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[Bauglir]

The fundamental problem I see in that "full life" being that thing is the failure to distinguish between "what will give me a short-term rush of dopamine" and "what will make me happy". I'm okay with people doing all those things, as long as they're not doing it just because they think it's what they're supposed to do in order to be whole people. That's just me, though, and there are certainly people I think have the same failing but incline toward opposite extremes.

Note, I don't think you're one of them, I get the sense that you do what you do because it's what seems right to you, not because you think it's universally good, and that you're lamenting the now-deep gulf the difference in preferences has created between you and people you used to know well and cared deeply about. It's sad to know that those people don't really exist, anymore, except as memories - and that the same holds for your own past self. This is a really depressing paragraph, actually, but anyway, it's more of a rambling on problems another friend of mine is going through because she's been pressured toward a lifestyle she doesn't want.

Feh. The good life is the one that doesn't leave you a broken shell of a human being at the end, and doesn't break anyone else. That's about all there is to it, as far as I'm concerned.

Also, you might consider seriously writing down what you're afraid of blurting out and presenting it, in paper form, to anybody who asks. Unless they are complete douches, they will laugh and get the picture. I did something similar with the facial expression I expected to need frequently, but be unable to make myself produce:

/\  --
0   0
 ____

Roughly. It's a bit difficult to reproduce.

Then again, that sort of thing requires a sort of confidence that I suppose is the root problem here, and I had the advantage of having known half the people there in middle school or high school. Just hoping discussion is calming to you in terms of getting your feelings out in text - may not be.

[Ogdibus]

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[SalmonGod]

I know it isn't just me.

It isn't just you.  I feel the same way.  If not for the internet, I would think I was the only one in the world, too.  But we're not.  There are plenty like us.  You're just not likely to spot us in real life.  Partly because we are rare and partly because other people's obnoxiousness causes us to fade into the background.

Disclaimer:  By rare I don't mean special.  By obnoxious I don't mean wrong.

[kaijyuu]

I'm so bored I'm reading arguments over the new wow expansion.

Help me.

[SalmonGod]

I'm so bored I'm reading arguments over the new wow expansion.

Help me.

Surely you can find something better to read on the internet without too much effort?

[kaijyuu]

Well I AM constantly refreshing the various forums I visit.


I'm certain there's some public domain book I could dig up or something. But meeeeeeh.

[SalmonGod]

I just enjoyed reading this.  Deserves to be illustrated, I think.

[Pnx]

My life feels like a dirge of emo depression punctuated by fleeting periods of happiness.
I just felt the need to say that out loud.

Anyway, so I was researching Latin grammar to try to figure out the correct grammar for a phrase, but quickly ran into a lot of trouble because I don't really know anything about grammar at all.
I honestly have a lot of trouble remember what verbs and nouns are... Heck I can't even remember right now and I looked it up 30 minutes ago. So it's rather difficult for me to wrap my head around what a past infinitive verb is. Nevertheless I think ex turribus sublou is what I was trying to get.
I would be very grateful if someone with some understanding of Latin could tell me what I just wrote.

[Angel Of Death]

I am very bored. I can't think of one thing to do.

[Urist Imiknorris]

Sleep?

[Angel Of Death]

Sleep?

But it's only 4:00...

[SirAaronIII]

PM or AM?

[Angel Of Death]

PM.

[Solifuge]

I just enjoyed reading this.  Deserves to be illustrated, I think.

That was a neat little story. I could see it serving as an interesting premise for a short movie or something too, if you developed it a bit.

[612DwarfAvenue]

My life feels like a dirge of emo depression punctuated by fleeting periods of happiness.
I just felt the need to say that out loud.

Anyway, so I was researching Latin grammar to try to figure out the correct grammar for a phrase, but quickly ran into a lot of trouble because I don't really know anything about grammar at all.
I honestly have a lot of trouble remember what verbs and nouns are... Heck I can't even remember right now and I looked it up 30 minutes ago. So it's rather difficult for me to wrap my head around what a past infinitive verb is. Nevertheless I think ex turribus sublou is what I was trying to get.
I would be very grateful if someone with some understanding of Latin could tell me what I just wrote.

Google Translate yields "From the turrets sublou". What were you trying to say in English?

EDIT: I changed "sublou" to "sublu" and got "from the turrets: HIGH". Keep in mind Google Translate's Latin translations are still a WIP, so i'll try another translator...

EDIT: I add a period at the end, and Google Translate gives me "UPWARD from the turrets".