Young men are staying home instead of going out because online platforms, dating apps, and digital entertainment offer easier alternatives to the rejection and effort of real-world socializing. As synthetic companions become more lifelike, the incentive to leave the house shrinks further.
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If you have a room of 100 people, 50 men and 50 women, and there's alcohol involved, the majority of the men would agree to have with the majority of the women. The majority of the women would sleep with none of the men. Women are choosier and typically what's happened in these relationships where people end up together is the woman says, I wasn't initially that interested, but I liked the way he treated his parents at church. We hung out with the same friend group and I found he was funny. I liked the way he danced, I liked the way he smelled. I found that he was really kind. And instead it's kind of been consolidated online. Why go through the pecking order of trying to establish friends when you have Reddit in discord? Why try and navigate the difficulties of the workplace when you think you can trade stocks or crypto on Robinhood or Coinbase? And why would you go through the potential rejection involved in establishing a romantic or a relationship when you have synthetic lifelike at home? I think you are going to visibly see fewer and fewer young men going out or going to events, going out in the real world.
