▲ 196 ▼ The Anti-Social Century | Americans are now spending more time alone than ever. It’s changing our personalities, our politics, and even our relationship to reality (www.theatlantic.com) submitted 2 years ago by silence7@slrpnk.net to c/news@lemmy.world 55 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] ArbitraryValue@sh.itjust.works -2 points 2 years ago* (1 child) Who would want to go to libraries and school gyms and union halls to have fun? "Hey guys, let's all go hang out at the, uh, school gym! No? How about the union hall?" Maybe people had lower standards back before technology made having fun alone at home easy. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] optissima@lemmy.ml 23 points 2 years ago (1 child) This highlights the modern lack of community. You'd go there to see friends. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] ArbitraryValue@sh.itjust.works -5 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children) You'd go to the school gym to see friends? I don't even know if I'm being sarcastic. On the one hand, I don't think I'd do that no matter how many friends I had and how nice the gym was because it's such a bizarre thing to do. On the other hand, the past is often bizarre. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] optissima@lemmy.ml 6 points 2 years ago Yes, you go to the gym to see people you know and excerise with them. School gyms used to be more publicly available than they are today. Just because you've never had an excercise buddy doesn't mean that the experience is bizzare, it's still a common thing to do today (but gatekept by private gyms) permalink fedilink source parent [–] phughes@lemmy.ca 3 points 2 years ago I don’t even know if I’m being sarcastic Compare it to some other public space and see how ludicrous it sounds: You’d go to the bar to see friends? I don’t even know if I’m being sarcastic. You’d go to the coffee shop to see friends? I don’t even know if I’m being sarcastic. See? You're used to people doing those things so it sounds normal, but exercising with your friends is just as normal as drinking with your friends. People do all sorts of things with their friends, but the reasons they do them invariably include "I like spending time with my friends." Hell, I help my friends do home improvement projects because it's just nice to do something productive with my friends. I'm certainly not going to install a new door on a friend's house if they're going to be away at work, so clearly the real reason is that I like spending time with my friends. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] optissima@lemmy.ml 23 points 2 years ago (1 child) This highlights the modern lack of community. You'd go there to see friends. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] ArbitraryValue@sh.itjust.works -5 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children) You'd go to the school gym to see friends? I don't even know if I'm being sarcastic. On the one hand, I don't think I'd do that no matter how many friends I had and how nice the gym was because it's such a bizarre thing to do. On the other hand, the past is often bizarre. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] optissima@lemmy.ml 6 points 2 years ago Yes, you go to the gym to see people you know and excerise with them. School gyms used to be more publicly available than they are today. Just because you've never had an excercise buddy doesn't mean that the experience is bizzare, it's still a common thing to do today (but gatekept by private gyms) permalink fedilink source parent [–] phughes@lemmy.ca 3 points 2 years ago I don’t even know if I’m being sarcastic Compare it to some other public space and see how ludicrous it sounds: You’d go to the bar to see friends? I don’t even know if I’m being sarcastic. You’d go to the coffee shop to see friends? I don’t even know if I’m being sarcastic. See? You're used to people doing those things so it sounds normal, but exercising with your friends is just as normal as drinking with your friends. People do all sorts of things with their friends, but the reasons they do them invariably include "I like spending time with my friends." Hell, I help my friends do home improvement projects because it's just nice to do something productive with my friends. I'm certainly not going to install a new door on a friend's house if they're going to be away at work, so clearly the real reason is that I like spending time with my friends. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] ArbitraryValue@sh.itjust.works -5 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children) You'd go to the school gym to see friends? I don't even know if I'm being sarcastic. On the one hand, I don't think I'd do that no matter how many friends I had and how nice the gym was because it's such a bizarre thing to do. On the other hand, the past is often bizarre. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] optissima@lemmy.ml 6 points 2 years ago Yes, you go to the gym to see people you know and excerise with them. School gyms used to be more publicly available than they are today. Just because you've never had an excercise buddy doesn't mean that the experience is bizzare, it's still a common thing to do today (but gatekept by private gyms) permalink fedilink source parent [–] phughes@lemmy.ca 3 points 2 years ago I don’t even know if I’m being sarcastic Compare it to some other public space and see how ludicrous it sounds: You’d go to the bar to see friends? I don’t even know if I’m being sarcastic. You’d go to the coffee shop to see friends? I don’t even know if I’m being sarcastic. See? You're used to people doing those things so it sounds normal, but exercising with your friends is just as normal as drinking with your friends. People do all sorts of things with their friends, but the reasons they do them invariably include "I like spending time with my friends." Hell, I help my friends do home improvement projects because it's just nice to do something productive with my friends. I'm certainly not going to install a new door on a friend's house if they're going to be away at work, so clearly the real reason is that I like spending time with my friends. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] optissima@lemmy.ml 6 points 2 years ago Yes, you go to the gym to see people you know and excerise with them. School gyms used to be more publicly available than they are today. Just because you've never had an excercise buddy doesn't mean that the experience is bizzare, it's still a common thing to do today (but gatekept by private gyms) permalink fedilink source parent
[–] phughes@lemmy.ca 3 points 2 years ago I don’t even know if I’m being sarcastic Compare it to some other public space and see how ludicrous it sounds: You’d go to the bar to see friends? I don’t even know if I’m being sarcastic. You’d go to the coffee shop to see friends? I don’t even know if I’m being sarcastic. See? You're used to people doing those things so it sounds normal, but exercising with your friends is just as normal as drinking with your friends. People do all sorts of things with their friends, but the reasons they do them invariably include "I like spending time with my friends." Hell, I help my friends do home improvement projects because it's just nice to do something productive with my friends. I'm certainly not going to install a new door on a friend's house if they're going to be away at work, so clearly the real reason is that I like spending time with my friends. permalink fedilink source parent