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Middle-aged Americans are lonelier than older adults (www.futurity.org)

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A new study found middle-aged Americans demonstrated higher levels of loneliness than older adults.

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 day ago (1 children)

My first thought was that online gaming has had a non-zero effect on this. Yeah you can be playing with your friends, but I don't believe it is capable of replacing actually being in the same room as them.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 day ago

online everything. you can discuss anything under the sun on a dozen different social media platforms without leaving your bed.

there are three problems with that, 1) i don’t think it really fills that social interaction void beyond a quick dopamine hit, 2) people are fucking assholes online, and 3) most social media platforms are not interested in healthy social interaction but keeping you “engaged” as much as possible.