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- Indyanna, on 10/10/2007, -4/+64Is there anyone else besides me, who thinks that there's a difference between being lonely, and being a loner?
- Patogrande, on 10/10/2007, -0/+36But on the other hand, loneliness is a great way to lower your risk of STDs.
- kiwikultist, on 10/10/2007, -3/+38***** yeah. I'm not being anti-social, I'm altering my DNA.
- BigManOnCampus, on 10/10/2007, -3/+24Is that world of warcraft you're playing, or are you just going for a personal mutation?
- BoneheadFarker, on 10/10/2007, -2/+21Not me...I plan on taking as many people down with me as possible...
- swrostmore, on 10/10/2007, -0/+15More evidence that subjective perception can affect physical reality (studies on buddhist monks show that meditation modifies the physical structure of the brain)
- McLumpy, on 10/10/2007, -0/+14I can agree with that. Everyone requires some amount of interaction with others just to stay healthy and sane. It's just that some people just don't feel the need to socialize much. Personally, I enjoy talking and hanging out with my friends, but I'm also perfectly happy to be alone for long periods of time. I guess you could say that's my default setting. I see nothing at all wrong with my behavior; my social clock (if you could call it that) just runs at a different rate from most people.
However, I feel sorry for people who need plenty of time spent with others, but aren't getting it because they're too socially awkward or anxious. I guess those people are what this article is talking about. - meruru, on 10/10/2007, -0/+10That was my exact thought while reading this article. Being socially isolated != loneliness
- shinelikeitdoes, on 10/10/2007, -0/+9im betting this has more to do with the feeling of loneliness. if you are always alone and are happy, its a whole different thing than if you just suffered a miserable breakup or your friends move away or things like that that give you a constant miserable feeling.
so no. closing yourself in a basement playing warcraft is probably fine if you are happy. but when you finally leave the basement, get a girlfriend, she breaks your heart, and then you go back to trying to fill the emptiness with warcraft...you'll see and feel the difference. - duggtodeath, on 10/10/2007, -2/+10You are going to die alone....wait, we all die alone...AWW RATS!!!
- GoatBn, on 10/10/2007, -0/+7You are not altering your DNA. You are altering your gene expression.
- inactive, on 10/10/2007, -6/+11For those who want to tackle the loneliness head on, helping others can be a fantastic way to make essential social connections. Tutoring in a subject you know at a local school or any kind of volunteer work can provide all-around benefits and bring you close to people of like mind. Even just one new but meaningful contact can make all the difference. And to manage creeping stress, you can take some basic relaxation measures like meditation or paced breathing." (from the article)
- Jotaro, on 10/10/2007, -0/+5"t is the perception of loneliness that triggers the adverse health conditions, independent of how much social interaction an individual actually has"
Loners dont feel lonely - Supadude, on 10/10/2007, -0/+5That is what the robot is for...
- Leo21k, on 10/10/2007, -0/+5I'm content being by myself and I dont feel lonely. My problem is that people always assume I'm lonely and try to talk to me about it which messes with my head into thinking maybe I really am lonely.
- zombiedepot, on 10/10/2007, -2/+6There are all kinds of impersonal ways to communicate from texting on your cell phone, catching up with someone on Myspace, or updating your blog. It's no wonder people are so lonely when to become a part of our society you're also removed from your humanity in a sense. I think that technology is removing the desire for real human interaction and that is why some people have social anxiety.
You can trust a face, maybe even a voice, but can you trust a text message? It's understandable why the world would seem threatening. - lendrick, on 10/10/2007, -0/+4That's right, blame the internet. Have you considered going into politics? :)
- hehdot, on 10/10/2007, -1/+5I feel lonely about every 6 months. Then I make an effort to go outside and do some social stuff to remind myself what ignorant, dumb, shallow dickwads people are. Then I'm good for another 6 months.
- coldskool, on 10/10/2007, -0/+4I doubt anyone would ever consciously decide to not enjoy their own company..
- CiXeL, on 10/10/2007, -2/+6try being a person who doesnt know spanish living in south miami. you'll know what social isolation really is.
my girlfriend and I have never felt more socially isolated in our lives.
not selfish and superficial enough for the snobby whites
dont understand enough spanish for the latins
and the blacks dont like us AT ALL.
we're moving to broward in march where hopefully we'll find more people like us.
the isolation down here being white would drive plenty of people to suicide i would imagine. thats why all middle class whites are moving out. - somespecial, on 10/10/2007, -0/+4also points to the startling fact that it is the perception... If it's your perception, then it doesn't matter if you are lonely or not. It just matters if YOU think you are lonely. If you like being a loner, being about to go out andd meet girls at any time, without losers following you around. Then stay that way
- norman619, on 10/10/2007, -0/+3Actually it's been known for a LONG time now that your emotional state has a direct effect on your immune system. This study isn't saying anything new. If emotionally you feel like ***** all the time your immune system will be negatively impacted.
