Why “socializing” is being discussed
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Hasn't your need for socializing changed over time? It sure has for me.
by criddell · Sep 29, 2026
That's because they have arranged marriages, and Muslim women have no choice in the matter. Men don't need to be good at socializing with women to reproduce when women are treat…
by noduerme · Sep 29, 2026
> Uber is another key villain in Gouged. Per Owens, Uber’s “greatest innovation wasn’t ‘disrupting’ the taxi industry—it was socializing and normalizing the very idea of dynamic…
by nayuki · Sep 29, 2026
> socializing itself is a skill that needs practice to improve at so it doesn't feel like as much work So is playing basketball.
by SoftTalker · Sep 29, 2026
There's a pretty strong observation bias when it comes to college drinking. The social gatherings of basically anybody who does drink ends up involving drinking, which pushes ou…
by OkayPhysicist · Sep 29, 2026
The cultural idea of "introversion" tends to be a bit different than the psychological idea as far as i understand. e.g. It is not supposed to be about how much you like sociali…
by bawolff · Sep 29, 2026
Interest
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A social relation is the fundamental unit of analysis within the social sciences, and describes any voluntary or involuntary interpersonal relationship between two or more conspecifics within and/or between groups. The group can be a language or kinship group, a social institution or organization, an economic class, a nation, or gender. Social relations are derived from human behavioral ecology, and, as an aggregate, form a coherent social structure whose constituent parts are best understood relative to each other and to the social ecosystem as a whole. Read more on Wikipedia