The offline life
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- pango0
there was a power outage one night. i started playing with fire... me+fire not a good idea... almost took out my eyebrow...
i'll stick with online stuff. thx!
- stoplying0
When you're out to eat with a group of people and everyone puts their phones on the table so they can see when they get a message. This bothers me.
I just try to make a true effort to actually listen and engage with people when I speak with them, and I hate when I'm sharing a story with someone and they suddenly look down and become engrossed in their phone.
*note to self - work on story telling ability.
- bjladams0
we were without power for a couple weeks last summer. was good. cooked out every evening. bathed in the kiddie pool. went to bed when it got dark. neighbors (and wife) thought we were crazy when the kids and i kept it up for an extra week.
myself, my business partner, and a few friends spend a week in the woods or on the river every couple months. it's needed.
- k_temp0
Louis CK is the best
- freshdude0
20 years ago, computers and forums were for lonely nerds.
Then Instant Messaging became acceptable.
Now everyone's Emo.
- d_rek0
Never underestimate mankind's infinite appetite for distraction.
- cannonball19780
The worst thing for anything that needs to happen is that it gets picked up by the " next big all the rage hip indie cool young people things".
- randomname0
What's an offline life?
- johnny_wobble0
i'm mostly on the computer only during the (work)day, unless i'm messing with my photos.
- scarabin0
the vocal hatred of trendiness is just another version of trendiness.
but worse i think, because they're more concerned about their appearance than the people actually enjoying the trends, who don't seem to give a fuck
- deep thoughts, by scarabin. *scribble, scribble*scarabin
- WRONGcannonball1978
- mg330
I get a little burned out on digital devices, but realize they're just a way of life these days, and I can't really avoid them.
It really just makes me want to camp more, be out in nature more, do some fishing, and make a point of detaching myself from phone and computer for a few days.
- randomname0
Reblogged.
- jagara0
@scarabin I think those two people thought of themselves a being very trendy themselves...
@mg33 true. Acting (making a concious choice) instead of reacting is the always the way to go...
- Iifeinvector0
I don't have anything against what anybody else does, but I like being as "disconnected" as I am. No iphone, facebook, TV, etc. I feel much more connected to real things now.
- define "real thing". cuz everything online is real as well. it's all happening.pango
- I guess I mean things like taking long walks, reading books, playing, meditating, etc.Iifeinvector
- But you're right, real is relative.Iifeinvector
- perhaps "real thing" is the extended information your brain gets.pango
- the feel, moisture and smell of the air. the depth and rang of colour of light, the sound of the wind and vehicle. the interaction is people in person.pango
- the interaction with people in person.pango
- albums0
The offline life does not start as a thread on a forum through your computer, I'll say that much. I'm sure it involves at least 1 piece of paper and a #2 pencil
- jagara0
Heh... i'm aware of the slight irony of posting this online...
#theonlinelife
- detritus0
"This vaguely reminds me of how it was cool to brag about not owning a TV some years ago".
Oh, Christ - if I hear this from some lame arse 20-something again, I'm going to vom down their throats.
Especially when you then find out they're a fucking avid fan of [insert contemporary TV shows], but they watch those on the internet, so that doesn't count.
- < pretty sure I said that when I was a mid-twentysomething, but I can whinge abut it because I'm a mid- thirtysomething nowdetritus
- -twat.. er.. thirtysomethingdetritus
- ah... I didn't have a TV from age 20 to 30 or so... whatever.... I was probably insufferable too....vaxorcist
- hahaha, exactly. Especially about the Internet thing (there were arguments at QBN about that before).Jaline