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you need to go out (hexbear.net)

submitted 10 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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here's the thing: everyone complains about late capitalism and how alienated and isolated we all are. everyone acknowledges this, and reassures each other of this, alone.

you need to get out of yourself, and your head, and your small bubble of one, and you need to go see old friends, or former friends, or people in your social circle who are just meh, or your annoying roommates, or your co-workers, or your former co-workers, or your lame family members, or your lame and bigoted family members, or strangers at a bar, or whomever, and party. meeting people is praxis, strengthening relationships is praxis, making yourself seen and vulnerable to another is praxis. please, guys, go out.

this, here, now, is a facsimile, mediated through a thousand screens. go kiss, go get kissed, go reject a kiss, go be denied a kiss. go out.

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[–] [email protected] 12 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

I'm sure it doesn't apply to everyone. That said, I'm almost certain it applies to more than just a couple of people, myself included. That's why I've made an active effort to connect and reconnect with people over the last six months or so and will continue to do so in 2024. Its not a solution for every single person. Some people would benefit greatly from it though. Interacting with real humans (as long as they arent toxic) is a good thing for most people.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 10 months ago

Yeah, you're right, and I agree.

I just thought the OP's blunt way of putting it was not conducive to making people understand, you know?