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Re:South Korea's middle aged men are dying 'lonely deaths' by rayiner on Saturday December 31, 2022 @11:41AM (#34198088)
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Re:South Korea's middle aged men are dying 'lonely deaths' by goodpoint on Saturday December 31, 2022 @11:48AM (#34198168)
That's plain false. A lot of cultures treated relationships between mentor and student or friends or army comrades as more important than family.

The extreme focus on nuclear family is very recent, less than 200 years.

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Re:South Korea's middle aged men are dying 'lonely deaths' by bigbillheck on Saturday December 31, 2022 @02:35PM (#34199871)
The blood of the covenant is thicker than the water of the womb.
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Re:South Korea's middle aged men are dying 'lonely deaths' by skinnymuch on Sunday January 01, 2023 @05:23AM (#34205211)
This is a western and modern idea.
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