Author: Titan
Social fear and social cattle, two seemingly contradictory labels, appeared on the post-00 generation at the same time.
After 00, offline social fear, online social cattle? Do you think so? /vision china
Some people call this phenomenon "social schizophrenia" and summarize the related "symptoms"-
Years are quiet in front of acquaintances, and they immediately yell on the Internet.
Below the line, Nuo Nuo is the only one, and the online debate is clear.
The alumni group is anonymous, and the internet is exquisite.
Obviously, the first three and a half sentences represent the side of social fear, which is basically reflected in the acquaintance community or online scenes; The last three and a half sentences represent the side of social cattle, mainly arguing from a distance on the Internet, or speaking freely across the screen.
Is this contradiction and division the essential attribute of social life after 00?
Come to the conclusion first, it’s not. Social schizophrenia is only an appearance, especially the social phobia, which is mostly fake and not real social phobia.
Social fear is just a post-00 attitude.
Not character.
First of all, it should be clarified that social phobia is not like social cattle, which is purely a network term, while the former is really a mental illness.
In medicine, social phobia is defined as a clinical disease, which belongs to a kind of phobia, as well as intensive phobia, claustrophobia and agoraphobia. We often say that obsessive-compulsive disorder, anxiety disorder and phobia are juxtaposed, all of which belong to psychogenic diseases.
Real social phobia patients will have painful psychological reactions, such as palpitation and nausea, which seriously affect their work and life, and sometimes even need drug treatment.
Is it possible that social fear after 00 and Degang Guo’s "introversion" are essentially the same?
After 00, children claim to be socially fearful per capita. Obviously, it can’t be psychogenic social phobia, but they are just bored with unnecessary social interaction. This kind of boredom can be clearly felt from the attitude towards "League Building" after 00.
According to the data provided by Pulse, only 11.4% of the post-90s generation are willing to participate in the league construction, and the post-00s generation is as low as 10.2%, and this figure is still 21.6% among the post-90s workers.
After 00, I especially dislike wine table culture, and some after 90 will do the same, but the performance is different. A considerable number of people after 00 will not go to the wine table at all, and will find various reasons to refuse this occasion. If there is no way to go, they will refuse on the grounds of "I am allergic to alcohol", but after 90, they will still drink this cup half-heartedly, even if they don’t speak wine table language like those after 70 and 80.
Sang Yong is a junior in Guangzhou. She told the reporter of New Weekly that her high school class has never organized a class reunion since graduation, because "it can’t be organized". People are more inclined to go online in groups of three or five to find people to play script killing, rather than a bunch of people crowded at the table to chat.
After 00, I especially like the virtual social interaction such as script killing and escape from the secret room, but I don’t like the old-fashioned wine bureau and dinner, because virtual social interaction can avoid the torture of privacy and go straight to happiness itself. The wine bureau and the dinner table symbolize the power structure and social class. You can’t express yourself, but you can only succumb to the existing authority and follow the meaning of your elders.
The atmosphere created by the script killing has formed a strong connection between 00. /vision china
Undoubtedly, the post-00 generation flaunts its free personality, and freedom and personality are largely reflected in the courage to say "no". Flaunting social fear is not so much an intergenerational character after 00, but rather an attitude of saying "no" to unnecessary social interaction.
You know, in the eyes of "before 00", the wine bureau dinner is a necessary socialization. Because participating in these occasions means getting more familiar with elders and superiors, getting more attention from elders and superiors, and thus winning more promotion opportunities.
However, in such a period of social differentiation and mobility, the promotion is boundless and the promotion path is narrow. Instead of compromising for the so-called slim opportunity, it is better to pursue pure happiness and be yourself directly. After all, happiness is the most necessary thing.
"Social schizophrenia" does not exist.
The per capita "social cow" is after 00.
In November 2021, China Youth Daily conducted a questionnaire survey on "social fear" for college students all over the country. The results showed that 80.22% of the college students interviewed said that they had a slight "social fear"; 6.90% said that they had serious "social fear"; Another 0.64% said that he was really diagnosed as social phobia by medicine.
The social fear rate of over 80% does not affect the post-00 generation children to express themselves and make their own voices on the Internet. This is because the essence of individuality is expression and the essence of interest is sharing. As the aborigines of Internet subculture, the post-00 generation will naturally not miss all kinds of social platforms.
JK and Hanfu have been considered as the mainstream sub-cultural circles, and even the pens have circles, which is really after taking 00. /deep combustion
Even after the introverted 00, there will always be areas and platforms that are willing to speak.
