I totally feel this lol. People / one person, one absolute moron for the ages, were annoyed at me for actually enjoying myself during covid. (i say people because online people also expressed this nonsense and wanted the government to just let people get sick so they could go clubbing)

During covid i discovered all the hiking routes in the city and became a lot more capable of travelling to places on my own (i was ~16 at the time).

It's like a new little culture war between Andrew Tate-types who go "don't tell me what to do!" and people capable of entertaining themselves without drugs and alcohol and other people.

The "new introverts", as it were

I mean we are social animals by nature.

Flour and water, meemaw. Flour and water.

Yeah it's a bit inaccurate of a meme tbh 🫩 Food started to go up so much during + after covid that we gave up trying to keep track/stick to a budget

Part of the issue is because a lot of people aren't literally in shanties it's hard for people to recognise that poverty is becoming quite remarkably bad. The poor have electricity and internet now and I think its screwing with our brains. The other major factor here is that a lot of homeless people live in their cars rather than shanties which makes the issue less visible as cars look more expensive than shacks and tents and parked cars are ignorable. The average quality of living for people at the bottom is better than the gilded age but the income and quality of living divide is terrifyingly vast and it's not improving.