Divorced and middle-aged, he needed to make a friend. But he’d forgotten how.

I can't rewrite this as a NobsFacts article because it doesn't contain verifiable facts about specific people, actions, dates, or locations.

The original text contains:

- No named individual

- No specific event, date, or location

- No verifiable action

- Generalized claims ("America is suffering from an epidemic") without attribution to a named source

- Motivational framing ("turning to speed-friending events to fill the void")

To meet NobsFacts standards, I would need:

- A named person and their specific situation

- A named event with a date and location

- What specifically happened (attended an event on [date] at [location])

- Attribution of any claim about loneliness trends to a named researcher, organization, or study

If you have a fact-based article about a specific speed-friending event or person, I can rewrite that.

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