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Am I the Genius?

What Will Be the Big ‘Cigarettes Are Bad for Us’ Moment for Our Generation?

Am I the Genius?

amithejerk.com

Education, Self-improvement

4.6765 Ratings

🗓️ 23 January 2026

⏱️ 22 minutes

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0:00.0

What do you think will be the big, cigarettes are bad for us? Moment for our generation.

0:07.1

I think children's play is being increasingly cut out of schools and early years programming

0:11.2

in an attempt to cram in more academic content. The thing is, young children learn more from play,

0:17.5

including academic skills, than from classroom settings and flashcards.

0:21.6

We're going to see much higher levels of developmental delays and mental health issues over the next few decades,

0:26.6

unless something changes soon.

0:29.6

Living an easy life.

0:31.6

I'm not joking, it's becoming evident that our lifestyle, with little meaning meaning or struggle has caused our depression.

0:38.0

It used to be if you toiled in the fields with blood, sweat and tears all day,

0:41.8

you put food on the table at the end and you felt successful and happy.

0:45.0

Now you just go to a boring job for eight hours and you can put food on the table

0:48.5

and you feel no gratification in having that food, so you have to dream bigger.

0:52.8

Now you're not successful unless you have a

0:54.8

big house, five cars, a successful Instagram or YouTube channel, whatever you decide you want,

0:59.7

but the problem is it's all a hell of a lot harder and rarer than just being able to work in the

1:04.2

field, where you come home and have a nice meal for the family, so a lot less people will ever have

1:08.6

that happiness now. Working the fields at many

1:10.9

points and places in history also didn't necessarily mean no time to meditate, contemplate,

1:15.6

prey, or shoot the breeze plenty as well. I'd say we underrate the vital importance of that.

1:21.6

Truthfully, I wouldn't be surprised if it's pre-workout powders or drinks. Like seven to ten years

1:27.3

ago when the original Jack 3D came out, I think it's pre-workout powders or drinks. Like seven to ten years ago when the original

1:28.2

Jack 3D came out, I think it's very possible that stuff could have possibly messed up my body

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