The authentic Gen Z male experience

I wake up, it's 9am.

I'm in my mid 20's.

Last week I worked 30 hours.

My bills are due, my rent takes 40% of my income.

This isn't my house, I don't own it. I share with 3 roommates.

I drink a coffee.. I'm reminded that if I pay $3 for a coffee instead of $1 for a coffee I'll never afford a home. I'll never afford one anyway, but I'm following the advice of my parents.

I'm told home ownership is still possible, and I can purchase one maybe in my 40s if I keep saving, that's the average age of first home ownership.

While drinking my coffee I'm scrolling through my phone, laughing at instagram videos it's the best way I can find authentic entertainment.

If we said the things we were thinking we would be banned from social media, so we use humour and irony to mask our thoughts.

I open a dating app. I've been single for 3 years.

The last relationship I was in was with a girl who had slept with 2 of my friends. She broke up with me because my Instagram profile didn't have enough followers, she found that embarrassing.

I swipe through the app, I've been using it every day for years – I haven't had a single date.

I finally get a match, it's from a girl who wants to talk to me. Her profession is that she sells explicit photos of herself online and advertises it on social media and dating apps.

Around 10% of women in their 20s now do this profession.

I ask her if she would like to go on a dinner date, she disappears – it's called ghosting.

I have aspirations to rent my own house, but they're all unaffordable.

I have a bachelors degree, but I can't find a higher paying job.

I subscribe to premium job finding services, and premium dating app services. Another 15% of my income goes to finding a job and a partner.

I would consider cold approaching a woman, maybe at a coffee shop, but the consequences terrify me.

If I make a mistake it will be considered harassment, you only have a few seconds to make an impression. I'm not sure if I'm attractive enough to make a good impression, most women set their standards high – the minimum is 6 foot tall and a $100,000 yearly salary.

If I succeed, the current divorce rate is 50%, and I'll be the one who's going to pay for it.

The divide between men and women is growing, women increasingly want to work, men increasingly want to have children.

It's predicted most people in my generation will be alone once they reach their 40s.

I open my laptop and check my emails. A dozen automated rejection emails from job applications.

The jobs I applied for posted that they found a candidate, it's a girl from an immigrant family, she has no experience and is paid $100,000 yearly.

She has all the right ideas, she's a socialist, a feminist, a LGBT ally – proud and independent – everything our culture has moved towards in the name of progress and acceptance.

It's a bold political statement from the women in the HR department. They're progressive, they're not racist or sexist, they're not homophobic or transphobic.

They're the perfect multicultral institution, every immigrant welcomes this change.

I once saw my grandfathers name on a war memorial, this is the type of freedom and acceptance he fought for.

I head outside for the day, I'm going to the gym.

I hear news of a mass shooting, I'm not sure if I should go. The only thing the politicans are certain of at this point is that the cause of it was due to provocative behaviour of white men, not directly, but collectively... or maybe it was due to the violent video games.

It was actually an immigrant, a refugee, who shot up shopping centre, but none of it is mentioned in the news.

Once I'm done at the gym I head to the pub.

I'm with a group of friends, we're all in our 20's.

We're all single.

We're all broke.

A single beer is $15. I'm not sure if I can afford it.

None of us believe in anything, we have no god, we don't care about anything.

I can't understand what the immigrant staff member says in a thick accent. I'm not sure if he's speaking English, but I stay patient.

I'm told the immigrants come here for a better life..

The immigrants don't seem to like our country very much, they prefer their own culture and customs. They insult our country and traditions.

In the major cities they're now the majority.

I'm wondering if there's somewhere else I can go for a better life too.