The New Yorker likes Lonely!
The New Yorker online provides an interesting commentary on the notion of “passive socializing.” Passive socializing is what a lot of lonely people (though not all) miss — which is the simple presence of another person. I discuss this much more fully in Lonely — it’s great to see a big site like the New Yorker picking up the idea.
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This is so true. I have never felt any automatic connection between ‘activity’ ‘others’ and being ‘connected’. Today, I feel like, to spend time with people I have to plan an activity or take part in one they plan. I need to ‘perform’. I don’t have anyone to just sit next to in a cafe while reading the paper. Or just watching TV together.
It’s great to see this put into words “passive socialising”. Going out all the time can be exhausting (I live alone) and the idea of just sitting with another person or other people doing something like watching television without any major effort is just what I crave sometimes.