Is it just me, or are most people not having real friends anymore, it's all about having the highest number of fake virtual friends, likes, ratings and all that gamified nonsense that's not worth anything of real human value?
Millenials were born in this batshit crazy world. To them, this is normal. Similar to kids growing up in war-torn countries, playing and laughing in devasted streets and buildings. Humans are resilient, at least on the surface. But deep down inside, the damage is very real.
But hey, what do I know. I'm just an old man yelling at Amazon clouds.
No, people are pushed into this. Don't blame the kids.
We got, sadly, physical proof that if you raise children in a lightlesd basement, naked, on the floor, eating out of dog bowls, they will think that's just normal and never wonder if that may be weird. (I still remember the pictures from Romania.)
The main problem with people nowadays... us too... is an extremely exaggerated anxiety. Everyone is constantly afraid of everything. That is why some people hate foreigners, gays, whatever. Why they want to "con
Is it just me, or are most people not having real friends anymore,
It seems that way, and it really hurts with young men trying to get women.
If you are a standout young man today where you actually know how to talk to people in meatspace AND will approach women, you have a leg up on about 98% of your competition regardless of bank account.
Hell, it even makes it easy for us old guys to pick from the younger of the female herd, as that their peer level men don't know and have actual real social interaction
The rich get rich, and the poor get poorer.
The haves get more, the have-nots die.
I am too old or is the world getting crazy? (Score:4, Insightful)
Social Audio? WTF?
Is it just me, or are most people not having real friends anymore, it's all about having the highest number of fake virtual friends, likes, ratings and all that gamified nonsense that's not worth anything of real human value?
Re:I am too old or is the world getting crazy? (Score:4, Insightful)
Millenials were born in this batshit crazy world. To them, this is normal. Similar to kids growing up in war-torn countries, playing and laughing in devasted streets and buildings. Humans are resilient, at least on the surface. But deep down inside, the damage is very real.
But hey, what do I know. I'm just an old man yelling at Amazon clouds.
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But then again, we are the ones making these services.
Re: I am too old or is the world getting crazy? (Score:2)
No, people are pushed into this. Don't blame the kids.
We got, sadly, physical proof that if you raise children in a lightlesd basement, naked, on the floor, eating out of dog bowls, they will think that's just normal and never wonder if that may be weird. (I still remember the pictures from Romania.)
The main problem with people nowadays... us too... is an extremely exaggerated anxiety. Everyone is constantly afraid of everything. That is why some people hate foreigners, gays, whatever. Why they want to "con
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It seems that way, and it really hurts with young men trying to get women.
If you are a standout young man today where you actually know how to talk to people in meatspace AND will approach women, you have a leg up on about 98% of your competition regardless of bank account.
Hell, it even makes it easy for us old guys to pick from the younger of the female herd, as that their peer level men don't know and have actual real social interaction