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		mystifyingpoi 49 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Ask HN: How can we solve the loneliness epidemic? > "Oh yeah, I have a bunch of friends at the gym." Their definition of "a friend" can wildly vary from yours. Especially if such relationship is cultivated only at the gym. I'd hardly call it "friendship".

zem 49 days ago [–]

on the other hand, having people you see regularly and exchange pleasantries with can change gymming from a lonely to a sociable experience.

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