Yingchao just entered the university last year. Her personality is very introverted, but she has not become a Japanese "abandoned house" generation, but a treasure youth with rich interests. Ying Chaoku loves online literature. She is not only familiar with the authors and works of all kinds of online literature, but also has numerous stories in her works. She often writes by herself and shares them with her peers.
Yingchao often argues with fellow fans because some plots are reasonable or not. This kind of argument is usually fierce. At this time, Ying Chao’s desire to express herself is very strong. She will defend herself, but when she finds out that it is really her own problem, she will also "retreat".
In the process of talking with the reporter of New Weekly, Ying Chao is confident and rational, which is almost a feeling of being a social cow. I can’t feel her fear of society at all, but in fact she doesn’t like group-building parties very much.
Some people think that the "social division" after 00 is a reflection of social fear online and offline, but this summary is not accurate. After 00, not all online social platforms will show the side of social cattle.
The most prominent example is WeChat. The reporter of New Weekly observed that some people will "operate" their circle of friends after 00, that is to say, with different moods, the content displayed by the circle of friends is also different-
When you are happy, the circle of friends will release past selfies and punch cards, and the number is generally small, with a maximum of four or five; When you are unhappy, simply don’t show anything, just leave a horizontal line.
After 00, people rarely talk in the circle of friends, but it is also WeChat. If they are in interest groups, they will be very active after 00. The reporter of New Weekly observed that the generation rate of group news for interest groups with post-00 generation as the main body is often much higher than other age groups, and it can reach 999+ in 10 minutes at the earliest. In Weibo, bilibili and other platforms, it is also very active after 00.
Online after 00 is not necessarily a social cow, and the circle of friends is the best example.
On the other hand, it is not always social fear in online and offline social interaction after 00. Especially the offline activities organized by interest groups tend to be very active after 00. The first time, the noodle base may be a little rough. Although we met, we still chatted in the group. And then the facial base will be much more active.
After 00, they like to play with stalks, often after the noodle base. They like to turn some photos of group friends with stalks into expression packs, forming a social closed loop from offline to online.
To sum up, social fear or social cattle after 00 does not depend on online or offline scenes, but on whether the social interaction you face meets your psychological needs.
For the post-00 generation, there are parents, elders and superiors in the circle of friends. Just like talking at the dinner of the wine bureau, the content sent in the circle of friends needs to be cautious, but what content is presented must be defined by itself; Weibo, bilibili and WeChat groups are extensions of personality and interests, so they can talk openly, so they are full of social cattle.
Be yourself after 00.
Also refuse atomization.
Some people attribute the post-00 social phobia to personal atomization caused by social structure.
Hannah arendt, a German political scientist, once said: "In modern society, atomized individuals are lonely, immersed in material enjoyment and completely private. Such individuals are ubiquitous and there is no strong connection between each individual."
This view is not accurate. After 00, it is indeed a generation of personality. Personality means being yourself and minimizing personal restrictions, not blindly following others. But personalization does not necessarily lead to atomization, although it seems so.
Although it is disobedient, it is also a bit cute. Will the superior be angry?
Compared with post-90s, post-00s prefer to live alone rather than share a room. Apart from avoiding unnecessary socializing, people have different living habits, and sharing a room will inevitably lead to discord in their living habits. It is better to live alone than to compromise with others. But this kind of living alone is essentially different from the Japanese abandoned house living alone.
Many young people in abandoned houses can stay at home and never see the light. Not after 00. They love light. More than that, children should make their lives colorful after 00.
00 is not like atoms or grains of sand, and there is no connection between them. On the contrary, the generation after 00 is the most closely connected with each other.
Among them, the most important thing is interest connection, especially in this process, many sub-cultural circles have been formed, such as Hanfu culture and cosplay culture, which have been regarded as the mainstream culture in sub-cultures. Once it becomes the mainstream, it will be further subdivided and extended to a smaller audience after 00.
In addition to interest connection, the generation after 00 still favors strangers to socialize.
According to the statistics of Ai Media Consulting, in recent years, the scale of social users of strangers in China has been growing, reaching nearly 650 million in 2020. Another group of survey data from Mob Research Institute shows that more than 40% of the respondents prefer to seek strangers with common interests in the online social interest tendency of the group born in 1995-2010.
There is a stranger social software called Dots, which is especially sought after by the post-00 generation. After 00, he said: "Dots is my secret garden. In Weibo, WeChat and QQ, I face acquaintances, and I have to play the established role. But in Dots, I don’t have to care about the eyes of my elders and classmates. No one will think that I am second grade and melodramatic."
The so-called social phobia and social schizophrenia are all appearances here after 00, and the real inside is the confidence, autonomy, personality and sunshine after 00.
This is not a generation lost, but an interesting generation.
(Note: Sang Yong and Ying Chao are pseudonyms)