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It's kind of disturbing that we've got 7+ billion human beings but we're so disconnected from each other that people are increasingly resorting to animals for c
by ravenstine 7y ago
It's kind of disturbing that we've got 7+ billion human beings but we're so disconnected from each other that people are increasingly resorting to animals for comfort and friendship.
- moate 7y agoeh? This isn't a new thing. There have always been people who prefer the company of animals to people, even centuries ago when people were more "connected to each other". If it's more frequently seen now, you can just as easily attribute that to there now being 7+ billion people, so if X% of the population prefers animals to people, X will be a greater number as the population increases. Some people just don't like people. That's fine.
- avian 7y agoThe new thing might be that some people who would otherwise prefer the company of people over animals can't get it and settle for a pet instead. Articles on the "loneliness epidemic" get posted quite frequently on HN: https://hn.algolia.com/?query=loneliness https://hn.algolia.com/?query=loneliness