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Originally Posted by CliffFletcher
Sure, learn to be okay doing stuff alone. Like going on a trip. Or to a movie. Or dinner.
But that’s different from being alone, which is what a lot of people in his thread are talking about.
Most people get very unhappy when they’re socially isolated. They get sick, mentally and physically. Even during the peak of the pandemic, public health experts implored people to stay connected to their loved ones. They never banned visits to care homes. That’s how deadly isolation is.
Social circles are shrinking. Bonds are weakening. More and more people have no close friends - especially men as they approach middle age. It’s a social catastrophe - the U.S. surgeon general says loneliness has become a worse public health problem than obesity. The comments in this thread are a symptom of that problem.
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I understand.
I think 'Work from Home' is one of the worst things to happen to our society.
Sure, its great for people who are already established and/or at the end of their careers but in my opinion is does a number of critical things.
1. We stop interacting with others. Be it gender/race/religion and as such some people stop 'humanizing' their fellow humans. They become 'them.' Unimportant
I do not hold to that.
2. We are de-socializing. I know it sucks and we all hate it, but work is important. Its where we spend a great deal of our time and meet a lot of people.
And it sucks. But hey...life sucks. Then you die. And you'll suffer along the way. Thats the deal.
Hell. Read the Bible. The whole thing is miserable.