One of the trends I have noticed among people 5 years younger then me was, just how insanely comfortable they were sitting on the ground. It is an actual barrier for me to hang out with them, but more importantly, I was wondering, where the fuck did this new social standart came from.

And after months of thinking, it finally hit me. The reduction of 3rd spaces is actually much worse then I thought. The boomers were removing social spaces so fast, that young people no longer even expect a free table a chair to be avaiable to them.

THEY ARE USED TO LIVING LIKE THIS, BECAUSE THEY GREW UP WITHOUT A PLACE AT THE TABLE!!! :andyburnt:

@LukeAlmighty For me and my peers, it's because we were made to sit on the ground so much during school

@GapYoukai
What do you mean? Do they do 1/2 of the group activites on ground or something?

@LukeAlmighty Pretty much, yeah. During primary school, half of the time we sat on the ground and listened to the teacher, since its more intimate in a way. And during assemblies and sport we had to sit on the ground as well.
And during highschool we had to sit on the ground whenever we did stuff outside the classroom, the main thing being the school wide roll-call that happened in the morning.
Sitting on the ground was the norm for both at recess and lunch.
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@GapYoukai
OK... That was the much weirder possibility.

I don't think we were forced to do that humiliation beyond 3rd grade.

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@LukeAlmighty Humiliation has nothing to do with it, it's just more practical. Sitting on the ground is just a normal thing to do here, even in public when there are free seats available.
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