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Peter Fenzel, Mark Lee, and Matthew Wrather read a couple of studies about loneliness, and elaborate upon their implications for various kinds of online social interactions.


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<h2>Further Reading</h2>
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<li><a href="https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/frvir.2021.627350/full">&#8220;New Social Horizons: Anxiety, Isolation, and Animal Crossing During the COVID-19 Pandemic&#8221;</a></li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Animal_Crossing">Animal Crossing</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Animal_Crossing:_New_Horizons">Animal Crossing: New Horizons</a> on Wikipedia</li>
<li><a href="https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/pere.12367">&#8220;Loneliness across cultures with different levels of social embeddedness: A qualitative study&#8221;</a></li>
<li><a href="https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/politics-podcast-the-politics-of-loneliness/">&#8220;The Politics Of Loneliness&#8221;</a> (538 Politics Podcast)</li>
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Episode 763: The World Ended and I’m Still Here

Overthinking It subjects the popular culture to a level of scrutiny it probably doesn't deserve.