Tech firms face growing resentment of parent employees during Covid-19

Re:Tech firms face growing resentment of parent employees du... by pm90 on Tuesday September 08, 2020 @06:24PM (#24414290)

The single guys are doing fine. We have video games and internet dating. Living with another person, regardless of my relationship with them, is absolutely terrifying to me.

We all choose the life we want because of our own individual preferences.

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Re:Tech firms face growing resentment of parent employees du... by losteric on Tuesday September 08, 2020 @06:41PM (#24414450)

some* - the demographic is not a block, no more than married guys.

I'm a deeply introverted single guy, but personally I'm done with this. I don't like video games or TV, and virtual meet ups are so two dimensional... my pets and plants have kept me sane but I need real people again.

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Re:Tech firms face growing resentment of parent employees du... by monksy on Tuesday September 08, 2020 @09:21PM (#24415682)

I closed down my meetup group because of the virutal meetups. (No sense in paying meetup.com for anything when the virtual meetups aren't doing well)

What I've been sucessful with is limited gatherings on a weekly basis. (That's to limit who I see, when, and if something does come up you can responsibly disclose all of your ~partners~ contacts for the last week.

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Re:Tech firms face growing resentment of parent employees du... by wolco on Tuesday September 08, 2020 @08:03PM (#24415111)

Have you joined second life yet?

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Re:Tech firms face growing resentment of parent employees du... by anoncake on Tuesday September 08, 2020 @09:42PM (#24415829)

Looks like either I'm not a guy or I unknowingly have a partner.

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Re:Tech firms face growing resentment of parent employees du... by vmception on Tuesday September 08, 2020 @08:23PM (#24415270)

Agreed, I live alone because I want space. A lot of space. Had a fulfilling long term relationship before, and not very interested in that life.

Internet dating has been pretty excellent as the priorities there have seemed to change as well, along with everything just being slower. There is less distraction and competition for attention, it feels like. Video dates were never the move, nice try though.

The thin possibly of a great collaborative partner that has a matching libido is enticing after a few months of the extreme contrary. At this point I just try to keep my own R0 to <1, if I happen to get it or are around more than 1 person/group in a two week time period.

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