I am very lonely.

I feel like planet Sedna at aphelion -- 140 Billion km away from Sun. It is 936 times further then Earth.

Back in High School I was always among friends -- like a planet orbiting a star in a Globular cluster. But it is a fact that all planets in Globular Clusters are eventually ejected into galactic space. These planets are not orbiting any stars.

 

What's the matter there CCitizen, do you not have any friends or a significant other??? Well, that's a sign the times, of our digitized society. Everyone's buried in a phone or computer. No one interacts on a day to day basis anymore.

And when you reach a certain age almost everyone's married and they take companionship from each other. Then you can only have friends if they're the same sex as you are, to avoid cheating. If you're a woman at least you can have women friends, but men don't usually bond as they get older.

Does anyone have any tips for making friends???

 

Hobbies and interests groups.

 

Common problem now.

Everyone walks around with their face in a screen like zombies.

Here's an idea. Call someone and have a conversation or go visit them and get off the computer.

 

If you really want to, just start talking to people like you know them already. It works.

 

I will try.

 

A planet like Sedna has very little internal heat. I am cold and lonely like Sedna.

Earth's internal heat budget is also very low -- 47 Terawatts compared to 173,000 Terawatts Earth gets from Sun. Thus, Earth-like planet wandering through galactic space would be cold and deary like Sedna.

Jupiter has heat flux of 300,000 Terawatts, which is mostly responsible for atmospheric currents, but it is still low. Brown Dwarfs which are intermediate between planets and stars can have significant heat flux.

 

Sorry. That really flux.

 

Life is a mystery that we can never understand. Try not to dwell on things too much. Good luck with your journey, and remember, no matter how lonely you feel, you are not alone.

 

There's always Tinder

 

I hear ya! Or back pages, but I heard they are in trouble.

 

Apparently there's a 'meet up' app to make friends. Heard my cousin talking about it. He just moved to NYC and uses some app and went bowling with a group of people who were all new to the area.

 

Motorcycle.

 

Try going to a church--research them first, as some are more sociable than others. The Unitarian ones are usually comfortable for agnostics, and the atheists also have their own little groups. Or volunteer for CONTACT or another volunteer program/

 

I attended the Unitarian Universalist church here once. It was interesting, but I didn't feel compelled to return. I guess it was just like the regulars had a clique going and they were not really very welcoming.

 

Hitch your wagon to a star, as my grandfather used to say.

 

I thought this was an attempt to get us to learn more about astronomy, globular clusters and 90377 Sedna because I noticed that the topic was placed in the Science forum. The personal comparison was actually incidental and metaphorical rather than primary to the purpose I saw as educational. So I looked at the link. this is a weird dwarf planet with a peculiar and poorly understood orbit to say the least, and I enjoyed the articles linked.

 

I saw a comment of yours, you explained the ocean of some satellite, and another mentioned it was kool, context as interesting,, colloquial reference, as far out does not refer to distances, it means interesting.

The old joke is a scientist does not get humor and misinterpreted jokes is tired at best.

Tip of the day, acting like a visitor from another World is not a good way to make freinds, or if you want freinds of higher I.Q. there is MENSA, or various University clubs and Math clubs etc...

 

I have asperger syndrome, so I can understand. I felt during a long time like an alien, but lucky me, I'm paradoxally a sociable autist so I overcomed a big part of my handicap. I think Jake Starkey is right, hobbies and common interests are the best way to find friends. Religion can play sometime an important role on the ability to stay in a group.

 

You overcame, not overcomed.

I have Hamburgers syndrome, I like to prepare exotic Hamburgers !
That was a joke...... Ha Ha....

Religion, has limited benefits, if you join a Religious group that you are compatible with, otherwise you are limited pretty much.

Hobby groups according to your interests is better in My opinion, for instance, I like Amateur Radio, I have a technician class license from the F.C.C.
And the people in Ham Radio clubs are very helpful.
It is nice if you like electronics, and communications, building radios etc...

Hobby based clubs are good ways to meet people, choose a hobby you like and find a club near you.

 

Thanks.

 

Firstly, I recommend you avoid discussion of Cosmology in social settings unless you have already established there is mutual interest.
Secondly...develop a taste for Coffee and spend a week of mornings frequenting various shops around town, preferably with outside seating. Pick a spot along the sidewalk and bring something interesting with you (laptop,book,dog...etc...). Dress sharp/casual and pay attention, project confidence and badassedness (knowing you are awesome) while awaiting eye contact.
Eye contact is the subtle cue of attraction and often the instigation of physical contact...practice and perfect it. Initial contact should be brief, secondary contact should be the unspoken instigator. If done well this inspires the other to instigate but often makes it clear you have permission to do so,
It is extremely important for YOU to be attractive and approachable in the first place, if you do not think you are then...you aren't. If you think you are you will be.

 

I am not interested in dating.

 

I am Jewish. Notice that I never post on Sabbath.

 

Moreover, I can not find happiness on my own. Sedna's internal heat is sufficient to keep it at 15 Kelvin -- very close to Absolute Zero.

A giant planet 30 times the mass of Jupiter does not need a star -- it has enough of it's own heat. It would have a temperature of 1000 Kelvin which is about 700 Celsius due o it's internal energy. It can provide heat to it's own satellites.