# Coronavirus is going to make Americans EVEN MORE LONELY **URL:** \ **Category:** The Quarantine Zone\ **Tags:** covid-quarantine\ **Created:** [March 13, 2020, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coronavirus-is-going-to-make-americans-even-more-lonely/849449 "2020-03-13T23:44:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2020, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coronavirus-is-going-to-make-americans-even-more-lonely/849449/21 "2020-03-17T04:13:06Z")
> [@Spiderman](#): > > Are you going to be like everyone else who works from home & work in your PJs even though you’re still going into the office? I used to work with a woman who combined a pair of black pajamas with a skeleton painted on them with the combo of Halloween and Day of the Dead to justify wearing pajamas to work for a week. Yeah, “used to”. She’s not here any more. ---
**Author:** ![Eva\_Luna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/e495f1/32.png) [@Eva\_Luna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eva_Luna)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2020, 1:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coronavirus-is-going-to-make-americans-even-more-lonely/849449/22 "2020-03-17T13:21:18Z")
I’m seriously thinking of setting up a virtual dinner party - everyone can set up their computers on the dining room table, pour their favorite beverage, and chat! Does anyone have a software recommendation for that? People seem to like Zoom, but I’ve never tried it. ---
**Author:** ![Kovitlac](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/2bfe46/32.png) [@Kovitlac](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kovitlac)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2020, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coronavirus-is-going-to-make-americans-even-more-lonely/849449/23 "2020-03-17T13:49:13Z")
Americans are lonely unless we’re at crowded events? Maybe some places have shut down harder than others, but I can certainly still meet up with friends. I’m not any more or less lonely than I was before this all started. ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2020, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coronavirus-is-going-to-make-americans-even-more-lonely/849449/24 "2020-03-17T14:13:21Z")
Even more lonely _Dumb-dumb-dumb-dummy-do-wah_ Is now the way I feel tonight _Ooh yay, yay, yay, yeah_ Even more lonely _Dumb-dumb-dumb-dummy-do-wah_ Is how I’m feeling, it ain’t right _Dumb-dumb-dumb-dummy-do-wah_ ---
**Author:** ![Fiendish\_Astronaut](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fiendish_astronaut/32/3295_2.png) [@Fiendish\_Astronaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiendish_Astronaut)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2020, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coronavirus-is-going-to-make-americans-even-more-lonely/849449/25 "2020-03-17T14:14:52Z")
Is it just Americans that will get lonely or is it people in general? ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2020, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coronavirus-is-going-to-make-americans-even-more-lonely/849449/26 "2020-03-17T15:18:32Z")
> [@Kovitlac](#): > > Americans are lonely unless we’re at crowded events? Maybe some places have shut down harder than others, but I can certainly still meet up with friends. I’m not any more or less lonely than I was before this all started. My friends and I have canceled all in-person get-togethers. All of us are 60 or older, some have traveled recently, and many have health issues or spouses with health issues. If you still feel okay about getting together with friends, by all means, have at it. 🙂 > [@Fiendish\_Astronaut](#): > > Is it just Americans that will get lonely or is it people in general? Americans IN GENERAL (this does not apply across the board, so don’t say that I said it applies to everyone, because it doesn’t and I didn’t say that) are known for NOT being part of groups, church groups, social groups, etc., such as are routinely found in other parts of the world. Other people and age groups who are already isolated will become even more isolated, possibly dangerously so, during this crisis. And that will lead to more than the normal loneliness they live with every day. I live alone and have canceled all social activities. I’m envious of my peers who are married, have children, and don’t live alone. We’re all hunkered down, but they’re hunkered down WITH SOMEONE. It has intensified my isolation and taken away the option to see other people if the isolation gets to be too much. So the title of the thread applies to me. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coronavirus-is-going-to-make-americans-even-more-lonely/849449.md?page=1)