>>40621104 (OP)Yeah, I was just gonna post in the “dead internet” thread, but this works too.
Everything is dead. Covid could be a part of it, even though it wasn’t devastating it caused enough death to at least touch everyone somehow, if you go anywhere it’s likely someone lost a loved one or someone they knew. Not just that but the shutdown of everything ruined a lot of stuff, no more 24 hour stores even today the Walmarts near me aren’t 24 hour like they used to be, fast food isn’t either. Even work is shit for most people, the company I work for switched everyone to work from home just this year because they wanted to save money on not having to rent an office. So many people just work from home all day, get no interaction or their interaction is an AIM chat or zoom call. Movie theaters took a huge dive, bowling alleys shut down. The malls all died years ago, but Covid shut down many that were hanging on. Table top game stores that survived are all boring and dead compared to what they were, pokemon cards is hugely online now, DnD is fucking dead, magic the gathering is being milked dry and killed, 40K is on a downturn, so nerd hobby’s are all fucked. Outdoor stuff is also fucked, there’s no one fishing in any of the spots near me, where there used to be 20+ people a day all gathered on bridges, there’s not a soul there all week, same with camping spots, the beach, parks, nearly no one’s outside. Not only that, but those who are are all hostile and gay, say 15 years ago you were camping, you’d make friends with the people around you, have a group bonfire, now no one wants anyone in their shit.
4th of July is the biggest “holy shit” moment for me every year, it used to be the biggest, coolest night of the year, kids of all ages running around together, the whole town would flock to a specific beach, create a hell of traffic, watch fireworks, people would be selling light up junk like swords and spinners and lazer pointers cont..