I don’t think there is a solution. I think this is the path and these are the results.
Hamsters? I didn’t know y’all enough to trust you with cats or dogs outright.
Chatbots
Get a personality. It worked for me!
Less pants
Nationalizing dating sites.
These sites work great to match people when corpos aren’t allowed to fuck with the algorithms
Need to bring back Internet cafes.
Did those actually provide any sort of social outlet?
That’s similar to the reason my company gives for having to be in the office but I work on the computer and go home. The only people I interact with are my remote peers
Walkable neighborhoods with affordable places to hang out.
We turn the Internet off at the weekends
Do it during the week
Please no
Just have a war. Nothing brings people together like necessity and shared trauma.
Don’t worry, that war isn’t far off.
Is it too harsh to say to outside and interact with people?
it’s lethally hot outside
I live in one of the hottest areas in the US and I still find ways to get outside.
The reason there were mountain men in the old days is that they appreciated nature and they didn’t feel alone though they often were. It’s not that hard to rekindle that feeling you only have to work at it a little. I was taking walks in the woods back when I was in grade school and I seldom feel alone though it’s harder to feel like that in a city.
Step 1
- Demolish all housing - everyone is homeless now
Step 2
- Mandate that everyone design their own silly costume - this is all you’re allowed to wear
Step 3
- Legalize and subsidize all the fun drugs - everyone gets a weekly allowance of shrooms, ecstasy, etc
Step 4
- Loneliness is officially replaced with several other problems
Username checks out
Be comfortable being alone.
Double the minimum wage and standardize a four day work week. People need more free time and resources in order to socialize effectively.
Couple this with providing safe and comfortable community spaces and every things peachy.
No, the local Starbucks/any place of business does not count.
This is a big one for me. Decoupling social activities from consumerism so people can access human connection without implicit or explicit paywalls.
