Another 'peak Bengaluru' moment: Software engineer drives Namma Yatri on weekends to combat loneliness
Research has revealed that loneliness has a direct impact on our mental and physical well-being. Being isolated without contact with anyone can have that impact on most. If anything, in a post-Covid era, we know only too well what that can feel like. So, it should come as no surprise that there are those who look for ways to address the problem of loneliness and rightly so. A post that recently went viral on X has thrown light on the matter again, and the internet is all praises. Read on to find out more.
Why did the post on X go viral?
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X user?Venkatesh Gupta recently shared an image of a Microsoft engineer driving a Namma Yatri to, as he put it, to "combat loneliness on weekends." The image shows the engineer in question from the back without revealing his face, and yet, somehow the impact it created was massive. It was something a lot of people could relate to.?¡°Met a 35 year old staff software engineer at Microsoft in Kormangala driving Namma Yatri to combat loneliness on weekends,¡± the caption read. When Gupta got into the auto, one can imagine he wasn't prepared to run into an engineer eager to fight loneliness this way. It was a humbling sight that left everyone who came across the post amazed. If there's one section of people driving the Olas and Ubers of the world to earn an income, there are also those who aren't in it for the money. Rather they use it as a buoy to stay afloat. One can only imagine especially how jarring these moments alone can feel in big, crowded cities.?
Bengaluru has given the internet countless such 'peak' moments. While most of them are a look at how funny humans can be, this one offered a glimpse of something everyone goes through but few talk about. Perhaps one reason why this post went viral was because it threw light on the subject of loneliness and how you don't need to be somewhere alone on a mountain to feel it.
How did the internet react?
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The post had quite the impact on those who came across it on X. Posted on July 21, it raked in 319.9k views, more than 8,000 likes and comments to match. While some responded with humour, others responded with fewer words, but it had an overall humbling effect on all.
"Bro took N. Murthy's advice to the heart," wrote one. "No way this is true," chimed in a second. "May be the blue screen got extended," joked a third. "As the tech industry grows, so does the phenomenon of loneliness among professionals. A hidden truth: sometimes, the most advanced technology can't replace human interaction," was another user's honest take.
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