[dukeofdoom]

Is there a point where escapism is bad for humanity. I walk my dog everyday. Now that it's a little colder, it's even more noticeable. But I'll walk by an apartment building with hundreds of people and I'll see one or two people on the trail. Forget younger generation. Today I walked by a park with a perfect tobogganing hill. And saw 4 kids, out of a neighbourhood that probably has hundreds of kids. If more people left the house, you know simultaneously, maybe, just maybe they would find real girlfriends. I visited a local island with a now boarded up building. I later found out it was a dance hall early last century. And this dance floor could probably fit a thousand people. I want to go back ...

[drekk]

This to me is the larger issue. Younger people are more isolated than ever. Dating apps have commodified human intimacy in a way that will have generational consequences.

I was watching "Married at First Sight" in the background as filler noise, and something that stood out was a bachelor that had been on 100+ first dates in the past year. The second anything he didn't like came up, he would pull back and go on a different date. It's never been easier to say "there's always more fish in the sea" even though good relationships are built, not found.

[dukeofdoom]

Part of the problem is nothing is free anymore. I was just looking at ski tickets, and its like $100 just for the lift tickets. How are teens or people from lower classes able to afford things now. Is inflation pricing out people out of real world experiences, and instead they're offered virtual substitutions. Just another form of junk food, except for the mind.

[all2]

You will live in the pod. You will eat the bugs. You will own nothing and be happy.