Comments:Loneliness unhealthy as smoking and alcoholism, new study says

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Now some civil rights lawyer is going to quote this study to shut down solitary confinement as a punishment in prisons. 74.212.26.6 (talk) 18:25, 29 July 2010 (UTC)

Actually that seems very likely. From what I've heard, solitary confinement can lead inmates to insanity in some cases. —Mikemoral♪♫ 21:42, 31 July 2010 (UTC)

Does that mean ...

That I'll be dead in 22 years? RockerballAustralia c 05:33, 30 July 2010 (UTC)

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I agree that loneliness is not healthy. 99.175.89.224 (talk) 17:40, 30 July 2010 (UTC)

Oh come on.

Yet another excuse. Leave me alone already. 128.210.3.16 (talk) 21:38, 31 July 2010 (UTC)

No one has actually bothered you. —Mikemoral♪♫ 21:41, 31 July 2010 (UTC)

(it was a joke: note the irony) 128.210.3.16 (talk) 13:10, 1 August 2010 (UTC)

"Smoking and alcoholism"?

Smoking causes six times as many preventable deaths as alcohol.

Do they mean as harmful as smoking and alcoholism combined, or approximately as harmful as their average? 71.198.176.22 (talk) 12:35, 12 August 2010 (UTC)