Pandemic certainly has it's uses
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On the other hand, I see the lasting effects isolation did to social skills in kids and teenagers…
How much of that is modern tech and social media? I'd argue the Gen Z xoome meeting blank stare can be blamed as much on tech as the pandemic. This is the first generation that grew up living as much online as they do in the "real world"
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I would guess most people socialize less as the get older. Having kids and constantly drowning in work and household obligations will kill your social life real quick.
Depends on what type of socialization you're referring to. Socializing with coworkers and other parents through your kids activities is not uncommon.
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How much of that is modern tech and social media? I'd argue the Gen Z xoome meeting blank stare can be blamed as much on tech as the pandemic. This is the first generation that grew up living as much online as they do in the "real world"
I think, a lot. The shift during the pandemic of requesting uniquely online presence definitely sped up a trend that could already be detected. And because it was unprecedented, “adults” weren’t able to guide younger ones along the transition.
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I know its a meme, but, don't you still technically have to go outside? I mean, your packages aren't gonna go inside your house because most delivery people arent gonna actually step inside your house so you still need to touch the outside for the few seconds to grab your things.
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I'm essential! [Chuckles] I'm in danger!
wrote last edited by [email protected]Yeah I work for a flooring distributor. My company labeled us essential so I too work through the whole thing. So did my wife as a dog bather. Guess Petsmart figured they were essential too.
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On the other hand, I see the lasting effects isolation did to social skills in kids and teenagers…
wrote last edited by [email protected]Yeah fucked up my kids senior year. Didn't even get to walk across the aisle or have prom. Fucked up. He had just finished a theater project when Covid took hold. Sucked he really enjoy it and had potential. All taken away.
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All I heard was people bitching about it and going outside with any excuse they had.
I hear people bitching about not being allowed to go outside, even though where I live you were always to go outside
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I'm essential! [Chuckles] I'm in danger!
Essentially fucked. Amirite?
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Yeah I work for a flooring distributor. My company labeled us essential so I too work through the whole thing. So did my wife as a dog bather. Guess Petsmart figured they were essential too.
Yeah, we got labeled essential by general Mills even though we hadn't sold them any equipment in 4 years.
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"I can't believe I survived being stuck inside my house for several years!" Says person with no friends who typically never leaves their house anyway.
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I hear people bitching about not being allowed to go outside, even though where I live you were always to go outside
wrote last edited by [email protected]The actual reason for most was from people embarrassed to wear facemasks at the grocery store. Otherwise, most people didn't go out and socialize very often anyway, most people LOVED having an excuse to cancel the big, annoying jumping-castle birthday party.
The right capitalized on this petty whinging and made people feel validated for hating to change their habits in the most minor way and played it up to catastrophic levels to secure a rightward swing in the US.
And it worked fantastically well. This is the generation of apathy and laziness and self-entitlement and the left is equally guilty of succumbing to this long before the pandemic even.
Everyone is stuck up in their own asses because we have a million different comforts that we cling to and will scream and bargain to not have to make changes.
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I know its a meme, but, don't you still technically have to go outside? I mean, your packages aren't gonna go inside your house because most delivery people arent gonna actually step inside your house so you still need to touch the outside for the few seconds to grab your things.
Technically only your hands need to pass the threshold. You don't need to touch anything outside, bar the package itself.
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Technically only your hands need to pass the threshold. You don't need to touch anything outside, bar the package itself.
But the air is on the outside. It goes by international airspace rules, I didn't make them rules
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So does the apostrophe. That wasn't it.
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The actual reason for most was from people embarrassed to wear facemasks at the grocery store. Otherwise, most people didn't go out and socialize very often anyway, most people LOVED having an excuse to cancel the big, annoying jumping-castle birthday party.
The right capitalized on this petty whinging and made people feel validated for hating to change their habits in the most minor way and played it up to catastrophic levels to secure a rightward swing in the US.
And it worked fantastically well. This is the generation of apathy and laziness and self-entitlement and the left is equally guilty of succumbing to this long before the pandemic even.
Everyone is stuck up in their own asses because we have a million different comforts that we cling to and will scream and bargain to not have to make changes.
Here people thought they can't go out to parks or nature even though that was never forbidden. I think American cultural wars played into that
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Ok Zoomer
They also be waxing poetic about having to look at screens to watch videos instead of just closing their eyes.
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But the air is on the outside. It goes by international airspace rules, I didn't make them rules
Anything inside my house is mine. I donate lots of air as well.
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Anything inside my house is mine. I donate lots of air as well.
wrote last edited by [email protected]But also, consider: Sometimes they leave the package like a few steps from your door and you would have to step foot onto the ground outside to retrieve it, especially if its a heavy item or if there's a few steps of stairs and you can't just pull a broom stick to flick it closer to your house.
So conclusion, ths score is:
Outside -- 1 ; You -- 0
Outside always wins xD
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"yeah mom... who said I wanted to go out tonight? I want to play video games with my friends all weekend. like I do every weekend" ~ probably the response.
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"yeah mom... who said I wanted to go out tonight? I want to play video games with my friends all weekend. like I do every weekend" ~ probably the response.
wrote last edited by [email protected]I am not terribly bullish on the state of video games in another ten or fifteen years. Seems like enshitification is turning that entire industry into a cesspool.
We'll have parents confused as to why their kids keep screaming and shoving away the Torment Nexus box, when they were so fond of playing Don't Invent The Torment Nexus at that age.
