I Am Fascinated By Human Behavior

Has anyone else noticed people are generally less social than they used to be? It seems like a lot of people are not interested in having friends and don't want to be bothered with other people. I've tried to be social with some people and it's like they don't trust you or think you're trying to take advantage of them or something. I know at least part of it is people are busy and don't have time to have a ton of friends. Plus people are very selfish.

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maybesomeday · 26-30, F

I think once you reach a certain age, most people already have their group of friends and aren't exactly on the look-out for new ones. Which makes it hard on people who don't really have many/any friends, and they're trying to talk and get to know people who are simply just not interested. So I wouldn't say people are less social, just not really dedicated or interested on socalising with new people.

Cloud7593 · 46-50, F

@maybesomeday That and some people, especially women, don't want any drama. I've heard people say they don't bother with relationships because of too much drama.

maybesomeday · 26-30, F

@Cloud7593 Women cause the most drama, in my opinion. I feel like I can say that because I am a woman. And because women do seem to create so much drama, I find that even harder to form friendships with them.

Cloud7593 · 46-50, F

Men cause drama but tend to get over it quicker.

Fernie · F

I HAVE been experiencing that lately. I think the past 2 generations, mine and yours, were brought up with technology that pulled us away from each other and fed us negativity and violence and perversions. I think many of us are paranoid now...don't wanna get too close...who can you trust. I feel some of that but I give people time to reveal themselves. No wonder there are so many lonely people out here

Cloud7593 · 46-50, F

@Fernie How old are you? I'm 43 and tend to see this attitude with people 55 and below.

Fernie · F

@Cloud7593 I'm your Mom's generation. It makes sense that you would find this behavior in people 55 and younger. Aren't they the people you can relate to? The people I find this behavior in are 55 and up...the ones I relate to mostly

LyricalOne · F

They’re more interested in being friends with their computer screens.

Subsumedpat · 36-40, M

People are more connected now but on a shallow basis enabled by social media. As such they learn more about bad things happening to people and are more standoffish less something bad happen to them.

Magenta · F

I think social media and phone/computer monitors are taking the place of real friends. It appears many just want shallow entertainment and instant gratification.

SW-User

They're too busy gawking at the computer and their phones.

ABCDEF7 · M

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