Re:Why Americans Suddenly Stopped Hanging Out
by Dalewyn on Wednesday February 14, 2024 @10:19PM
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Aside from work and personal hygiene, why are you implying hanging out is mutually exclusive with those activities?
Inviting friends to go shopping or do errands with you is a common way of socializing, among others. Commuting is also an opportunity to socialize if you take public transport or carpool and a friend or co-worker catches the same one as you.
Socializing is tangent to a lot of activities.
I think if I absolutely ignored the need for rest I could get in 32 hours of social time a week, and in my actual life it's around 12-14 hours, so three hours a week is a huge difference.