19 August

Travel is a wrecking ball. But you’ll never convince the kidults to stop their permanent gap years from reality. They can’t do maths, maths is for nerds. Ask them how 8 billion people can ever possibly take up travelling as a hobby, and you’ll get blank looks. Obvious things escape them. They’re busy taking selfies to curate their social media feeds, for social status at home. They never really leave home, it’s all performative status-seeking, using other peoples’ homes as a backdrop. Those other people are increasingly angry and fed up. The kidults will be too busy planning their next trip to even read the article.