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submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by Today@lemm.ee to c/nostupidquestions@lemmy.world

Someone asked a question about how frequently young people have time to socialize and it made me think about what people do with their evenings. I recently asked my son to go to a concert (free ticket to see a band i know he likes) and he declined because it was an hour away on a weeknight. If we invite our kids or niece/nephew to dinner they always want to go at 6/630 which feels so early. Edit: Kids are 30ish.

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[-] Sabata11792@kbin.social 117 points 1 year ago

Early 30s. Outside is a scam. Everything there involves spending money and dealing with people. I'll talk and play games with my friends online but don't see people unless I am at work or forced to go out.

[-] awwwyissss@lemm.ee 93 points 1 year ago

Everything there involves spending money

Almost all the good socialization has become commercialized. There's no town square anymore, it's turned into a Walmart.

[-] Bipta@kbin.social 21 points 1 year ago

And not even a 24 hour Walmart.

[-] son_named_bort@lemmy.world 14 points 1 year ago

I think that's a big point, hardly anything is open late anymore. Seems like the world stops at 10PM these days and everything has to shut down then.

[-] Today@lemm.ee 5 points 1 year ago

Yeah, many places that shortened hours during covid have not resumed their BC hours.

[-] PhatInferno@midwest.social 3 points 1 year ago

Which i get, finding and keeping workers to work those odd hours can be hard and it is nice to get out of work at decent times if you do work at one of those places... besides bars if ur over 21or movies, i cant think of annother place to go when it gets late

[-] Turkey_Titty_city@kbin.social 6 points 1 year ago

not even a walmart. where i live it's a neiman marcus. if you don't have $2000 to drop on a single coat, GTFO.

[-] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

Libraries still exist! They have activities every single day!

[-] lazyslacker@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 year ago

My town actually has a square. It's nice to have.

[-] awwwyissss@lemm.ee 4 points 1 year ago

Nice, I love town squares. The place to be

[-] cubedsteaks@lemmy.today 2 points 1 year ago

Late 30's. I don't always spend money when I go out and if I do have to spend its usually on cheap public transit to get somewhere else. I often leave the house and just walk around town. Good exercise and I'm not always stuck at home driving my cat bonkers.

[-] someguy3@lemmy.ca 0 points 1 year ago
[-] morphballganon@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

If you buy the ones with paid dlc/season passes/microtransactions, yes. You have to use your powers of observation and critical thinking and buy the complete games instead.

[-] xT1TANx@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Some are, and some aren't. 100 dollars with bg3 gets you 100 plus hours of enjoyment. That is 1 dollar / hour. That is value. I am still playing Skyrim after 10+ years and it was 60 bucks. I have 1000+ hours in it. Worth.

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