Things moved a lot faster when I was a young fellow. But today I think more chaste relationships may be the fashion. That is, if young people are finding their way into relationships at all. I hear they’re having a lot less sex than previous generations anyway.
Alex Good 
Probably because they’re all riddled with anxiety problems and mental health issues. I don’t think we had those back in the day.
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Yep! Plus porn is a lot more available.
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Well I suppose that’s less stressful than a relationship.
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Yeah I think porn, social media, and video games are all lumped together as forms of sedation.
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I’m glad I grew up without those things. Loadsa sex! 🤣🤣
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That’s how they did it back in the 20th century.
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Those weren’t invented until 1997
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Everybody had their act together before then. I remember.
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Maybe we had mental health issues but just said ‘f**k it’ and got on with life.
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Pretty much.
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Stay insane and carry on.
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That’s the plan!
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Coming home early is just good sense, whether you’re dating or not.
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Especially if the forecast is calling for a heavy snow.
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This weekend is going to be a doozy in that regards…
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Ah but it’s the weekend so you can just sit inside and watch it snow.
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but in the back of my mind, I know tuesday is coming and that I’ll have to work in the stuff.
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The plows will have done their work and all the snow will have melted away . . .
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In march that is definitely the case. But in February? This is some serious snow and it’s going to stick around until mid to late march. I guarantee it.
Or my name isn’t Honest Bookstooge’s Soul Emporium…
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Just keep thinking warm thoughts . . .
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Oh goodness, are you going all soft and squishy on me now?
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Just melting away.
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Now you sound like one of those feel good new age wackos in leotards.
You’re not wearing a headband are you?
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A headband . . . why did I never think of that? It would go with my ensemble.
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You need to watch more Richard Simmons and start jiving to dem ol’ Oldies…
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*shiver*
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You brought this on yourself, trying to “think warm thoughts”. See, the road of good intentions leads straight to hell!
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And now I have to go out into the cold. Well, I will walk fast and try to stay warm.
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*waves hands
Thiiiiiiiiink waaaaaaaaarm thoughts 😉
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Lots of trust issues now days. Social media doesn’t help.
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Yeah, I always say I feel sorry for young people. I mean, I like some things about the new communications and media environment, but overall I don’t think it’s been good for us.
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you’re on social media. I automatically distrust you!
Oh no, I’ve fallen into the trap…….
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You don’t even know if I’m not a dog.
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Or real!
Fake Alex! Fake Alex!
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What if it turns out there was a connection between the rise of the alphabet crew and the new celibacy? That is, to avoid offending anyone, kids just started opting out altogether?
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I don’t know if there’s a connection there. I think they’re mostly just feeling isolated and depressed and they have lousy social skills. Not as many of them want to have families either, which makes the exercise seem even more pointless.
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Oh, it’s just a thought. But I’m warming to it. As one of many factors. It supports the larger idea that instinct isn’t dead. Celibacy as a survival instinct.
I’d also point to the economy as a major contributing factor. What’s the point if you can’t have a decent life anyway?
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Like any such shift there are likely a lot of different causes. Some of them slowly building for a long time, others more proximate. I agree with economic anxiety being another.
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