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Very true. My childhood friend and I were major computer nerds from 1991 to 2002. Then I left for college and he didn't somehow. We had such matched similar per
by talldatethrow 2y ago
Very true. My childhood friend and I were major computer nerds from 1991 to 2002. Then I left for college and he didn't somehow. We had such matched similar personalities for those 10 years.
By 2008 when I saw him he had totally fallen off from computers and couldn't care less.
I'm engrossed in tech still and I do waste wayyy to much time on HN, blogs, reading, YouTube, Twitter and the like. No doubt I have a problem..
My friend though died last year of heroin/fentanyl overdose. He had been struggling with it for 5+ years. Same as I have with modern phones. I wish he had gotten addicted to YouTube shorts instead.
- shrimp_emoji 2y agoYea, verily. Nerddom is the best path. The true tao. Divorce, drug addiction? Sorry; addicted to code, I no longer have time for relationships nor the ability to relate to normal people nor the brain cells to spare. COVID lockdowns? Ha; I've been living under lockdown for the last ten years; it's my optimal lifestyle. YouTube requiring brain scans with which to inject targeted ads directly into your videos? Too bad; I've already downloaded the Warcraft 3 and StarCraft playthroughs I watch over and over locally. Microsoft integrating an AI into Windows which will predict the exact moment you're about to be racist and brick your machine? Nice try; I've already moved to Linux years ago. It is the gift that keeps on giving.
- schnubbidubb 2y agoWow sounds a bit like me. Didn't realize that that's a trope somehow, because I know no one else like that. But that may be because of the low relationship effort count. Probalby hard for two people of that type to ever meet