Comments - It's Obviously the Phones
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When it comes to loneliness, the decline in sex and our increasingly depressed culture, phones are an obvious culprit. What good is it to deny that?
Nice article and I’d like to add some data points. I moved to Houston from Amsterdam with my husband around 2000, and joining exuberant gay life in the city we began hosting pool parties that summer. A Gay Naked Pool Party (tm) in Houston generally means a few key things: unlimited alcohol, few clothes if any, high temperature, plenty of barbecue, men in flagrante delectio. Our backyard was completely private, yet in the center of the city (ok, a house with 4 priests had a view into the yard), heated pool, poolhouse with a top floor art studio, downstairs bathroom, sauna, bar, nearby house…
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