why do humans invent ways to meet other humans? weekdays weeknights brunch get togethers birthdays anniversaries happy hours unhappy hours humans are desperate to fill every second of their waking hours with socialisation to avoid being alone with their thoughts because if humans lived alone with their thoughts they would go mad so they collectively decided instead of pondering alone about how meaningless their existence is it is better to meet fellow deranged humans numb their minds with pointless conversations junk food and alcohol and forget their empty lives for a few hours don't believe me see the evidence