>>2735392When it comes to social stuff there are first second and third places.
First - home
second - work
third - any place you go on a regular basis to see friends.
Most places are gatekept nowadays or cost money not only that but with the advent of the smart phone most people go to third places and then go on their phone and browse social media.
People also usually meet up with their friend before going to these placss completely ruining the experience of meeting them at the third place to begin with.
Ill use an example.
When i was a kid my friends and i would make plans to meet up at the skate park
we'd spend time there before we went anywhere else.
Nowadays people will go to their friends house or pick up their friend in their car before going anywhere
they can then use that time to catch up in their car. People do all of this simply because of how social media has twisted peoples minds about safety.
it's a lot safer to travel in numbers than it is to fucking travel on your own and then meet up with them later at the specified location. People would rather text you than wait to talk to you irl on a friday night at the bar or club.
What's killed going outside is simply structuring and the ease of communication. I remember when we had slide and flip phones
you'd send like a couple texts a day tops because those things were a bitch to type on so you'd end up calling each other or waiting till you hung out to catch up.
Now you can just face time someone or send them a fucking article and boom in
less than 5 minutes you've caught up on an entire weeks worth of time.
peolle are also a lot more anti-social due to ease of use. Why go hang out with your friends when you can just log into a game like vrchat and see them instantly? why go hang out with your friends when they can all get in discord and hear you talk on there?
