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by foodandart18 hours ago |
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upvoteby Aboutplants17 hours ago|
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Take a 2 week long vacation deep somewhere doing just this, you will appreciate it but more than likely come to realize it is not something you would prefer long term. If you can find a middle ground, to me that’s the dream.
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upvoteby alexpotato13 hours ago|
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During COVID lockdown with:

- my wife

- au pair

- 3 kids (all under 5)

- dog

I thought that was plenty of human interaction (I'm somewhat extroverted) until we had a friend come over and chat with us outside on the porch.

I couldn't believe how, for lack of a better word, "refreshing" it felt. It was an excellent reminder that we are largely social creatures who also need some variety in the social circles we interact with.

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upvoteby adrianN12 hours ago|
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At least the extroverts among us.
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upvoteby matthewdgreen1 hours ago|
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I was an introvert to the point where I started getting my hair cut at a place that plays movies, just to avoid awkward conversation with my hairdresser. Post-pandemic, I love talking to barbers and cab drivers, even if they have crazy ideas about the world. I wasn’t even socially starved, but just that limited period of socialization made me hungry for human interaction.
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upvoteby m46311 hours ago|
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Many (most) introverts turn into extremely chatty individuals when talking to the right person regarding the right subject(s).
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upvoteby thaumasiotes3 hours ago|
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How does that support the idea that they need variety in who they're socializing with?
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upvoteby kakacik6 hours ago|
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Introverts behave (almost) the same among their close ones. Its just that that bar of social need fills up much quicker
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upvoteby gkanai9 hours ago|
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I think it looks romantic from the perspective of someone in a major metro area. But long term, that sort of lifestyle is only for the people who can really endure that. After a while I think most would not want that remoteness.
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upvoteby fierycatnet17 hours ago|
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Same... that's the goal now. Try to get a place somewhere remote, cabin, fireplace, books, Starlink, maybe a diesel truck and couple of dogs.
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upvoteby Makeitmakesense17 hours ago|
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Are you open to the other tasks this life requires or are you just looking for western comfort but in a place far from whatever you have now?

Living out here means dealing with real problems because there is no infrastructure. You need to know how to survive if that solar panels break and you need 2 weeks to get a new ones. What happens if the food delivery couldn't make it for one extra week because the one guy who flies that out is sick. Can you handle illness without medicine or a doctor for a few days. etc..

The people shown in this article live very differently then the starlink solar van campers who work in tech and glamp out in the Sierra Nevda on Saturday night.

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upvoteby jambalaya816 hours ago|
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I think a lot of people want the feeling of being in that sort of space without any of the hard parts. I personally would settle for being a few miles from the nearest person (maybe ten), a well-fenced-off property with a safe well, a good electric fence around it all, some weapons to protect myself, a couple of dogs, a handful of kittens, a place to store food, a good connection to the net (not starlink; I would settle for something a bit slower and terrestrial), some farm animals which procreate reasonably fast, and a decent diesel truck.
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upvoteby toasty2283 hours ago|
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fyi taking care of a smallish homestead is a full time job, in winter, and two full time jobs or more in summer.
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upvoteby dyauspitr15 hours ago|
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Yeah all of that plus a wife. I want to be relatively alone not solitary. I have that setup right now. About 30 minutes from a major city, 30 acres, remote work and my wife and kid. Kid goes to a good school, we go out to nice dinners on the weekend, I make tech big bucks but it’s a farm life other than that.
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upvoteby jambalaya812 hours ago|
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sounds relaxing. congrats.
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upvoteby fierycatnet14 hours ago|
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I grew up in post-USSR state and living in those conditions was part of my childhood. I understand the limitations. I'm just tired of city life and all property has been sold by my parents. I would be okay living 50 miles away from a major city like a lot of folks do here in Texas. My initial comment was perhaps a little ambitious, but I'm not a hermit. The issue is, living out in the country is probably more expensive than my current situation.
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upvoteby epolanski18 hours ago|
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But why?

You can "isolate" in less isolated places.

Also what's the point if the activity you're describing is linking through other people anyway (just over internet).

