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Re:Social isolation and the brain in the pandemic era by jasmer on Sunday November 13, 2022 @02:54PM (#33586678)
My grandparents lived on a farm there was nobody around for some distance.

And many 'villages' in Europe were just 2 or 3 households, not really villages.

I think the OP's point is reasonable for context.

Re:Social isolation and the brain in the pandemic era by recuter on Sunday November 13, 2022 @03:42PM (#33587126)
My condolences, as it is apparently clinically impossible for them not to have developed severe psychological issues as a result. ;)
Re:Social isolation and the brain in the pandemic era by ch4s3 on Sunday November 13, 2022 @03:50PM (#33587195)
The discussion here is clearly about COVID isolation and the wild bullshit claims you’re making about history. Being in a community of even 3 households isn’t remotely similar to a single adult in COVID isolation and that should be obvious.

You’re doing a great job ignoring any criticism of your claims.

Re:Social isolation and the brain in the pandemic era by jasmer on Sunday November 13, 2022 @11:26PM (#33590188)
Yeah I spent much of my childhood around there it's a different kind of social system but I have not a single worry for them. I think they're more normal and happy than urban types who are a bit untethered, depressed, overly busy, unfulfilled a bit directionless. They have big families and know a lot of people for a long time. Regular people have funerals where 300 people come to the wake. My grandfather had to have three days of open casket there were so many people. He was a man of few words, he just owned a store and so got to know a ton of people.
Re:Social isolation and the brain in the pandemic era by ch4s3 on Sunday November 13, 2022 @03:19PM (#33586906)
You’re talking about a completely different time period. This is also historically abnormal. Premodern farmers almost universally lived in villages of 100 or more people. Check out some sources I linked.

Widely dispersed freeholding is super unstable and even more so without modern tools and techniques.