This kind of stuff is really starting to creep me out: scared of ideas, scared of people with differing opinions, scared of history, scared of not having safe spaces supplied with pillows, crayons, and puppies?? And now the NEXT thing that these adults-who-won’t-admit-they-are-children (and very small children at that):
“Doorbells are just so sudden. It’s terrifying,” says Tiffany Zhong, 20, the founder of Zebra Intelligence, which helps companies conduct custom research and gather insights on people born in the past two decades. There’s no published research about doorbell phobia, but it’s a real thing. In a poll by a Twitter user earlier this month that got more than 11,000 votes, 54% of respondents said “doorbells are scary weird.”
Some millennials and Gen Zers say they won’t even consider answering a ring at the door until they’ve checked the security camera. The doorbell freak-out reflects the ascendance of mediated communication, which means people interacting through technological devices rather than directly. It’s not so much about screen time versus face time as it is a merger of the two.
And these are the seemingly extremely insecure people that are supposed to lead our country in a very dangerous world? (and pay for our Social Security? To paraphrase that old saw about switching to decaf, Mommy and Daddy ought to be yanking those devices’ cords a six-pack at a time.
Welcome to the real world; seriously, a doorbell camera? Of all of the things to get your adrenaline rampaging to invoke the flight part of “Fight or Flight”.
(H/T: Instapundit)
