The Silent Epidemic Affecting Gen Z

Marcus McKinley was a junior at Ohio University when his mother, Kim, then fifty-five, collapsed at work. He figured it was dehydration, but when he got to the hospital, he found out it was more serious than that; she’d had a stroke and needed brain surgery. Her right side was paralyzed, so she couldn’t walk, and when she first got out of the ICU, Marcus couldn’t understand a word she said. The weeks and months just after a stroke are the most important for rehabilitation, but Kim’s initial progress was minimal, and she languished. His mother had been gregarious and liked to go line dancing, or watch Browns and Buckeyes games. Before, she had a wide, warm smile, but now her face drooped.   [View in Browser]( [Esquire]( [SHOP]( EXCLUSIVE [SUBSCRIBE]( [The Silent Epidemic Affecting Generation Z]( [The Silent Epidemic Affecting Generation Z]( Marcus McKinley was a junior at Ohio University when his mother, Kim, then fifty-five, collapsed at work. He figured it was dehydration, but when he got to the hospital, he found out it was more serious than that; she’d had a stroke and needed brain surgery. Her right side was paralyzed, so she couldn’t walk, and when she first got out of the ICU, Marcus couldn’t understand a word she said. The weeks and months just after a stroke are the most important for rehabilitation, but Kim’s initial progress was minimal, and she languished. His mother had been gregarious and liked to go line dancing, or watch Browns and Buckeyes games. Before, she had a wide, warm smile, but now her face drooped. [Read More](   [The Luxury Headphones That'll Transport You Straight to a Recording Studio]( [The Luxury Headphones That'll Transport You Straight to a Recording Studio]( The new Px8 line from Bowers and Wilkins will help you remember what music really sounds like. [Read More]( [The Drive to Survive Creators Made You Love F1. Can They Do It With Tennis?]( [The Drive to Survive Creators Made You Love F1. Can They Do It With Tennis?]( “People see tennis as this genteel game," producer Paul Martin says. ”And isn't it all so graceful? No. It's filthy." [Read More](     [The Lamestream Liberal Media Isn't Too Interested in Gas Prices Now That They've Dropped]( [The Lamestream Liberal Media Isn't Too Interested in Gas Prices Now That They've Dropped]( New inflation numbers just dropped, and somehow a 6.5% hike in prices over the last year is good news. It was down from 7.1% year over year in November, and the New York Times reports it's the lowest annual inflation rate since October 2021. It appears that inflation is cooling off, driven by drops in airfares and gas prices. Remember when high gas prices were top of the news, day after day? The nationwide average for a gallon of regular gasoline hit $5 back on June 13, a massive problem in a country like the United States that is so completely devoted to automobiles. Americans love nothing more than to blame the president for anything that's happening. In our collective imagination, he's sitting in the Oval Office presiding over a series of levers and buttons marked "GAS PRICES" and "UNEMPLOYMENT." But the extent to which the gas spike became Joe Biden's fault was something to behold. [Read More](   [The 11 Best Workout Shoes to Hit the Gym Hard]( [The 11 Best Workout Shoes to Hit the Gym Hard]( Your fitness game needs this upgrade. [Read More]( [We Need to Talk About the Ending of 'Kaleidoscope']( [We Need to Talk About the Ending of 'Kaleidoscope']( No matter how you got there. [Read More](     [The Rise of Elevated Stupidity]( [The Rise of Elevated Stupidity]( Stupidity is saying two plus two equals five. Elevated Stupidity is doing the same thing, except you invoke Pythagoras, decry cancel culture when someone corrects you, then get a seven-figure book deal and a speaking tour out of it. Elevated Stupidity has permeated all facets of life—reality TV, social media, Congress, your group chat, and your softball team. Elevated Stupidity stems from the idea that being good at arguing is the same thing as being correct. That rhetorical skill—or at least a degree of big debate-club energy sufficient to wear out one’s opponent—is the equivalent of intelligence. If being a good arguer is the same as being smart or correct, then do you know who is the smartest, correct-est person in history? Every Scientologist. [Read More](   [Join Esquire The Select for $40/Year. Learn More!]( Follow Us [Unsubscribe]( | [Privacy Notice/Notice at Collection]( esquire.com ©2023 Hearst Magazine Media, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Hearst Magazines, 300 West 57th Street, New York, NY 10019