I remember seeing news articles about how people were allegedly getting "stressed out from lack of social contact" and I'm over here with my family enjoying being left the hell alone, able to relax for a change and not deal with other peoples expectations and boring ass social events that we're usually forced to go to. Being able to just play 100 days of video games and only work when I absolutely had to was great.

What it showed us was that all the bullshit about having to be "productive members of society" and the focus on productivity was exactly that. Western society could function just fine and be a lot happier if the 1% didn't get handed yet another ivory back scratcher.

[–] bec@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Totally agree! I too enjoy the time spent alone and with the few people close to me, while every other human interaction is unnecessary for my mental wellbeing haha absolutely not envious of those who need social contact to feel well

[–] Psyblader@feddit.de 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Seems like both of you actually had social contacts. Many people live alone and weren't able to leave their homes.

[–] bec@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 year ago

That's true, I hadn't considered that some people live alone, while we had some company at least, so they might need the interaction with strangers