What's ironic is that, if you posted this on social media, the most likely response would just be a "like".
I confess that I'm not very social these days. I don't want to go out; I don't want to talk to people; I want to tend my garden and play with my kids. And I'm a crappy gardener.
Interestingly, that means that I'm closer to a lot of people whom I only know online -- many of whom I've never met in real life -- than I am to my neighbors.
Does this make you more willing to ask these questions of the people in your life now? I think those lingering questions didn't seem important when they happened but now that the opportunity for answers/closure have passed you realize how important those answers were/are to you. But in the moment, we think they are no big deal or not important enough to worry about. Maybe we didn't want to risk losing the relationship over something "trivial" only to realize it was a pivotal moment in your relationship or life direction.
I get that. We moved here about three years ago and making true friendships is more difficult than it was just 15 years ago when we last moved to a new region. I just figured it was because we were older. Maybe the electronic distance was more of a factor.
While I agree with you, I am unconvinced it is a bad thing given the state of "people". Even before the holocoof, it was pretty obvious that something was fundamentally missing from them, and the NPC meme is very real. In the past, I'd be forced around them and discriminated against if I wasn't interested.
I suppose there are still plenty seething that I've disengaged from soyciety, but it doesn't affect me so I can ignore it.
I couldn't name any of my neighbors if my life depended on it. And I know one key thing about them - they will steal my shit if given the opportunity, so I have no interest in changing that.
Ultimately, I have negative interest in engaging with others unless we have common interests. And I won't even ask about that shit offline, lest I encounter the zombie hordes in a place they can hurt me. Online they aren't very common either, but the chances are higher than absolute zero.
And the fail conditions aren't so bad either. Worst case is I point and laugh at some triggered NPC before pressing the magic button and making them go away, best case is all that and I have source material.
It is not so daunting as the doubt cast by looking down into that shadow of doubt… Our first victory by merely looking to the heavens, and now smile if only in your heart knowing we have already won come what may pass is passed. Our lines will not be breached… Ours is the army of legend held forever in the arms of love and hope. Now chin up, always first order of battle.
What's ironic is that, if you posted this on social media, the most likely response would just be a "like".
I confess that I'm not very social these days. I don't want to go out; I don't want to talk to people; I want to tend my garden and play with my kids. And I'm a crappy gardener.
Interestingly, that means that I'm closer to a lot of people whom I only know online -- many of whom I've never met in real life -- than I am to my neighbors.
Does this make you more willing to ask these questions of the people in your life now? I think those lingering questions didn't seem important when they happened but now that the opportunity for answers/closure have passed you realize how important those answers were/are to you. But in the moment, we think they are no big deal or not important enough to worry about. Maybe we didn't want to risk losing the relationship over something "trivial" only to realize it was a pivotal moment in your relationship or life direction.
I get that. We moved here about three years ago and making true friendships is more difficult than it was just 15 years ago when we last moved to a new region. I just figured it was because we were older. Maybe the electronic distance was more of a factor.
While I agree with you, I am unconvinced it is a bad thing given the state of "people". Even before the holocoof, it was pretty obvious that something was fundamentally missing from them, and the NPC meme is very real. In the past, I'd be forced around them and discriminated against if I wasn't interested.
I suppose there are still plenty seething that I've disengaged from soyciety, but it doesn't affect me so I can ignore it.
I couldn't name any of my neighbors if my life depended on it. And I know one key thing about them - they will steal my shit if given the opportunity, so I have no interest in changing that.
Ultimately, I have negative interest in engaging with others unless we have common interests. And I won't even ask about that shit offline, lest I encounter the zombie hordes in a place they can hurt me. Online they aren't very common either, but the chances are higher than absolute zero.
And the fail conditions aren't so bad either. Worst case is I point and laugh at some triggered NPC before pressing the magic button and making them go away, best case is all that and I have source material.
It is not so daunting as the doubt cast by looking down into that shadow of doubt… Our first victory by merely looking to the heavens, and now smile if only in your heart knowing we have already won come what may pass is passed. Our lines will not be breached… Ours is the army of legend held forever in the arms of love and hope. Now chin up, always first order of battle.