Why the average American hasn’t made a new friend in 5 years
Forty-five percent of adults say they find it difficult to make new friends, according to new research.
A new study into the social dynamics of 2,000 Americans revealed that the average American hasn’t made a new friend in five years.
In fact, it seems for many that popularity hits its peak at age 23, and for 36 percent, it peaks even before age 21.
The study, conducted by OnePoll in conjunction with Evite, uncovered that one of the reasons 42 percent of adults struggle to make friends is due to introversion or shyness (((pussifacation and cuckdom))).
And the challenge is not just in breaking out of their shell but also breaking into new social situations and circles.
The majority of respondents cite friendship-making barriers that include aversion to the bar scene where most people choose to socialize, or the feeling that everyone’s friendship groups have already formed.
And how many friends do adults actually have? Turns out, 16. The average American has three friends for life, five people they really like and would hang out with one-on-one, and eight people they like but don’t spend time with one-on-one or seek out.
Most people have remained close with friends they met when they were younger. Nearly half of those surveyed have stayed friends with peers from high school, and a further 31 percent with peers from college.
Kicking it even more old-school, three in 10 Americans say they have made lasting connections with people they met in their childhood neighborhood.
However, 82 percent of those studied feel like lasting friendships are hard to find. The number one cause of lost friendships is moving away, with 63 percent revealing this to be a reason they’ve fallen out of touch with a former friend.
https://nypost.com/2019/05/09/why-the-average-american-hasnt-made-a-new-friend-in-5-years/
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[–] 18559471? ago
That's not even blackpill. Thats honestly a preferable alternative vs the world just continuing to get more stagnant. Fuck I'd almost find that idea comforting
[–] 18593433? ago
This. The sooner this ends the better. I wake up every morning disappointed that the sky's blue and life is present.
[–] 18559472? ago
It's inevitable.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Projections_of_population_growth
By 2050:
5 billion asians
2.5 billion africans
1 billion whites and mutts
In 2030 there will be 265mil Nigerians and 245mil Pakistanis. 10 years from now.
Half of the nigerians will go to the EU and half of the pakistanis to the USA
[–] 18559473? ago
Not really sure if they would. If they don't get their shit together in agriculture and many other areas it's inevitable. Even if China and India and so on will continue to progress they will continue to keep ruining the climate. Which is a big point the author there makes, that it's very likely we won't get this under control and that we'll ruin the climate.
This article though:
http://archive.is/AzlYs
was a pretty good read. It goes into how in America people like Clinton, Bush have sold out the working class completely in favor of sourcing and moving production. Also how this was happening earlier. I see this as a huge ill of capitalism and there was no action taken against this migration that was displacing workers. Instead it was embraced. Connect this with everything else and it becomes fairly easy to reason why the value if you work has decreased. Salary barely increased, maybe even lowered adjusted to inflation while cost of living increased much more. So having assets is of much more value now than in the past. Which naturally gives a very skewed line that favors the older who got assets and displaces the younger generation that enters the labor market.