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Deja Q (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-23-06 06:24 PM Original message |
Study: Social isolation growing in U.S. |
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begin_within (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-23-06 06:36 PM Response to Original message |
1. The thing that surprised me the most when I visited China was how everyone |
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ikojo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-23-06 06:39 PM Response to Reply #1 |
5. Ever hear of Jewish geography? |
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begin_within (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-23-06 07:12 PM Response to Reply #5 |
18. No I hadn't heard of it but that's interesting to know. |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-23-06 06:43 PM Response to Reply #1 |
8. Another thing I saw in China was that people were out |
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ikojo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-23-06 06:48 PM Response to Reply #8 |
10. People in China tend to live in apartments where if you |
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HarukaTheTrophyWife (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-24-06 08:22 PM Response to Reply #10 |
34. Makes sense...when I lived in an apt complex... |
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Zookeeper (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-23-06 07:05 PM Response to Reply #8 |
14. I love talking to strangers. |
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kiraboo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-24-06 01:47 PM Response to Reply #14 |
31. Zookeeper, I am the same type of person. |
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Zookeeper (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-24-06 07:55 PM Response to Reply #31 |
32. "...starving for simple human contact.." |
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ikojo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-23-06 06:37 PM Response to Original message |
2. I think people would get more work done if they |
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ThomCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-23-06 06:38 PM Response to Original message |
3. No shit! |
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Deja Q (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-23-06 06:43 PM Response to Reply #3 |
9. Too many Americans would be too wrapped up in their happy lives to notice |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-23-06 06:39 PM Response to Original message |
4. Increased suburbanization is the cause |
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ikojo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-23-06 06:41 PM Response to Reply #4 |
6. Suburban houses were constructed in such a way |
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caty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-23-06 06:42 PM Response to Original message |
7. I've been hearing for several years |
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ikojo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-23-06 06:51 PM Response to Reply #7 |
11. My mom is retired...she has satellite TV and high |
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serryjw (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-23-06 07:10 PM Response to Reply #7 |
17. I FORCE myself to go out |
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HarukaTheTrophyWife (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-24-06 08:28 PM Response to Reply #7 |
35. I used Peabody' to get my groceries delivered. |
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Mayberry Machiavelli (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-23-06 06:57 PM Response to Original message |
12. Hypno, if you can ever find a .jpg of the Horta's "No Kill I" etched into |
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Deja Q (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-23-06 07:00 PM Response to Reply #12 |
13. I'll look that one up for ya! |
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Mayberry Machiavelli (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-23-06 07:05 PM Response to Reply #13 |
15. I liked Sulu in his fencing getup. Now don't tell me he didn't set off |
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Deja Q (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-23-06 07:23 PM Response to Reply #12 |
20. Found it |
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Mayberry Machiavelli (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-23-06 07:24 PM Response to Reply #20 |
21. You ROCK, dude!!!! Thanks!!! |
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alarimer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-23-06 07:08 PM Response to Original message |
16. There is also the idea that strangers are dangerous |
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ikojo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-23-06 07:16 PM Response to Reply #16 |
19. The blurb on CBS News about increased social |
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hfojvt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-24-06 04:18 AM Response to Reply #19 |
25. in face to face you gotta wait your turn too |
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u4ic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-24-06 01:38 AM Response to Reply #16 |
23. Also garages |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-23-06 11:09 PM Response to Original message |
22. I grew up in a little rural town of 500 people. |
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u4ic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-24-06 01:39 AM Response to Original message |
24. No one to confide? |
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Deja Q (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-24-06 06:32 AM Response to Reply #24 |
26. Well, we're told not to listen to other peoples' problems. |
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Skittles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-24-06 07:28 AM Response to Original message |
27. it's not just friends |
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RandomKoolzip (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-24-06 11:00 AM Response to Original message |
28. Some of us like it that way. |
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alarimer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-24-06 01:04 PM Response to Reply #28 |
29. I think I am with you |
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distantearlywarning (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-24-06 09:01 PM Response to Reply #28 |
36. Same here. |
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Radical Activist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-24-06 01:08 PM Response to Original message |
30. Suburbs are part of the problem too. |
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khashka (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-24-06 08:16 PM Response to Original message |
33. Get over it! |
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