Superbad Index (TRENDING 2024)

The awkwardness didn't disappear; it was simply hidden behind a screen. The SBI fell to a low of by 2019. On the surface, this looked like progress. People were "hooking up." The birth rate was dropping, but the confidence was rising.

And right now, the Superbad Index is flashing a signal so extreme that we need to talk about it. To understand the index, we have to go back to the source code. Superbad (directed by Greg Mottola, produced by Judd Apatow) was released on August 17, 2007. The iPhone was released six weeks later. superbad index

If Superbad happened in 2019, Seth wouldn't need to steal a police cruiser or sing "These Eyes" at a liquor store. He would open Tinder. He would use Drizly. He would slide into DMs. The awkwardness didn't disappear; it was simply hidden

We have the Consumer Price Index (CPI) to track inflation. We have the S&P 500 to track equities. We have the Baltic Dry Index to track shipping rates. But for the past 15 years, analysts have been overlooking the single most reliable barometer of the American social condition. People were "hooking up

Why? Because we have a generation of Fogells who don't even need to fake an ID. They just stay home. They order everything. They watch Pornhub

But we made a mistake. We thought the index was dead. We were wrong. It was just incubating. The pandemic broke the Superbad Index.