▲ 556 ▼ Dating has gotten so expensive that nearly half of U.S. singles say it’s no longer worth it, as the average night out approaches $200 (fortune.com) submitted 3 months ago by return2ozma@lemmy.world to c/aboringdystopia@lemmy.world 327 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] benjirenji@slrpnk.net 4 points 3 months ago (1 child) Less tolerant, I also notice it with myself. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] TubularTittyFrog@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago* I love to read. I used to have cool dates talking about books. I haven't had one of those since 2018! Now when I talk about books, I get lectured what a racist male supremacist I am for not reading Toni Morrison or similar. (I had this happen to be like 10x times in the last few years) It's insane. I can't even enjoy my hobbies anymore without them being weaponized against me for not being 'woke' enough or something. Or I get told reading anything other than business self-help books is 'a waste of time because it is not productive'. God forbid I just.. enjoy books because I like stories and it's fun. No, now if you read it has to be for some political virtue signalling thing or for 'self improvement'. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] TubularTittyFrog@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago* I love to read. I used to have cool dates talking about books. I haven't had one of those since 2018! Now when I talk about books, I get lectured what a racist male supremacist I am for not reading Toni Morrison or similar. (I had this happen to be like 10x times in the last few years) It's insane. I can't even enjoy my hobbies anymore without them being weaponized against me for not being 'woke' enough or something. Or I get told reading anything other than business self-help books is 'a waste of time because it is not productive'. God forbid I just.. enjoy books because I like stories and it's fun. No, now if you read it has to be for some political virtue signalling thing or for 'self improvement'. permalink fedilink source parent