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kcr

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1. Horrible article
Sat Jun 5, 2021, 09:17 PM
Jun 2021
Indeed, depressed friends make it more likely you’ll be depressed, obese friends make it more likely you’ll become obese, and friends who smoke or drink a lot make it more likely you’ll do the same. The reverse is also true: You will be more studious, kind and enterprising if you consort with studious, kind and enterprising people.


The opposite of obese and depressed isn't studious and kind. It isn't one or the other. Obesity and depression aren't contagious. People who would abandon a friend because they're depressed and/ or obese aren't a friend. They're an asshole. The whole article reads like it was written by a person who only sees relationships as transactional. The pandemic isn't even over. People still need to heal. An article like this is the last thing anyone needed. Shame on the NYT for publishing this dreck.
Horrible article kcr Jun 2021 #1
I can't say it but he said it better. mahina Jun 2021 #3
+1000 smirkymonkey Jun 2021 #6
Yeah, wow, that's NASTY! 👎 Shame on you NYT. electric_blue68 Jun 2021 #2
+2 mahina Jun 2021 #4
What a sad and ugly article. WhiskeyGrinder Jun 2021 #5
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