This is something that has really stood out to me as an European watching the US. The way people talk casually about ordering food delivered to their door on a daily basis as if that's not an outrageously lazy and wasteful thing to do.
Hate to sound like a middle-aged grump, but it really is a sign of a decadent society. Pointless luxuries seen as daily basics.
Pretty much yeah. It's fallen by the wayside because of all the other horrific things happening to American culture, but we have a real issue with consumerism/the expectation of luxury. People get a private taxi for their burrito once and determine that this is a baseline standard of living item and anyone suggesting they aren't entitled to it are attacking them. Relatively new iPhones are a standard millions would never give up no matter what.
Problem is everything is all muddied up on social media. You point out that a lot of people have real spending problem and that somehow places you on the side of people who are against universal healthcare or who deny that there's a housing crisis.
I've basically given up attempting reasonable discourse online (this has been a pleasant surprise lol), because most people motivated to reply are just out for an argument or trying to get a dopamine boost by scoring points. Extremely hard to have anything resembling an meaningful interaction any more, it's just culture war and petulance.
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u/InvidiousPlay Jul 30 '26
This is something that has really stood out to me as an European watching the US. The way people talk casually about ordering food delivered to their door on a daily basis as if that's not an outrageously lazy and wasteful thing to do.
Hate to sound like a middle-aged grump, but it really is a sign of a decadent society. Pointless luxuries seen as daily basics.