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[TheBiggerFish]

Don't hug when you're sick!

But serious BiggerFish, your hugging muscles get so much work, one day you're gonna hug the world.

D'aww. 

[TD1]

Then people will know you as the Midgaard Fish, and come Ragnarok you will rise out of the sea to eat Thor.

[Descan]

Then people will know you as the Midgaard Fish, and come Ragnarok you will rise out of the sea to hug Thor.

ftfy

[TheBiggerFish]

Then people will know you as the Midgaard Fish, and come Ragnarok you will rise out of the sea to hug Thor.

ftfy

That one works better.  ;P

[TD1]

Thor's initial reaction:

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Thor's reaction during:

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[Spehss _]

Man I'm lonely. No idea where to meet people at my age, college classes do not seem the place where people are looking to make new friends. Grade school was pretty much my only way to make friends as a kid.

People in general seem less interested in meeting people. If they aren't in a group of friends already and unapproachable, then they're looking at their phone and probably hostile to anyone who disturbs them.

[TheBiggerFish]

Man I'm lonely. No idea where to meet people at my age, college classes do not seem the place where people are looking to make new friends. Grade school was pretty much my only way to make friends as a kid.

People in general seem less interested in meeting people. If they aren't in a group of friends already and unapproachable, then they're looking at their phone and probably hostile to anyone who disturbs them.

I feel you.  Even though I'm almost part of the problen myself with the whole 'on my phone all the time'.

[JoshuaFH]

Man I'm lonely. No idea where to meet people at my age, college classes do not seem the place where people are looking to make new friends. Grade school was pretty much my only way to make friends as a kid.

People in general seem less interested in meeting people. If they aren't in a group of friends already and unapproachable, then they're looking at their phone and probably hostile to anyone who disturbs them.

I feel you.  Even though I'm almost part of the problen myself with the whole 'on my phone all the time'.

A month or so ago, I actually wrote up this big thing, and then decided to not post it, but the gist of it was: that advances in healthcare and entertainment technology were leading us into an "Indifference Apocalypse" where people will be nigh-immortal, but also infinitely placated, so nobody will care about anything or do anything with their vastly long lives. That humanity has mistaken technological achievement for humanitarian achievement, and that's leading us down a road to ruin.

[Tiruin]

Man I'm lonely. No idea where to meet people at my age, college classes do not seem the place where people are looking to make new friends. Grade school was pretty much my only way to make friends as a kid.

People in general seem less interested in meeting people. If they aren't in a group of friends already and unapproachable, then they're looking at their phone and probably hostile to anyone who disturbs them.

I feel you.  Even though I'm almost part of the problen myself with the whole 'on my phone all the time'.

A month or so ago, I actually wrote up this big thing, and then decided to not post it, but the gist of it was: that advances in healthcare and entertainment technology were leading us into an "Indifference Apocalypse" where people will be nigh-immortal, but also infinitely placated, so nobody will care about anything or do anything with their vastly long lives. That humanity has mistaken technological achievement for humanitarian achievement, and that's leading us down a road to ruin.

I'd...like to inquire one thing--do you approach others out of your own initiative?
Because the exact opposite is occurring where I am; everyone is generally approcheable, and not connected to devices moreso than the people around them. The connection between thoughts and the environment and all. Maybe it's a socio-economic thing, but the note of everything being holistic in nature (as in everything is networked together, affecting each other--aspects of culture, technology, society, etc) occurs here too. If you don't see the desired humanitarian culture being propagated, that doesn't mean you can't start putting emphasis on it yourselves despite the social climate around you.

However I do see familiarity--there are very widely spread videos which show this connection to technology (which is partly why I denote 'socio-economic' because of the connection between availability, price, and general access or use--like how I made a sad post earlier about how some people who have AWESOME internet speeds spending time online and...at times, being jerks to others in online games rather than investing that opportunity in other things, ending in me not being sad at that (because its a reflection of development) but being sad at the current lack or incompleteness of support towards these advances in technology), and given that many folks here are from America the idea seems like its prevalent when its more localized in differing varieties of a big scale. o_O

Maybe it's just me--but me seeing people describe college like that seems...estranged from all I've been seeing here, along with many others in the area (ie spending time with friends; valuing friends; seeing the connection with others, and one's own thoughts, as just as or MORE important than any social media [as that wasn't made to replace connecting to people], etc). To the quotes above, either it's the initial impression backed up, or supported because of 'common' idea, or it's something to take note of but not get defeated by.

