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It's harder to connect over things on social media, because there's no substance to them. Combine that with higher cost of living (meaning people don't have disposable income), and you have yourself a loneliness epidemic.
Even as a millenial, my main time for socializing is getting on Discord to play games with a few buddies once per week. Work and family obligations take up the majority of my time.
I agree. the lack of substance is killing me too. I used to connect over like films and have discussions about them. Nobody wants to do that anymore or seems capable of it. In person at least. Most people I meet now haven't gone to the movies in years and they don't watch films. They just watch reality TV slop on netflix on repeat while they scroll on their phone and text people.
the last time i took someone out ot the movie was two years ago and they told me the experience made them feel weird and uncomfortable because focusing on one thing for two hours was 'too intense'.