I don't believe standing is so much a part of it as is simple comfort, knowing the mattress of personalities you fall asleep with aren't apt to force the point of a spring into your back.
I doubt you're estranged from the human race as much as you like to believe.
I respect your opinion (artfully stated, I might add), but I think the comfort we gain by joining groups is the byproduct, akin to dopeamines(spelling?) being stimulated in the brain when we do certain drugs resulting in euphoria; where as, like the depression or lonliness or stress that sends us seeking relief with said drugs, it is standing and acceptance in life which propells us to become part of groups.
As for being estranged from the human race... well, if nothing else, I find at least ECF and this community does help me reach out more than I normally do. I love ECF.
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