- R34C7, on 10/10/2007, -4/+7Evolutionary pruning mechanism?
- anarchytv, on 10/10/2007, -0/+3I've found that eliminating everybody from your life, and I mean every single body, your productivity skyrockets. Suddenly, not only do you have large blocks of continguous time, your whole life becomes one huge contingous block of free uninterrrupted time. Its kind of errie and disconnected at first, you spend a lot of time at first on social sites trying to connect to people, then your realize, its a big waste of your time to find new distractions, why bring more crap into your life when you've finally swept it all out.
In all this free time, what else are you going to do, but get busy attacking chaos and organizing and creating order to fill the space. You start researching how to vastly improve your concentration. And then you begin empire building. - duggtodeath, on 10/10/2007, -0/+3Adding more friends on Digg does not count ;)
- talk2raffi, on 10/10/2007, -0/+3You can have all the friends in the world and still feel loneliness....
- xenixninja, on 10/10/2007, -0/+3People are too afraid being with themselves. I'll rather handle being alone than not handling being alone.
- drakenlot, on 10/10/2007, -2/+5This is *****, I'm a hermit in my mom's basement, and I rarely get sick. Last I got sick was almost 5 yrs ago.
My immune system has never been more powerful.
PS: My mom does get sick all the friggin time. - puddininmyeye, on 10/10/2007, -0/+3they said in the article that you're only lonely if you feel lonely,
- supaklaw, on 10/10/2007, -1/+4I think this is a bunch of *****. Some people are not socially adept, yet manage to survive fine in isolation. The social ape concept is a bunch of *****. Humans are viscious carnivore *****, and if some people feel more comfortable avoiding the lil bitches, good for them. Oh wait, that's me. Xbox, wine, menus... I'm good. ***** off.
- zjordan04, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2Oh god my whole sickly life makes sense now.
- norman619, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2Actually negative emotions in general depress your immune system. This was determined LONG ago.
- rune420, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2If I read this article correctly, it actually might. It's not so much about not being around people as it is about perceiving strangers as a threat.
If you befriend a lot of people on the net wouldn't that help you realize that people in general aren't so bad, and thus aren't that much of a threat after all? (ofcourse hanging out on 4chan or reading youtube comments might have the opposite effect) - norman619, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2Back in high school I was a loner. I found out than many people were mistaking my being a loner for being arrogant. Like it's some crime to not like to engage in mindless small talk. If I had nothing to say then I pretty much said nothing. Go figure.
- jftitan, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2correction People who successfully commit suicide.
I've met a few that couldn't go through with suicide because they wanted to.... live longer... (self preservation?) I know this because I could have been one of other statistics myself. When I was in Junior High school I was going through hell with Dental work. Because my teeth were brittle no matter what the dentists said they had to be pulled and I had to have dentures instead. Mind you pulling teeth by phases, then going through the pain of expanding the roof of your mouth so that the dentures made could be made moderately sized for young adult teeth. then going through the surgery, AND dealing with the pain while in junior high. was enough for me to want to do it.
BUT (I digress), I was a loner because I didn't like the socially awkward moments when people would stare at me when I had this hideous device protruding from my mouth. Oh and many who decided it was funny to pick on me, or ***** with my emotions about the situation ended up getting the ***** kicked out of them. No, I guess I didn't have very many friends even if I wanted them.
But I got better... I now hang out with people, and can't stand being a loner for more than a month at a time. - norman619, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1Being alive does that.
- norman619, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1You mean like they should be cannibalized? With fava beans perhaps?
- GoatBn, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1Yes...being correct is annoying. Well I bet president Bush is a pretty pleasant guy by that logic!
- norman619, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1She showed you just how much she valued your relationship. ***** them dude. Burn them bridges and move on. It's not the end of the world. You should never let someone or something outside of yourself define who you are and/or be the sole source of happiness for you. I always hear people say "I don't know what I'd do w/o him/her..." and look at them like they are crazy. For example, I love my wife. But I also know if she were to leave tomorrow I would be fine. Yeah I'd be sad for a while. I'd miss her and all that but she is not the only thing in life which makes me happy. Life will go on and so will I. Relationships come and go.
- Jotaro, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1Enjoy your cancer
- catalysis, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1Yeah, just a few more years now and all lonely people will be extinct.
/sarcasm - supaklaw, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1No... only potentially deliscious.
- supaklaw, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1sorry Indian kids... I just hate the poster
- norman619, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1Wrong. Cho was one sick mofo.
- inactive, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1without digg and its comment system my immune system would be CRAP
- malarkeystone, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1sounds like a load.
- mtrip, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1The price for 'lowering your risk' (not having sex) isn't worth it. At all.
- jftitan, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1This is true... so don't digg down.
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