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There's something special about conversations between old people and young people. I don't know how well that holds up when one side is being paid, but it's not
by neonate 5y ago
There's something special about conversations between old people and young people. I don't know how well that holds up when one side is being paid, but it's not the same thing as old people talking to each other.
On the other hand, it says something about our society that you have to pay the younger people to want to talk to them. Arguably it ought to be the other way around, but that's not ho our culture works.
- plushpuffin 5y agoWell, yeah, I wasn't seriously suggesting a matchmaking service for old people to chat with each other. I don't think that would work because I imagine this service is less about starting a conversation and more about ensuring a captive audience. My suggestion was meant to illustrate that the payment is a self-admitted necessary component of the conversation, and raise the question of how "engaging" such a conversation could possibly be given that.