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Re:A.I. Is About to Solve Loneliness. That's a Problem by 01HNNWZ0MV43FF on Saturday August 02, 2025 @12:42PM (#44769057)
I did that as a kid and I loved it, but it made sense when everyone was in bicycling distance.

Then one by one, we got cars and the friend groups shuffled from "Who is in bicycling range" to "Who is in driving range", and driving range is so big that it's not practical to drive 4 miles to my closest friend, knock on her door, hope she isn't having sex with her husband, and ask if she wants to chill

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Re:A.I. Is About to Solve Loneliness. That's a Problem by hn_throwaway_99 on Saturday August 02, 2025 @01:44PM (#44769660)
> and driving range is so big that it's not practical to drive 4 miles to my closest friend, knock on her door, hope she isn't having sex with her husband, and ask if she wants to chill

Does she not have a phone? Calling someone up and saying "hey, let's hang out" and then driving over to hang out was literally how most of suburban social interactions happened in the 90s.

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