Have most people become anti social?

Its more to do with the advent mobile phones than the pandemic I think. People think being social on-line replaces real world interaction

Because of the pandemic OP?

More to do with broadband and mobile phones.

It's getting worse with time and I think will only speed up with Work From Home.

Don't know what the answer is.

How does the war in Ukraine make people here less sociable?

Anti-social is the new euphemism for acting the scumbag.

so we agree that unsocial is not the correct term? Insociable seems archaic. Asocial is a perfectly cromulent word to describe somebody who avoids social interaction.

This is the biggest waffle post i've ever read

It says a lot and simultaneously, says absolutely nothing

People don't give a sh*t. All most people want to do is just keep to themselves or their social circle. Which is fair enough.

I do agree it's bad when someone can't respond to being greeted. But people are also ignorant c**ts.

im exactly the same since covid… just now socially responsible…

if I bump into anyone I’m acquainted with, a friendly greeting and get on with what I’m doing. You can do it in a manner that emphasises you are being friendly with them ….but cognisant of the health situation…

people who wouldn’t respond if greeted ? They’d get a pass first time it happened but if it’s ongoing, nahhhh good luck…

there is a fella I know gone a bit like that, I’m a client of a business where he was promoted in a while back… he was always great craic, now he walks around with a stick up his arse, saw him Saturday and it’s a case of him only acknowledging you if you acknowledge him first…. and it’s a simple, hi, how are you….Weirdo…

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Aside from the phone part, that sounds glorious! We know how to be social, we just choose not to be, for many reasons, but mainly for me because it's pointless small-talk/gossiping. I spent 9 years living in another county, moved back home a few years ago and most people I worked with, lived beside or was social with haven't reached out since. Yes, it's a two way street, but we all know at the end of the day unless people are part of your daily life, they move on quick.

And I also love that people have no idea what I'm like because I keep to myself, but I'm also aware that if people don't know, they make stuff up. I leave the room when family come to visit, because all they do is talk about people. We've a neighbour who keeps to himself, and the stories people do be saying about him, just because he's unsocial. I want no part of that life. Add in that I'm not a fan of sports, drinking and fashion, so I can't relate to most people and have given up trying. I got sick of having to change me to suit others and be part of this social life.

But I do agree the dependency on phones for younger people is a problem. Social media is to blame there, and it won't change until social media changes, which it won't, because money.

Years ago we needed to be part of a social group to survive. You needed the people around you to bring in the harvest, bring the boat up from the shore or to fight off outsiders with bad intentions. Light social interactions were are way to reinforce these groups.

Some people were asocial because of geography. Years ago a sheep farmer in rural Mayo might not speak to anyone for days.

I think we are more social these days. The internet and the global village has brought people closer together. It's easier to find like minded people rather than having no choice and being stuck with a bunch of people you don't click with. We are being social right now interacting on this forum.

The people "stuck on their phones" are probably happily interacting with their friends on social media. They are happy not to have to rely on some random people at work or on the bus to interact with.

People who complain about asocial people usually have issues themselves around friendship and bonding. Just like people who complain about being bored are usually boring as fook.

I avoid social interaction like the plague and always have done as it has never felt natural to me. I am not officially diagnosed as an Autist but I view myself as one anyway as I can't imagine what else that would cause my mind to behave in such ways for as long as I can remember. Normies were crying during lockdown for having to isolate for a few weeks. I can go months without a conversation which shows you how different I am to normies. I wonder if I am the same species as them.

People say that isolation is bad for you but as far as I'm concerned the severe anxiety I feel around humans is worse for my health than isolation. This is why I wonder if the welfare system force me to get a job then the long term anxiety at work will cause death before I am 50.

There is a lot of truth in that. You can live your life now only interacting with websites and robots, you don't need the people around you anymore. But the people stuck on their phones are probably doomscrolling and soaking up mass produced "entertainment"