Guy who doesn't know how to human and uses LLM chatbots to remind him what his daughters like to talk about thinks your lack of sufficient human connection can be solved by you having more chatbots instead of more friends.
https://www.404media.co/mark-zuckerberg-ai-chatbot-friends-interview-podcast/
Study: no cure for loneliness following loss of spouse. But women handle bereavement better than men and live longer after spousal loss.
https://www.news-cafe.eu/?go=news&n=13651
#science #research #study #loneliness
“The people who were the most satisfied in their relationships at age 50 were the healthiest at age 80.” “#Loneliness kills.” “It’s as powerful as smoking or alcoholism.” Robert Waldinger
If one is afraid of intimacy yet afraid of being alone, even a stand-alone (not networked) computer offers an apparent solution. Interactive and reactive, the computer offers the illusion of companionship without the demands of friendship. One can be a loner yet never be alone.
-- Sherry Turkle (Life on the Screen)
⬆ #Wisdom #Quotes #SherryTurkle #Companionship #Computers #Loneliness
Two Islands, Hersnap, Hindsholm, Denmark. October 2008. Ref-1211
https://www.denisolivier.com/photography/two-islands-hersnap-hindsholm-denmark/en/1211
#ocean #beach #hersnap #seaside #sky #denmark #coast #waterscape #loneliness #resort #island #sea #transparency #hindsholm #north
Self-service tills: a bleeping pain or brilliant? | Letters https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/apr/28/self-service-tills-a-bleeping-pain-or-brilliant #Socialexclusion #Retailindustry #Supermarkets #Lifeandstyle #Technology #Loneliness #Shopping #UKnews
#ai #aiArt #aiArtWork #LonelyDog #HeartWrenching #SadEyes #Abandonment #StormySky #SomberMood #Loss #Despair #BarrenLandscape #FadingHeadlights #EmotionalScene #DogWatchingCar #RoughFur #SlumpedPosture #DryGround #MutedLighting #Shadows #Loneliness #ai #aiArt #aiArtWork #lonelydog #heartwrenching #abandonment #sadness #despair #stormyweather #darksky #fadingheadlights #dogsofinstagram #emotionalmoment #barrenlandscape #sombermood #animalemotions #loss #wildlifephotography
Recently I’ve discovered app called #Meet5
Main purpose is to have space to find ppl for a #walk , #hike , cultural activities, etc.
What I’m finding amazing is that, everywhere I see “#loneliness plague”. … here comes #Meet5 on the white horse 😆
People mostly over >40 are catching up 🤯🤩
Recent even was hike to castle ~10km both ways. When reached castle - social time! Chitchat, eating, drinking.
Manosphere and individualism are the products of neoliberalism, which promotes competition, inequality and violence. Read more https://theconversation.com/hyper-individualistic-and-focused-on-worth-the-manosphere-is-a-product-of-neoliberalism-254339
#manosphere #individualism #wellnessindustry #neoliberalism #liberalism #violence #loneliness #capitalism #competition #meritocracy #bad #menissues #violenceagainstwomen #inequality #equality #socioeconomics #politics #humans #neoliberal #liberal #individualistic #violentmen #respect #dignity #society #societalissues #societal #humanbehaviour
Liz thought back on the last year and started to cry. She felt the guilt of knowing she was the reason they had to divorce. She knew it was all her fault. She had finally revealed the secret that she had tried too hard to suppress for the last three months.
https://medium.com/prismnpen/she-conquered-transgender-loneliness-c8b4daeb43cf?sk=908ce065439a7b5d744542f5c8b88495
Ez dakit noiz hemen ibili ginen #loneliness (nahi bakoa) eta #solitude (nahitakoa) bereizteko euskarazko moduen inguruan. #Atxaga|k lehenari (txarrari) #bakardadea eta bigarrenari (onari) #bakartasuna deitzen die #KilkerBatAutopista liburu (zoragarri)an
“Recovery”
Hey it’s me, I’m back again.
We used to be the best of friends.
You first met me, then fell in love.
You couldn’t seem to get enough.
That very first time was unforgettable,
Yet it seemed to also be unachievable.
But still, you would try and you would try-
To replace that very first high;
No matter how many people said “goodbye.”
You started making me number one,
More important than any daughter or son.
Oh, how our time always feels so brief.
You are now even losing your teeth…
I now control your life completely.
You do what I tell you repeatedly.
You stab yourself over and over again;
Searching for veins like they’re friends.
You no longer care how you look.
You’re nothing but a fish on my hook;
You’re my toy, I refuse to let you go.
My God, how did my story get so low?
You start just trying to OD and die-
Feeling already dead on the inside;
Feeling so fucking alone to the core-
No one answers their phone anymore.
But one day you say “enough;”
I’m tired of trying to be tough.
I can’t do this on my own;
I can’t fight like this alone.
So I kicked you out of my life,
And you took all that pain and strife-
That I had been holding on to for years.
I can’t explain all of the happy tears;
I still come knocking from time to time…
But now I know what to do with your kind.
So I stay as far away as I can;
And I trust in God, that’s my plan.
#addiction #Depression #fentanyl #freeversepoem #grateful #grief #heroin #lateNightThoughts #lifeLessons #loneliness #mdd #meth #miserylovescompany #motivation #mystory
Have you used a Hello Bench?
I noticed a Hello Bench at a local nature area near where I live. HelloBench are a Woodley and Wokingham community initiative designed to promote human connection and eliminate loneliness.
It seems like a kind idea to get people chatting and connecting.
I was just given a quote from a statement Thich Nhat Hanh wrote in 2015, shortly before the Paris Climate Summit:
“Many of us have become alienated from the Earth. We are lost, isolated and lonely. We work too hard, our lives are too busy, and we are restless and distracted, losing ourselves in consumption.”
Found in a newsletter from @vantablue whose mailing list you might want to join: https://www.amandaquraishi.com
Side note; I wrote a song about the (utter lack of) results of the Paris Accords:
https://mirlo.space/babumenos/release/remember-paris
#RememberParis #ThichNhatHanh #TouchTheGrass #Nature #Meditation #Loneliness #Isolation #WorkLess #Calm #KeepCalm #ClimateCatastrophe #MultiCrises
Curing #Loneliness:
How #Humanism Can Bring Us Closer Together
https://thehumanist.com/magazine/spring-2025/features/curing-loneliness-how-humanism-can-bring-us-closer-together
#relationships #friendships
How to overcome #loneliness
1. Unlearn
2. Develop hobbies
3. Declutter your mind with yoga
4. Open the barrage of thoughts
5. Stay connected
My takeaways from this video:
he recommended 3 part framework of
Look
Listen
Lend a Hand
to help people in our lives who suffer from #loneliness
i.e. look around to who may need help
listen to them and give them your time and attention
lend a hand when you can (refer them to professional help when needed)
