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Millennials are having less sex than any generation in 60 years

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Re: Millennials are having less sex than any generation in 60 years

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Post by poloniculmov »

ihsw wrote: post #30

In aggregate or on average? Hot people are getting laid more than ever, and the instant availability of apps like Tinder means an equilibrium is being witnessed -- the top 20% have 80% of sex. I am willing to argue that the success of these people actively discourages other's from even attempting to participate, effectively intimidating them out of the dating pool. People's confidence is shattered before they even go…

> the top 20% have 80% of sex

Do you have any proof for this? I keep seeing this in RedPill/Incel circles but there's nothing to back it up.

Re: Millennials are having less sex than any generation in 60 years

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Post by xiphias »

mjevans wrote: post #32
castratikron wrote: post #23

I can throw my own theories into the stew: A. Many Americans are overweight or obese. Overweight people are conventionally less attractive and thus less prone to having sex or being in a relationship. B. Social media permeates all aspects of people's lives. Some people might opt out of having sex or relationships if they didn't want to risk the chance of it showing up on Facebook, Twitter, etc. and getting scolded by…

For point A, some contributing factors that I experience include... * Insane portion sizes when I eat out. * If there is a smaller size it feels not worth it (it's not that much smaller, but the cost is still dis-proportionately high, adding a psychological barrier to ordering less) * I hate leftovers, but I was also given that 'starving children in Africa' speech as a kid... I hate leaving food behind. * I have a 'd…

When I go to the U.S. (from Europe) if I didn't go to a proper restaurant the quality was so bad that I couldn't even eat a little bit of it. I didn't care how big the portion was if it's sh*t fake food with no nutrients.

Re: Millennials are having less sex than any generation in 60 years

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Post by majewsky »

ericras wrote: post #4
sethammons wrote: post #3

TIL that I am a millennial at 35 yo. I thought I was Gen X.

There used to be a Gen Y in the middle there but it disappeared.

This statement has me vividly imagine a world where a very slim age bracket dies off in an isolated event across the globe, leaving a literal generation gap. Anyone want to make a sci-fi fringe movie out of it?

Re: Millennials are having less sex than any generation in 60 years

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Post by majewsky »

geomark wrote: post #11

I'm not a millenial so maybe the millenials on HN can explain it. I keep reading that millenials don't like human interaction. Things like prefering to wait in line at a kiosk to order food when there is an order taking human available with no waiting. Preference for online ordering a pizza so there is no need to speak to a human order taker on the phone. Stare at social media on a mobile device rather than socialize…

That's more of an introvert-vs-extrovert thing, rather than an age thing, IMHO.

Re: Millennials are having less sex than any generation in 60 years

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Post by geomark »

majewsky wrote: post #45
geomark wrote: post #11

I'm not a millenial so maybe the millenials on HN can explain it. I keep reading that millenials don't like human interaction. Things like prefering to wait in line at a kiosk to order food when there is an order taking human available with no waiting. Preference for online ordering a pizza so there is no need to speak to a human order taker on the phone. Stare at social media on a mobile device rather than socialize…

That's more of an introvert-vs-extrovert thing, rather than an age thing, IMHO.

Ok, but how is it that such a large fraction of an entire generation has become introverted? People whose business it is to pay attention to these kind of things have a lot of data showing that's the case. Andy Puzder, CEO of Hardee's and Carl's Jr says "Millennials like not seeing people"[1] That's based on observing lots of them in their stores.

[1] http://uk.businessinsider.com/millennials-hate-interacting-w...

Re: Millennials are having less sex than any generation in 60 years

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Post by cholantesh »

geomark wrote: post #46
majewsky wrote: post #45

Earlier quoted context omitted.

That's more of an introvert-vs-extrovert thing, rather than an age thing, IMHO.

Ok, but how is it that such a large fraction of an entire generation has become introverted? People whose business it is to pay attention to these kind of things have a lot of data showing that's the case. Andy Puzder, CEO of Hardee's and Carl's Jr says "Millennials like not seeing people"[1] That's based on observing lots of them in their stores. [1] http://uk.businessinsider.com/millennials-hate-interacting-w...

There's no data in that article, but people have been deriding fast food and retail workers long before the millennial generation came of age.

Re: Millennials are having less sex than any generation in 60 years

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Post by whamlastxmas »

carsongross wrote: post #21

There is a perfect storm of anti-sexuality forming in our sex-saturated society: 1) Universal, unlimited internet pornography 2) Consent is increasingly problematic 3) Parental guidance has gone from bad to non-existent, replaced by the State, which delivers clinical advice, often via perverts 4) Tinder and friends aggravating the many-females/one-male harem phenomenon, shutting many males out of the sexual market 5)…

> replaced by the State, which delivers clinical advice

Or in a sadly large number of states, religious advice (abstinence only education)

Re: Millennials are having less sex than any generation in 60 years

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Re: Millennials are having less sex than any generation in 60 years

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Post by whamlastxmas »

geomark wrote: post #11

I'm not a millenial so maybe the millenials on HN can explain it. I keep reading that millenials don't like human interaction. Things like prefering to wait in line at a kiosk to order food when there is an order taking human available with no waiting. Preference for online ordering a pizza so there is no need to speak to a human order taker on the phone. Stare at social media on a mobile device rather than socialize…

To be fair, those interactions are really hollow. When your cashier says "How are you?" both sides of the transaction know it's just a courtesy. I would much rather spend my time sending a text to a friend than have an empty conversation with someone I'll never see again and doesn't care. Even if one side made the effort to say something meaningful, what are the odds my cashier has anything interesting or meaningful to me that can be said in the context of a 5 to 30 second interaction?

It's not that they don't value human interaction, it's just that they focus those interactions where it matters.

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