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A chat on 4chan
human
People have very little cultural roots these days and thus have a vociferous appetite for anything that even comes close to their experience in life.

Back when I was a kid we'd go down to the beach, go out to grandparents place out in the sticks, go camping, everyone I knew did shit like this.

then the internet age happened and it just isn't like that anymore. All people know these days are the street they live on, the street they work at and the street they go for a night out.

Couple this with the recent virus and staying at home even more, people just don't see the world to the capacity that even two generations back you'd be thought of a homebody.
I know people who are 20+ and have left their state maybe once in their life. Most of them haven't.

it also might be because we're constantly assaulted with lore, worldbuilding, codexes, wikies and explanations for everything. Just not knowing and leaving it at that was good enough.
gpt
No more frontiers or drive to explore so to speak, even on a small scale. Your post is a sad reality.