Re:Study: Loneliness, Social Isolation Greater Health Proble...
by chillacy on Monday August 07, 2017 @02:07AM
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If you're starving, those leftovers will have to do. Likewise if you're actually suffering health consequences from being lonely, those boring people will have to do. And over time, meeting 2 people a day (especially doing common activities like startup events or sports), you'd probably eventually meet people you gel with.
> Loneliness is a self-inflicted problem. I'm not saying that to belittle it, I'm saying it because the reasons most people give for being lonely have nothing to do with the actual reasons.
I met two strangers today, in the sense of having a long-ish conversation with them. One of them was incredibly boring, to the point where I'd rather be on an island by myself than with that person. The other, maybe could become a friend, if we both put some effort into it.
Saying that there are 50 people living on the same block as you is like telling a hungry man that people threw away the remnants of 50 meals. Sure, you could dig through the garbage and eke out an existence, but it's not really a good solution to hunger.