@NanoSoft @nightsavior True true...not all my internet experiences have been pleasant. That's just life in general I feel a double edged sword of positives and negatives..., you gotta take the good with the bad!
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I "still" encourage getting out more......be it by yourself,with friends,or with family. Whether it's just a walk in the park or going camping! Adjust your GPS route accordingly to factor in potential dangers of course! (Mad hobos,gang bangers,hungry bears,neurotic raccoons,satanic hill-billies,etc......lol.)
@NanoSoft @nightsavior @nightsavior I do take myself out...just yesterday, I went to a new area on my own! It was scary at first because I never been there, but once I reached my destination I had a great time! I ate Taco Bell, then went to a retro game store. Sadly, the things I asked about in there weren't available, but I did come across a vintage action figure set of Resident Evil 2 which has a Claire Redfield action figure and a toy crossbow that shoots a projectile and a zombie cop that splits in half when shot with the toy crossbow! It was straight from 1998 lol. And for $30 new, I felt like I scored a bargain! I could've seen that being at least double the price. But yea that was my mini adventure that I went on...the next step I feel like is going places like the ones that I went to in that trip, but with some additional company next time if I so choose. We'll see what the future has in store regarding possible new friends, real friends who I can speak to anything about, not just the shallow stuff.
That Claire Redfield action figure was a sweet score for your exploration efforts! Taco Bell is one of my guilty pleasures as well!
@NanoSoft @nightsavior @nightsavior Indeed! Glad to know you appreciate Taco Bell as well XD
Any food that's affordable and tastes good gets my seal of approval....even if it's "hell" when it goes out the other end! lol.
@NanoSoft @nightsavior @nightsavior LMAO XD
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This blog post touches upon many things I've been thinking about lately. The things that did resonate with me in this post, hit me deep. It does feel like people have been more distant, and it feels harder (if not straight up impossible) to make friends with newer people now as an adult than it did back in high school for example. I did some online searching, and it threw me into a depression of sorts because the articles I read had proven research or something that said it's harder to form friends as adults, and it lines up with my current reality.
Even when I went to visit relatives overseas a few months ago, in a different country and culture, this sense of disconnection was there too. I had hope that things might have been different there, that there would be a sense of close knit connection there, but asides from some moments, there wasn't that sense of connection there. it was disappointing and sad.
However, I don't think a tech apocalypse is the solution. I firmly believe in the good technology brings us. I don't claim to know that solution (yet?), but I do think that joining communities based on common interests online, such as certain online forums about topics that interest you, isn't nearly the equivalent of being in a good high school group of friends with female friends included, but it feels good to interact there because you can get into discussions with people, you can share what's on your mind, like you did with this post. It may be difficult to find them sometimes, but I do believe there's people out there still on the web and in real life, which are chill, cool, intelligent, etc.
I'll end this reply by saying, that I kind of envy you for being able to experience 1999 like how you did! I was only a toddler back then, but yea...sounds really cool to have been able to experience it like how you did
nightsavior
I was being a bit over-dramatic with the tech apocalypse angle. lol. Technology has always been a love/hate topic for me. Like you I enjoy surfing forums, having easy access to information, and talking to people online I have things in common with but I also recognize it creates witch hunters and extremists,fiending for their newest self righteous dopamine high by dishing out their own brand of justice on anyone they "perceive" to be guilty. (Aka, anyone they dislike for whatever reason) There are also many young women in particular that solely exist to be praised about their looks and to amass as many thumbs up/followers as humanly possible. What can I say? The internet is a double edged sword of positives and negatives!