Mid life? I’m still in uni and my offline friend group is pretty much just my girlfriend’s friends who are into tech. Tbf that’s mostly down to me being too introverted to talk to anyone though.

In Europe fluid restrictions have been lifted afaik. There’s new scanners where liquids don’t have to separated and you don’t need to take electronics out of your suitcase. I haven’t been on a plane since they came in but my girlfriend said that the time to get through security dropped from a couple hours to about half an hour last time she flew.