Zhihu Zan: Why is funeral culture so popular with young people?

The young people of our generation have set sad heads and signatures to read successful inspirational chicken soup for their souls. Now, it has been impacted by the wave of "mourning culture".

Why is funeral culture so popular among young people?

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"Mourning culture" refers to the language, words or pictures popular among young people with decadence, despair, pessimism and color. It is a new form of youth subculture.

Young people are dissatisfied with their present life, full of confusion about the future, very aware of their incompetence but not enough motivation to change themselves.

In the past, "people who are better than you work harder than you" and "salted fish will turn over one day" have changed into "people who are better than you are still working hard, what's the use of your efforts" and "salted fish will turn over one day, but it is still salted fish after turning over"

This kind of "mourning" seems to be very non-mainstream, but it can seamlessly connect with the youth of this era. "Funeral culture" is paying for the decadence, anxiety and pessimism of young people.

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In today's society, life is stressful and fast-paced, surrounded by many temptations. Under such living conditions, young people work hard, but even if they work hard, it is difficult to break the inherent state and environment, so they are forced to choose to mourn.

More and more people find that comparing this kind of thing starts from birth, and everyone's starting line is different. Some people are beautiful on the surface and smooth behind.

These gaps can't be bridged even if they are used for a lifetime. I feel that there is no hope in life, so I choose to laugh at myself with "mourning".

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In the era of information flooding, this society has let us know the lifestyles of other classes, so we want more.

We are eager to live a better life, have expectations for ourselves, and want to change the status quo through efforts. However, we seldom know that the efforts made by those self-actualized people are far beyond the average person. They are very aware of their time cost, have no time to be depressed and keep running forward.

Most ordinary people who have dreams but have not realized them, while unwilling to be mediocre and determined to take action, think that they have predicted the future in advance and feel that life is hopeless. What should they do? "mourning"

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Young people are sometimes more afraid of failure than they are eager for success. They are afraid that doing something wrong is not worth it, so they think it is safest to do nothing.

Therefore, it is easier for us to give up ourselves, disguise ourselves, admit our failure, protect our self-worth and escape from our hearts.

While pursuing uniqueness, they also strive for a sense of identity, resulting in defensive pessimism, so bereavement has become a tool for self-protection.

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When we encounter failure, we usually think that our own defects in one aspect lead to our failure. Coupled with the echo effect, we are more inclined to think that the dilemma of failure is caused by internal factors, rather than external environment or other big environmental factors.

After some experience or study, he shows a very negative psychological state in emotion, cognition or behavior. I regard mourning as a kind of self-promotion and "shield". Whenever I face a dilemma that I don't want to do or face, it is easier and more reasonable to deny the present and myself than to "face the difficulties".

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Funeral culture has become a popular subculture on the Internet because it has formed its own unique discourse and behavior groups. Although seemingly pessimistic and decadent, it also has its decadent value.

It allows us to face the negative factors in life bravely, show our optimistic attitude against pressure, and let us find the true value and meaning of life in "mourning".

See the world clearly, see yourself clearly, accept everything and keep moving forward. That's all that matters.

After all, after "mourning", we still have to face tomorrow.

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