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Re:The Death of Partying in the USA by lurking_swe on Wednesday July 09, 2025 @06:49PM (#44515504)
context: i’m in my early 30’s and i’m not a parent

the behavior you described of the 25-35 year range is appalling. and those aren’t my kids so that’s saying something.

Call it what it is, antisocial. Baffling to me…why are people so weird?

Re:The Death of Partying in the USA by Dusseldorf on Wednesday July 09, 2025 @07:41PM (#44515839)
It's the phones. No one has anything to talk about anymore because constant scrolling leaves you with nothing to show. And then it's self perpetuating --easier to keep slamming the dopamine button than trying to make conversation with a completely atrophied social muscle.
Re:The Death of Partying in the USA by foobarian on Thursday July 10, 2025 @10:26AM (#44521485)
I think the Internet full of sewage with phones as delivery funnels has destroyed society. I would ban it all if I could