Party Vibe

I don’t think its a bad thing, especially being a bit older and (supposedly) more sensible (plus I was around during the 70s/80s recessions) but it is really starting to hit some people harder – the “fun” bits of their lifestyles are built on debt and when the easy credit goes so does a lot of their perceived enjoyment..

it will make people sort their lifestyles out, but there is a concern amongst progressive thinkers that this sort of harsh correction makes people angry and bitter, once their fun is gone they seek to pass the pain on to others.. (for instance its more common for a socially conservative govt to be elected)

the problem is most of Middle England isn’t happy and is getting more and more angry by the minute. I’ve definitely noticed the contrast since the “dot-com boom” days and that wasn’t so long ago.

younger people in particular (late teens to early thirties) are becoming a lot more reactionary, especially when things have happened like they had an “easy” office or IT job that got oursourced to a foreign country due to market pressures.

ironically many of the proper “alternative” types (i. e those who genuinely believe in the culture rather than part time yoghurt weavers) are quite good at that.

a lot of people are surprised to find out I don’t actually own any of the latest gadgets!

I do own more than one computer but they are the obsolete / decommissioned ones from my work which I upgrade and repair, and my digital camera is actually a fairly old model from 2002/3 or so (I don’t get enough time these days to take “proper” photos to justify buying a new one)