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?Heh, sorry man. Bit of a rant there. I’m just frustrated because there aren’t many people I can talk to about even the basic stuff I do. They don’t want to hear it and I get lonely <---

Pisscubes wrote:I'd say between the Autism Board, DLF and the Dukos, we've routinely gotten our asses handed to us when attempting to engage people in real life.

Pisscubes wrote: I see a lot of these subcultures as no different then the punk or metal cliques a lot of us found ourselves in as kids-- you DO people part of a hive mind in a way, and you adopts what the rules are. No one wearing a bullet belt thought to wear a bullet belt on their own-- they just see it as something as an identifier, a way to show you're part of something bigger.

FVBTVS wrote:

also i kinda love this kids response video. almost a pitch perfect reaction.

spacehamster wrote:I'm not watching any of these videos, but it seems to me that this whole thing is one of the more striking examples of how the internet is really bad for some people. There have always been guys who thought this stuff, and I'd wager part of everyone's revulsion is because we see a tiny shred of ourselves in these sadsacks, but before there was internet, you eventually had to leave the house. Now they have a way to form a hive mind where these knee-jerk reactions of sexual frustration that used to just come and go sometimes can grow into full-blown opinions and from there into entire philosophies and eventually a subculture. And all the while, they never have to set foot outside their failcaves and have a normal social interaction that might force them to rethink some of this garbage. I'm almost callous enough at this point in my life to find that fascinating, but it still scares me a little.

Sure. I think with hindsight, most of us would agree that at least partially we participated in all of this stuff because we thought it gave us an identity. And it was okay because we were kids, and we didn't have an identity yet. But I really think there's a difference here - being part of a music subculture also meant a genuine interest in something constructive, and for me at least, it also led to friendships that have lasted until today. I was just thinking about this on the way home, and while I stopped going to shows every weekend years and years ago, my entire network of friends has grown out of that. All of my friends I either know because of music or because of someone else who's my friend for that reason. A lot of us have moved on to varying degrees, but we're still friends because having long hair and listening to Death Metal wasn't the only thing we had in common. These guys... their only common denominator seems to be that they're socially stunted, and they talk each other into becoming more socially stunted, effectively becoming completely isolated as soon as they turn off their computers. The line Blair quoted really sums it up, it's just that that guy doesn't realize he's just nailed exactly what his problem is.

Necrometer wrote: 9th grade summer reading

Blair wrote:So the file feebtus found is NOT the seven chapter sample but the whole thing.

Insert agonized Picard.

It's been unspecified generations since the Apocalypse. People don't know how the old tech worked, aside from self taught John Galts. BUT:

- roads are in good enough condition to tear down them on a road motorcycle. NOT broken...

- I dunno how hard it would be to synthesize the reagents (Ross?) but John Galt mechanic makes C-4 in his spare time.

- John Galt also welds.Where does he get the supplies?

- Cigarettes in packs, cigars (granted there is trade and manufacturing) and coffee seem to be plentiful.

- and fucking TRITIUM gunsights despite it's fucking 12 YEAR HALF LIFE!

FVBTVS wrote:so he's a homosexual right..? not that there's anything wrong with that.