Ask HN: How many of you feel lonely in a crowd?

Re:Ask HN: How many of you feel lonely in a crowd? by admissionsguy on Monday November 13, 2023 @06:09AM (#38248999)

Yesterday a delivery guy asked me for directions and that interaction was my social high of the weekend. So yeah, I'm rather extremely lonely most of the time, but HN does not help me with that at all.

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Re:Ask HN: How many of you feel lonely in a crowd? by ianai on Monday November 13, 2023 @06:22AM (#38249068)

It’s the combativeness masquerading as deep, wise analysis.

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Re:Ask HN: How many of you feel lonely in a crowd? by xchip on Monday November 13, 2023 @07:28AM (#38249434)

What stops you from fixing it?

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Re:Ask HN: How many of you feel lonely in a crowd? by admissionsguy on Monday November 13, 2023 @08:00AM (#38249634)

Negative mindset

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Re:Ask HN: How many of you feel lonely in a crowd? by xchip on Monday November 13, 2023 @08:32AM (#38249913)

That great, at least it is a blocker that depends on you and that you can control.

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Re:Ask HN: How many of you feel lonely in a crowd? by sixothree on Monday November 13, 2023 @09:11AM (#38250273)

Please though, we shouldn't pretend there aren't things we cannot fix that prevent us from not being lonely.

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Re:Ask HN: How many of you feel lonely in a crowd? by admissionsguy on Monday November 13, 2023 @09:53AM (#38250793)

This sentence has too many negations even for me.

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Re:Ask HN: How many of you feel lonely in a crowd? by sixothree on Monday November 13, 2023 @10:10AM (#38251042)

There are barriers to loneliness that cannot be addressed by the individual experiencing it.

And yes, it was poorly worded. It's early and I skipped caffeine this morning because of activity.

Regardless, some people might not "fit in" socially because of age, skin color, income, or what have you - compared to the demographics of where they are living. There can be barriers that they simply cannot fix themselves.

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Re:Ask HN: How many of you feel lonely in a crowd? by xchip on Monday November 13, 2023 @11:21AM (#38251948)

yeah, sure you cannot hang out with top models but maybe there is a space for you somewhere.

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Re:Ask HN: How many of you feel lonely in a crowd? by Obscurity4340 on Monday November 13, 2023 @12:05PM (#38252413)

This is a beautiful little bit

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Re:Ask HN: How many of you feel lonely in a crowd? by admissionsguy on Monday November 13, 2023 @03:15PM (#38254791)

"I refuse to join any club that would have me as a member"

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Re:Ask HN: How many of you feel lonely in a crowd? by Obscurity4340 on Tuesday November 14, 2023 @11:44AM (#38265749)

You talked me into it XD

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Re:Ask HN: How many of you feel lonely in a crowd? by xchip on Monday November 13, 2023 @02:05PM (#38253863)

but surely that negative mindset is there for a good reason, it must give you something you value, otherwise you wouldn't have developed this mechanism

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Re:Ask HN: How many of you feel lonely in a crowd? by ensocode on Tuesday November 21, 2023 @03:20AM (#38360879)

good point. if you are successful it might be the feeling that people tend to always want to get something out of you which might be exhausting and a good reason to hide. Enjoy that!

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Re:Ask HN: How many of you feel lonely in a crowd? by spike_protein on Monday November 13, 2023 @01:05PM (#38253117)

same... mine has asked me a question about crypto bots.

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