Re: Quit Shopping For Fun

Ben Collver <bencollver@tilde.pink> writes:

On 2024-05-19, Mike Spencer <mds@bogus.nodomain.nowhere> wrote:

More generally, "What's happenin'?" fail to
provoke a couple of dozen sentences of reflective text, let alone a
long reflection/discursion on a topic.
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And it can't be blamed on the younger generation with a generational
slant or karoshi careers so busy that there's no time for reflection.
All my correspondents are near or past retirement age.

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Thanks for your long and thoughtful reply.
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I have noticed changes in local social conventions.  When i was a
kid, it was okay to drop in unannounced and knock on the door or ring
the doorbell.  If the person was busy, they would either say so, or not
answer.  Now it is considered rude to show up unannounced without
texting ahead of time.

I've noticed the same, unfortunately.  It's very interesting how the
world changes only for some (or most) people.  It's not an age thing
because most people who are older than me behave in the new way and some
very young people do not behave this new way.  So I can't explain the
phenomenon.