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[Pipcard]

"Acting normal" means not being true to myself. I am not some conformist who does whatever it takes to "fit in".

Besides, when someone asks "what's up" or "how are you doing", I reply with "nothing" or "I'm fine". And that's it. Because I have nothing to say.

All sorts of stuff? Like what, exactly?

 

[MaverickSawyer]

Well, one of my sisters learned French, and was giving the names of stuff on the table in French, to which my other sister started to try and imitate her. As she tried (and failed), I teased her about not having enough of a head cold to pull it off.

 

[Pipcard]

I still wouldn't really enjoy IRL small talk if that happened.

I mean, if you enjoy real life socializing, I have no problem with that. I just have a problem with forced socialization, and people telling others how they should live their lives, all in the name of "normality." It's just plain unnecessary. Like forcing YouTubers to use Google+.

 

[mojoey]

Well, one of my sisters learned French, and was giving the names of stuff on the table in French, to which my other sister started to try and imitate her. As she tried (and failed), I teased her about not having enough of a head cold to pull it off.

Communicating in foreign languages has never been my family's strong suit...my Brother for instance, was flirting with a waitress in Spanish when she started laughing (as did his friend). So he asks her what she thought he said.

"Hey there, did you know I'm pregnant with a baby goat?"

 

[MaverickSawyer]

:rofl:

 

[Linguofreak]

:rofl:

This is a great way to teach your children how to set up ad-hoc WiFi.

 

[Urwumpe]

I'm actually pretty asocial/introverted in real life, and I would consider that an act of cruelty.

I find it pretty funny. I am the asocial bastard in the family, but I feel pretty annoyed that my whole family spends the evening staring into smartphones, when we sit together. I would have expected me to do that - but somehow I am also pretty asocial on the smartphone...

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Well, one of my sisters learned French, and was giving the names of stuff on the table in French, to which my other sister started to try and imitate her. As she tried (and failed), I teased her about not having enough of a head cold to pull it off.

I always exchanged terrible insults and heated arguments with my little brother in English while washing the dishes together, because our parents can't speak English.

(But my mother learned Danish lately in revenge)

 

[Pipcard]

┓┏ 凵 =╱⊿┌┬┐

 

[PhantomCruiser]

Man is a social being. But not everyone likes the same things (obviously).

If there were a "meet-n-greet" of Orbinauts, would you attend?
Or a NASA event open to the public, no admission fee, and a chance to meet several members of the current and past astronaut corp, would you attend?

I met my wife while paying for gas at a conveinience store. If I were antisocial/introverted I probably wouldn't have flirted so much with her (dated 2 nights later, married 1 1/2 years later and just celebrated our 20th anniversary in October).

My daughter dumped one of her past boyfriends because he couldn't pull his head out of his, uhh, laptop. At the time of the BP oil spill he didn't know anything about it, and once he found out he couldn't understand what the big deal was.

Anyway, IMHO, this forum (and several like it) are a natural extensions or continuations of those BBSs that I had so much fun with in the 80's (mmm 300 baud modems). But there are several "brands" of social media that have done nothing but make people less social.

There are exceptions. As a member of a particular fraternity, we are obligated to look in and take care of the widows of members that have passed on. Several of them (mostly very elderly) have taken to facebook like a dog to a fire hydrant. Reconnecting to old (literally speaking) friends and family members that live all over the country.

My daughter on the other hand, knows that if I catch her staring at her lap at the dinner table too many times (particularly if we are eating out) she runs the risk of her phone being inoperable soon, or losing possesion of it for a while.

 

[Urwumpe]

If there were a "meet-n-greet" of Orbinauts, would you attend?

If somebody sends me a SMS shortly before, reminding me on the appointment...yes :lol:

 

[MaverickSawyer]

If there were a "meet-n-greet" of Orbinauts, would you attend?

Oh hell yeah. :thumbup:

 

[Pipcard]

@PhantomCruiser: And of course someone brings up the cliched phrase "man is a social animal".

If there's a "meet-and-greet" of Orbinauts, the main problem would be everyone having to physically travel to one location. That's why we have internet forums. You can easily find people who share the same interests as you.

The idea of it being face-to-face doesn't make it worth it either.
I don't want to show my face on the internet, so I don't want to meet people on the internet in real life.

