With each passing decade since the mid-1980s, Canadians have been spending less and less time with their friends. Just 19 per cent said they hung out with friends on an average day in 2022, down from 48 per cent in 1986, according to Statistics Canada.
What are these… “friends” they speak of?
We’ve been here all along!
Upvoting a post by someone that was already at +1.
Is there anywhere this isn’t true? Is there global data?
Boomer article from boomer rag.
It’s 2026. I can hang out with my friends on the internet and have a lot of fun. My friends don’t even need to be in the same room as me.
Globe and Mail columnists missing out on their old Tupperware parties.
The article discusses time spent with friends, including time online. We’re doing less of it, including online.
Reading the article is for boomers, apparently.
Third sentence of the article:
The women, all teachers in their 50s
Boomers.
That’s GenX
