What would you even do? Read a book, play a game, browse your phone, or something in these public spaces? What’s the difference between at home and in a public space with people?
People always talk about public spaces as if magically they would pull people in simply by existing and everyone would socialize with anyone else that showed up. That’s not what happens in reality though, because there are still public places in America and yet here we are anyway.
What would you even do? Read a book, …? What’s the difference between at home and in a public space with people?
I went on a few dates with a woman who saw me reading a book in public and started a conversation. I’m not a social person, but talking to strangers is nice, from time to time.
We’re social animals. Most of us benefit from interaction. Society is better when we interact with people outside our normal bubbles.
Maybe US cities lack public spaces and no one can afford to do things in the private spaces?
What would you even do? Read a book, play a game, browse your phone, or something in these public spaces? What’s the difference between at home and in a public space with people?
People always talk about public spaces as if magically they would pull people in simply by existing and everyone would socialize with anyone else that showed up. That’s not what happens in reality though, because there are still public places in America and yet here we are anyway.
I went on a few dates with a woman who saw me reading a book in public and started a conversation. I’m not a social person, but talking to strangers is nice, from time to time.
We’re social animals. Most of us benefit from interaction. Society is better when we interact with people outside our normal bubbles.
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I saw a naked man masturbating on a unicycle once. So that’s always an option.
There is no “third place” anymore. Unless you go to church or some shit.
Makes you wonder how much the rise of conservative evangelical Christianity and megachurches has to do with sheer social desperation.
You can do a potluck cheaply at someone’s home. It’s that people don’t
Maybe they’re exhausted after working 3 jobs to pay rent.
That’s long been true for a chunk of the population. It’s not enough to explain the trend
That chunk is getting bigger though.
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