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.
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)
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.