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What comfort is quietly keeping you from other people?
Small choices for convenience can add up to a life with fewer demands from other people.
Your answer
A little context
The groceries come to the door. The film comes to the sofa. A message saves you a phone call, and the call would have saved you a visit. None of it was a decision to see people less, and some weeks you hardly notice that nobody has needed anything from you, or you from them.
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