Word @
Malachi. It's not just you either. Before it was boring going for long drives with friends so we'd fuck around a shitload instead, same thing with boring parties. Now people turn to their fucking phones if shit's boring rather than actually conversing and/or making things happen. I'm like that myself so I can't really blame them, but it's fucked up for sure.
I thought about it the other day. I don't think I could live without facebook, well, ofc I could, but it would make things a lot more more inconvenient. I'm in like 3-4 group chats with different friends that invite people to parties/BBQ's etc. there, they don't bother calling people cuz everyone they wanna talk to is there anyways. People barely call eachother anymore, it's easier and faster to just drop a message there and ask everyone about what's up instead of calling/going to someones place to see if they're home. Even when I visit my dad my bro whose 12 is chilling out with his fucking iPad from time to time. Dude legitly said to my father after he said he could go see if his friends was home; ''Nah, I'll just see if he's online on facebook or play Fifa with them on PS3.'' The only time the kid is going outside is if it's soccer practice or going to the youth club.
When I was twelve we went to eachothers homes to play PS1 or N64 or something, at least we talked to eachother in the same room and/or went outside to meet up with other shitkids cuz we were bored.
Sage Francis said in one of his tracks;
''Technology made it easy for us to stay in touch while keeping a distance, So we just stayed distant and never touched. Now all we do is text too much.''
^ Shit's true.