Only Texting Isn't Sustainable
This is a bit of a rant.
Did the landscape of what the bare minimum is for relationships drop to the point that random texting with little content is the new bar for most for what constitutes a friendship / relationship?
I'm in the xennial age range and it's weird watching social engagement among my peers shift to nearly all para-social (social media posts + likes / comments, random frequency texting with little content, no availability for phone calls or getting together in real life). It's not just among some of my formerly closer friends, but true in a broad sense as I look to find new relationships in consensus, tangible, shared reality.
People seem to complain about being isolated and lonely for human connection and at the same time not allow themselves to put any effort into addressing that need. I'm not talking about going to place with people in it and claiming connection, I'm talking about coffee dates, phone calls, walks in the park ... anything that involves directly engaging another human being.
Anyone else feel similarly and as a result, demoted a bunch of people to barely acquainted now? It's sad.
