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01-01-2011, 01:46 PM
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Location: Queens THE REAL international city
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Originally Posted by Dweet
On the other hand, many of us go crazy after dealing with humans on a daily basis.
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01-01-2011, 02:00 PM
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Originally Posted by Lital_The_Best
Totally true.
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I agree with this and the comment that prompted it. I have an attention span for people of about two hours, unless I've known them for YEARS.
I am an HSP and INFP and can only take so much. With email and forums, I can turn things on and off at will without offending anyone. It's not that I don't relate well (when I choose to relate well with people), it's just often I prefer my own company. As an introvert, I recharge my battery by being ALONE. |
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01-01-2011, 02:01 PM
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Location: Middle America
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I keep reading the thread title as, "Are people on CD socialist?"
Per the actual topic...I'm pretty social. I have a boyfriend, dog, go places, do things. We go out to eat a lot, go to concerts, travel a ton, etc. I won't turn down social opportunities specifically so I can hang out online (although I will turn down social opportunities if they suck, and often would rather be at home reading, online or otherwise).
But I do appreciate forums, have for years. I started messageboarding (not on city-data) when I was in my early twenties and living and working in a remote local where there weren't many people my age around to do things with. So I did a lot of my socializing online, versus hang out alone and be truly antisocial all the time. I'm a reader and a writer, and like a lively written conversation. Forums are good like that, or can be once you filter out the idiots. I also like how it allows me to make friends and get to know people I wouldn't have known, otherwise. Which makes it a pretty social pursuit.
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01-01-2011, 02:04 PM
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Location: College Park, MD
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Originally Posted by Braunwyn
Who has a perfect life?
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a lot of people |
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01-01-2011, 02:08 PM
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Location: Middle America
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Originally Posted by HurricaneDC
a lot of people
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Really, mostly just liars. |
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01-01-2011, 02:12 PM
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Originally Posted by Braunwyn
Ahh, that's the modern D&D, right? My dh was involved with D&D when we met and one of my roommates.  My dorky baby. |
That reminds of when I was younger. The guys would dress up in swords and shields and grab the battle axes. After a few days in the Longboats we would have a blast pillaging and razing cities throughout Europe and Britain. It was all good fun. Other people said we were acting antisocial and refused to understand  . It was not like we had this "innertube" thingy the kids have these days to occupy the time. |
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01-01-2011, 02:22 PM
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Location: College Park, MD
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Originally Posted by TabulaRasa
Really, mostly just liars.
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pfft
I know plenty of people personally whose lives seem pretty perfect. They don't have abusive families or terminal illnesses so really what else can they be hiding? |
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01-01-2011, 02:24 PM
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Originally Posted by HurricaneDC
pfft
I know plenty of people personally whose lives seem pretty perfect. They don't have abusive families or terminal illnesses so really what else can they be hiding?
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It's human nature.  Even the person in a "perfect life" will find something to be miserable about. |
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01-01-2011, 02:32 PM
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I once called a crisis line when my dad was dying and I'd fired off some nasty emails to family. I was mortified. The other guy on the end of the line told me he could find a DSM IV diagnosis in EVERYONE in the population if he wanted to. I believe him. There is no "normal." Normal is a setting on a washing machine.
CD people are not anti-social. They may be bored with TV, news, other people yet still want actual conversation. That is not anti-social or abnormal.
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01-01-2011, 02:35 PM
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Location: Valparaiso, IN
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Originally Posted by jmusmc85
I was just looking through random threads on the relationship board and it seems like a lot of you people are anti-social, or at least don't get out much. I'm not trying to be mean, it's just an observation. Me, my social life is fine. I have a long term bf, dog, friends, go to school, work and go out a few times a week to bars, clubs, team sports, friend's houses and of course out to eat regularly at nice places. I just find the discussion on CD interesting and thought provoking. Do you think City Data attracts people who are not good at socializing???  |
OP, if you're only visiting one or two of the fora, you're not getting a good cross-section of the entire C-D audience. I don't spend much time in the Relationships forum, but I do spend time in some other fora where people are very sociable, have busy social lives outside their PCs, and often meet up in person with other C-D'ers. |
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