why not make it a habit to talk to a stranger on the commuting train?
Re:The Loneliness Epidemic
by zaphod4prez on Thursday July 18, 2019 @01:49PM
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In many parts of the US this is so out of the norm that people would be freaked out by you trying to talk to them (SF, NYC for sure but even in Chicago which is supposed to have that Midwestern friendliness... it'd be weird and often unwelcome)
Re:The Loneliness Epidemic
by ulisesrmzroche on Thursday July 18, 2019 @02:18PM
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This is not the case. Y’all just don’t know how to small talk.
Because that can be a terrifying prospect for some.
A lot of people take whatever jobs they can get, and their pay barely covers their housing/food/childcare/medical expenses.
The caricature you are offering only really works for overpaid tech workers.
Ah yeah, I'm definitely overpaid because I don't go home and choose to work instead of spending time with my friends or skip weekends out to work more contracts.
Yeah, that's right I'm over paid. Eat a bag of biscuits you assuming flesh bag.
I'm giving up parts of my life to make money, and you expect me to want less than what I'm making?
Can you please not post in the flamewar style to HN, regardless of how provocative another comment is? We're trying for something better than internet default here.
I would gleefully take a pay cut to have a 35h work week _if my wage still allows me to eat out once 3x a week_, but I will work 40h + commute and feel always exhausted until I get there. See how easy is to fall on that trap.