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upvoteby ASalazarMX17 hours ago|
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I think they'd intend to consume content, not to interact with it, but commenting here discredits my interpretation.

Anyway, isolation and solitude seem lovely until you get appendicitis.

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upvoteby T3OU-73617 hours ago|
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Or a nice tooth issue. Those get even dicier in austere environments.
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upvoteby jambalaya818 hours ago|
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Don't think the mall would like that. </sarcasm>
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upvoteby RationPhantoms18 hours ago|
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Please don't romanticize isolation. We have enough elderly folk existing in dire loneliness in assisted-living facilities and nursing homes who understand the true definition of it.
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upvoteby applfanboysbgon18 hours ago|
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People aren't allowed to enjoy something because other people don't enjoy it? Other people are experiencing something they didn't choose, so nobody should be allowed to choose it?
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upvoteby tocs318 hours ago|
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Whoever can enjoy what ever. There is some danger in romanticize things. Romanticizing shows the good in something but leaves out the difficulties. Some may very well enjoy an extremely remote and isolated lifestyle but it is not a Disney cruise of Hollywood movie.
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upvoteby dumberquestions18 hours ago|
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I think they're suggesting that those who romanticize it actually just have never truly experienced it, and will not appreciate it if they do.
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upvoteby esseph10 hours ago|
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Some of you aren't real introverts that grew up in the country and it shows :P
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upvoteby b11217 hours ago|
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Exactly, like what happened to me when I tried to be a vegetarian.
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upvoteby hermitcrab17 hours ago|
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People who try to become vegetarians because they think they should rarely last. You need to want to. (context: vegetarian for 40 years, apart from the occasional bit of white fish).
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upvoteby thin_carapace6 hours ago|
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please somebody bottle this lesson distill it and start teaching it to kids using a framework of similar pro social behaviour
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upvoteby jambalaya816 hours ago|
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Hmm. I think you sorta need to feel "you should" before you "want to", for most people. I have gone through periods of veganism, lacto-vegetarianism, ovo-lacto vegetarianism, ovo-lacto-pescatarian (and with and without poultry), etc. At the end of the day, my body was not built to be vegetarian in any capacity. It stops working properly without red meat, even (even when I try to supplement iron in other ways, my body literally does not function properly). I can go without chicken, but not other animal sources. It's a shame; I sort of didn't mind the food if it was prepared properly, but it is dangerous to suggest everyone can follow the same diet.
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upvoteby b11216 hours ago|
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This is somewhat, what happened to me. I found I lost all energy, and my strength was about half what it was.

We all have unique biomes in our gut, and they're tailored to us. If you lose it, eg something kills all your gut bacteria, you will be very sick. The only cure is to have a transplant from a relative. Literally fecal matter is taken from a donar, pureed, and shoved up your wahzoo.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fecal_microbiota_transplant

My point? Your and my gut bacteria may need meat, and it could be why some cannot do the vegan thing. If your gut bacteria isn't happy, you aren't. And you can't just swap that out.

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upvoteby esseph6 hours ago|
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https://www.allergicliving.com/2026/08/10/fecal-transplant-p...

You can probably just put some poop in a gelcap... (this is not medical advice!)

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC7359198/

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upvoteby b1124 hours ago|
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Yes, but this study isn't replacing the entire biome. What I was citing, was a case of people having lost their gut bacteria completely. They use a relative, as using a random person in such cases, which isn't a match for that person's genetic history, can be quite harmful.

It's precisely why they seek a close relative.

Adding some additional gut bacteria doesn't replace everything you have. Otherwise, you'd get sick from eating a salad someone else prepared, and ingesting some of their bacteria. The peanut thing may be introducing an additional bacterium which perhaps processes peanuts in a better fashion, but without supplanting anything?

So I won't say you're wrong. But without trials I won't say you're right, either.

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upvoteby Barrin9218 hours ago|
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as is often pointed out, loneliness and solitude are two different things. The latter, especially in nature, can be a very formative and restorative experience.
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upvoteby gkanai9 hours ago|
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Solitude by choice is one thing. Leaving when you want to, returning to a life with more connections, etc.

These men are probably doing this job because it is work they can get.

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