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[-] hiddengoat@kbin.social 51 points 8 months ago

I trust Forbes to be correct about this about as much as I trust Forbes to be correct about anything.

They're a trash rag that exists solely to fellate capitalist shitbags.

Fuck 'em.

[-] WhatAmLemmy@lemmy.world 9 points 8 months ago

Even if it were accurate, it could entirely be explained by socioeconomic or demographic reasons — e.g. the majority of Gen-Z workers:

  • live with their parents or room mates, thus no peace and quiet when WFH.
  • are too poor to afford food, thus depend on the free coffee, cereal, and fruit to make ends meat.
  • sample size is smaller, with most not working in roles where WFH is even an option (or is viewed negatively by superiors)
  • the oldest of Gen-Z are still in their 20's, and perhaps at the age where the desire to socialise in person is strongest.

Basically, the oligarch capitalist mouthpiece is throwing shit at the walls to see what sticks, because commercial real estate is fuck.

[-] SnotFlickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

the oldest of Gen-Z are still in their 20’s, and perhaps at the age where the desire to socialise in person is strongest.

I mean, I'd argue you yourself are guilty of what we're accusing the article of doing here.

It's not that older people don't want to socialize in person with each other anymore, it's more that after graduating high school, you're separated from your high school friends by where you go to college, then after college, you're further separated by where you are able to get a job, meaning "adults" don't really have as many choices about "socializing in person" simply because every friend of theirs has been taken far, far away from them based on economic circumstances.

Source: In my 40's and my friend group has been splintered all over the planet since I was in my mid-twenties. Kind of lead to having to be okay with keeping in touch over the internet.

We can stop attributing such things as a "choice." Adults want just as much in-person socializing time with their friends and family, often they just simply don't have access to it. *shrugs

See also: Death of the "Third Place."

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