I felt the same but with people that had no idea how to be by themselves
I totally feel this lol. People / one person, one absolute moron for the ages, were annoyed at me for actually enjoying myself during covid. (i say people because online people also expressed this nonsense and wanted the government to just let people get sick so they could go clubbing)
During covid i discovered all the hiking routes in the city and became a lot more capable of travelling to places on my own (i was ~16 at the time).
It’s like a new little culture war between Andrew Tate-types who go “don’t tell me what to do!” and people capable of entertaining themselves without drugs and alcohol and other people.
You can do plenty of drugs and alcohol on your lonesome.
True! That said, I don’t enjoy drinking alcohol alone and the principle of “don’t do drugs or alcohol unless in the company of others” is a very healthy one to live by. Hell the doctors are basically like “do as much weed as you want as long as it’s with other people :)))”
Partying by myself…that is a real party. No pressure, all good vibes as I’m my own personal hype man esp while drunk.
Another way I’m a little insufferable but like… yeah the pandemic and quarantine sucked, but I read a lot of books, played a lot of video games, had a great online DND game.
Some people just seem so helpless and inept. They’d be like “I just need to see other people” and I’m like please develop some discipline.
The “new introverts”, as it were
Involuntary introverts
Invintroverts, if you will
I mean we are social animals by nature.
Nouveau Pauvre
I struggled too. Since the last wave of cost of living increases these motherfuckers are all over my reduced-to-clear stickered items, and the absolute basic no-frills supermarket-brand essential stuff is through the fucking roof.
Flour and water, meemaw. Flour and water.
And don’t forget potatoes!
Yeah it’s a bit inaccurate of a meme tbh Food started to go up so much during + after covid that we gave up trying to keep track/stick to a budget
and the consequences of the Iran war still haven’t hit fully
Full blown shanty country
Part of the issue is because a lot of people aren’t literally in shanties it’s hard for people to recognise that poverty is becoming quite remarkably bad. The poor have electricity and internet now and I think its screwing with our brains. The other major factor here is that a lot of homeless people live in their cars rather than shanties which makes the issue less visible as cars look more expensive than shacks and tents and parked cars are ignorable. The average quality of living for people at the bottom is better than the gilded age but the income and quality of living divide is terrifyingly vast and it’s not improving.
Quality of living divide pisses me off because at a certain point (much nearer than we think), you don’t need to buy any more stuff.
The daily utilisation ratio of your mansion’s floorspace gets smaller and smaller and 80% of what you own will be stuff you don’t interact with regularly
And yet they keep on buying more stuff. Because they still feel they have to widen the gap.
