People Cannot Have Conversations These Days - Tumblr Posts

Genuine complaint here but why is it so hard to make and find friends irl?? I used to think it was just cuz I lacked the social skills for it, but I can say with confidence that that isn't the issue anymore, nor is the problem a lack of trying. At this point the issue is genuinely just that I don't want a shallow relationship, I find it unbearable, but most of the people my age aren't on the same page.

I want to talk about our interests, discuss a movie or series we're into, trade worldviews, have conversations that are actually deep and meaningful, but all I get when I try to ask about their interests is "nothing, I just study".

Ya'll wanna talk about my life being boring or isolated and you're telling me you have no life outside of your school books? How am I supposed to keep the conversation going if that's all you're offering me to work with???

Maybe it's the culture where I'm from, or maybe the people I've met thus far just aren't comfortable with anything but very surface level small talk, but it's still upsetting. It gets lonely having all my friends being a 9-13 hour flight away. It gets tiring trying to form new connections again and again and again only to watch them fizzle out and die before they can even begin.