I’ve definitely turned into the paranoid nutcase within my friend group in recent years, I hate that everything is “smart” nowadays requiring an app/internet connection & account, just to do basic things that didn’t require any of that before.
What’s some things currently making you ramble like an old man?
The expanding prevalence of loneliness
Yes, absolutely. As of right now I have zero friends either online or offline. It’s been that way for a while now.
Do you live in the US? If so, what region? Wanna go to a movie sometime and then get pancakes & talk about said movie?
I wouldn’t say that I have zero friends, but I certainly don’t have the social circle I wish I had. That worries me for my own future. I’m gonna die someday, and I don’t want to slip into the abyss feeling totally alone.
And the fact that I don’t seem to be an outlier makes me worried for the future health and resiliency of entire communities.
I live in South Florida.
Well, we’re a few thousand miles apart, so the pancakes bit might not be feasible lol. On any fun discord servers?
Haven’t used Discord in a while actually.
I like pancakes but I’m in Oregon.
I always thought it was just me
Nope. I live in the pacific northwest of the US and there’s something here called the “Freeze” and some people refer to it as the “ice out” but it’s a term for how people in this region don’t really like making new friends. A lot of people here are very against talking to strangers.
Same here. I lost most of my friends after COVID.