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Re:A Japanese Hikikomori (Shut in) Released a Game After 6 Y... by weweweoo on Friday April 05, 2024 @10:55AM (#39943148)
To be honest if I were to become a hermit, I would go live in middle of a forest. Then one can be alone AND enjoy fresh air & nature with no people around. At this point lots of rural places have adequate internet connection for remote work & any entertainment needs.

Cities are kind of pointless if you don't enjoy participating in live activities with other people. Just worse housing at higher price.

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Re:A Japanese Hikikomori (Shut in) Released a Game After 6 Y... by kwhitefoot on Friday April 05, 2024 @11:06AM (#39943309)
Cities provide all the services that a hermit needs in order to live a comfortable life. The forest does not.
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Re:A Japanese Hikikomori (Shut in) Released a Game After 6 Y... by porkbeer on Friday April 05, 2024 @11:21AM (#39943521)
Not with that attitude. We have survived for millenia with most humans never seeing a city.
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Re:A Japanese Hikikomori (Shut in) Released a Game After 6 Y... by squigz on Friday April 05, 2024 @12:18PM (#39944229)
Most humans have historically lived in some kind of community - be it a city, a town, or a village, the point is the same: a community can provide more services that a single person living in the forest can't.
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Re:A Japanese Hikikomori (Shut in) Released a Game After 6 Y... by neurostimulant on Friday April 05, 2024 @01:11PM (#39944788)
Survive, yes. But survive in comfort? Perhaps not.
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Re:A Japanese Hikikomori (Shut in) Released a Game After 6 Y... by csomar on Saturday April 06, 2024 @02:13AM (#39950407)
I actually think we survived in communities/cities for longer. We lost our rough traits (ie: lots of hair, thick skin, etc...) compared to the rest of apes. So we must have been inside homes for a very long time.
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Re:A Japanese Hikikomori (Shut in) Released a Game After 6 Y... by defrost on Saturday April 06, 2024 @02:31AM (#39950469)
That only really applies to cold climates at best.

Here's the theatrical trailer of Ten Canoes (2006) by Rolf de Heer with modern actors, many of whom are a generation or less from living traditionally without permanent homes, long houses or anything westerners would consider as "inside", retelling a story from their oral history.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tH_MY8FJuYo

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Re:A Japanese Hikikomori (Shut in) Released a Game After 6 Y... by csomar on Saturday April 06, 2024 @02:12AM (#39950398)
You can get delivery in some parts of the Balinese forest. Internet is Okay.
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