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Originally Posted by kool maudit
There is not going to be a 'party' decade because people are not like that right now. People are risk-averse and institutionally oriented right now. The Western world is comparatively old and sterile.
We could see a partying culture emerge either during or after the next war - the natural partner of sex is death.
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I feel like this is a statement that may end up aging like milk.
I'd argue because so many people have been derailed that it's gonna go even further than expected. A whole lot of people are giving up on their dreams/having kids etc thanks to covid.
I wouldn't be shocked to see people going to the extreme in the next few years. That feel of "what can" or "what might" happen drags a society forward, hoping for the best. Nowadays it seems obvious than for most people no year is gonna be better than 2022-2023.
I'm at that age where me and my wife are making some real decisions. And if we were any less family orientated we probably wouldn't be thinking about having kids.
I suspect we're gonna see a real drop in the birth rate that won't ever recover.
I think because you guys are at the other side of 30, it's easier to forget how many people have been completely derailed by this.
My generation was super late in "adulting" and this is just the straw that broke the camels back.
Me and my wife have no debt, no interest in owning a car condo etc, and we are so not the norm among millenials.
Family to use is a priority and we are wavering, can't imagine how the rest of my less conservative peers think of it all.