Post-pandemic loneliness is driving young US adults to use apps like Discord to make real-life friends; users say seeking friends as adults still carries stigma (Tatum Hunter/Washington Post)

Tatum Hunter / Washington Post:
Post-pandemic loneliness is driving young US adults to use apps like Discord to make real-life friends; users say seeking friends as adults still carries stigma  —  American adults are lonely — and done waiting on friendship to find them IRL  —  On a gloomy June afternoon …