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Re:Ask HN: How can we solve the loneliness epidemic? by tenacious_tuna on Thursday January 15, 2026 @03:33PM (#46638847)
> Now the ones to avoid move around and it's all too likely that a newcomer is such a person.

This seems a wild generalization to make, though I guess "be suspicious of newcomers" is a little biologically hardwired. What's your epistemology for believing "newcomers" are "the ones to avoid"?

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Re:Ask HN: How can we solve the loneliness epidemic? by LorenPechtel on Tuesday January 20, 2026 @07:07PM (#46699463)
The problem is the bad guys move around a lot more than the good guys.
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Re:Ask HN: How can we solve the loneliness epidemic? by tenacious_tuna on Saturday January 24, 2026 @01:34PM (#46746194)
That's not an explanation, that's a restatement of the claim.
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