Does anyone else realize just how badly anime has screwed over the Zoomer generation? I don’t mean just the cringey surface-level stuff, I mean on a deep, psychological level. Zoomers are walking around with expectations for life that are so warped by years of escapist media, it’s like reality itself has become an optional setting. They honestly believe that “not having to work,” “getting rich instantly,” “being famous for nothing,” and “only doing what you want, when you want” are normal ambitions. The delusion runs deep—and nowhere is it more obvious (and more pathetic) than when it comes to women.

Anime didn’t just give this generation impossible beauty standards; it’s filled their heads with the idea that a woman should be forever young, impossibly hot, perky, magically energetic, and, of course, eternally loyal to some bland “nice guy” just because he exists. Every show hammers in that the world will eventually hand you a flawless, quirky goddess who will heal all your wounds, wait patiently for you to get your act together, and love you unconditionally. No effort required. No self-improvement needed. Just “be yourself” and she’ll fall in your lap. These are literal cartoons and people internalize them like scripture.

Here’s the real kicker: when actual women, with their own flaws, moods, needs, and boundaries, don’t “measure up” to these absurd standards, a massive number of Zoomer men just check out entirely. Why bother trying, dating, or even talking to women if you’re not getting an IRL anime waifu? There’s a statistic floating around that over 60% of Zoomers aged 18-30 have never even approached a woman. Instead, they retreat into fantasy—hours lost to endless scrolling, “rot” culture, and yes, getting off to 2D drawings of the very women they’re terrified to engage with in real life.

It’s not just sad—it’s a generational crisis. You’ve got young men burning away their only youth, refusing to work, refusing to grow up, and living as spectators to their own lives because they’re still waiting for some cartoon girlfriend to save them. No job, no ambition, no connection to reality. Just pure, delusional escapism.

If you want to see the end result of a society where everyone thinks they deserve anime-level perfection for nothing, just look at the Zoomer “lost boys” wasting their lives in digital cocoons. They need real therapy, real work, real relationships—flaws and all. Otherwise, you can expect an entire cohort to go to their graves having never truly lived, all because they mistook cartoons for a blueprint.

MODS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

>>508725712 (OP)
Why are japanese zoomers okay?

>>508725736
>absurd standards
How are these standards absurd?

>>508725712 (OP)
Yes, I'm sure it's all cartoon's faults and definitely not social media.
Do approach teens and ask them if they watch anime and if they regularly post on social media, I'm sure most will say "social media who?" and then sperg out about their favorite gookshit.

>>508725736
>because they’re still waiting for some cartoon girlfriend to save them.
Pretending escapism is the cause and not the actual incentives being offered by society is disingenuous at best. Escapism is a problem, but the root is deeper

>>508725712 (OP)
Anime was a psy op from Japan to destroy the west, especially after Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

Fuck off normie

>>508725712 (OP)
>it’s filled their heads with the idea that a woman should be forever young, impossibly hot, perky, magically energetic, and, of course, eternally loyal to some bland “nice guy” just because he exists.
And she should have a tail.

>>508725712 (OP)
Uh huh, tell us more about how rock music and dungeons and dragons and GTA are ruining the youth, old man

>>508725712 (OP)
this is pussy shit, play hero party must fall

>>508725736
>Don't be fat
>Don't be an insufferable bitch
The "absurd" standards