I might share a questionable observation once made, on the same theme, about moving to Alaska for the same reason: “the odds are good, but the goods are odd.”
This was a very nice piece thank you. I'm married and a mother, fairly far removed from what 'the kids these days' are thinking in the online world. And what I see seems perplexing to me. I interact with plenty of people in their 20s in real life and I certainly don't get the same vibe from them face to face as I see glimpses of in 'the online'. It seems a strange world to send my daughter out into. But every generation has its strange world. When I was younger, every woman on TV and in the movies was skeletally thin and that warped the psyches of so many of us girls in the 90s and 2000s. I see a much more realistic portrayal of bodies now, even if it's still its own kind of warped.
I might share a questionable observation once made, on the same theme, about moving to Alaska for the same reason: “the odds are good, but the goods are odd.”
I live in a rural community and what you describe and the reality here are too very different things
It does not represent my community well either, as most of the people are older, but some of the towns nearby are more vibrant.
This was a very nice piece thank you. I'm married and a mother, fairly far removed from what 'the kids these days' are thinking in the online world. And what I see seems perplexing to me. I interact with plenty of people in their 20s in real life and I certainly don't get the same vibe from them face to face as I see glimpses of in 'the online'. It seems a strange world to send my daughter out into. But every generation has its strange world. When I was younger, every woman on TV and in the movies was skeletally thin and that warped the psyches of so many of us girls in the 90s and 2000s. I see a much more realistic portrayal of bodies now, even if it's still its own kind of warped.
My son is 20 but far ahead of his peers on what is real versus fake and how to get what you want.
What too many of today's young men are attracted to is really plastic surgery, and a naturally beautiful woman is "mid" to them.
I suspect those young men are 'mid' to the women also if that's their perspective on the whole business!