Ok. So here's to the "human nature crap":
Social Isolation Kills, But How and Why? -- House 63 (2): 273 -- Psychosomatic Medicine
The Lonely States Of America
CBS' Meyer On A Sociology That Should Scare You and this one too. Quote:
Social Isolation Kills, But How and Why?
James S. House, PhD
Director, Survey Research Center and Professor of Sociology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48106-1248
The article by Brummett et al. (1) provides another confirmation of the deleterious effects on health of social isolation, first recognized in epidemiologic research of the late 1970s and 1980s and replicated and extended for more than a decade since then (2–4). Social isolation has been shown repeatedly to prospectively predict mortality and serious morbidity both in general population samples (2) and in individuals with established morbidity (3, 4), especially coronary heart disease (1). The magnitude of risk associated with social isolation is comparable with that of cigarette smoking and other major biomedical and psychosocial risk factors. However, our understanding of how and why social isolation is risky for health—or conversely—how and why social ties and relationships are protective of health, still remains quite limited. Brummett et al. (1) contribute importantly to increasing such understanding, but also fail to capitalize fully on opportunities to contribute even more.
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So take Foolish's advice and kill yourself from being socially isolated. Have fun.