robot took my order today.....

Johnny.SS

Yanderemenhera

I cant even stand talking to a stranger, ik it takes a job away from somebody else but if I did eat fast food.... i'd prefer this, like most of my generation, I have no social skills, no irl friends, and I never interact with anyone my own age. its pathetic, but its just how the world is nowadays

Johnny.SS

@Yanderemenhera this is just actively contributing,I mean I had no friends growing up and can talk just fine,j really do wonder what’s with the epidemic of Gen Z and the inability to socialize

Yanderemenhera

@Johnny.SS there's no third places, and everything is virtual.

Yanderemenhera

all the ''hang-outs'' nowadays aren't real

Johnny.SS

@Yanderemenhera I suppose that can contribute,but don’t you naturally get interaction by just going out in day to day life,work,school,ordering food,passing somebody that you bumped

_Izzy_

@Yanderemenhera this actually just gave me a idea to list third space ideas tomorrow

Yanderemenhera

in my case, I was ''homeschooled'' and socially isolated for much of my life. if you could say my mom was strict to the point I never had an opritonity. but for most people its a different story

Yanderemenhera

@Johnny.SS if it weren't for my online GED classes, i'd literally be a neet. I don't really go out and do anything though....

_Izzy_

@Yanderemenhera giving ppl less chances to talk to ppl will only make it worse, more people will continue to grow to lack basic social skills,which will only weaken our already divided society

i get why you prefer this, its more comfortable for you, but not to be THAT person, but all this over convenience will only make people weak and vulnerable and overly reliant on either the government or big companies

i know it seems like its not that deep rn but society is genuinely degrading bc of this

Yanderemenhera

I think COVID also caused people to not know how to interact with eachother. the lasting effects of the pandemic have less to do with the virus, but a generation who genuinely couldn't social develope

_Izzy_

@Yanderemenhera a good third space is card/collectable stores
the one near my house has ppl who come hang every Saturday to chat and game and its a great community and collecting is a fun hobby that inherently encourages socializing! plus its nice to be a part of a REAL community irl!

Yanderemenhera

(not to deny the existence or severity of said virus)

_Izzy_

@Yanderemenhera i hear this all the time and it def did contribute but its a excuse im tired of hearing TvT

Yanderemenhera

@_Izzy_ I think playgrounds are great for kids (3-11) they give kids a fun, free place to play with eachother

Yanderemenhera

I say 3-11 bc any younger and they might be too small for the play ground equipment, but as they enter there teens, it becomes too small for them, plus its tabbo

haydencc08

thats so skibidi

Johnny.SS

@Yanderemenhera the pandemic was half a decade ago,many people who still larp on it are just using it as a cop out tbh,highschoolers that were children when the pandemic was happening have a perfectly fine time socializing so it feels hella lazy for anyone above the age of 19 to use it as an excuse

Johnny.SS

@Yanderemenhera
Public libraries
• Coffee shops
• Bookstores
• Community centers
• Parks
• Skate parks
• Malls
• Arcades
• Gyms / recreation centers
• Youth groups / clubs
• Art studios / maker spaces
• Gaming cafés
• Open mic venues
• Bowling alleys
• Local events / festivals

These aren’t even expensive (as somebody living in a house that can barely afford rent or basic necessities) so I never got the idea that 3rd spaces are dead