[admissionsguy]

Yesterday a delivery guy asked me for directions and that interaction was my social high of the weekend. So yeah, I'm rather extremely lonely most of the time, but HN does not help me with that at all.

[ianai]

It’s the combativeness masquerading as deep, wise analysis.

[spike_protein]

same... mine has asked me a question about crypto bots.

[xchip]

What stops you from fixing it?

[admissionsguy]

Negative mindset

[xchip]

That great, at least it is a blocker that depends on you and that you can control.

[sixothree]

Please though, we shouldn't pretend there aren't things we cannot fix that prevent us from not being lonely.

[admissionsguy]

This sentence has too many negations even for me.

[sixothree]

There are barriers to loneliness that cannot be addressed by the individual experiencing it.

And yes, it was poorly worded. It's early and I skipped caffeine this morning because of activity.

Regardless, some people might not "fit in" socially because of age, skin color, income, or what have you - compared to the demographics of where they are living. There can be barriers that they simply cannot fix themselves.

[xchip]

but surely that negative mindset is there for a good reason, it must give you something you value, otherwise you wouldn't have developed this mechanism

[ensocode]

good point. if you are successful it might be the feeling that people tend to always want to get something out of you which might be exhausting and a good reason to hide. Enjoy that!