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This is it. Clean up your life. What you do in your 20s is not the same as 30s or 40s, etc. That might speak to the people you interact with as well. I was "sea

by asim 3y ago

This is it. Clean up your life. What you do in your 20s is not the same as 30s or 40s, etc. That might speak to the people you interact with as well. I was "searching" for something on reddit and other places like it. Spending time with friends, getting married, having kids, it changes all of that. Real people interaction pulls you away from the place where so much idle time is spent. There is no time for reddit when you're living your real life. But we all go through the phases. Its just not clear reddit is the place to have healthy discussions.

noduerme 3y ago
>> There is no time for reddit when you're living your real life Except if you're drunk and lonely, and all the bars are closed. Then it's a real problem. The real nasty thing is, so many people are living in a world now where they act like there's nothing better to do on the train, when there are people all around us we should be paying attention to and interacting with.
- asim 3y ago
  I don't drink, but I know what loneliness and depression feels like. And those are the times I ended up in those places just looking for an iota of connection to save me. We're crying out for help and no one will help us. > so many people are living in a world now where they act like there's nothing better to do on the train I'm guilty of this too, but when I look up and see 3-4 people staring down at their phones I put mine away. It's a really stark image. We are blind. It doesn't matter than the screen isn't yet mounted on our faces, we are already so oblivious to the power it holds over us. I'm staring at this screen but I should be staring at the beautiful view out of my window. So I might go do that now!
  - noduerme 3y ago
    I appreciate this comment - I'm going to walk outside and do the same. Tonight I did talk to real people (strangers at a bar) and had a good long conversation about the world. We need that. But also just to look away from the screen and see each other, That is most important. Thanks.
- bborud 3y ago
  Will Reddit help or does it only provide a distraction from misery?

by asim 3y ago

noduerme 3y ago

>> There is no time for reddit when you're living your real life Except if you're drunk and lonely, and all the bars are closed. Then it's a real problem. The real nasty thing is, so many people are living in a world now where they act like there's nothing better to do on the train, when there are people all around us we should be paying attention to and interacting with.

asim 3y ago
I don't drink, but I know what loneliness and depression feels like. And those are the times I ended up in those places just looking for an iota of connection to save me. We're crying out for help and no one will help us. > so many people are living in a world now where they act like there's nothing better to do on the train I'm guilty of this too, but when I look up and see 3-4 people staring down at their phones I put mine away. It's a really stark image. We are blind. It doesn't matter than the screen isn't yet mounted on our faces, we are already so oblivious to the power it holds over us. I'm staring at this screen but I should be staring at the beautiful view out of my window. So I might go do that now!
- noduerme 3y ago
  I appreciate this comment - I'm going to walk outside and do the same. Tonight I did talk to real people (strangers at a bar) and had a good long conversation about the world. We need that. But also just to look away from the screen and see each other, That is most important. Thanks.
bborud 3y ago
Will Reddit help or does it only provide a distraction from misery?