It didn’t used to be. At least for me and i don’t recall constantly seeing posts on social media about how lonely and sad everyone was or how to make friends. Now every other magazine article is about how lonely everyone is, nobody gets together, and gen Z doesn’t socialize, drink, or have sex.
Why is there such an epidemic of loneliness and why are people content to be lonely rather than socialize?
Why is so hard to connect? Because people having nothing in common anymore? I used to connect with people over books, movies, hobbies, etc. But now it feels increasingly hard to do that. Most folks I meet don’t care about any of that, they just mostly complain about their lives to you or go on political rants about how unfair the world is.
My friends and my dates no longer seem to watch films, or do much of anything other than spend time on social media? I dont’ use social media so I’m pretty ignorant of it all.
I was gonna say, this feel more liberating than anything else. Nothing matters! We’re tiny specks in a cold indifferent universe where eventually everything will fade to black! Everything we see will eventually turn to ash! Go out and have some fun experiences, and be present in those - don’t worry about the past, don’t put too much stock in the future, just be present in the moment and find what joy you can.
That too, will fade - your capacity to experience it (or anything) definitely will - so get some while the getting’s good. Do. Cool. Pointless. Shit.