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It's always the f ing electronic leashes people can't seem to break away from.
Yet sometimes those very same eLeashes are a lifeline for people in, shall we say, developmentally-disadvantaged areas.
Even wolves need company once in a while...
The OP's statement reminds me of a man sworn off of technology, a Luddite, watching a plane take off with his family on their vacation, cursing it all the while.
...or as the Bard mentioned in Julius Caesar -
"Men at some time are masters of their fates:
The fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars,
But in ourselves, that we are underlings."
On the other hand, if it weren't for that, maybe we'd get the hell out more!
Out to where? Where do you go when every street has a 1:1 ratio of bars to churches? When the downtown area (which barely qualifies as such) offers mainly college-student-aged diversions? When the biggest adult cultural attraction is the coal-mining tour?
I walk in the woods, I visit the river, say hello to the plants and animals. I ride my bike to nowhere in particular to get away from an un-named dread.
I should give up my DSL for what?!? And lose crisp repartee like this?
Out to where? Where do you go when every street has a 1:1 ratio of bars to churches? When the downtown area (which barely qualifies as such) offers mainly college-student-aged diversions? When the biggest adult cultural attraction is the coal-mining tour?
I walk in the woods, I visit the river, say hello to the plants and animals. I ride my bike to nowhere in particular to get away from an un-named dread.
I should give up my DSL for what?!? And lose crisp repartee like this?
Oh, don't get me started on that... I've no desire to leave the house anymore, either. It's total disgust everywhere for one reason or another. Was about to rant about that last night, but decided against it. Damn be the day! You know which day!
For crying out loud! You folks are not lone wolves. Just typical modern urban dwellers. Surrounded by so many people that you pull away to maintain some semblance of privacy. Sure most of your fellow herd is only interested in electronic grazing and having their hearing plugged with noise makers as they wend through the mass of humanity that surrounds all of you. But just because you lament the herd membership, it does not cast you from it.
Real Lone Wolves are not accepted by the pack. They make their own way with only a occasional howling at the moon. We are lonely but at the same time we are not, since we accept the fact we are not like you.
Real Lone Wolves are not accepted by the pack. They make their own way with only a occasional howling at the moon. We are lonely but at the same time we are not, since we accept the fact we are not like you.
Believe me - without any ID at all, no house, no bank accounts, no car, jobs paid in cash? Try getting accepted at the Social Security or DMV windows. Try buying a house, a car. Try to get a job in any real business. Try to travel. Heck, try getting married. Accepting PayPal payments.
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