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I have a good friend like this, he works remotely now after graduating and moving and he’s pretty lonely. Won’t be true of everyone of course.

• browningstreet 4y ago
  Are you suggesting a link between his lack of phone and his loneliness, or his moving and his loneliness? I know our generation (you can guess) is painted with the "too obsessed with social" habit.. and I'd say the preponderance of people staring at their phones during all moments of life (driving, shopping, dining with their partners) makes them no less lonely. You can pretend you're not lonely as long as you have a graph to pulldown-reload. I have a phone, no one has called it in years, I wouldn't say I'm lonely. Even if they're orthogonal, there's something seemingly off with people staring at their phones all the time, during every moment in life. My last gf would pick up her phone the minute I paused a show to pop into the kitchen or go to the restroom. That didn't bother me.. what bothered me is when she didn't notice my return and put the phone down so we could return to our show or movie. I'd have to do the "I'm back" cough or shoulder tap. It became increasingly objectionable.