In this episode of Walt Right Perspectives I interview my Zoomer girlfriend Alyssa, who made her first appearance on the show a few weeks ago.
I think something’s wrong with my external mic because I sound like Dr. Zoidberg for much of this episode, but at least she came through well.
Topics include:
Turning 24 and getting asked how it feels to be in your “mid-twenties”
Noticing an increasing proportion of your friend group is younger than you
Are Zoomers emotionally softer due to being babied by parents and society, or is it due to a material change in the underlying incentive structure?
Alyssa’s experiences and observations babysitting people slightly younger than herself as a young teen
Did Alyssa grow up with a laptop, iPad, or smartphone? How did technology impact her own upbringing?
Do parental controls on tech actually work?
Mavis Beacon isn’t a real person!
Alyssa’s experience having her nudes leaked to the entire school as a young girl
Rapid changes in the availability of smartphones / the strength of mobile data have caused every 2-3 years of Zoomers to have a radically different adolescence
Her experience getting a virus from a chain email that played 2 Girls 1 Cup
Walt explains 4chan to Alyssa
Her experience getting on Facebook and Instagram at thirteen
Does Instagram cause mental health issues in young girls?
Are female beauty standards more overpowering for Zoomers than they were for Millennials?
Do girls actually get mad when their boyfriend likes pics from random intsa thots?
Are men now having the same body issues that women have always had?
Do Zoomer men feel more of a need to be attractive because they are relatively uneducated and poor compared to their female peers? Is this causing a steroid epidemic amongst men who are too young to get on gear?
Women don’t care about men’s bodies so long as they feel safe with him
Did Walt lie about his height when virtually courting Alyssa?
It’s stupid for men *not* to lie about their height on dating apps!
Zoomer men are insecure because they imagine women are all lusting after Chad when tons of Zoomer women are basically asexual and not lusting after anyone
Was Alyssa more excited or scared to go through puberty? Does having an older sister or young mom make going through puberty as a girl any easier?
Alyssa’s girlfriends with overprotective fathers and older brothers were more stressed about going through puberty
Do girls get the most attention from men immediately after puberty? Would this imply that all guys are perverts?
Do girls *need* to have uncomfortable experiences with men to learn how to protect themselves adequately as young women?
The rise of sex negativity and man-hating culture among Core Zoomers
Do predatory guys act nice to get girls behind closed doors?
The importance of having peers both younger and older than yourself—age gaps in friendship promote faster maturation
Is it considered normal for undergrads and grad students to fraternize these days?
How much of a drinking culture still exists among Zoomers?
Do male Zoomers drink more than Zoomettes?
The role of Covid-19 lockdowns and party restrictions in helping weed displace alcohol as the Zoomer intoxicant of choice
The decline of alcohol facilitating hookup culture among Zoomers—when they go drinking it is more often a “girls’ night” or “boys’ night”
Do Zoomers have a much lower sex drive than Millennials?
How often are Zoomer girls taken advantage of due to alcohol vs. agreeableness?
Are Zoomer girls hooking up earlier than they want to in a relationship because men are passive-aggressively guilt tripping them into sex?
The role of dating apps in making both sexes more flighty / flakey
Why are younger Zoomers so puritanical about sex scenes in movies?
Guys don’t get titillated by seeing boobs in movies anymore
Alyssa thinks young women are starting to tilt a lot more Republican
Trump is the only person who can moderate the GOP on abortion
Alyssa’s thoughts on Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren
