The fallout of teen activity; and why your parents had the last era of fun.

Teens, Adolescents, Young adults. No matter what you call them; they're all bored. If you're 19 or younger, think of your current situation. How many friends do you have? How often do you see them? When was the last time you went out with them without parent supervision? If you're anything like me, you'll say you only have a few friends, and you only see a quarter of them IRL because the rest are confined to the invisible connection in the poles; the internet.

The internet wasn't always a geographical matchmaking mess. Sure, back then you had the chances of meeting people from Russia, or Brazil, Or even worse; Texas online. But now? It's damn near impossible trying to find people who have the same brainwaves as you without them being millions of miles away. Back then, you would get online to Facebook and see that Sarah who lives down the road added you as a friend. THEN you would figure out that she's ALSO on team Jacob.

Things aren't like that anymore. Now obviously, times and socialization does change within decades. But my question is.. WHY DOES IT SUCK SO BAD?! I only have one friend in real life. And the last time we hung out with eachother was in summer. Granted, she's cool and whatnot; but we basically have nothing in common. It's so awkward talking to her. I feel like inviting her places are burdens.

Which brings me back to this point; the social media your parents grew up with was NOWHERE near as lame as ours. Instead of trying so hard to get into heavily gatekept groups with experimental hair frying, people are crying about others not being comfortable with erotic drawings of kids. (which, back then was very common and more socially accepted, but at least the people who liked it knew where and where not to post it.) (Also if you like that stuff don't bother coming to my comments since that isn't the point and was just a little joke) 

And don't even get me started on romance these days. Sexworkers have more chemistry than whatever the hell Instagram calls chivalry. Now, everything is just mixed messages. I wonder if that stuff was happening back then too, I doubt people had time to mess around instead of just saying "we aren't a thing, and never were". 

If you can exclude the rise in murder, 1997-2018 really wasn't that bad. While also excluding a few tragedies here and there-- I think the more shined and squared approach to things is really what killed all fun off. I mean, seriously. The closest thing we have to prime scene right now is Jirai Kei, and that stuff looks depressing and corporate with the same clean look and 5 colors. (No diss to my Jirai readers, most of you pull it off really well, even if you don't abide by the 896 rules that get you called chopped if not replicated.)

And another thing; Is anyone else's mall banning teens from coming in without adults?! I mean seriously, why are all the spaces that were used when the older people were teens, now being blocked out for teens today?! They complain about always being online and on a phone call, they're demolishing the local playground to build a bar!! Why can't we have anything anymore? Especially when (this is probably just a me experience) we were kids, and our birthdays would be turned into drinking parties after 8. Honestly, if anyone else feels the same way, or if any adults here have noticed this too, TELL ME I'm not going crazy!! I really need it. Thank you for your time, Xofixout.