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		naveen99 4 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Ask HN: How can we solve the loneliness epidemic? loneliness is not really transmissible like an epidemic. If two lonely people get together, they aren’t lonely anymore.

draugadrotten 4 days ago [–]

It is very possible to be extremely lonely in a room full of people.

People are uncomfortable to interact and make small talk. They know smileys and lmao, but many have forgotten how to laugh irl.

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