 There is this clip that I wanted to talk about featuring Bill Maher and actress Bella Thorne So she's talking about her battle with anxiety and apparently he's gonna say something That is incredibly stupid and he's basically going to be an anxiety truther And denounce the mental health issues that younger people more broadly speaking experience. So let's watch I mean at this point this is not surprising for Bill Maher of all people to say something this dense and insensitive but nonetheless You know, we'll watch it anyway because the way he says it's so smug and From his position of privilege it makes the statement even that much more outrageous when you hear the way he says it So I'll shut up and we'll watch it all into weed Because of like serious. Oh, this is beautiful stomach issues and anxiety And like crippling anxiety. Um, by the way, I don't know what the fuck he's looking at He's like digging through this box And I don't know what's going on. So I can't give you any context about that weed has really changed my life What is it with you kids and anxiety? What is causing all the anxiety? I think everything the world the the way that the world is now What is it with all you kids in this anxiety as if anxiety is like some new concept Right, we didn't hear about anxiety and still millennials Started to have it except anxiety has always been around And the difference is that we've really made a lot of strides to de-stigmatize Mental health issues, right because it's absurd to think that, you know, my body can need medical attention My arm could get broken and I go to a doctor, you know, I could have a pain In my leg and need medical attention But if there's something with my brain that isn't functioning as it should be well, that's not real That's fake. So, I mean, it's not a new issue. We're just talking about it more, which is really good Right because people are if they're aware of this then that will increase the likelihood. Hopefully that they'll get help I mean my entire family on my mom's side has mental health issues Anxiety has been passed down from generation to generation and to me So it's not new older people experience anxiety too But the way he is just so like nonchalantly dismissing it as like a millennial problem shows how ignorant and privileged he is The way that the world is now, it's, you know, constant But just bad, bad, bad, everywhere you look is so bad You know what? I find this to be an enjoyment in your natural day I find this to be a disingenuous argument because Your generation doesn't know what's going on in the world So first and foremost, what a stupid thing to say. What a weird generalization Millennials don't know what's going on. Gen Z doesn't know what's going on I'd argue that they know more what's going on than bill marge generation because by and large older people Are voting against their self-interest whereas younger people are opting to support candidates like burning sanders who actually support Them, you know cancelling student that getting medicare for all. So millennials are informed You're the ones who are uninformed hence why you supported Amy Klobuchar of all people in 2020 And now he's just the right wing or so. I don't know. Maybe he'll support trump in 2024 But to say that millennials are ignorant is just so stupid and wrong How can you be that fucking concerned about what's going on in the world? I know what's going on in the world I should have the anxiety I know it's going on therefore. I'm the one who should worry Uh, except why do you think you're not concerned given everything that's going on in the in the world bill marge What's the difference between you and 99.999 percent of millennials You are a multi-millionaire you live in a mansion You have more money than you'll ever be able to spend in your lifetime Even if you were able to live to be a thousand years old, you're still not not going to go through all of your money So of course You're okay. Now, that's not to say that if you're rich You can't have anxiety and mental health issues, but just like using his logic here It's like, oh, well you have anxiety because the state of the world Well, I should have anxiety because of the state of the world because I know what's going on except Um, you're rich. So the issues that affect working class people Don't apply to you and that's not how anxiety works. Anyway, anxiety is a medical issue, right? These types of mental health issues. They don't just come up because of things. Sure certain You know external factors can influence anxiety But I mean his whole logic here is bizarre and he comes off as a mental health truther He comes off as one of those boomers who say, oh, it's all in your head mental health issues depression Just stop being depressed. Just be happy anxiety. Just stop being anxious Like that's how he sounds here and it's ignorant. I follow it. You kids don't follow it You don't know what the fuck's going on in the world. What are you upset about? What what? I love how he just dismisses an entire generation. You don't even follow this. So you don't know what's going on What a smug prick he is Definitely things that we know what's going on. Maybe we don't know necessarily always the full story 100% of the full story, but you know, I think we definitely yeah anything about bella But don't give him any any room here push back against that I mean even if you aren't aware of the news cycle and what's happening politically As a working class millennial you can still feel how fucked the world is how it's difficult To pay your rent how you may not be able to ever pay off your student debt or purchase a home or purchase a car So, you know, you don't necessarily have to be informed and follow the news religiously to Feel the impact of this fucked up late-stage capitalist hellscape that we're living through But still for him to say this I wish that she would have pushed back and said yeah, we we actually do pay attention We do know what's going on Fuck you We we're we're seeing it. We're hearing it and we're we're vocal about it and All these young kids growing up with this form of social media and media in general. It's just It's like wow, you know, how long is it going to be before we're just used to it and it's it's not that bad anymore Ridiculous just so So ridiculous as a millennial I feel this old fart doesn't know very much about what's going on Okay, you are a Clintonite bra, right exactly Do you build do you really know what's going on? I mean, it's he's so insufferable