Capitalism has taken a large swath of people out of the dating game just due to working to survive.
https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/n1/pub/75-006-x/2019001/article...
https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/B4701C0A222NBEA
And more work is done part-time(usually by those are unable to work full time jobs)
https://alfred.stlouisfed.org/series?seid=B4701C0A222NBEA&ut...
https://www.stlouisfed.org/open-vault/2019/july/nonfarm-payr....
That said, I doubt it's enough to offset the growth in population among workers.
That chart is not adjusted for population.
Working population since 1977
We have have roughly 50% working age population(136mil vs 205mil)
https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/B4701C0A222NBEA
Hours worked is 65% more since 1977(155 257)
Or, we're working 15% more per eligible person.
I've been scratching my head since orange_joes post because it didn't make sense from what I've been seeing.
Plz don’t trivialize it.
10% is what, ~30 minutes less?
You may have an argument with the absolute bullshit that people eat in our consumerist society but the fact of the matter is, if your calorie needs are 2000/day and you eat 14000 calories per week of grains, pulses, veg, fruit, meat, etc in the ‘right’ amounts, you’ll stay trim if you’re trim, you’ll stay fat if you’re fat, and any changes need you to adjust the calorie balance accordingly through eating more, eating less or exercising more.
In some countries people are slimmer without making a real effort cause there's a higher percentage of people walking to work, and there's less time spent in traffic so that can be redirected to leisure and exercise.
Similarly, dieting is not an activity, more so the absence of one (shoving food in your mouth). When I'm cutting weight, I have more time because I'm not cooking eating food all the damn time. Eat a carrot rather than a Pizza to lose weight is not super rare knowledge. It IS uncomfortable, though.
* Ill partner or family members to take care of * Child(ren) * Studying * Long travel times * Irregular working times * Poor upbringing food wise * Stress * Sleep deprivation * etc
Is it still so easy then? That pizza tastes good and is real comforting.
That said, "I have sleep deprivation" is indeed a common reason for skipping leg day (along with the vernal equinox)[0].
step 1: gather some savings and take an honest (3mo+) break from work.
step 2: take note of which of your habits actually change when freed from the work-imposed time restrictions.
my personal experience: good habits don’t just spontaneously occur out of the vacuum. and social connections don’t just come knocking on your door. you have to decide these things are important to you, motivate yourself, and build your life in support of them.
to the extent that we don’t teach non-job skills in school, that’s a societal failure. if by “capitalism” you’re referring to how much we shape schooling to focus on making you a productive worker, then sure. but this is as much a failure of our democratic systems (which govern schools) and our social norms around child raising (wherein it’s acceptable to believe that govt schooling is the only learning/wisdom a child needs to be given).
“capitalism” is a boogeyman and — without admitting anything of its merits/faults — using it in such a way only serves to keep yourself from understanding the problems you face more concretely.
Good critiques of Capitalism are important to help it continue to evolve, compete, and win in a competitive marketplace of ideas.
I feel the same about every bad weather event being “caused” by climate change in the media. The models predictions are so vague people could blame anything on climate change. Not saying climate change isn’t happening, it is, but blaming everything on it is intellectually dishonest, costs legitimacy, and can lead to poor policy.
That's not wrong, but it came at the cost of massively depleting the oil reserves and polluting the ecosystems.