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It's easy when you're a kid or a student.
It's harder after.
it was easy for me in my 20s and 30s as a working adult. but i don't think it's just me, it feels harder for everyone of any age. even younger people.
my nephews who are still in high school talk about how hard it is to socialize and make new friends. and have many of the same complaints i do. their existing friends never want to go out, they want to do the same things over and over, and they have zero curiousity to try new things or meet new people.
in fact my 17 year old nephew has the same complaints that i do about the dating world. he found dating to be shallow, unfulfilling, and boring because his girlfriends were always agonizing about looking good for social media. they are perpetually unhappy with the dates he takes them on not being 'good enough', and generally finds them to be depressing and frustrating to be around to the point he'd rather be alone than deal with constant negative feedback.
Dating is a lot better when you filter out people who use social media.
80% of people use social media.
And 90% of people aren't worth dating
That sounds horrible. I feel bad for the today’s kids (also get tf off my lawn).