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Hammer and Pickle 10:41 Wed Oct 15
Loneliness
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"For this (money), we have ripped the natural world apart, degraded our conditions of life, surrendered our freedoms and prospects of contentment to a compulsive, atomising, joyless hedonism, in which, having consumed all else, we start to prey upon ourselves. For this, we have destroyed the essence of humanity: our connectedness".
Yeah, I know it's the grauniad, but what's your view on this?
I'd say people are more lonely than ever before, it's affecting us and it's up to us to do something about it.
http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/oct/14/age-of-loneliness-killing-us
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Replies - In Chronological Order ( Show Newest Messages First)
David L
10:46 Wed Oct 15
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The Guardian?
Massive yawn.
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bruuuno
11:00 Wed Oct 15
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Happiness..used to be loneliness..
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arsegrapes
11:00 Wed Oct 15
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More are living alone, it's a conundrum. Get a dog H&P will add another 10 years to your life.
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Nurse Ratched
11:01 Wed Oct 15
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I have no idea what people mean when they talk about loneliness. Or at least, I can only understand it on a theoretical level. There is always something interesting to do. Why is 'being by yourself' perceived as a problem or source of sadness? If anything, it's a blessed relief. Other people are pests, by and large.
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bruuuno
11:01 Wed Oct 15
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Get a manwhore in H&P son
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Hammer and Pickle
11:02 Wed Oct 15
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Oh, I'm alright.
Got all the company I can handle.
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orwells tragedy
11:06 Wed Oct 15
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Nurse Ratched 11:01 Wed Oct 15
At least once a year i go away on my own, usually to somewhere remote in Scotland just to get away from people and their endless neediness
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Nurse Ratched
11:07 Wed Oct 15
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I feel your pain, Tradge.
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arsegrapes
11:07 Wed Oct 15
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If people find themselves interesting and prefer their own company fair play, it's when they start talking to themselves I find it perturbing.
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orwells tragedy
11:09 Wed Oct 15
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talks to ourselves, duz e mean us precious
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Sydney_Iron
11:09 Wed Oct 15
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Are these Lyrics from a Smiths song?
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I.want.that.one
11:14 Wed Oct 15
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Still a Hugh Monteith wannabe, H&P?
Try hard.
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SnarestoneIron
11:14 Wed Oct 15
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Nurse Ratched 11:01 Wed Oct 15
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I'm with you there, quite happy to spend time alone sometimes, really doesn't bother me. I work away a lot, and quite often end up eating alone at night, but as long as I've got a good book, I'm happy.
However, I do know people that struggle with loneliness, and that has led to depression in at least one of them. They're not short of friends, but all their friends are married, so aren't always available. They want what their friends have got.
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Leonard Hatred
11:15 Wed Oct 15
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I'm a HGV driver. Sometimes I might spend a week without speaking more than 100 words to anyone.
Doesn't bother me.
Got my guitar, the internet, and boeuf bourgignon.
Not arsed.
Company is overrated.
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Jasnik
11:21 Wed Oct 15
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I like company after they leave .
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bruuuno
11:22 Wed Oct 15
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I enjoy other people's company it's just that I prefer my own
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