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    From Mike Powell@1:2320/107 to Rob Mccart on Fri Oct 9 15:50:12 2026
    I watched someone (with no medial credentials that I am
    aware of)
    >discussing how our society has become so "connected" to the
    >point
    ?where we don't have to interact socially... or even go
    outside...
    >that it is having consequences on our mental well-being.

    I'd imagine so, but that may depend on the person too. I live
    alone here and usually only see other people one day every
    2 weeks when I do the shopping and other errands and it doesn't
    bother me much. I also rarely talk to anyone on the phone,
    mostly my brother one day a week, so my online and eMail
    contacts are almost my only human interaction other than the
    few times a year in the summer when my niece and family come up
    several times for a few days to use my sister's cottage next
    door.

    I don't interact daily but I do try to get outside at least once a day. With the weather we've been having lately, at least 2-3 times a day -- and I don't take my phone with me. OTOH, I have a tween niece who rarely leaves her room and cannot go very long without her phone. She lives online, and it unfortunately shows. ;(

    Mike

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  • From Rob Mccart@1:2320/107 to MIKE POWELL on Sun Oct 11 05:56:00 2026
    I'd imagine so, but that may depend on the person too. I live
    alone here and usually only see other people one day every
    2 weeks when I do the shopping and other errands and it doesn't
    bother me much.

    I don't interact daily but I do try to get outside at least once
    >a day. With the weather we've been having lately, at least 2-3
    >times a day -- and I don't take my phone with me.

    I get outside at least once a day.. that's where the bathroom is.. B)

    OTOH, I have a tween niece who rarely leaves her room and cannot
    >go very long without her phone. She lives online, and it
    >unfortunately shows. ;(

    Yes, a lot of that going around..

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