 

[Urwumpe]

I don't want to show my face on the internet, so I don't want to meet people on the internet in real life.

I do that pretty often. It is interesting, but also a lot different.

And no, I also don't like showing my face on the internet too often. But many forum regulars know the few occasions on which I did that.

 

[PhantomCruiser]

If there's a "meet-and-greet" of Orbinauts, the main problem would be everyone having to physically travel to one location. That's why we have internet forums. You can easily find people who share the same interests as you.

That isn't what I asked. Yes I know the logistical problems with such an event, but still; that isn't what I asked.

Look if you want to spend your life in a cave, so long as there's a suitable wifi signal, by all means knock yourself out.

Life happens at eye level. Too much looking down and you'll miss out. Another exception would be a blind person but I hope you understand the meaning.

I've been accused of being antisocial because I insist on working the midnight shift here. My response is usually along the lines of "I'm not antisocial, I've just got a low tolerance for BS. And man is there a ton of that stuff laying around on the day shift".

I've never been to a high school reunion because out of a class of 600 (or so) there were only about 20 that I really liked, and only counted 2 of them as "friends". Of those 20, 17 remain and I see them/talk/or FB them on a regular basis. The other 580 (or so) can fall off a cliff for all I care (I suppose you could say we are irrelevant to one another).

 

[orb]

Who interested in the genre doesn't own Skyrim after two years?

I only made this mistake with Morrowind, eventually buying it 3 times (including one in English). Since then I wait until expansions/DLCs are packed into GOTY version.

So there's another happy customer of the Skyrim Legendary Edition.

 

[Urwumpe]

So there's another happy customer of the Skyrim Legendary Edition.

Same here... but I didn't install it yet. 20 days left till the holidays start.

 

[Izack]

No it's not. I'm asocial too, and I make an effort to make conversation, rather than bury my head in my phone.

Well, sometimes you're surrounded with people who will only bring you down in conversation, like relatives who are only ever disappointed in how weird you are, or coworkers/classmates who talk constantly about appropriate normal things like partying and puking into toilets all night, when you have zero interest in such things. In that case, I wouldn't begrudge someone avoiding it. Especially if you can find some better solace online.

Of course, it's important to keep you ears open and not wall everyone off without giving them a chance, but I've seen friends driven into deep depression just by having to constantly interact with the wrong types of people. One, having a major personal issue his family would totally ignore if not oppress him about, only found any support in some Tumblr community. For some months, it kept him from suicide, until he finally sought out help.

:rant:

(Note: I'm not comparing Pipcard to any of this; I'm just irked by some parts of the "talking to real people cures your antisocialness" argument.)

 

[n122vu]

Well, one of my sisters learned French, and was giving the names of stuff on the table in French, to which my other sister started to try and imitate her. As she tried (and failed), I teased her about not having enough of a head cold to pull it off.

Heh. Immediately thought of this scene.

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Man is a social being....

...a feeling creature. And because of it, the greatest in the universe.

 

[MattBaker]

Man is a social being.

I won't use my knowledge about Aristotle to prove this sentence wrong because the other points you are making are great.

On the other hand I totally agree with Urwumpe. I'm the "asocial", I guess introverted though I never liked these words, in the family. But the one looking at a phone screen during dinner is my sister, the social one who visited more parties than I visited school during 9th grade.:shifty:
I have people to talk to. I have the rare occassion of seeing my family. I am next to people I value, I am good friends with, I love and the other way round. Every second of seeing someone I like is an honor and a joy and I don't want to ruin this time by pressing buttons on my phone. Even if I talk to other friends there: Face to face-contact > phone texts. Everytime. No discussion.

There's also a thing called social skills. How you interact with people. No offence to other animals (like coyotes, wait, what?) but that's something that makes the human human and that makes the human special and somehow important.


That's everything I'd have to say about the whole topic.
Except maybe: An orbiter-forum meetup would be something I pay money for, if I had any.:uhh:

 

[Urwumpe]

That's everything I'd have to say about the whole topic.
Except maybe: An orbiter-forum meetup would be something I pay money for, if I had any.:uhh:

This year, December 31. Let us launch some rockets and hail probe!