18K likes, 1,166 comments - captivatinghistory on January 5, 2024: "Experience the contrast in enthusiasm between the New Year's celebrations in New York City Times ..."
Embraec Sao Paolo (they banned all advertising beyond small shop signs decades ago and the city looks like a utopian dream of a future where all marketers were herded in to a disused cargo ship and sunk in the marianas trench) thought.
I’m a boomer, you can clearly see most if not all people in the crowd on the 2024 version are taking pictures and videos to upload to social media or share with friends and family, living in the moment and experiencing things means nothing when for people its just more online capital and proof they’ve touched grass.
Going to times square for new years is a checkbox item for most people now. Also just a way for them to keep up the facade on social media of how eventful their life is.