@[email protected] to [email protected]English • 2 months agoYoung adults in Europe are putting away smartphoneswww.dw.comexternal-linkmessage-square23fedilinkarrow-up1129cross-posted to: [email protected]
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minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish55•2 months ago“One startup from the Netherlands is trying to accommodate them by organizing offline meetups.” OF COURSE THEY HAVE TO FUCKING CAPITALIZE “NOT USING YOUR PHONE” AND MEETING REAL PEOPLE FUCK THIS EXISTANCE
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish15•2 months agoIronic that it works (I presume) via an app
minus-squareFleppensteynlinkfedilinkEnglish5•2 months agoSo like meetup.com? At least there it’s true younger people don’t show up on any of the events
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish1•2 months agoMeetup was bought by Bending Spoons, one of the worst predatory companies around. It’s dying.
minus-squareFleppensteynlinkfedilinkEnglish1•2 months agoI didn’t know, but it’s not dying. It’s a lot more active than some years ago
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish14•2 months ago“meeting real people” has been subject to capitalism since the first enterprising individual opened a pub … a couple thousand years ago.
minus-squareAngry_Autist (he/him)linkfedilinkEnglish1•2 months agoCan you explain to me what you think capitalism is?
“One startup from the Netherlands is trying to accommodate them by organizing offline meetups.”
OF COURSE THEY HAVE TO FUCKING CAPITALIZE “NOT USING YOUR PHONE” AND MEETING REAL PEOPLE
FUCK THIS EXISTANCE
Ironic that it works (I presume) via an app
So like meetup.com? At least there it’s true younger people don’t show up on any of the events
Meetup was bought by Bending Spoons, one of the worst predatory companies around. It’s dying.
I didn’t know, but it’s not dying. It’s a lot more active than some years ago
“meeting real people” has been subject to capitalism since the first enterprising individual opened a pub … a couple thousand years ago.
Can you explain to me what you think capitalism is?
That’s not capitalism