Meals are one of the few times a day where I can fuck off any NOT have to talk to anyone.
this post was submitted on 14 Jul 2025
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Especially lunch. Apparently, according to some people, it's weird to go to a restaurant alone. 30 minutes of peace where no one bothers me? It's amazing.
I'm not sure how that's dystopian.
Are you supposed to invite people to your home every time you eat a meal?
Regularly having lunch or dinner with others is really good for your mental and social health.
At 18-24 it should be a combination of family, partners, and friends.
When I was that age I was spending at least one night a week with friends which included dinner/snacks. Hell sometimes we'd get high or grab some beers and make breakfast to fuel a day of young adult bullshit. Lunches were often with my college social group between classes. And I'd often have a meal with my mom whike taking her to Dr's appointments.
If young adults aren't spending meals with family, friends, or partners on a regular basis they're likely incredibly isolated. Hell this implies they arent even sharing meals with coworkers whether it's lunch or grabbing a bite and a beer after work.
One thing I think helped me to get to my ideal weight was living alone. Then I only ate when I was hungry, not when anyone else was eating because I wanted to spend time with them.
Probably related to education and being broke, yeh?
Working a shit job and having to tolerate roommates doesn’t exactly equate to having time, money, or ability to eat regular meals with friends and family.
Hey well that's something. Genuinely good news and a genuine improvement over how things were
in what way? food is a social connection to culture, and meals are cultural participation. i see this and i hear that people are more isolated than they've ever been before, making solving our problems harder and everyone easier to manipulate
I’m 42 and have been enjoying my lonely meals for at least 20 years…
Ah, yes, smartphone bad has to be the leading cause. It couldn't possibly be something to do with the fact that, of young adults who still live with their parents, many have worldviews antithetical to that of their parents, and simply don't want the headache of repetitive and predictable conflict when their father starts ranting about how the country is going to shit because of goddamn commies like Joe Manchin, or similar nonsense. And for those who live apart from their parents, it most certainly has nothing to do with the degradation of our working conditions, such that many full-time workers have schedules that are inconsistent from day to day, and week to week, and full-time hours are contingent on having 100% open availability to work, making it exceedingly difficult to sync up the meal time schedules for two working adults. I'm also pretty sure the rising cost of living and stagnant wages also haven't done anything to curtail the ability of young adults to go and eat out with friends. Must be the damned smartphone.
Oh yes the smartphone a device that lets you talk to one of any billions of people it must be the cause of social isolation /s
I can't get my kids to sit at the dinner table with us. They prefer eating in their perspective places.
same
I remember back in the day eating meals listening to podcasts. It felt lonely....