Nonsensical text—The angry youth of the internet era

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Features: "Absurd" is originally a colloquial term from Foshan, Guangdong, describing someone who appears ridiculous and talks nonsense, yet actually has their own logic. With the emergence of the "absurd" characters, the unfounded pretense of depth, and the laugh-out-loud exaggerations in the films of Stephen Chow, the "absurd" language has almost taken over the younger generation in China. The "absurd" language has now become a form of internet slang among young people in our country. It not only contains the humorous exaggeration from Stephen Chow's A Chinese Odyssey Part Two: Cinderella, but also incorporates elements such as satire, humor, irony, self-deprecation, and helplessness. From the grand issues of the world to the trivialities of daily life, everything is approached with a sense of humor. It reflects the skepticism and denial of young people toward everything, the deconstruction of authority and conventions, as well as their helplessness and self-mockery toward the realities of life. Behind the words may lie profound meanings that we still cannot fully understand. Every era has its own "angry youth," and the current young generation is the new "angry youth" online. They lack the impoverished background and suppressed ideals of the older "angry youth" from the 1980s. Instead, they live in and are helpless in the new social landscape: the ever-changing cities, unstable jobs, oppressive offices, paper marriages, and the complexities of relationships. These new issues have shaped the unique image and language of the new "angry youth."