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I was in that shoe and definitely felt lonely until I went to a summer camp for adults just outside of Toronto called Camp Reset. It was a digital detox, nicknames only, no work talk weekend event where we played, danced, had meals together, did workshops without ever learning eachothers real names and talking about work. My life changed after that weekend. I can genuinely say the past 2 years have been filled with j…
I was in that shoe and definitely felt lonely until I went to a summer camp for adults just outside of Toronto called Camp Reset. It was a digital detox, nicknames only, no work talk weekend event where we played, danced, had meals together, did workshops without ever learning eachothers real names and talking about work. My life changed after that weekend. I can genuinely say the past 2 years have been filled with j…
What's the point of nicknames?
It's fun. You get creative, it's a chance to build a persona and perhaps under that persona discover your authentic voice.
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Sell your car and start biking year round. You won't be lonely for long.
Is this just dark humor or are cyclists just gregarious?
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Q: Would you like to become a member? A: No thank you. I'm an atheist who is just here for the social interaction and community. How does this end well?
A good one would enthusiastically welcome people like that.
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In what ways? I'm interested to hear what it made you think of.
It just connected with the losses and changes of getting older and less self sufficient, and how those have been magnified in me since I was struck down before 30 with serious health issues so I experienced them earlier than I should have. It's hard to believe how long its been looking back. I feel my life sort of froze in many ways and the wounds most definitely haven't healed with time. "Gradually, then suddenly" j…
I guess more specifically, given the variance off the 'standard american life' you have experienced, most of the 'escapes' don't quite fit the mold of your experiences. I know there isn't really a question there - I guess, if you don't mind, I'd like to hear your thoughts on those ideas.
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I wonder if metrics are not a conclusion to us. We often see society as a problem, so more and more we try to loosen our need for it. We have more flexibility to move, now more flexibility to speak to people without having much ties with them. We don't have to care much or suffer them if we don't want to. Maybe we're crossing a line of diminishing returns (if not the case for a while already).
> We often see society as a problem, so more and more we try to loosen our need for it I think that about sums up the "loneliness epidemic". Loneliness and social disconnection are exactly the results of seeking to loosen our need for society. Our society (regardless of where you live, the global monoculture is still there), is sick and we see it largely in Western post-industrial nations like the U.K. and U.S.A. As…
Anecdote of one.
I've been going to a lot of meetups (from meetup.com) in the past year, and sadly I've come away pretty disappointed, for a number of reasons: 1 - I'm just not in the least bit interested in the overwhelming majority of meetups out there. So there really aren't a lot of interesting meetups for me to choose from. 2 - Way too many of the meetups are actually businesses in disguise. They're looking to sell you a class o…