"A few of the reasons people don’t go to third places as much is because 1. times are hard right now for a lot of people. 2. A lot of people are used to being homebodies after lockdowns. 3. A lot of them closed down during covid. 4. Streaming services have become so prevalent that people don’t even need theaters anymore."
Today’s youth are masters at social media, but socially retarded in person.
It get harder and harder to repair any electronic device because they're all computer-controlled with glued on custom chips. You may fix the occasional blown out power supply, but for most problems; just order a new motherboard.