videos or even TV shows, some words are bleeped or cut out. Sometimes you can’t even type them since they might offend too many people.

Bullying has become something far different

It was bad enough when cyberbullying started since it’s ridiculous to think that someone’s ego is fragile enough to be offended by someone who’s not even in the same room. But bullying today is apparently anything that a person doesn’t like.

Feelings have gained a lot more prominence

One has to respect feelings, which isn’t horrible. It’s when a person feels a certain way and expects the world to stop for their feelings.

Cancel culture exists, unfortunately

Yep, if you say or do something people don’t like they may whine and cry on social media and find someone who will help ruin your life. Yeah, that’s a thing.

Shaming people has become a massive issue

You can’t tell a person they’re fat anymore. And worse than this, there’s all kinds of shaming, so virtually nothing is safe to talk about.

People need ‘safe spaces’

The ridiculousness of this is that a space can be safe if you mind your business and don’t bother anyone else. But sure, go sit in a closeted room and feel safe.

Colleges are expensive daycares…seriously

I do wish this wasn’t the case, but colleges in this era are little more than disinformation spaces that indoctrinate a lot of people. Not all hope is lost since a lot of people are still willing to learn what they need.

Science has become a conditional thing for a lot of people

I won’t get into it too deeply, but a lot of people are sowing the kind of confusion that future generations are going to inherit. Let’s just say it won’t be pretty.