Pandemic certainly has it's uses
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I just worked through the entire thing. Woooo! /s
Me too. That's why I am still salty about it. Just stay home and it can be fixed sooner.
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It may just be generational changes. I do not socialize same as my parents, and they do not socialize same as their parents.
I definitely became less domesticated during the pandemic and I’m still not where I was beforehand, socially. I was even in my late twenties when the pandemic hit, so I should be less susceptible than teenagers/younger children were. It was worth it not to kill a bunch of people by spreading disease, but it wasn’t easy.
That said, I also lived alone and went over 8 months without seeing another person in the flesh, which is unlikely to be the case for younger people.
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When I finally had job and money to go out and finally enjoy my life, pandemic happened. But I had saved even MORE money because I stayed home with my parents during those times. However, I'm now too old to go out lol.
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I'm not talking about menopause, but about the scenario in the meme. Some millennials already had children five years ago, so what age target are we talking about when we say "when I was your age"?
I'm and old millennial but even some of my younger friends already have teenagers that lived through the pandemic.
I'm 32 and having a kid soon, so not sure where you see the problem? Sure some of them had kids very early, but that doesn't change the fact many didn't.
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not sure people will want to go out that much, that oxygen flask is kind of heavy, the mask is annoying and then there's the heat...
Can't risk being captured and having my water extracted.
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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
