2026-09-18 11:39 UTC
Fuss again about kids and teenagers "being online instead of going out and meeting people"
These are not mutually exclusive pal, people socialising IRL are often simultaneously using devices, including older folks.
How are they or anyone meant to be going out to meet people? For adults there's the pub if you fancy it and have the money. I don't know anyone except the staff at the café and a few friendly faces at the gym. We don't hang out.
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@shimminbeg@masto.ai 2026-09-18 11:41
The past was not flatly better. I grew up in a village-slash-suburb with fuck all to do except the pub or walking around the street or the farms. Local teens were split between five schools so I didn't know anyone nearby to hang out with. Mine was ten miles away and the nearest schoolmates were two years younger and two miles away across busy roads.