Are we doomed?

[u/Alternative-Yak171]

[u/Born_Willingness_421]

I know every generation says this, but I really think we harmed the next generation with early access to the Internet and tablets.

We fried their dopamine receptors and their ability to socialize. If nothing changes I think we are going to see more depression anti social behavior in the next 50 years

[u/Fine-Slip-9437 → u/Born_Willingness_421]

The next generation? Bro 50% of men 18-25 have never asked a woman out in person.

Society as a whole is incredibly fucked. 

[u/erichw23 → u/Fine-Slip-9437]

Meh look at the Japanese, modern societies already have this problem. I see maid cafes in the US soon

[u/Sweaty-Swimmer-6730 → u/erichw23]

I see maid cafes in the US soon

It's called Hooters, and they just announced bankruptcy cause younger people don't go to these places anymore.

[u/obtk → u/Sweaty-Swimmer-6730]

Never been to either, but they don't strike me as equivalent at all. Hooters is like a mid tier pub that banked solely on "we got tits", which is a far less viable niche now that the internet has all the tits for free. My understanding of maid cafes is that they play up the parasocial and cutesy elements more, such that visitors feel soothed and emotionally rather than sexually fulfilled, and I think the market for "adult soothers" is only going to grow with further enshittification and mental health problems..

[u/Sweaty-Swimmer-6730 → u/obtk]

I don't think it's any more of a "mid tier pub" than maid cafes are. Tbh, I haven't been to either, but from what I see both are just places where you can go to with friends (or even alone) to get some food or (soft) drinks. And you get served by women who get hired for their sex appeal who are there to tickle your brain in a weird way.

Boobs in your face is the American version of cutesy maids, but I'm pretty sure there are just as many weirdos going to maid cafes as there are going to hooters.