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OHSnap
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7 Reasons the 21st Century is Making You Miserable
#7388357 - 09/09/07 02:33 PM (16 years, 4 months ago) |
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http://www.cracked.com/index.php?name=News&sid=2370
What do you guys think of this article? I can relate to a lot of it. In high school I was a complete computer nerd with tons of online friends. Since starting college 4 years ago ive come to realize for my self most of the points in this article. Since then I have been using technology less and less and have started actually talking and interacting with people in the real word. Stopping using instant messages and actually calling people has done wonders for me.
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Re: 7 Reasons the 21st Century is Making You Miserable [Re: OHSnap] 1
#7388415 - 09/09/07 02:54 PM (16 years, 4 months ago) |
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Thanks for posting this, I can relate to all of it too. Especially the bit about not having honest cutting conversations, my Myspace page was full of preachy 'insights' I thought shrooms had endowed upon me. My great friend Crystal just laughed at me and said I was being pretentious and self involved. It was like having the scales ripped off my eyes, you arent a friend if you are not comfortable enough to smash your friend's harmful ego delusions.
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Re: 7 Reasons the 21st Century is Making You Miserable [Re: Andy21]
#7388739 - 09/09/07 04:30 PM (16 years, 4 months ago) |
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Gosh that was like the best article I've ever read...
Goodbye Shroomery!!
...not really. But it was a really good article!
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Re: 7 Reasons the 21st Century is Making You Miserable [Re: boxcarguy07]
#7400221 - 09/12/07 10:41 AM (16 years, 4 months ago) |
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lame article. he states happiness stems from social gratification, when most people are happy to while their hours away on varios hobbies in the evening.
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Re: 7 Reasons the 21st Century is Making You Miserable [Re: moon_glue]
#7400645 - 09/12/07 12:59 PM (16 years, 4 months ago) |
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yea what about introverts who are asocial.
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Re: 7 Reasons the 21st Century is Making You Miserable [Re: moon_glue]
#7400742 - 09/12/07 01:32 PM (16 years, 4 months ago) |
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yea what about introverts who are asocial.
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Re: 7 Reasons the 21st Century is Making You Miserable [Re: moon_glue]
#7400988 - 09/12/07 02:53 PM (16 years, 4 months ago) |
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Quote:
moon_glue said: lame article. he states happiness stems from social gratification
I do however agree with number 5.
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Re: 7 Reasons the 21st Century is Making You Miserable [Re: Icelander] 1
#7402494 - 09/12/07 08:56 PM (16 years, 4 months ago) |
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I think he's right about the lack of interaction with "annoying people" leading us to an inability to deal with most people at all. I've noticed it in myself. The less I wear my headphones, the less time I spend online, the more I'm initially irritated with all the minor nonsense around me. But that nonsense isn't nonsense at all, it's other people's lives.
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Re: 7 Reasons the 21st Century is Making You Miserable [Re: OHSnap]
#7412017 - 09/15/07 04:19 AM (16 years, 4 months ago) |
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i thought it was a pretty good article. the only part i don't so much agree with is that
1. we don't have mass media any longer,
and 2. that having one sided media is a good thing, in any way.
ignorance is bliss to an extent, in some cases, but people need to be aware of things sometimes that they'd prefer not to be.
but the article meant a lot to me.. i'm miserable, and irritable, and spend a good portion of my time reading and playing music and not really interacting with people all that much. i'm not sure if forcing myself to hang out with people has ever worked that great for me, though. i've definitely tried a bunch of times.
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Re: 7 Reasons the 21st Century is Making You Miserable [Re: OHSnap]
#7415338 - 09/16/07 02:49 AM (16 years, 4 months ago) |
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More or less what I've been saying for the past three years
Not that it's done anything for me realizing the social stunt of meeting people online, but still
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Re: 7 Reasons the 21st Century is Making You Miserable [Re: Hyper_Panda_GO]
#7424789 - 09/18/07 05:32 PM (16 years, 4 months ago) |
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I liked the article.
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