We’re going to see the long term effects of people in that micro generation losing much of what the high school social scene represented, that low stakes junior league of forming new relationships, where meeting is easy, with lots of natural opportunities for free interaction, and making new connections is normal. Learning to flirt in that environment is a stepping stone towards being able to navigate the adult world, where people don’t have your schedule planned out for you, and you won’t naturally see the same people 100+ days out of the year, and have 50+ chances to shoot your shot when you’re ready.
And yes, sure, the loss of third places and changing social dynamics and gender roles and the economy play a role, too, for pretty much everyone under 40. But it’s worth pointing out that this specific age cohort has special challenges on top of the issues that everyone else is living, too.
I was a total social reject in high school because I was a queer girl in a Nazi shithole and I don’t know if I’ll ever recover. Although the social disruption only lasted for 2 years due to COVID so there could be differences between people who were freshmen vs juniors. Worth studying
18-25 in 2025 means 13-20 when COVID happened.
We’re going to see the long term effects of people in that micro generation losing much of what the high school social scene represented, that low stakes junior league of forming new relationships, where meeting is easy, with lots of natural opportunities for free interaction, and making new connections is normal. Learning to flirt in that environment is a stepping stone towards being able to navigate the adult world, where people don’t have your schedule planned out for you, and you won’t naturally see the same people 100+ days out of the year, and have 50+ chances to shoot your shot when you’re ready.
And yes, sure, the loss of third places and changing social dynamics and gender roles and the economy play a role, too, for pretty much everyone under 40. But it’s worth pointing out that this specific age cohort has special challenges on top of the issues that everyone else is living, too.
That first sentence hit me like a truck
Surely this feeling is due to some kind of chronoton radiation.
Eject the warp core.
I was a total social reject in high school because I was a queer girl in a Nazi shithole and I don’t know if I’ll ever recover. Although the social disruption only lasted for 2 years due to COVID so there could be differences between people who were freshmen vs juniors. Worth studying
Ah so the rest of the boys had the same experience I had going to an all boys school then, misery loves company I guess
there also could end up being echos of the disturbance for years to come as the traditions that would have been spread by upperclassmen died out.