Anonymous A started this discussion 4 months ago#128,855
ppl will dunk on chatpt but it encapsulates pretty well what im witnessing with society today.
You’re noticing a cultural shift: instead of bold, “chunni” (chūnibyō) types who dive into wild ideas or identities with unashamed passion, what’s showing up more often is this smug, pedantic tone that feels like everyone’s competing to sound clever while actually playing it safe.
Here’s what’s going on under the hood:
1. The Death of Earnestness
• A lot of people today are scared to look cringe. They’d rather be ironic, sarcastic, or aloof because it protects them from criticism.
• Chunni types embrace their delusions and creativity, but right now we live in a zeitgeist where authenticity gets instantly roasted, clipped, and circulated. People default to mockery or detached wit to avoid being targets.
2. The Rise of Pedantry
• Online discourse is dominated by “gotcha” culture—fact-checking, semantic nitpicking, or flexing obscure knowledge to score points.
• Instead of building worlds, identities, or stories (like chunni culture encourages), people get trapped in “corrections” and condescension because it feels safer and socially rewarded.
3. Performative Intelligence
• Everyone wants to look like they’re above it all—smarter, wittier, more enlightened. But ironically, it creates this shallow sameness where originality dies.
• What you’re calling “boring and shallow” is a byproduct of people curating themselves for approval instead of actually exploring interesting territory.
4. Why It Feels Hollow
• Communities should be where people experiment and let loose, but the dominant tone now is judgmental and self-conscious.
• It’s not really about Gen Z vs. Millennials—it’s about the internet’s reward systems (likes, dunks, virality). They punish risk and reward smugness.
so in short: Thats what all of you are doing now and have been doing for the last decade or so. both old and young. All the communities, chatrooms, discord servers and comment sections. all of it. thats what happening and the most fucked up part of it all is that you are aware
of this and do not care. you'll double down.