I am tired of Earth. These people.

I am tired of being caught in the grief of their economy.

are you a lighthouse keeper living far from any city and getting your groceries airdropped?

find friends even in sub-optimal situations (e.g. at a grocery store)

You seem to be focusing your points on the loneliness crisis, which is a real issue

Given my mention of transportation, I am talking about not being able to easily access even a grocery store (but also, terrible idea). Yes, not being near a city.

However to your 3rd quote here, my mention of WoW was not simply about loneliness but the idea that one may find help via someone online (likely a romantic partner wanting to cohabitate and maybe even help someone else move to a better place, though even less likely for half of the population) but I cut some of that context for brevity.

(also the idea that somebody can/will provide that much help is already not great)

keep on trying keep trying keep going

build foundational social skills

maybe one day maybe that person maybe

If money/employment and depression+personality disorders weren’t a thing on top of everything else already mentioned yeah, maybe.

And on top of that there are other deal-breakers like not wanting kids, or being non-religious in USA (which on its own cuts out a huge chunk of the population, especially in more rural areas), not someone who goes to bars. At this point, you may as well tell someone to play the lottery. In a game of numbers, not everyone has good odds.

Although as others will point out a relationship (or having friends) is likely not going to be a fix-all. So this is more like having 5+ major core issues that even one of which is unlikely to to improve particularly because of the other issues.

Suicide is always unreasonable.

Well you’ve contradicted yourself there 'cause you said we were stationary gave 2 examples of rational reasoning a minute ago.

I think when someone has been suffering consistently for over a decade it’s not short-sighted. Especially considering long-term issues with their environment. Chronic illness (ruining QoL and shortening lifespan), lack of transportation, no social life etc adds to it. The glaring societal problems aren’t new, and are likely getting worse rather than better.

Even looking at anecdotes (“We met on WoW”), lots of people don’t even have the circumstances to allow that slim chance.

That’s going to heavily depend on location, resources/money, and health. The very issues at hand here. Many people would love to just leave, they don’t because they lack even a viable destination. And it’s not great to travel on foot or be homeless when it’s freezing outside.

Intentional communities are probably a more realistic thing in the US, but even then if it were such an effective option it seems like less people would be homeless. The closest one to me has no info on living costs/expectations and a $50 fee for a “tour” (so it likely is not a saving option for those who can barely maintain themselves).

EDIT: Backpacking/military might make more sense for those that live in Europe. Similarly, the monk thing is going to depend on beliefs and allowed/expected lifestyle, so I don’t expect that to be viable for most either.

I need the most cynical take you have…

…nooooh, that’s too cynical.

In fact, those same pastimes are still available today.

That is glossing over a lot of context, a big one being that club membership is down (that’s a big point of Bowling Alone). I would not be surprised if many clubs relocated or shut down due to low membership, especially after raising membership fees. Or y’know that they were already a middleclass thing, thus canaries.

Pubs are also going to rely on prices, but the most social ones likely are accessible by free public transit or are located in a walkable/mixed-use area (particularly cities designed before+not-bulldozed-for cars).

I don’t think this is about awareness, especially when most people have less friends and less (or no) social engagement.

See Bowling Alone.

Personally (and from a US shut-in perspective!) I’d take it further: the social contract is broken. When society has been molded to almost exclusively generate money, the closest to winning there is when you’re broke is trying to spend the least amount of money possible which surely will be solitaire confinement.

I don’t think there’s any easy fix, moving to a better area is an individual thing yet is also the core issue when it comes to transportation+rent+cost-of-living.

Bad wording on my part, I meant a general and underlying chronic defect (like bad collagen) rather than situational/habitual damage.

Go to hospital? No thanks, finish what you started. Take my other organs, lady.

(for medical reasons, I doubt anybody would actually want my organs though)

Me when

when it is never tail time ever

I am similar, though for me I’d say it’s more of a personality disorder (SzPD) which also makes socialization a dilemma (it’s a term). Though I live somewhere without much to do (+no public transportation), particularly because I have no interest in driving.

Though I lack skills/money, plus have untreated health issues and likely depression.

valid criticism*

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EDIT: I am referencing Stan Kelly’s political satire cartoons (example)

Is this supposed to be self-deprecating or did you forget to switch accounts?

I would take this deal. (meaning fate on the tracks)

It’s probably that you have a similar or even shared microbiome. Similar living conditions, or maybe your vibes/rythms just sync up over time.

Nintendo has increasingly become a problem over the last decade

Of the other related videos, one by Knowledge Husk (7FWyhlS3kvc) points to the CEOs being an issue and that they just had one (1) good CEO: Satoru Iwata (particularly because he was a computer scientist who was pro-consumer).

Now I doubt Nintendo was fully non-evil in 2002-2015 (considering Nintendo actions with 2010s-era Youtube) but I’m sure it was probably the better side of Nintendo.

I am on Lemmy, OP is not: https://kbin.melroy.org/u/Pyrin

Nintendo.

Not just crushing fan games, but also issues with the Smash bros community, pricing and availability, eshops shutting down (+needing to buy those games again on new consoles or it’s not even available at start), stick drift, fan content policy, also Youtube strikes/claims (both newer for specific reasons and an entire era for let’s plays in general). 20 years of content removed from Gmod.

And no this isn’t about Japanese law, they choose to be this way.

For actual specifics (and more issues) 2 videos: UKD_wnB9AMU and xgKY9hmbfgo

I check a lot of those boxes but have never had many points on most websites. The difference I think is that I don’t often make posts/threads (comments alone usually don’t get as many views/points, posts may get thousands of points).

Those with the most points often make posts multiple times an hour (often a dozen posts in a day) particularly if they become “known” for some theme/gimmick (which may add to ego). Also at that point they likely have parasocial users backing up their ego and buffoonery.

I don’t know if any of those “no life” people are behind this or not. I suspect people posting like this, especially when it is blog-like (their job, some other interaction) are likely normal outgoing people who just have their phone with them to post whenever they have a spare moment. It may even be a similar archetype to “influencer” (one unlikely to show their face) especially if they are saving many things ahead of time to post later. That, and the inevitable monetization even if it’s just gifts/favors from strangers.

If you go to their instance you’ll see that is does list it in users’ profiles (Reputation points).