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I never considered myself either a social butterfly or an outdoors person in any capacity beyond an occasional bike ride, but compared to a lot of SF dwellers,

I never considered myself either a social butterfly or an outdoors person in any capacity beyond an occasional bike ride, but compared to a lot of SF dwellers, apparently I am. I cannot imagine paying such exorbitant sums to live in a tiny ass apartment and have all my worldly needs delivered to my door so I can sit and do whatever until the next time I had to leave my house. This existence sounds awful and I don't know how people not only manage to do it, but aspire to it.

TeMPOraL 10y ago
> This existence sounds awful and I don't know how people not only manage to do it, but aspire to it. Grass looks greener on the other side, I guess. I definitely wouldn't be fine spending shit ton of money for small apartments, but that's unrelated to being "shut in", which is something I find more and more appealing. I guess between spending most of my days in an open-office workplace and an active relationship, I'm just getting tired of other people. I find myself dreaming more and more often about a week away from human interruptions. Just me, pen, a notebook, stack of books and a laptop with good Internet connection. I have a lot of thoughts to sort through that I can't because there are other people around me, and I can't focus.
Aaargh20318 10y ago
> This existence sounds awful and I don't know how people not only manage to do it, but aspire to it. It sounds like paradise to me. Interacting with people is horrible, humans are unpredictable and interacting with them is like playing with a live hand grenade that can go off at any moment. It's just so super stressful to be around humans. It's also super exhausting, after a day at the office I can do little more than sit in front of the TV like a zombie while I'm perfectly fine after a work-from-home day.

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I never considered myself either a social butterfly or an outdoors person in any capacity beyond an occasional bike ride, but compared to a lot of SF dwellers,

by FussyZeus 10y ago

TeMPOraL 10y ago
> This existence sounds awful and I don't know how people not only manage to do it, but aspire to it. Grass looks greener on the other side, I guess. I definitely wouldn't be fine spending shit ton of money for small apartments, but that's unrelated to being "shut in", which is something I find more and more appealing. I guess between spending most of my days in an open-office workplace and an active relationship, I'm just getting tired of other people. I find myself dreaming more and more often about a week away from human interruptions. Just me, pen, a notebook, stack of books and a laptop with good Internet connection. I have a lot of thoughts to sort through that I can't because there are other people around me, and I can't focus.
Aaargh20318 10y ago
> This existence sounds awful and I don't know how people not only manage to do it, but aspire to it. It sounds like paradise to me. Interacting with people is horrible, humans are unpredictable and interacting with them is like playing with a live hand grenade that can go off at any moment. It's just so super stressful to be around humans. It's also super exhausting, after a day at the office I can do little more than sit in front of the TV like a zombie while I'm perfectly fine after a work-from-home day.