Want more friends? A better social life? Be like my 85-year-old buddy Gerry(theguardian.com)

7 pointsby ctackil y a 9 mois2 comments

Want more friends? A better social life? Be like my 85-year-old buddy Gerry

https://www.theguardian.com/wellness/2025/oct/03/how-to-make-more-friends

2 comments

joules77il y a 9 mois

> The evidence is overwhelming; the debate is long over.

This assumes everyone is the same. The detachment philosophy of the Buddhist/ Epictetus/Stoics emerged for a reason. It has lasted in one form or another for thousands of years - https://oyc.yale.edu/philosophy/phil-181/lecture-8

Horses for courses.

ctackil y a 9 mois

Certainly brightened my day. “Bro, do you even friend?”