A new study finds loneliness generally increases with age, but middle-aged people in the US report feeling lonelier than other age groups.

A new study found middle-aged Americans demonstrated higher levels of loneliness than older adults.

  • @[email protected]English
    21•3 days ago

    Probably because we don’t have a ton of ways to make new friends anymore due to our tendancies to isolate at home.

    • @[email protected]English
      10•3 days ago

      My first thought was that online gaming has had a non-zero effect on this. Yeah you can be playing with your friends, but I don’t believe it is capable of replacing actually being in the same room as them.

      • @[email protected]English
        7•3 days ago

        online everything. you can discuss anything under the sun on a dozen different social media platforms without leaving your bed.

        there are three problems with that, 1) i don’t think it really fills that social interaction void beyond a quick dopamine hit, 2) people are fucking assholes online, and 3) most social media platforms are not interested in healthy social interaction but keeping you “engaged” as much as possible.