Group activities cost too much in either time or money.

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/economy/making-sense/why-americas-favorite-anarchist-thinks-most-american-workers-are-slaves

I had a very strange feeling reading this article alone and on my phone. Overall a very interesting read. It helps explain some of the minor decisions I’ll make in life, like always choosing a checkout with a cashier regardless of the length of the line. Sometimes I converse with the cashier or someone in line and it does slightly improve my mood in a way thats difficult to explain.

Mass ignoring of a pandemic, making it unending, tends to do that. People know they’re all full of shit and it never goes back to being the same. Some people try extra hard to pretend, maybe even aggressively, but it’s a rug-pull on the whole social scene. It becomes a bummer and people just don’t want to play anymore.

Plug maga. Just a trash fire all the time.

Plus enough progressives getting offended by non-bigoted things, under the guise of being against bigotry, that simply talking becomes tense and exhausting, which they somehow convert into a victory condition in their heads, because if they didn’t they might notice how stupid they’re being.

I think people are looking to hang out with others less because too many people are just turning into idiots. I know you might say “turning into???” but there are levels.

And all that’s assuming you can afford to do stuff.

If you say hello to someone, they’ll typically say hello back to you. If you give somebody a compliment, they’ll typically say thank you.

no way, people just pretend they can’t hear you over their airpods while staring at you.