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Internet to Blame for Lack of Close Friends

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the lack-of-drinking-buddies dept.

Anonymous Coward writes "Duke and University of Arizona researchers are citing the Internet as one of the main contributing factors to a shrinking of social networks among Americans. People say they have fewer people they can talk to about important stuff, even if they are talking to lots more people from all over the place about unimportant stuff online."

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  1. I've said it before... by FSWKU · · Score: 5, Funny

    ... and I'll say it again. Where can I get giant bags of cash to study the blindingly obvious?

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  2. Imagine a beowulf cluster of friends. by ABeowulfCluster · · Score: 5, Funny

    That would be cool. I'd settle for one or two friends though.

    1. Re:Imagine a beowulf cluster of friends. by eclectro · · Score: 4, Funny

      That would be cool. I'd settle for one or two friends though.

      You know what would even be cooler?? If one of those friends was a girl.

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    2. Re:Imagine a beowulf cluster of friends. by Loonacy · · Score: 3, Funny

      Oh, I see... ......
      Pics?

  3. Ob. bash quote by slushdork · · Score: 4, Funny

    Its like if you want to get a mate now a days, one has to get a myspace.
    <H0ley> What ever happened to getting to know people and dates and crap.
    <H0ley> Screw this profile crap.
    <H0ley> Everyone is trying to profile each other.
    <H0ley> Freaking meat-markets.
    <L4m3r> Dogs leave piles of crap for each other. We have Myspace.

  4. Re:Did they consider by Kagura · · Score: 5, Funny

    ... researchers are citing the Internet as one of the main contributing factors to a shrinking of social networks among Americans.

    What are you talking about? I've got 89,402,390 people in my social network! This internet thing is great!

  5. Re:Did they consider by Kagura · · Score: 3, Funny

    Gee, thanks, Tom!

  6. Re:Did they consider by jb.hl.com · · Score: 3, Funny

    I'd like to nominate Tom as the person with the biggest real penis/internet penis discrepancy in the world. You know he deserves it.

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  7. Two by mobby_6kl · · Score: 4, Funny

    Two chicks at the same time, man.

    1. Re:Two by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny
      Two chicks at the same time, man.
      I'd settle for two chicks in the same year, man.
  8. Finally I know the cause by AK+Marc · · Score: 4, Funny

    I'm glad to know I don't have any friends because of the Internet.

    All these years, I thought it was because I was an asshole.

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  9. Because of the internet I have plenty of friends! by JoeCommodore · · Score: 3, Funny
    Why just today a bunch of friends wrote - there was Tim, Sinjin and Elrond letting me know about my problem with the gym & weight loss, and don't forget Mike who told me how to increase my love muscle!

    I getmail from all the gals too, such as Sonjia and Marci, who both saw my stats on a dataing site (funny I never signed up for any dating sites...) but they REALLY want to meet me!

    That guy who wrote the article must just be a loser. ;-D

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  10. or by gfody · · Score: 4, Funny

    Girlfriends are to blame. For some reason they hate all your friends and you have to stop hanging out with them or you get no sex.

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    bite my glorious golden ass.