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Millions are losing interest in everything (Original Post) YoshidaYui 2 hrs ago OP
I really feel for the young folk Skittles 2 hrs ago #1
I really noticed the effect during the holidays... Hugin 24 min ago #2
That is where I am Bettie 6 min ago #3

Skittles

(169,667 posts)
1. I really feel for the young folk
Mon Jan 12, 2026, 04:03 AM
2 hrs ago

at least us geezers got to see SOME good times.......this increasing fascism on the heels of the pandemic, it sucks for all but especially for them

Hugin

(37,455 posts)
2. I really noticed the effect during the holidays...
Mon Jan 12, 2026, 05:40 AM
24 min ago

Commenting on the lack of additional decoration in the stores. Some of which had gone all out for years. I speculated that it was a expense cutting measure and only resulted in more of the homogenization of everything.

Most chilling was the non-response of those who I was talking with, not even a “meh”. Only silence.

Is this creeping nihilism?

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