Between Novelty and Cope
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Between Novelty and Cope
Thank you for the write up. You help me see people giving wording their feelings a go! A break down is vital commumity work.
Some trimmings I take with me from my read:
- People are done thinking by themselves
- Chronically lonely people are lazy and sloppy
- Contextualizing through messaging is clunky
- In-person browse & chat hours are underserved
You ask who lonelyLess browsing serves. One statistic to serve: beyond 50% of people self-report how well they sleep in error. This means every time you've asked someone how they slept, you've forced your [likely loved one] to hallicinate. To have ever asked in your life has been worse than asking a coin.
A similar ask I am noticing: a blanket "why" at shame-motivated, lonely people retreating into a giant talking disc that blows them kisses. To avoid neighbors whi call them lazy, sloppy and... checks notes "...unthorough."
People - lonely, scared - self-report "getting left behind" as fear. Until we know, that's bullshit; they're lonely. No data means our fight is a marathon. Keep learning to throw a punch; form develops. You may have never been in a fight before - that's okay!
Chronic loneliness relief a neighbor utterly fails to provide is treatable. Ask: is who you're talking to feeling empowered to make the choice you are asking them to make?
Where not, you neighbor is self-medicating. Setting up events is difficult for them. They call one another "flaky" when it's likely long coV-2 surprising people. They throw an an ageist "babies," when a vulnerable person fails to say they're feeling loneliness so nakedly.
Keep chin up; Lean into your punch a little more. See where it lands. Tear their chains to shreds, not in effigy. Feeling powerless compromises your form. Perform a ritual to accrue power. It's belief in yourself. That you are already worth something to the planet.
Otherwise the river would not have bothered breathing you into being. You are part of a long scaling law of understanding patterns around you.
Lonliness might be a foundational cause for foundation models. But rivers are a foundational cause for networked meaning. Keep exploring, stay curious ((drink you) be water). You got this.