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ShinyLeftPad • yesterday at 2:11 PM • 1 reply • view on HN

I think these stats are true for most western developed countries

https://www.dw.com/en/germany-sees-loneliness-epidemic-among...

Telling people to touch grass doesn't magically invert trends.


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Nursie • today at 3:17 AM

These are somewhat orthoganal - young people are lonelier != everyone else has a fixed supply of friends and can never make more.

Nor does it change the fact that the author, who clearly does want to socialise, would benefit from doing something outside of their tech bubble and widening their horizons beyond "things that could conceivably further my career".

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