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I really do understand your sentiment, but please remember that "meatspace" is the whole world. You can hate stupid marvel movies and chain department stores al

I really do understand your sentiment, but please remember that "meatspace" is the whole world. You can hate stupid marvel movies and chain department stores all you like, but the entire world of books, hobbies, technology, etc. is available to you. I'm not joking: I'll bet that NO ONE at your local library cares that you're weird so long as you're polite and follow the rules.

account42 2mo ago
The point is that the internet brings many distant people closer to you. All the exists on the internet exists in the real world (because the internet is part of the real world) but that doesn't mean you will find it anywhere near you. Others not minding you being weird is not the same as others being weird with you.
- everdrive 2mo ago
  Even if we take your point that internet may be disappearing. A good way to brace yourself is to expand your scope: books, exercise, hobbies, etc. (and probably download a few romsets) will protect you.
  - KPGv2 2mo ago
    You probably don't intend to sound as rude as you do, but to suggest that I don't read or exercise because I think the Internet is a massive boon for social lives is pretty dickish. I boulder, run, play tennis. I read about thirty books a year. I have lots of hobbies. But the Internet has made them better. I write novels. The people who help me with beta reading are online, because no one IRL is interested in what I write. Again, expanding one's social circle.
    - everdrive 2mo ago
      I didn't mean to sound rude at all :(
KPGv2 2mo ago
> the entire world of books, hobbies, technology, etc. is available to you As I said, this is something people who live in about five cities think. Congratulations on living in one of them for your entire life. Most of us had to do something like look in the yellow pages for a martial arts school, discover there were none, and be sad. Hell, I live in one of the ten most populous cities in the USA, and there is literally zero chance to play squash because there are no facilities in the entire city. I couldn't watch anime beyond Sailor Moon until I was 17 and went off to a summer camp at a university in a big city. My roommate happened to have loads of knowledge and a big collection, which he graciously shared with me. He'd, of course, acquired it all with the Internet. Something unavailable to me. Now extrapolate for hobbies that don't require a physical space, where you can find others on the Internet, even if everyone in a hundred mile radius of you thinks that hobbit is for "queers."

account42 2mo ago

The point is that the internet brings many distant people closer to you. All the exists on the internet exists in the real world (because the internet is part of the real world) but that doesn't mean you will find it anywhere near you. Others not minding you being weird is not the same as others being weird with you.

everdrive 2mo ago
Even if we take your point that internet may be disappearing. A good way to brace yourself is to expand your scope: books, exercise, hobbies, etc. (and probably download a few romsets) will protect you.
- KPGv2 2mo ago
  You probably don't intend to sound as rude as you do, but to suggest that I don't read or exercise because I think the Internet is a massive boon for social lives is pretty dickish. I boulder, run, play tennis. I read about thirty books a year. I have lots of hobbies. But the Internet has made them better. I write novels. The people who help me with beta reading are online, because no one IRL is interested in what I write. Again, expanding one's social circle.
  - everdrive 2mo ago
    I didn't mean to sound rude at all :(

KPGv2 2mo ago

> the entire world of books, hobbies, technology, etc. is available to you As I said, this is something people who live in about five cities think. Congratulations on living in one of them for your entire life. Most of us had to do something like look in the yellow pages for a martial arts school, discover there were none, and be sad. Hell, I live in one of the ten most populous cities in the USA, and there is literally zero chance to play squash because there are no facilities in the entire city. I couldn't watch anime beyond Sailor Moon until I was 17 and went off to a summer camp at a university in a big city. My roommate happened to have loads of knowledge and a big collection, which he graciously shared with me. He'd, of course, acquired it all with the Internet. Something unavailable to me. Now extrapolate for hobbies that don't require a physical space, where you can find others on the Internet, even if everyone in a hundred mile radius of you thinks that hobbit is for "queers."