Date: 2017-10-18 11:14 pm (UTC)
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I am very much unconvinced that people talk to strangers less now than in the past: perhaps the signs that they don't want to get into a conversation are just more obvious (eg earbuds), where previously it would have taken the tone of their reply to let you know they weren't up for a chat right now. I'm pretty sure this is a good thing, because people are not super good at reading into the tone of voice or body language of strangers and putting in earbuds makes everything much clearer.

So perhaps we've replaced a whole lot of brief, polite conversations with silence, but I am not convinced that significant connections were made in those. I don't think anyone reveals much common ground in a chat with a stranger in a public place.

Perhaps this is a region-specific thing, and people are chattier in Australia? So you are seeing a loss of connection that doesn't happen to me? Not sure.
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I'm a 32 year old woman. I'm an artist, and I'm into the Gothic subculture. Things that I enjoy include but are not limited to 80's Music, Reading, Drawing, Animation, Playing bass guitar, Gothic rock, indie music, horror films, anime, comics, video games, and sci-fi novels. I don't know what I'd do without music, and art. I listen to Siouxsie and the Banshees way more than I should.