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A Boring Dystopia

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Americans Have Enough Friends. They just want more time with them. (www.theatlantic.com)
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Americans are afflicted by an “epidemic of loneliness,” according to the surgeon general and dozens of researchers. The phrase conjures a nation of friendless hermits who have no one to invite to their birthday parties. But according to a pair of new surveys, American loneliness is more complex than that. The typical American, it seems, texts a bunch of people “we should get together!” before watching TikTok alone on the couch and then passing out. That is, Americans have friends. We just never really see them.

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[–] ChihuahuaOfDoom@lemmy.world 10 points 2 months ago (3 children)

I have 1 friend, is that enough?

[–] Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 8 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Depends......how many do you want?