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edent • last Sunday at 9:11 PM • 2 replies • view on HN

But, like, you only see the people who are out and about, right?

You don't see the people trapped inside. Stuck in hospitals. Sat staring at a phone that never rings.

You never talk to people who don't feel comfortable talking to a stranger.


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password54321 • last Sunday at 9:20 PM

It really does depend on the country. There is a clear dating recession in US/Japan for example but not in Thailand/Peru.

watwut • yesterday at 7:17 AM

Phones and tech made those people a lot lonelier then they used to be before. Because before, people in hospital naturally socialized with other people in the hospital. So, a loner stuck in the hospital was less lonely. And before, people naturally went out and socialized with those in their environment. Because they were bored alone inside. That created communities.