why make a post about this if you don't think there is anything wrong with it? why ask the very same people you want to be isolated from to give opinions on the matter?
Discussion purposes. To see if I really am the only person who doesn't have a problem with this kind of activity. Also, I guess I wasn't clear - I'm not talking about boarding myself up in my hose for years on end and never seeing another soul. I do have two people I'd call friends, am in a successful relationship, and socialize with people as necessary during work, school, or shopping. My significant other is a little bit of a party bug but she doesn't seem to care that I'm not interested in that.
I suppose the ideas I really wanted to open to to discussion were, Is it fine not to want to be a part of the huge social mechanisms of society? Is it fine to really only have one or two pals and not give a shit about meeting anybody new? Or, perhaps, is internet socialization the same as outdoor socialization? To be honest, I think they're a lot closer than people think. You can still form trust, emotional bonds, you can still do fun things together, and you can also still be tricked, lied to, or hurt. In terms of pure emotion I think they can be equal, if you can move past the stigma of "LOL INTERNET FREINDS U LOSER"
But that's just me.
does this mean you have a girlfriend but you're constantly hiding from the world playing video games and trying to avoid going out with her? because that makes no sense whatsoever and i'd probably dump you tbh, not over valentines day but just how can you date someone who can't deal with other human beings?
No, generally when we spend time together we're either gaming or watching tv. Occasionally we go to the movie theatre. Most of the other entertainment in this town (that doesn't involve drinking/bars/clubbing) is all outdoorsy stuff, hunting, fishing, hiking, rock climbing, camping etc, and neither of us are interested. So we generally just watch movies. She likes to go to university parties and head out to bars and all that, but I don't.
i'm all for spending plenty of time on the internet but if you seriously talk to people like this you need to like....TAKE A CLASS IN CONVERSATION or something because it's obvious you have no idea how to talk to a human being
Of course not, I was just paraphrasing.
listen, you are going to have a shitty fucking life if you don't stop acting like every single person is the worst human being, if you hate talking to people so much there's no reason to be on a message board, since we're people too.
But that's the thing about the internet. Despite our distances we can still talk like this, right now. What if one of my hobbies was, instead of game making, necrophilia or something. I'm quite sure I can't walk down the street and find somebody on my block interested in necrophilia, but I'm sure there's online communities about it somewhere. I've been where I am for four years now, and I haven't once found anybody else interested in amateur game making. The internet is an extremely useful tool in the context of this topic because it creates social communities for people where they might not exist in real life.
I don't hate people or anything like that, I just don't see the point in socializing when you have no common interests with the other person whatsoever - and considering that (despite all of my attempts to find something new to do,) my interests are still pretty limited, it limits the number of people I'd care to speak with. But on the internet, that's not true at all. Despite most likely not living near any of you, I can come to GW (or other sites) and talk about amateur game making if I so choose with large groups of people who are entirely real. Just cause you're bangin' on a keyboard doesn't make you less of a person.
Have you tried playing D&D or GURPS with a big group of friends, Dissonance?
No, but it sounds like the most horrendous thing imaginable.
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