Nearly Half of Americans Are Lonely

Re:Nearly Half of Americans Are Lonely by jschwartzi on Friday August 03, 2018 @02:33PM (#17682361)

I think if you want the world to be this way you should just do what you want to do anyway. Life is too short to care what some random group of strangers at a concert thinks, anyway. You're not hurting anyone and I think you're normalizing good behavior. Nobody is going to call the cops on you for complementing their jacket.

I've stopped letting myself be bothered and it's actually done wonders for my social life. And most of them are staring because they wish they could be that open.

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Re:Nearly Half of Americans Are Lonely by 15155 on Friday August 03, 2018 @03:13PM (#17682742)

I think this hits the nail on the head: who cares?

Who cares what these people (who are judging you for meeting someone in public) think?

They're very unlikely to be anyone meaningful if they're doing that, since being a good conversationalist is a trait that most successful people possess.

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Re:Nearly Half of Americans Are Lonely by ghthor on Saturday August 04, 2018 @05:14AM (#17686068)

Fuck that yeah, do what you want, fuck what people think about who you are or what you're doing. You'll at least give them a good story to tell about that nut who walked up to that guy on the subway and said, "I dig that jacket, wanna get some coffee together?"

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Re:Nearly Half of Americans Are Lonely by skookumchuck on Friday August 03, 2018 @04:40PM (#17683436)

I'm a very socially inept person and in recent years I took to practicing striking up conversations with complete strangers on the street and in the park.

Some will get a sour look and resolutely look away, but many will smile and say something back.

I haven't had a bad experience doing that.

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