Coming to a support group near you: Contagious loneliness
Just when you think you’ve heard it all, some researcher has come up with the notion that Loneliness can be “transmitted” from one person to another
Talking about the loneliness condition, John Cacioppo, a University of Chicago psychologist and a leading scholar of loneliness, said that loneliness is not a “property” of an individual – it can be “transmitted” even to people who may not be in a direct contact with a lonely person.
They suggest that
people should recognize loneliness and help lonely individuals
Would they be doing so at the risk of ending up lonely themselves? Or what?
If anyone could explain that one, I’ll be much obliged.
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December 1st, 2009 at 6:29 pm
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December 2nd, 2009 at 7:58 am
Something like second-hand smoke? But not as odorous.
December 2nd, 2009 at 12:33 pm
Try going to a Tea Party. You will meet people of like mind who will be glad to know you. Yu may also meet some new friends from SEIU, who will introduce you to their version of calisthenics.
December 2nd, 2009 at 1:51 pm
their version of calisthenics
Hah! Aerobic punching!
December 3rd, 2009 at 6:52 am
> If anyone could explain that one, I’ll be much obliged.
Simple enough, in 3 easy steps:
1) Take Head
2) Bend around to Ass
3) Insert with great force.
Cranio-Rectal Insertion Syndrome is a very, very common problem in modern society. It has been found to be strongly prevalent in self-described postmodern liberals in epidemic proportions.
Further — not only are there victims, but there are victims of its victims.
One of the most common professions which is clearly prone to CRIS is management personnel. The employees of a CRIS-afflicted manager (and, well, let’s face it, that’s almost all managers…) are the secondary victims of this awful blight on humanity.
So please — REMEMBER — when someone comes to YOUR door asking for donations for victims of CRIS, please give, and give generously…. because not only are YOU likely to be a secondary victim of CRIS, chances are, everyone you know is also a secondary victim of CRIS.
With sufficient funding, we can hope to rid humanity of this awful scourge in our lifetimes.
December 3rd, 2009 at 8:10 am
That about explains it, OBH. Thanks!