You sound like you're supportive of your friend so good on you for that. That's important for folks who have parents that don't seem to understand their kids and get nasty or stubborn about it instead of trying to learn. Stay strong and keep helping your friend know you like them just the way they are. Sorry their dad is being a goober and that you're being affected by the current nonsense in this country. For what it's worth you and your friend have the support of this internet stranger
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I'm with you there, the lack of boredom-based drive and opportunities, and the constant distracting dopamine drip feed, are real things. At least in the circles I've found myself in, it's been really cool to see so many people picking up on that and making deliberate efforts to avoid over-convenience and constant low effort entertainment. Lots of people ditching smartphones, adopting the "treat the internet as a place you go instead of a constant presence" philosophy, setting up their own websites and homeservers, people getting into more non-digital tools and hobbies, and stuff like that. It's been a great source of hope and optimism for me in these wild times