It’s me. I’m the person you’re canceling on

It doesn’t help that social media platforms have made this very easy. For one, we never have to look anyone in the eye when we’re canceling on them anymore, so the act has become totally disconnected from reality. Plus, the rise of the “maybe attending” button, first on Facebook and now Partiful, allows future bailers to evade commitment entirely. ... See more

‘PEOPLE FEEL THEY DON’T OWE ANYONE ANYTHING’: THE RISE IN ‘FLAKING’ OUT OF SOCIAL PLANS , theguardian

Related to the above, The Guardian reports that there’s been an uptick in canceling plans, a “phenomenon” that’s having a significant impact on social relationships.

“Increasingly with gen Z and millennials there is a fetishisation of introversion,”

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