[JoshuaFH]

Man I'm lonely. No idea where to meet people at my age, college classes do not seem the place where people are looking to make new friends. Grade school was pretty much my only way to make friends as a kid.

People in general seem less interested in meeting people. If they aren't in a group of friends already and unapproachable, then they're looking at their phone and probably hostile to anyone who disturbs them.

I feel you.  Even though I'm almost part of the problen myself with the whole 'on my phone all the time'.

A month or so ago, I actually wrote up this big thing, and then decided to not post it, but the gist of it was: that advances in healthcare and entertainment technology were leading us into an "Indifference Apocalypse" where people will be nigh-immortal, but also infinitely placated, so nobody will care about anything or do anything with their vastly long lives. That humanity has mistaken technological achievement for humanitarian achievement, and that's leading us down a road to ruin.

I'd...like to inquire one thing--do you approach others out of your own initiative?

I'm going to presume that this question isn't just aimed at me, but also at Spehss and Biggerfish and perhaps anyone else reading that has similar concerns.

But I have to say that I don't approach people very often, and while I want to say that I get very few actual opportunities to approach people and be sociable, my life isn't barren of opportunites, and I can't say I've placed in the best faith effort to alleviate my own loneliness. "Humans are social creatures Josh, living in self-isolation isn't feasible." is a piece of wisdom I can no longer attribute a source to, but I remember it distinctly. At the same, I feel that humans are predictable and trivial creatures, and by extension "I'm" a predictable and trivial creature, that humans are nothing special and by extension I am nothing special. If the goal of sociability is the arbitrage of experiences, then I all too often feel that I don't have much to share, and others don't have much to share with me. That's a deprecating belief, but at the same time it's a narcissistic belief. That by believing it I am implying I know better than the people I don't even know yet, which is pathologically self-loving basically by definition. I feel I've placed myself into a rather bad spot in my life, and while the temptation to blame any number of external forces is strong, the simple truth is I only have myself to blame; and I suppose that induces despair more than anything.

But in my guess at the Indifference Apocalypse, I suppose that idea was instigated by watching a youtube video describing the discovery of a new technique in genetic modification, "Crispr", and that this is a herald of things to come. What things? Only god knows, but it is foreboding to say the least. Part of why I didn't post that idea originally when I actually wrote it up, was because I didn't want to be seen as an anti-technology backwards nutjob, nostalgic for a place and time I never lived in, but after reading through most of Brave New World, I can't help but feel we are inexorably approaching the brave new world ourselves, and I can't help but feel that even if Humanity as a whole becomes stronger than ever, the human experience and the worthwhileness of human life will be vastly diminished.

[Trapezohedron]

No jobs atm, Miriam Defensor passed away, Senate going apeshit and pulling a Kangaroo Court over De Lima, which while I don't say she's a trustworthy individual, doesn't deserve to be bashed that way by linking a porn video and claiming that was her to further defame the individual, and the President's gone apeshit. All the while, I also worry for the dwindling economy, because investors do NOT like investing in uncertain environments.

I'm not sure where to even begin.

[TheBiggerFish]

@Tiruin:Other people are scary though :v  What if they don't like me, what if they're annoyed, etc.  :x

@Trapezohedron:*hugs* Stay safe.

[Emma]

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:I I don't seem to be able to do anything right. People hate me no matter what I do.

[TheBiggerFish]

@Gamedragon:

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I don't hate you.
You are a good person.
What happened?

[hector13]

Then you find other people What you are doing is catastrophising, thinking the worst'll happen just because.

How likely is it these things'll happen as opposed to them thinking you're actually pretty cool, or charming?

What would you do if people did, within moments of meeting you, dislike you or consider you annoying?

@GD: you sure bro? Who are these "people" who hate you so?