Nobody should take a Reddit thread as some kind of proof of a broad generalization. But some empirical data is given in the article, for example, Percentage of

Nobody should take a Reddit thread as some kind of proof of a broad generalization. But some empirical data is given in the article, for example, Percentage of 12th graders going out with friends two or more times a week: https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!lQMo!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F92ebf191-6ed2-4689-b5b2-bb36ba1b6ad9_1364x1064.png https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!lQMo!,f_auto,q_auto:... I think the Reddit thread is just a reflection of the reality rather than an argument for accepting that reality. You can attempt to discount the Reddit thread, but the submitted article wasn't even based on that.