Yes; and I didn’t mean to contradict you — it has been a subject about which I think a lot. The way that we never feel that we are measuring up in some vague, ill-defined way, or even some concrete, quantifiable way. Especially in the technological age when our lacunae seem to glaring to us in comparison to our…

I was gonna ask if Morrissey had been appointed for it...

Yeah, it’s about resentment, that’s what I was trying to say, maybe not successfully. Resentment towards women, towards life, whatever, so that resentment becomes sexualized and expressed in a misogynistic way. This is why movements like white supremacy oftentimes can start with anti women sentiments, like gamergate.…

Why oh why can’t dogs last a human ‘s lifetime :(...my sweet puppy dog is not even four and I fret over someday being without her

The Tories have done a lot to make this particular vulnerable person less lonely, in that I now spend a lot of time discussing with other vulnerable people how the Tories can all shit off into the ocean.

............Morrissey would NOT have rejected that track!.....................

Also completely ignores the fact the Tories are largely responsible in the first place.

commisioner to see if we can’t push those lonely people over the edge so we don’t have to pay them any benefits.

Totally get your point though fear of missing out as a constant low-level anxiety is an immense stressor. Especially when considered as less of a catchy Internet meme (not directed at you, TFCKT), and more of an immense pressure placed upon people in a society of such disproportionate inequality (see, for example,…

Always, always wanted one.

“The Ministry for Loneliness” sounds like a rejected early solo Morrissey track.

Still. Would you rather have our system and our version of health care?

Slightly off topic, but I’m hoping that the “fainting couch” comes back ino fashion.

Woman who has destroyed social care and the very parts of the safety net that kept an eye on the elderly and vulnerable is now suddenly giving a fuck about loneliness.

I am upset that you failed to explain this:

Just like “God”* intended

No worries, people will die here before they come lonely.

Country with socialized medicine: “We need to do something about loneliness; let’s have a department and do a study”

According to the editor of the piece (She did an AMA over on reddit - I wouldn’t recommend looking at it, the discussion is mostly a shitshow), the piece has been in the works for over six months as the reporters cultivated sources and weeded out unverifiable info.

COME THROUGH NANCY PELOSI!