I need to move somewhere that is the exact opposite of this. The amount of apathy in the modern world is distressing. People were a lot friendlier and more willing to help out a stranger even just 15-20 years ago when I was a teenager. Now you can’t get anyone to care about anything anymore.
I blame stagnating wages. No one is financially comfortable enough anymore to have the energy to care about anything other than their own survival.
Given the amount of people saying they don’t want a stranger engaging with them in this thread, and the op describing it as liberating, you may be in the minority.
And it’s not apathy really. It’s more like… respect. If someone asks for help, that’s different than just barging into their space.
The stagnating wages and fraying social bonds are problems, though.
I need to move somewhere that is the exact opposite of this. The amount of apathy in the modern world is distressing. People were a lot friendlier and more willing to help out a stranger even just 15-20 years ago when I was a teenager. Now you can’t get anyone to care about anything anymore.
I blame stagnating wages. No one is financially comfortable enough anymore to have the energy to care about anything other than their own survival.
Given the amount of people saying they don’t want a stranger engaging with them in this thread, and the op describing it as liberating, you may be in the minority.
And it’s not apathy really. It’s more like… respect. If someone asks for help, that’s different than just barging into their space.
The stagnating wages and fraying social bonds are problems, though.