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Lonely people process the world differently, study find

This finding is significant because it reveals that neural similarity, which refers to how similar the brain activity patterns of different individuals are, is linked to a shared understanding of the world. This shared understanding is important for establishing social connections. People who suffer from loneliness are not only less similar to society's norm of processing the world, but each lonely person differs in unique ways, as well. That uniqueness may further impact the feelings of isolation and lacking social connections.

Pretty fascinating research. With the link of neural similarity to establishing social connections based on shared understanding, the fact that loneliness is increasing in America will pose more challenges in "healing the political divide."

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Welcome to lemm.ee!

Another reddit refugee here! Although my preferred reddit app, Infinity, is still working at the moment, I no longer want to use reddit as my frontpage of the internet due to the actions & attitude of spez towards the users, mods, and 3rd party developers. I'm thrilled to be here at Lemmy. Thank you so much for hosting this instance! I will become a sponsor if I can.

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Refugee Redditors as they make the move.

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so that he comes across as crazier

Are you sure this is the reason? Did he state his reason that way? Or is that your assumption that he wants to look crazier? In a post above @[email protected] said his reason was because brushing it takes too much time according to interviews. I haven't seen it myself since there's no timestamp, but I'll check it out later.

so what’s the blind user of this program going to attach to the concept of unkempt hair?

The problem isn't with blind users, but sighted users who could read that and associate afro-textured hair like that with being unkempt.

Edit: Found the timestamp in the Eric Andre interview with Larry King about his hair. Here he doesn't say he wants to look crazier. He says that's what his hair looks like when he doesn't brush it. And as I mentioned in another comment, afro-textured hair isn't meant to be either combed or brushed every day because that can cause breakage.

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Refugee Redditors as they make the move.

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Yeah, if you don't comb (not really brush as a brush wouldn't detangle) afro-textured hair of that length, it will clump up like that. And afro-textured hair isn't meant to be combed or brushed daily. The less it's manipulated the healthier it is as frequent manipulation can cause breakage. That's why you'll see some people with afro-textured hair keep their hair in braids or twists or locs if they want to look more what is considered "presentable" while also protecting their hair from breakage. These are called protective styles. Braiding and twisting takes time though that Eric Andre probably doesn't want to spend and locs are kinda permanent. If his hairstlye works best for his lifestyle, I think that's good. It's better for people to see the different ways afro-textured hair can exist in its natural state because I think such exposure without ridicule can lead to further acceptance.

Edit: Thank you for sharing those interview links!

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Its been one day without Reddit

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If the mobile website fine for you, you don't need to get an app. I used the mobile website in my phone's browser with no problem for a few days before I started trying out apps out of curiosity. So far, I've settled on the Liftoff app, but again having an app isn't necessary because of how well the mobile website works. I'm not someone who needs an app for everything and I prefer it when mobile websites are useable. Reddit made me angry when they made their mobile website annoying to use by trying to force people onto their app. I used a 3rd-party app instead, but now that's going away so here I am on Lemmy.

If you don't want to bother with Lemmy apps, you can create a shortcut to Lemmy.world on your phone's home screen which can make it faster to open up Lemmy as if you were using an app. Since you're using Chrome, I'm assuming you're on Android, so here are some instructions if you want to add the shortcut.

How to Add a Website to Your Android Home Screen

Hope that helps!

Edit: Also, if you do want to try out an app, Here's a post with some Lemmy apps that are currently available. If you need any more help, just let us know!