I always make fan of friends who complain about the good old times, because all they are doing is showing that they are not aging well. Of course I am just venting to take out of my shoulders my own dinosaur gens. Tech and virtual socialization have been some of the challenges that I have taken with a good attitude but uneven outcomes, and where sometimes I surprise myself longing for the "old good times" when we cruised face to face and hooked up in bars, clubs, parks, and streets. Even when I am not skillful to navigate social settings, and appreciate many of the advantages of distant cruising, I do miss those times.
I am here, sank in virtuality, reading how people all over the world is stampeding into re opened bars, and started to wonder what if this prolonged isolation triggers saturation? What if people walk out of the pandemic crisis sick of the screens and starving for face to face interaction?
What if we have a Renaissance of face to face cruising and hooking up in bars, clubs, parks, and streets?