zenethian 5 months ago

Are they considering things like Discord as "alone" or "hanging out"? Because I hang out with friends every night. Virtually. So does my teen son. He does good in school and is well-adjusted. This article seems a bit biased and old-fashioned.

  • johnea 5 months ago

    Your _real_ life is a database entry in a corporate s/w platform...

  • MattPalmer1086 5 months ago

    My teenage son hangs out with his friends every night. On discord and phone, playing shared games.

    When I was growing up at his age, other than at school, I maybe saw my friends once or twice a week at most.

  • Vampiero 5 months ago

    Yeah it's hard to explain this to my therapist.

    • johnea 5 months ago

      Maybe it why you need a therapist?

      • Vampiero 5 months ago

        No, and there was no need to be an asshole about it. It's like talking about your human childhood and adolescence to an alien therapist. I hope you see what I'm getting at.

arccy 5 months ago

hanging out has become expensive...

tromp 5 months ago

Annoyingly ambiguous title; guess they want you to read the article to find out if hanging out is harmful, or hanging out less is.

johnea 5 months ago

Finiancial Times is concerned about the economic impact on the shareholders of the "hanging out" industry...

eik21 5 months ago

100% agree with this Programmers need to start enjoying life a little bit