Can someone tell me what this sentence means?

"Social contacts and interactions occure disproportionately among individuals who share similar lifestyles."

I read it, but I can't understand it. Can someone tell me what it means in simpler English?

"Friendships usually occur more often among those who share common interests."

Sorry, that's my best try.

I think its saying that people who share common interests arent always friends or something like that.queenfan66

that's what i got as well

I need to see it in context please. could you put up a little more of the paragraph that came from.

It could also mean the exact opposite. Frattracide

You're right! What the hell is happening here? Something is wrong!

Pics or it didn't happen.gomersowner

It could mean "A person is more likely to hang around people like themselves, as opposed to other people." It could also mean the exact opposite. That's some poor syntax right there. Frattracide

Exactly what I thought when I read that. More context is needed.

[QUOTE="gomersowner"]Pics or it didn't happen.Fox-sama

What this means is, the people you meet are more likely to have more interests NOT in common with you than the interests they DO have in common. Fox-sama

[QUOTE="Fox-sama"]What this means is, the people you meet are more likely to have more interests NOT in common with you than the interests they DO have in common. Fox-sama

that doesn make sense. couldnt it be disproprotionatly less or disprorportionaly more?

[QUOTE="Fox-sama"][QUOTE="Fox-sama"]What this means is, the people you meet are more likely to have more interests NOT in common with you than the interests they DO have in common. iusm78

that doesn make sense. couldnt it be disproprotionatly less or disprorportionaly more?

For example, say you're playing Halo 3, and you want to limit the people you play against to just those that are around the same level as you. That's proportional, i.e., equal.

What the sentence is saying is that, concerning the people you meet, their interests aren't equal to yours. Therefore, your interests aren't taken into account when you meet someone new.

[QUOTE="iusm78"]

[QUOTE="Fox-sama"][QUOTE="Fox-sama"]What this means is, the people you meet are more likely to have more interests NOT in common with you than the interests they DO have in common. Fox-sama

that doesn make sense. couldnt it be disproprotionatly less or disprorportionaly more?

For example, say you're playing Halo 3, and you want to limit the people you play against to just those that are around the same level as you. That's proportional, i.e., equal.

What the sentence is saying is that, concerning the people you meet, their interests aren't equal to yours. Therefore, your interests aren't taken into account when you meet someone new.

but i think the proportionate is talken about the social interactions when its like random people vs people have stuffs in common with. then its disproportionatly big or disproportiontly small compared to random peeps.

[QUOTE="Fox-sama"][QUOTE="iusm78"]

[QUOTE="Fox-sama"][QUOTE="Fox-sama"]What this means is, the people you meet are more likely to have more interests NOT in common with you than the interests they DO have in common. iusm78

that doesn make sense. couldnt it be disproprotionatly less or disprorportionaly more?

For example, say you're playing Halo 3, and you want to limit the people you play against to just those that are around the same level as you. That's proportional, i.e., equal.

What the sentence is saying is that, concerning the people you meet, their interests aren't equal to yours. Therefore, your interests aren't taken into account when you meet someone new.

but i think the proportionate is talken about the social interactions when its like random people vs people have stuffs in common with. then its disproportionatly big or disproportiontly small compared to random peeps.

[QUOTE="iusm78"][QUOTE="Fox-sama"][QUOTE="iusm78"]

[QUOTE="Fox-sama"][QUOTE="Fox-sama"]What this means is, the people you meet are more likely to have more interests NOT in common with you than the interests they DO have in common. Fox-sama

that doesn make sense. couldnt it be disproprotionatly less or disprorportionaly more?

For example, say you're playing Halo 3, and you want to limit the people you play against to just those that are around the same level as you. That's proportional, i.e., equal.

What the sentence is saying is that, concerning the people you meet, their interests aren't equal to yours. Therefore, your interests aren't taken into account when you meet someone new.

but i think the proportionate is talken about the social interactions when its like random people vs people have stuffs in common with. then its disproportionatly big or disproportiontly small compared to random peeps.

i dunno think so man. cause thats not even true.

Let's say you're with a group of people. More times than not, the topics you talk about will have nothing to do with the lifestyles you have.

Let me see if I can put this in a different way...

Let's say you're with a group of people. More times than not, the topics you talk about will have nothing to do with the lifestyles you have.

Fox-sama

but see thats not true either. when im with my friends were always talken about our lifestyles

[QUOTE="Fox-sama"]Let me see if I can put this in a different way...

Let's say you're with a group of people. More times than not, the topics you talk about will have nothing to do with the lifestyles you have.

iusm78

but see thats not true either. when im with my friends were always talken about our lifestyles

Plus, it's not concerning whether you and your friends share the same lifestyle, but rather, the stuff you talk is not equal to the lifestyles you live.