Unless you’re under 27, NYE has always sort of sucked. And even then, most years you look back thinking how you would have rather of stayed home. Did covid finally allow people to stop pretending to care about NYE? I keep forgetting it even is NYE
Good question. I think that because people have constant entertainment via their phones, the internet, video games, social media, and huge flat-screen TVs, there is less need to actually do anything real or outside the house.
It might only be a 10% decrease, but that equals millions of people in a country the size of the USA. It is noticeable that people just do less these days. And no, I don't think it is really because of Covid. This trend started before Covid.
NYE is just another day to me, no significance at all and in fact the only reason I stayed up til midnight was to watch the end of an epic college football playoff game.
I'd rather not go out NYE since it's too busy. I like busy, but not too busy. NYE on Saturday night this year. I was also recovering from the night before, which was a Friday night of drinking and debauchery. It's way better to go out the night before new years eve. Most people on their holidays anyways. I had a blast the night before and glad to not go out NYE. Much better that way. By far.
Good question. I think that because people have constant entertainment via their phones, the internet, video games, social media, and huge flat-screen TVs, there is less need to actually do anything real or outside the house.
It might only be a 10% decrease, but that equals millions of people in a country the size of the USA. It is noticeable that people just do less these days. And no, I don't think it is really because of Covid. This trend started before Covid.
I was thinking about this the other day. Things are so different now. How long have humans been around? Let's say homo sapiens and about 300,000 years.
Even going back 100 years things were dramatically different. In 1923 a household might have had a radio? Maybe? Having just looked it up they wouldn't have, but maybe in the late 1920s. But then for decades a family would have had just a radio, nothing else, until TV came in.
I was thinking about living with:
No TV No computer No laptop No mobile phone No landline
And how it would be different. We have so many gadgets these days. And they are so recent in the grand scheme of things.
I also wonder if it has played a role in the break-up of the family in a way. People didn't use to live on their own. These gadgets have made it more likely in my opinion. I don't know, it's an interesting topic. Just thinking of what it would be like living 100 years ago without any of these things, not even a radio!!
Good question. I think that because people have constant entertainment via their phones, the internet, video games, social media, and huge flat-screen TVs, there is less need to actually do anything real or outside the house.
It might only be a 10% decrease, but that equals millions of people in a country the size of the USA. It is noticeable that people just do less these days. And no, I don't think it is really because of Covid. This trend started before Covid.
I was thinking about this the other day. Things are so different now. How long have humans been around? Let's say homo sapiens and about 300,000 years.
Even going back 100 years things were dramatically different. In 1923 a household might have had a radio? Maybe? Having just looked it up they wouldn't have, but maybe in the late 1920s. But then for decades a family would have had just a radio, nothing else, until TV came in.
I was thinking about living with:
No TV No computer No laptop No mobile phone No landline
And how it would be different. We have so many gadgets these days. And they are so recent in the grand scheme of things.
I also wonder if it has played a role in the break-up of the family in a way. People didn't use to live on their own. These gadgets have made it more likely in my opinion. I don't know, it's an interesting topic. Just thinking of what it would be like living 100 years ago without any of these things, not even a radio!!
Unless you’re under 27, NYE has always sort of sucked. And even then, most years you look back thinking how you would have rather of stayed home. Did covid finally allow people to stop pretending to care about NYE? I keep forgetting it even is NYE
Can you translate that part for the English speakers out here?
My wife and I got married in 1998. We have never gone out on New Years Eve. A good night to stay home for older people. Covid accelerated a trend that was already happening. As the population ages, less revelry on New Years Eve.
Since having kids pre covid we'd just go to a friends house and hang as a group. Now post covid we go to a friends house and hang with a group with the kids. My age people don't care and neither do our kids.
I was thinking about this the other day. Things are so different now. How long have humans been around? Let's say homo sapiens and about 300,000 years.
Even going back 100 years things were dramatically different. In 1923 a household might have had a radio? Maybe? Having just looked it up they wouldn't have, but maybe in the late 1920s. But then for decades a family would have had just a radio, nothing else, until TV came in.
I was thinking about living with:
No TV No computer No laptop No mobile phone No landline
And how it would be different. We have so many gadgets these days. And they are so recent in the grand scheme of things.
I also wonder if it has played a role in the break-up of the family in a way. People didn't use to live on their own. These gadgets have made it more likely in my opinion. I don't know, it's an interesting topic. Just thinking of what it would be like living 100 years ago without any of these things, not even a radio!!
This post is spot on. Thanks for writing what I was trying to explain (you said it better). We are meant to be in real, authentic relationships (as a species) but the modern way of living has simply moved us too far into our own isolated "entertainment" bubbles.
Junk food, junk news, junk porn, junk TV, junk music --- none of those things can replace real meals with people you love, real challenges that need to be overcome, real sex, real human storytelling, and real music that reflects your society's goals and values. The social philosopher Johann Hari wrote a good book about this issue -- Lost Connections.
If it's like this now what's it going to be like in 100 years? Will we be living in pods, tethered to a chair, wired into some kind of network? With 'rebels' living an authentic life, devoid of devices? But they can't participate in normal society without a smartphone for example? If I could see ahead I'm not sure I'd want to. But having said that, out of the last 300,000 years I'm pretty sure that the first 299,000 of them were quite shiit and out of the last 1000 years the most recent 100 were the best for standard of living... we don't know how good we have it sometimes. We still have the choice to avoid these things if we want. It's just difficult though and may get increasingly difficult as time goes on.
Unless you’re under 27, NYE has always sort of sucked. And even then, most years you look back thinking how you would have rather of stayed home. Did covid finally allow people to stop pretending to care about NYE? I keep forgetting it even is NYE
I can see how if you stayed at home you might think everyone is doing the same thing but don’t kid yourself because where I live hotels and restaurants where filled and I celebrated with a large group of my friends as I have done for many years - short version ‘tons of people go out on NYE’